Venezia
BGG rank
BGG #18,727
BGG rating
5.8

Venezia

2001

Rules assistance for Venezia

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

  • 2–4 players
  • 60 min
  • 10+
  • Complexity 2.3/5

Rules assistant for Venezia

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Venezia is a board game released in 2001 for 2–4 players, 60 minutes per game, and ages 10 and up. It was designed by Ronald Hofstätter and its main mechanics are Area Majority / Influence and Simultaneous Action Selection.

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About the game

As pigeon clans, players vie for roosting rights in the districts of Venice. Clans must get larger to stake out more territory, and pigeon reproduction depends on getting as close as possible to tourists in the Piazza San Marco. All this is accomplished through the simultaneous selection of actions: how many pigeons to send to the piazza, which (if any) special action to use, and which three regions to reinforce. Points are scored for having a majority of pigeons in a district.

Questions and answers

Venezia supports 2–4 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.