Machiavelli

1977

James B. Wood, S. Craig Taylor

BGG Geek Rating

3.0

BGG Average Rating

3.5

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BGG Ranking

#3212

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Players

4-8

Weight

3.2

Playtime

480 min

Age

12+

⚙️ Game Mechanics

How this game works - core systems and player actions

Area Movement Dice Rolling Player Elimination Simulation Simultaneous Action Selection Variable Player Powers

📂 Categories

Bluffing Negotiation Political Renaissance Wargame

🎨 Artists

Cathy Chastain Kaye Catledge Kurt Miller

🏢 Publishers

Battleline The Avalon Hill Game Co

📖 About This Game

Machiavelli recreates the historical situation of the fast developing and ever shifting balance of power struggle in Renaissance Italy. There are five major powers: The Republics of Florence and Venice, the Duchy of Milan, the Kingdom of Naples and the Papacy (which was a secular power in this era) along with 3 major foreign powers: Valois France, Hapsburg Austria and the Ottoman Turks. All of these states singly or in combination compete for control of the peninsula. Expanded by: Alea Magazine nÂº22 contained seven new scenarios for Machiavelli.

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