Plant apple trees and beehives in your orchard and harvest the most honey, in a tile puzzle by Uwe Rosenberg.
Applejack is a tile-placement game by Uwe Rosenberg about planting an orchard and making honey. A wide orchard lies in front of Applejack's cottage, and you help him and his daughter plant apple trees and harvest juicy apples. On your turn you choose one tree tile from the harvest board in the middle. Each shows a mix of apple types, apple blossoms and beehives, and the beehives show the tile's cost in honey. You place the tile in your orchard, setting beehives beside others to gain honey tiles. When the Applejack die lands on an apple icon, that type of apple is harvested and pays honey, as long as you have arranged your apples sensibly. Most honey wins. One to four players, about an hour, from age eight.
Who it's for
You like gentle tile-laying puzzles from the Rosenberg stable and want a farming-flavoured game for a relaxed table.
Not for you if…
You want conflict or a deep strategy game. You mostly build your own orchard in peace.
Vibe's take
Pleasant and puzzly: you shuffle blossoms, apples and hives into tidy shapes while the die keeps you hoping your arrangement is ready for the next harvest.
newer than 67% of games
collected more than 33% of games
Best with 2
longer than 62% of games · typical 30–90 min
One warm-up round · 2.0 out of 5 · lighter than 53%
A normal range of ratings
Playable without the language