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Rio Grande Games Doge 75 manual

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    Gra phics: Franz and Imelda V ohwink el English transla tion: J ay T ummelson © 2000 Simba T oys Rio Grande Games PO Bo x 45715 Rio Rancho, NM 87174 USA All Rights Reser ved. Made in Ger many www .r iograndegames .com The of f ice of the Doge w as the highest of f ice in V enice f or o v er 1000 year s . In the ear ly days , the position changed o[...]

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    Over vie w V enice, also called Serenissima, the most vener a ble, f lourished in the late middle ages as a mer chant center . The old established f amilies competed f or political po w er and inf luence in this city state. As the heads of these f amilies , the player s use their po w er and inf luence to build the most m agnif icent buildings and [...]

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    7 The order in w hich palaces ar e built only inf luences the number of houses needed to build them. The order has no influence on the end of the game as the game ends at the end of a g ame y ear , not dur ing it. End of a game y ear The g ame year ends when an election has been held in each of the 7 areas . The 7 v oting or der car ds f or the cur[...]

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    6 If two or more play er s tie for f irst in the v oting, no play er takes contr ol of the Quar antia’ s advisor s . All 3 become neutr al and ar e placed on their symbols on the r ight of the board. The player s tied f or f irst m ay each mo v e 2 of their houses . Each house m ay be mo v ed fr om an y distr ict to an y other district. In this c[...]

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    3 The board and the figures The board has a m a p sho wing the 6 centr al districts of V enice: Cannaregio, Castello, Dorsoduro, San Mar co, San P olo and Santa Croce. Red-bro wn lines and the Grand Canal mar k the border s betw een these distr icts . Each district has building spaces f or 5 palaces . The Quarantia is located in the Doge's pal[...]

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    4 The player s no w place the ballot m arker s the y had placed on their play er cards on the areas shown on the car ds. The y place them f ace down. A play er may stac k his ballot m arker s on top of each other . The used player cards rem ain face up in the players’ supply ar eas until the end of the phase. Thus, a play er may not place mor e b[...]

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    5 In addition to the ballot m arkers , player s get 1 v ote f or each advisor that the y control that stands in the area w here the election is held. A play er with no ballot m ark er or just a 0 v alue ballot m ark er in an area can still win or be r unner -up if he has one or mor e advisor s in the area. The ef f ects of the elections dif f er be[...]