Medici FAQ
39 questions players ask · Updated Nov 12, 2026 · Full rulebook
Setting Up the Game
- How many cards are removed from the deck at each player count?
- Can the Gold card be one of the cards set aside with fewer than six players?
- Where do the commodity counters start on the tracks?
- How does the two-player game differ from the standard rules?
- Where do the players' money counters start on the score track?
- Do the removed cards stay out for all three days?
- How do you set aside the unused cards without seeing them?
Playing the Game
- Is the last lot auctioned when the deck runs out?
- Can you look at a flipped card before deciding whether to flip another?
- When you win a three-card lot, do the cards fill one hold or three?
- Can you offer a lot bigger than your own free spaces?
- Does the player who offers a group receive the winning bid?
- Can a player win a group with a bid of zero?
- Where do the cards go when no one bids on a group?
- After a group gets no bids, does the turn pass to the next player?
- Who selects the next group: the player to the left of the previous chooser, or the player to the left of the buyer?
- Can a player whose ship is full still bid, select groups or turn cards?
- What happens when every player with room left has no florins?
- When everyone else has filled their ship, does the last player with room pay for the cards they take?
Scoring the Day
- How are first and second place commodity florins split when players tie?
- Does holding more cards of a commodity break a tie at the top of its track?
- What happens when your commodity marker is already on the top step and you buy more of that commodity?
- Do you collect a top-step commodity bonus only for the step your marker lands on, not for steps it passes?
- Are top-step commodity bonuses paid every day, including when your marker stays on the same step?
- If two players share a top-step bonus space, do they split the bonus?
- If you finish out of the scoring places for a commodity, do you still get its top-step bonus?
- Is there a limit to how many players can occupy a 20 or 10 bonus step?
- Is the six-player payout 30, 20, 15, 10, 5, 0?
- Do commodity counters reset between days, so scoring uses only that day's purchases?
- In a two-player game, does second place get commodity florins?
- Can a player who bought none of a commodity still score for it?
- What are the red commodity scoring counters for?
- Who starts the new day when players are tied for last on the money track?
End of the Game
Editions and variants
- Does the original Amigo edition have the 5-florin third-place commodity bonus?
- In the Lui-même edition, must the New Auction card be used on the turn you acquire it?
- When does the owner of the Mystery 5 card choose which good it counts as?
- What do the Ship (overstock) and Captain cards do in the French bonus card set?