presented, and intensely enjoyable game" with random maps and online play giving it "considerable replay value". In June 1994 it was a finalist for the magazine's Strategy Game of the Year award, losing to Master of Orion. The editors wrote that the game "captures the greed and treachery of medieval Italy even more than the classic Machiavelli boardgame". Computer Game Review gave it a platinum triad award (high marks from three reviewers) before naming it the magazine's 1994 strategy game of the year. See also Republic of Venice & the State of the Sea Timeline, History, Military history, & Economic history of Venice The Patrician series Lists of 4X & business-simulation video games Notes References Citations Bibliography . . External links Merchant Prince & Machiavelli the Prince at MobyGames Machiavelli the Prince cheat codes DOS games Holistic Design games Multiplayer and single-player video games Multiplayer hotseat games Play-by-email video games Turn-based strategy video games Trade simulation games Video game franchises Video games developed in the United States Video games set in Italy