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Modern Art

BGG Rank: 215
Players: 3 - 5, Recommended: 5+, Best: 5+
Playing Time: 45 minutes
Weight (Complexity): 2.29 / 5
Mechanisms: Auction / Bidding, Auction: English, Auction: Once Around, Auction: Sealed Bid, Auction: Turn Order Until Pass, Commodity Speculation, Hand Management, Victory Points as a Resource
Category: Card Game, Economic
Family: Components: Player Screens, Misc: Dice Tower Hall of Fame, Misc: LongPack Games, Series: 31 Minutos (Fractal Juegos), Series: Book Box (DiceTree), Theme: Art, Theme: Fine Art and Art Museums, Theme: Painting / Paintings
Designer: Reiner Knizia
Artist: Carole Carrion, Manuel Carvalho, Chen Cheng-po, Mike Doyle (I), Pete Fenlon, Gianfranco Giordano, Paul Laane, Ramon Martins, Daniel Melim, Rafael Silveira, Sigrid Thaler, Zeilbeck & Natzeck Design Company
Publisher: Hans im Glück, Arrakis Games, CMON Global Limited, DiceTree Games, Drosselmeyer & Co. Ltd., Fractal Juegos, Galápagos Jogos, GeGe Co. Ltd., Kaissa Chess & Games, Land of Beautiful Mind (سرزمین ذهن زیبا), Lautapelit.fi, Lavka Games, Lighthouse Games, Matagot, Mayfair Games, New Games Order, LLC, Odysseia Jogos, Oink Games, Pegasus Spiele, Phantasia Co., Ltd, Rebel Sp. z o.o., Wargames Club Publishing, WoodCat
Category: Auction
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Buying and selling paintings can be a very lucrative business. Five different artists have produced a bunch of paintings, and it's the player's task to be both the buyer and the seller, hopefully making a profit in both roles. He does this by putting a painting from his hand up for auction each turn. He gets the money if some other player buys it, but must pay the bank if he buys it for himself. After each round, paintings are valued by the number of paintings of that type that were sold. The broker with the most cash after four rounds is the winner. Part of the Knizia auction trilogy.

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Average Playing Time

1-2 hours

Best Player Count

4 Best

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Kevin

Difficulty

Standard

Played

Unplayed

Recommended Player Count

3 Players, 4 Players, 5 Players

alfonzos rated: N/A/10

One of the best auction/set collection games ever devised.

pains_72 rated: N/A/10

I really like this game, but can seldom get my friends to play it. The first time you play a game it's almost always painful, never could get my friends to give this one more try.

Capshun Kent rated: N/A/10

Haven't played YET, looks very playable

Ed Wahrer rated: N/A/10

Desperately looking for one, preferably new from a retailer. Know of one?

_Dani_ rated: N/A/10

Keller

KevinW rated: N/A/10

Hans im Gluck edition.

Peccable rated: N/A/10

Picked up the new edition for around $17. Definitely worth it -- I've wanted a copy of this ever since I read the rules online. Simple, easily grasped concept and a good connection between theme and rules -- rare in a Knizia game. The new, smaller box in this edition is great, though I have to say the inner 'card' tray really feels like it was designed for a completely different game -- the money discs end up sliding everywhere. Really looking forward to trying this one when I get enought people together.

pblitstein rated: N/A/10

2004 Mayfair edition.

Rocket rated: N/A/10

German Edition.

LeMatt rated: N/A/10

English version

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