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PrincipatoPrincipato

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Designed by Touko Tahkokallio
Players 2 to 4
Age 10 to adult
Playing time 45 to 90 minutes
RRP £29.99
Price £15.00

Contents

  • 4 principality boards
  • 110 cards
  • 84 supply tokens
  • 56 military tokens
  • 45 culture tokens
  • 39 food cubes
  • 39 money cubes
  • 12 favour cubes
  • 40 military victory point bills
  • Rules

About the game

Powerful principalities are forming in Northern Italy. When is the best moment to expand? When will harvesting be profitable? How much force will be necessary to defend the city walls? Only the player who can correctly judge the timing of such decisions will be successful in the end.

At the beginning of the game, each player receives a small, unprotected principality. Over three epochs the various principalities can be developed. A steady production of money and food is needed to expand the principality and to maintain an army of mercenaries. During the game there are several cultural and military valuations that give the players victory points.

The unusual part of this game are the action cards, which are available to all players. From the changing pool of possible actions, players have to secure the most suitable cards and use them at the appropriate time - reaching for the new while parting with the old. This simple mechanism turns Principato into a varied tactical game full of tough decisions.

 

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