Four Forests
BGG rank
BGG #18,836
BGG rating
7.2

Four Forests

2025

Rules assistance for Four Forests

Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.

  • 2–4 players
  • 15–30 min
  • 10+

Rules assistant for Four Forests

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Four Forests is a board game released in 2025 for 2–4 players, 15–30 minutes per game, and ages 10 and up. It was designed by John Jewell and its main mechanics are Hand Management and Set Collection.

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About the game

In Four Forests, players each take on the role of one of the Guardians of the Enchanted Forests. Prepare your forest for the arrival of various mythical creatures by planting vegetation that has specific appeal to each creature. Ensure that the creatures attracted to your forests are considered the most prestigious by secretly casting votes. In more detail, Four Forests is played across four rounds. Each round, each player draws four plant cards, then takes four actions simultaneously: • Cultivate: Place one plant card from your hand into your habitat. • Harvest/Burn: Place one plant card from your hand face down next to one of the four creatures in play to upvote or downvote their appeal. • Pollinate: Pass a plant card to the player on your left, while receiving one from the player on your right. • Prune: Discard a plant card from your hand. Your hand size increases by one plant card each round, and at the end of four rounds, you score cards in your hand and habitat. Reveal the cards in front of each creature to determine its prestige; if a vote card was played upside down, it counts as a downvote, lowering the value. Score points for each plant card in your habitat and hand based on which creatures they appeal to. Whoever has the most points wins.

Designers

Publishers

  • Gold Seal Games

Questions and answers

Four Forests supports 2–4 players according to the catalogue. This range comes from the publisher’s listed player count, so the game can be set up for any group size within it. Some setups, rules and scoring details may still vary by player count, so check your edition’s rulebook for the exact configuration.