# Azul: Queen's Garden

Azul: Queen's Garden is a board game for 2–4 players. It plays in 45–60 minutes and is meant for ages 10 and up. Ludoya players call it best with 2. It is rated 7.9 out of 10 by 39 Ludoya reviewers. The cheapest copy in stock is $35.99 (United States).

- **Players:** 2–4 (best with 2)
- **Playing time:** 45–60 minutes
- **Minimum age:** 10+
- **Complexity:** 2.9 out of 5
- **Year published:** 2021
- **Categories:** Puzzle, Abstract Strategy, Renaissance
- **Mechanics:** End Game Bonuses, Turn Order: Claim Action, Tile Placement, Set Collection, Pattern Building
- **Ludoya rating:** 7.9 out of 10, from 39 reviews
- **Owned by:** 107 Ludoya players
- **Plays logged on Ludoya:** 328
- **Unique players:** 326

**Designers:** Michael Kiesling

**Artists:** Chris Quilliams

**Publishers:** Next Move Games

## Where to buy in United States

| Shop | Price | Link |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Gamers Guild AZ | 35.99 $ | https://gamersguildaz.com/products/azul-queens-garden |
| Miniature Market | 35.99 $ | https://www.miniaturemarket.com/nm60090en.html |
| Cardhaus Games | 35.99 $ | https://www.cardhaus.com/azul-queens-garden/ |
| Atomic Empire | 35.99 $ | https://www.atomicempire.com/Item/316957 |
| 401 Games | 48.95 $ | https://store.401games.ca/products/azul-queens-garden |
| Mathom | 39.59 € | https://mathom.es/es/azul/48303-azul-jardin-de-la-reina-8435407639119.html |
| Element Games | 38.69 £ | https://elementgames.co.uk/board-games/azul-queens-garden |
| Good Games | 44.33 $ | https://www.goodgames.com.au/products/azul-queens-garden |
| Games Empire | 44.99 $ | https://gamesempire.com.au/products/azul-queens-garden |
| Lautapelikauppa | 34.93 € | https://lautapelikauppa.com/products/azul-queens-garden-nordic |
| World of Board Games | 399 kr | https://www.worldofboardgames.com/lanterns-the-harvest-festival |
| Svet deskovych her | 890 Kč | https://www.svet-deskovych-her.cz/produkty/9759/azul-queens-garden |
| Zatu Games | 32.2 £ | https://zatu.com/products/azul-queens-garden |
| Juegos de la Mesa Redonda | 38.21 € | https://juegosdelamesaredonda.com/12088-azul-jardin-de-la-reina-8435407639119.html |
| Mono de Juegos | 40 € | https://www.monodejuegos.shop/juego-de-mesa/azul-jardin-de-la-reina/ |
| La Gameria | 40.5 € | https://gameria.es/juegos-de-mesa/azul-jardin-de-la-reina-9694.html |
| Travelling Man | 34.99 £ | https://travellingman.com/products/azul-queens-garden |
| Magia de Tinta | 41.95 € | https://www.magiadetinta.com/es/juegos/7884-azul-jardin-de-la-reina-8435407639119.html |
| Alphaspel | 490 kr | https://alphaspel.se/491-bradspel/152958-azul-queens-garden-eng-regler |
| Pelipeikko | 46.95 € | https://pelipeikko.fi/fi/lautapelit/2082-azul-queen-s-garden-english |
| Fantasiapelit | 59.3 € | https://www.fantasiapelit.com/index.php?main=ai&kat=single&mista=indeksi&etsittava=_237506 |
| Nexus | 8995 kr | https://nexus.is/vara/azul-queens-garden/ |
| Spielezar | 62.9 Fr. | https://www.spielezar.ch/brettspiele/azul-die-gaerten-der-koenigin |

## Expansions

- [Azul: Queen's Garden – Bonus Cards](https://www.ludoya.com/games/azul-queens-garden-bonus-cards)

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## Rules questions

### Do I have to take every tile of the color/pattern I choose from the display (including tiles on garden expansions)?

Yes — when you acquire, you must take all hexagons of the chosen color (with different patterns) or of the chosen pattern (with different colors); if identical hexagons appear you may take only one of those identical copies, and all acquired hexagons must fit in your storage or the selection cannot be made (Rulebook, p.2–3).

### How and when do garden expansions enter the display, and when can I take one?

If you take at least one tile from the current round stack you remove the top garden expansion and place it in the display and then refill the stack; any empty garden expansions in the display are turned face up and then become available to be taken as part of a legal color or pattern selection (Rulebook, p.3).

### When placing a tile, how do I pay its cost — can I discard any tiles or use jokers?

You pay by discarding hexagons from your storage (including the tile you place) equal to the cost; all discarded hexagons must be either the same pattern in different colors or the same color in different patterns, identical duplicates are not allowed, and you may use jokers to replace required hexagons (but a joker cannot be placed in your garden) (Rulebook, p.3).

### Can I place a tile next to any adjacent hexagon or does it have to match something?

A placed tile may be isolated or adjacent to one or more hexagons, but if adjacent it must share the same pattern or the same color with at least one adjacent hexagon, and you may not create/extend a group that would connect two identical hexagons (same pattern and same color) (Rulebook, p.4).

### What happens when I pass mid-round — do I lose turns or points?

When you pass you may discard any number of hexagons from your storage and they count as negative points, you can no longer take turns for the rest of Phase 1, and the first player to pass takes the first player marker and moves their scoring marker back one space (Rulebook, p.4).

### How does final scoring treat leftover tiles/jokers and garden groups?

At game end you empty your storage: each remaining joker is +1 point and each remaining tile or expansion is a negative score by its pattern; then the evaluation track scores groups of at least 3 hexagons for each evaluated color/pattern (per-hexagon values on the scoring board) with an extra +6 for any group of 6 (Rulebook, p.5).

## Links

- [This page](https://www.ludoya.com/games/azul-queens-garden)
- [Azul: Queen's Garden in the Ludoya app](https://app.ludoya.com/g/azul-queens-garden)
- [BoardGameGeek entry](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/346965)

_Data from Ludoya, updated 2026-09-18. Ratings, ownership and play counts are Ludoya's own._