Heuschrecken Poker

Players build personal gardens by collecting plant cards from a shared display while avoiding grasshoppers that can wipe them out. Each round all players simultaneously choose a bidding card from a limited hand to claim one type of plant from the revealed market; highest bid picks first, Ace takes the entire market, and X usually takes nothing but can negate an Ace. Matching bids cancel out and can force market changes. Collecting three of a crop scores a point chip; collecting three grasshoppers clears a garden. Play repeats in rounds and the game ends when the garden deck is exhausted, with the most point chips determining the winner.

Players: 2–4 best 4
Playing time: 20 min
Age: 8+
Complexity: 1.1 / 5