Forest Shuffle: Smoky Mountains brings river habitats to SPIEL demos

Lookout's third standalone Forest Shuffle game will be playable and available in English and German at SPIEL Essen.

Forest Shuffle: Smoky Mountains is heading to SPIEL Essen with demos and copies to buy as the third standalone game in Lookout's nature card-game series. The organiser's October 19 preview places English demonstrations at Hall 3, booth 3V300, with German tables at Hall 7, booth 7C111. The new setting moves the series

to North America's Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Players assemble a habitat threaded with rivers and streams, bringing fish and otters into an ecosystem that also includes black bears and bobcats. New terrain cards introduce water alongside the familiar work of arranging species and building a productive

woodland. Kosch returns as designer, with illustrations by Toni Llobet and Judit Piella. Lookout lists the game for two to five players, ages ten and up, with a sixty-minute playing time. English copies will be sold at Lookout's Hall 3 booth; German copies will be available at the Asmodee shop, booth 7B111. SPIEL runs

October 22–25. Read the official announcement. Image credit: Lookout Games / Asmodee; official Forest Shuffle: Smoky Mountains promotional artwork.

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