Every box helps protect the real West Coast.
10% of sales from every copy of Forestation goes to two BC conservation groups working to protect the forests, rivers and wildlife the game is about.
Four game-years to grow the best forest
Raise funds, buy land
Send your workers to action spaces to raise money, buy land and pick up seeds.
Plant and welcome wildlife
Animals move into your forest and breed. Predators eat prey, and prey need trees.
Fend off threats
Hire park wardens and wildlife officers before deforestation and poachers strike. The biggest, most diverse forest wins.
A real forest, tile by tile
What’s in the box
- 1 game board
- 24 forest tiles
- 72 tree tiles
- 72 prey tiles
- 72 predator tiles
- 60 fish tiles
- 4 decks of cards
- 24 wildlife officers
- 24 park wardens
- 24 nature houses
- 20 volunteers
- 24 awareness stackers
- 8 blocker tokens
- 1 die and starting player marker
- 1 rule book and quick reference
- Assorted coins
“I feel like I’m building a forest.”
Rated 7.2 on BoardGameGeek · see all ratings ↗[Forestation] teaches a very valuable lesson about [how] it’s our job to take care of nature. I had a lot of fun playing it.
A diamond in the rough, Forestation is an excellent worker placement game with some unique aspects. I DO feel like I’m building a forest.
Awesome family game! My kids love the feeling of building an ecosystem full of flora and fauna right in front of them, and the gameplay itself is a great combination of fun and challenging!
See a game unfold
A homeschool project that grew into a forest
One afternoon in Victoria, our dad, Asher, suggested that my siblings and I make a board game instead of playing one. We were homeschooled, and it became our project. Ten years and many prototypes later, Forestation went into production and onto shelves across southern Vancouver Island.
We tried to make it as lifelike as possible: food chains, habitat, and the real pressures on West Coast forests. The goal was a game that teaches something without ever feeling like homework.
Now we’re placing the last copies of our print run with independent shops up and down the West Coast, the region the game is set in.
As seen in the news
Victoria family creates board game to benefit environment
“The object of the game is to create the best forest,” said Joseph Weinerman, the 18-year-old co-creator of Forestation.Read the story ↗
Oak Bay family builds board game to balance nature
“We wanted to make a game that would reflect our desire to help animals and save them from extinction.”Read the story ↗
Forestation, an environmental board game helping humans understand conservation
“Forestation is intended for nature-loving people of all ages looking for a strategic challenge.”Read the story ↗
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