How to play

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written 2026-08-18 by gpt-5.6-luna · English

Huerto Game

In one sentence

Work together to grow and harvest a shared garden before pests or waste end the season.

Goal

You win cooperatively if the shared Harvest counter reaches 20 while Pests stays below 10 and Waste stays below 6; otherwise you lose immediately when Pests reaches 10 or Waste reaches 6, or at the end of turn 12 if Harvest is still below 20.

Components

A Starting Deck for each player, a personal Hand, a personal Huerto y herramientas area, and a personal Descarte pile.
A shared Supply Deck and a shared face-up Supply Market row of 5 cards.
Each player has a Monedas counter starting at 3 and an Acciones counter starting at 2.
The garden has shared counters: Tierra preparada (0, maximum 8), Cultivos plantados (0, maximum 8), Humedad (2, maximum 10), Abono (0, maximum 8), Cosecha (0), Plagas (1, maximum 12), and Desperdicio (0, maximum 8).

Setup

This is a two-player cooperative game. Shuffle each player’s Starting Deck and place it as that player’s personal draw pile. Shuffle the Supply Deck. Each player draws 5 cards. Fill the Supply Market with 5 cards.

Set the shared counters to Tierra preparada 0, Cultivos plantados 0, Humedad 2, Abono 0, Cosecha 0, Plagas 1, and Desperdicio 0. Each player begins with 3 Monedas and 2 Acciones.

Your turn

At the start of your turn, reset your Monedas to 3 and your Acciones to 2. Permanent cards that produce an effect at the start of your turn then resolve. For example, Compostera adds 1 Abono, Espantapájaros removes 1 Plagas, and Depósito de lluvia adds 2 Humedad.

During Trabajo de la temporada, you may take any available actions in any order, paying the listed costs. You may stop this phase with Cierre de temporada.

For 1 Acción, Preparar tierra adds 1 to Tierra preparada, but only if that counter is below 8. For 1 Acción, Plantar una semilla lets you choose one seed card in your Hand, move it to your Huerto y herramientas area, and resolve its planting effect. Planting is allowed while Cultivos plantados is below 8; it does not spend Tierra preparada.

For 1 Acción, Regar huerto adds 2 Humedad and 1 Plagas, but only when at least one Cultivo is plantado. For 1 Acción, Abonar adds 2 Abono. For 1 Acción, Proteger huerto removes 2 Plagas.

For 1 Acción, Cosechar is allowed when at least one Cultivo is plantado. It adds the current number of planted Cultivos to Cosecha, then resets Cultivos plantados to 0. It subtracts the current planted-crop amount from Humedad, subtracts the current Abono from Desperdicio, and then reduces Abono by 1. Counters cannot go below their stated minimums.

For 1 Acción, Jugar una carta plays a card from your Hand to your Huerto y herramientas area and resolves its “Al jugarlo” effect. For example, Jornalero gives you 1 Moneda, while Azadón adds 2 Tierra preparada.

For 1 Acción, Comprar del mercado, you pay the card’s Monedas cost and take one card from the Supply Market into your Hand. After an action, refill the Supply Market from the Supply Deck until it has 5 cards, if possible.

The available action list also includes Robar cartas, but no cost or effect for that action is specified; it has no additional rule here. Cierre de temporada ends your work phase and has no listed cost.

The automatic Mantenimiento phase then adds 1 Plagas. If Cultivos plantados is above 5, it also adds 1 Desperdicio.

Finally, during Cierre de temporada, discard all cards in your Hand. Discard cards in your Huerto y herramientas except cards with the permanent property; permanent cards remain there. Then draw 5 cards from your personal draw pile.

Action	Cost	What it does
Preparar tierra	1 Acción	Add 1 Tierra preparada; requires room below 8.
Plantar una semilla	1 Acción	Play one seed from your Hand and resolve its effect; requires room below 8 Cultivos plantados.
Regar huerto	1 Acción	Add 2 Humedad and 1 Plagas; requires planted Cultivos.
Abonar	1 Acción	Add 2 Abono.
Proteger huerto	1 Acción	Remove 2 Plagas.
Cosechar	1 Acción	Convert planted Cultivos into Cosecha and adjust Humedad, Desperdicio, and Abono.
Jugar una carta	1 Acción	Play a card from your Hand and resolve its effect.
Comprar del mercado	1 Acción plus the card’s Monedas cost	Take one Market card into your Hand.
Robar cartas	Not specified	No cost or effect is defined.
Cierre de temporada	None specified	End the work phase.

The cards

Your Starting Deck contains:

Unit cards, such as Jornalero, which stay in your area until cleanup and provide useful effects when played.
Seed resource cards, such as Semillas de tomate and Semillas de pepino, which you plant to increase Cultivos plantados.
Item cards, such as Cántaro de agua and Cesta pequeña, which immediately improve Humedad or Cosecha when played.

The Supply Deck adds:

Stronger seed cards, such as Semillas abundantes.
Permanent structure cards, such as Compostera, Espantapájaros, and Depósito de lluvia.
Further items and events, including Azadón, Rotación de cultivos, Cesta grande, Patrulla vecinal, and Almanaque del hortelano.

An example turn

You begin with 2 Acciones. You play Jornalero, spending 1 Acción and gaining 1 Moneda. You then spend your remaining Action to plant Semillas de tomate from your Hand; it enters your Huerto y herramientas area and adds 1 Cultivo plantado. You end your work phase. Mantenimiento adds 1 Plagas, and during cleanup you discard your non-permanent cards and draw 5 new cards.

Fine print

The Supply Market refills after each action, stopping permanently when the Supply Deck is empty. If your personal draw pile runs out, you simply cannot draw further cards; no reshuffle rule is provided.

All players share the garden counters, Harvest, and the win or loss condition. There are no tie-breakers because the outcome is cooperative. A loss from Plagas or Desperdicio happens immediately. Reaching 20 Harvest is checked at the end of the turn, provided Plagas is below 10 and Desperdicio below 6. At the end of turn 12, you succeed only if Harvest is at least 20.