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product_id: 254203880
title: "Viticulture: Essential Ed"
brand: "stonemaier games"
price: "RM616"
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# Dynamic visitor cards for variable gameplay Worker placement vineyard strategy Solo Automa opponent for single-player mode Viticulture: Essential Ed

**Brand:** stonemaier games
**Price:** RM616
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

## Summary

> 🍷 Cultivate your empire, sip success — the vineyard awaits!

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** Viticulture: Essential Ed by stonemaier games
- **How much does it cost?** RM616 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
- **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.com.my](https://www.desertcart.com.my/products/254203880-viticulture-essential-ed)

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- stonemaier games enthusiasts

## Why This Product

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## Key Features

- • **Dynamic Visitor Cards:** Leverage unique visitor abilities that add fresh twists and advantages every game.
- • **Solo Play with Automa:** Challenge yourself against an intelligent AI opponent for a fulfilling solo experience.
- • **All-in-One Essential Edition:** Includes base game plus mini expansions and updated rules for the ultimate Viticulture experience.
- • **Master the Art of Winemaking:** Strategically assign workers each season to build and expand your Tuscan vineyard.
- • **Beautifully Crafted Components:** Immerse yourself in stunning artwork and high-quality materials designed by top industry artists.

## Overview

Viticulture: Essential Edition is a strategic worker placement board game where 1-6 players manage a Tuscan vineyard, planting vines, building structures, and fulfilling wine orders. Featuring dynamic visitor cards, solo Automa play, and beautifully illustrated components, this edition combines the base game with mini expansions and refined rules for a rich, immersive winemaking experience.

## Description

Viticulture: Essential Ed

## Features

- BUILD YOUR VINEYARD: Create the most prosperous winery in Italy from the Tuscan vineyard you’ve inherited in this worker placement wine-making game
- ASSIGN TASKS TO YOUR WORKERS: 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.
- GOALS: 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.
- HIGHLY VARIABLE: 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.
- BEAUTIFULLY DESIGNED AND ILLUSTRATED: Designed by Jamey Stegmaier (Scythe) and Alan Stone (Euphoria: Build a Better Dystopia). Illustrated by Jacqui Davis (Cubitos), David Montgomery, and Beth Sobel (Wingspan).
- ESSENTIAL EDITION: Includes the base game of Viticulture along with a few mini expansions like Mamas & Papas, Fields, expanded and revised Visitors, Automa cards, and a few minor rule changes from the original version.
- THEMATICALLY DESIGNED MECHANISMS: As each year turns, your wine gains value as it ages. Use irrigation and trellises to plant grapes in your fields, and turn those grapes into wine.
- SOLO PLAY: Features an Automa to play against in a single player game for a fun solitaire experience. The Automa simulates an opponent for you to compete against, while your game as a player remains the same. On the Automa’s turn, flip a card to see what action it takes.
- GIFTS: This is a great gift for the board game lover in your life. Fun for adults, couples, board gamers, and wine lovers.
- PUBLISHED BY STONEMAIER: Stonemaier is a tabletop game publisher based in St. Louis and distributed worldwide. Stonemaier's brands include Viticulture, Euphoria, Between Two Cities, Scythe, Charterstone, My Little Scythe, Between Two Castles of Mad King Ludwig, Wingspan, Tapestry, Pendulum, Red Rising, Rolling Realms, Libertalia, Smitten, Expeditions, Apiary, and Wyrmspan.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Product Dimensions | 22 x 9.98 x 27 cm; 1.91 kg |
| Manufacturer recommended age | 14 years and up |
| Item model number | STM105 |
| Educational Objective(s) | Team Building Skills |
| Language: | English |
| Number of Game Players | 1-6 |
| Assembly Required | No |
| Batteries Required? | No |
| Batteries Included? | No |
| Material Type(s) | Cardboard Cardstock Wood |
| Remote Control Included? | No |
| Color | Multi-colored |
| Release date | 10 September 2016 |
| Language | English |
| ASIN | B018GRSLK4 |

## Product Details

- **Brand:** Stonemaier Games
- **Material:** Cardboard Cardstock Wood
- **Theme:** Winemaking
- **Genre:** ['Strategy', 'City Building', 'Engine Building']
- **Number of players:** 1-6

## Images

![Viticulture: Essential Ed - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71oyi4jIh9L.jpg)

## Available Options

This product comes in different **Style** options.

## Questions & Answers

**Q: Is there a one player option?**
A: As has been answered, there absolutely is a one-player variant, and I just wanted to add my piece to this: it is one of the best solo-variants I've ever seen in a game. The designer of the variant is on Board Game Geek and it went through some amazing playtesting - the variant is so simple, yet it seems like it knows what we're thinking or wanting to do. It's got a few levels of difficulty as well, and the solo variant has been lovingly designed and honed by many many fans of Viticulture. I cannot  recommend this game highly enough. One caveat - if you do purchase it, I would recommend purchasing a set of metal coins - I did not get the ones done by Stonemaier, but they are available at Meeplesource. I bought mine on Amazon and they were made for the game Brass (by Eagle Gryphon). Totally completely adds to the fun of this game!

**Q: What types of tokens are needed for this game? ie. gold, stone, food, gems, wood etc? Would the Stonemaier token be useful or a waste?**
A: Here’s what we do. We buy little jewelry gems at HobbyLobby….we buy Ruby red for the red wine, white for the whites, there’s a blush color , and then we buy a sparkly one for the champagne. We use a clear disc for the money marker. We use miniature wine bottles for the player scores. We also use silicon cupcake liners to hold game pieces. We use the cupcake liners for all sorts of games. Blings it all out at a reasonable price. We also used balsa wood to make crates for the cards. This is a frequent game at our house., so worth the effort. Great game for newer players. A bit light for my tastes, but we are gamers.

**Q: Does this version come with the metal coins?**
A: No, this version comes with cardboard coins. The Tuscany Deluxe expansion is the one that comes with the metal coins.

**Q: Is this compatible with Tuscany Expansion (2nd Edition)?**
A: Yes, 2nd ed Tuscany (AKA Tuscany essential edition) was created to work best with viticulture essential ed

## Frequently Bought Together

- Stonemaier Games: Viticulture Essential Edition (Base Game) | Create The Most Prosperous Tuscan Vineyard | Wine Themed Strategy Board Game for Adults and Family | 1-6 Players, 90 Mins, Ages 14+
- Stonemaier Games Viticulture: Tuscany Expansion Essential Edition, 1-6 Players, Ages 14+, 150 Mins, New Board, Cards, Workers

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