Viticulture (Essential Edition) Card Size & Sleeve Guide
Viticulture (Essential Edition) uses 2 card sizes — Visitor, Vine, Wine Order & Structure cards (large) are 63 × 88 mm; Mama & Papa, Field & Automa cards (small) are 44 × 67 mm.
Stonemaier Games · 2015 · 232 cards in the base game. Sizes and the recommended sleeve for each, below.
What size are Viticulture (Essential Edition) cards?
| Cards | Count | Card size | Recommended sleeve |
|---|---|---|---|
| Visitor, Vine, Wine Order & Structure cards (large) | 78 | 63 × 88 mm | Standard Card Game |
| Mama & Papa, Field & Automa cards (small) | 154 | 44 × 67 mm | Mini European |
How many sleeves to buy
- Standard Card Game: 78 cards + a few spares ≈ 82 sleeves — 1 pack of 100.
- Mini European: 154 cards + a few spares ≈ 162 sleeves — 2 packs of 100.
Counts include a ~5% spare buffer. Mixing multiple games? Use the Sleeve Count Calculator.
Notes
Two card sizes, confirmed directly by Stonemaier: 78 cards at 63x88mm (standard) and 154 cards at 44x67mm (mini euro). Community typically uses 63.5x88 standard sleeves for the large cards and 45x68 mini-euro sleeves for the small ones.
The same sleeves fit these games
Sleeves come in packs of 100 and Viticulture (Essential Edition) will not use a whole pack, so it is worth knowing what else the spares cover.
- Ark Nova — 63 × 88 mm
- Arkham Horror: The Card Game — 63.5 × 88 mm and 41 × 63 mm
- Brass: Birmingham — 63.5 × 88 mm
- Clank!: A Deck-Building Adventure — 63.5 × 88 mm
Not every game is standard: Codenames (45 × 68 mm) and Coup (65 × 100 mm) need their own size.
Frequently asked questions
Viticulture (Essential Edition) uses 2 card sizes — Visitor, Vine, Wine Order & Structure cards (large) are 63 × 88 mm; Mama & Papa, Field & Automa cards (small) are 44 × 67 mm.
Viticulture (Essential Edition) uses more than one sleeve size: Standard Card Game (63 × 88 mm); Mini European (44 × 67 mm).
Viticulture (Essential Edition)'s base game has 232 cards to sleeve. Allowing a few spares, that is about 244 sleeves: 82 Standard Card Game (1 pack of 100), 162 Mini European (2 packs of 100). Expansions add more — use the Sleeve Count Calculator to total several games at once.
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