Arboretum

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Arboretum is a strategy card game for 2-4 players; aged 10 and up; that combines set collection; tile-laying and hand management while playing in about 25 minutes. Players try to h ave the most points at the end of the game by creating beautiful garden paths for their visitors.The deck has 80 cards in ten different colors; with each color featuring a different species of tree; each color has cards numbered 1 through 8; and the number of colors used depends on the number of players. Players start with a hand of seven cards. On each turn; a player draws two cards (from the deck or one or more of the discard piles); lays a card on the table as part of her arboretum; then discards a card to her personal discard pile.When the deck is exhausted; players compare the cards that remain in their hands to determine who can score each color. For each color; the player(s) with the highest value of cards in hand of that color scores for a path of trees in her arboretum that begins and ends with that color; a path is a orthogonally adjacent chain of cards with increasing values. For each card in a path that scores; the player earns one point; if the path consists solely of trees of the color being scored; the player scores two points per card. If a player doesn't have the most value for a color; she scores zero points for a path that begins and ends with that color. Whoever has the most points wins. Show more