Ishtar: Gardens of Babylon

Designer	Bruno Cathala Evan Singh
Publisher	IELLO
Players	2-4
Playtime	45 mins
Suggested Age	14 and up
Honors	2021 Mensa Select Winner 2020 UK Games Expo Best New Boardgame (Strategic) Nominee 2020 UK Games Expo Best New Boardgame (Strategic) Judges Award Winner 2020 Origins Awards Best Board Game Nominee 2020 5 Seasons Best International Strategy Nominee 2020 5 Seasons Best International Artwork Winner 2020 5 Seasons Best International Artwork Nominee
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From the award-winning designer Bruno Cathala, Ishtar is a game in which you play the role of a gardener aiming to transform the dry desert into the Lost Hanging Gardens of Babylon. To accomplish your mission, you will have to plant flowers, which, if you place them well, can help you gather precious gems and activate actions. Whether to buy Trees (which will block the link between two Flower spots, as well as earning you points) or to purchase upgrades (such as getting two more points per Tree card at the end of the game), collecting gems will be a crucial part of the game. Get them before your opponents, recruit apprentices, send them to earn points in the copses of flowers you have created, block others and think carefully of the upgrades to purchase if you want to become the best gardener at the end of the game!

—description from the publisher