2016 · Puzzle
Cottage Garden
Players draft polyomino flower-bed tiles from a shared market based on the gardener’s position, then place them onto two personal garden boards to cover spaces and arrange plantings. Each board contains scoring elements (plant pots and planting bells) that score when left visible; completed gardens are scored immediately and replaced with fresh boards. Movement along two scoring tracks grants bonus tokens that can fill empty spaces or improve future tile selection. The game ends after a set number of market laps, and the player with the most points from completed gardens wins.
- Players
- 1–4 best 3
- Playing time
- 60 min
- Age
- 8+
- Complexity
- 1.9 / 5
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- Plays logged
- 181
- Players
- 37m 32s
- Average play
- 87
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- 3
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6.2/10
from 41 Ludoya reviews
Garfield2.0 Not interesting enough to keep it. Tetris like game where you have to fill up space as quickly as possible without hidings special icons that give you VPs. Good family game I guess. [c] Theme: ★★☆☆☆ <!-- size 7]Very little --> Gameplay: ★★★☆☆ <!-- size 7]Good --> Interaction: ★★☆☆☆ <!-- size 7]Others taking tiles that you wanted --> Artwork: ★★★☆☆ <!-- size 7]Ok, nothing special --> Luck: ★★★☆☆ <!-- size 7]What tiles would be refilled for you --> Strategy: ★★☆☆☆ <!-- size 7]Obvious one --> Components: ★★★☆☆ <!-- size 7]Ok, nothing special --> Play duration: ★★★☆☆ <!-- size 7]Ok --> Easy to teach: ★★☆☆☆ <!-- size 7]Quite easy --> Rules quality: ★★★★★ <!-- size 7]Very good --> Setup time: ★★★★☆ <!-- size 7]Very fast --> No downtime: ★★★★☆ <!-- size 7]Should be playable quite quick --> Replay value: ★★☆☆☆ <!-- size 7]Random tiles, but nothing more --> [/c]
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Mestremuten5.0 Rating: 2/5 Production value: 3/4 Is the game in my collection/Love to have?: 0/1
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Elfrikijugon7.0 Regalo amigos Madrid (cumple 37)
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Rules questions
Answered from the rulebook by Ludoya's rules assistant.
Can I rotate or flip flower tiles when I place them?
Yes — you may flip over and rotate the Flower Tiles any way you like (page 3).
Can I overlap tiles or let tiles stick out of a Flowerbed?
No — you may not place Flower Tiles onto or overlapping other Flower Tiles, nor may tiles protrude over the edge of a Flowerbed (page 3).
What if I take a tile but can't place it — can I keep it for later?
You are not allowed to take a Flower Tile you cannot place; if you can't place a chosen tile you must take a Flowerpot instead and place that Flowerpot immediately on one of your Flowerbeds (page 2).
How do I get Cats, when can I use them, and how many can I hold?
You receive a Cat whenever one of your scoring cubes crosses the red line; you may place Cats on empty Flowerbed spaces at any time (even when it’s not your turn), but you may only have two Cats in your personal reserve at the end of your turn and must place extras on empty spaces until you meet that limit (pages 3–4).
How does refilling the Gardener Row work — and can I spend a Cat to fill only 1–2 spaces?
Refill empty Gardener Row spaces by taking the Flower Tiles from the queue in order starting from the tile directly in front of the Wheelbarrow, pushing the Wheelbarrow forward for each taken tile; if only 1 or 2 spaces are empty you may return a Cat to the reserve to allow filling those spaces from the queue (page 2).
How are Flowerpots and Plant Covers scored when I complete a Flowerbed?
When you complete a Flowerbed move one Orange cube forward a number of spaces equal to visible Flowerpots (1 point each) and one Blue cube forward according to visible Plant Covers (2 points each); covered Flowerpots/Plant Covers do not count and you must move a single cube the full amount (page 3).
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