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2021 Ranked #1,174

Canopy

A lush push-your-luck draft where every rejected pile grows—and a flourishing rainforest emerges one beautifully illustrated card at a time.

Family Games Environmental Open Drafting Push Your Luck Set Collection

Players

1-4

Play time

30 min

Age

8+

Complexity

2.01/5

Rating

7.23

Easier to teach Low interaction Light strategy

Overview

At a glance

Is this game right for my group?

ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 4.2/5

Easier to teach

Replay value 4.3/5

High replayability

Interaction 2.9/5

Low interaction

Player scaling 3.8/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 3.4/5

Light strategy

Player control 3.6/5

More strategic control

Setup time About 7 min
Teach time About 12 min
Recommended edition Canopy – Weird City Games English edition (2021)
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How it plays

How does it play?

Inspect three growth piles, accept one or improve those you leave behind, then assemble rainforest trees, plants, weather, and wildlife across three seasons.

Core mechanisms

Key systems that shape the decisions players make.

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Canopy is a rainforest drafting game in which every declined offer becomes more tempting. On a turn, inspect the first of three growth piles: take it, or return it with one new card and move on. The cards you collect form trees, sets of plants, weather patterns, and wildlife pairs, while fire, drought, and disease can undo an otherwise thriving ecosystem. Each season rewards the tallest tree, and the largest completed forest scores at the end. The core two-player duel is joined by solo and three-to-four-player variants, all centered on reading which pile an opponent wants and judging when waiting for something better is too risky.

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Editions

Language and publisher variants currently recorded in the catalog.

Edition Year Language Publisher / Region
Canopy – Weird City Games English edition (2021) 2021 English Weird City Games / US

Game and edition data

All specifications (25)

Play and group

Players
1–4
Play time
30 min
Age
8+
Complexity
2.0/5
App
None app Source
Player elimination
No Source
Downtime
Low Source

Practicalities

Setup time
About 7 min Source
Teach time
About 12 min Source
Teardown time
About 6 min Source

Campaign and continuity

Group continuity
Flexible Source
Resettable
Fully Resettable Source
Save system
No save system; every three-season rainforest is standalone. Source
Consumable components
No consumable components. Source

Edition and product

Optional extras
Includes solo and three-to-four-player variants plus advanced and shifting-seasons options. Source
Recommended edition
Canopy – Weird City Games English edition (2021) Source
Language
English
Region
US
Availability
Current
Edition type
Standard Source
Current edition
Yes Source
Box weight
700 g Source
Box dimensions
23.0 × 23.0 × 5.0 cm Source
Consumable components
None. Source
Compatibility
Weird City Games English Standard Edition; Deluxe Components Are Cosmetic Upgrades. Source
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Tim Eisner

Artists

1
Vincent Dutrait

Publishers

1
Weird City Games

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