Medici
1995Reiner Knizia
- Videos
- 42
- Creators
- 30
Mainly reviews. Medici is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 27 reviews, 4 how-to-play guides, 6 recorded sessions, 1 unboxings, and 4 other videos.
2 - 6 players
60 min
Medium weight: Teach it in one sitting
From BoardGameGeek
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". Part of the Knizia auction trilogy. One of the Knizia Florentine auction games. Related Games: Medici vs Strozzi (two-player version) Strozzi Mercator, included in Neue Spiele im alten Rom (ancestor to Medici).
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Medici has 42 videos from 30 creators: 27 reviews, 4 how-to-play guides, 6 playthroughs, 1 unboxing and 4 other videos. They date from 2012 to June 2026.
To learn the rules, start with "Medici: How to Play" by Just Play, which runs 13 min. For a quicker teach, "How to Play Medici Board Game" by Tabletop Duo runs 5 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "Medici Review" by Drive Thru Games. 21 creators have reviewed it. To see it played, watch "Medici - 6p Teaching, Play-through & Roundtable Discussion by Heavy Cardboard" by Heavy Cardboard, one of 6 playthroughs.
If you like it, try Ra, Rebirth, The Quest for El Dorado and My City, also by Reiner Knizia. It appears in convention videos from Gen Con 2016.
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2017Reiner Knizia
- Videos
- 81
- Creators
- 61
Mainly reviews
2 - 4 players30 - 60 minLight weight
About Medici
From BoardGameGeek:
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". Part of the Knizia auction trilogy. One of the Knizia Florentine auction games. Related Games: Medici vs Strozzi (two-player version) Strozzi Mercator, included in Neue Spiele im alten Rom (ancestor to Medici).
Designer
Reiner Knizia
Artists
David Cherry, Vincent Dutrait, Dominique Ehrhard, Jun Suemi, Kelly Vizma, Franz Vohwinkel
Publisher
AMIGO
Categories
Renaissance
Mechanics