2022 · Deduction

Paint the Roses

Players cooperate as royal gardeners in a Wonderland-inspired palace, trying to satisfy the Queen of Hearts’ changing whims before the Queen advances. Each player holds a secret whim card dictating a desired arrangement; on each turn the group must identify at least one player’s whim by placing shrub tiles from the greenhouse into the shared garden to generate clue tokens that reveal matches with the hidden cards. Team discussion about others’ cards is allowed but direct revelation of one’s own card is forbidden; correct guesses advance the team on the score track while incorrect guesses accelerate the Queen’s progress. The game adapts its tempo to the group’s performance, making deduction and coordinated tile placement the core actions.

groupPlayers

2–5 best 4

schedulePlaying time

50–70 min

cakeAge

11+

psychologyComplexity

2.4 / 5