Machiavelli

1977

James B. Wood, S. Craig Taylor

BGG Geek Rating

6.0

based on 1,134 ratings

BGG Average Rating

7.1

community average

BGG Ranking

#3212

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Players

4-8

Weight

3.20/5.00

Playtime

480 min

Age

12+

⚙️ Game Mechanics

How this game works - core systems and player actions

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

📂 Categories

Renaissance Political Bluffing Wargame Negotiation Renaissance

🎨 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.