Pollen (2023)

About this game

Create a lush garden of beautiful blooms in order to attract helpful pollinators to their favorite flowers in this abstract tile laying game. Plant Flowers - Place a garden card next to at least one pollinator token Attract Pollinators - Form a line with a garden card in another player's color, draw a pollinator token and place it next to the newly created line! Pollinate Flowers - When a pollinator token is encircled by flowers, it's attracted to that player's garden! Add up the values on flower cards that match the pollinator. Become the Best Garden - When any type of scoring token runs out, all pollinator tokens have been placed, or all players have run out of garden cards, the game ends and it's time to score. —description from publisher

Does it fit your group?

• Group size. Works with 2 to 4.
• Rules load. At 2.1/5 this is a mid-weight game — expect a proper rules explanation before you start.
• Age. The publisher suggests 11 and up. That rates the rules rather than the artwork, so judge the box yourself for younger players.