Everdell Newleaf

Clack along the bustling iron rails, welcome an influx of sophisticated traveling critters to your station, and orchestrate the ultimate grand opening festival in a thrilling, highly synergistic expansion for the definitive worker-placement masterpiece that introduces a dynamic train station hub and card-cycling ticket mechanics.

Everdell: Newleaf (designed by James A. Wilson and published by Starling Games) serves as a sprawling, feature-rich expansion that seamlessly integrates a bustling metropolitan railway into the tranquil woodland valley. Moving away from the quiet, self-contained meadow of the base game, this lively module plunges 1 to 4 players into the frantic energy of Everdell’s first major city. The core objective is a high-stakes tactical expansion: players must leverage a constantly rotating pool of visitors at the train platform, utilize powerful reservation tickets, and combine industrial city cards with classic meadow strategies to build the most prosperous, high-scoring town before the final train departs.

The primary strategic hurdle centers around navigating the massive influx of open information and maximizing your action economy with the new Station board. This expansion dramatically shifts the traditional Everdell pacing by introducing Station Cars and a Train Ticket mechanism that allows players to instantly swap cards out of the meadow or reserve critical components for future turns. To keep your engine running at peak efficiency, you must master the new "Golden Leaf" tokens to activate high-scoring, multi-stage end-game cards and navigate new Knick-Knack destination spaces. True tactical mastery requires weaving the new industrial city buildings and sophisticated visitor cards into your existing construction chains, managing a highly volatile hand, and optimizing your worker placement slots to dominate a deep and rewarding 60-to-100 minute session.

Game Specs at a Glance:
Age Range: 13+ Years
Publisher: Starling Games / Tabletop Tycoon
Play Time: 60-100 Minutes
Player Count: 1-4 Players
Complexity: Heavy (Tableau/Engine Building, Worker Placement, Dynamic Card Drafting, Hand Management, Combo Chain Optimization)

What's in the Box?

• 1 Train Station Board Extension
• 59 Critter and Construction Cards
• 32 Station Visitor Cards
• 24 Wooden Worker Meeples
• 3 Wooden Train Cars
• 50+ Cardboard Tokens and Tickets
• 1 Rules Guide