Machiavelli (board game)
| Designer(s) | S. Craig Taylor and James B. Wood |
|---|---|
| Publication date | 1977 |
| Players | 4-8 |
| Setup time | 5-10 minutes |
| Playing time | 4-12 hours |
| Random chance | None-Low |
| Skill(s) required |
Tactics Strategy Psychology Negotiation |
Machiavelli is a strategic board game created by S. Craig Taylor and James B. Wood, and released commercially in 1977 by Battleline Publications, later taken over by Avalon Hill, who are currently owned by Hasbro. Set in Renaissance Italy, the board is controlled by the Republic of Florence, the Republic of Venice, the Duchy of Milan, the Kingdom of Naples, the Papacy, Valois France, Habsburg Austria, and the Ottoman Turks.
The game shares most of the basic rules of its predecessor Diplomacy, and introduces many new rules such as money, bribery, three seasons per year, garrisons, and random events such as plague and famine. It features scenarios tailored for as little as four and as many as eight players.
Machiavelli is designed to be played by a group of 4 to 8 players. However, the official scenarios are best played with 6 or 8 players. Each one of the players controls one of the available powers.
The game board is a map of the Italian Peninsula and its nearby countries, including the southeast of France, Switzerland, Austria, Hungary, the coasts of the Adriatic Sea, Tunis, and the mediterranean islands Corsica and Sardinia. The board is divided in 73 different areas. There are two types of areas: provinces and seas. Some of the provinces have a city, that in some cases can be fortified. Some of these fortified cities have a port.
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