- BGG rating
- 6.0
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- 1–4 players
- 60 min
- 2025
- BGG rank
- BGG #19,295
- BGG rating
- 6.8
Vineyard: A Winemaking Game
2025
Rules assistance for Vineyard: A Winemaking Game
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- 1–4 players
- 60 min
- 14+
- Complexity 2.5/5
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Vineyard: A Winemaking Game is a board game released in 2025 for 1–4 players, 60 minutes per game, and ages 14 and up. It was designed by Roberta Taylor and its main mechanics are Hand Management, Push Your Luck, and Variable Set-up.
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About the game
Welcome to wine country! Vineyard: A Winemaking Game is a 1-4 player game about making wine in a delightful, sun-washed valley. Move workers through the winemaking steps and choose your upgrades. Become a specialist, find the perfect moments to benefit from the activities around the vineyard, and enjoy a streamlined experience of crafting wine! Set out on a winemaking journey to create sumptuous wine! Choose how to leave your impression by playing action cards, collectively moving workers to locations around the vineyard, and deciding your unique upgrade path. Will you push your luck to get more done, or focus on building up improvements? Shared Worker Placement allows all players to move every worker, setting up future actions and benefits to try to take at the best time. Quick, Engaging Turns keep gameplay moving for everyone with open information as you maximize your important role in the winemaking process. Unique Location Actions provide ways to gain advantages and leverage other players' decisions or use clever tactics to temporarily block workers. Ongoing Upgrade Choices give you ways to upgrade-as-you-go with unique specialties and improvements to build your own path to victory. What is Shared Worker Placement? All players at the table are able to play action cards to move the workers around the vineyard. You do not play a specific character, but choose how to best guide all of the workers! There may be turns when you set up an excellent upcoming action... But will you be the first to take advantage of it? Keep an eye on your fellow players and find the best moment to showcase your winemaking expertise! -description from publisher
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- Pencil First Games, LLC
Questions and answers
Vineyard: A Winemaking Game supports 1–4 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.
The listed playing time for Vineyard: A Winemaking Game is 60 minutes. This is the publisher’s estimate for a full game. The actual duration depends on the group, the player count and familiarity with the rules: first sessions usually run longer, while experienced groups often finish faster. Setup and teaching time are not included in this estimate.
The catalogue lists Vineyard: A Winemaking Game for ages 14 and up. This is the publisher’s recommendation and reflects reading demands, rule complexity and small components rather than theme alone. Younger players can often join with help from an adult, so check the age guidance on your edition and consider your group’s experience with board games.
Vineyard: A Winemaking Game has a complexity rating of 2.5 out of 5 from BoardGameGeek players, which makes it a medium-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.
Vineyard: A Winemaking Game belongs to these categories: Farming. Its main mechanics are Hand Management, Push Your Luck, and Variable Set-up. 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 Vineyard: A Winemaking Game are: Roberta Taylor. 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 Vineyard: A Winemaking Game as a base game. It can be played on its own with the components in the box and does not require any other title. Expansions, if any exist, add new content or rules on top of it and are listed separately in the catalogue with a link back to this base game.