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Pax Renaissance: 2nd Edition

Pax Renaissance 2nd Edition is a game for 1 to 4 players where you play as a banker in Europe at the height of the Renaissance during the late 15th and early 16th-century.

1–4 players120 minages 12expert difficulty

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What is Pax Renaissance: 2nd Edition

Pax Renaissance 2nd Edition is a game for 1 to 4 players where you play as a banker in Europe at the height of the Renaissance during the late 15th and early 16th-century.

A time when European nobility and warlords declined and the arts and technology advanced in the wake of a new economic force: merchants and bankers. These bankers became the wealthiest private individuals ever as they guided Europe into the modern age.

As a Renaissance banker, you will finance kings or republics, sponsor voyages of discovery, join secret cabals, or unleash jihads and inquisitions. Your choices determine if Europe is elevated into the bright modern era or remains festering in dark feudalism. Four victories determine the future course of Western Society: will it be towards imperialism, trade globalization, religious totalitarianism, or enlightened art and science?

New components include punchouts for pirate ships, pawns for concessions and serfs, placards for player boards, and empire squares allowing storage of repressed tokens and queens even if the King is not in a player Tableau.

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Game details

Players: 1–4
Age: +12
Duration: 120 min
Difficulty: Expert
Type: Board game
Year: 2021
Mechanics: Action Points · Increase Value of Unchosen Resources · Market
Categories: Pike and Shot · Renaissance · Religious
Designer: Phil Eklund · Matt Eklund
Publisher: 500 Nuances de Geek · Ion Game Design · Sierra Madre Games · CrowD Games