Viticulture
Players
2 - 6
Weight
Medium
Duration
90-90 min
Game language
English
Shelf category
Mid-weight
In Viticulture, the players find themselves in the roles of people in rustic, pre-modern Tuscany who have inherited meager vineyards. They have a few plots of land, an old crushpad, a tiny cellar, and three workers. They each have a dream of being the first to call their winery a true success. The players are in the position of determining how they want to allocate their workers throughout the year. Every season is different on a vineyard, so the workers have different tasks they can take care of in the summer and winter. There's competition over those tasks, and often the first worker to get to the job has an advantage over subsequent workers. Fortunately for the players, people love to visit wineries, and it just so happens that many of those visitors are willing to help out around the vineyard when they visit as long as you assign a worker to take care of them. Their visits (in the form of cards) are brief but can be very helpful. Using those workers and visitors, players can expand their vineyards by building structures, planting vines (vine cards), and filling wine orders (wine order cards). Players work towards the goal of running the most successful winery in Tuscany.
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Viticulture
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The game ends when at least one player reaches 25 victory points. The player with the most victory points at the end of that round wins.
Summer workers allow you to perform actions related to planting vines, building structures, and giving tours. Winter workers focus on harvesting grapes, making wine, fulfilling orders, and training new workers.
Yes, Viticulture features worker placement, so only one worker can typically be placed on each action space per year. Planning and timing are crucial.
You must place all workers each season. If you truly can't place a worker according to the normal rules, the game rules specify what to do in such a rare case.