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Forage & Forests

The card game

Recognize the bounty, harvest the wild, grow a forest.

Every card is a real wild plant. Draw, harvest, and time your plays to the turning seasons, then build food forests and sets that lock in points — before a weevil thins your hand. Solo vs. bots or pass-and-play up to 6. Free online playtesting for a limited time.

86 cards · solo or up to 6 · real plants · ~20 minutes

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A food forest is a community of plants suited to their environment and to each other — each one giving something back, so the whole system thrives while providing food, materials, and medicine to people.

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How it plays

Each turn you take one free card — a blind draw or a pick from the market — and can harvest in-season cards to buy more. Then you build: play a set of plants and it scores at once, locked safe in your pile. Builds come in three shapes — a food forest (different layers from one biome), a same-layer set, or a haul of mushrooms.

Every card is a real plant, with its real season, range, and uses — and its value rises and falls as the seasons turn, so when you play a card matters as much as what it is.

The four seasons

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A card's value rises and falls with the seasons, so timing is everything — and every season change flips an event, sometimes a weevil that culls every forager's hand. Build first to lock your cards away safe.

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solo vs. bots or pass-and-play up to 6 · ~20 minutes

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Why food forests

An older way to eat

The game points at something real — an old, low-effort way of growing food that we're starting to rediscover.

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What's next

From screen to tabletop

The online game is the proving ground. Next, a printed edition — and we want it tested by real foragers at real tables first.

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