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The Princes of Florence: every award it has won

Deutscher Spiele Preis 2000

Box art for The Princes of Florence
Deutscher Spiele Preis

2000Wolfgang Kramer, Richard Ulrich and Jens Christopher Ulrich

7.5

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16,119 ratings

Players
1–5
Duration
100 min75–100 min
Complexity
3.2/5Heavy
Age
12+
  • City Building
  • Renaissance

1 award

All of its awards

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About the game

In The Princes of Florence, players attract artists and scholars to their palace while trying to become the most prestigious family in Florence.

Over seven rounds, players attempt to score points in various ways, with most points being earned by playing profession cards to generate "work points", which can be exchanged for money or victory points. The game includes a variety of professions, such astronomers, organists, and architects; each profession is attracted to a particular combination of building, landscape feature, and social freedom, and players acquire these items via auctions. The more that a player can match these preferences, the more work points they earn — but the minimum requirement of work points increases each round, and you must meet that threshold in order to convert the work points.

Mechanics

  • Auction / Bidding
  • End Game Bonuses
  • Grid Coverage
  • Tile Placement
  • Victory Points as a Resource