Overview
At a glance
Is this game right for my group?
ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.
Easier to teach
High replayability
Highly interactive
Scales well
Deep strategy
More strategic control
How it plays
How does it play?
Play building cards to raise colorful Italian towers, control each city’s skyline, and assemble valuable sets of Patrician portraits.
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
Read the full game description
Patrician: Towers of Influence is the definitive edition of Michael Schacht’s compact area-control card game. On each turn, a building card places one or two wooden floors in its matching city, then the player takes the face-up card beside that city. When both towers are complete, the largest share of each skyline scores its prestige. Portrait sets add a second scoring axis, while special actions shift tower floors or loosen card selection. New two-player rules and the included Trade Routes and Delegates modules extend the original design.
