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Messina 1347

The smash hit from Essen Game Fair 2021 is now available from Rio Grande Games!

In 1347, merchant galleys from the Crimean Peninsula arrived in Sicily and docked at the... (read more)

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Reviews
mixed, 69% of all reviews are favorable
Playtime
60 minutes
Published
2021
Age
14+
Publisher
Rio Grande Games
Players
1 to 4 players
Designers
Raúl Fernández Aparicio and Vladimír Suchý
Playstyle
Involved
Game's Categories
Strategy Game, Variable Player Powers, Worker Placement, Medieval, Solo / Solitaire Game, Variable Set-up, and Portal Games
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Description

The smash hit from Essen Game Fair 2021 is now available from Rio Grande Games!

In 1347, merchant galleys from the Crimean Peninsula arrived in Sicily and docked at the ancient port of Messina. The galleys had rats. The rats had fleas. And the fleas carried a plague that would come to be known as the Black Death. Over the next four years, in cities across Europe, half the population would die.

Players take the role of noble families with landholdings in the countryside around Messina. They attempt to rescue people from the plague by relocating them to their estates. As the plague in Messina worsens, the players will build small independent communities while attempting to control the plague with fire. In the final rounds of the game, the plague begins to abate, and players return the rescued citizens to repopulate the resilient city of Messina.

Mechanisms:

• Grid Movement• Income• Modular Board• Track Movement• Variable Player Powers• Variable Set-up• Worker Placement

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Genres

  • Strategy Game
  • Solo / Solitaire Game

Themes

  • Economic
  • Medieval
  • Medical

Mechanics

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  • Variable Player Powers
  • Grid Movement
  • Income
  • Worker Placement
  • Modular Board
  • Track Movement

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Designers

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  • Raúl Fernández Aparicio

Editors

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  • Katerina Sucha

Artists

  • Michal Peichl
  • Jason Holt

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