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Starving Artists
Year
2017
Players
1–4
Play time
60min
Min age
12+
Weight
1.94
BGG rating
6.72
BGG rank
#5547
Best with
3

Owned by

Michael Redlich

Local copies

Rating: ★ 7.0

Board game

Starving Artists

Designed by Mike Wokasch

There's no question: the life of an artist is hard. There's no paycheck to paycheck to live by. What little money you do have you invest right back into paint. And without that paint, there's no way to follow your dream. You don't relish the idea of having to work at a desk, in front a computer, toiling away for some faceless corporate overlord. You really want to make it! Starving Artists is a game for 1-4 players. It takes about 30-60 minutes (approximately 15 minutes per player). In Starving Artists, you are a painter trying to be famous. In the game, paints are the only currency. On your turn, you can buy canvases, paint them or work for more paint. And, at the end of each round, players can put their completed paintings up for sale for more paint and food. The game ends when shortly after someone is out or someone manages to paint enough paintings: either in value or quantity. Yes, you can become famous by flooding the painting marketplace.

Categories

Abstract StrategyCard GameEducational

Mechanics

Set Collection

Best with how many players

1
Not rec.
2
Recommended
3
Best
4
Recommended
4+
Not rec.

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Language dependence

No necessary in-game text(1 of 1 votes)

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Latest Wikidata run: ok · 06/20/2026.

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