The Viticulture - Essential Edition includes the Viticulture base game and several of the most popular modules from the Tuscany expansion, including Mamas & Papas, Fields (formerly known as Properties), redesigned Visitors and Automa cards for solo play, as well as some minor rule changes.
In the strategy game Viticulture, players take on the role of people from rural, pre-modern Tuscany who have inherited a meager vineyard. They have a few plots of land, a small cellar, and three workers. Each of them dreams of being the first to turn their winery into a truly successful one.
Players are in a position to determine how to allocate their workers throughout the year. Each season in the vineyards is different, so workers have different tasks to do in the summer and winter. There is competition for these tasks, and often the first worker to get to work gets an advantage over the next few workers.
Fortunately for vineyard owners, people love to visit wineries, and it turns out that many of these visitors are willing to help out during their visits, as long as you assign a worker to look after and be responsible for them. Their visits are brief, but can be extremely rewarding.
With the help of these workers and visitors, the owners can expand their vineyards by constructing buildings, planting new vines, and fulfilling wine orders, working towards their ultimate goal, which is to run the most successful winery in Tuscany.
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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 crushed pad, 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 vineyard owners, 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, the vineyard owners can expand their vineyards by building structures, planting vines, and filling wine orders, working towards the goal of running the most successful winery in Tuscany.
Viticulture Essential Edition includes the base game of Viticulture and a few of the most popular modules from the original Tuscany expansion, including Mamas & Papas, Fields (previously known as Properties), expanded and revised Visitors, and Automa cards for a solo variant, along with a few minor rule changes.
