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Canal Grande box art
2002 Ranked #5,616

Canal Grande

A card-based influence game has rivals compete for control across Venetian districts. One player divides available cards while another chooses a pile, creating a constant tension between fairness and advantage.

Strategy Games Card Game Renaissance I Cut, You Choose Set Collection

Players

2

Play time

30-45 min

Age

12+

Complexity

2.02/5

Rating

6.39

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

At a glance

Is this game right for my group?

ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.3/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 3.9/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.7/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

A card-game version of San Marco. Once again players are trying to gain influence in the districts of Venice. One player divides a set of cards in two piles, the other chooses who gets which pile. Cards give influence in districts, actions or negative points.

Core mechanisms

Key systems that shape the decisions players make.

Set Collection

Gather related items that become more valuable when scored together.
I Cut, You Choose

One player divides resources and another chooses which share to take.
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Type

1
Strategy Games

Category

2
Card Game Renaissance

Mechanism

2
I Cut, You Choose Set Collection

Family

5
Admin: Better Description Needed! Cities: Venice (Veneto, Italy) Country: Italy Players: Two-Player Only Games Theme: Canals

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Game and edition data

All specifications (5)

Play and group

Players
2
Best with
2
Play time
30–45 min
Age
12+
Complexity
2.0/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

2
Alan R. Moon Aaron Weissblum

Artists

1
Jürgen Martens

Publishers

1
Adlung-Spiele

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