#19: Medici

A pure auction game that forces commodity-trading players to not only value their own needs correctly, but also the needs of the other players. There is word on the street of a new edition, which would be nice, as both previous editions had graphics issues. It's a testimony to how good Medici is that it has overcome these component issues to end up 19th on this list.

Mark Edwards: "I'm a huge auction game fan and this is one of the best."

Nick Sauer: "I'm of the opinion that this game will probably be in print forever from this point forward. The auction game distilled to its purest form."

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