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Machi box art
2008 Ranked #19,831

Machi

This village-building card game has players develop a medieval Japanese settlement with buildings and villagers over eight years. Growth choices accumulate points across the fixed span, leaving the best-developed village ahead at the end.

Card Game

Players

3-5

Play time

Not listed

Age

10+

Complexity

2.2/5

Rating

5.91

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.3/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.0/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.7/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

A small taste of Race for the Galaxy in medieval Japan, where each player must build and grow his village. To do this players have two types of cards, buildings and villagers. The game lasts eight years after which the player with the most points wins.

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Game and edition data

All specifications (5)

Play and group

Players
3–5
Best with
3–4
Play time
90 min
Age
10+
Complexity
2.2/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Loic Billiau

Publishers

1
Tilsit

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