Orchard

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Orchard
Info
Type	Landmark
Set	Empires
Illustrator(s)	Lynell Ingram
Landmark text
When scoring, 4  per differently named Action card you have 3 or more copies of.

Orchard is a Landmark from Empires. It rewards players with   for accumulating multiple copies of Actions.

FAQ

Official FAQ

• Having 6 or more copies of a card confers no additional bonus.

Strategy

Orchard ranges from a modest bonus to a board-defining strategy of its own. In the absence of solid gaining and +Actions, it draws out the lategame by offering an alternative to Duchy buys, and encourages committing to at least three of whatever terminal you pick. Likewise, a strong single-card engine like Governor or Minion will end the game too directly to produce three of many actions. But on a board with numerous cantrips, or a solid multi-part engine, it's possible to win by focusing on Orchard to the near-exclusion of Victory cards. This generally starts like normal engine construction, and then simply continues adding cantrips and pushing for a three-pile ending rather than building up a strong payload or greening.

The best realistic case for Orchard is around 20 points on a normal 10-card board. That's sufficient to offset a couple of provinces, but an opponent with a traditional engine will usually have three of several actions themselves. As a result, you'll generally need to stay within 1-2 provinces of your opponent, or else find several additional VP sources: look for Travellers, Imp, unspent Horse, and so on. Split piles are particularly potent, since you can assure a 2/3 breakdown and many of them offer alt-VP of their own.

Synergies

• split piles
• Travellers
• Workshop and other gainers, especially Groom
• Horn of Plenty, which works very similarly
• Vineyard or Fairgrounds to double the VP payout

Versions

English versions

Print	Digital	Text	Release	Date
		When scoring, 4  per differently named Action card you have 3 or more copies of.	Empires	June 2016

Other language versions

Language	Name	Print	Digital	Text
Dutch	Boomgaard
Finnish	Viinitila (lit. winery)
French	Verger			Pour le décompte, 4  par carte Action de nom différent dont vous avez au moins 3 exemplaires.
German	Obstgarten			Beim Zählen der   Punkte: 4  pro Aktionskarte mit unterschiedlichem Namen, von der du mindestens 3 Stück besitzt.
Japanese	果樹園 (pron. kaju-en)			ゲーム終了時、あなたが3枚以上持っているアクションカード1種類につき4 。
Polish	Sad
Russian	Фруктовый Сад (pron. fruktovy sad)

Trivia

Official card art.

The Dutch translation of this card erroneously states that 4   are awarded for any card the player has 3 or more copies of, in stead of just Action Cards.

Secret History

This started out giving a flat bonus of 5  if you had at least 3 copies of each card you had any copies of; then it was 10  if you had at least 2 of everything you had any of. It was too hard to go for, so it switched to giving   per card you had 3 copies of, first 5  then a more reasonable 4 .

—Donald X. Vaccarino, The Secret History of the Empires Cards