Description Satisfying Tree-based strategy without all the hassle? You're 'Bark'ing! Aspens is a quick-playing strategy board game for two players, where you harness the wind and sun and carefully balance growth with expansion to outgrow and outwit your loved ones. In Aspens, players compete to grow the largest forest on a shared board – having to balance how much they invest in building their “engine” to increase the odds of generating trees on future turns, with the pressure of needing to expand to claim territory and ultimately be crowned the winner. Players start by seeding and growing a forest space adjacent to each water tile. This is where players determine their initial strategy and appetite for risk. Then play begins. On your turn, you roll the sun die, and BOTH players generate trees for spaces they have grown tall enough to capture the sun. Then you roll the wind die, determining which directions you can grow outward in. The active player then plants their trees, balancing between growing existing spaces UP with more trees, or expanding OUTWARD from their forests, following the wind. This is the core crux of tough decision making and strategy comes in – balancing future investment with rapid expansion. Contents The Aspens Mega Box Edition includes: Base game: The core game of Aspens, where players compete to grow the largest forest on a shared board Ancient Artifacts expansion: Adds 12 God Cards with unique abilities, and Relic discs that match the cards' elements Wild Weather expansion: Adds new ways to play and strategies Custom box sleeve: A deluxe box sleeve for the game Custom cut treeple pieces: Custom pieces for the game Printed cloth tree piece bags: Printed bags for the game's tree pieces Metal first player coin: A coin for the first player The Aspens Mega Box also includes optional add-ons, such as custom dice trays and extra copies of the game.
