Player aid
Arboretum
Build the Arboretum of your dreams, and prevent your rival from building theirs
Credits: Jarrod Moore
Contents
The deck consists of 80 cards of 10 different species, with the cards in each species being numbered 1 to 8
- Prepare and shuffle the deck
| No. of Players | Species Used |
|---|---|
| 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 8 |
| 4 | 10 |
- The first player is the player to have most recently watered a plant
- Deal 7 cards to each player face down
- Place the remaining cards in centre as a draw pile
- You will always start and finish each turn with exactly 7 cards in your hand
- Players will take turns starting with the start player and then proceeding clockwise
- On your turn, you will draw two cards, play a card into your arboretum and discard 1 card
- You may play or discard any cards from your hand, including those drawn during your turn
- The game end is triggered when there are no more cards in the draw pile in the centre of the table
- The player who drew the last card completes their turn as normal, and then end game scoring takes place