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1994 Ranked #11,827

Waldmeister

Forest-management game has players nurture seedlings, manage money, reduce pollution, and grow trees through changing seasons. Weather-like damage and animal arrivals make a healthy, profitable woodland hard to maintain.

Environmental Auction/Bidding Tile Placement

Players

2-4

Play time

Not listed

Age

12+

Complexity

2.33/5

Rating

6.29

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

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Teachability 2.3/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.0/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.7/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.4/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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Game of forest management, nurturing seedlings into trees, reducing pollution, managing money. Extremely clever card mechanic.

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Game of forest management, nurturing seedlings into trees, reducing pollution, managing money. Extremely clever card mechanic. Seasons change, six types of trees take damage and generate income, animals move into your forest. Don't let the theme fool you -- there's lots to think about here.

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Play and group

Players
2–4
Best with
2–4
Play time
90 min
Age
12+
Complexity
2.3/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Andreas Seyfarth

Artists

1
Franz Vohwinkel

Publishers

1
Hans im Glück

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