Sheaf

The meadow is in bloom. Who will gather the finest sheaf?

Gather a hand of wildflowers, find the flowers that best complement one another, and present a sheaf worthy of praise and prizes.

Every flower is appreciated for something different. Some are at their best among their own kind, while others are more impressive surrounded by a variety of species. With room for just seven flowers in your sheaf, every choice matters: gather more of the same species, make room for something different, or pick the flower that brings the whole arrangement together.

A shared meadow of possibilities

On your turn, take either the top card of the draw pile or any face-up card from the discard area. Then place a card face up in the discard area, ending your turn with 7 cards in your hand.

Draw from the deck and you can keep your new card or discard it immediately. Either way, the discard area grows by one.

Take a face-up card and replace it with one from your hand. You know exactly what you’re getting (and so does everyone else), and the flower you leave behind might be just what someone else needs to score a higher hand than yours.

The game ends immediately when the discard area reaches ten cards. Drawing brings the ending closer; exchanging gives you another chance to refine your hand.

From small buds, scores bloom!

The brackets on each card show its scoring combinations. Every completed bracket scores separately, including smaller brackets inside a larger combination.

A single flower can help several cards score, and duplicate cards each earn their own points. You also receive one bonus point per unique flower species in your hand, giving you a reason to balance repetition with variety.

For example, two Vallmo cards complete brackets worth 1 + 1 + 2 points on each card. That’s eight card points, plus one unique species point: nine points from the pair.

The strongest hand comes from finding flowers that support one another.

Now, set forth, gather your flowers, watch what others leave behind, and make every card in your sheaf count!

Rooted in botanical history

Sheaf is illustrated using historical botanical artwork from the public domain. These illustrations have been selected and adapted for the cards, giving each flower its own character while drawing on centuries of botanical illustration.