Vicious Gardens at a Glance
- Vicious Gardens is contemporary and distinct. The artwork is a joy to immerse yourself in.
- With its easy-to-learn mechanics, fast-paced turns, and reasonable playtimes, Vicious Gardens appeals to both casual and seasoned gamers alike.
- Vicious Gardens delivers on player choice and the gratification of achieving strategic objectives. Turns rarely feel scripted, avoiding predictability, and the game's intensity escalates towards the finale, marked by exhilarating point swings.
The World of Vicious Gardens
Vicious Gardens is a card game that combines the joy of gardening
with the thrill of being a total jerk. Strategically cultivate your
garden, harvest plants, and sabotage others in a competition to become
the Official Master Gardener (O.M.G.)!
Grow and harvest eccentric
plants such as Fuzzlesquash, Spotted Bildge, or Floofberry in your
garden. Over 80 uniquely named and illustrated plants are guaranteed to
captivate and entertain—even if your neighbor ends up stealing them.
Obtain
special abilities by harvesting your plants to attain Victory Cards.
Adding Victory Cards such as Carnivorous Plants and Gnudist Gnomes are
your surest way to victory. Once a gardener has accumulated three
Victory Cards in their garden, the End of the Season (a.k.a. end of the
game) begins!
Vicious Gardens has a unique cast of specialists
ready to sabotage your opponents and help your garden flourish:
Wormsworth, Beebeard, the Curmudgeon, and many more. Use these
Specialists to obtain garden upgrades and Victory Cards. But beware,
your competition can hire their own Specialists.
Gameplay Basics
Step 1: Plant - Plant into different Plots based on
category: Fruit, Flowers, Produce, and Herbs. These are worth one point
each, but you will also need to harvest these to use Specialists or
obtain Victory Cards. Gardening is all about balance!
Step 2: Use Specialists - Strategically play your Specialists to improve your garden or sabotage others. The best gardeners get their hands dirty ;)
Step 3: Harvest for Victory Cards - Harvest
the requisite plants and obtain your Victory Cards before other
gardeners can! These are worth eight points each and provide unique
bonuses for you to take advantage of.
End the Season! - The
gardener that obtains their third Victory Card ends the season! Take
the End of Season token and prepare to gloat while other gardeners take
their final turn.
Team Play! - Partner-up or
triple-up to work together in your quest of botanic domination. This
game mode is easy to apply and, in our opinion, almost more delightfully
vicious. Simply plant in your partner's garden and team up in ruining
other's. Misery loves company after all.
Contents
- Matte Finish Game Box
- Game Board
- 72 Uniquely Named & Illustrated Plant Cards
- 8 Wild Bloom Cards
- 14 Victory Cards with Unique Abilites
- 34 Specialist Cards
- 5 Pollinators, 3 Pestilence, & 1 (Extremely Fabulous) Bird Bath
- 1 End of Season Token
Vital Stats
Designer and Artist: | Ross Bruggink |
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MSRP: | $39.95 |
Atlas Stock #: | AG1520 |
Barcode: | 7-00040-01520-9 |
Format: | Game board, 137 cards, and a cardboard token in a matte finish game box |
Number of Players: | 2-6 Players |
Ages: | 10+ Years |
Play Time: | 30 minutes |
Release Date: | January 2025 |