Forest Waltz: Cozy Board Game

Forest Waltz is an original strategy board game where trick-taking card play meets forest tile-laying on a hexagonal board. HOW IT PLAYS Play cards to win tricks. Winners collect terrain tiles — water, rock, tree, flower — and place them into their hex forest. Build the habitat patterns animals love: flowers by the water attract frogs, clustered trees invite deer. First to complete a pattern scores big as the animal moves in. Highest score becomes ruler of the forest! ORIGINAL MECHANICS - Lotus: plant a flower on water and watch it bloom (swans adore it) - Mushrooms: trees next to stone hills sprout mushrooms automatically (snails come sniffing) - Season trumps: each season brings a random trump suit that reshapes your card strategy ENDLESS VARIETY - 13 watercolor animals with a different lineup every game - 3 AI personalities: sleepy Bunny, clever Fox, and the calculating Professor Owl - 3 maps x 3 board sizes x 1-3 season game lengths - Face Professor Owl with zero hints — read the patterns yourself, like a real board game ONLINE PLAY FOR 2-4 Host a room and share a 4-letter code, or use random matchmaking. No account needed. A COZY EXPERIENCE Hand-painted watercolor storybook art and an original waltz soundtrack make every game feel like a woodland picnic. FREE TO PLAY, BUY ONCE The free version is fully playable (small board + Bunny opponent). Love it? One purchase unlocks everything forever — no subscription, no ads, no energy limits. Playable offline. No personal data collected. Privacy: https://forest-waltz.netlify.app/privacy.html