Overview
At a glance
Is this game right for my group?
ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.
Harder to teach
High replayability
Highly interactive
Scales well
Deep strategy
More strategic control
How it plays
How does it play?
Manage a living forest with two specialized workers, harvest and process five woods, restore water and biodiversity, fulfill contracts, and grow sustainably.
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
Action Points
Spend a limited allowance of points across several possible actions each turn.
Contracts
Complete specific requirements to earn rewards, income, or victory points.
Variable Player Powers
Each player has different abilities, restrictions, or strategic advantages.
End Game Bonuses
Earn additional points for meeting conditions evaluated when the game ends.
Hexagon Grid
Use a hexagonal map where each space connects evenly in six directions.
Read the full game description
Forestry is an economic strategy game about managing a renewable forest over ten rounds. Each player controls a harvester on a shared hex map and a sawmill manager on a personal production board. Action points let the harvester move, fell mature trees, plant seedlings, build infrastructure, and improve water retention, while the manager hires temporary workers, runs sawmill buildings, develops technology, and completes contracts for wooden products. Every tree species has its own growth cycle and every intervention affects the health and productivity of the landscape, so extracting value without restoring the forest is a short-lived plan. Public tasks, contracts, life markers, infrastructure, and end-game ecological rewards create several connected scoring paths, while a separate automated forester provides solo opposition.
