Gijón Miniforests

Client: Gijón City Council – Department of the Environment (Parks and Gardens Service – Gijón Ecoresiliente), with technical advice from Desconectando Juegos de Mesa, scientific advice from the Atlantic Botanical Garden, and the support of the Ministry for Ecological Transformation of the Government of Spain, Biodiversity Foundation and the European Union

June 2024

Design and illustration of board cards game (identity and packaging, catalogues, posters and cards) and creation of historical narrative context
Includes the creation and development of 28 high-quality botanical illustrations, pattern and visual identity

Minibosques de Gijón is a draft-type card board game, suitable for 2 to 4 players from 10 years. The player has the mission of creating a set of urban miniforests with the greatest possible botanical value, starting with an available plot of one type of soil card to create a small forest thanks to the round-by-round choice of different species of trees and bushes.

The game includes 4 different types of soil cards, 6 special scoring cards and 122 botanical species cards. All the elements (cards, box, score pad, rules brochure and botanical catalog) have been conceived and designed as ancient elements and documents in the style of the 19th century, in order to create the immersive atmosphere that would emanate from a real and old time capsule.