Viticulture Essential Edition Board Game

About this product

Build your dream Tuscan winery, one clever worker placement at a time.

A premium strategy game for players who enjoy planning, timing, and satisfying engine-building decisions.

Plant vines, harvest grapes, make wine and fulfil orders as you compete to build the most successful winery in Tuscany.

Product Description

Step into rustic pre-modern Tuscany, where you have inherited a small vineyard with big potential. In Viticulture Essential Edition, players use workers across the seasons to plant vines, build helpful structures, welcome visitors, harvest grapes, make wine and complete wine orders.

Each season brings different choices, so timing matters. Wake up early to act first, or choose a later start for better bonuses. Grow slowly, plan carefully and turn your humble vineyard into a respected Italian winery.

Why you’ll love it

• Beautiful vineyard strategy theme — build and manage a Tuscan winery from the ground up.
• Smart worker-placement gameplay — choose when and where to send your workers each season.
• Season-based decisions — summer focuses on planting and building, while winter brings harvesting, winemaking and order fulfilment.
• Strong replay value — visitor cards, vine cards, wine orders and different player choices keep every game fresh.
• Solo mode included — includes Automa cards for official solo play when game night becomes “me night”.
• Essential Edition value — includes the second edition of Viticulture plus selected elements from the original Tuscany expansion.

Quick Details

• Game type: Strategic worker-placement board game
• Players: 1–6 players
• Recommended age: 13+
• Play time: 45–90 minutes
• Setup time: Around 5 minutes
• Game weight: Medium
• Designer: Jamey Stegmaier, Alan Stone & Morten Monrad Pedersen
• Publisher: Stonemaier Games
• Standalone game: Yes, this is the base game

What’s in the Box

• 1 game board
• 6 vineyard mats
• 1 multiplayer and solo rulebook
• 42 vine cards
• 36 wine order cards
• 38 summer visitor cards
• 38 winter visitor cards
• 18 field cards
• 24 Automa cards
• 36 pink and blue cards
• 30 wooden worker meeples
• 6 wooden grande worker meeples
• 48 glass grape and wine tokens
• 6 wooden wake-up tokens
• 6 wooden victory point tokens
• 6 wooden residual payment tokens
• 48 wooden structure tokens
• 72 cardboard lira coins
• 1 first-player token

Good to Know

• This is a complete standalone base game. No other game is needed to play.
• Viticulture is a strategy game, not a party game. It is best for players who enjoy planning and thoughtful choices.
• The game has a calm theme, but there is still plenty of competition for action spaces.
• The Essential Edition includes official solo play through the Automa system.
• Expansion available: Yes — Viticulture has compatible expansions, but they are not required for this box.

Care & Maintenance

Keep cards, mats and tokens dry, clean and stored flat inside the box after play.
Use small bags or inserts for the wooden pieces and glass tokens so setup stays quick and stress-free.