Canopy

Players cultivate competing rainforests by drafting from three shared growth piles and building a tableau of trees, plants, and wildlife. On a turn a player either takes the visible pile and adds those cards to their forest or returns the pile face down, increasing its size for later selection. Cards provide flora and fauna that interact for set collection and scoring, while hazard cards such as fire, disease, and drought threaten the ecosystem. The game supports two to four players plus a solo mode, and includes an optional season deck to vary setup and scoring.

Players: 1–4 best 2
Playing time: 30 min
Age: 8+
Complexity: 2 / 5

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Design: Tim Eisner
Art: Vincent Dutrait
Publisher: Weird City Games

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Plays logged: 181
Players: 43m 26s
Average play: 114
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from 36 Ludoya reviews

El Meeple Azul8.0
He de reconocer que aunque estéticamente el juego me llamaba mucho la atención, la disposición del juego en mesa no me convencía del todo, dándome la sensación de que #Amazonia iba a ser un juego excesivamente complejo y difícil de disfrutar. Me alegra decir que la experiencia de juego es toda la opuesta, he disfrutado el juego y en todo momento he sido consciente de las cartas que tenía sobre la mesa y las posibles estrategias a seguir. Por otro lado, es cierto que podría parecer que la partida depende mucho del azar, este componente es importante pero no lo considero esencial. Me parece maravilloso que exista tanto modo solitario como variantes para 3 y 4 jugadores. Además, el juego trae dos "expansiones" ya qué trae cartas avanzadas y cartas de estación cambiante que variaran la partida.
Julio CC8.0
He de reconocer que aunque estéticamente el juego me llamaba mucho la atención, la disposición del juego en mesa no me convencía del todo, dándome la sensación de que #Amazonia iba a ser un juego excesivamente complejo y difícil de disfrutar. Me alegra decir que la experiencia de juego es toda la opuesta, he disfrutado el juego y en todo momento he sido consciente de las cartas que tenía sobre la mesa y las posibles estrategias a seguir. Por otro lado, es cierto que podría parecer que la partida depende mucho del azar, este componente es importante pero no lo considero esencial. Me parece maravilloso que exista tanto modo solitario como variantes para 3 y 4 jugadores. Además, el juego trae dos "expansiones" ya qué trae cartas avanzadas y cartas de estación cambiante que variaran la partida.

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Rules questions

Answered from the rulebook by Ludoya's rules assistant.

If I look at a New Growth pile and don't want it, what exactly happens when I pass?

If you pass on a pile you return it facedown, add the top card of the Current Season deck face-down onto that pile, and then proceed to the next pile; you may not later choose a pile you passed on (see page 3).

Do I have to take every card in a New Growth pile I choose?

Yes — when you select a pile you must take all of the cards in that pile and place them face-up into your Forest (see page 3 and clarifications on page 5).

When I add a Drought or Disease to my Forest, when do they take effect?

Drought resolves immediately: when added you must immediately discard one other card from your Forest and then discard the Drought (page 3 and page 5); Disease is checked at end of the Season — one Disease does nothing, two causes you to lose two Wildlife, and three or more spreads to affect both players (pages 5 and 4).

How do Seeds work — how many cards do I draw and how many can I keep?

At the end of the Season, if you have any Seed cards you draw 3 cards from the Seed deck (plus 1 extra drawn for each Fire in your Forest), and you may keep up to one card for each Seed you have before discarding the Seeds (see page 4 and page 5).

How do Roots/Trunks and Canopies score, and what if I don't have a trunk for a Canopy?

When you add a Root/Trunk card you must immediately declare whether it is a Root or a Trunk; Canopies must be played on top of a Root/Trunk or they are discarded, and completed Trees score their Trunk values plus Canopy points (the Canopy awards 0–2 points per Trunk beneath it); incomplete Trees score nothing (see page 4).