#19: Flowerpower (Mark's Top 50 - 2020)

Flowerpower

BoardGameGeek

• rank: 3006
• rating: 6.57

Print Status

• way out of print

Why It's On The List

• Despite an off-putting box cover, this is a tremendous two-player game of building gardens that can be played "friendly" or "cutthroat"... and enjoyed both ways.

Tips & Tricks:

• You must use the "community garden" area wisely - ignoring it will simply allow your opponent more space to plant with.
• Wait to use your "weeds" (you only have three of them) until your opponent has filled up enough of his side of the board to make them painful.
• Pay attention to how much space you'll need to get a flower bed to the next point level - there's no use making a bed of five flowers when they're worth the same as a bed of three flowers.

Extras

• This is a game that begs for a reprint... preferably using the GeekBits concept.
• Here's what I wrote about Flowerpower for Game Central Station (my old website)