The other night I had a bit of time to bring something to the table before my wife and I sat down to watch our show. It was one of those nights where you're looking at your shelf, taking into account your time available to play and you just get the urge to play a particular game. That night, my Viticulture wine crate was staring at me, begging me to get a winery up and running.
The last handful of times Viticulture has come to the table, I've played the Viticulture World Expansion (which is tough). However, I knew I didn't have time for that on this particular night. Instead, I thought it would be a perfect opportunity to jump into the Viticulture solo campaign, which I've read some great things about.
The solo campaign is a challenge of 8-games / scenarios, that set you in different situations and/or limitations.
What's great about it is, it doesn't impact setup time and it's quick to read the little blurb for whichever challenge you're getting into.
Challenge #1 hits you right in the face: In this game, you play with no 'Mama' cards (now referred to as 'Red cards'). This means you start with ONLY your Grande worker available to you. Uh oh! Having said that, you get to select 3-vine cards to immediately plant in your field(s) during setup. PHEW! At least you get something good to start with.
Honestly, over the first 2/7 years (rounds) in the game, I thought I wasn't going to come out of this one. Sure it's great to have these grapes planted, but when you're short on workers to help pick them, that's not good. 🤔 Well, I surprised myself and ended up winning the scenario/challenge in my first try! 21-20. Woo!!! 🍷
