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2020 Ranked #1,730

Abandon All Artichokes

Deck-pruning card game where gardeners harvest and replace artichokes until none remain in their deck. Helpful vegetables create combinations, so every draw must move you closer to a clean garden without clogging it again.

Family Games Card Game Farming Deck, Bag, and Pool Building Open Drafting

Players

2-4

Play time

Not listed

Age

10+

Complexity

1.29/5

Rating

6.63

Harder to teach Low interaction Deep strategy

Overview

At a glance

Is this game right for my group?

ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.4/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 3.9/5

High replayability

Interaction 1.6/5

Low interaction

Player scaling 4.2/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

Abandon All Artichokes isn't your garden-variety card game! A bumper-crop of prickly produce has overtaken your patch, and there's only one choice: abandon all artichokes!

Core mechanisms

Key systems that shape the decisions players make.

Deck / Bag Building

Add new pieces during play to improve the cards, tokens, or dice drawn later.
Open Drafting

Select cards or items from a shared face-up display.
Read the full game description

Abandon All Artichokes isn't your garden-variety card game! A bumper-crop of prickly produce has overtaken your patch, and there's only one choice: abandon all artichokes! Prune your deck by harvesting fresh vegetables, each with a special power that lets you swap, discard, or compost cards. You need luck, strategy, and a green thumb to grow a winning hand! —description from the publisher

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Type

1
Family Games

Category

2
Card Game Farming

Mechanism

2
Deck, Bag, and Pool Building Open Drafting

Family

5
Containers: Unique Shape Digital Implementations: Board Game Arena Digital Implementations: Tabletopia Theme: Food / Cooking Theme: Gardening

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Game and edition data

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Play and group

Players
2–4
Best with
2–4
Play time
20 min
Age
10+
Complexity
1.3/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Emma Larkins

Artists

1
Bonnie Pang

Publishers

1
Gamewright

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