Harvest Dice

Draft dice, doodle veggies into your garden and feed your pigs while the market keeps changing its mind.

Designer: Danny Devine
Published by: Board&Dice
Editions by: Grey Fox Games, MeepleBR, Social Sloth Games

Harvest Dice is a vegetable garden you scribble together with a pencil. Each round you roll dice and draft them one at a time, then use your picks to plant veggies on your own sheet or to feed them to your pigs. The catch is the market: what a vegetable is worth keeps changing, so the carrots that looked dull last round may be exactly what you want at harvest time. Dice that nobody takes become more attractive, which makes waiting tempting and a little risky. Two to four players, about half an hour, and the pencil is the only thing that gets dirty. Think of a small farm-themed roll-and-write with a nosy market.

Dice drafting with a pencilPlant veggies or feed the pigsA market whose values keep shifting

Who it's for

You like roll-and-write games and want one with a garden theme and a market to outguess. It also works well as a two-player duel at the kitchen table.

Not for you if…

You want deep long-term planning or heavy interaction. The dice and the market keep it light on strategy depth.

Vibe's take

Light and busy: you grab a die, scribble, and immediately start eyeing the next one. The market keeps you glancing at what your neighbors want, so there is a little needling without any real meanness.