Sprout Review | Cozy Theme, Surprising Strategy

About Sprout, from BoardGameGeek:

You just adopted new houseplants. Now you just need to keep them alive! But with a growing plant collection, sprouting your plant babies is far from easy. To succeed, give your houseplants the right nutrients. But give too much and you'll wilt your leafy friends! Sprout is a cozy, yet thrilling push-your-luck strategy game for 2-5 plant parents. Players take the role of roommates trying to sprout their newly adopted houseplants. Choose how long to stay in your apartment collecting nutrients including Sunlight, Water, Plant Food, and even Love! The longer you care for your plants, the more nutrients you add into your pot. Use nutrients to sprout your plant babies by meeting their picky needs. Every plant you sprout not only earns you bragging rights, but they also have unique sprout effects that help you further grow your plant family. But be careful! If the same nutrient shows up too many times, you overwhelm your plants and wilt them! You'll then need to give a little Love to bring them back to life. You can also use Love to adopt new plant babies from the nursery. And with over 100 unique plants to choose from, there are infinite plant collections waiting for you to sprout. Sometimes you'll lend your roommates a helping hand by playing Roommate Cards. But other times, you'll have to do what's best for your own plants. Because at the end of the game, only one of you can claim bragging rights to the best plant collection! 2-5 Plant Parents, 45 min, Ages 10+