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The Gallerist

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Published
2015
Reach
Well known
Players
1–4
Play time
60–150 min
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How it plays

Build the most valuable gallery by discovering and promoting artists, buying and selling art, attracting visitors, and earning reputation. On your turn, move to a location and take its action, using assistants and sometimes giving displaced rivals a smaller follow-up action. The game ends after enough end conditions trigger; cash, unsold art, reputation, contracts, and completed curator and dealer goals determine the winner.

Main mechanics

  • Trading & negotiation
  • Drafting
  • Set collection
  • Worker placement
  • Trading & negotiation: Deals between players move the game forward.
  • Drafting: You pick from a shared pool and pass the rest along.
  • Set collection: Scoring comes from completing the right combinations.
  • Worker placement: You claim limited action spots before anyone else does.
Full publisher description

This age of art and capitalism has created a need for a new occupation - The Gallerist. Combining the elements of an Art dealer, museum curator, and Artists manager, you are about to take on that job! You will promote and nurture Artists; buy, display, and sell their Art; and build and exert your international reputation. As a result, you will achieve the respect needed to draw visitors to your Gallery from all over the world. There's a lot of work to be done, but don't worry, you can hire assistants to help you achieve your goals. Build your fortune by running the most lucrative Gallery and secure your reputation as a world-class Gallerist! Maximize your money and thus win the game by: having visitors in your gallery; exhibiting and selling works of art; investing in artists promotion to increase art value; achieving trends and reputation as well as curator and dealer goals.

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