You have grand plans. Your city is to become the most beautiful, largest, and most magical city ever! But you are not the only one with ambitions. Intrigue is rampant, and none of your opponents can really be trusted. That is why you call upon characters such as the King, the Assassin, or the Merchant. Each turn, one of the characters gets to work for you and performs special actions. But who chooses which characters? And how do you outsmart everyone?
In Machiavelli, you must place buildings by paying for them with coins. The more expensive the building, the more points it will yield at the end of the game. To help you, you may choose from various characters at the beginning of a round. For instance, the King always lets you choose a character first, the Assassin eliminates other characters, and the Merchant ensures you receive 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 cleverly predicts 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 things to your heart's content!
