Vinhos: Deluxe Edition

In Vinhos Deluxe players take on the role of winemakers in Portugal, one of the world’s leading wine producers. This is a trading and economics game that encompasses all aspects of winemaking from setting up an estate with your first vineyard in one of the ten wine regions of Portugal, and improving that estate by building vineyards and cellars, to hiring enologists and farmers, utilizing wine experts to get more done in a year, selling wine to local establishments to generate income, shipping wine overseas and even attending the world wine festival to showcase your best wines hopefully impress the three very picky Wine Magnates.

As I’m sure you can tell by now this is a meaty game with a lot going on. On top of that Vinhos Deluxe includes two different ways to play. One is the 2010 Reserve edition of the game that closely resembles the original Vinhos released in 2010. It only features a few minor rule tweaks and balances. Then there’s the 2016 Vintage which is an updated, more streamlined, version of play, that is a bit lighter and quicker and much more approachable for new players.