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2009 Ranked #17,656

Orchard: The Card Game

A cooperative harvest game where players collect colored fruit before a raven reaches the orchard. Dice can provide fruit, a basket action, or advance the raven, so the group must finish the harvest in time.

Children's Card Game Children's Game Set Collection Cooperative Game

Players

1-6

Play time

Not listed

Age

3+

Complexity

1/5

Rating

6.20

Harder to teach Low interaction Deep strategy

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.4/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 3.9/5

High replayability

Interaction 1.5/5

Low interaction

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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Will the players have harvested all the fruit before the raven reaches the orchard? A co-operative game for 1-6 players.

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Will the players have harvested all the fruit before the raven reaches the orchard? A co-operative game for 1-6 players. Contents: 1 wooden raven marker 1 six sided die 40 fruit cards 9 path cards 1 orchard card 6 basket card set of game instructions In the center of the game area, arrange the nine path cards to form a straight path to the orchard card on the end. Place the wooden raven on the first card. Each player takes a basket and places it in front of them. Sort the fruit cards and place them in separate piles next to the game area. Each player rolls the 6 sided die: Red, yellow, green or blue: Take a card showing the fruit of the corresponding color and place it on your basket. If there is no suitable fruit left, nothing happens The basket: Take any two pieces of fruit from the piles and place them in your basket. The raven: The raven marker moves once space closer to the orchard. If the players harvest all the fruits before the raven reaches the orchard, everyone wins. If the raven reaches the orchard first, everyone loses.

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Play and group

Players
1–6
Best with
2–4
Age
3+
Complexity
1.0/5
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Designers

1
Anneliese Farkaschovsky

Artists

1
Ina Hattenhauer

Publishers

1
HABA

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