Noli

Outwit your friends to secure the services of local craftsmen frantically roll dice to win the Regata dei Rioni catch fish while avoiding pirate raidsand build the tallest tower in Noli!

In the Middle Ages Noli was a flourishing maritime town under the benevolent ‘patronage’ of the powerful republic of Genoa. This sun-baked fishing community has a rich
history of independence commerce and competition. Every September in order to determine the fishing rights for the following fishing season the gozzi (typical Ligurian
fishing boats) of the four districts of Burgu Ciassa Màina and Portellu run a regatta along a path of 1600 meters on fractions of 400 meters between the bouys. Not satisfied
with this single form of competition the merchant families of each district compete with each other to build tall red-brick towers as a display of their wealth. Their edifices to
success give the town of Noli its distinctive look though no merchant tower can hope to match the proud castle atop Monte Ursino whose constant vigilance and defensive
walls protect Noli from the raids of the Saracens and the assaults of envious neighbouring towns!