Modern Art Card Game
Pump up the artists you collect, then cash in before the round ends, in a short card game of art speculation.
- Designer
- Reiner Knizia
- Publishers
- CMON Global Limited, Eagle-Gryphon Games
Modern Art Card Game, also released as Masters Gallery, is a 2008 card-game take on Modern Art, not the full auction game itself. You are an art critic and a gallery owner at the same time, trying to pump up the value of certain artists before cashing in your works. Five artists are in play. On your turn you play a masterpiece card to show a stake in an artist, and some cards add special actions like playing a second card, drawing an extra one, raising an artist's value or making everyone play a card at once. When enough works from one artist are on the table, the round ends and the most popular artists sell their pictures for one to three dollars. Four rounds, thirty minutes.
Who it's for
You like market speculation and timing in a short, cards-only form, and you want a lighter cousin of the classic art auction.
Not for you if…
You want the bidding drama of the full Modern Art. This version is about playing cards, not auctions.
Vibe's take
Crisp and calculating. Every card played is a bet on an artist's fate, and you watch the table for the moment to end the round when it favors you.
Published 2008 · 18 years ago
older than 82% of games
In 5,040 collections
collected more than 58% of games
2–5 players · ages 10+
Best with 4 or 5 · publisher: 8+
20–30 min
shorter than 69% of games · typical 30–90 min
Complexity: light
Explained in 5 minutes · 1.7 out of 5 · lighter than 68%
Opinions: usual spread
A normal range of ratings
Language: no text
Playable without the language
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