Cover art for Orchard: 9 card solitaire game

Orchard: 9 card solitaire game

2018 · BGG
Avg rating
7.28
Bayes rating
6.60
Weight
1.20 (Light)
Players
1
Playtime
10 min
Ratings count
3,772

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Description

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.

Play mode

Solo

How it plays

Card play & hand management Set collection & pattern building Tile, map & route building

Game type

Card game Abstract / puzzle game Family / kids game
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What it’s about

Nature, animals & the environment Food, farming & craft

Publishers

(Self-Published) (Web published) Abi Games Board Game Circus Dexker Games Gam'inBIZ Gameland 游戏大陆 GateOnGames Giga Mech Games Guf Studios Lotus Frog Games Melmac Games Side Room Games Treetato Studio

Designers

Mark Tuck