2008 · Ancient
The Hanging Gardens
Players act as landscape architects competing to recreate an ancient terraced garden built for a queen. They draft and acquire building cards—structures, fountains, and plants—and arrange them in their play area to compose a pleasing layout. Cards are played in sequence to develop a tableau, with different elements scoring based on placement and combinations. At the end of the game, the tableau that best satisfies the scoring criteria receives the highest reward from the queen.
- Players
- 2–4 best 2
- Playing time
- 45 min
- Age
- 8+
- Complexity
- 1.9 / 5
About the game
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Full stats in Ludoya- 20
- Plays logged
- 23
- Players
- 3
- In collections
- 1
- On wishlists
3.9/10
from 7 Ludoya reviews
Evan2.5 This game was fine, but a bit dull. My wife and I did two player, and ended only 3 points apart, but despite the set collection, the nice tiles, and the mildly brain burney way you have to lay your cards down, the whole thing felt a little bleah. The game poses itself as a game where you build a garden, but really all it is, is a game where you have some cards that have to be placed in a certain way. When you connect strings of the same color boxes on the cards, you are allowed to take a tile, which is the thing worth points at the end. The boxes you connect then don't do anything for you, and you can cover them up to create new strings, so long as you follow some low difficulty placement rules. The real thing of this game is, complete sets to get tiles in sets. I don't think this one is a keeper. Neither of us hated nor loved it. ★ Art and components ★ Innovative mechanics ☆ Handles 5 or more players ★ Good with min or max players ★ Low time between turns ☆ Comfortable complexity ☆ Re-playability ☆☆☆ Enjoyment
Tom6.5 I like the game, and the laying card (tiles) aspect is very well done. A great two-player game, even if the interaction is low.
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