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Arboretum Deluxe
Arboretum is a strategic card game that challenges players to create the most beautiful path through the garden.
30m
2 - 4 Players
Ages 8+
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Arboretum is a strategy card game for 2-4 players, aged 10 and up, that combines set collection, tile-laying and hand management while playing in about 25 minutes. Players try to have the most points at the end of the game by creating beautiful garden paths for their visitors.
The deck has 80 cards in ten different colors, with each color featuring a different species of tree; each color has cards numbered 1 through 8, and the number of colors used depends on the number of players. Players start with a hand of seven cards. On each turn, a player draws two cards (from the deck or one or more of the discard piles), lays a card on the table as part of her arboretum, then discards a card to her personal discard pile.
When the deck is exhausted, players compare the cards that remain in their hands to determine who can score each color. For each color, the player with the highest value of cards in hand of that color scores for a path of trees in her arboretum that begins and ends with that color; a path is a orthogonally adjacent chain of cards with increasing values. For each card in a path that scores, the player earns one point; if the path consists solely of trees of the color being scored, the player scores two points per card. If a player doesn’t have the most value for a color, she scores zero points for a path that begins and ends with that color. Whoever has the most points wins.
| Ages | 8+ |
|---|---|
| Designer | Dan Cassar |
| Publisher | ABACUSSPIELE, Filosofia Éditions, Fractal Juegos, Gen-X Games, Lavka Games, Vagabund, Z-Man Games, Inc., Rebel, Renegade Game Studios |
| Players | 2 Players, 3 Players, 4 Players |
| Play Time | 30m |
| Mechanics | Card Games, Hand Management, Set Collection, Tile Placement |
| Theme | Bluffing, Card Game |
Airborne_GR
Amazing how much strategy can lie in such few rules. In Arboretum 2-4 players (as it scales perfectly) attempt to do well on its set collection and grid creation while struggling with extremely tight hand management thanks to that unique scoring rule. The gameplay is engaging, mind sharpening and overall very enjoyable. Aesthetically, Arboretum is just gorgeous. Try to find the Z-MAN version, chances are you won't be able, so I suggest you get the standard edition of Renegade in which the trees' colors pop out more. Gets the spot of my favourite card game, beating Mandala just because it plays more than 2.
Agropyron
Excellent set collection game with plenty of difficult decisions and a take-that mechanism. For a card game, it can be a surprising brain-burner. Terrific artwork on the cards.
Afrochiapet
Seeing everyone's arboretum at end game is charming, and I like the conflict of when to play or discard cards. However after a couple of plays I haven't found the game to be very satisfying. It felt like most games would boil down to seeing what someone else was building and holding onto a high card to block. In reaction most would either pivot to a lower number tableau or luck out and draw what they needed. After awhile I did not find the mechanics interesting. A visually-pleasing filler but not one I tend to get excited about.