
2024 · Print & Play
Reforest
Players build a layered forest tableau by playing plant cards into low, middle, or high elevation rows and discarding other plants as nutrients to pay costs. Each plant has unique traits and abilities that interact to form light engine-building combos and score points. On a turn, a player either gathers cards by drawing from the deck or the face-up nursery, or plays a plant into their tableau, managing limited space and the option to grow taller species over pioneers at reduced cost. At the end of each round, an animal visitor is awarded to the player whose forest best matches its habitat preferences. The game ends when all visitors are placed and players score plants and hosted visitors.
- Players
- 1–4 best 2
- Playing time
- 30–60 min
- Age
- 14+
- Complexity
- 2.5 / 5
About the game
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- Plays logged
- 171
- Players
- 33m 34s
- Average play
- 77
- In collections
- 14
- On wishlists
- 2
- Pre-ordered
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Rules questions
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Can I draw two plants from anywhere, or do both cards have to come from the same place?
You may draw up to 2 cards in any combination from the plant deck and/or the nursery. Replenish the nursery between player turns. (Rulebook, p. 8)
Where can I play my first plant, and where can later plants go?
Your first plant must be played at low elevation. Each later plant must be played adjacent to an existing plant or by covering one; a covering plant must be taller than the plant it covers. (Rulebook, p. 8)
How do I pay a plant’s nutrient cost?
Pay the cost using any combination of cards discarded from your hand and adjacent stored-energy cards; each discarded card counts as 1 nutrient regardless of its printed cost. Covering the topmost plant in a stack gives a succession discount by subtracting that plant’s cost from the new plant’s cost. (Rulebook, pp. 9–10)
Can plants of the same height cover each other, and how many cards can I stack in one space?
No. A plant must be taller than the plant it covers, so plants of the same height cannot cover one another; there is no limit to the number of cards in a single stack. (Rulebook, pp. 10–11)
What happens when I cover a sun plant?
Flip the covered sun plant face down as stored energy. It no longer has its plant effects, but its visible understory information—including icons, traits, and plant value—still matters; stored energy can also be spent to pay for plants in adjacent spaces. (Rulebook, p. 11)
What happens when the plant deck runs out during someone’s turn?
The round ends immediately, even if it interrupts the current action: resolve the round-end visitor, reset the deck and nursery, then let the player finish the interrupted turn or action. After the third round, play continues until it would be the starting player’s turn again, then scoring begins. (Rulebook, pp. 12–13)
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