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Medici Traders

Medici Traders

2026·Reiner Knizia

Videos
5
Creators
5

Mainly reviews. Medici Traders is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 2 reviews, 1 how-to-play guides, 1 recorded sessions, and 1 other video.

2 - 6 players
30 - 45 min

From BoardGameGeek

Like the classic Medici Board Game, Traders is a tile game that takes you to 15th century Florence, Italy. Players acquire the most valuable goods and optimally pack them on their ships. They simultaneously draw goods tiles, adding up to 3 tiles to their tray, which they then move to the center of the table. After all players have added their trays to the center, the first player selects one of the trays, adding florins (coins) to the tray, as they wish, to help solidify their claim to those goods. Future players may either take a tray from the center (again placing florins to the tray to help solidify their claim) OR surpassing the number of florins on a tray that another player has already claimed, and taking that tray. The original player gets their florins back. Play continues around the table in this way until all players have claimed a tray. Florins used to claim trays are turned into the bank and players load the goods from their claimed tray onto their ship. Ships in Traders have multiple levels - one for each day (turn) and an upper deck that can hold special goods with upper deck railings. The above steps are repeated until all players have filled all 7 spaces on the current day's ship level. At the end of each day, players score. First, players score based on who has the highest points of goods on the current day's level of their ship. Then, players score for each type of good anywhere on their ship. Players with the most of each type of good score the most points for that good. At the end of three days, the player with the most florins wins. -description from the publisher

Medici Traders

Watch first

Learn to play

All the Games with Steph: Medici Traders - Teach & Playthrough48:45

All the Games with Steph: Medici Traders - Teach & Playthrough

Steph Hodge

Steph Hodge

Review

Medici Traders Overview8:12

Medici Traders Overview

Tantrum House

Tantrum House

Watch it played

Medici Traders - 5p Teaching & Play-through by Heavy Cardboard1:32:11

Medici Traders - 5p Teaching & Play-through by Heavy Cardboard

Heavy Cardboard

Heavy Cardboard

Which Medici Traders video should I watch?

Medici Traders has 5 videos from 5 creators: 2 reviews, 1 how-to-play guide, 1 playthrough and 1 other video. They date from June to August 2026.

To learn the rules, start with "All the Games with Steph: Medici Traders - Teach & Playthrough" by Steph Hodge, which runs 49 min.

For an opinion before you buy, start with "Medici Traders Overview" by Tantrum House. To see it played, watch "Medici Traders - 5p Teaching & Play-through by Heavy Cardboard" by Heavy Cardboard.

If you like it, try Ra, Rebirth, The Quest for El Dorado and My City, also by Reiner Knizia.

All videos

Medici Traders OverviewReview8:12

Medici Traders Overview

Tantrum House

Tantrum House

Medici Traders - 5p Teaching & Play-through by Heavy CardboardPlaythrough1:32:11

Medici Traders - 5p Teaching & Play-through by Heavy Cardboard

Heavy Cardboard

Heavy Cardboard

All the Games with Steph: Medici Traders - Teach & PlaythroughHow to play48:45

All the Games with Steph: Medici Traders - Teach & Playthrough

Steph Hodge

Steph Hodge

Medici: Traders Should you back it?9:25

Medici: Traders Should you back it?

Board Gaymes James

Board Gaymes James

Reiner Knizia's Medici Traders Preview (Board Games Direct 2026)Review1:10

Reiner Knizia's Medici Traders Preview (Board Games Direct 2026)

Shut Up & Sit Down

Shut Up & Sit Down

Creators who cover this

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Board Gaymes James
Board Gaymes James
1 video of this game
Heavy Cardboard
Heavy Cardboard
1 video of this game
Shut Up & Sit Down
Shut Up & Sit Down
1 video of this game
Steph Hodge
Steph Hodge
1 video of this game
Tantrum House
Tantrum House
1 video of this game

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About Medici Traders

From BoardGameGeek:

Like the classic Medici Board Game, Traders is a tile game that takes you to 15th century Florence, Italy. Players acquire the most valuable goods and optimally pack them on their ships. They simultaneously draw goods tiles, adding up to 3 tiles to their tray, which they then move to the center of the table. After all players have added their trays to the center, the first player selects one of the trays, adding florins (coins) to the tray, as they wish, to help solidify their claim to those goods. Future players may either take a tray from the center (again placing florins to the tray to help solidify their claim) OR surpassing the number of florins on a tray that another player has already claimed, and taking that tray. The original player gets their florins back. Play continues around the table in this way until all players have claimed a tray. Florins used to claim trays are turned into the bank and players load the goods from their claimed tray onto their ship. Ships in Traders have multiple levels - one for each day (turn) and an upper deck that can hold special goods with upper deck railings. The above steps are repeated until all players have filled all 7 spaces on the current day's ship level. At the end of each day, players score. First, players score based on who has the highest points of goods on the current day's level of their ship. Then, players score for each type of good anywhere on their ship. Players with the most of each type of good score the most points for that good. At the end of three days, the player with the most florins wins. -description from the publisher

Designer

Reiner Knizia

Artist

Vincent Dutrait

Publisher

APE Games

Categories

Renaissance

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