2025James Staley, Adam Staley
- Videos
- 24
- Creators
- 21
Mostly reviews
2 - 6 players45 - 90 minLight weight
Garden Geckos
2024James Staley
- Videos
- 17
- Creators
- 12
Mostly reviews. Garden Geckos is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 13 reviews, 2 how-to-play guides, and 2 unboxings.
2 - 6 players
20 - 45 min
Medium weight: Teach it in one sitting
From BoardGameGeek
The garden is full of geckos, scurrying around capturing bugs and seeking out new areas to hide. Each player represents five geckos that must work together to capture as many bugs as possible along with achieving objectives to score victory points. Objectives come in two forms, creating chains between geckos to link certain bug types, or simultaneously occupying certain patterns of terrain. Players have an on-going hand of 3 terrain tiles plus are dealt a secret bonus at the beginning of the game (a certain bug or terrain type). On their turn, players place a terrain tile (which contains a mix of 3 patterns) adjacent to a tile on the board with a matching terrain side and place a gecko over the matching pattern across the two tiles. If the placed tile fully surrounds a previously placed tile, the bug on the surrounded tile is awarded to the player with the most geckos touching it. Additionally, if the gecko placed results in a bug sequence in the objective market and/or a terrain sequence, the player is awarded the corresponding objective(s). The game end triggers when a player achieves six objectives, or if the last tile available is drafted. Each objective card has bug points on the bottom of it. The winner of the game is the player with the most bug points collected (objectives + awarded tiles + secret bonus) at the end of the game. -description from designer
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Which Garden Geckos video should I watch?
Garden Geckos has 17 videos from 12 creators: 13 reviews, 2 how-to-play guides and 2 unboxings. They date from 2024 to October 2025.
To learn the rules, start with "Garden Geckos | How To Play + Playthrough | Tin Robot Games" by Gaming With The Powers, which runs 31 min. For a quicker teach, "Learn & Play | Garden Geckos Dew Drops & Koi Ponds Expansion Kickstarter Preview" by Gaming With The Powers runs 17 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "Garden Geckos Review: 15 Minutes Can Save You 15% or More on Tile Laying" by The Dice Tower. 12 creators have reviewed it.
If you like it, try Cities of Venus: Lost Contact, Cities of Venus: Survivors, Planting Evidence: Card Game and Happy Heights, also by James Staley.
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About Garden Geckos
From BoardGameGeek:
The garden is full of geckos, scurrying around capturing bugs and seeking out new areas to hide. Each player represents five geckos that must work together to capture as many bugs as possible along with achieving objectives to score victory points. Objectives come in two forms, creating chains between geckos to link certain bug types, or simultaneously occupying certain patterns of terrain. Players have an on-going hand of 3 terrain tiles plus are dealt a secret bonus at the beginning of the game (a certain bug or terrain type). On their turn, players place a terrain tile (which contains a mix of 3 patterns) adjacent to a tile on the board with a matching terrain side and place a gecko over the matching pattern across the two tiles. If the placed tile fully surrounds a previously placed tile, the bug on the surrounded tile is awarded to the player with the most geckos touching it. Additionally, if the gecko placed results in a bug sequence in the objective market and/or a terrain sequence, the player is awarded the corresponding objective(s). The game end triggers when a player achieves six objectives, or if the last tile available is drafted. Each objective card has bug points on the bottom of it. The winner of the game is the player with the most bug points collected (objectives + awarded tiles + secret bonus) at the end of the game. -description from designer
Designer
James Staley
Publisher
Tin Robot Games
Categories
Mechanics