You have big plans. Your city will be the most beautiful, largest and most magical city ever! But you are not the only one with ambitions. Intrigues run rampant and none of your opponents can really be trusted. That's why you bring in characters such as the King, the Murderess or the Merchant. Each turn, one of the characters will work for you and perform special actions. But who chooses which characters? And how do you outsmart everyone?

In Machiavelli you have to build buildings by paying with coins. The more expensive the building, the more points it will earn at the end of the game. To help you, you can choose from different characters at the start of a round. For example, the King always lets you choose a character first, the Murderess eliminates other characters and the Merchant ensures that you get extra money. After each round, the characters are redistributed, so that another player can become King, for example.

Machiavelli has been a popular game for years thanks to the strong interaction between players. Anyone who intelligently estimates who chooses which characters can manipulate the entire game. Although you only use eight characters per game, this edition contains no fewer than 27 different characters. So you can vary widely!

NB: This new edition of Machiavelli is a new version of Machiavelli De luxe, with the same number of character cards and extras.

The Games Friends: “ Machiavelli was one of the first card games we played and it still appears regularly on the table. Because the choice of characters is secret, it is exciting every round which characters participate. Highly recommended for players who like bluffing and deceit!"