Medici
Medici
Medici is a German-style board game designed by Reiner Knizia. The game is set in 16th century Florence, where rival merchant families compete to find profitable markets. Before becoming a game designer, Reiner Knizia was a quantitative analyst, a profession that manages and attempts to price risk for banks. This is fitting as the Medicis were bankers and traders who improved accounting standards and as such would have built their financial empire on judging risks.
Why is Medici Popular?
Medici is a popular game due to its unique Gameplay Mechanics of Medici and the strategic thinking required to play it well. The game is based on the pricing of risk, where each lot of commodities has an uncertain future value based on how cards are drawn from the deck, what other players buy, and other factors. Players must judge and price the risk attached to each lot of cards, buying them for a price appropriate to their expected value and the riskiness of the investment. Medici placed 5th in the 1995 Deutscher Spiele Preis and placed in the top 3 in the 1995 Meeples’ Choice Awards.
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