H E R D

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T H E W I N T E R I N G

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A board game box titled Herd: The Wintering, with a dark blue background featuring a silhouette of a reindeer and bare trees, placed on snow.
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Herd : The Wintering is a beautiful game for 2 players. Set in a winter forest, it is tactile, quiet, and deeply strategic.

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Cover art for the game 'Herdd: The Wintering' featuring a dark silhouette of a deer in a snowy forest with leafless trees, with title text and designer credit.

Herd : The Wintering, a strategy game of control as winter draws in.

With original hand-printed artwork and only four rules, it offers a tactile experience where every move is meaningful. No randomness, just focus, tension, and stillness as winter closes in.

Perfect for players who love abstract games with depth, elegance, and a sense of place.

At its heart, Herd is a two-player abstract strategy game with just four core rules, but those rules unlock a deep interaction space. Pieces move forward on their original square colour, shift through a central 'Turning' mechanic, and evolve from attackers into blockers. There is no capture-based victory. Instead, you win by positioning: lock your opponent’s options, and the game, like the forest, falls silent.

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During the summer, roe deer are solitary.

They move quietly at the edges of woodland, grazing in open fields.

As winter approaches, they retreat deeper into the trees.

There, they begin to form groups for warmth. Their coats thicken. As food grows scarce, their movement slows.

This is the wintering of the herd.

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The Wintering board.
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A dark green box with a leafy pattern and the label "HERD THE WINTERING" on a wooden surface.
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Silhouette of two deer standing on snowy ground with leafless trees and a full moon in the night sky.
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