The Prince
In Southern and Western Europe¸ 1475 ? 1550 was a period of Renaissance¸ a new cultural and social movement inspired by the Classical Era. Italy was in turmoil¸ and rivaling city states¸ controlled by influential families¸ vied for power. Some well-known names of that period are: de Medici¸ della Rovere¸ Colonna¸ Orsini¸ and the most infamous of them all: the originally Spanish House of Borgia.The Florentine statesman Niccoln Machiavelli (1469 ? 1527) served as a diplomat under Cesare Borgia¸ and saw from up close the devilish methods with which this ruler expanded his wealth ? and power. Rodrigo Borgia¸ later Pope Alexander I¸ has been named ?the incarnation of the devil on earth?. Based on his experiences with the Borgias Machiavelli wrote his controversial Il Principe¸ stating that rejectable methods like corruption and murder are acceptable if it is in the interest of the ruler.The Prince von Alexander S. Berg¸ fü¸r 3 bis 5 Spieler ab 12 Jahren¸ Spieldauer ca. 60 Minuten¸ Phalanx (2003)