New Game Release – Vicious Gardens
Atlas Games has released Vicious Gardens, a game that combines the joy of gardening with the thrill of being a total jerk, into retail!
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!
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. Obtain special abilities by harvesting your plants to attain Victory Cards, too. 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!
Cruel Summers – This expansion adds a mini board to Vicious Gardens and introduces a group event. When drought hits in the Cruel Summer, all players have the potential to lose some (or all) of their plants. Time the Cruel Summer right and you can take advantage of your neighbor’s misfortune.
Noxious Weeds – Add a new category of plants to your gardens with Noxious Weeds. These cruel plants are worth negative points. However, if your Plot is large enough you can harvest them and steal a Victory Card!
Chaos Critters – Add wildlife to your garden with Chaos Critters! Incorporated in the Specialist Deck, these critters will give your garden unique perks or inhibit your neighbors. You must keep them fed with a steady supply of plants. Otherwise, they may find their way to your competitors! Chaos Critters have no loyalty, they just want to nosh.
Fancy Plants – Work all season to grow the fanciest of Fancy Plants. These secret goal cards provide bonus points at the End of the Season. Don’t make your intentions too obvious though, your fellow gardeners might discover your plans and try to thwart your progress.
Vicious Gardens is for one to six players, ages ten and up, and plays in around thirty minutes. It retails for $39.95!
Atlas Games also previously released Catstronauts (see “Catstronauts board game“).
