Modern Art

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Modern Art
Game data
author Pure Knizia
graphic Zeilbeck & Natzeck Design Company (Hans im Glück) u. a.
publishing company Hans im Glück Verlag (1992),
Pegasus Spiele (2009) a. a.
Publishing year 1992, 2009
Art Board game / card game
Teammates 3-5
Duration approx. 30-60 minutes
Age from 10 years on

Awards

German Games Prize 1993: 1st place
Game of the Year 1993: Selection list and a.

Modern Art is a 1992 published parlor game of Reiner Knizia . In the following year it received the German Games Prize . Modern Art was originally published by Hans im Glück Verlag , which released an edition with the logo of the game of the year in 1993 , as Modern Art had made it on their shortlist . In 2009 the author's game was completely re-illustrated by Pegasus Spiele . The game is suitable for 3 to 5 players and has an official playing time of 30 to 45 minutes (Hans im Glück) or 45–60 minutes (Pegasus). The game is recommended for ages 10 and up.

The players slip into the role of art dealers who buy or auction modern works of art in four auctions in order to make a profit.

There is also a card game called Modern Art - The Card Game (or Masters Gallery ), published in 2009 , which is also from Knizia, but is not yet available in German. The game mechanics are similar.

Further editions

The game has been translated into several languages. In 1996 and 2004 Modern Art was published in English by Mayfair Games , in 2006 in Portuguese as Arte Moderna by Odysseia Jogos , two years later by Lautapelit in Finnish, Swedish, Norwegian and Danish. Also, the game was in 2009 at Wargames Club in Chinese (both abbreviation and in traditional characters as現代藝術or现代艺术) and Matagot in French as Art Moderne published and as a multilingual version (Dutch, French, Greek, Polish, Spanish) .

The card game was released by Gryphon Games in 2009 and in Spanish by GenX that same year. In 2010 there was a version of Wargames Club in Chinese (long and short characters).

Awards and nominations

In addition to the German Game Award, Modern Art was also put on the selection list for Game of the Year in 1993. In 2008, Modern Art became the Finnish Adult Game ( Vuoden Aikuistenpeli ) of the year.

Modern Art was nominated by Games Magazine in 1997 and 1998 in the category of best family strategy game for the Games 100, and in 2004 in the category of best foreign game for advanced players of the Japan Boardgame Prize . In 2009 it was nominated for the Norwegian Family Game of the Year ( Årets Familiespill ).

Game materials

Game flow

The aim is to make as much profit as possible from works of art within four auctions through acquisition or auctioning (both of which bring in / can bring in gaming chips).

The rules also recommend a variant with a dummy player for three players.

construction

The game board is placed in the middle, it shows the five artists and helps with accounting for the purchase campaigns. Each player receives a screen and 100,000 monetary units in the form of gaming chips, which are hidden behind the screen. The remaining money remains in the so-called cash register. The cards are shuffled, each player receives 8-10 cards before the first auction, depending on the number of participants, and 3-6 cards before the second and third (none before the fourth).

Course of an auction

The beginning player chooses a card to be auctioned as a work of art. Which of the auction types is selected depends on a symbol on the edge of the card, and must always be increased by at least 1000. The highest bidder wins and pays the bid amount to the previous owner or to the cash register if he was the owner of the card. However, you should never bid more than you really have. If nobody bids, the player who wins the card receives the card for free, unless otherwise stated. The card is laid out face up. Then it is the turn of the left neighbor. If the fifth card of an artist has been played, the respective auction is ended without this last card being auctioned (if another card is played with the card , this is also left out).

Alternatively, it can rarely happen that all cards have been used up, in which case the game is ended after the last card has been discarded and it is no longer scored. However, players without cards can still bid.

There are the following types of auction:

  • criss-cross

Everyone is allowed to bid in confusion.

  • once in turn

Each player may only bid once in the order of their seats.

  • in the fist

All players take a number of chips (or none) in their hands face down, then they are revealed at the same time. In the event of a tie, the player closest to the lead wins.

  • Announce the price

The player who owns the card requests an amount for the card. Whoever is the first to be willing to pay it receives the bid, if nobody wants it, the owner has to pay himself.

  • another card

This card can only be auctioned with another card from the same artist. The type of auction depends on this card. This second card can either come from the player himself or in turn from another player, who is then the auctioneer of both cards. If nobody wants to place this second card, the original player receives the card for free.

Settlement of an auction

It is checked which artist has the most, the second most and the third most exposed picture cards. There are 30,000 monetary units for each of the first works of art, 20,000 for the second and 10,000 for the third; the rest are worthless. These amounts are marked with scoring tokens. In the event of a tie, the artist who is further to the left of the game board is preferred, which is offset by the lower number of works of art by this artist. In the following rounds, the players also receive the marked amounts from the previous rounds for the works of art by the first three artists.

The exposed cards are now rewarded with chips and removed from the game. The remaining cards are kept.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Prize winners ( Memento of the original dated December 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at German games price @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.merz-verlag.com
  2. a b c d Modern Art at spiele-check.de
  3. Masters Gallery at boardgamecentral.com
  4. Knizia games list (pdf; 156 kB) ( Memento of the original from January 31, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.convivium.org.uk
  5. Game prices from Knizia (pdf; 95 kB) ( Memento of the original from April 17, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.convivium.org.uk