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Starving Artists

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2017 · 1-4 players · 60min · weight 1.94 · 646 ratings

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ID
189350
Name
Starving Artists
Year
2017
Rank
5481
Min players
1
Max players
4
Playing time
60
Min playtime
30
Max playtime
60
Avg weight
1.9412
Num weights
17
Bayes avg
5.74538
Average
6.71766
Users rated
646
Num owned
1502
Wanting
31
Wishing
213
Num comments
211
Fetched at
Wed Apr 29 2026 05:34:55 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Mechanisms (1)
Set Collection
Categories (3)
Abstract StrategyCard GameEducational
Description (982 chars)

There's no question: the life of an artist is hard. There’s no paycheck to paycheck to live by. What little money you do have you invest right back into paint. And without that paint, there’s no way to follow your dream. You don’t relish the idea of having to work at a desk, in front a computer, toiling away for some faceless corporate overlord. You really want to make it! Starving Artists is a game for 1-4 players. It takes about 30-60 minutes (approximately 15 minutes per player). In Starving Artists, you are a painter trying to be famous. In the game, paints are the only currency. On your turn, you can buy canvases, paint them or work for more paint. And, at the end of each round, players can put their completed paintings up for sale for more paint and food. The game ends when shortly after someone is out or someone manages to paint enough paintings: either in value or quantity. Yes, you can become famous by flooding the painting marketplace.

LLM v2 (wide)

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LLM v3 (deep)

Not yet enriched at v3 (deep pass).