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The office of the Doge was the highest office in Venice for over 1000 years. In the early days, the
position changed often. In the beginning, the position was similar to a duke, but later came to grow
into the status of a king. Even later, as the head of the republic of Venice, the position of Doge was
even more important. The elected advisors from the six districts, the three advisors from the Quarantia,
and the Doge came together to form the Council of Ten.
The last Doge of Venice, Ludovico Manin, lost his office when Napoleon invaded Northern Italy.
It is not surprising that the powerful families of Venice worked hard to have one of theirs in this
important position. Although the position could not be inherited, these families worked equally hard to
keep it in the family once they got it. In order to limit the importance of individual families and reduce
power of the office of Doge, a group of advisors and councilors developed a complicated system for
electing the Doge.
For this game, this system is simplified.
The Author: Leo Colovini was born in Venice in 1964, where he still lives today.
He has worked for many years with master game designer Alex Randolph.
With Alex, he developed Inkognito in 1989, which won the award for "beautiful game"
from the "Spiel des Jahres" jury.
Today, Leo Colovini is in a partnership with Alex Randolph and Dario De Toffoli in the
game company,"Venice Connection".
Graphics: Franz and Imelda Vohwinkel
English translation: Jay Tummelson
© 2000 Simba Toys
Rio Grande Games
PO Box 45715
Rio Rancho, NM 87174 USA
All Rights Reserved.
Made in Germany
www.riograndegames.com
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- Page 1 Today, Leo Colovini is in a partnership with Alex Randolph and Dario De Toffoli in the game company,“Venice Connection". Graphics: Franz and Imelda Vohwinkel English translation: Jay Tummelson © 2000 Simba Toys Rio Grande Games PO Box 45715 Rio Rancho, NM 87174 USA All Rights Reserved. Made in Germany...
- Page 3 for 3 to 4 players aged 12 and up Official title for the Doge: his excellency, by divine right, Doge of Venice, count of Dalmatia and Croatia, the highest venerable prince Overview Venice, also called Serenissima, the most venerable, flourished in the late middle ages as a merchant center.
- Page 4 The order in which palaces are built only influences the number of houses needed to build them. The order has no influence on the end of the game as the game ends at the end of a game year, not during it. End of a game year The game year ends when an election has been held in each of the 7 areas.
- Page 5 If two or more players tie for first in the voting, no player takes control of the Quarantia’s advisors. All 3 become neutral and are placed on their symbols on the right of the board. The players tied for first may each move 2 of their houses.
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Page 6: Playing The Game
The board and the figures The board has a map showing the 6 central districts of Venice: Cannaregio, Castello, Dorsoduro, San Marco, San Polo and Santa Croce. Red-brown lines and the Grand Canal mark the borders between these districts. Each district has building spaces for 5 palaces. - Page 7 The players now place the ballot markers they had placed on their player cards on the areas shown on the cards. They place them face down. A player may stack his ballot markers on top of each other. The used player cards remain face up in the players’...
- Page 8 In addition to the ballot markers, players get 1 vote for each advisor that they control that stands in the area where the election is held. A player with no ballot marker or just a 0 value ballot marker in an area can still win or be runner-up if he has one or more advisors in the area.