Byzanz (2008)

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Designer	Emanuele Ornella
Artist	Doris Matthäus
Publisher	AMIGO Spiel + Freizeit GmbH
Year Published	2008
# of Players	3 − 6
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 4 players Recommended with 3, 4, 5, 6 players (11 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	45 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	8 and up
User Suggested Ages	8 and up (3 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence	No necessary in-game text (7 voters) [poll]
Honors	2009 Fairplay À la carte Winner 2009 Golden Geek Best Card Game Nominee
Subdomain	Family Games Strategy Games (12 voters) [vote]
Category	Ancient Arabian Card Game Economic
Mechanic	Auction/Bidding
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Primary Name	Byzanz
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You are a merchant in Byzantium and you are trying to have the most profit from the markets inside the city.
Bid for the best stock of goods and find the right moment to sell your collected wares.
And do not forget to go to the main market for a good deal!

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Byzanz

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Amigo edition

Publisher: AMIGO Spiel + Freizeit GmbH

Artist: Doris Matthäus

Year: 2008

Product Code: 8983

Size: 2-deck card box (e.g. Coloretto)

0.48 pounds

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0	Rules 5/6 players, last card	2011-06-06	ideogram	1
1	Rules What if there aren't enough cards in the market?	2010-04-01	Marfried	1
23	Reviews Finally an auction filler that bumps off For Sale	2010-03-17	ralpher	4
14	Reviews 2008's lightweight auction game	2009-07-20	thepackrat	4
0	Variants No automatic win of auctions	2009-05-17	thepackrat	2
0	Rules Problem in the 5 or 6 player game, regarding the last player who will draw 1 card from the deck	2008-12-31	krit1789	3
1	Rules Raising bids	2008-11-03	SteveK2	3
20	Reviews A lot of fun in a small package	2008-10-26	Musti	3
3	General Updated English Rules Translation Posted	2008-09-23	punkzter	7
17	General Author notes on the game	2008-09-11	emaorny	4

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Reglas en castellano

Traduccion al castellano de las reglas en ingles

gixmo

2009-09-14

Byzanz_PT

Portuguese rules of Byzanz

Abruk

2009-01-28

Regole in italiano

Regolamento in italiano del gioco Byzanz di Emanuele Ornella, file PDF a colori impaginato come l'originale. Traduzione a cura di Franchija con la supervisione dell'autore del gioco

franchija

2008-12-28

Byzanz - English rules Layout

punkzter's unofficail english trnasltions laid out with illustrations for examples. fits in box.

yubm

2008-11-03

Byzanz Rules (English).pdf

English rules translation.

punkzter

2008-08-28

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204	Incredible underrated games for casual gamers	2011-08-13
200	Essen 2008 Ranking Tracker	2008-10-23
198	Initial Impressions - Essen 2008 Releases	2008-11-10
160	New to you Aug 09 => Best new game you played this month and why	2009-08-31
100	Geeks Around The World	2009-12-05
97	My Essen 2008 watch list	2008-08-29
94	Games Magazine 2010 Awards	2009-10-09
93	Your go-to light card games	2010-10-06

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Num Ratings:	501
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English review - Gamepack	http://www.gamepack.nl/gamepack/firstimp-abc.html#...	2011-05-07
German review - Doppel:Spiel:Kritik	http://spielekritik.blogspot.com/2008/12/byzanz.ht...	2011-05-07
German review - Cliquenabend	http://www.cliquenabend.de/spiele/081000-Byzanz.ht...	2011-05-07
German review - Hall9000	http://www.hall9000.de/html/spiel/byzanz	2011-05-07
German review - Ratgeberspiel	http://www.ratgeberspiel.de/spielwelt/spieltests/k...	2011-05-07
German review - Pöppelkiste	http://www.poeppelkiste.de/rezensionen/2009/byzanz...	2011-05-07
German review - Rezensionen für Millionen	http://rezensionen-fuer-millionen.blogspot.com/200...	2011-05-07
German review - Reich der Spiele	http://www.reich-der-spiele.com/kritiken/Byzanz	2011-05-07
German review - spieletest.at	http://www.spieletest.at/spiel.php?ID=2171	2011-05-07
German review - Spielkult	http://www.spielkult.de/byzanz.htm	2011-05-07