Botany

Flower hunters compete to explore the globe, collect valuable specimens, and build fortunes and reputations in the Victorian era. Players plot routes from their estates, recruit crew, acquire equipment, and manage their limited funds to survive expeditions and return safely to England. Points come from improving gardens, bringing back live plants, and preserving flowers in botanical presses, while randomized goals and events shape each expedition.

Players: 1–5 best 3
Playing time: 45–90 min
Age: 8+
Complexity: 2.1 / 5

6.7 on Ludoya from $47.99AdventureEducationalDice RollingEnd Game BonusesVariable Player Powers

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About the game

Design: Dusty Droz
Amy Droz
Publisher: Dux Somnium Games

Expansions

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Botany: Tantalizing Trees2024

Botany: Perilous Perfumes2024

Botany: Regal Roses2024

Botany: Orchid Obsession2025

Botany: Festive Foliage2025

Botany: Brilliant Blue Botanicals2024

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13
Plays logged: 26
Players: 1h 57m
Average play: 6
In collections: 3
On wishlists: 1
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6.7/10

from 3 Ludoya reviews

Balleflass6.5
This is a very pretty game with good quality components. I do like the gameplay in itself, but I think it severly lack in replayability. Yes you can try to filter your hand to focus on certain continents of the world, but I don't feel like ut provides me with different enough playstyles. I have only played with the Orchid Obsession expansion and even then I felt the game was kind of shallow. If the game had more keywords on the cards that would gain you more points according to specific buildings AND that you had an auction system OR a Pax-like market for the Specimen "mission" cards it would instanly become a 8/10 or even higher for me. Maybe some more buildings as well that gave the players more unique advanced abilities than what the Expedition Cards provide.

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