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.

SLEEVING:

78 cards size 63,5x88mm (standard)

154 cards size 45x68mm (mini euro)

COMPONENTS:

42 Vine Cards (Green)

36 Wine Order Cards (Purple)

38 Summer Visitor Cards (Yellow)

38 Winter Visitor Cards (Blue)

18 Field Cards

24 Automa Cards

36 Mama and Papa Cards

1 Game Board

6 Vineyard Mats

30 Worker Meeples (in 6 Different Colors)

1 Gray Temporary Worker Meeple

6 Grande Worker Meeples

50 Grape and Wine Tokens (Glass)

6 Wake-Up Tokens (Roosters)

6 Victory Point Tokens (Corks)

6 Residual Payment Tracker Tokens (Wine Bottles)

48 Wooden Structure Tokens (8 Unique Tokens for Each Color)

72 Cardboard Lira Coins (52 Bronze Value '1', 12 Silver Value '2' and 8 Gold Value '5')

1 First-Player Token (Grapes)

1 Rule Book & Quick Reference Guide

AWARDS & HONORS:

2017 Juego del Año Recommended

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