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Applejack

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.

Tree tiles with apples, blossoms and beehivesApplejack die decides which apples are harvestedMost honey wins

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.

#3,023 on BGG

of over 30,000 ranked board games

Published 2022 · 4 years ago

newer than 67% of games

In 2,061 collections

collected more than 33% of games

1–4 players · ages 8+

Best with 2

30–60 min

longer than 62% of games · typical 30–90 min

Complexity: medium

One warm-up round · 2.0 out of 5 · lighter than 53%

Opinions: usual spread

A normal range of ratings

Language: no text

Playable without the language

Play style: competitive · solo too

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