Pick a Pen: Gardens
Farming · Puzzle

Pick a Pen: Gardens

Each turn in Pick a Pen: Gardens, the active player rolls the five colored pencils, then chooses one and marks spaces on their individual player sheet. Each other player in turn drafts a pencil and uses it. Pencils show symbols on their different sides, and the symbols on top of the chosen pencil determine what players do on their sheets.

2–4 players30 minages 8light difficulty
About the game

What is Pick a Pen: Gardens

Each turn in Pick a Pen: Gardens, the active player rolls the five colored pencils, then chooses one and marks spaces on their individual player sheet. Each other player in turn drafts a pencil and uses it. Pencils show symbols on their different sides, and the symbols on top of the chosen pencil determine what players do on their sheets.

Each sheet shows bordered gardens, and on a turn, you fill in the indicated number of spaces in that color; all of those spaces must be adjacent to one another, in addition to being adjacent to everything colored previously. Your goal is to fill gardens with only a single color or with five different colors, scoring bonus points as you do so. The game ends when a player has completely colored all of their gardens or failed to color in five times.

Pick a Pen: Gardens includes three difficulty levels of player sheets, with flowers and trees on sheets 2 and 3 to help you earn bonus points in different ways.

Specs

Game details

Players
2–4
Age
+8
Duration
30 min
Difficulty
Light
Type
Board game
Year
2023
Mechanics
Drawing · Grid Coverage · Hexagon Grid
Categories
Farming · Puzzle
Designer
Reiner Knizia
Publisher
999 Games · AMIGO · Lautapelit.fi · Nordic Games ehf
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How many players is Pick a Pen: Gardens for?

Pick a Pen: Gardens plays with 2–4 players.

How long does a game take?

A game takes about 30 minutes.

What age is it suitable for?

It is recommended from age 8.

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