Forest Shuffle: Dartmoor

Draft trees, shrubs, and animals into a thriving moorland ecosystem — terrain rules where they can live.

👥 2–5 playersapprox. 60 min🪄 A round to warm up10+
6.6 · BGG #1,077

Who it's for

Ideal for tableau-building fans and nature lovers who enjoy set collection with a genuine puzzle of where things fit.

Not for you if…

Avoid if you dislike card-heavy hand management — Dartmoor leans on discarding and careful sequencing more than direct interaction.

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Vibe's take

Absorbing and puzzle-like — every card is both a resource to hoard and a piece that has to fit somewhere specific in your growing tableau.

About this game

Forest Shuffle: Dartmoor moves the series' tableau-building into moorland, adding horizontal terrain cards that change where species can settle. You're still drafting trees, shrubs, and animals to build a thriving ecosystem — but now bogs, dwells, and rivulets decide who feels safe where.

Tableau ecosystem buildingNew terrain card mechanicStandalone Forest Shuffle entry
By the numbers

Players

Best at 2–3 playersWorks with 2–4

Duration

60 min

Ages 10+

Complexity

2.3 / 5 — Light

BGG Rating

6.6/10

Rank #1,077

2.5k ratings

Published

2025

Language

Moderate text