Mole's Pantry

Autumn is the busiest season for every mole family. Before winter arrives, tunnels must be expanded, supplies gathered, and the pantry stocked with homemade jams. As always, Mrs. Mole has very particular ideas about how everything should be arranged. In this charming family tile-laying game, players take on the role of hardworking moles, expanding an underground network of tunnels over 12 rounds. By placing tunnel tiles with different connection layouts, they collect cherries, apricots, plums, and worms, carefully planning their burrow to maximize future opportunities. The collected resources are used to cook delicious jams, which must be arranged in each player's personal pantry. Following Mrs. Mole's instructions turns the pantry into a spatial puzzle, where efficiently filling six shelving units is just as important as gathering the right ingredients. Along the way, players may also uncover shiny treasures—a diamond, a watch, and a bowl—and compete for a variety of titles earned through different achievements. Combining tile placement, network building, resource management, and spatial puzzle-solving, the game offers meaningful decisions in a warm, whimsical setting. Success depends on balancing tunnel expansion with clever pantry organization, and after 12 rounds, the player with the most victory points is declared the winner. —description from the designer