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Reforest

1-4 players 30-60 min 7.5 Board Game Geek Rating

Players cultivate forest ecosystems by strategically placing plant cards in elevation-based tableaux. Each turn, either gather cards or plant by discarding others as nutrients. Taller plants can replace shorter ones at reduced costs. Plants generate synergistic abilities and points. Rounds end when decks empty, awarding animal visitors to players with matching habitats. Victory goes to whoever scores most from plants and hosted animals.

Published 2024

Reforest

Get Ready

Setup the game with these step-by-step instructions before diving into your turn.

1
Prepare the plant deck
Shuffle all 91 plant cards together and keep the following amount based on player count: 4 players use 90 cards, 3 players use 70 cards, 2 players use 50 cards, solitaire uses 30 cards
2
Form the plant deck
Place the selected cards face down to form the plant deck, leaving space for a face-up discard pile
3
Remove excess cards
Put away the other unused plant cards
4
Deal starting hands
Deal 5 plants to each player, keeping them hidden from other players
5
Create the nursery
Draw 3 plant cards from the deck and lay them face up to create the nursery
6
Prepare visitor deck
Shuffle all 10 visitor cards together to form the face-down visitor deck
7
Lay out round-end visitors
Place 3 visitor cards face up as round-end visitors, which will be awarded from left to right
8
Tuck cards under visitors
Place plant cards face down under the 1st and 2nd round-end visitors: 4 players use 12 cards each, 3 players use 10 cards each, 2 players use 8 cards each, solitaire uses 6 cards each
9
Determine starting player
The player who most recently took a walk in the woods plays first

On Your Turn

What you can do during your turn.

1
Choose one action
On your turn, select either Gather Plants or Play a Plant, then play proceeds to the player on your left
2
Gather Plants option
Draw up to 2 cards from any combination of the deck and/or the nursery
3
Play a Plant option
Pay a plant's nutrient cost to add it to your region
4
Pay nutrient costs
Discard cards from your hand and/or discard adjacent stored energy cards from your region
5
Succession discount
When covering a plant, subtract the cost of the topmost plant in that stack from your new plant's cost
6
Covering sun-loving plants
When growing over a sun-loving plant, flip it face down to become stored energy
7
Covering shade-tolerant plants
When growing over a shade-tolerant plant, leave its understory overview visible; it remains a plant but loses its effect
8
Stored energy usage
Stored energy cards can be discarded to pay for plants growing in adjacent spaces and are worth 1 point at game end
9
Hand limit
After ending your turn, discard down to a hand of 7 plant cards
10
Trigger round end
If the plant deck is emptied on your turn, stop your current action immediately and resolve the end of the round

Winning

How to claim victory.

1
End round procedure
When the plant deck empties, award the round-end visitor to the player who best met its Multiplayer goal
2
Final round trigger
After the 3rd round-end visitor is resolved, the game continues until it would be the starting player's turn again
3
Calculate plant value
Score the point value on each face-up plant, including those in the understory
4
Score scoring effects
Add points from visible yellow scoring effects on plants in the canopy
5
Count stored energy
Score 1 point for each face-down energy card in your region
6
Add visitor value
Score the point value of all visitors you have earned
7
Calculate elevation bonus
Count the number of plant cards in the smallest stack of each elevation row and score 2 points for each of those cards
8
Score remaining cards
Score 1 point for every 2 cards remaining in your hand
9
Determine winner
The player with the highest total score wins

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