Stonemaier Games Viticulture Essential Edition Board Game, for 156 months to 9600 months

Very fun game. Every time Im at a game night now I want to play this game.

Amazing game!!

Absolutely a must buy if you are new to the world of Viticulture. This is the newest edition that has some of the most popular expansions built into it. You dont need any other expansions to enjoy this world; just this game is enough. However, I also purchased the Tuscany expansion, which has a few more modules to fold into this game. The game works excellent with 1 player (solo) and is even better at 2-player. There is no major competition or blocking or sabotage going on, and there is more than enough for each person to do to focus on their own play style. You can gain points from a variety of ways, and the replayability is fantastic (youll always be starting with different resources, and be going after different orders with different vines and having different visitors come each round). The game is just unreal, the production and design is top notch, the mechanics are superb (you always have a wild card meeple that can also be played at a position that is already claimed) and the theme is just excellent. I cannot recommend this game enough. It is a breeze to set up, and I have purchased a set of metal coins to use instead of the paper coins. The table presentation is just sleek and I cannot praise this game high enough.

A beautiful game and the kind of quality you expect from Stonemaier Games.

The game itself is great, but some of the mipples are damaged :(

My favorite game. 9/10. Add the Tuscany expansion and it is a 10/10.

This game is beautiful! From the artwork to the many structural pieces to the theme and design. Stonemaier games used a lot of thought and care in designing one of the most unique games I have played. You are running a vineyard in Tuscany and have workers who help you on your farm from Spring through summer, the fall harvest and into winter. From selecting your turn order by a placement of a rooster to deciding if it’s more important to plant grapes or build structures for your farm in the summer, to helpful visitors in summer and winter who offer choices to help further you farm.. and of course harvesting grapes using clear beads that magnify the grape age, and then processing those grapes into red, white or blush wine or sparkling wine and filling orders for your vineyard. I don’t think the designers left one thing to chance and everything was thought out and the components are superb and high quality right down to the upside down St.Louis Arch as the”V” for viticulture and on the coins.. I grew in St.Louis and recognized the subtle symbol of Stonemaier’s home town location immediately. This is an amazing game, but it takes time to learn, with excellent descriptive instructions, it can be done- my 11 yr old just beat my husband and I handily and it was his 3rd time playing. I love the artwork, such time and thought went into every aspect of this game. Our first run we played it with a glass of wine and Italian music in the background, someday I’ll get to Tuscany, but for now I have Viticulture!

A fun game that challenges you from the start!

Im extremely lonely all the time, but dont like people in general, so Im ALWAYS on the lookout for great games like this. It is potentially a single player game. Most games discriminate against people who hate everyone, but this game really embraces that solo-living experience. It has become the best part of my weekends, when I can settle down with a single serving bottle of wine and my cat in my studio apartment. Keep up the great work! The expansion is good too.

Viticulture is a clever worker placement game that tasks players with managing their own vinyard to make and sell wine. If youre unfamiliar with worker placement games, the main mechanic involves placing your meeples (in this case vineyard workers) at various locations on the game board that give you different abilities, from gaining new grapevines to bottling and selling your wine to receiving guests. However, space at each location is limited, so you must shrewdly prioritize the actions you want to perform lest your opponents take up the spots before you. Im a big fan of worker placement games, and Viticulture didnt disappoint, in large part due to its well-implemented and wholly unique theme.