Medici: The Card Game

Fit

Teach 2.4

Teaching signal

Replay 4.0

High replayability

Interaction 3.8

Highly interactive

Scaling 4.0

Scales well

Strategy 4.5

Deep strategy

Control 3.0

Luck-sensitive

Table feel

Moderate interaction with a good balance between direct and strategic confrontation. Players need to pay attention to each other's actions frequently, but cooperation is not a major focus in the game.

Replay value

Medici: The Card Game has a high replayability score due to its variability in gameplay, strategic depth, and adaptability to different player counts. The presence of expansions adds to its replay value, and the game offers a good balance of player interaction. While it may take some time to learn, the depth it offers makes it worth the investment.

Luck profile

Medici: The Card Game has a moderate level of luck. Random elements like card draws have a notable but not exclusive impact on the game outcome. However, players have substantial ability to mitigate randomness through strategic decisions and planning. The game outcome is primarily determined by player strategy and decisions, with luck playing a minor role.

Overview

Medici: The Card Game is a new design by Reiner Knizia that shares the setting and feel of the classic Medici board game, without using that game's auction mechanisms. In 15th century Florence, players try to acquire the most valuable goods for their merchant ships by drawing 1-3 cards from a common deck each turn. After drawing, the active player must take the final card they drew and may select one or both of the previous two cards drawn (if available). They then load these commodity cards on their boat. Cards that are not taken remain available to future players. Once a player's boat is full (seven cards with two players, five cards with 3-6 players), they are out of the round and the day is scored. Players score points for the value of their ships' holds, but also for the number of commodities of each type that they have stored in their warehouse. The highest earning merchant over three days wins the game. Some cards do not take up space on ships, while others contribute to the value of a hold, but cannot be stored in warehouses. This is the first game to be added to the Medici family of games since Strozzi, released in 2008.

Mechanism

2

Push Your Luck Set Collection

Family

5

Cities: Florence (Tuscany, Italy) Country: Italy Occupation: Merchant Series: Knizia Florentine auction games Versions & Editions: Card Versions of Non-Cardâ?¦

Type

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Family

Media