San Marco

Divide your card hand into piles; opponents pick first; play remaining cards to place or move aristocrats in Venice districts.

• [3]i_cut_you_choose— “two players draw cards and divide them up; other two players pick one group, remaining goes to dividers”
• [3]region_majority— “players build up influence in districts of Venice via aristocrats; majority game like El Grande”
• [2]hand_management_under_draw— “agonizing decisions; you split cards into two piles, other player gets first pick”
• [1]closing_window— “entire game lasts three Passages; each Passage may contain several turns”
• [1]steal_from_opponent— “Banishment action; some players don't like the backstabbing”