
2015Jamey Stegmaier, Alan Stone
Mostly reviews and playthroughs. Viticulture Essential Edition is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 127 reviews, 42 how-to-play guides, 71 recorded sessions, 34 unboxings, and 30 other videos.
From BoardGameGeek
In Viticulture, the players find themselves in the roles of people in rustic, pre-modern Tuscany who have inherited meagre vineyards. They have a few plots of land, an old crush pad, a tiny cellar, and three workers. They each have a dream of being the first to call their winery a true success. The players are in the position of determining how they want to allocate their workers throughout the year. Every season is different on a vineyard, so the workers have different tasks they can take care of in the summer and winter. There's competition over those tasks, and often the first worker to get to the job has an advantage over subsequent workers. Fortunately for the vineyard owners, people love to visit wineries, and it just so happens that many of those visitors are willing to help out around the vineyard when they visit as long as you assign a worker to take care of them. Their visits (in the form of cards) are brief but can be very helpful. Using those workers and visitors, the vineyard owners can expand their vineyards by building structures, planting vines, and filling wine orders, working towards the goal of running the most successful winery in Tuscany. Viticulture Essential Edition includes the base game of Viticulture and a few of the most popular modules from the original Tuscany expansion, including Mamas & Papas, Fields (previously known as Properties), expanded and revised Visitors, and Automa cards for a solo variant, along with a few minor rule changes.
Viticulture Essential Edition has 304 videos from 213 creators: 127 reviews, 42 how-to-play guides, 71 playthroughs, 34 unboxings and 30 other videos. They date from 2015 to May 2026.
To learn the rules, start with "How to Play Viticulture in 6 Minutes - The Rules Girl" by The Rules Girl, which runs 6 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "Viticulture Review - SU&SD Already did It" by No Pun Included. 112 creators have reviewed it. To see it played, watch "Ant Lab Games Solitaire Playthrough" by Ant Lab Games, one of 71 playthroughs.
If you like it, try Tapestry, Vantage, Expeditions and Scythe, also by Jamey Stegmaier.
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2025Jamey Stegmaier
1 - 6 players120 - 180 minMedium weight
2023Jamey Stegmaier
1 - 5 players60 - 90 minHeavy weight
From BoardGameGeek:
In Viticulture, the players find themselves in the roles of people in rustic, pre-modern Tuscany who have inherited meagre vineyards. They have a few plots of land, an old crush pad, a tiny cellar, and three workers. They each have a dream of being the first to call their winery a true success. The players are in the position of determining how they want to allocate their workers throughout the year. Every season is different on a vineyard, so the workers have different tasks they can take care of in the summer and winter. There's competition over those tasks, and often the first worker to get to the job has an advantage over subsequent workers. Fortunately for the vineyard owners, people love to visit wineries, and it just so happens that many of those visitors are willing to help out around the vineyard when they visit as long as you assign a worker to take care of them. Their visits (in the form of cards) are brief but can be very helpful. Using those workers and visitors, the vineyard owners can expand their vineyards by building structures, planting vines, and filling wine orders, working towards the goal of running the most successful winery in Tuscany. Viticulture Essential Edition includes the base game of Viticulture and a few of the most popular modules from the original Tuscany expansion, including Mamas & Papas, Fields (previously known as Properties), expanded and revised Visitors, and Automa cards for a solo variant, along with a few minor rule changes.
Designers
Jamey Stegmaier, Alan Stone
Artists
Jacqui Davis, David Montgomery, Beth Sobel
Publisher
Stonemaier Games
Categories
Mechanics