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Reiner Knizia's Medici app for iPhone and iPad


4.7 ( 5437 ratings )
Games Entertainment Board Strategy
Developer: Codito Development Inc.
0.99 USD
Current version: 1.4, last update: 6 years ago
First release : 05 Aug 2010
App size: 7.83 Mb

Become a member of the infamous Medici family and compete to see who can make the most money in a no-holds-barred bidding war.

★★★★★★★★★★
Reviews:

"[...] works amazingly well as an [iOS] app. Medici is a wonderful game and a true antidote to button-mashing video games." - TUAW

"We have yet to come across a Reiner Knizia title that we did not fall in love with, and Medici is no different. [...] a great value, earning 4.5 [out of 5] Dimples." - AppSmile.com

"Medici is in an excellent position to provide a boardgame experience for multiple human players [...] I don’t see this app coming off my [device] any time soon." - BoardGameNews.com

"[...] the gameplay rewards surpass other games — many of which are deleted once beaten. [Medici] represents a great step forward in board game ports for more serious board game fans." - BlogCritics.org
★★★★★★★★★★

You are merchants in the fiercely competitive, but wealthy age of the Medici family. Your ships sail throughout the known world selling the goods you buy. Every day you go to the market where you must compete with other merchants for the merchandise available that day.

As lots are purchased they are immediately loaded onto the waiting ships so that the ships may depart as soon as the market closes and the tide is high.

When the ships set sail to deliver their merchandise to foreign ports, the merchants gather to calculate their earnings for the day. A merchants earnings are based on the total value of the goods they bought and the number of each commodity compared to the other merchants.

With no setup time required, no pieces to lose, and no arguments about the rules, the future of board games is here and Medici gives you exactly what you want -- to play!

How to Play:

Combining deep strategy with an intuitive and beautiful interface, Medici is easy to learn but hard to master. Choose your favorite of nine different historically-based Medici characters, and then discover their true personalities as you compete against them in solo play.
On a players turn, they open crates on the dock, then auction them off to the highest bidder. At the end of each day, Florins are paid out to the merchants with the most valuable shipments and who have shipped the most of each commodity. The player with the most money at the end of the three days is the winner!

Features
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No set up required
Fast, easy, and fun game play for 3 to 6 players
Stunning HD graphics
Support for 3 modes of play: solo, "pass and play", and "hotseat" (around the table) play
9 different historically-based Medici characters to choose from
9 different AI opponents to compete against
Complete rules and game guide
Play your own iPod music


About
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Dr. Reiner Knizia is one of the worlds most prolific and best-known board game designers, and this version of one of his top titles has been fully approved and endorsed by him.

Sage Board Games is an independent software developer, focusing on bringing award-winning and classic board games to mobile devices. With a veritable "whos who" of Euro games already licensed, Sage Board Games is poised to become the premiere source of board games for iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch.

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Pros and cons of Reiner Knizia's Medici app for iPhone and iPad

Reiner Knizia's Medici app good for

Great update! I just love this game - simple and compelling. Beautiful implementation. Love how you can speed up the animations. Looks like the stability issues are resolved too. Cant wait to see more titles!!
Upgrade fixes glitches and adds a lot of oomph to the computer players strategies. Bravo.
Now that glitches have been fixed and play speed has improved its a great implementation of the board game.
The only thing missing is online multiplayer. Great strategy game!
Love this game. Easy to learn and play, really enjoy the art, and find its a great way to pass the time. With the automated scoring, its faster and easier to play then the actual board game. I like the iPad version slightly more as the playing area is a little bigger.
I just had my hand on the actual board game today and I was happy to have paid 3$ or so instead of 30ish$ for such a great game!

Some bad moments

I cant get the game to even start! A patch is needed asap. How did this get past the QA???
This app crashes while on the splash screen - simply unacceptable - and not a peep from the developer. Do not purchase until theres a fix.
Do not buy until they fix it (its been more than 4 months since the iOS9 developer betas were available...)
Not worth the price. The game is expensive, and too easy to beat. After a couple months of play, the app no longer works; it freezes at the home screen. Waste of money, IMO.
Great board game, plays quick and pretty good AI, but the game really needs an update, both graphically and for stability, especially considering the price you pay. Unfortunately it no longer seems to run in iOS 9, it loads to the main menu then becomes unresponsive. Was running fine in iOS 8. Caveat emptor. UPDATE: Started working again all of sudden, after I reinstalled to see if an iOS update fixed anything. Worked for a week. Then it went back to freezing again. :(
A little tricky to figure out if you havent played the board game, but great fun once you do.