Orchard: 9 card solitaire game

Get ready for a quick and clever harvest with Orchard, a solo game that fits your pocket and your schedule! Winner of the 9-Card Nanogame Print and Play contest in 2018, it challenges you to create the most productive orchard using just 9 cards from a deck of 18. The goal? Make those fruits pay off! You'll position the cards so that the trees overlap, and the more trees of the same type you manage to cover, the more points (fruit!) you harvest. It's a super neat visual puzzle where the strategy lies in how and where to fit each card. To help you keep track of points and manage risks, you'll need 15 small colored dice (5 of each color) and two markers for 'rotten fruit.' These rotten fruits are an interesting trick: they allow you to make a move that might not be possible under normal rules, but they cost points at the end. Knowing when to use this 'ace up your sleeve' (or rather, this rotten die) is what separates the good planter from the master fruit grower. With games lasting under 10 minutes, Orchard is perfect for those short breaks, for exercising your mind before bed, or for proving you're the orchard king anywhere. It's a tile-laying and pattern-building game that, despite its simplicity, offers intriguing tactical decisions. If you enjoy solo challenges that make you think in just a few minutes, this one's for you!