Viticulture -- the game

[sour_grapes]

I just learned that there is a semi-popular board game called "Viticulture." Has anyone played this game: Viticulture

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.

 

[Boatboy24]

Who knew? (not me)

 

[mainshipfred]

Sounds like a game you have to play ore than once to get the hang of it.

 

[VinesnBines]

I want a list of names of people that like to play and have won. I can always use volunteers to do some real work in the vineyard. There is always something to do.

 

[cmason1957]

I think I have a copy of the game. Played it once, not my kind of game. Very slow and boring.

 

[ibglowin]

Wonder if you start out with $1,000,000 and the winner is the first player with only $10 left in their pocket.......

I just learned that there is a semi-popular board game called "Viticulture." Has anyone played this game: Viticulture

 

[VinesnBines]

That would be the winner. Even my DIY vineyard is running over 7K an acre.

 

[sour_grapes]

Aaah, the old chestnut:

Q: How do you make a small fortune growing grapes?
A: First, you start with a large fortune....

 

[Sage]

Sounds like a "reality show" for TV.

 

[Boatboy24]

Very slow and boring.

Just like growing grapes.

 

[VinesnBines]

Growing grapes is slow but never boring.

 

[nanook37]

Viticulture is a very well regarded hobby board game and is actually the 25th rated game out of over 10000 games at board game geek which is the biggest website for board game fans such as myself Viticulture Essential Edition -

That being said it is a pretty complicated worker placement game for people who haven't played many modern hobby board games and some of the game mechanisms make absolutely no sense as a winemaker (such as harvested grapes age the same as bottled wines and have higher value)

 

[balatonwine]

I can always use volunteers to do some real work in the vineyard. There is always something to do.

Looks like you are playing the best game of all. The game called the real world.