Masters of Renaissance: Lorenzo il Magnifico – The Card Game
Build a Renaissance engine in Florence: take resources, buy cards, use Leaders and keep the Pope happy.
- Designers
- Nestore Mangone, Simone Luciani
- Published by
- Cranio Creations
Masters of Renaissance: Lorenzo il Magnifico – The Card Game (2019) puts you in Florence as an ambitious citizen who wants fame and prestige. You take resources from the market, spend them on new cards, and each card gives you a production power that converts resources and tucks them into your strongbox. You also have Leaders whose abilities you can bend to your plans, and you have to keep an eye on your devotion to the Pope. The rules are simple, but the choices in action selection and engine building are deeper than they look. Aimed at players who like to optimize, and it plays well solo or in small groups.
Who it's for
You like efficiency puzzles and engine building in a compact card format, somewhere between Splendor and a bigger Euro.
Not for you if…
You want lots of player interaction or a big theme. This is more of a solitary optimization game in a Renaissance setting.
Vibe's take
Quietly absorbing. Each turn is a short puzzle about which resources to grab and which production chain they feed, and the engine you assemble pays off nicely.
Published 2019 · 7 years ago
newer than 55% of games
In 3,965 collections
collected more than 49% of games
1–4 players · ages 10+
Best with 2 · publisher: 14+
30–45 min
shorter than 51% of games · typical 30–90 min
Complexity: medium
One warm-up round · 2.1 out of 5 · heavier than 54%
Opinions: broad agreement
Most people rate it similarly
Language: no text
Playable without the language
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