Overview
At a glance
Is this game right for my group?
ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.
Easier to teach
High replayability
Highly interactive
Scales well
Deep strategy
More strategic control
How it plays
How does it play?
Command Summer or Winter, share a volatile help line, and race toward four very different ways to save the forest from Onibi.
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
Push Your Luck
Choose whether to secure current gains or risk them for a larger reward.
Tile Placement
Place tiles to build a shared or personal spatial arrangement.
Race
Compete to reach a destination, threshold, or objective before opponents.
Advantage Token
A transferable advantage changes ties, priority, or the strength of an action.
Read the full game description
Living Forest Duel condenses the award-winning Living Forest into a purpose-built contest between Summer and Winter. Players reveal guardian animals into a shared help line, then spend action tokens to recruit allies, extinguish fires, plant protective trees, or push Onibi toward the opposing season. Drawing too many solitary animals removes an action, turning each reveal into a push-your-luck decision. Victory can come from a 3×3 grove, seasonal control of the recruitment line, collected fire tokens, or forcing Onibi across the divide.
