In Tend, players take on the role of a pioneer working for the Zenith corporation to start a homestead on a new alien world. Your task is to build up your own farm and gather the greatest selection of goods to send back to Zenith HQ for study.

Tend is a "flip and write" game, meaning all players use the same shared deck of action cards each round, simultaneously taking actions on their own personal sheets. As the game progresses, new cards are added to the shared deck, gradually changing what actions are available to the whole table and keeping every session fresh.

Players earn victory points by collecting badges, completing season objectives, being the best neighbor, and filling their Cargo Manifest with goods destined for Zenith HQ. At the end of the game, the player with the most victory points wins!