Tang Garden
2020
Design1.3/10
Interaction3.2/10
Artistry10.0/10
Strategy2.8/10
Complexity5.8/10

What do these ratings say about Tang Garden?

What kind of game is Tang Garden?

Tang Garden is a mechanics-first experience where clean rules and systems lead the table. Expect focused gameplay with less emphasis on story or theme.

How interactive is Tang Garden?

Tang Garden offers a balanced level of interaction where you still do your own thing, but opponent decisions matter. It creates shared tension without becoming overly confrontational.

What is the presentation of Tang Garden like?

The art, setting, and presentation in Tang Garden create a strong table presence. Aesthetics are a major appeal for this game.

How strategic is Tang Garden?

Tang Garden is more tactical than deeply strategic, with shorter planning horizons and flexible turn-by-turn decisions. Luck and tempo shifts can play a noticeable role.

How hard is Tang Garden to learn?

Tang Garden has moderate complexity, combining approachable core rules with enough depth to stay interesting. Most groups can learn it in a session and grow into stronger play over time.

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Tang Garden

Design a serene Chinese garden, balancing nature and attracting visitors for prestige.
2020 • 1–4
Average rating
3.76
Players
1–4
Avg time
60 min
Age
14+

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Overview

The Tang dynasty was considered the first golden age of the classical and now iconic Chinese gardens. Emperor Xuanzong built the magnificent imperial Garden of the Majestic Clear Lake as an homage of life itself and from where he ruled. Players will act as Imperial Garden Designers and they will be called to build the most incredible garden while balancing the elements of Nature.

Tang Garden is a Zen-like game that will take you to the first golden age of China, where players will progressively build a garden by creating the landscape, placing the scenery and projecting their vision through vertical panoramas. During the construction, noblemen will visit the garden to admire the surroundings and the way the natural elements coexist in the most breathtaking scenery humankind has ever laid their eyes upon.

Players will take turns by playing one of the two actions available in the game:

1) Placing tiles and matching the elements to increase their personal nature balance and unlock more character miniatures.

By balancing the nature elements on the player boards, players will attract new characters into the garden. On each player turn, if the elements are balanced, the player will have to choose one miniature from the ones available and finally decide which one of the characters will be placed in the garden, orienting them towards their favorite background, while keeping the other with you to keep exploiting its ability.

2) Draw decoration cards and place one on the board to get prestige by completing collections.

Players will draw a quantity of cards based on the board situation and choose one to keep. Players will then have to place the chosen decoration in one of the available spots in the garden, creating a unique and seamless scenario that will never be the same.

During the game, by placing tiles on special parts of the board, you will be able to place a panorama tile, a new element that adds a never ending perspective for the visitors. Both small and big panoramas will be placed perpendicularly to the board by attaching it to the board insert by creating a seamless look on the four sides of the board. The Panoramas will interact with the characters at the end of the game by giving prestige points based on what your visitor sees and likes.

At the end of the game, the player with the most prestige will be the winner.

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Publishers
  • Thundergryph Games