Viticulture: Essential Edition

• 1-6 players

• Each player takes (in their chosen color):
  • 5x worker meeples
  • 1x grande worker meeple
  • 1x wake-up rooster meeple
  • 1x victory point token (cork)
  • 1x residual payment tracker tokens (bottle)
  • 8x unique structure tokens
  • 1x vineyard mat
  • 3x field cards (£5, £6, £7)
  • 1x random mama card and 1x random papa card - These determine starting cards and resources. (Mama and papa cards are only used for game setup)
• Each player places:
  • Rooster above the wake-up chart
  • Cork token on the “start” points space.
  • Bottle token in the middle of the residual payment tracker
  • Field cards field side up on the vineyard mat
• Shuffle green, yellow, purple and blue cards and place them on the board
• Determine start player by randomly selecting a rooster token

The game is played through spring, summer, fall and winter.

• Starting with first player, each player places their rooster on the wake-up chart
• This determines player turn order for the year

1. Starting with the top player, each player does one of the following:
   • Place 1 worker on a summer space and then take that action
     • 2 player game, only 1 action space. (see book)
     • Grande workers can be placed on full spaces. (Bonuses are awarded as well)
   • Pass, saving worker(s) for winter (cannot play workers that season)
   • Actions:
     • Draw Vine Card - Draw one vine card. (Bonus: draw additional card)
     • Give a Tour - Gain £2. (Bonus: gain +£1)
     • Build Structures - Build 1 structure by paying the cost (Bonus: gain +£1)
     • Play Visitor Card - Play 1 summer visitor card and resolve it's effect (Bonus: play another card)
     • Sell Grapes - Sell 1 or more grape tokens from the crush pad. See board for value. (Bonus gain 1 point)
       • Alternatively you can sell an empty field or buy a new field.
     • Plant Vines - Plant 1 vine in an empty field, or stack on a previous vine.
       • A field cannot exceed it's max value (add up all vine values)
       • Vines stay planted for the game unless you use Yoke or a visitor card to Uproot.

1. Starting with top player, each player will draw either a summer or winter card.

• Starting with top player, each player will place 1 worker on a winter space and take that action
• Continue until all workers are used
• Actions:
  • Draw Wine Order Card - Draw 1 wine order card. (Bonus: Draw 1 more card)
  • Harvest Field - From 1 field, add grape tokens to crush pad based on yield (p14). (Bonus: harvest another field)
  • Play Visitor Card - Play 1 winter visitor card. (Bonus: Play 1 more card)
  • Make Wine Tokens - Turn 2 grapes on crush pad into wine. (p14/15) (Bonus: Make 1 more wine token)
  • Gain 1£ - This space is not limited to 1 worker.
  • Train a Worker - Pay £4 to hire a new worker (for next year).
  • Fill Wine Order - Fulfill criteria on wine order card and then discard it. (Bonus: Gain 1 point)

• Age grape and wine tokens
  • Move grape and wine tokens up one
• Return workers
• Collect residual payments
• Discard down to 7 cards
• Remove rooster tokens (rotate first player token)

• Most points win
  • Ties are broken by:
    • Most lira
    • Total value of wine in cellar
    • Total value of grapes on crush pad

• Once someone reaches 20 victory points, the current year will be played through to the end