Aspens: Mega Box Edition (Kickstarter Special)

Board Game Geek Avg Player Rating: 8.29
Players: 2 to 2
Published: 2025
Content Notes: Kickstarter Exclusive Aspens Mega Box Edition Board Game by Ludivore Games. Includes Deluxe core game, Ancient Artifacts Expansion, Wild Weather Expansion, Deluxe Box Sleeve, custom cut "Treeple" pieces, custom cloth bags, metal First Player Coin, and all applicable unlocked stretch goals. Please note: unless otherwise stated paid add ons from the Kickstarter Campaign are not included.

The Mega Box Bundle Includes:

• Everything from Deluxe Edition
• Ancient Artifacts Expansion
• Wild Weather Expansion
• Mega Box, with both expansions packed inside the larger base game box.

Detailed contents:

• 7 game board tiles
• 4 water tiles
• 1 sun die
• 1 wind die
• 120 deluxe wooden pine tree pieces
• 120 deluxe wooden aspen tree pieces
• 2 printed cloth tree piece bags
• 1 rulebook
• 1 metal first player coin
• 1 deluxe box sleeve
• 1 Wild Weather Expansion
• 1 Ancient Artifacts Expansion.

Kickstarter upgrade notes:

• custom cut treeple pieces
• engraved sun and wind dice
• gold foiled game board
• spot UV on the game box
• spot UV on all expansion cards
• custom illustration inside the box.

Note: Deciduous Duos is separate from the Mega Box Bundle (not included). It is the extra item added in the All-In Bundle.

Aspens is a quick-playing strategy board game for two players, where you harness the wind and sun and carefully balance growth with expansion to outgrow and outwit your loved ones.

Aspens is a ⏱️ quick to play, 🧠 deceptively strategic game 👯 for two about growing stunning forests. 🌳🌲🌳

In Aspens you'll need to constantly adapt your strategy to outwit and outgrow your opponent - in an ever changing landscape - to plant the largest forest by the end of the game.

It perfectly blends strategy, with a bit of luck, to create an approachable, and satisfying strategic game - full of moments of anticipation, excitement, and interesting decisions - all in just 30 minutes.

Satisfying Strategy. Without all the Hassle. 

• Learn in 3 minutes. No long, confusing rulebooks.
• Setup in 60 seconds.
• Play in 30 minutes.
• Enjoyed by serious gamers, with kids 10+, and even elderly parents alike.
• Discover new strategies as you play and learn.
   

Even more depth & replay-ability with unique expansions 

There are 3 full expansions and a mini-expansion available as part of the campaign!

• Ancient Artifacts: Compete to collect lost relics and unlock powers of ancient gods for a strategic advantage.
• Wild Weather: Draft multi-functional, dice abilities and unleash powerful weather effects.
• Deciduous Duos: Expand the board, and play with 4, as you strategize together in our team-based expansion.
• Majestic Marvels: Compete to capture segments of the board in a new mode that totally changes the game!
   

A one-of-a-kind table presence + the best quality components.

• Top-notch. No stretch goals needed.
• A table presence that evolves as you play.
• A delightful, tactile experience - that actually feels like you're creating something.
• And who doesn't love THIS MANY wooden bits? 

Shape your play-style and appetite for risk.

Will you take a "slow and steady" approach, growing a few tall forests - very likely to generate a tree...?

..or a riskier “Boom or Bust” strategy, with many small forests, less likely to hit - but creating a lot of trees at once if they do.

Everyone plays different. And any strategy can win.

Light engine-building meets area control.

The winner is the player with the most territory. So you should expand OUT right...? But you need trees to expand...and to get trees you need to build UP...🤔

How you balance INVESTING in your forest to get more trees in the future (engine building).... and expanding to take territory NOW (area control) is the core of your strategy and constantly leaves you with tough, interesting decisions to make.

If you close off an area, you get to claim it all for FREE.

This is one of the most exciting moments in the game and a favorite among players.

It feels so satisfying when your investment pays off in a bunch of trees and you find just the right time to catch your opponent off guard to make that big move.

Aspens mixes wits, strategy, and a twist of luck to create an engaging, puzzle-y experience...

...all in just 30 minutes making for that “one more?” feeling after every game.
In Aspens, players compete to grow the largest forest on a shared board - having to balance how much they invest in building their engine to increase the odds of generating trees on future turns, with the pressure of needing to expand to claim territory and ultimately be crowned the winner.

Players start by seeding and growing a forest space adjacent to each water tile. This is where players determine their initial strategy and appetite for risk. Then play begins.

On your turn, you roll the sun die, and BOTH players generate trees for spaces they have grown tall enough to capture the sun. Then you roll the wind die, determining which directions you can grow outward in. The active player then plants their trees, balancing between growing existing spaces UP with more trees, or expanding OUTWARD from their forests, following the wind. This is the core crux of tough decision making and strategy comes in - balancing future investment with rapid expansion.

Play continues until all spaces are claimed, and the player with the most spaces is crowned the winner!

--from the publisher

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