
- BGG rank
- BGG #1,108
- BGG rating
- 7.5
Grove: 9 card solitaire game
- 1 player
- 5–10 min
- Complexity 1.3/5
- 2021

Rules assistance for Orchard: Recipes
Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.

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Orchard: Recipes is an expansion for Orchard: 9 card solitaire game released in 2023 for 1 player. It was designed by Mark Tuck and its main mechanics are Solo / Solitaire Game.
These 14 cards feature Recipe Challenges that provide a win/lose condition (as an alternative to ‘beat your own score’) for Orchard: 9 card solitaire game - adding a new way to play the award winning game of fruit harvesting. NOTE: the version available from The Game Crafter includes the additional 4 cards from More Orchard Recipes
Orchard: Recipes supports 1 player according to the catalogue. This is the publisher’s listed player count, so the game is designed for exactly that number of participants. Variants for other group sizes, if any, are described in the rulebook of your edition, so check it before setting up a different configuration.
Orchard: Recipes has a complexity rating of 1.0 out of 5 from BoardGameGeek players, which makes it a light game. The rating reflects how much rules knowledge, planning and decision-making a typical game demands. Expect a longer first teach for heavier games, and use a preparation guide before game night.
Orchard: Recipes belongs to these categories: Card Game and Expansion for Base-game. Its main mechanics are Solo / Solitaire Game. Categories describe the theme and setting of a game, while mechanics describe what players actually do on their turns. Each mechanic links to a catalogue hub with similar games, which helps when you want something comparable.
The credited designers of Orchard: Recipes are: Mark Tuck. These credits come from the published game data and name the people responsible for the game’s design, not its illustrators or publishers. Designer pages on MeepleRules collect other titles by the same designers, which helps when you enjoy a game and want to find similar ones.
The catalogue lists Orchard: Recipes as an expansion for Orchard: 9 card solitaire game. Expansions add new content, rules or scenarios to the base game and usually cannot be played on their own, so you need Orchard: 9 card solitaire game to use it. Check that your edition of Orchard: 9 card solitaire game is compatible, as some expansions were revised between editions.