for 3 to 4 players aged 12 and up
Official title for the Doge: his excellency, by divine right, Doge of Venice,
count of Dalmatia and Croatia, the highest venerable prince
Overview
Venice, also called Serenissima, the most venerable, flourished in the late middle ages as a merchant center. The old established families competed for political power and influence in this city state. As the heads of these families, the players use their power and influence to build the most magnificent buildings and palaces along the Grand Canal. Those that move swiftly and cleverly may attain the highest office in Venice: the office of the Doge!
• Each player chooses a color and takes the |
houses, palaces, ballot markers, and control |
rings in this color. He places them before him |
on the table in his supply area. |
Players place their ballot markers in their supply |
area face down so that other players cannot |
see their values. A player may always look at |
his own ballot markers. |
• Separate the 28 player cards |
by the color on their backs. |
Each player takes his set of 7 |
player cards and places them |
face down in his supply area. |
Contents
60 houses (15 in each of
4 colors)
32 palaces (8 in each of 4 colors)
9 advisors
28 ballot markers (ballot boxes) (7 each in 4 colors, with the values 0, 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3)
24 control rings
(6 each in 4 colors)
28 player cards
(7 each in 4 colors)
14 voting order cards (2 sets of 7 cards)
1 game board
1 rule booklet
1 rule summary/overview
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When playing with three |
players, place the |
components of the fourth |
color back in the box. |
• Separate the two sets of voting |
order cards by their backs and |
shuffle each face down. |
Place the brown backed |
cards face up on the 7 brown |
spaces along the bottom of the board. |
Place the blue backed cards face down on |
the 7 blue spaces along the bottom of the |
board. |
Preparation
•Place the board in the middle of the table.
•Each of the advisor figures has a symbol on its top. Place the
advisors on the spaces on the right side of the board with symbols matching those on the tops of the advisors.
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