Medici The Board Game

- The beautiful streets of 16th century Florence are alive with opportunity! Step into the shoes of a merchant buyer in the profitable age of the infamous Medici family. - Each day, you’ll go to the wholesale market, where the highest quality wares await a keen eye and a competitive bid - the finest cloth, exotic spices, grain from fields abroad, colourful dyes, lush furs and, rarely, gold from mines far across the waters… - A classic Reiner Knizia auction game for 2-6 players, now with a whole new look! This new edition of Medici features new artwork and visuals designed to immerse you in the beauty and bustle of 16th century merchant trading in Florence, Italy. - Medici takes place over three days (rounds). Taking on the role of seafaring traders, you’ll present goods to be auctioned and bid to fill your ships with cargo. When the day ends, you’ll receive coin for your wares. But be careful - the money you’ll use to bid is also your end-game points!

Product description

Medici

How do I play Medici?

Another Reiner Knizia standby, this game plays very well with varying numbers of people. The object is to accrue the most points during three rounds, which you do by spending your points to bid on sets of cards. Each turn the current player turns up one to three cards for all the players to bid on, with the highest bid taking all cards. The cards denote a commodity type and quantity/value. The round ends when each player's ships are full, or the commodity card deck is exhausted. After each round, points are awarded to each player having the most of a given commodity, and to the one with the most valuable total "cargo load".

The original gameplay won’t change, but the presentation is new and fresh. We’ve updated visuals and designed detailed graphics to immerse you in the charming street markets of Renaissance-era Florence.

Along with a beautifully updated setting, we’ve also introduced new character art so you can embody a unique, 16th-century merchant each with their own ship.

Medici requires 2-6 players. Players, now merchants, take turns bidding on goods against each other, aiming to fill their ships with the most valuable cargo.

At the end of each day (or round), you’ll receive florins for your goods. The amount will depend on the total value of your haul that day.

Be careful, though ? bid too high for certain items and you may miss out on others. The player with the most florins at the end of day three will be the winner.

In the box, you’ll find new premium-quality ship tokens to thematically track your precious florins and detailed player aid cards to help with game setup.

All wooden tokens now feature full-color printed artwork, too.