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1998 Ranked #3,145

Medieval Merchant

Trade-route strategy game where merchants secure markets and develop businesses across medieval cities. New routes can expand income but weaken local dominance, so every investment must reach valuable markets without losing control of your best city.

Strategy Games Economic Medieval Area Majority / Influence Income

Players

2-6

Play time

60-90 min

Age

12+

Complexity

3.09/5

Rating

6.71

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.3/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 3.9/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.6/5

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?

Players secure valued markets via affordable trade routes between medieval cities while simultaneously forcing opponents into less affordable and less valued markets.

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Players secure valued markets via affordable trade routes between medieval cities while simultaneously forcing opponents into less affordable and less valued markets. The cities themselves have a variable number of spaces for players to develop business branches within, or alternatively establish new trade routes into wider reaching cities and towns. Players may generate income and risk losing dominance over a city, or add branches within a city that lower the value of your product but can award you with a stronger market influence. At the end of the game, the player with the most influence wins.

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Play and group

Players
2–6
Best with
3–6
Play time
60–90 min
Age
12+
Complexity
3.1/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Christwart Conrad

Artists

1
Franz Vohwinkel

Publishers

2
Goldsieber Spiele Rio Grande Games

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