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Arboretum

Build the Arboretum of your dreams, and prevent your rival from building theirs

Credits: Jarrod Moore

Source documentBoardGameGeek

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 PlayersSpecies Used
26
38
410
  • 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