39 Machiavelli scenarios and variants

Illness always gets the blame for defeat and generals for victory. It should be the other way around.
Soldiers rarely win wars. Typhus, plague, cholera, typhoid and dysentery have decided the outcome of more battles and campaigns than any an Alexander, Caesar, Hannibal and Napoleon.
Hans Zinsser in Rats, lice and history, 1935.

This page contains a list of 39 known Machiavelli variants and scenarios and links to supporting material.  A variant is defined as a Machiavelli game setup whos  rules or map (significantly) differs from the classical game.  A scenario is defined as a game with an alternate unit setup but using the same map or the same rules as a selected variant.

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What are the files referred to below ?  The MapIt info-file (name.info) contains information about center and unit positions and the power names that is used by the MapIt parser to build a printable postscript map with the results. MapIt uses this file in conjunction with the nJudge result file and the MapIt PS file. The MapIt PS-file (name.cmap|map.ps) is a postscript file containing procedures used to draw the results map. The nJudge map-file is the most important file for game purposes on the automated judges. It contains information about province characteristics, allowable moves, disasters and more. Equally important is the nJudge seed-file that tells the judge how to setup the game. The nJudge info-file contains player info about the variant/scenario -- setup info, special rules and sometimes backgrounders. The file is found under the link setup.

Rules

The rules for Machiavelli are found in the Avalon Hill (Hasbro) game rules. You should also read the expanded and clarified rules for the nJudge games: Machiavelli (nJudge) rules and Machiavelli2 (nJudge) rules. Special rules for scenarios or variants are found, when applicable, in the respective setup info.

Variants

Played with alternate maps and/or rules. For an adaption of LOTR Risk see the LOTR Risk page.

	Variant	Setup files	Map files	Credits
	1454. 8 players. Classic Machiavelli. This is the original game.	Standard setup MapIt info file nJudge map file nJudge seed file	Large GIF PDF-file MapIt PS-file	Created by Battleline Inc. and reissued by Avalon Hill Inc.*
	1454. 8 players. Mach 2nd (1995) ed. New Diplomacy adapted rules.	Standard setup MapIt info file nJudge map file nJudge seed file	Large GIF PDF-file MapIt PS-file	Avalon Hill Inc.*
	1454.  4 players. MachHo: lots of sea areas.	Setup MapIt info file nJudge map file nJudge seed file	Large GIF PDF-file MapIt PS-file	Neil Barr, Victoria, Australia.
	MachFive. 5 equally strong player powers on a symmetrical board.	Setup MapIt info file nJudge map file nJudge seed file	Preliminary: Large GIF PDF-file MapIt PS-file	Sergio Lidsell, Sweden.
	1901. 7 players. Dipmach. Mach played on the Diplomacy map.	Setup MapIt info file nJudge map file nJudge seed file	Large GIF PDF-file MapIt PS-file	Sergio Lidsell, Sweden.
	Historical. Played on a historically more  accurate map of Italy.			Sergio Lidsell, Sweden.
	Fall of Constantinople.			Sergio Lidsell, Sweden.
	German Unity. Played on a map of Germany. No fleets.			Sergio Lidsell, Sweden.
	1425. 3 players. 100 Years War. Played on a map of France.	MapIt info-file	PDF-file MapIt PS-file	Original by Andy Schwarz/ Mach adaption by Fernando Blesa, Spain.
	1459. 13 players.  "RK13". More areas and powers than standard.		Large GIF	Risto Karttunen, Finland.

Scenarios

Variants with only one scenario have the scenario setups listed in the variants table. Minor rule or map differences may occur in some scenarios.

Balance of Power	1454. 8players. (SiHmmS)	Setup mach1 (see Classic Mach above for more data files)	(See Classic Mach above for map files.)	Battleline Inc., Avalon Hill Inc.*
Age of Communes v3	1335. 9 players.  Growth of the city states and fight for Med supremacy. (SiHmmS)	Setup (html file) Setup MapIt info file nJudge map file nJudge seed file	Large GIF PDF-file MapIt PS file	Sergio Lidsell, Sweden
Expansion of States	1385. 4 players. Milans bid for Italian supremacy in Italy. (Is unbalanced.)	Setup MapIt info file nJudge map file nJudge seed file	Large GIF PDF-file MapIt PS file	Battleline Inc., Avalon Hill Inc.*
Struggle for Dominance I part 1	1499. 6 players. Italian Wars part 1. France and Austria fight for control over southern Italy.	Setup MapIt info file nJudge map file nJudge seed file	Large GIF PDF-file MapIt PS file	Battleline Inc., Avalon Hill Inc.*
Struggle for Dominance I part 2	1513. 7 players. Italian Wars part 2. Austrias control is expanding. (Original AH setup)	Setup (alternate) MapIt info file nJudge map file nJudge seed file	Large GIF PDF-file MapIt PS file	Battleline Inc., Avalon Hill Inc.*
Spanish Preponderance I	1521. 7 players. Italian Wars part 3. Austria tries to dominate Italy. (Original AH setup.)	Setup (alternate) MapIt info file nJudge map file nJudge seed file	Large GIF PDF-file MapIt PS file	Battleline Inc., Avalon Hill Inc.*
Expansion of States with Este	1385. 5 players. Milans bid for Italian supremacy: but a balanced scenario. (Version of EOS.)	Setup MapIt info file nJudge map file nJudge seed file	Large GIF PDF-file MapIt PS file	Sergio Lidsell, Sweden
Cavour & Garibaldi	1859. 11 players.  Unification of Italy.  (SiHseS)	Setup	Large GIF	Michael Gemmel Canada
Crowning of Charlemagne	Unite Italy under Charlemagne's rule. 12 powers. (SiHhmS)			Michael Gemmel Canada
Rise of Rome	Begin building the Roman Empire. 11 powers. (SiHraS)			Michael Gemmel Canada
BOP w Genova	9 players. Balance of Power with Genoa added (Gen, Mon, Cor).			Bruce Duewer, USA
Peace of Caltabellotta	6 players. The Holy Roman Empire's influence is vaning and the Kingdom of Aragon has gained Sicily.	Setup	Large GIF	Gianni Vacca, Catalonia, Spain
The Visconti Apex	6 players. Milan is at the peak of power. Will you keep it there?	Setup	Large GIF	Gianni Vacca, Catalonia, Spain
Peace of Cambrai	7 players. France and Spain fight for control of Italy.	Setup	Large GIF	Gianni Vacca, Catalonia, Spain
Guelfs and Ghibellines	3 players. The Pope and the Holy Roman Emperor fight for control of Italy.		Large GIF	Gianni Vacca??, Catalonia, Spain
The End of Lombard Rule	749. 7 players. The Lombard Kingdom is fragmenting.	Setup	Large GIF	Alea nr 22, Amando Surinach Gonzalez
Decline of Milan	1402. 7 players. Milan is at its apex, will it stay there?	Setup	Large GIF	Alea nr 22, Amando Surinach Gonzalez
Alfons V, Lord of Italy	1442. 8 players. Aragons stab for Italy.	Setup	Large GIF	Alea nr 22, Amando Surinach Gonzalez
Ferdinand the Catholic	1495. 7 players. France and Aragon slug it out in southern Italy.	Setup	Large GIF	Alea nr 22, Amando Surinach Gonzalez
Coronation of Karl V	1529. 7 players. Austria vyes for control of Italy.	Setup	Large GIF	Alea nr 22, Javier Gomez
The Neapolitan Rebellion	1547. 8 players. Naples rise against Austria.	Setup	Large GIF	Alea nr 22, Javier Gomez
The Battle of Lepanto	1566. 7 players. The Austrian coalition against the Ottoman.	Setup	Large GIF	Alea nr 22, Javier Gomez

Balance of Power II	1454. 8players. (SiHmmS)	Setup mach2 (see Mach 2nd edition above for more data files)	(See Mach 2nd edition above for map files.)	Avalon Hill Inc.*
Struggle f. Dominance II, part 1	1499. 6 players. Italian Wars part 1. France and Austria fight for control over southern Italy.	Setup MapIt info file nJudge map file nJudge seed file	Large GIF PDF-file MapIt PS file	Battleline Inc., Avalon Hill Inc.*
Struggle f. Dominance II, p. 2	1513. 7 players. Italian Wars part 2. Austrias control is expanding. (Original AH setup)	Setup (alternate) MapIt info file nJudge map file nJudge seed file	Large GIF PDF-file MapIt PS file	Battleline Inc., Avalon Hill Inc.*
Spanish Preponderance II	1521. 7 players. Italian Wars part 3. Austria tries to dominate Italy. (Original AH setup)	Setup (alternate) MapIt info file nJudge map file nJudge seed file	Large GIF PDF-file MapIt PS file	Battleline Inc., Avalon Hill Inc.*
Fall of the Lombards	725. 4 players. The franks under Pepin and Charlemagne invade Italy to help the Papacy.	Setup MapIt info file nJudge map file nJudge seed file	Large GIF PDF-file MapIt PS file	Avalon Hill Inc.*
Empire and Invaders	1051. 7 players. Normans, Saracens, Sea Republics, Byzantines and the Holy Roman Empire vye for Italian supremacy.	Setup MapIt info file nJudge map file nJudge seed file	Large gIF PDF-file MapIt PS file	Avalon Hill Inc.*
Papal Ascendancy	1177. 4 player setup of the 'mongol scenario'. No mongols.	Setup MapIt info file nJudge map file nJudge seed file	Large GIF PDF-file MapIt PS file	Avalon Hill Inc.*
Papal Ascendancy and Mongol Threat	1177. 5 players. Will the Mongols overrun Italy ?	Setup MapIt info file nJudge map file nJudge seed file	Large GIF PDF-file MapIt PS file	Avalon Hill Inc.*
To the Renaissance	1250. 7 players. Angevines, Genoese, Aragonese and others.	Setup MapIt info file nJudge map file nJudge seed file	Large GIF PDF-file MapIt PS file	Avalon Hill Inc.*
Crowded Mach	1454. 12 players.  Balance of Power with some rules and map changes.	Setup	Large GIF	Bogislaw von Schönfeldt, Germany