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Players
2-6
Age
8+
Playtime
30 min
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Jamie, Tabletoptiktok Review at 0:01 sentiment: mixed
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Overall sentiment (raw)
mixed
Pros
- Beautiful, gorgeous board and cute beetle tokens.
- Tactical, cutthroat decisions that reward planning and adaptability.
- Flexible player count (2 players direct, 3-6 with teamwork).
- Encourages dynamic, multi-location placement and surprise opponents.
Cons
- Colonies can be stolen if not connected, which can be frustrating.
- Strategic plans can be disrupted by opponents' unexpected moves.
- Can be puzzle-heavy and thinky for a light, cute presentation.
Thematic elements
- Cutthroat, competitive path-building and blocking.
- Symmetrical, cross-board garden where players place beetles and build paths from their base to the opposite side.
- explanation/guide
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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- blocking / cutthroat interaction — Opponents can steal colonies if not connected, creating tense, competitive play.
- hand management — Players draw and play action cards with flower types to claim colonies and connect paths.
- hand management / draw based on card values — Players draw and play action cards with flower types to claim colonies and connect paths.
- Network/route building — You must connect your base to a colony, forming an uninterrupted path to score/own colonies; routes can be blocked by opponents.
- path-building / connectivity — You must connect your base to a colony, forming an uninterrupted path to score/own colonies; routes can be blocked by opponents.
- Resource management — Managing a hand limit (15) and drawing cards to use for connecting colonies.
- tile/board placement via beetles and flowers — Beetle tokens are placed on flower-based colonies, with stones used to connect pieces and block routes.
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Quotes (from this video)
- lovely and calm and peaceful and it is Cutthroat it is so fun it looks so cute
- this gorgeous board
- it's tactical because you don't know always what your opponents are going to do
- hides the fact of how thinky puzzly and Cutthroat
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Watch It Played Rules Teach at 0:09 sentiment: neutral
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neutral
Pros
none
Cons
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Thematic elements
- gardening/flowers and territory control through building and connecting routes
- garden with flowers and beetles on a hex-based board
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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Build the Colony — Play cards from your hand that match the pedestal flower type to place guest pieces and claim a pedestal marker; you may build on empty pedestals or on an opponent's colony to 'knock off' their pieces if you have enough cards; colonies built on your home tiles are safe and do not require a pedestal marker.
- collect flowers — On your turn you pick one of the available flower cards, draw that many from the flower deck, and flip the chosen collection card; players must keep their hand secret and may not hold more than 15 cards.
- Lay a Path — Create an unbroken line of spaces between two of your colonies by placing a flower card that matches each path space and then adding a stone to each space; once a path connects two of your colonies, those colonies are protected and cannot be taken over.
- Pass Flowers — If you have a teammate, you may pass up to a chosen number of cards to them and flip the related collection card; if a teammate ends up with more than 15 cards, they must discard down to 15.
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Quotes (from this video)
- the golden rule of silence during the game you're not allowed to discuss the cards you're holding
- we've covered the four actions collect flowers build a colony lay a path and pass flowers
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