
2025Ki Mansell
From BoardGameGeek
Garden Rush is a two-player, tile-placement battle game in a vegetable garden in which players race to grow vegetables in their garden and fill their basket before their neighbor. Careful planning is needed to plant each vegetable in its unique pattern for future harvesting, while keeping an eye on the conveyor belt shared between the gardens. Players place one tile per turn to build their garden, following the harvesting patterns for each vegetable. Extra abilities, including Take That options, can be gained by using special tiles on the board or on the scoring track. The first player to reach 40 points or who has the highest score when the tiles run out, wins.
Garden Rush has 4 videos from 4 creators: 2 reviews and 2 how-to-play guides. They date from March to May 2025.
To learn the rules, start with "How to play Garden Rush the board game in 4 minutes." by Digital Board Gamer, which runs 4 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "Garden Rush Review - 2 Player Tile Laying Game" by Game Boy Geek.
If you like it, try Habitats, The Grand Carnival, Wispwood or Othello, which share several of its mechanics.
2020Rob Cramer
1 - 4 players45 - 60 minMedium weight
1883John W. Mollett, Lewis Waterman, Goro Hasegawa
2 players30 minMedium weight
From BoardGameGeek:
Garden Rush is a two-player, tile-placement battle game in a vegetable garden in which players race to grow vegetables in their garden and fill their basket before their neighbor. Careful planning is needed to plant each vegetable in its unique pattern for future harvesting, while keeping an eye on the conveyor belt shared between the gardens. Players place one tile per turn to build their garden, following the harvesting patterns for each vegetable. Extra abilities, including Take That options, can be gained by using special tiles on the board or on the scoring track. The first player to reach 40 points or who has the highest score when the tiles run out, wins.
Designer
Ki Mansell
Artist
Paul Mafayon
Publisher
Space Cowboys
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