The Princes of Florence FAQ
61 questions players ask · Updated Nov 10, 2026 · Full rulebook
General
Setup
Auction Phase
- Can you use a Recruiting card right after buying it in the Auction phase?
- Can you complete a Work with a recruited Profession card during the Auction phase?
- Can you bid more florins than you have in hand?
- Can a player with no florins and no Prestige Points make an auction bid?
- If you pass during an auction, can you still bid on the other objects that round?
- What is the opening bid, and by how much can each raise go?
- Must every player buy something in the auction phase each round?
- Can a player withdraw from all remaining auctions for the rest of the round?
- Can players agree beforehand on who bids for which object in an auction?
- Can you bid on or win an auction for an object you have no room to place?
The Meaning of the 7 Objects
- Can a Recruiting card be used more than once?
- Where does a Recruiting card go once it is used, and does it count toward Work Value?
- Can you recruit back a Profession card you already played?
- Can you recruit a Profession that a Recruiting card previously took from you?
- Does a second Forest, Lake or Park add Work Value, and when does it score Prestige Points?
- Is there a limit on how many Jesters you can have?
- Can a player own four Builders?
Action Phase
- Does using a Recruiting card cost one of your two actions?
- Do Profession and Recruiting cards in your hand count toward a Work's Work Value?
- What do the numbers in the corners of Profession cards mean?
- Must a Landscape be placed next to a Building or another Landscape?
- What happens if you cannot reach the round's minimum Work Value?
- Can you rearrange buildings or landscapes after placing them in your Principality?
- Can buildings be placed directly next to each other in your Principality?
- Do the Builder adjacency benefits still apply once you have a third Builder?
- Does the Palazzo block adjacency for building placement?
- Can several players buy the same building in one round?
- Can you spend florins from one completed Work to pay for your second action?
- Where do you place the marker for a completed Work worth more than 17?
Scoring Prestige Points
- Can you convert Prestige Points into florins at any time, and at what rate?
- Can your Prestige Points go below zero to pay for a bid or purchase?
- How is a completed Work's value paid out as florins or Prestige Points?
- Do you score a completed Work by moving your Fame disk?
- What are all the ways to earn an extra 3 Prestige Points?
Round End and End of the Game
Overview of the 20 Different Bonus Cards
Overview of the 14 Different Prestige Cards
Solo Rules
The Muse and the Princess Expansion (for 2-5 players)Expansion
- Can you keep the Banker card until the end of the game and exchange its florins for Prestige Points?
- What Work Value does a Work completed with the Princess have, and what rules apply to it?
- Can you bid more money than you have on hand when you hold the Merchant character card?
- How does the Banker character card's money work across rounds?
- What is the minimum and maximum bid on a character card?
- Can you use the Princess more than once in a round to complete more than one Work?
- Does the Banker convert florins into Prestige Points at a better rate than completing a Work?
- When is the character card auction held relative to the normal auction?
- In the character auction, can a player who passed bid again later in the round?