The two primary types of cards being drafted are the plant and animal cards. There is a huge variety of each type and brings unique benefits and set scoring goals that really contribute to the charm of the game. Certain plant cards provide scoring bonuses for sets, but collecting too many may actually result in a loss of points. Animals usually score the most in pairs, but each animal also provides a residual benefit you can use each season to benefit your search. From the colourful toucan bird to the emerald boa, each card in Canopy can serve a useful purpose in a player’s rainforest, such as increasing the number of points gained for every type of plant played adjacent to it. Deciding which cards to take and play is a significant element of this tableau building game, with the potential for victory or defeat possibly hinging on a single card.

But beware of threats such as drought, fire, and disease, as they can destroy your efforts in a heartbeat!It’s simple in the way that you can’t make a wrong move – you can legally take any pile and add it to your area. This makes it great to play against kids – our 5yo loved it. Already at the beginning, we run into Canopy’s strongest attribute: appearance. The artwork from Vincent Dutrait did not disappoint. In this article, you can read about Canopy, a beautiful card-drafting game set in dense tropical rainforest. Read the full Canopy Board Game Review below. Introduction to Canopy Board Game Review

Canopy is a game in which two players compete to grow the most bountiful rainforest. The jungle ecosystem is full of symbiosis and mutualism, and players must grow tall trees and lush jungle plants to attract the most diverse wildlife. By carefully selecting what grows in your forest, you can create the ideal balance of flora and fauna and develop a thriving rainforest.

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Vincent is known for Jaipur, Robinson Crusoe, Lewis & Clark, and Treasure Island, among others. And in Canopy, he made sure the forest comes alive in front of you. I won’t waddle too long about – just look at the pictures. I know that rainforest-cutting is a global issue, and if Canopy spreads this awareness among people, it’s a step in the right direction. This is how your forest might look like. Canopy does require a fair amount of table space. Point (Bromelia) Salad The game is played over three "seasons" or rounds and the round ends when the draw pile is emptied. This triggers a scoring round where points are awarded for various plants gathered in that round, natural disasters such as fire and disease may be triggered. Points are awarded for trees that have had a canopy placed on them. There are other bonus points for the player with the tallest trees. All wildlife and uncompleted trees remain for the next round, but all flora cards are discarded. Wildlife cards are scored at the end of the game. On your turn, you will go through three piles of cards, deciding whether to take all of the cards from a pile or skip it and see the next. If you skip a pile, a card will be added to it, so eventually, the piles will have a different number of cards on them.

However, players will have to be cautious as there are cards that can cause a number of disasters to spring up in their rainforest. From raging fires, terrible diseases and unrelenting drought, these cards reduce the scoring potential of a player’s tableau - so must be taken at the player’s own risk.Negative cards remove other cards from your forest: disease kills animals, for example. But they’re not always bad news. If you can get enough disease cards, it spreads, sparing some of your animals and infecting other players. Fire destroys plant cards but that can help you get rid of bad cards like that third Bromelia, and it also encourages seeds to grow. Gameplay - is it any good?