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Ishtar, IELLO, 2019 — two-player game w/ mock-up components at Origins Game Fair 2019
Ishtar
Starting the game in the dessert of Babylon
Ishtar
Ishtar, IELLO 2019
Ishtar
Close up of the Gardens of Babylon
Game Overview
Ishtar

Ishtar: Gardens of Babylon (2019)

Players
2–4
Best: 3
Playing time
45–45 min
Age
14+
6.95
Average rating
3,561
Ratings
2.28/5
Weight
#1774
BGG rank
Top 5,000
Alternate names:Ishtar: Die Gärten von Babylon +6 more
Designer:Bruno Cathala, Evan Singh
Artist:Biboun
Publisher:Hobby Japan +7 more
Average rating, ratings count, weight and rank are sourced from BoardGameGeek (BGG).
Game DNA
  • This game: Strategy 7, Luck 5, Interaction 7, Complexity 4.6, Theme 5
Strategy7.0
Luck5.0
Interaction7.0
Complexity4.6
Theme5.0

This game's strategy, luck, interaction, complexity and theme.

AncientTile PlacementArea Majority / InfluenceRondel

Overview

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

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