Leonardo (1988)

About this game

In the essential structure it reminds one strongly of MONOPOLY. The author team Donadoni/da Vinci inserted another whole set of details which make LEONARDO its own game. At the beginning, each player secretly decides to which of the two groups of aristocracy (the Pope-faithful Guelfen and/or the emperor-faithful Ghibellinen) he would like to belong. On some spaces event cards are drawn, and those give one group or the other a financial boost. There is a variant. It offers opportunity to the players to unite in guilds.

Does it fit your group?

• Group size. Works with 2 to 6.
• Rules load. At 1.5/5 this is a light game — explain it in a few minutes, good for a table that has not played much.
• Age. The publisher suggests 10 and up. That rates the rules rather than the artwork, so judge the box yourself for younger players.