Messina 1347
2021 • 1-4 Players • Age 14+
Who is this game suitable for?
Suitable for ages 14 and up. You can play with 1 to 4 players.
For the pros among you, the following mechanics can be decisive: Grid Movement, Income, Modular Board, Solo / Solitaire Game, Track Movement, Variable Player Powers, Variable Set-up und Worker Placement...
Game Data
- Average time to play
- 140 Minutes
- Minimum age
- 14+
- Number of players
- 1 - 4
- Publisher
- Delicious Games, Arrakis Games, Fox in the Box, Gém Klub Kft., Hobby World, Jumping Turtle Games, Mosaico Jogos, MTS Games, Portal Games, Rio Grande Games, 数寄ゲームズ (Suki Games), Tesla Games, YOKA Games
- Designers
- Raúl Fernández Aparicio, Vladimír Suchý
- Artists
- Michal Peichl
- Mechanics
- Grid Movement, Income, Modular Board, Solo / Solitaire Game, Track Movement, Variable Player Powers, Variable Set-up, Worker Placement
Messina 1347 takes place during the introduction of the plague epidemic (a.k.a. the "black death") and the spreading of its infection through town. During this time period, merchant ships delivering luxury goods to Europe brought to these countries an unprecedented epidemic — and one of the first affected cities was Messina, Italy.
In the game, players take the role of important Messina families who are leaving town and moving to the countryside out of fear of being infected by the plague. While doing this, they are focusing on saving other inhabitants and helping to fight the plague infection in town. They must also endeavor to prosper in their countryside residence, where they are temporarily accommodating rescued residents. They are all waiting there for the epidemic to subside, then they return to Messina to take over and dominate particular districts in the town.
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