Place tiles, adorn the palace lake, and dedicate lanterns in this beautiful, fast–paced board game set in imperial China. 36 lake tiles 56 lantern cards 20 engraved wood favor tokens 30 dedication tokens 1 custom wooden fishing boat Rulebook The harvest is in, and now it’s time to celebrate! Lanterns: The Harvest Festival is a
Place tiles, adorn the palace lake, and dedicate lanterns in this beautiful, fast–paced board game set in imperial China. 36 lake tiles 56 lantern cards 20 engraved wood favor tokens 30 dedication tokens 1 custom wooden fishing boat Rulebook The harvest is in, and now it’s time to celebrate! Lanterns: The Harvest Festival is a tile– placement game set in imperial China. Players act as artisans decorating the palace lake with floating lanterns. The artisan who earns the most honor before the festival arrives wins the game.
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It’s not rare for me to like a game It’s not rare for me to like a game. I like lots of games, tons of games. I have so many games I like I rarely get to play as many as I’d like in a given month, week or game night. So imagine my dismay at finding yet another game to like. It’s a good, no… it’s a great problem to have. Lanterns looked good to me before I ever got my copy. The rules are tight, the game looked fun and I really loved the theme. So rather than bury the lead any more, here’s the…
Beautiful game for any playstyle Had a great time playing this with multiple play groups on different occasions. With my casual group, the game is/was very pretty and everyone enjoyed making great patterns. With my more competitive gaming group we found that there can be a serious side to the game as well and spent the game really digging in to strategy hidden in the tiles. All around, this is a solid piece of my gaming collection and I highly recommend it to any gamer.
Gorgeous and Smooth Place a tile. Wherever the colors face, a corresponding card goes to that player. Match a color between two or more tiles, and get yourself a bonus card or three. Match a tile with a symbol, and get a token that can be used to swap cards. What are you doing with these cards? Making dedications (sets) of four, three pairs, or one of every color. Get them fast, though, because sets will become less valuable with each one played. When all the tiles have been laid, everyone gets a final turn to…