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Forest Shuffle: every award it has won

Deutscher Spiele Preis 2024

Box art for Forest Shuffle
Deutscher Spiele Preis

2023Kosch

7.7

Rating BoardGameGeek

22,414 ratings

Players
2–5
Duration
60 min40–60 min
Complexity
2.2/5Light
Age
10+
  • Animals
  • Card Game
  • Educational
  • Environmental

1 award

All of its awards

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About the game

In Forest Shuffle, players compete to gather the most valuable trees, then attract species to these trees, thus creating an ecologically balanced habitat for flora and fauna.

To start, each player has six cards in hand, with cards depicting either a particular type of tree or two forest dwellers (animal, plant, mushroom, etc.), with these latter cards being divided in half, whether vertically or horizontally, with one dweller in each card half.

On a turn, either draw two cards — whether face down from the deck or face up from the clearing — and add them to your hand, or play a card from your hand by paying the cost, then putting it into play.

During set-up, three winter cards were placed into the bottom third of the deck. When the third winter card is drawn, the game ends immediately, then players tally their points based on the trees and dwellers in their forest. Whoever scores the most points wins.

Forest Shuffle is the first in a line of Lookout games sporting the Lookout Greenline label, produced on FSC certified paper and avoiding plastic completely.

Mechanics

  • End Game Bonuses
  • Hand Management
  • Layering
  • Melding and Splaying
  • Multi-Use Cards
  • Open Drafting
  • Set Collection
  • Tags