Name: Calimala Deluxe Kickstarter Exclusive Edition
SKU: Alley Cat Games 005
Availability: InStock

$75.00

Super fast write ups of summer!!🌻

Hello all!

Summer is in full swing here on Long Island! And it seems hotter than I recall from past years.. with us hitting high 80’s and low 90’s more days than I can count! Ach! I love the summer.. but it is very hard to lie on the beach in 90+ weather and claim to be enjoying the “relaxing times.” Haha. It feels like broiling on a sand grill! Sure the water is refreshing.. but, you get the idea. 😅

Mind you.. I’ll be whining about the cold of winter soon enough. Ha!

When I do, someone please remind me of this post! 😅

Anyhoo, it’s going to be another “copy/paste the basic write-up into each new game” sort of week. As I slide farther into retirement, it just seems that my time on the ol’ laptop is diminishing rapidly. Haha. I mean, that is a good thing… I think. Except for the fact that it doesn’t allow me to spend gobs of hours researching play-through videos and writing up games with helpful pointers and witty banter and all that jazz… soooooo… here we are. 😬

The new reality…. 🥺

Someone save me… from myself! 🙏🫨

LIFE ANALYSIS 🧐

Are write-ups that don’t have a ton of flair a smidge underwhelming?

Yes… yes they are. 😪

But, will that let me finish in time to get back to weeding my garden and endlessly trying to stop the wildlife from eating the spoils of war?

Why yes… yes it will (or at least it should). 😅

Haha. My LIFE! 🫜🪏

Back to the actual game discussion. Here we go… buckle up. 🛻

This Upstart bundle includes the following items:

Calimala Deluxe Kickstarter Exclusive Edition
The Intrigue Expansion
All Kickstarter Exclusive stretch goals

(Please note that everything is inside the main game box – including the Intrigue Expansion)

That’s it, folks! That’s it and that’s all!

OK.. in fairness it isn’t exactly a bundle since there is just one box… but you get the idea. 😉

Standard Upstart Protocol…

As always, if you have ANY questions.. please reach out! I am here to help! 😊

I’m usually available unless I’m driving, flying (usually in a jet), kayak fishing, tending to my garden, reloading my bird feeders, drinking Mai Tais at the pool, cooking some insane farm-to-table meal, or asleep! 😅🚗✈️🛶🎣🫜🪏🐦‍⬛🍹👨‍🍳💤

Original Campaign Link – to check and see all wonderful game bits and juicy exclusive content!!

I do want to at least post a link to the original campaign… in case you want to take a closer look… 😉 The link can be found HERE.

And, with regard to my super short write-ups… sooo sorry, everyone! I’ll get back in the swing at some point… argh! 🏴‍☠️😭

Exceptionally ready-to-get-out-to-the-warm-gardening-weather pirate signing off! ❤️🫡

Ages:	10+
Players:	2 – 5
Play Time:	75 minutes (no more and no less!)
Designer:	Fabio Lopiano
Artists:	Harald Lieske Ian O’Toole
Publisher:	Alley Cat Games
SKU:	Alley Cat Games 005
MSRP:	Original KS price for this bundle was $62. At the time of this listing (AUG 2025) this bundle was selling for $92 and up on a variety of sites.
Upstart Price:	$75
Link to BGG:	Calimala (there is no specific BGG listing for the deluxe re-release – this is the link to the original game)

9 in stock

SKU Alley Cat Games 005 Category Boardgame Shop Tags Modular Board, Area Majority / Influence, End Game Bonuses, Variable Set Up, Order Counters

The Calimala Deluxe Kickstarter Exclusive Edition printing has arrived! This is the Alley Cat Games re-release that was fulfilled in Spring of 2025. This game features a remastered and deluxe version of the classic game designed by Fabio Lopiano with art by Ian O’Toole

The “Arte di Calimala” — the guild of cloth finishers and merchants in foreign cloth — was one of the greater guilds of Florence, who arrogated to themselves the civic power of the Republic of Florence during the Late Middle Ages. The woolen cloth trade was the engine that drove the city’s economy and the members of the Calimala were the elite of Florence. Throughout its long history, the Arte di Calimala supervised the execution of artistic and architectural works. Most Florentine guilds performed such activities, but the Calimala distinguished itself from other guilds through the number and prestige of the projects and the sites administered, including the construction and decoration of some of the major churches of the city.

Players of Calimala are cloth merchants in medieval Florence, with a number of trusted employees that they assign to various streets within the city to carry out actions. (Each street connects two places where particular actions can be taken.) While taking these actions, players produce and deliver cloth and contribute to the construction and decoration of various buildings across the city. Employees stay on their assigned places for a while, carrying out their actions whenever the street is activated, and eventually are promoted into the city council, triggering a scoring phase.

Depending on the number of players, each player has a number of action discs. In turn order, they can put one on a space between two actions, performing both actions and activating all other discs on the same space. When the fourth disc is placed on an action space, the lowest one is promoted to the city council, which triggers a scoring. After the last action disc is placed or the last scoring phase in the council is triggered, the game ends. The positions of the action spaces and sequence of scoring phases vary from game to game, making each game very different. Secret scoring objectives and action cards add uncertainty.

—description from the publisher

Additional information

Weight	6.1 lbs
Dimensions	14 × 14 × 4 in

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