Viticulture: Essential Edition Gameplay Overview

Actions

Spring: Wake-up Chart

Each player chooses turn order for the year by placing their rooster on an unoccupied spot on the wake-up chart.

1. Starting with the first player and going clockwise, each player places their rooster on an unoccupied number on the wake-up chart.
2. Gain the reward shown to the right of your chosen number (if any).
3. Turn order for the year starts with the lowest number and proceeds down the list.

• Lower numbers go first but higher numbers offer better bonuses (draw cards, gain lira, etc.).

Summer Actions

In turn order, place workers on yellow action spaces. Players may pass but then cannot take more summer actions.

1. Place one worker on an available yellow action space and take that action.
2. A player may pass, but then cannot take any more summer actions.
3. Move your rooster to the right on the wake-up chart to signify passing.
4. Continue in turn order until all players have passed. Proceed to fall.

Draw Vine Card

Draw one vine card from the vine deck.

1. Draw one vine card from the vine deck.

• Bonus: Draw one additional vine card.

Play Summer Visitor

Discard and take the action(s) on one summer visitor card in any order.

1. Play one summer visitor card from your hand and resolve its effects.
2. You must be able to fully complete the card's minimum requirements to play it.

Plant Vine

Plant one vine card from your hand in any field.

1. Plant one vine card from your hand in any of your 3 fields.
2. You must have built the required buildings (Trellis and/or Irrigation) shown in the upper left corner of the vine card.
3. The total combined grape value of all vines in the field cannot exceed 6.

Build One Structure

Build one vineyard structure by paying its lira cost and placing the corresponding token on your mat.

1. Pay the lira cost of the structure.
2. Place the corresponding building token on your vineyard mat.

Sell Grapes

Sell (and discard) any number of grapes for the prices indicated next to the grape value on the crush pad.

1. Discard any number of grape tokens from your crush pad.
2. Gain lira equal to the price listed next to each grape's value on the crush pad.

• Bonus: Gain 1 VP.

Give a Vineyard Tour

Gain 2 lira by giving a tour of your vineyard.

1. Gain 2 lira.

Fall: Draw Visitor Cards

Each player draws one summer or winter visitor card.

1. In turn order, each player takes one summer visitor or one winter visitor card.

• If you have built the Cottage, draw one extra visitor card (either summer or winter). Draw them all at the same time.

Winter Actions

In turn order, place workers on blue action spaces. Players may pass but then cannot take more winter actions.

1. Place one worker on an available blue action space and take that action.
2. A player may pass, but then cannot take any more winter actions.
3. Move your rooster to the left on the wake-up chart to signify passing.
4. Continue in turn order until all players have passed.

Draw Wine Order Card

Draw one wine order card.

1. Draw one wine order card from the wine order deck.

• Bonus: Draw one additional wine order card.

Play Winter Visitor

Discard and take the action(s) on one winter visitor card.

1. Play one winter visitor card from your hand and resolve its effects.
2. You must be able to fully complete the card's minimum requirements to play it.

Harvest One Field

Place grape tokens on the crush pad from a single field.

1. Choose a single field that has not been harvested this year.
2. Add the values of all red grape vines on that field and place one token on the corresponding red grape value on the crush pad (devalue if needed).
3. Do the same with the white grapes.
4. The vine cards stay on the field. That field cannot be harvested again this year.

Make Wine

Convert grape tokens on the crush pad into up to two wine tokens.

1. Move grape token(s) from the crush pad to create up to 2 wine tokens in your cellar.
2. You must have the minimum required cellar type. Devalue wines if needed.

Fill One Wine Order

Discard one wine order card and the matching wines to gain VP and increase residual payments.

1. Choose a wine order card from your hand.
2. Discard all the wines shown in the upper left corner of the card if you can provide wines of the same or higher value.
3. Remove those wine tokens from your cellar.
4. Gain the VP listed at the bottom of the card.
5. Increase your residual payment position by the lira amount shown (up to the maximum of 5).

Train a Worker

Pay 4 lira to add one worker from your reserve pool to this space.

1. Pay 4 lira to move one worker from your reserve pool to this action space.
2. This worker is available for use the following year.

• Bonus: Train the worker for 1 lira less (pay 3 lira).

Gain 1 Lira (for Help)

Place a worker to gain 1 lira. Available in both summer and winter.

1. Place a worker on this space to gain 1 lira.
2. There is no limit to the number of workers that may be placed here.

Yoke Actions

Available only to a player who has built a Yoke. Take either Uproot or Harvest once per year.

1. Place a worker on the Yoke action space (on your vineyard mat).
2. Choose either Uproot (return one planted vine card to your hand) or Harvest One Field (same as the winter harvest action).
3. May be performed in either summer or winter, but only once per year.

• Only the player who owns the Yoke may use this action.

End of Year

After all players have passed their winter actions, complete the end-of-year maintenance steps.

1. Age Grape and Wine Tokens: Increase the value of all grapes and wines by moving the tokens up by 1. You need a Medium Cellar to advance wine above 3 and a Large Cellar to advance above 6. Grapes cannot advance above 9. If a token cannot increase in value, it does not.
2. Return All Workers: Each player takes back all workers, including any newly trained ones.
3. Collect Residual Payments: Players gain lira equal to their position on the Residual Payment Tracker (maximum of 5 lira). The residual payment tokens remain in place.
4. Discard: All players must discard their hands down to a maximum of 7 cards (you choose which cards to discard).
5. Rotate First Player: Take back wake-up tokens. Pass the first player token to the right (counter-clockwise) and start again with spring.