Orchard: 9 card solitaire game

Orchard: 9 card solitaire game

Abstract Strategy, Card Game, Farming

by Mark Tuck

Score

6.6

Ratings

4,293

Published

2018

Players

1 player

BGG community rating

Ranked #1142 on BoardGameGeek

Complexity

1.2

Light

Best with

1

players

Play time

5–10 min

Age

8+

Information

Players

1 player

Best with

1 players

Play time

5–10 min

Age

8+

Complexity

1.2 / 5 · Light

BGG Rank

#1142

Published

2018

Designer

Mark Tuck

Artist

Mark Tuck

Publishers

(Self-Published), (Web published), Abi Games

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About

Orchard is a quick solitaire "tile laying" game that plays in under 10 minutes and that won the 2018 9-Card Nanogame Print and Play Design Contest. The aim of the game is to harvest fruit (score points) by playing cards so that their fruit trees overlap other trees already in the orchard that bear the same fruit. The more trees you can overlap, the more fruit you'll pick. There are 18 cards, of which you use 9 in any one game. For "print and play" you'll need 15 dice (5 each of three colours) to keep track of your increasing harvest, and two cubes to represent "rotten" fruit. These allow you to lay a card that you wouldn't otherwise be able to — but come with a points penalty, so you must decide if and when to play them.

Where to buy

Buy from $12on the BGG marketplace →

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Categories & mechanics

Abstract StrategyCard GameFarmingPrint & PlayLayeringMelding and SplayingPattern BuildingSolo / Solitaire GameTile Placement

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