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Positano

Auction the pieces of a Mediterranean skyline and build the seaside view that rivals cannot block.

Territory Building Auction / Bidding Auction: Sealed Bid Open Drafting

Players

1-4

Play time

20-45 min

Age

10+

Complexity

1.75/5

Rating

7.27

Easier to teach Highly interactive Light strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 4.0/5

Easier to teach

Replay value 4.3/5

High replayability

Interaction 4.0/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 3.4/5

Light strategy

Player control 3.8/5

More strategic control

Setup time About 12 min
Teach time About 15 min
Recommended edition Positano – SlugFest Games English edition (2025)
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How it plays

How does it play?

Bid simultaneously for size, quality, and location, then raise a colorful cliffside village with coveted sea views.

Core mechanisms

Key systems that shape the decisions players make.

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Positano turns the famous Italian cliffside into a compact three-dimensional building contest. Each round features simultaneous auctions for a building’s size, quality, and location, forcing players to value several connected decisions at once. Drafted tiles climb the shared cliff, where unobstructed sea views, neighboring gelato shops, and private goals shape the final score. Because every new structure can improve one view while blocking another, the village becomes a bright, interactive puzzle from the first bid to the last rooftop.

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Editions

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Edition Year Language Publisher / Region
Positano – SlugFest Games English edition (2025) 2025 English SlugFest Games / US

Game and edition data

All specifications (22)

Play and group

Players
1–4
Play time
20–45 min
Age
10+
Complexity
1.8/5
App
None app Source
Player elimination
No Source
Downtime
Low Source

Practicalities

Setup time
About 12 min Source
Teach time
About 15 min Source
Teardown time
About 10 min Source

Campaign and continuity

Group continuity
Flexible Source
Resettable
Fully Resettable Source
Save system
No campaign save system is required. Source
Consumable components
No consumable components are required for normal play. Source

Edition and product

Optional extras
The shared three-dimensional cliff makes sightline changes immediately visible. Source
Recommended edition
Positano – SlugFest Games English edition (2025) Source
Language
English
Region
US
Availability
Current
Edition type
Standard Source
Current edition
Yes Source
Compatibility
Standalone English Edition; Crowded Cliffside Is An Optional Expansion. Source
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Jeff Grisenthwaite

Artists

1
Beth Trott

Publishers

2
SlugFest Games Pegasus Spiele

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