But the good news is that the sun moves partially around the board every turn, so suddenly your shaded trees are in the sun, and others are in the dark. The bigger the tree, the longer the shadow it casts. The problem? If your tree is behind someone else's, the sun won't reach it, so you'll get less light points that turn. The sun's light beams in straight lines across the board from the token, and if your trees get touched by it, you get light points, which you can spent to plant more trees, or grow your existing ones. You'll also place the huge sun token along two sides of the board. Not only does the arboreal theme make this game look absolutely beautiful – the 3D trees will sucker anyone into playing, and the fact that each player's trees are a different shape as well as colour helps colour-blind players – it works logically with the rules, making learning to play so much easier.Īt the start of the game, you'll place two small trees in spaces near the edge of the hexagonal board, and you'll have a bank of more small trees, medium trees and large trees ready for later in the game.

Take your place as Mother Nature, competing with other players to plant trees of your colour in the best spots in the forest, where they'll absorb the most light. More experienced players definitely have an advantage

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