El Bosque

El Bosque is a game designed to develop the senses and to explore the wisdom that we humans acquired when we first began to observe, intently and intensely, each tree, each bush, each variety of wood. The game can also lead us to rediscover much that was known by our ancestors but that has since been forgotten.

This forest, resembling a bookshelf, includes a wide variety of woods and is made up of 51 pieces, each engraved with the name of the tree that it came from. The game consists of removing one piece, one that is not at the highest level, and placing it on top of the pieces that were above it. The goal is to reach the greatest possible height without the building falling down, with the pieces assuming a perpendicular position at each move with relation to the previously constructed level. There need to be at least two players, both of whom have to face the risk involved in deciding how they are going to remove a piece from the column, maintain the balance of the tower and at the same time make the next move even harder for their opponent. The pieces may also be played with freely, stacking them any way you please.