Lanterns: The Harvest Festival
Every lantern tile you place gives your rivals cards too, so playing nice is part of the strategy.
Who it's for
Players who enjoy calm, elegant tile-laying games with real strategic depth and no direct attacks.
Not for you if…
You want conflict or player elimination, because this stays peaceful and cooperative-feeling despite being fully competitive.
Vibe's take
calm, tactical, elegant, non-confrontational, quietly competitive
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About this game
Lanterns: The Harvest Festival looks gentle and looks like it, all soft colors and floating lights, but every tile you place hands your opponents cards too, so generosity and self-interest are tangled together the whole game. Lay a tile and everyone at the table, including you, collects lantern cards matching whichever color faces them, then cash sets of those cards in for honor: pairs, full rainbows, whatever combination you've been quietly building toward. There's no direct conflict, just careful reading of what everyone actually needs and a genuinely pretty board by the end. A calm, thinky tile game that's much sharper than its cozy theme lets on.
Get it
from $31
Categories
Occasions
Moods
By the numbers
Players
Duration
30 min
Ages 8+
Complexity
1.5 / 5 — LightBGG Rating
6.6/10
Rank #1,126
12k ratings
Published
2015
Designed by
Christopher Chung
Published by
Foxtrot Games, Renegade Game Studios, Broadway Toys LTD, CrowD Games, Devir, Games Factory Publishing, Korea Boardgames, Lex Games, Matagot, Pegasus Spiele, White Goblin Games
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