{"product_id":"messina-1347-board-game","title":"Messina 1347","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eIn 1347, merchant galleys from the Crimean Peninsula arrived in Sicily and docked at the ancient port of Messina. The galleys had rats.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe rats had fleas. And the fleas carried a plague that would come to be known as the Black Death. Over the next four years, in cities across Europe, half the population would die.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn Messina 1374, the latest game from the designer of Underwater Cities and Praga Caput Rengi, players take the role of noble families with landholdings in the countryside around Messina.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThey attempt to rescue people from the plague by relocating them to their estates. As the plague in Messina worsens, the players will build small independent communities, while attempting to control the plague with fire.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn the final rounds of the game, the plague begins to abate and players return the rescued citizens to repopulate the resilient city of Messina.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAges 14+\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1-4 Players\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e60-140 Min Play Time\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rio Grande Games","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45128556806432,"sku":"MSNA1347","price":81.45,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0761\/3844\/7136\/products\/b4daf.jpg?v=1684685046","url":"https:\/\/gameology-development.myshopify.com\/products\/messina-1347-board-game","provider":"Gameology Development","version":"1.0","type":"link"}