Tea Garden

Tea Garden

Strategy game by Czech author. Players act as owners of the first tea gardens in the Yunan area. They try to expand the tea plantations by building new tea gardens in the valley along the river. 
The game is played over 5 rounds. In each round, players can take up to 4 main actions. They trigger these by playing cards from their hand that show their strength, teapots and any free actions players can do. Actions can be used to expand their tea plantations, acquire new cards, harvest tea, float down the river and engage in tea study.

The sharp peaks of the mountains of Yunnan have begun to turn green with a peculiar plant. Whispers speak of its miraculous properties, capable of mending the body and invigorating the soul. No wonder its cultivation is spreading like wildfire to other provinces. 

Answering the emperor’s call, master cultivators converge to populate the valleys of the Yangtze River with this marvellous plant. As a reward, the best grower will receive their own fertile plantation in the province of Yunnan.

Tea Garden elegantly and organically combines the game mechanisms of deck building, resource management and action execution. Using cards, you will build tea gardens in different provinces, study, harvest and ferment tea, sell it to caravans or sail down the Yangtze River.

With quick moves and accessible rules, Tea Garden offers a variety of gameplay options. The unique mechanism of ripening harvested tea, where fresh tea loses its quality while fermented tea gains it, and the ability to freely combine main and side actions brings a fresh breeze to the world of strategy games.

Contents

4 player boards, 28 pagodas, 32 Worker meeples, 4 Boat meeples, 4 Victory Point markers, 44 Starting cards, 30 black Cup tokens, 1 white Round marker, 1 starting player token, 24 Scroll tiles, 30 Emperor tokens, 18 Region Bonus tokens, 40 Cup tiles, 80 Tea Leaf tokens, 1 game board, 16 Emperor cards, 45 Action cards, 30 Caravan cards, 10 Overview cards, English and German ruls.