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Die Fugger box art
2003 Ranked #5,016

Die Fugger

A trading game where players collect goods while manipulating their market prices to earn the most money. Every card choice affects both inventory and value, so a profitable trade can also improve opponents’ holdings.

Strategy Games Card Game Economic Commodity Speculation

Players

2-4

Play time

30-45 min

Age

10+

Complexity

1.96/5

Rating

6.43

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.4/5

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 4.7/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

Players play cards to collect trade goods and at the same time influence the price of these trade goods. The player who earns the most money becomes the trading partner of the rich merchant Jakob Fugger and wins the game.

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Players play cards to collect trade goods and at the same time influence the price of these trade goods. The player who earns the most money becomes the trading partner of the rich merchant Jakob Fugger and wins the game. Game Summary Cards 1-9 are placed clockwise; these are the Market, and indicate the prices of 5 commodities. A marker (card) for each commodity is placed in the 5 position. The Jakob the Rich card is set close by. Players each get a hand of cards. Players rotate taking turns. On your turn, you draw a card if you have

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Play and group

Players
2–4
Best with
2–4
Play time
30–45 min
Age
10+
Complexity
2.0/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Klaus-Jürgen Wrede

Artists

1
Alexander Jung

Publishers

1
Adlung-Spiele

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