Leonardo
BGG rank
BGG #27,691
BGG rating
5.4

Leonardo

1988

Rules assistance for Leonardo

Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.

  • 2–6 players
  • 90 min
  • 10+
  • Complexity 1.5/5

Rules assistant for Leonardo

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Answers come from the official rulebook, with the page to check.

Leonardo is a board game released in 1988 for 2–6 players, 90 minutes per game, and ages 10 and up. It was designed by Marco Donadoni and its main mechanics are Set Collection and Roll / Spin and Move.

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About the 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.

Categories

Publishers

  • Editrice Giochi

Questions and answers

Leonardo supports 2–6 players according to the catalogue. This range comes from the publisher’s listed player count, so the game can be set up for any group size within it. Some setups, rules and scoring details may still vary by player count, so check your edition’s rulebook for the exact configuration.