Lanterns: The Harvest Festival, is a tile-placement and set-collection game set in Imperial China. players take on the role of talented artisans commissioned to decorate the Emperor’s palace lake with vibrant floating ornaments.
Each time you place a Lake Tile, every player at the table receives a lantern card matching the color on the side of the tile facing them. While you want to complete your own sets, you must carefully calculate which colors you are handing to your opponents to avoid speeding them toward victory.
This Mensa Select winner is a “light-yet-thinky” tile-placement and set-collection game that manages to be both visually serene and highly competitive with no down time as every action gains every player additional cards.