game · Office Collection

Machiavelli

Each round players secretly draft characters with distinct powers, gather gold and build city districts, scoring their completed cities after the end condition is triggered.

Players2–8 players

Player age10+

Playing time20–60 min

Weight2.05 / 5

Average rating7.05 / 10

People behind the game

Designer

Bruno FaiduttiView collection credits

A closer look

See what it looks like

Machiavelli, Machiavelli photographed in Bruno’s office collection.

About the game

Collection: Office Collection
Record type: game
Published: 2000
Publishers: Hans im Glück · 999 Games · Arclight Games · Brain Games · cutia.ro · Delta Vision Publishing · E L & M Productions · Edge Entertainment · Enigma (Bergsala Enigma) · Fantasiapelit · Fantasy Flight Games · Fantasy Shop · Galakta · Galápagos Jogos · Giochi Uniti · Hobby World · Houpaa · KADABRA · Kaissa Chess & Games · Korea Boardgames · Laser plus · Midgaard Games · Millenium · MINDOK · MultiSim · Nexus Editrice · Schmidt Spiele · Siam Board Games · Silver Stars Publishing · Smart Ltd · Swan Panasia Co., Ltd. · Vennerød Forlag AS · Windrider Games · Z-Man Games · Ігромаг

Mechanisms

Action Drafting Closed Drafting Income Lose a Turn Set Collection Take That Turn Order: Role Order Variable Player Powers

BoardGameGeek ranks

Overall#595Strategy#491Family#179

What is still uncertain

The local Dutch title Machiavelli is the 999 Games edition of BGG's canonical record Citadels.
Ratings and ranks are a 2026-09-01 snapshot from official public BGG data and will drift.

Your collection

Your versions and boxes

1 version · 1 physical box

standard

Standard version

Owned edition

Office Collection: 1 copy

Office Part 2 photo decision: Visible title; photographed Office collection object. Photo attaches to an existing Office holding; inventory quantity is unchanged.

PhotographOFFICE-PART-2-118

Source and provenance

References for this record

BGG facts checked 1 September 2026 · Manual static snapshot. Ratings, voter totals and ranks do not update automatically.

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