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2019 Ranked #20,216

House Of Plants

This plant-care strategy game has players buy houseplants, meet their resource needs, and fill a room with the greatest value. Market choices shift cards for the next player, while uncared-for plants and bugs deduct from a collection.

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Players

2-4

Play time

30-60 min

Age

8+

Complexity

2/5

Rating

5.85

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.3/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.0/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.7/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

Players compete to fill their room with the greatest total value of house plants, but lose points at the end of the game for any bugs or purchased plants they've been unable to meet the care requirements for.

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Players compete to fill their room with the greatest total value of house plants, but lose points at the end of the game for any bugs or purchased plants they've been unable to meet the care requirements for. Players purchase unique plants from the offer which each have their differing care requirements which consist of 3 types of resources (humidity, sunlight, water). Purchased plants can be cared for by collecting the required number of each resource from the common market of 4 face-up cards. Market cards are replaced by shifting other face-up cards down, allowing players to choose what cards are available for the next player, including possibly forcing them to take a score-reducing bug card. Wild cards and bug killer can also be purchased as an action, but every dollar left over at the end of the game is also worth points.

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Play and group

Players
2–4
Best with
2
Play time
30–60 min
Age
8+
Complexity
2.0/5
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Publishers

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Ridley's Games

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