Lucca Città

About this board game

Lucca Città is a card game for 3–5 players that takes about 30 minutes to play. Each player represents a Quarter and works to increase their family’s fame by constructing palaces, building walls, and holding parties in completed palaces.

The game uses a deck of 110 cards, including 96 Palace parts, 4 towers, 5 Coats of Arms, and 5 Quarters. On each turn, a player chooses a triplet of cards from the table and uses those cards to develop their buildings.

Resources and time are limited, so every choice matters. Careful planning is essential: building efficiently, completing palaces, and arranging plenty of parties can help your family rise above the competition, while ending the game with too many unfinished palaces can work against you.

• Players: 3–5
• Playing time: about 30 minutes
• Release year: 2005
• Components: 110 cards covering palace parts, towers, Coats of Arms, and Quarters

Lucca Città was the winning design in the 2004/2005 edition of the Gioco Inedito – Best Unpublished Game contest, powered by Lucca Comics & Games and dV Giochi. Its theme was “Cities and Walls,” providing the setting for a focused game of construction, timing, and family fame.

Choose your cards carefully, complete your palaces, and give the most successful parties to become the winner.