Viticulture – Stonemaier Games

Viticulture

Viticulture Essential Edition

  • Designers Jamey Stegmaier & Alan Stone
  • Artist Beth Sobel

Old-world Tuscany awaits your winemaking skill and strategic cunning. You’ll plant vines, harvest grapes, age wines, and fill merchant orders to create the greatest winery in Italy!

Base Game
45-90 mins Game Length
5 mins Setup Time
1-6 Players
Medium Game Weight
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In Viticulture, you find yourself in rustic, pre-modern Tuscany, where you’ve inherited a meager vineyard. You own a few plots of land, an old crush pad, a tiny cellar, a few workers…and the dream of owning the best winery in Italy.

Your job is to allocate your workers and helpful visitors to complete various tasks throughout the year. Each 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 arrive at each one has an advantage over the rest.

Viticulture is a worker-placement game in which you improve your vineyard by building structures, planting vines, and attracting visitors, then harvest grapes, turn them into wine, and filling wine orders as you work towards the goal of owning the most successful winery in Tuscany.

Components

  • 1 box (221x272x100mm)
  • 1 Game Board (508x406mm)
  • 1 rulebook (multiplayer and solo)
  • 6 Vineyard Mats
  • 42 Vine Cards (44x67mm)
  • 36 Wine Order Cards (44x67mm)
  • 38 Summer Visitor Cards (44x67mm)
  • 38 Winter Visitor Cards (44x67mm)
  • 18 Field Cards (63x88mm)
  • 24 Automa Cards (63x88mm)
  • 36 Pink and Blue cards (63x88mm)
  • 30 Wooden Worker Meeples
  • 6 Wooden Grande Worker Meeples
  • 48 Glass Grape and Wine Tokens
  • 6 Wooden Wake-up Tokens
  • 6 Wooden Victory Point Tokens
  • 6 Wooden Residual Payment Tokens
  • 48 Wooden Structure Tokens
  • 72 cardboard Lira Coins
  • 1 First-player Token

If you’re interested in a pack containing larger versions of all Viticulture cards, please fill out this short form.

Release Details: Viticulture successfully funded by Stonemaier Games via Kickstarter in 2012 and was released in spring of 2013. The Essential Edition–a full version of the game–was released in 2015 and continues to be reprinted on a regular basis. Here are full details about the Essential Edition.

Product Details: The SKU is STM105. It is available in a number of languages from localization partners.

Copyright 2013 Stonemaier LLC. Viticulture is a trademark of Stonemaier LLC. All rights reserved. This content is not authorized for posting on Steam.


Viticulture Expansions

Tuscany Essential Edition  Moor Visitors  Visit From The Rhine Valley  Viticulture World

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  1. Hello!

    Our copy of the game has a slight mix-up. Green colored buildings are missing medium cellar figure, and instead we have two tasting room tokens. We kind of can live with that, but it is just a bit frustrating. Is it possible to receive or purchase a medium cellar token separately?

    Thanks in advance!
    Orestas

      1. Hello, again!
        The European one! And they are sold out.
        Also according to Italian distributor Ghenos Games, they’re sold out.
        Thank you for giving me advice how to get them!

        Simone

  2. Viticulture with the Tuscany expansion makes this the best game ever. One question I have about the sculptor and writer summer visitors from rhine valley

    There is a symbol of an orange colored 1 with a revolving arrows around it. Not sure what that represents.

    On the writers card there is a grey colored Lyra 2 that has the same two arrows.

    I assumed this meant the residual clock. But not sure. Can you verify what those symbols represent ?

    1. Thanks for playing Viticulture! That is indeed the residual icon (the same thing you gain when you complete a wine order–annual income). It means that you increase your residual token by that amount.

  3. I have opened the Viticulture Essential Edition and find that the white player has 2 bottles and no yoke. How can I get a white yoke? I am in the UK.

  4. What changed? We can no longer play the multiplayer on steam with the bot due to the bot needing to make a move halfway through the game and not responding. At that point, it renders the game unplayable.

    1. That’s a great question for you to ask the publisher of the digital game, Digidiced. We are the publisher of the tabletop version of Viticulture, not the digital version.

  5. Hello, can you tell me what redundancy exists here? Here are my 2 versions of Viticulture with expansions and Tuscany:

    Viticulture (The Strategic Game of Winemaking) and Viticulture Essential Edition.

    With the following Viticulture expansions: Viticulture World, Visit from the Rhine Valley, Moor Visitors Expansion, Viticulture World (First Game Continent), and Viticulture World Replacement Pack.

    For Tuscany, I have: Tuscany (Expand The World of Viticulture) and Tuscany (Essential Edition)

    Thanks for your help!

    Bob

    1. Bob: If you have the Viticulture Essential Edition, Viticulture World, Visit from the Rhine Valley, Moor Visitors, Tuscany Essential Edition, and the first game continent and replacement pack for Viticulture World, there is absolutely no overlap between those products.

      Basically, anything you can buy now has no redundancy at all. I would not recommend buying anything second-hand that is older than the Viticulture Essential Edition, as you will encounter some redundancy and some outdated components in earlier versions of Viticulture and Tuscany.

    1. The Viticulture playtest was mainly made using the second edition and the original Tuscany expansion before the Kickstarter for the latter. These had a total of 9 solo-compatible expansion modules that could be more or less freely recombined. Those modules were distributed among Viticulture EE and Tuscany EE and some didn’t make the cut.

      While we did put some structure onto the module combinations tested there were still a LOT of them, which diluted the data per combination and the data I have is not structured well for understanding it 10 years after the fact :-). I’m also not sure I still have all of it.

      If I were to make an estimate, then I’d say that the playtesters won a bit less than 50% of the time on normal difficulty, with new players winning less and very good players winning most of their plays. The large difference in scores between players was one of the reasons we made multiple difficulty levels.

  6. I bought the game a few days ago ( tuscany essential edition ).

    For my surprise everything is in English ( as it should be ) however the cards for special workers are in a strange language ( Romanian I presume). I cannot find a way to request this in English or in any way.

    Is this even normal?

  7. Are patron cards no longer used? I recently bought the game and watched some videos on how to play. Even with the expansions, I do not see any patron cards.

    1. The patron cards were part of the original Tuscany expansion, but they were dropped for Tuscany Essential. They’re available for print-and-play on our website.

  8. Hi, are the Viticulture promo special worker cards new content, or have they appeared previously? Bit confused, and they are showing as a ‘launch’ product, but were listed on restocks on the latest newsletter…not sure if I already own them or not!

    1. Will: I’m sorry for the confusion. This is a product we’ve made for years now, but we’ve only sold it through Meeplesource in the past (like other promos). I don’t know if you personally have them, though–you would only own them if you specifically bought them as a promo pack or if you backed the original big box Tuscany on Kickstarter in 2014.

      1. Thanks Jamie, I’ve only ever bought through you guys or UK-based retailers, so I suspect I don’t… Will be on the next order then!

  9. A friend finally showed me this game. I just purchased this edition. I’m missing some of the components. I only have one piece for the white player and two pieces missing from the green.

  10. Hi Jamey, this might be a strange question, but does the game and the theme have obvious references to alcohol, or does could the product and production just as easily be seen as non-alcoholic wine? As in, are there obvious references to alcohol content, brands, bars, and drunken behavior anywhere in the game?

    1. The product and production just as easily be seen as non-alcoholic wine. There are no references to alcoholic content or brands. There is a little wooden structure you can make called the “Tasting Room”.

  11. Hi Jamey, the Moor Visitor “Councilman” is a summer visitor that lets you play a winter visitor.

    1) When the Councilman is used to play “Motivator”, can opponents that have already passed out of summer still retrieve their grande worker? The clarification from the rulebook (see below) would suggest not, however I don’t think it’s possible to play a winter card in the summer with just the base EE content so I’m not sure.

    Motivator
    All players may retrieve their grande workers. Gain 1 for each opponent who does this. Opponents who have already passed their turn for the season are not eligible to retrieve their grande workers.

    2) Can the Councilman be used to play Manager (as the current season would be summer, and there are no previous seasons with actions when using just base EE)? I’m not sure if “season” refers to the current season or winter (which is the Manager’s associated season deck).

    Manager
    Take any action (no bonus) from a previous season without placing worker.

    1. Thanks for sharing the text of these cards! That’s a big help.

      If you’re in the summer, yes, other players can retrieve their grande (but because they’ve passed, they can’t place the grande in the summer).

      If there is no previous worker-placement season in the current year (for the Manager), the manager has no effect.

      1. Thanks for the super quick response and, generally, for all that you give back to players of your games. I love the live cast :)

  12. I’ve noticed there is still space in the Essential Edition base game insert after adding Tuscany Essential Edition. Will it also fit the Rhine and Moor expansions? (I assume not the coop expansion due to the additional board).

    1. You’re exactly right! The original insert does fit the Rhine, Moor, and Tuscany expansions (unsleeved cards), but not Viticulture World.

          1. With other games getting the big box treatment, do you mean you are no considering it for viticulture?

  13. I am looking to purchase a version of Viticulture and m confused about the options. I see (on BGG) Viticulture; V. Essential edition; V. Tuscany Essential Edition; V Tuscany. The 2 essential editions both talk about having components of the Tuscany expansion, but it is not clear which. Will the two essential editions have redundant parts? if I purchased the basic game plus the tuscany expansion would that include all the parts of the two essential editions? Having never played any version I cannot make sense of the descriptions. Thanks.

    1. Sorry for the confusion! Viticulture Essential Edition is the game (and has been for 8 years). Tuscany Essential Edition is the complement to it (there are no redundant components).

      1. Thanks Jamey I appreciate you reaching out. I look forward to any future content coming out for Viticulture with much anticipation!

  14. Can I play different actions of a season in random order? For example, first build a structure and then plant a vine that requires that building.

    Can I plant, harvest, make wine all in the same year? Or do I have to wait til the next year?
    Here is a question about the negotiator-card. It reads: Discard 1 (grape from crushpad) to gain “1” OR discard 1 (wine from cellar) to gain “2”.

    Does “1”/ “2” mean residual /-s or a one-time payment?

    1. Nina: Thanks for your question. There’s no inherent order to the actions you take each season, nor is there a limit (beyond the number of available workers you have).

      For the negotiator, I don’t have that specific card in front of me, but the coin icons (one-time $ benefit) used in the game is distinctly different than the residual icon, which has arrows around the icon.

  15. Even I have the same question like Richard Gomes , in the solo variant if I had already placed all the workers in summer action space after automa had placed it’s worker , I need too pass to the winter season of the board for placing the automa workers ?

    1. Technically, you would have to draw an Automa card for winter and place its workers but since it will have no impact on the game there’s no reason to actually do anything.

      So, don’t draw the card and don’t place workers for the Automa in winter if you placed all your workers in summer.

  16. I have two questions from viticulture solo variant.

    (1) If I donot place any workers on the summer action space , then I have to draw the automa card for placing the automa workers then only I can pass on to take the winter action.Am I right ?

    (2) How to move the rooster , if I play an organizer visitor card.
    Shall I move the rooster to a place in the wake up chart that have glass bead followed by it’s removal ?
    Or
    Shall I move the rooster to a place in the wake up chart that do not have any glass bead ?

    1. 1) The first step of worker placement in any season is placing Automa workers. So, on the base game board, Automa places workers in summer, then you can place or skip placing workers. Next the Automa places workers in Winter, followed by you. It doesn’t matter for this whether you placed workers in Summer or not, the Automa always goes first.

      2) When you play the organizer in summer, you’re past the phase where you gain a bead and are restricted by the beads. So, you can move your rooster to a row with or without a bead and you don’t gain a bead if there is one.

      I hope this clears things up.

    1. If you’re looking to make wine using grapes, you can only make wine for your medium cellar if you have a medium cellar and you can only make wine for your medium or large cellar if you have both of them. You can always decrease the value of the wine token you make down to your highest current level, though. So, if you have a 7-value red grape token but you only have a small cellar, you could use it to make a 3-value red wine token.

  17. It would be nice to include in the rule book EVERY CARD and it’s meaning. For example, “Contractor” says to “Choose 2: Gain 1 victory point, build 1 structure, or plant 1”. It doesn’t say if you have to pay for the structure. Do you have to pay for the structure?

    1. Unless a card says “build 1 structure for free”, you must pay for the structure. In the same way, you can only plant if you meet the requirements for the vine card (trellis and/or irrigation). Basically, all rules apply unless specifically indicated otherwise.

  18. Hi there! Just started playing the Tuscany expansion and have a question about the Traveler special worker. I have not been able to find the answer posted to the BGG FAQ or this one. The text states: “You may place the Traveller on any open space in a previous season of the current year, regardless of the action spaces available based on player count. Immediately take that action.” Does this mean that we can place the Traveller on an action even if there are no available spots for the player count? E.g. in a 2-player game, there are other open spaces that we cannot use due to player count. Some of those also have bonuses. Could we 1. Place the Traveller there and 2. Would we also get the bonus for the 3 or 4 player spot? The wording on this card is confusing because “open action space” and “regardless of the action spaces available” seem to contradict each other. Thanks!

    1. “Does this mean that we can place the Traveller on an action even if there are no available spots for the player count?”

      That is exactly right. I can see why it’s confusing, but the two phrases–“open action space” and “regardless of the action spaces available”–are the both true. You need an action space, but you can ignore player count restrictions (and yes, you get a bonus if the action space has a bonus on it).

  19. Hey, my game is missing one of the white pieces. Is there a way for me to get a replacement or do I have to return/repurchase the whole game to the store from which I bought it?

  20. Hi there! Would there be any chance for an “upgrade pack” for the Viticulture Wine Crate? The components inside the crate as it is today falls a bit short of my expectations for enhancing organization of the game. I’d like to see sturdier trays/lids (cardboard is fine too, to stay eco-friendly), dividers, labels, and a storage reference sheet. Right now, I’m not even sure how to store everything properly with all the expansions for ease of game set-up and teardown. The big box solution is great, but if it could match the quality of, say, the Wingspan Nesting Box, along with the aforementioned suggestions, that would be even better :).

    1. Thanks for this suggestion! I think you may need to look for a third-party or custom solution for the Wine Crate if you aren’t happy with the inserts and trays I designed for it.

  21. Hiya,

    I played your game for the first time today and I absolutely love it! I will likely buy it as soon as I can. I was wondering if someone has suggested an expansion deck including seasonal events. For example, every year one event can happen in any season. So maybe drought might eliminate one of your grapes, mould spoils your crushed grapes, good weather gives your grapes +1 quality bonus, a high tourist season may add extra money for every played visitor card or a low tourist season prevents visitor cards from being played, etc.

    Mario

    1. Mario: When I was originally designing Viticulture, I tried out some elements like that, but I quickly found that they had a negative impact on the player experience. However, if you like event cards that provide a little twist to each year of the game, check out the Viticulture World expansion–it’s full of them! :)

  22. Absolutely love this game! It’s one of my favorite to host for game night! Just ordered the wine glasses! Would love to see a “host essentials” set someday..perhaps a viticulture branded charcuterie board? Chocolates for wine pairing? 🤔🤣. Could have so much fun with this game line as it is absolutely perfect for hosting wine tasting along with gaming.

  23. Hi,
    I ordered this game online, when it was delivered the game box was labelled “Polish edition”.
    I want the English version, do I need to swap it with the supplier?
    The box is unopened as it is a present
    thanks for help

    1. Dominic: Yes, please contact the vendor so you can return the game to them and get it in the correct language.

  24. I was given this game as a gift and discovered that one of baggies with the purple pieces is missing. Can you please let me know where I can get a replacement set of pieces?

    1. You might want to check your box again if you haven’t already ordered the replacement parts. I discovered the same thing but after a complete count of my pieces I discovered that the missing pieces in purple I had were in fact in orange and I got the game around recently as well.

  25. Hey this is a super weird question, but I was wondering which of yhe artists created the art for the “School Teacher” card from the Essential edition. Thanks!

  26. I watched this game be talked about on the dice tower, and the theme was sounded interesting to me. Downloaded the app to my tablet to get my feet “into the crush pad”, and began to love it. Bought both base game and Tuscany and now I understand all the hype. The base game alone is phenomenal, even though I have only played solo mode. I was a little hesitant about Tuscany being as good as everyone says it is to the point it makes it very difficult to go back to regular viticulture. After my first game with the Tuscany board, I understand now all the words that were said are infinitely true. Viticulture is a truly elegant game by itself, but couple it with Tuscany, and you have something equally as good as a great video game.

    Now I do have one question that I do not believe was addressed in the either rule book. Since I am playing these solo, I understand the automa cards are supposed to represent another player that “blocks” the action. Do the automa workers also block off the grande worker from being placed there? I played my two games so far with the assumption that if the automa worker is on the space, then the player can not place the grande on the space at all.

    I hope to keep enjoying these games for years to come. My kids are all a bit too young for a game this large, and my wife doesn’t like anything bigger than the kids version of ticket to ride. Any advice on trying to convince her to join in?

    1. Rules that are not explicitly overridden in the solo rulebook are still in effect, this means that your grande worker can be placed on an action with an Automa worker as with any other worker, since there’s no rule stating that this is not possible.

      I hope that explanation makes sense.

  27. Ihave one question regarding three players game of viticulture we can repeat the same action of worker placement.
    Suppose I placed one worker on the action space DRAW vine card , then I place another worker on PLANT vine card , then again I placed my worker on DRAW vine card.
    Is this sequence of action is correct ???
    The vine card that DRAWN in a particular year can be PLANTED in the.same year ???

    1. Hi Abhishek! You seem to have a lot of questions and you’re posting your question here and also on the Facebook group. I’d recommend sticking to one location for your questions. I’d also recommend double-checking the rules before asking. For this question, there are no rules regarding how soon a card can be played after it is drawn, so you can draw a card and then play that card in the same season. Personally, I like to watch a rules video or a playthrough video on YouTube to get an idea of how the game is played. You might be helped with this approach too. This can save you a lot of time waiting for questions to be answered (especially if they’re relatively easy questions). There are many, many examples of Viticulture being played on YouTube. Check it out!

  28. When will the wine create be available for purchase without the World expansion? I own every product for Viticulture and just want a better storage solution.

  29. Hi Jamey.
    I have this slight issue: I’ve been patiently waiting for the Arboriculture/Fornaggio restock on Print&Play, but now that I can order them, the cheapest shipping to Italy it’s a freaking $ 36 for a 30 days delivery up to $ 70 for a quicker delivery! 😨
    Isn’t there a way for your fellow European fans to get them at a reasonable shipping price?

    1. That sounds like a great question for you to ask the company making and selling Arboriculture and Formaggio–we don’t have control over their shipping practices. We make the files available to print for free on our website, so you could make it at home. You could also have the files shipped to a forwarding address in the US (maybe look into Shipito). Also, importantly, if we thought these modules were good and important enough for Viticulture fans, we would make and sell them worldwide ourselves…but we don’t, because they aren’t essential to the Viticulture experience.

      1. Thank you Jamey.
        I asked here only because maybe you knew some EU based company that got them from Print&Play and stocked them for that market.

  30. Hi! I’m wondering if the summer visitor principal card requires you to have the grapes already in order to fill the order. The card says “Draw 3 (purple cards), then either fill 1 of them or keep 2. Discard the rest.”
    Thank you!

    1. Thanks for your question. Unless otherwise stated by a card, all rules apply as normal, so to fill a wine order, you must have (and pay the corresponding wine tokens).

      1. Well, shucks, I was hoping for a loophole XD
        Thank you so much for the quick reply! My husband and I love this game :-)

    2. The card just lets you draw additional orders and immediately fulfill one, but the standard order fulfilment rules apply.

  31. Hello. My faq: Viticulture the rules says that I can take credit (negatives points in the pointbar) when playing a visitorcard. It is also posible to use the credit, for example, if I use a worker for construct a Building, but don‘t enough Lira??? Trank You. Greetings. Hendrik.

    1. If there is a cost, you must pay it in full. So if a structure costs $3 but you only have $2, you cannot build it. Similarly, if you’re at -5 VP (the end of the track) and you have the option of losing 1 VP to gain a benefit, you cannot pay that cost, so you cannot gain that benefit.

  32. Hi, I own Viticulture Essential Edition and the original Tuscany expansion. I’d like to find out about purchasing a replacement matte Tuscany board, as my original Tuscany board is so glossy it’s harder to read under our table lights. Is there any way that I can arrange this? Thanks!!

      1. I did hear back from the replacement parts department. Unfortunately they are unable to sell me a replacement board because it is not damaged. A bit annoying, as in the past I’d purchased original Viticulture and Tuscany, and more recently Viticulture EE. I’m not really willing to buy a copy of Tuscany EE just for the board. :-\ Well, thanks anyway.

        1. Hmm…let me talk to them about that. If you’re willing to purchase the board and we have it in stock, the answer should be yes. Just so I contact the right helper, which country are you in?

          1. Jamey I’m in the US, in New York.I appreciate your time and assistance. ~Virginia

          2. Thank you, Virginia. I spoke to our helper, and he relayed that the reason he stated to you wasn’t the lack of damage, but rather, “I unfortunately don’t have the stock to send out (or even sell) new boards.” This is an inventory issue. When we have more boards in stock, we’ll let you know.

  33. Hi. Loving wingspan and thinking of going Viticulture as well. Two part question:

    – is the app based on essential edition? If I learn on the app, is that the same experience or not?
    – people often say the game is best with Tuscany. Is that mostly focused on pre essential base, or should I not bother getting essential without Tuscany right off the bat?

    1. The essential edition is the only official edition for the game at this point, and the both the digital version and Tuscany are based on it. I recommend playing the game without Tuscany at first.

  34. So I am making a few upgrades to the parts of my version, but is there anywhere that I can see the exact colors of the different players? I want to get things exactly right. I know I saw all of the Pantone colors for Scythe when I did this for that game, but I haven’t been able to find anything for Viticulture. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

    1. Travis: The Pantone document I have is from a long time ago, but I believe this is still correct:

      –123C
      –647C
      –364C
      –white
      –173C
      –2425C

      Also, if you intend to sell the upgrades you’re making, please contact me first to look over our third-party agreement.

      1. Thank you so much for all of your help with this. I am only planning on this for me. But if I change my mind on that, I will definitely check that out. You are literally the best Jamie!

        1. And then autocorrect helped me with Jamey. *Facepalm*. Love embarrassing yourself in front of your heroes.

          1. Ha ha thanks Travis. I know who you’re talking about, no matter the spelling. :)

  35. Hi

    Is it still possible to purchase the Special Worker Promo Cards? If not, is there a file available so that I can print-and-play them?

    Thanks,
    Mathijs

      1. Hi

        Thanks for your quick response. Since I live in Belgium, Meeplesource asks $10 to ship the promo, which is twice the $5 cost of the promo itself. This is too much for me.

        I can’t find any Belgian game stores that have it. Could you maybe point me to a store in Europe that has the promo (since shipping costs may be lower)? Or would you consider sharing the files needed to print-and-play it? I would of course understand if you didn’t/couldn’t.

        Thanks,
        Mathijs

        1. I’m sorry about those shipping costs, and we don’t provide these files for print-and-play. However, we’ll get some over to our European fulfillment center in the future–I’ll mention them in our monthly e-newsletter when they’re available.

  36. Is there a neoprene playmat in the works?
    Love the Scythe one and there’s a Tapestry one coming out I believe? Can’t believe there isn’t a Viticulture one

    1. We use neoprene mats for games where you frequently need to lift cards off the board–that’s their primary function (otherwise, it’s harder to read text on neoprene mats, so cardboard is better in most situations). That isn’t the case in Viticulture, so we will not be making neoprene mats for it.

      1. I wonder which cards are frequently played on the board in Tapestry and Scythe to grant a neoprene board for those games 🤔

        1. “Played on the board” is actually quite the opposite of what I said. “Lift cards off the board” is when rubber playmats become useful. In the case of Scythe and Tapestry, enough people asked for us to do it, so we did. I agree that it doesn’t make much sense in Scythe. In Tapestry, players quite frequently pick up tech cards.

          1. Yeah, I said “played” meaning that then the cards need to be picked up 😅
            I was thinking about the boards themselves, not the space around them where cards are usually located.
            A neoprene mat for Libertalia makes perfect sense to me.
            For Tapestry I wasn’t considering the mat also had space for tech cards display.
            Then again, it’s just a display or “market”.
            Usually I don’t account for them when thinking about transposing a cardboard game board into a neoprene mat, because board already tend to be huge, if the neoprene mat would also include space for things that are usually located next / around the main board, it would only fit on the floor 😄😄

  37. Hi

    I just had a question about Viticulture Essential Edition. It says in the rule book on page 15 under making white wine and red wine “move 1 red/white grape to the corresponding space on the cellar.” However for blush and sparkling wine you can add 2 or 3 grapes together. My question is can you legally add for example a value 1 and a value 2 say white grape together to make 1 value 3 white wine or for instance a value 1, value 2 and a value 3 grape together for a value 6 white wine if you have the medium cellar?

    Thanks

  38. Hi Jamey,I would just like to say a big thank you,i started my board game journey a couple of years back,not a clue what I was doing,buying etc. slowly and surely I started getting the hang of things.wingspan was a game I looked at I thought how much the game would suit me(being a birder) I had a bit a of a break from board games,life got in the way,I got back into it early this year and wingspan was my first purchase,I was blown away by the game,everything about the it,components,quality,gameplay,playing games mainly solo the automa is amazing,I even commented on YouTube video of yours which I very rarely do.I’m now a stomemaier champion,have recently purchased viticulture essential edition,and I’m equally impressed by it,both amazing games,I would highly recommend stonemaier games to anyone,and I will be adding more of your games to my collection.keep up the amazing work.

    1. Thanks Jason! I’m honored that you purchased Wingspan and Viticulture, and I appreciate you commenting on the video–it always means a lot when people engage in that way. :)

  39. Hi. It seems that I am missing a yellow yoke from my essential edition. What do I do?

  40. Hi. Is there a preorder for the Vitaculture crate coming up? I don’t have this game and want to get an “all-in package.” Thanks in advance.

  41. After playing many SM games, I finally played Viticulture for the first time last night. But, when I tried to learn via Watch It Played, I realized that there is not a single rules video – I had to watch one for 2nd edition and then an Essential “update”, which itself was confusing since it assumed I knew the Tuscany modules.

    Since most new players now just want to learn the full Essential Edition, would you consider having Rodney make an updated version? (Maybe also using “Red and Blue” cards as well for the newest printings)

    1. I appreciate the question, and I love what Rodney does, but it is a significant expense. Given that the two videos are already available, I think we’ll probably focus our marketing budget on products he hasn’t already covered.

  42. I bought the Collector’s Edition thru Kickstarter when Tuscany first came out. There was a misprint on the value of the field cards. Is there anyway to obtain a new set of just the field cards with the fixed printing?

  43. I’m so excited for the announced expansion. It is my absolute favorite game. I have almost all the expansions and promos with the final piece arriving soon. I’m thankful that you are going back and adding yet more content and fun to such a good game. I can’t wait to see it.

  44. Hi James,
    Question on Special Worker – Professore: can we reuse the same action space earlier cleared by triggering Professore’s special worker ability?

    1. Can you please share the exact text of the Professore in the question so we can help answer this? Thanks!

  45. Hello Jamey, i lost my purple cottage house :/ , how can i buy from you this part?
    I’m from Israel

  46. Hey Jamey. Viticulture is an absolute favorite of mine and I have recently been playing a majority of my board games through online sources. I have the digital version, but would prefer to play on Tabletop Simulator with my family since it allows for more interaction amongst players. I understand that the DLC was removed from TTS because of recent events, but I’m wondering if that decision was indefinite. I would really love to have the option to play this amazing game with my family who I am unable to meet up with in person.

    1. Cameron: Thanks for asking about this. We’re continuing to support physics-driven versions of Viticulture on Tabletopia, full-AI Viticulture via Digidiced (Steam, iOS, and Android), and on BoardGameArena, but not Tabletop Simulator.

  47. Hi Jamey! Quick question – when pre-orders for the expansion go live next month, will there be sufficient stock for the base game and the rest of the expansions? Currently planning to buy it all at once with the pre-order, but just wondering if stock might end up being an issue forbidding me from doing that when it comes time to pre-order. As it stands now everything looks to be in stock which is why I’m wondering. Thanks!

    1. Just to clarify, we haven’t announced when preorders will begin. We have planned in advance to ensure there’s ample stock of Viticulture-related products for the expansion preorder. :)

      1. Oooh yeah I didn’t mean to assume the pre-order date, but thank you for confirming there’ll be adequate stock! I’m excited to hear the news next month.

  48. If I have missing part in both the base game and metal coins, should I fill 2 or just 1 replacement form?

    1. Just one, please–the same person will ship both items to you together in one package. I’m sorry there are missing items in your copy!

  49. Hello Jamey,

    My copy of viticulture had a broken (purple) irrigation token. Is there anyway I can replace that? I don’t mind paying for it. Thank You. Hope to hear back.

  50. hi jamey ,
    my workers will be rewarded with bottles of limoncello so fine that they were exported
    to the finest restaurants in europe a gift for all their hard work , whilst yours will recieve
    some apples.what ever you do dont tell them!
    greg

  51. hi jamey,
    really enjoy viticulture like so many other people.when playing it recently i came up with a minor retheming and would be interested in your opinion.here goes…. aboriculture and apple trees. Apple trees are replaced with lemon trees and when
    they go into your warehouse they become limoncello.Thematically they are for export
    only or of course increase workers morale.for a worker to recieve this is very italian
    thematically and ties in with viticulture/aboriculture perfectly.what do you think?
    regards greg

  52. Hi Jamey! Just a quick question, I never had Viticulture and was thinking of getting it from your web store. If I order today, will it already be the new printing that includes an improved insert as you mentioned in your livestreams?

    1. That’s highly likely, but we can’t guarantee it, as some of the previous printing copies may be mixed in with the new printing.

  53. Hi Jamey! Question about the upcoming expansion. I have the original Viticulture and Tuscany boxes. Will the new expansion work with this version? I assume so but wanted to ask.

  54. Also, I’m really looking forward to whatever the next Viticulture expansion will be. It is easily my favorite worker placement game (with the extended board from Tuscany) and one of my most-played games ever. Like all Stonemaier games, it is not just an excellent game, but beautiful to look at and high value for your gaming dollar.

  55. Just a note that the Arboriculture and Formaggio expansion is currently unavailable at Print & Play Games due to a supply shortage of, apparently, cow meeples. I’m hoping they eventually are able to produce this again and I will post here when they are available again.

    1. You can use the uproot action from the yoke, take a vine back into your hand and then replant it (separate action) to a different vine

  56. Hi Jamey. I love all the colorful buildings in Tapestry. The new Arts & Architecture expansion has a Villa that looks like it could be from Viticulture. Have you ever considered working with the same person who has been designing these for Tapestry, to create all the buildings required for Viticulture? It would be great to have these types of buildings for Viticulture and I have a feeling they would sell well.

      1. You’re welcome! I hope this becomes a reality. Viticulture is currently in the Top 10 games for me, and some nice upgraded building would be great!

  57. I’ve noticed the difference between Essential Editions – One of them has a Red seal on the cover and the other one – not. I’ve found a lot of information on differences between the old edition and the essential edition, but not on the latest differences between Essential Editions. I don not know which to buy. That’s why I came to the official page for the explanation :) Much appreciated! Thank you very much!

  58. Question/s: On two of the blue Winter visitor cards you are allowed to make wine without the required cellar… at the end of the season can you age those wines or are they locked down until you build the required cellar? Also, when you uproot the green vine cards, do you have to discard – on the board it just says uproot and doesn’t say anything about discarding the card. This is especially a problem when someone owns a Windmill – Uproot and then replant that card the next year? Is this O.K.?
    (2) We purchased two viticulture games. One board game has two sided game boards (Italian and flip over for English) and the other game just one side. I feel like we got ripped off? We really enjoy the game – So, I guess we’ll survive playing the printed one side Viticulture.

    1. If a card allows you to age wine without the proper cellar, those wine tokens continue to age as if you had the cellar they’re now in.

      “Uproot” is defined in the rulebook on page 8: “To do so, a player selects a vine card from their field and returns it to their hand.”

      The very first question and answer on the Viticulture FAQ page is as follows (https://stonemaiergames.com/games/viticulture/faq/):

      Why aren’t my vineyard mats and game board double sided?

      We only print double-sided boards if we’re combining a printing with an international partner (one side is in English, the other in a different language). Several of the more recent printings have only been in English; however, we failed to update the components list to remove the words “double sided”.

  59. I had purchased viticulture from target’s online store front and the purple component set came with an extra cottage and no tasting room. Is there a form a can fill to get the replacement piece?

  60. Hey guys, any idea when Tuscany EE will be available? Wanted to pick it up as a Christmas gift but I noticed it says “preorder.” Do you suspect it would ship by Christmas if I just go ahead and preorder?

    1. Definitely! We actually thought the freight shipment was going to arrive a few weeks ago–it’s in the US and is just waiting to be delivered to our fulfillment center, which hopefully will be in the next week or so.

  61. Are you still selling the Special Workers Expansion pack? I don’t see it in the list of items. I each Viticulture every year at Diecon, and I don’t want to include stuff they can’t buy.

    1. It sounds like you’re missing some green tokens? If you fill out our replacement parts form, we’ll send them to you right away. Thanks!

    1. Whenever there is such an update, it’ll come from Digidiced–we’re not the digital publisher. We’ll note it in our monthly e-newsletter when the time comes.

  62. Hi, I see that an extensión of Viticulture is planned for next year. Any clue about the contents? Are you planning to offer a full pack with basic game+all expansions and the new one for having all of them in one box? (With some space for self printed expansions that are not available anymora)
    Thanks and congratulations for the game.
    Ruben

    1. We’ll continue to sell each Viticulture product separately so people can pick and choose what they want–we won’t be making the type of full pack you described.

          1. Awesome! If you have any need for play testing, I have a crew who love viticulture and who would love to do that. You have my email, if you need.

          2. Thanks! Though we’ve already sent the final files to the printer (see the chart on our News page). :)

  63. Hi, I just purchased Viticulture EE. When playing the game for the first time we spilled a glass of wine over the board. For this game, our general rule not drinking at the boardgame table, was neglected but with this as a consequence. The board is ok, but the blue visitor cards and the purple boat cards are ruined. Is there any way to order these deks seperatly?

  64. I just purchase Viticulture EE and Tuscany EE. Viticulture has a 1 sheet Reference page, but there was none in Tuscany EE. Am I missing the page? Thanks in advance.

  65. I just read the post about the story teller. I do not have this special worker in my additions and expansions and was wondering whether I am still up to date with all the new and exciting expansions. I have the original special worker expansion that included 11 workers. Are there others? How do I get them? Also I read somewhere that there are now also mafia special workers. True? If yes how do I get these? I want to keep my game as up to date as possible. Are there also new or updated “Automa” cards as I like playing against the Automa.

  66. Hello. I just purchased Viticulture Essential Edition but it is missing the ‘wax’ seal that says “second edition plus several enhancements from Tuscany selected by Uwe Rosenburg”. Did I receive an older version?

  67. I have viticulture essential edition. What expansions should I get that are not included in the esesntials edition?

    1. Hi Frank! Tuscany: Essential Edition is a great addition to Viticulture: Essential Edition. You can also look at Moor Visitors and Visitors from the Rhine Valley if you’re looking for smaller cards-only expansions. All of these expansions can be enjoyed without any other expansion (in other words, no expansion requires you to own another expansion).

  68. Quick question: with the special worker: storyteller, if you play this worker on a space on your own player board, does it pull all workers from the current season on the main board to that action?
    Thanks ahead of time for the clarification. It came up in a game with my wife this evening, we played that it didn’t, but wanted to find out for sure.

    1. Thanks for the question! Can you type out the exact text on the storyteller? That’s super helpful when fielding questions here, on BGG, or in the Viticulture Facebook group. :)

      1. Sure thing:
        “After you take an action on the board with the Storyteller, all regular workers on other actions in the current season move to the same action as the Storyteller. Those workers do not take the action.”

        As I was typing this, I think it answered my question with the 1st sentance where it states “on the board”. So I would assume we played it correctly that this wouldn’t pull workers to a player’s mat when the Storyteller took an action there?

        As always, thank you for responding, I always appreciate the support you offer for all your games!

        1. Yup! “On the board” is an important phrase in this text. A Storyteller on a player mat would not trigger its power.

  69. Hi! I have the essential editions for the base game and tuscany, as well as the 2 small expansions. Is everything supposed to fit in the core box? I currently have not figured out a way to get it to fit so i have all the boards in the tuscany box and everything else in the core box. Any ideas as to how to get it all to fit in the core box? will the upcoming expansion include new game content and a big box solution?

    1. It should come pretty close to fitting if you put all the small cards in the insert, the coins and tokens in the various slots, and the bigger cards horizontally on top of the two bigger slots (or in bags at the top). People sometimes show off their organizational methods in the Viticulture Facebook group in case you want to see some options there. Like all expansions, the new expansion includes only new content, and while it comes in its own box, we’re looking into a big box solution as a separate product.

      1. Oh this is great! thanks so much for the quick reply. I will head over to the facebook group and await for all the new stuff to come :)

  70. I love the game. I just played it last night. I wanted to ask about the insert. It doesn’t seem to make any sense. There is no place to put the large cards and way too much room for the small cards.

    1. There’s extra room for the small cards due to the expansion and because some people sleeve their cards. See the two large compartments? Put the glass beads and coins in them, then lay the big cards on top of each compartment. You can also bag the big cards and put them on top of the board near the top of the box.

  71. Hello! We love the game, but ours came without a large cellar in the shade green. Is there a way I can get one so our set is complete?

    1. Sure! You’ll need that for 6-player games. You can just fill out the replacement parts form on our website for it.

  72. Hi dear SM crew! I am a fan of your work..Congratulations! I own Scythe, Wingspan and now Viticulture.. Sadly, by mistake, I bought Viticulture Polish version.. Was trying to see if I could “convert” it to English.. I see in your drobox the rules in EN which I could use to convert the matts, and the rules themselves, but the visitors.. I see there is a “Viticulture Essential Visitors – Japanese.pdf”.. Is there any way you could provide the same labels for the English version? Or any other solution.. please advise!

    Best regards,
    NS

    1. Sorry to hear that! English labels aren’t something we have readily available, but perhaps someone on BGG or the Facebook group would be willing to type them all out into a Google doc or something like that.

      1. Would this be something we could “legally” do? I would love to practice my graphic arts skills and create something like this. :)

        1. You could legally type out the text in a spreadsheet. You just can’t replicate the full cards themselves.

  73. This seems to be out of stock at every retailer in the UK. Any idea when it is expected to be back in stock?

  74. Any chance of getting the glass beads back in stock? There is no expected date like there was for Tuscany.

    1. We’re pretty sure we have more incoming with the restock of Viticulture in a few weeks, but we’ll need to check through the shipping container to find them.

  75. OMG. Please can I speak with the owners/inventors of the game. We own a wineshow in South Africa amongst other wine marketing businesses. Is it possible to have other country versions (like monopoly). This could be a great tool for wine education/terroir/sense of place whilst obviously being FUN. http://www.wineshow.co.za

    1. Thanks Andrew! While we only make one version of Viticulture, the theme is universal. If you’d like to buy some copies to sell at the wine show, I’d recommend checking with our distributor in South Africa, Solarpop.

  76. My review: This game is very chill, fun, and highly recommend.

    To Stonemaier: I’ve been a big fan of Viticulture and Wingspan! I’ve LOVED having Wingspan on my Switch.
    I know Viticulture is available on Steam, but any plans to port it to Switch too??? I’m not a big PC user and I’ve loved the portability of playing on the Switch.

  77. Is the original versions of Viticulture and Tuscany available or is it only the essential editions? I originally learned with the Tuscany expansion but i don’t think it was the essential edition and I’m just concerned if i but the two essential editions (Viriculture and Tuscany) that I will end up with duplicates of some things?

    1. Melissa: The Essential Editions are the versions of those products that we’ve made over the last 6 years. They’re the best versions of the game and the expansion, and there’s no overlap between them. I’d recommend starting with Viticulture, and if you like it, you can expand it with Tuscany.

  78. Hi,
    We recently played the Kickstarter version where all 4 seasons were on the board and the board had 2 sides that could be played. We loved that version and was very excited when we ordered it on Amazon. We opened it up and figured out that was not the same version we played. Is this the only version you have? We loved playing all 4 seasons on the board! This version makes spring and fall seem so short and no actions can happen.

    1. It sounds like you’ve been playing on the Tuscany expansion board. We’ll have That expansion back in stock soon. :)

  79. Hi Jamey,

    I hope you are well.

    I was wondering when the next print run is taking place for the Essential Edition and all the expansions? It seems to be out of stock everywhere in my country (UK).

    Also, I believe there is an expansion being produced? Do you know when it is due to be released and if it will be a Kickstarter release (and so I should be able to get the rest of the content with it)? Or how will it be available? (I’m not sure if you use Kickstarter to sell new games or not)

    Many thanks,

    Jason

    1. Thanks for your interest! We are constantly reprinting out of stock products. It’s just a matter of time before it’s back in stock at your nearby distributor who then sells to your local retailer. If you don’t want to wait for that, you can always order directly from our webstore, which does ship to UK addresses from our UK fulfillment center (so there won’t be any customs fees).
      https://store.stonemaiergames.com/

      We don’t have any news to announce about the expansion yet (and we don’t use Kickstarter anymore). But keep an eye on the chart on this page for the most up-to-date info on all of our upcoming games and expansions:
      https://stonemaiergames.com/e-newsletter/

    2. Jason: We constantly reprint Viticulture and our other games, though sometimes they sell a bit faster than we think. Viticulture should be back in soon in the UK, though, as we began making the most recent reprint months ago.

      We are indeed making a new expansion for Viticulture. I do not know the release date. We haven’t used Kickstarter in many years–instead, we simply make new products, announce them, accept preorders on our webstore, and ship the games a few weeks later. You can sign up for our enewsletter to get notifications on the progress: https://stonemaiergames.com/e-newsletter/

  80. Hello! I read somewhere online that the current Viticulture Essential Edition currently on the market is the last printing and it will be not on sale in future – is that true? If so I should grab a copy quickly! Thank you!

    1. Kathryn: Can you let me know where you heard that so I can correct a very false rumor? We consistently reprint all of our products as long as people want them, and that definitely includes Viticulture.

    1. It is! I’m sorry about that missing token in your copy. Just fill out our replacement parts form and we’ll send you the yoke.

  81. Hello! I was given Viticulture for Christmas which turned out to be the Italian version… Is there any way to just buy/get an English set of the cards?

    1. Scott: I’m sorry, but we don’t sell just the cards. I’d recommend that you return the Italian version to the seller since they weren’t clear with the person who bought it that it was the Italian version. I’ve heard of this happening a few times, so whoever the seller is really needs to fix this, and they’ll do that if they hear from directly from customers. If you can provide a link to the seller, I can contact them too.

      1. Thanks very much, I’ve sent feedback to the seller and requested a refund… I’ve also just purchased it directly from your website (hopefully the English version this time!) 😉

      1. Just a quick comment that the product from PrintPlayGames is top notch quality. I was expecting something slightly less since its third party, but no! It matches the same high quality as the rest of the Stonemaier components in Viticulture!

  82. If I have the collector’s edition with Tuscany in a wine crate packaging, what is missing to get to the most updated Viticulture Essentials edition?

      1. I have the collector’s edition from 2014 which is before the Essentials was released, i think?

        I have never seen an Essentials edition so just wondering if there was anything upgraded or added in the Essentials that I need to get for myself.

        1. Thanks! You have the second edition, which–when combined with some of the stuff with Tuscany that you also have–forms the essential edition. :)

  83. I purchased the essential Viticulture game for Christmas and just tried to play with 6 players only to realize my set is missing a vineyard mat. Is there any way to get one?

    1. There is, and I’m sorry about that! Just fill out the replacement parts form on our website, noting the player color of the missing mat.

  84. This is the first time we’ve played with 6 players. Two players sitting next to each other kept trading the 1st and 7th wake up positions between them. That left the 5th and 6th players at the table at a severe disadvantage being perpetually in last place. Any suggestions?

    1. Linda: If you’re playing the core game, that isn’t possible, because the first-player token passes around the table counter-clockwise (each player has a chance of being the first to choose). If you’re playing with Tuscany, the first player who uses their turn in winter to pass can grab the 7th spot. I guess it is possible for a player to pass first every other winter to grab that spot, but I don’t think it’s necessarily to their advantage, as they don’t get any wake-up bonuses from going first (and they’ll go last in every other year).

  85. Hello!
    I just got viticulture for Christmas! As I was opening everything I noticed my green guys were missing the wine bottle. Upon further investigation I discovered there was a second irrigation piece for green. It’s obviously playable but I’m wondering if you guys send out such a minor piece that’s missing?

    1. Isaiah: Sorry about the missing piece, and we can definitely replace it if you’d like it. Just fill out the replacement parts form.

  86. Hello Jamey,

    I guess I have a bold question, but I saw there is a dutch translation of the rules of Tuscany but not of EE. is it possible for me to get my hands on a file that I can translate into Dutch?
    Thanks for making great games.
    Greetings,
    Vincent

    1. Vincent: Thanks for asking about this! While the source files aren’t available for this purpose, you’re welcome to use the PDF, which is on our website.

  87. Hello, I really want to buy this game, totally convinced we are going to enjoy it. I can only find the essential edition though. Is it an expansion? Do I need to have the Viticulture 2013 game to play it? Thank you

  88. Hi Jamey, really love your games, currently I have Charterstone with Recharge Pack (not yet opened) and Viticulture EE, both games are great and astonishing. Also, from SM games I’ve played Between two Cities and Wingspan, both great, and really beautiful mechanisms.

    When it comes to Viticulture EE, I see that board and all mats are double sided, also I have some combination of Spanish and English sides. I am from Serbia and I was thinking about that to maybe apply the stickers on the Spanish side both on board and player mats, and probably I will create some crib sheets that describes which visitor card do what. I am guessing that is everything that has a text on it, and this way I can have personal localized game.
    In order to do what I was thinking about, is there anyway that Stonemaier games can provide design for stickers with original art (guess that can be cropped from original components design) and I will use some font and made my translations in order to have customized Serbian localisation side of the game, as I do not benefit that much from the Spanish side, and with Serbian side probably I will be able to get more people into a game. Also, want to mention this is just for personal use as my goal is to drive more people into this game.
    I am aware of that that maybe this is some unusual request, but I will never know if it is possible until I ask for it.
    Stil even if this is not possible, game is till good and will not be played less or sold, I am even thinking about buying the Tuscany EE (but none of retailers shave that in my country cureently), but I just wanted a chance to involve more different people into the game, even be able to play with my parents.

    I wish you all the best and hope to try all SM games, and maybe there will be some new legacy game similar to the Charterstone in the future. Looking foreward for new games 😁

    1. Thanks Nikola! I appreciate your question. While we really don’t want anyone reproducing entire cards from our games in a different language, what we do support is translating just the text part of a card on a small piece of paper, sleeving the card, and inserting the piece of paper on top of the text. Good luck and have fun with this solution!

  89. Hi Jamey!
    Besides my regular job as a Lawyer, i love playing and writting about Board Games, specially yours. Scythe and Viticulture are my favorites (i just have thoses xD).
    I write mustly about videogames but since i, recently, got the full set for viticulture i thought: Why not write about something about Viticulture (or Scythe)? So i went online in searche for some king of review in my language (Portuguese – Portugal) and i didn’t find anything. So, my question is, do you think that is a good a idea to write something about those games? I can do the review for separete blogs, since i write on two different blogs.
    Note: since my english is not my best, i would do my review on portuguese :D

      1. Hi again Jamey! I will write it and then i can post it here or on the facebook page of the game! :)
        About the other review, that on is on portuguese (Brasil) and i am from Portugal. Here, i don’t think we have one, but i could be wrong! Ether way, i will do mu best to describe those games! They are amazing :)
        Best regards!
        Joel

  90. Hello! Can I ask a question about the game? The victory point count on the board of Viticulture goes up to 25 points. If players exceed 20 points in the same year, is the maximum score for each of them 25 points? For example, if a player finishes with 26 points and another with 27, do they tie with 25 or the player with 27 points is the winner? I really appreciate your answer! Thank you!

      1. Joe’s response is certainly the correct one based on the newer (Essential Edition, etc) rules. But in the original rules, wasn’t it true that 25 pts was a maximum, and that it then moved into the tie-breaks. Actually made things quite “strategic”… once you hit 25 it was better to invest in the tie-breaks than in more pts! Got burned by that in my first play (or maybe first play in which I did well… not sure it was my first game!)

        1. Jason: It’s been a while since we published any other version of Viticulture, but I think you are correct about that. :)

          1. We’ve been playing long enough with a few different groups of friends that we always clarify this rule at the start… and with the more hardcore gamers the choice is often to house rule it back to the old way!

  91. No specific criticism of Viticulture – this happens in other games too – but sometimes subtle rule details can get overlooked. In particular I’ve implemented the following to act as reminders. I wonder if you think they are useful enough to officially adopt?

    when harvesting a field, flip vine cards – to ensure each field is only harvested once a year (flip back at year end “retrieve workers”)

    when planting a vine, move windmill alongside cockerel on turn track – to ensure bonus 1VP is only gained once each year (return to player board at year end “retrieve workers”)

    when giving a tour (and there is wine in your cellar), move tasting room alongside cockerel on turn track – to ensure bonus 1VP is only gained once each year (return to player board at year end “retrieve workers”)

    I appreciate potential double use of these may not be super common but I had certainly harvested the same field twice (and I think my wife was making money and VP giving multiple tours!) before implementing these.

  92. Can we expect a digital version of Tuscany? The original game by Digidiced is nice. However, it seems as though they are deserting the project. Very poor communication with the community. Almost as if they have no interest in the game. What a difference with Monster Couch and Wingspan. Excellent support and constant updates.

  93. My grandmother has ordered a copy of V:EE for me for Christmas, but has just messaged me to say that it looks like one side of the board, rule book and box are in Italian. Will the cards be in Italian also? If so I’ll have to return and get a different version. If they’re in English then the rulebook and box doesn’t matter so much!

    1. Your grandmother received the correct version of Viticulture, as the cards and rules are in English. Sometimes we share printings with localization partners, and when we do, one side of the board/mats are in a different language. But that’s the only difference, and all English components necessary to play are there.

      1. Hi Jamey. Thanks for your prompt response! Just to clarify, the rules are actually in Italian…does that mean the cards are in Italian?

        1. Yeah, I’ve heard of that happening occasionally if you order from Amazon.co.uk. Your grandmother should just tell the seller about this and exchange it for an English copy.

    2. Sounds like you have an Italian version of Viticulture: Essential Edition. If the required components were in English, the box and rulebook would be in English too.

  94. Is there a translated version of this file: Tuscany Essential Editio… v3.pdf ?
    If not, can you provide the source documents to work on ?

      1. There is no summary of the rules in the Tuscany expansion (Matagot) like the file on your dropbox (Tuscany Essential Edition Summary v3.pdf) or Matagot website

  95. Do you work closely with the developers of the digital versions? Dijidiced seems to be very quiet on any future updates (fixes, expansions, etc…) Reviews for the game, at least on Steam do not sound great. Can we expect the game to receive continued support?

    1. While we approve various aspect of our digital games, they are licensed properties to our digital partners, so I wouldn’t say we work closely with them. But yes, you can absolutely expect continued support for our games.

  96. Hi I am from Sydney Australia. The game is currently out of stock everywhere. Is it being reprinted? Will it be better for me to order directly from you guys?

    1. Hi Leonard! It’s only a matter of time until distributors have more in-stock to sell to retailers at your location. But if you’d like, you could certainly order from us and it would ship from our Australian fulfillment center in about a week.

  97. Hi! Can I ask a question? In this card: The taster – Discard a wine and get 4 lire. If it is the most valuable wine (without a tie) in all wineries, earn 2 victory points. What is more valuable a red wine of value 9 or a rosé wine of value 8? Thank you very much!

  98. Hello Jamey,
    I received the field and automa cards today, but was missing the mamma and papa cards. Will there be a separate package coming, or should I send another request? Thanks again!

    1. Hi Michael! If I forgot something in a replacement parts request, go ahead and fill out another form with what you’re missing. Sorry about that!

  99. Hi Jamey! I am Joel from Portugal and i just bought the base game of viticulture. I am a bit of a collector when it comes to board games that i love and viticulture (and scythe) is one of them. But, since we lost a bit of content from the old version of tuscany compared to the ee, i am trying to get, at least, the arboriculture and formaggio expansion. I also know that we will have another viticulture expansion for 2021. So, my problem is, is that new expansion related at all with that content that i just mencioned? Because if it is i will try to save the money and wait for the expansion! :)
    Thank you so much for your games, those two are just wonderful!

    1. Hi Joel! I appreciate you asking about this. The only way to get Arboriculture and Formaggio is the official print-on-demand version from Print & Play Games, as any expansion we make won’t include past content.

      1. Ok, nice Jamey! Thank you so much for your quck answer. I am so excited about that next viticulture expansion! Keep up the awesome work :)

  100. How do I order replacement cards for my Just opened box of Viticulture? My loving child just spilt my beer all over the entire stack of cards I was getting ready to sleeve? 😥

      1. Thanks Jamey! It was a Sam Adams Octoberfest, not a mundane everyday beer. But then again, I was opening the game and prepping the cards by sleeving them. I promise to have a full wine glass at the start of my first game. I can’t guaranty that it will stay full for long after we start though!

  101. Hello there, I’m new to boardgames and had some trouble choosing the right game to start with, and just wanted to say that I’m really happy with my choice, even tho I have only played solo, and i’m thinking about getting the expansions. And wanted to ask if scythe is a good choice for mainly playing solo? Congrats and stay safe from covid.
    Love from Portugal.

    1. Welcome to the hobby, Goncalo! Viticulture and Scythe have top-rated solo modes, as do Wingspan and Viticulture. :)

  102. We are new at worker placement games. Questions: 1) Do we have to move our workers at each turn, on can they stay on the same place and repeat the action from turn to turn? 2) How does that work if we place more than one worker during a season? Apologies ahead of time for these simple questions but we read the instructions multiple times and could not figure that out.

    1. Thanks for giving Viticulture a try! After you place a worker on an action, that worker stays there and does nothing else for the rest of the year. So if you have 3 workers, you’ll take 3 total actions during a year (it’s your choice to place a worker in the summer or winter.

      I’d highly recommend watching these videos:

      https://youtu.be/L5fcDctkFFE
      https://youtu.be/2WULNjYOeNE

  103. Hey, I played this for the first time with my wife and sister-in-law this past weekend, and they enjoyed it a lot! EXCEPT they both complained that they had trouble reading the cards. I know some of that (recognizing the symbols for example) will come with experience but it seems to me that a set of larger cards would be greatly appreciated by folks with older eyes and other vision issues. Any chance of offering “full-size” decks of the small cards as an add-on? I’d be happy to pay extra and don’t care if they don’t fit on the board – they would be very much appreciated!

    1. Vince: Thanks for the feedback! I considered this a few years ago, and the polls I used to gauge demand didn’t seem to indicate much interest in them. And at this point it would involve reprinting quite a few cards, as there are hundreds of cards with text if you combine Viticulture, Tuscany, Moor Visitors, and Rhine Valley. But it’s still something I’m open to doing someday.

      1. I too would support this and also willing to pay for them. I wonder if Board Game Extras that prints the Arboriculture and Formaggio Expansion might entertain this if it were promoted! I think Viticulture is maybe the only game that I don’t get annoyed with mini cards, maybe because the info is pretty straight forward and you don’t spend much time looking at the cards. That said, I can see this being a “hangup” for people that might have trouble reading the small print.

      2. Please, please take the font size into consideration! Gamers are aging! People who are against larger cards will change their tune when they move through their 40s!

  104. Bought all expansions — I see the cards does not have marking on them, indicating which one is base, Tuscany, Moor and Rhine. How am I suppose t know which is which? Looks like I am going to have make a list of cards name so I know which one came from. Unless you guys made that list?

      1. @Jamey — Really? Unless my eyes are playing tricks on me. I checked again — comparing to the base game, I see:

        –Tuscany has it own color cards, none is the same as base.
        –Moor has exact same cards (yellow & dark blue), no marking indicating the difference.
        –Rhine has same color cards, but different background picture like you said.

        I see the artworks on dark blue cards — black prints on dark background was a bad choice. What a little icon indicate the difference between base cards and Moor cards? I see both are exact the same. Unless I am missing that little icon somewhere. Mind tell me where it is?

          1. Wow. I do not see that marking on my Moor Visitors cards. I guess I have the misprint copy? I got the expansion from this online store. I see @2016 STM107. Since I cannot post pictures in here, I am sending them to your Email address. Does the other expansion suppose to have any markings on them?

          2. The backs of the Rhine Valley cards are different, so no markings on the front of the cards are necessary.

        1. Please excuse the image quality and my poor attempts at graphic design, but here’s an image that might help:
          https://boardgamegeek.com/image/5467874/joeaubrey (Click on it for better clarity.)

          Tuscany: Essential Edition comes with orange cards, but no new visitor cards. The “MV” is hard to see on the Winter Visitors, but it’s there! :)

          1. @Joe — Ah, the replacement cards were placed front, which did not have the “MV” marking on them. I didn’t know the first card (before opening the deck) is the replacement card. Perhaps you should have the replacement cards in the back, so we can see the expansion cards with marking on them. (Laughs)

            Since I opened the deck, now I do see the rest of cards with “MV” on them. Okay, all is good now. Unfortunate is it really hard to see black “MV” on the dark blue cards. Perhaps should have the “MV” in white ink.

  105. hi SteoneMaier team! is it possible to share in PDF file the cards from Tuscany EE expansion? i have the base game in Brazilian Portuguese and my expansion is in english, but my game group doesn’t speak english (my parents in law for eemple) they love the game. But can’t enjoy the expansion wiht them.
    So, i would like to have it to make paste up with the same art of the cards to make a paste up in PT_BR to easily play with them :)

    thank all for this and others incredible games that you made and i love.

    1. Alzerni: Thanks for asking about this! While those files aren’t something we can provide, I would suggest that you sleeve your cards and translate the text into BP on pieces of paper to insert into the sleeves (overlapping the English text). I’ve heard other people say that works great! :)

  106. Since this game has “Essential Edition” printed on the box, does that mean I don’t need to get that Essential Upgrade Pack?

  107. Sorry if this question is here and I just didn’t see it…If we have Viticulture Essential, Tuscany Essential and Visit from The Rhine Valley do we need Moor Visitors too?

    1. You don’t “need” any expansion. Moor Visitors adds more cards to the base game deck. Compare that to Rhine Valley which adds alternate decks of visitor cards. The choice is up to you!

  108. Hey guys,
    I would really like to get the Arboriculture & Formaggio prints but the site does not offer shipping in Canada. Is there another alternative for me to get them?

  109. I had this game ALL WRONG! This game climbed my list so far over the last few weeks. I had a horrible experience with this game about 3 years ago. let’s just say I spent 3 hours with 2 other people trying to play/learn this game from a person that shouldn’t have been tasked with teaching the game. From that experience I had no desire to play this game again. A few months back I noticed the Essential Edition was put out that fixed a couple problems that I was aware of along with a solo mode for a reasonable price, so I picked it up, and boy am I glad I did. After playing through the solo mode a few times and getting the hang of the game. I decided to give this game a whirl with my wife and daughter. All they want to do is play this game now. We have played 10+ times with the 3 of us in the last couple of weeks and still every game feels and ends differently with all of us realizing different ways to win. If you ever had any doubts about this game, I can’t recommend it enough to give the Essential Edition a second look. The replay ability is rare in other worker placement games of this weight. The game feels well balanced and there are different paths to victory, Once everyone in your group understands how to play; Viticulture is a surprisingly quick game to play given the amount of decisions that are left to you to make. Every other (what I would call) medium weight worker placement game that I could compare Viticulture to starts to feel the same after the 3rd or 4th play, however, the experience I get from Viticulture is at a level of it’s own! Thank you Jamey & everyone with Stonemaier Games for #1 creating this game and #2 putting out the Essential Edition!

    Side note If you want to teach this game. I was determined not to ruin it for my family so I did it like this and it worked well. First, play solo a few times if you have never played (no joke takes 15 minutes by the 3rd time you play). I took 10 minutes to explain the game by going through each season and talking about each of the cards,rules,and structures as I got to them. I told them upfront, don’t get hung up on any one thing. We then played 3 practice years (pretty much no move was a wrong move) not allowing anyone to get more workers or purchase a cottage (which would make the practice rounds longer). Then reset the game and start it up. To be fair, Explaining the game and the practice rounds combined took just over 30 minutes, but I can tell you from experience, the outcome was much better than stumbling through an elongated 2-3 hour game that somebody at the table doesn’t understand until 3/4 of the way through when it’s to late.

    1. Thanks so much for giving Viticulture another chance! And that sounds like a great way to teach the game too, assuming your players have the patience. Have fun!

    1. There are lots of different ways, but one of the main ways is that you get to gain 1 card every fall season.

  110. Just bought a copy of viticulture essential edition and when I opened it noticed the board was damaged. Any way ri get a new board for ot?

  111. Two quick questions:

    When playing with Arboriculture, does playing Mama Grande also make the workers unhappy?

    When playing with an Apprentice and Mama Grande, can Mama Grande be played as a bonus when the Apprentice is played?

    Thanks in advance.

  112. Are there plans to include Visit from the Rhine Valley expansion in Tabletop simulator Viticulture DLC? I have hard copy of it and it’s shame that I cannot play it over TTS.
    I’ve seen that there is community additions in workshop for scraped Tuscany modules, and Visits from the Rhine Valley could be easily added in same way. It is only two deck of cards that would make many people happy in this ‘interesting’ times.

  113. Hi! Are there any plans to make the two expansions Arboriculture & Formaggio available in a non-print-and-play format? What I have read of these two sound like they would be fun additions to the game. Seems a shame that they are not being printed and sold…

      1. Right. That is the print-and-play. I was asking if these will ever be available in a non-print-and-play format (i.e., pre-printed, boxed up, and in a game store). Sorry if that was not clear.

        1. I understand what you’re saying, but the terminology is incorrect. A “print and play” copy of a game is just the digital files–it’s up to you to print it at home. The version available now is the “print on demand” version, which means that the manufacturer makes each copy as it’s ordered by customers. That’s the only version of these non-essential expansions that will be made, and then fit in the Viticulture or Tuscany box, so no box is needed. They use the same quality of components as the mass-produced versions of the game and other expansions.

          1. Oh! Well that is a horse of a different color, then isn’t it? Thank you so much! That makes perfect sense now.

            Thank you for the clarification.

          2. My girlfriend and I just got a chance to play with all of the Tuscany expansion modules — and we loved it! It is a much more complicated puzzle to solve with them, and that is just wonderful! Thank you so much for a wonderful game!

          3. I have ordered the Arboriculture & Formaggio expansion. I have received an email telling me that it will be here in the very near future. Looking forward to trying those out as well. Thank you for your patience with me, and for answering my questions.

  114. I finally got Viticulture to the table with 3 other players and the Tuscany Essential Edition. It was great and I loved having the 4 seasons board to take actions on, the orange structure deck, and the mama’s and papa’s workers. Those were fantastic updates to the original game!

    One question we ran into and I was not able to find a rulebook ruling…on the buy/sell and field action in the Summer we could not figure out how much to buy or sell a field for. I think there are some cards to place over a sold field but I do not have those as far as I can tell. I looked on forums and struggled to find a clear ruling. Am I missing something in the Tuscany Rules or perhaps an expansion piece I need?

    1. Thanks Clifford! The amount you gain when selling a field is the lira amount printed on the field card. That’s also the cost to buy it back.

  115. I came here to ask about the difference between the many editions of the game, which your link above took care of. Sweet, thanks.

    1. Sury: Thanks for checking. I’m not sure if it’s legit, but we do sell copies of Tuscany to distributors in Australia, so it makes sense for it to appear on Amazon.au. The listing is incorrect, though–the publisher is Stonemaier Games, not Greater Than Games (they are our broker).

  116. Had a quick question, I have viticulture 2.0 and Tuscany Essential Edition + the two expansions in order to have everything all proper. Do I need the stickers? Also the I don’t need the viticulture upgrade box because it is included in the Tuscany Essential Edition? I’m just a bit confused and any clarification would be great.

    thanks!

    1. Brendan: Thanks for your question. For Tuscany Essential, you don’t need the stickers. If you have the second edition of Viticulture, you will need the Essential Upgrade Pack.

  117. Is it possible to get a replacement piece? I got this game for my husband and before our first game his friends kid managed to grab and lose one of the pieces! I’m so bummed cause we love the game and it’s my favorite color. Not essential but still a bummer.

  118. Hi

    I just got the print and play for Arboriculture and I can’t tell from the rules how to sell apples, what you get for them or how they benefit you. Thanks

    1. They’re just tokens that you can use to increase morale (like other tokens). Otherwise they don’t do anything (because they’re so easy to plant and harvest).

  119. I just noticed on a Meeple Source kickstarter that there is a second set of special worker cards available. They said specifically that these are available through Stonemaier Games. Are these cards available through this website or was this some kind of limited promotion? Thanks

    Caitlin

  120. Hello everyone!
    First of all a bit of context. I’m playing campaign mode with a friend. The modality we play is the agressive variant (normal difficulty) on the Tuscany board with the 3 expansions (special workers, structures and influence map). So far we have exceeded the first 3 levels. The next level of the campaign says we have to start with – 5 points. Since we are playing the aggressive variant we have to get those 5 points during the first year to not lose the game (automa starts at -1 point in the first year). After thinking for a while we have found a way to get it. The way is the following:
    We have to wake up in row 6 to get 1 point.

    Spring:

    We do not place workers

    Summer:

    We put a worker in the trade box to get a point in exchange for money or cards (What we should have of Papas or Mamas cards).

    We put the next worker in the flip box to sell a piece of land and get a point.

    We put the big worker in the same box to buy a piece of land and get a point and use the bonus grape to get an extra point.

    With this we get 5 points but for this it is necessary that no automa worker is placed in any of these two positions during the summer, but this happens in 11 of the 24 automa cards.

    So here are the questions.
    Are we missunderstanding something ?
    Are this level compatible with the agressive variant?

    Thanks in advance!!

    1. Hello Jose

      The campaign in Viticulture: Essential Edition is not intended to be played with the aggressive variant. The issue you point out is one of the reasons for this.

      On a related note, the campaign is made for Viti EE and is not intended to be played with Tuscany.

      If you want scenarios like those in the campaign to play with Tuscany, I’ve made two that you can find here:
      https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/1389782/official-viticulture-solo-challenge-1
      https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/1410271/gencantsolocon-official-viticulture-solo-challenge

      Cheers
      – Morten

      1. Thanks for the answer!
        I forgot to mention that both viticulture and Tuscany are EE. I should suppose that the answer will be the same right?

        1. Yup. The campaign is intended only for Viti EE, not for Tuscany (EE or original) – nor for Viti 1st and 2nd edition.

  121. Hi there, quick question. I bought Viticulture thru Amazon because it seemed Stonemeier games were selling it. I paid for it so it would just be shipped when ready. It says pending because not available but I don’t see anything on this site to say when it’s available. A friend of mine said they looked also and it appears that you can buy it now on this site. So my question is. Is it available to buy? Should I cancel my Amazon order since they don’t have it? I’ve checked the newsletter and saw nothing at all that I could find about it. I know when O originally went to purchased it on this site it said sold out. I’m so confused

    1. Olga: Amazon is a retailer, so we’re several steps removed from them: We sell through a broker to distributors, and distributors sell to Amazon and other retailers (and some of those retailers sell through Amazon). So while I can’t speak to your Amazon order, I can say that we have Viticulture in stock at our warehouse right now.

  122. Hello there,

    We are from the UK and are looking to purchase a copy of Viticulture (essential edition) but to no avail. Would more copies of the game be released soon?

    Best wishes

  123. We Have had several arguments in the game that we cannot resolve and it’s hanging over our heads. Can you help with these 2 issues?
    1. When we are to take blue/ yellow visitors cards between spring and fall, do we take them whoever grabs them 1st or is there an orderly way to do it.? Whoever is 1st player takes the 1st card, then 2nd player 2nd card etc.
    2. If you have the yoke purchased, and you’ve already placed the little worker there, can you also place your big worker there?

    1. The fall card draw is done in player order (wake up order). And no, the grande can only be placed on the board.

    1. Thanks! You’ll be able to purchase both separately in 2 months. We don’t like the big box concept, as it often results in people buying stuff they don’t want or don’t need, and it makes a produce more expensive, meaning that it’s available to fewer people. We prefer to give people the freedom to pick and choose what they want. :)

  124. I need a little help, as well, figuring out what exactly I have and what I need to round out my copy of Viticulture.

    I definitely have Viticulture Essential and with credit earned at my FLGS auction, I purchased the Moor Visitors expansion. Do I only need Tuscany Essential and the Visit from the Rhine Valley to max level up my copy for maximum VC enjoyment? I just wasn’t sure if there is something duplicated along the lines of what I have and intend on picking up.

    …and thanks for making such great games that my, not as prone to game with me, wife even enjoys playing (

    1. JayC: That’s almost correct. :) Tuscany Essential, Visit from the Rhine Valley, and the metal lira coins will complete the Viticulture suite without any overlap. Thanks!

  125. I love your realistic resource tokens- I use them in most of my games… but I am wondering if you’re ever going to come out with an upgrade pack for Viticulture? It would be buildings instead of resources, but that would be so cool…. and your tokens are the BEST!

    1. Thanks Wren! At one point we considered making special buildings, and our sculptor even designed them, but our surveys indicated there wasn’t enough demand for a full print run.

  126. Can you please help me identify which version of Viticulture I own, and how to update it to the current version? It is not the Essentials Edition, it DOES have the Grande worker, but does NOT have the sell a field mechanic the rules, nor the cards for fields nor for Mamas/Papas. Is there a way to update the game rather than buy a new one? I heard something about an out of print update pack from my local game store. Was thinking to buy Tuscany but that is only available in Essentials now, without mamas/papas etc.

    1. Jason: I’m happy to help! It sounds like you have the second edition, so you’re looking for the Essential Upgrade Pack, which has the property cards, Mamas and Papas, and all Essential Edition visitor cards. We sell it on our website, and you can find it in stores too. It’s just $15.

  127. Hey Jamey,

    would you like to talk about the new Visitors for Viticulture, what’s new from the Rhine?
    Is there a visible feature to differentiate the new one from the standard and first expansion visitors?
    Can I reset the game easily back to the original state?

    Thanks
    Kolja

    1. Thanks for asking! I haven’t announced that expansion yet, but I’ll talk about it in an upcoming e-newsletter. You will easily be able to differentiate components in this expansion from other expansions.

  128. Hello! First of all thanks for a great game!

    There´s only one issue which “bugs” me a little; it´s about picking up the grape cards; Is there a way to make this process a little less “luck influenced”? I appreciate theme in boardgames and this game has tons of it, but, in real life, if I wanted to plant grapes, I would know exactly what type of grape. In BBG there is a suggestion to separate red and white cards so at least you can choose. Can that be done without messing around with the game?

    I´m totally OK with the visitors being random, you never really know who´s visiting so I thing that´s perfect the way it is.

    With regards to the orders cards, could it be possible to have say 3 cards out in the open so one can actually choose an order? Once a card is taken, another card is put in its place. The aim is once again to enhance theme…

    THANKS!

    1. Well, you’re asking the designer if the game should be played differently as designed, so I don’t think you’ll get the answer you’re looking for. :) You’re welcome to play with house rules as you wish!

  129. You’re welcome. Last one, which is also minor and similar to the structure mentioned above.

    Viticulture Automa.

    “At the beginning of each season where you are to place workers, first draw 1 Automa card from the deck. Then place either 0, 1, 2, or 3 Automa workers on action spaces on the board in the current season as indicated on the Automa card. ”

    Suggested fix:

    “When you are to place workers draw 1 Automa card from the deck. This show’s where to place Automa workers. Place Automa workers on the board at the indicated action spaces, but only for the current season. This may result in 0 to 3 Automa workers being placed.”

  130. Yes it is mentioned in Summer and Winter, but the first time we played I forgot and flicked back to the worker placement section for a reference when placing our first worker and it was not there. I though we were not alone as I seen it asked in the frequently asked question (How many workers can I place during my turn?). Maybe that was just a filler question. Anyway, another guideline in “The Elements of Style” is putting the important information, or the purpose, of the sentence at the start unless you are going for a drama. The following failed on this:

    “All information on a player’s vineyard mat as well as available workers, amount of lira, and number and type of cards is public informaiton and cannot be concealed.”

    After “All information” you are making the reader wait to find out what the purpose of this sentence is until “type of cards”. I suggest the follow t fix this, or should I say To fix this I sugget the following:

    “The following information is public information and cannot be concealed: a player’s vineyard mat as well as available workers, amount of lira, and number and type of cards.”

  131. Typo on that last rule :) It should say

    # In a 3-6 player game more spaces are available for each action. You may place a worker on any unoccupied action space, even if you placed a worker on that action zone during a previous turn.

    1. Thanks! While I’ve never heard of anyone having trouble with this (I think due to the paragraph about summer on page 6 where it describes either placing 1 worker or passing), I like the clarity of your suggestion, and I’ll make a note for the next printing. If you caught other things you’d like to share, please let me know!

  132. I just got Viticulture Essentials the other day. It’s our favorite game now. In hindsight the rules are perfect but the WORDING of one the Worker Placement rules in Viticulture Essentials caused a big problem for my wife and I before our first play. If you are ever going to make another run I made a suggestion below. Before that I’d like to say that Viticulture feels wonderful to play. I rate it as a 9.5, but I rated as 10 on BGG as it wont allow a 9.5, so it’s my first 10 rated game on BGG. It is very different to most games we have played, it has so many mini-achievement moments per round/year. The mechanics matched with the theme also really draws you so much that you can sometimes forget about the reputation points, and just be happy planting, crushing, and making wine. Of course I do pull myself back and get those points big points by filling orders, the first game was 14-25 to me, second 11-26 to me, and on my third game I played against the automa on hard mode with the aggressive variant and won with 23 points. I am going pack my backs and move my family to Italy as I obviously have a calling for winemaking, but first I have to find a Mama and Papa to help with the initial funding.

    The wording that cause a problem was:

    “A player may place multiple workers on the same action in subsequent turns if there are open action spaces.”

    We read the 2000+ word (maybe more) of the rule book and everything seemed understandable but when we went to place the first worker, we thought better double check just in case. The Worker Placement section doesn’t say anything about just placing 1 worker, but it does say you may place multiple in some confusing way. (I did re-read the book after our game and it does mention 1 worker in other sections but not the worker placement text). Eventually we solved it but it delay things by about 20 minutes, we still didn’t understand that line, we solved it by ignoring it. Then half way through the game I got the meaning of that line. It mean’s with a 3+ player game there are extra (open) action spaces. We were reading the rules with a 2 player mindset and there was no indication on that rule that is a variant rule based on player count. Plus if you are reading the text first time, the Worker Placement are before the part that explains scaling the game. And when you read 2000+ words the first time without playing you only get a gist, all the words don’t get stored in long term memory. I made the decision when starting the game that placing multiple workers would destroy the balance, so we went with placing 1 worker (as I found out later is the case) and the game was great. When I re-read the book after our first play it all went to long term memory and in others parts of the rule book (not he worker placement rules) it does say place 1 worker. But that “place multiple workers” was so jarring it made us think maybe this is a unique mechanic of Viticulture, as in you can place multiple workers. The subsequent turns and open action spaces made that sentence SEEM like a contradicting puzzle. Can 1 player have subsequent turns so they can place multiple workers, and then the next player have subsequent turns. I could not get over that it says you can place multiple workers, and if you go first placing multiple workers there will always be open spaces. I know now it refers to a 3+ player game now, and maybe this rule is why your FAQ for Viticulture has “How many workers can I place during my turn?”, because that is not in the Worker Placement section, that is excluded and replaced with “place multiple workers”.

    SUGGESTION:
    Many writers including Stephen King recommend “The Elements of Style, by William Strunk Jr. and E. B. White”, which is only 85 pages and it says to omit needless words and make sentences short if you can. Sometimes you need to turn 1 sentence into 2 or more to make it clearer. Clarity tops 1 sentence it says. You’re writing on the blog and 99% of the rules in Viticulture are easy to understand, and you do a fantastic job on that and that confusing sentences does make perfect sense on hindsight after playing the game. But if you want to eliminate this confusion on the most important part and make it easier for people new to Viticulture to get it first time I would suggest changing that sentence to the following 2 sentences/rules:

    # Place 1 worker per turn on any available action space, or pass until the next season.
    # In a 3-6 player game more spaces are available for each action. You may place a worker on an available space even if you placed one on that action in a previous round.

    This was a major one, I did find only 2 other minor ones in the rule book. If you’d like me to take the time to write about them let me know and I will. If you don’t that is also fine as it will save me time. I am happy to help as you help so many with your articles.

  133. Hi Jamey,

    With all the Tuscany cards, I have kind of lost track of which visitor cards I should/shouldn’t use. Is there a definitive list? Can I/should I try to map to what is in the Essential Edition?

    Also, is there a list of cards that can/should be pulled out for solo play (some cards are obviously for playing with other people).

    Finally, do you folks sell the misprint stickers?

    Thanks — love your games.

    –Matt

    1. Thanks Matt. A list of all visitor cards (divided by set) is here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1mCRAuf99t6tuiPRWHbaffc07waRcMcDtx7FVwrSqcbw/edit#gid=0

      The solo rules say, “Remove any visitor cards that only give you a benefit if another player takes an action. Altenatively you can keep them in the deck and just redraw when you draw one of them.”

      You can request a free set of misprint stickers here: https://stonemaiergames.com/replacement-parts/

  134. I love this game but don’t always have someone to play with. Any word on an app for iPad? I thought I saw it was in the making/being planned for so I became an ambassador to hopefully test it. Now I don’t see that anymore.

    1. Rebecca: It’s taken a lot longer than we thought, and it’s currently in development with the same company that’s working on the Scythe app, so I don’t think they’ll be able to prioritize it until after the Scythe app is complete.

  135. Hi Hi, a week ago I put a diamond ring inside the bowl full of wine tokens; and when my girlfriend asked for her first token I took the bowl, got down on one knee and proposed! She said “Yes!” (btw); then pretended to grab for a wine token instead of the ring, lol.

    Thanks so much for bringing such a fun game into our lives; we both love board games and I couldn’t have chosen a better game to propose with :)

    1. Morgan: That’s wonderful! Congratulations! That’s fantastic that you revealed the surprise during a game of Viticulture. :)

  136. Jamey, I wanted to thank you and your staff for the outstanding customer service your team provided. I was so excited for Viticulture Essential Edition to arrive that when I found pieces missing I was disappointed. But! After submitting a ticket to replace the pieces, and 8 patient days, I am happy to report I now have a complete inventory. Thank you again!

  137. Are there likely to be any more expansions? Can’t play this game enough! It is so good and thematically rich (although I do drink trappist beer instead of wine while playing)

    1. Phil: Probably not, though I’m open to the possibility. Have you played with the Tuscany expansion and Moor visitors?

      1. Yes I have the collectors edition V&T, Moor visitors and the extra worker cards and love this game so much. Also play with the dystopian cards every time. We have a lot of games but since we got the game 2 years ago we hardly play any other games as this is so much more enjoyable than any other game out there (that we’ve tried). Would so love it if there was more coming – I’d be first in the queue to buy it! We’ve even tried 2 play with both arboriculture and formaggio to make it feel like we have another expansion!

  138. Jamey, is there any place to get replacement worker meeples? It looks like I lost one of the orange workers (my favorite color!) and I’d like to replace it so we can play with 6 players. Still love this game after 2 years of playing it; one of my all-time favorites!

  139. Question! I like to get EVERYTHING but I am seeing that there will be overlap if I get the Essentials Edition and Tuscany, meaning duplicates of expansions. I am willing to do that if the Tuscany Lite will not split the difference. My question is, will the Tuscany Lite, combined with Essential Edition, give you all the components as if you purchased the 2nd Edition and Tuscany? Will some modules be missing if done this way? If so, I will just buy the Essential Edition and Tuscany now. Thank you for taking the time to answer questions!

      1. Awesome! Wow that is so close to launch – well, I ended up buying the essential edition, tuscany and the moore expansion!!! I love everything about your game so far and can’t wait to play! Thank you for the response and good luck with all your future endeavors, you guys rock!

  140. Hi, just opened the Essential Edition box, watched a couple of solo videos – one has three cards outlining difficulty of the Automa player – these cards are not in my box.

    1. Kurt: Game stores are welcome to start accepting pre-orders whenever they’d like. :) Our direct pre-orders closed a while ago.

  141. Hi Jamey
    Great Game!
    Any news about the planned german version? Release Window? Publisher?
    Thx for a quick update.

    1. They’re finishing up the translation, so it will probably be released in February or March based on that timing.

  142. You guys should make this game playable on Steam! Would be great for when I travel and take my laptop with me.

  143. […] Sample Mama Card from Tuscany which provides your two regular workers, plus three cards: 1 Vine, 1 Summer Visitor and 1 Wine Order.Photo courtesy of Stonemaier Games. […]

  144. […] Viticulture wooden bits.Photo courtesy of Stonemaier Games. […]

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  147. Is there a lot of text-based understanding going on in the game or does it function with a low grasp of english? Considering this as a present for my mum and step-dad, the latter of whom speaks english well and could translate in a pinch.

    1. @Berthold: Because of the visitor cards, there is a fair amount of English in the game. We have some translated files available (see the Rules page), but if you think it might be an issue, could you let me know which language your mom and step-dad speak? We’re planning new printings in French and German.

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  151. Thank you. I spent some time blowing up photos on boardgamegeek trying to find the location, but did not look on the faq. Duh. Oh, there’s my corkscrew.

  152. I just received Tuscany. I already had the First Edition Viticulture. Where, exactly, are the update stickers supposed to go on the original Viticulture? And by where, I mean on which board (I presume the crush pads) and where on that board?

    I really enjoyed the original Viticulture and am looking forward to playing Tuscany. Now where did I put my corkscrew?

  153. […] GotY – Star Realms 1st Runner Up – Viticulture 2nd Runner Up – Trains Also Receiving Votes: Caverna, Pathfinder Adventure Card Game, […]

  154. Hi Jamey, I’ve just received my copy of Tuscany + Viticulture since i am an early backer…and components are really amazing!! The table of Tuscany is the best I have ever played with and cards are really refined..especially Mamas and Papas ones…Really a great job! Now i can’t wait to play it with my wife :-). Greetings from Italy!

  155. Hi. I received the game from a pre-order on your website a while back and it’s quickly becoming a favorite to play with other couples! I was wondering if you knew were we could get different colored glass stones for the red/blush/sparking wines. The ones I can find from the game, craftstores and on-line are all a bit big. Does where you got your smaller clear stones carry that size in different colors? I can’t wait for the Tuscany expansion to come out too!
    Thanks!

    1. Bill: Thanks for your question. Originally that’s how we envisioned Viticulture, but with the mixing of wines, we found it cumbersome to handle multiple colors of glass tokens. Also, we found that the tokens refract light based on what’s under them, so a clear token becomes red/white/pink/etc based on where it’s placed.

      However, if you’d like to try using other glass tokens, the place where I got them for my prototypes is https://www.wholesalersusainc.com/

  156. Is their a chance to get this game complete in a german version? I ask you because i know that “Euphoria” now is in a complete german version available, so i hope that the same will happen with viticulture and tuscany.

    1. An Dre: I’m really sorry, but I missed your comment when you posted it a few days ago. Someday (perhaps in 2015) we hope to release a German version of Viticulture through our European production partner.

      1. Hello.. First of all, the game is wonderful.. I bought it before few days,but I have a problem.. The orange rooster was broken in the package… The store told me to sent you this email to tell me if there is any solution..
        Sorry for my bad English… I am waiting your answer in my email
        I am from Greece… Thank you..

  157. Thats a good explanation why I should play with the Grande worker :) Thats why you design games and I just play them :)

  158. Hai Jamey, another comment from me :)

    Played my third 2 player game, this time without the Grande worker. I know that in the 1st edition there wasnt a grande worker. I read/ watched some reviews and some of them mentioned that they found the game to tight or something (for example rahdos runthrough of the 1st edition). So I was curious if that was the case.

    I must say, I really liked it. I find that the game becomes more tactical, especially the first player spot. You really want to take the first spot because you want youre plan to work that round. With the Grande worker I could always take a lower spot because I had the Grande as a backup plan. Without the Grande for example I bought the Yoke earlier in the game so I could always harvest.
    Maybe you should include in the rules that for a more expert game the players could use the rule to play without the Grande worker?
    But im no expert, you designed the game :) What do you think?

    grz,
    Roy

    1. Hi Roy! Thanks for your question about the possibility of excluding the grande worker for an “expert” game. My perspective is that I think games are better when they have lots of interesting choices. As you pointed out, the grande worker offers an additional interesting choice that you don’t have without him, so I think he creates even more of a puzzle for expert players when included than when he’s excluded.

      For now, I would say that you should wait until you unlock the special worker expansion in Tuscany. That’s the true expert version. :)

  159. Played a 2 player game two times. Really really like it, and the friend I played it with liked it also. Scoring was so close both times, with just 1 vp difference. I Like how you can score vp not only with filling wine orders but also with buildings and the specials cards. Sometimes you are a bit unlucky with low vine cards but then you get a real good visitor card and score some vp quickly :)
    The second time we played we went for more workers in the beginning, but we noticed thats not always helpfull because the available spots are so tight and if youre blocked from a spot that you really need (and the grande worker is already used) then you got no use for those extra workers.

    Now its time to play it with more players, looking forward to that. Now i am extra curious for the Tuscany expansion :)

    1. Roy: Thanks for your comment! I’m glad you enjoy the 2-player game. The low vine cards aren’t always a bad thing–typically you can plant them earlier than the big ones and start harvesting, and they’re good later in the game when you’re close to your vine limit on a certain field you’d like to enhance a little more.

      Yep, you found the exact reason why more workers aren’t necessarily better. They are a little better in 3 and 5 player games when the ratios are more in the favor of extra workers. :)

  160. Hey Jamey, just received the 2nd edition! What a neat box, so small :) Just ordered it last week from your site and delivery from fed-ex was quick.
    Cant wait to play it.

    1. Hi Roy: Thanks! I hope you got the right thing–the box isn’t that small. :) It’s 27x22x10 cm, correct?

  161. Thank you for such a quick respond. Just a quick extra question. Is it smart to buy the expansion pack with the nromal game. Or should I wait and first and get to know Viticulture itself, and then buy the expansion(as I am sure that I will like this game)?

    1. Lars: Thanks! I would recommend buying Viticulture first to see if you like it and want to expand upon the game. I really love all the different things that Tuscany adds to Viticulture, but if you’re not a fan of Viticulture, you probably won’t like Tuscany. :)

  162. Is the second edition any better then the first one? Do I need the second one or the first one? Or both? and does it takes extra money if you live in europe.

    1. Lars: Absolutely, the second edition of Viticulture is better than the first edition (though it retains the high quality of art and components). The first edition has been sold out for a long time, so the only option is the second edition at this point. There is a small shipping charge to Europe, but the games will ship from France while they remain in stock, so it’s a low cost. Also, you should be able to request the game from your local game store in a few weeks and they can order it from distributors.

  163. […] thematic experience. When friend of Games Precipice Jamey Stegmaier made Viticulture, a game about winemaking, he didn’t include mechanics about grafting rootstocks or sterilizing barrels, and he didn’t […]

  164. […] Iachini, a good friend and fellow game designer. We loved her work on the board and box cover for Viticulture, as well as a couple of pieces from her portfolio, and we thought she’d do a great job with […]

      1. Is the essential edition going to deprecate Tuscany? Is there going to be a new version of Tuscany to go with the Essential Edition?

        1. Elliot: If anything, the fact that 4 of the expansions in Tuscany are guaranteed to go out of print as soon as we sell out should actually depreciate it. We’re not considering a new version of Tuscany (Tuscany Lite, containing only the extended board, structures, and special workers) until the original sells out.

          1. Hi Jamey, thanks for consistently producing amazing games. Viticulture is the newest addition to our Stonemaier Gaming collection. My 11yr old son and I have played 4 games now in 3 days. Just wanted to give you a shout out. Already bought the available expansions, eagerly awaiting Tuscany’s re-stock (hope it’s soon). I also can’t wait for Red Rising. Truly love how your brains 🧠 work over there. Keep it up, all your work is well worth it!

          2. Thanks Asa! I’m so glad you and your son are having fun with Viticulture. Tuscany should be back in stock in May. :)

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  168. […] This month we are thrilled to be joined by game designer and Kickstarter trailblazer Jamey Stegmaier. In the fall of 2012 he co-founded Stonemaier Games with fellow designer Alan Stone as a result of the success of their first game on Kickstarter entitled Viticulture: The Strategic Game of Winemaking. […]

  169. this game looks fun. great idea for a game. would love to see this as an online game too, but i do love in-person games.

  170. […] The latest episode of the Strange Assembly podcast is now available for download. The crew takes a look back at the games and gaming last year, including naming our unofficial ‘Game of the Year’ from 2013 – Viticulture. […]

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  172. […] thing in Viticulture that was a huge disappointment to me: the time it takes to play the game. The Stonemaier Games website advertises 60 minutes (and the box says 45-90 minutes), and I was quite excited when I saw this, […]

  173. […] thing in Viticulture that was a huge disappointment to me: the time it takes to play the game. The Stonemaier Games website advertises 60 minutes (and the box says 45-90 minutes), and I was quite excited when I saw this, […]

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  176. Oops. Check the second line of text on this page. It refers to a different game! Hoping to buy Vit when I’m reemployed.

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