Everdell

Within the charming valley of Everdell, beneath the boughs of  towering trees, among meandering streams and mossy hollows, a  civilization of forest critters is thriving and expanding. From  Everfrost to Bellsong, many a year have come and gone, but the time has  come for new territories to be settled and new cities established. You  will be the leader of a group of critters intent on just such a task.  There are buildings to construct, lively characters to meet, events to  host—you have a busy year ahead of yourself. Will the sun shine  brightest on your city before the winter moon rises?

Everdell is a game of dynamic tableau building and worker placement.

On their turn a player can take one of three actions:

a) Place a Worker: Each player has a collection of Worker pieces.  These are placed on the board locations, events, and on Destination  cards. Workers perform various actions to further the development of a  player's tableau: gathering resources, drawing cards, and taking other  special actions.

b) Play a Card: Each player is building and populating a city; a  tableau of up to 15 Construction and Critter cards. There are five types  of cards: Travelers, Production, Destination, Governance, and  Prosperity. Cards generate resources (twigs, resin, pebbles, and  berries), grant abilities, and ultimately score points. The interactions  of the cards reveal numerous strategies and a near infinite variety of  working cities.

c) Prepare for the next Season: Workers are returned to the players  supply and new workers are added. The game is played from Winter through  to the onset of the following winter, at which point the player with  the city with the most points wins.