Medici (1995)

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Designer	Reiner Knizia
Artist	David Cherry Dominique Ehrhard Franz Vohwinkel
Publisher	ABACUSSPIELE AMIGO Spiel + Freizeit GmbH Asmodee Lui-même Rio Grande Games Show More »
Year Published	1995
# of Players	3 − 6
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 5, 6 players Recommended with 3, 4, 5, 6 players (72 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	60 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	10 and up
User Suggested Ages	10 and up (12 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence	No necessary in-game text (24 voters) [poll]
Honors	1995 Meeples' Choice Award 1995 Spiel des Jahres Recommended
Subdomain	Strategy Games (38 voters) [vote]
Category	Renaissance
Mechanic	Auction/Bidding Set Collection
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Family	Knizia Florentine auction games
Primary Name	Medici
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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.

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Medici vs Strozzi (two-player version)
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1995 Spiel des Jahres Recommendation.
1995 Meeples' Choice Award Winner.

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Rio Grande Second Edition

Publisher: ABACUSSPIELE, Rio Grande Games

Artist: Franz Vohwinkel

Year: 2007

Product Code: 101

Size: 10.91 x 7.48 x 2.68 inches

1.49 pounds

English, German

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Rio Grande Small Box Edition

Publisher: ABACUSSPIELE, Rio Grande Games

Artist: Franz Vohwinkel

Year: 2006

Size: 10.75 x 7.50 x 2.60 inches

English, German

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French version

Publisher: Lui-même

Artist: Dominique Ehrhard

Year: 2005

Product Code: MED01

Size: 8.86 x 8.86 x 1.97 inches

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Amigo German First Edition with SdJ

Publisher: AMIGO Spiel + Freizeit GmbH

Artist: (Uncredited)

Year: 1995

Product Code: 5400

Size: 10.63 x 14.57 x 1.26 inches

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Amigo German First Edition

Publisher: AMIGO Spiel + Freizeit GmbH

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Year: 1995

Product Code: 5400

Size: 14.67 x 10.63 x 1.26 inches

1.50 pounds

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0	Rules Can you get bonus for having 0 commodities?	2012-04-26	no_where_...	6
1	General Anything wrong with the old version?	2012-02-14	okkay	2
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0	General Making Sense of the Theme	2011-03-16	cdunc123	12
0	Rules Winning a Three-Card Auction...	2010-12-05	aaxiom	3
1	General Medici as a lunchtime game?	2010-09-14	Deathstroke	17
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Medici Boats - Player Identification Aid

The original Amigo Spiele version of Medici was beautiful and easy to play with one exception: no player identification pieces! So, I drew up some boat/ship graphics in the Amigo edition player colors to help identify each player. Just print out on card stock and/or mount on card stock. Enjoy.

pletzerdude

2010-12-28

Teaching Guide for Medici from The How to Play Podcast

(Black & White Version) Here is a short outline to keep with your game and assist you when you need to teach the game. The outline includes an opening hook, a step by step outline on a suggested order in which to teach the meat of the rules and some beginning strategy. To hear an example explanation using this outline or to learn the game yourself listen to "The How to Play Podcast Episode #16: Medici" available at www.howtoplaypodcast.com

RyanSturm

2010-09-18

Medici 2.5"x3.5" rules refresher "Cheat Sheet"

2.5"x3.5" rules refresher "Cheat Sheet" This is a card-sized (standard MtG CCG) "cheat sheet" with the key rules for the game. This card is meant for people familiar with the game but wants a quick refresher, especially about picky details that are easy to forget. Feel free to comment/critique for me to improve them.

aaarg_ink

2010-04-19

English translation of the French Lui Meme edition

A formatted rulebook for the French edition published by Lui Meme. The translations for the special cards comes from Andy Parsons.

fralim

2009-06-30

Teaching aid for Medici - in Hebrew

המערך אינו הסבר ממצה של חוקי המשחק אלא אמצעי עזר לשחקן המסביר את חוקי המשחק לשחקנים חדשים

koby_shachar

2009-05-05

Medici Spanish Rules

jcd2001es

2008-11-04

Medici homebrew remake

A homebrew remake of Medici.

kilgore

2008-11-03

MEDICI - zasady PL

Polskie tłumaczenie zasad

comma777

2008-08-18

Medici Players Aid

Quick score cards & rules overview for Medici. Designed to be printed on 2 single sided A4 pages.

Paul65

2008-05-21

Medici Red Inside Card Graphics.pdf

Red Cards for My Version of Medici - Enjoy!

Kaizen Zanshin

2007-09-15

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English rules	http://www.riograndegames.com/uploads/Game/Game_13...	2012-05-10
Amigo edition - Dutch rules	http://spelarch.khbo.be/PDFspelregels/460.pdf	2011-12-31
Dutch review on speldatabase.be	http://speldatabase.be/spelinfo.php?id=5612&zoekcr...	2011-12-31
Lui-Mème edition - Dutch rules	http://spelarch.khbo.be/PDFspelregels/5612.pdf	2011-12-31
Portuguese Review with Rules explanation on dreamwithboardgames	http://dreamwithboardgames.blogspot.com/2011/11/me...	2011-11-27
German review - Pfadfinderschaft Sankt Georg	http://www.muenster.org/dpsgms/rezmedici.html	2011-05-17
German review - Holgs Spieleteufel	http://www.spieleteufel.de/spiel.php?id=264	2011-05-17
German review - Cliquenabend	http://www.cliquenabend.de/spiele/954000-Medici.ht...	2011-05-17
German review - FAIRspielt	http://www.fairspielt.de/Spiele/medici.php	2011-05-17
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