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Magnate

#41090BGG ↗

2008 · 2-2 players · 45min · weight 2.17 · 223 ratings

v2 v3 v4 wide v4 deep

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ID
41090
Name
Magnate
Year
2008
Rank
7409
Min players
2
Max players
2
Playing time
45
Min playtime
45
Max playtime
45
Avg weight
2.1739
Num weights
23
Bayes avg
5.65239
Average
7.24959
Users rated
223
Num owned
234
Wanting
16
Wishing
81
Num comments
124
Fetched at
Wed Apr 29 2026 05:34:55 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Mechanisms (5)
Area Majority / InfluenceDice RollingHand ManagementIncomeRandom Production
Categories (4)
Card GameCity BuildingEconomicPrint & Play
Description (851 chars)

The Grand Duke, who has no heirs, has decreed that his throne will go to whoever does the most to lift up and develop the duchy. You are a successful but common merchant, aiming to buy a noble title by impressing the Grand Duke. His health is failing, so you need to hurry. Magnate is a resource management game for the Decktet. Players vie to add more value to their own side of five district cards by building cards of higher total rank per district than their opponent. Cards are built using suit-based resource tokens, which are earned from already-built cards on every turn based on a roll of the dice, CATAN-style, or by selling unwanted cards. Taxes are occasionally imposed on the wealthy. The player with the most per-district victories wins. Besides a Decktet, Magnate requires 2d10, 1d6, and about 12 tokens for each of the 6 suits.

LLM v2 (wide)

Not yet enriched at v2 (wide pass).

LLM v3 (deep)

Not yet enriched at v3 (deep pass).

LLM v4 wide (controlled-vocab primitives)

Not yet enriched at v4 (wide pass).

LLM v4 deep (archetype fit)

Not in the v4 deep-pass top-20% slice.