It's the first Stonemaier game (and what a game!) to be released on Board Game Arena (but not the last): Viticulture!
The worldwide-acclaimed game designers Jamey Stegmaier and Alan Stone have reached a milestone in 2013 by releasing a game that is still a huge success among avid gamers for many reasons.
Viticulture is a wonderful worker-placement game.
It is played over a number of rounds until someone has scored at least 20 points. At the end of that round, the player with the most points wins. Easy?
Each player has his own mat which shows his vineyard. There are areas for planting vines, for storing grapes, for ageing wines, etc. There are also a number of structures on your vineyard which help you be more efficient in your actions.
The 4 Seasons to Vivald...win
The main board has two main areas: a summer area and a winter area. Each section of the board has different action spaces.
There are also 4 different decks of cards used in the game: vine cards, order cards, summer visitor cards, and winter visitor cards.
Each round equals a year, and each of the four seasons is played in order… until someone has at least 20 points at the end of a year.
SPRING: this is essentially turn order determination.
In this first phase, players take turns placing their rooster token on any of the 7 turn order slots. The later you end up in turn order, the better type of bonus you will get that year. For instance, if you choose to go first, you do not get a bonus.
Once all players have chosen a unique spot on the chart, the turn order for the rest of the year follows that chart.
SUMMER: In summer, you get to place some/all of your workers to do specific summer actions:
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Draw a vine card: adds a vine card to your hand.
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Plant vines: this is how you put vine cards from your hand onto the fields on your player mat.
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Build structures: spend gold and build things to make your actions better.
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Give a Tour: get gold from bank.
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Sell Grapes: get a bit of cash by selling grapes.
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Play a Summer Visitor Card: Visitor cards have special actions/abilities on them which generally break the standard rules of the game.
FALL: draw a visitor card. You can choose whether it is a Summer or a Winter Visitor card.
WINTER: place the rest of your workers in this phase (the ones you did not play in Summer). The actions are different here, so you have to decide when in the year you need your workers to work.
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Draw an Order Card: get an order card from the deck.
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Harvest Field: this is how you get grapes from your vineyard.
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Crush Grapes: convert already harvested grapes into wine. The better the quality of grapes you use here, the better the starting quality of the wine you produce will be.
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Fulfill a Wine Order: trade in wines of thee type/quality specified on the card and receive between 2-6 Victory Points.
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Train a Worker: get an extra worker to use in later rounds of the game.
And then the YEAR END:
In between winter and spring, clean up your area. All of the grapes and the wines age, meaning each moves to the next most valuable space on the chart– as long as you have space for them and capacity to hold that type of wine. All players discard down to 7 cards in their hand (no matter what type) and the start player token moves clockwise. Unless, of course, someone has at least 20 points. If so, the player with the most points wins.
The wine production is a multi-step process, so it could take a play or two to really get into the flow of the game.
Stonemaier offers up a rather simple but deep game that will get you hooked for a long time.
Playable from 2 to 6 players, you can enjoy it for an easy 60-minutes session.
So why not take a look at it right now by clicking here?
https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=viticulture
It’s a solid game with many good ideas that you should absolutely try: our players know it as there are already more than 2000 games in progress before this official release!
You will surely be able to find a valuable opponent to learn the game.
We would like to thank the Stonemaier Games team for the authorization to bring the game to Board Game Arena. It's an honor.
Also, our deepest thought goes to bartoleo, our game developer, who did a wonderful job to bring the game here. The port is almost perfect, so don't hesitate to post any feedback with your comments (the more detailed, the more helpful they are).
That's it for our Wednesday Release Time!
Next week, something a bit softer. Or not.
Enjoy the game and take care, it's SUMMER!
Consume with moderation. Moderator team not included.
葡萄酒莊園:玩Stonemaier後吐真言,將葡萄釀造成葡萄酒並成為贏家。
葡萄酒莊園是 Stonemaier games 在 Board Game Arena 上發布的首款遊戲(首款就經典,但絕不會是最後一款)
享譽全球的遊戲設計師 Jamey Stegmaier 和 Alan Stone 在2013年發布了一款在狂熱遊戲玩家中至今仍然成功的遊戲,這得益於多種原因,從而達到了一個里程碑。
葡萄酒莊園是一款出色的工人擺放遊戲。
遊戲會進行好幾個回合,直到有人獲得至少 20 分。
在該回合結束時,得分最高的玩家獲勝。
聽起來很簡單?
每位玩家都有自己的版圖,上面顯示了你的葡萄園。
有種植葡萄藤、儲存槽、熟成葡萄酒等區域。
你的葡萄園中還有許多設施可以幫助你提高行動效率。
經歷過宛如韋瓦第的四季之後......獲勝
主版圖有兩個主要區域:夏季區域和冬季區域。
版圖的每個部分都有執行不同動作的空間。
遊戲中還使用了 4 副不同的紙牌:葡萄樹卡、訂單卡、夏季訪客卡和冬季訪客卡。
每一輪等於一年,四個賽季中的每一賽季都按順序進行……直到有人能在一年結束時至少獲得 20 分。
春季 :這季主要在決定玩家該回合的玩家順位。
在這第一階段,玩家輪流將他們的公雞標記放在 7 個回合順位格的任意一格。
你的回合順位越晚,那一年你獲得的獎勵類型就越好。
例如,如果你選擇第一個,則不會獲得獎勵。
當所有玩家在順位格上選擇了自己的位置,今年所有的回合都將遵循該順位。
夏季:在夏季,你能放置一些或者所有的工人做夏季的行動:
- 抽一張葡萄藤卡:加入你的手牌。
- 種植葡萄樹:讓您將葡萄藤卡從手牌中放到自己圖板上的方法。
- 建造建築:花費金錢並建造設施以使您的行動更容易進行。
- 參觀:從銀行獲取金錢。
- 賣葡萄:通過賣葡萄來獲得一些現金。
- 打出夏季訪客卡:訪客卡具有特殊的動作/能力,通常會打破遊戲的標準規則。
秋季: 抽 1 張訪客卡。 你可以選擇是夏季訪客卡還是冬季訪客卡。
冬季: 把你的其他工人放在這個階段(你在夏季沒有派出的那些)。 這裡的行動是不同的,所以你必須決定一年中什麼時候需要你的工人去工作。
- 抽一張訂單卡:從牌組中獲取一張訂單卡。
- 收穫農地:這是您從葡萄園中獲取葡萄的方式。
- 輾壓葡萄:將已經收穫的葡萄轉化為葡萄酒。 你在這裡使用的葡萄品質越好,生產的葡萄酒的起始品質就越好。
- 完成葡萄酒訂單:交付卡上指定的類型/品質的葡萄酒,以獲得 2-6 點勝利點數。
- 訓練一名工人:獲得一名可在後續遊戲中使用的額外工人。
然後是年終:
在冬季和春季之間,清理你的區域。 所有的葡萄和葡萄酒都會熟成,這意味著每個葡萄和葡萄酒都會移動到圖表上的下一個最有價值的空間——只要你有足夠的空間和容量來容納這種類型的葡萄酒。 所有玩家棄至 7 張手牌(無論是什麼類型),起始玩家標記順時針移動。 當然,除非有人至少有 20 分。 如果是,則得分最高的玩家獲勝。
葡萄酒生產是一個多步驟的過程,因此可能需要玩一兩次才能真正進入遊戲流程。
Stonemaier提供了一個相當簡單但有深度的遊戲,會讓你迷上很長時間。
可供 2 到 6 名玩家遊玩,您可以享受 60 分鐘的輕鬆互動。
何不立即點擊此處查看它呢?
https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=viticulture
這是一款融入許多好創意的高品質遊戲,你絕對該嘗試看看!我們的玩家也知道這一點,因為在正式發布之前已經有進行過了 2000 多場遊戲!
你一定能找到一個難得的對手來學習這個遊戲。
我們要感謝Stonemaier Games團隊授權將這個遊戲帶到Board Game Arena 。 這是我們的榮幸。
此外,我們深刻地感謝遊戲開發者 bartoleo ,他出色地將遊戲移植到這裡。 這個移植幾乎是完美的,因此請不要猶豫,通過你的評論發布任何反饋(越詳細,它們就越有用)。
這就是本次我們「週三發佈日」的新遊戲!
下週的新遊戲會比較單純一點。 也有可能不會。
請享受這個遊戲並注意啦,現在是夏天!
飲酒適量。 不包括版主團隊。