| The Patrons of Venice 3-5 PlayersAged 10 and up
 90 - 120 minutes
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       At the height of the Renaissance, the Mediterranean
      was alive with trading galleys exchanging prized goods between Europe,
      Africa and the Far East.  Vessels from the Baltic Sea brought lumber,
      wool, iron, and hemp to the Mediterranean while ships from the Black Sea
      delivered silk and spices from the Far East.  At the centre of it all was
      the port city of Venice, the "Queen of the Adriatic," where merchant
      families earned fortunes from the trade.  As the head of a Venetian merchant family, you begin
      the game with a few ships carrying trade goods.  Using the trade income
      from these ships, you sponsor local businesses that manufacture raw goods
      into valuable luxury goods and sell them to local Aristocraticci
      for wealth and favore.  Compete against other families for raw
      goods and prime Venetian real estate.  Do you place your new draper
      business in the draper quarter where it will be more profitable or beside
      the Campo with the beautiful statue where it will earn your family
      more prestige?
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   | Garden Competition 3-5 PlayersAged 10 and up
 60 - 120 minutes
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       Welcome to the Garden Competition where you
      are a neighbourhood student hoping to win this year's garden competition.
      Compete against the other players for limited flowers at the nursery and
      the favour of your neighbours who will give out clippings of their flowers
      to their favourite students.  Each player knows some of the flowers and
      colours the garden judge is looking for, but no player knows all of
      the flowers and colours the judge is looking for.  Players try to guess
      the parts they don't know by keeping an eye on what the other players are
      planting.  The judge also has some secret criteria that only she knows,
      which players can learn about by taking her out for coffee.
 
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