Game Info
Year
2026
Players
2-4
Playtime
30 min
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Description
Cozy garden tableau-builder where players draft cards to complete ladybird life cycles
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Rahdo Runs Through Rules Teach at 0:02 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Visually stunning art with a wide variety of ladybugs.
- Charming theme and optional rule to share childhood memories enhances connection.
- Surprisingly deep strategy with multiple layers of decision-making (species, life stage, color, drafting implications).
- Tight optimization and order of actions are crucial.
- Good player interaction and attention to opponents' plays.
- Scales well for different player counts regarding market turnover (though 2-player has a specific issue).
- The game has a healthy dollop of charm and charisma.
Cons
- Feeding tile market turnover is low in two-player games, potentially leading to stagnant options.
- Solo mode lacks a high score table and has issues with card disappearance, making it less recommendable than multiplayer.
- The 'Harley Quinn' card's player-vs-player effect is considered minor but could be problematic with specific feeding tile combinations.
Thematic elements
- Four childhood friends return to their childhood garden and nearby orchard to restore it to its former glory, reminiscing about shared childhood memories.
- A once lush and beautiful garden that has fallen into disrepair and is now overrun with aphids.
Comparison games
- Castle Combo
- Far Away
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- action selection — Players choose from a limited number of actions each day, which can include playing cards, visiting the orchard for specific cards, or using a picnic action to spend aphids on feeding tiles.
- Card Drafting — Players select cards from a central display, with the choice of card played influencing which card can be drafted next. The game involves drafting cards to add to a hand or play into a personal tableau.
- Player vs. Player — A minor element where a specific 'Harley Quinn' card can be used to steal a card from an opponent's tableau, impacting their life stage progression and potentially gifting them points if feeding tiles are involved.
- Resource Management — Players manage 'aphids' which are used to purchase 'feeding tiles' that enhance the scoring potential of collected ladybirds.
- Set Collection — Players collect cards based on species, color, and life stage (egg, larva, pupa, adult) to score points, often by completing columns or rows.
- Tableau Building — Players play cards into their personal garden area, organizing them into columns based on color, aiming to create sets and score points.
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Quotes (from this video)
- On the surface, this looks like a oh, just a sweet, charming game for newbies, but no, there is a lot to crunch on with every single turn.
- Every year it feels like these days, there's always one or maybe two of these small little unassuming games that nobody thinks much of, but then everybody's like, 'Oh my gosh, where did that like Castle Combo, you know, is another example like this or Far Away?' I mean, I would put this game in that category.
- Not only is it a major bummer that there is no high score table, just again unforgivable, but um the same the complaint I had about the two-player game, the feeding tiles not cycling out enough, and I wish there was something to make it do in the solo game.
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Quotes (from this video)
- I may have regret backing the latest Cthulhu Death May Die.
- Fabulous minis.
- I remember when they were cool mini or not, and and I liked that.
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