Lanterns: The Harvest Festival cover
2015BGG rank #1,113

Lanterns: The Harvest Festival

by Christopher Chung · Foxtrot Games

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Players2–4
Time30m
ComplexityLight
Age8+

About the game

What is Lanterns: The Harvest Festival?

The harvest is in, and the artisans are hard at work preparing for the upcoming festival. Decorate the palace lake with floating lanterns and compete to become the most honored artisan when the festival begins. In Lanterns: The Harvest Festival, players have a hand of tiles depicting various color arrangements of floating lanterns, as well as an inventory of individual lantern cards of specific colors. When you place a tile, all players (you and your opponents) receive a lantern card corresponding to the color on the side of the tile facing them. Place carefully to earn cards and other bonuses for yourself, while also looking to deny your opponents. Players gain honor by dedicating sets of lantern cards — three pairs, for example, or all seven colors — and the player with the most honor at the end of the game wins.

How it plays

Mechanics

Hand ManagementPattern BuildingSet CollectionTile Placement

On the shelf

Categories

Abstract Strategy

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