2024Steve Finn, Phil Walker-Harding
- Videos
- 65
- Creators
- 53
2 - 4 players45 minLight weight

2019Eduardo Baraf, Steve Finn
Mostly reviews and playthroughs. Herbaceous Sprouts is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 2 reviews, 1 how-to-play guides, and 2 recorded sessions.
From BoardGameGeek
A FLAVORFUL DICE GAME Everyone has a green thumb when playing Herbaceous Sprouts. Unwind while enjoying this beautiful and thoughtful game of collecting seeds, using tools, and growing sprouts in the community garden. Gather your seeds and tools from the shed, but don't take too long or your friend might become the Head Gardener first. OBJECTIVE Become the Head Gardener by collecting herb and flower seeds and using your garden tools to plant in the community garden and scoring the most points. Each round, gardeners take turns collecting herb and flower seeds (represented by dice) which they place and save in their wheelbarrow, as well as tools (represented by cards) which they use to plant sprouts. Players can plant quickly for low point spots, or push their luck saving their seeds for premier spots in the garden. GAMEPLAY Herbaceous Sprouts is played over a series of rounds, each with a different Lead Gardener. When the last Tool Cards are used, the game ends the final score is tallied. Each round has three phases: Phase 1: Preparing the Tool Shed Phase 2: Picking and Planting Seeds Phase 3: Clean Up PHASE 1: Preparing the Tool Shed This phase is performed by the Lead Gardener of the current round. They set up the Tool Cards and Seed Dice for the round. PHASE 2: Picking and Planting Seeds In this phase, all players take turns picking resources from the shed and planting in the community garden. Starting with the Lead Gardener and moving clockwise, each player takes a turn. Each player performs the following steps, in this order: A. Take a Tool Card & Seed Dice from the Tool Shed B. Add Seeds to the Wheelbarrow C. Perform Special Actions D. Plant Herb and Flower Seeds PHASE 3: Clean Up Players set up for the next round, or proceed to End Game scoring. -description from the publisher
Herbaceous Sprouts has 5 videos from 5 creators: 2 reviews, 1 how-to-play guide and 2 playthroughs. They date from 2022 to September 2023.
To learn the rules, start with "Solo Playthrough of Herbaceous Sprouts" by DaniCha, which runs 31 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "Herbaceous Sprouts" by Pecktec Games. To see it played, watch "Dad and Daughter Play Games - Solo Herbaceous Sprouts playthrough and review" by Dad and Daughter Play Games, one of 2 playthroughs.
If you like it, try Herbaceous, Skulk Hollow and Sunset Over Water, also by Eduardo Baraf, or Cities, also by Steve Finn.
2024Steve Finn, Phil Walker-Harding
2 - 4 players45 minLight weight
2017Eduardo Baraf, Steve Finn
1 - 4 players15 - 20 minLight weight
2019Eduardo Baraf, Seth Johnson, Keith Matejka
2 players40 minMedium weight
2018Eduardo Baraf, Steve Finn
1 - 4 players20 minLight weight
From BoardGameGeek:
A FLAVORFUL DICE GAME Everyone has a green thumb when playing Herbaceous Sprouts. Unwind while enjoying this beautiful and thoughtful game of collecting seeds, using tools, and growing sprouts in the community garden. Gather your seeds and tools from the shed, but don't take too long or your friend might become the Head Gardener first. OBJECTIVE Become the Head Gardener by collecting herb and flower seeds and using your garden tools to plant in the community garden and scoring the most points. Each round, gardeners take turns collecting herb and flower seeds (represented by dice) which they place and save in their wheelbarrow, as well as tools (represented by cards) which they use to plant sprouts. Players can plant quickly for low point spots, or push their luck saving their seeds for premier spots in the garden. GAMEPLAY Herbaceous Sprouts is played over a series of rounds, each with a different Lead Gardener. When the last Tool Cards are used, the game ends the final score is tallied. Each round has three phases: Phase 1: Preparing the Tool Shed Phase 2: Picking and Planting Seeds Phase 3: Clean Up PHASE 1: Preparing the Tool Shed This phase is performed by the Lead Gardener of the current round. They set up the Tool Cards and Seed Dice for the round. PHASE 2: Picking and Planting Seeds In this phase, all players take turns picking resources from the shed and planting in the community garden. Starting with the Lead Gardener and moving clockwise, each player takes a turn. Each player performs the following steps, in this order: A. Take a Tool Card & Seed Dice from the Tool Shed B. Add Seeds to the Wheelbarrow C. Perform Special Actions D. Plant Herb and Flower Seeds PHASE 3: Clean Up Players set up for the next round, or proceed to End Game scoring. -description from the publisher
Designers
Eduardo Baraf, Steve Finn
Artist
Beth Sobel
Publisher
Pencil First Games, LLC
Categories
Mechanics