This bundle includes Vineyard: A Winemaking Game and the Local News Mini-Expansion!
Players: 1-4
Playing Time: 60 Min
Age: 13+
Welcome to wine country! Vineyard: A Winemaking Game is a 1-4 player game about making wine in a delightful, sun-washed valley. Move workers through the winemaking steps and choose your upgrades. Become a specialist, find the perfect moments to benefit from the activities around the vineyard, and enjoy a streamlined experience of crafting wine!
The Local News Mini-Expansion adds random events that will keep players on their toes each round. Add 20 cards that bring interesting challenges and bonuses to the vineyard!
Gameplay
Set out on a winemaking journey to create sumptuous wine! Choose how to leave your impression by playing action cards, collectively moving workers to locations around the vineyard, and deciding your unique upgrade path. Will you push your luck to get more done, or focus on building up improvements?
- Shared Worker Placement allows all players to move every worker, setting up future actions and benefits to try to take at the best time.
- Quick, Engaging Turns keep gameplay moving for everyone with open information as you maximize your important role in the winemaking process.
- Unique Location Actions provide ways to gain advantages and leverage other players' decisions or use clever tactics to temporarily block workers.
- Ongoing Upgrade Choices give you ways to upgrade-as-you-go with unique specialties and improvements to build your own path to victory.
What is Shared Worker Placement? All players at the table are able to play action cards to move the workers around the vineyard. You do not play a specific character, but choose how to best guide all of the workers! There may be turns when you set up an excellent upcoming action... But will you be the first to take advantage of it? Keep an eye on your fellow players and find the best moment to showcase your winemaking expertise!
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Components
- 1 Game Board
- 4 Acrylic Friend Standees
- 4 Player Mats
- 120 Heart Tokens (4 Sets of 30)
- 28 Basic Action Cards (4 Sets of 7)
- 17 Improved Action Cards
- 50 Grape Tokens
- 1 Grape Token Draw Bag
- 32 Barrels
- 13 Truck Cards
- 32 Train Cards
- 4 Reference Cards
- 40 Star Tokens
- 52 Coin Tokens
- 44 Checkmark Tokens
- 3 Included Modules & Solo Mode
- Unique Flavors (12 Goal Cards)
- Irena the Apprentice (4 Apprentice Cards)
- Jasper the Cat (1 Acrylic Standee, 4 Reference Cards)
- Solo Mode (24 Solo Cards, 1 Reference Card)
Credits
Game Production & Development: Eduardo Baraf
Game Design: Roberta Taylor
Illustration & Graphic Design: Katherine Waddell
Additional Graphic Design: Stephen Kerr
Editing, Testing, & Solo Development: Jessica Walker