Cultivate a beautiful woodland garden in Arboretum, a strategic card game where thoughtful hand management, set collection as well as clever path building determine which arboretum earns the most points. With elegant artwork, simple rules and surprising depth, it offers a rewarding challenge for 2 to 4 players in around 25 minutes.
 
Create your own arboretum using cards representing different tree species, each numbered from 1 to 8. On your turn, draw two cards then place one into your garden and discard one from your hand. The tricky part is deciding which cards to play, which to keep hidden in your hand along with which ones to pass into your discard pile because your final hand determines which tree species you are allowed to score.
 
Build winding paths by placing cards orthogonally beside one another in ascending numerical order. A scoring path must begin and end with the same species, rewarding careful planning as you shape your garden. Yet simply creating a beautiful path is not enough. At the end of the game, the player with the highest combined value of a particular species in hand gains the right to score those paths which turns every card you hold into a potential asset or liability.
 
The result is a tense balance between developing your arboretum, protecting valuable cards as well as watching what your opponents may be collecting. A spectacular tree-lined path could be worthless if another player controls that species, while a modest-looking sequence can become a major source of points with the right hand management.
 
Arboretum is a great strategy card game for people who enjoy games full of tactical decisions in a compact format. Build an elegant garden, outmanoeuvre rival gardeners all in a bid to discover how many points your carefully cultivated paths can bloom into.