SOW

SOW is a quick, light card game that puts up to four players in the shoes of gardeners who must arrange seeds and flowers on a small garden board. On each turn a player picks a row and redistributes the cards there, using a Mancala‑style sowing: if the last card placed is a Seed, it flips and all other seeds of the same colour become Flowers. Flowers can then be collected into the wheelbarrow, which serves as the scoring area. Two Garden Action cards exist; when played in the same row on the same turn they grant extra powers such as changing the windmill direction (altering future redistribution) or discarding all flowers of a certain type (Gopher effect) and even immediately picking a flower (watering can). At the end each player reveals their "favorite colour"; flowers of that colour score higher if they sit in the central zone (3 points), lower in the outer zone (2 points), while any other colour yields 1 point each. The goal is to assemble the most valuable bouquet by following the garden’s natural rhythm. The game lasts 15‑25 minutes, has very simple rules (weight 1.9/5) and blends area movement, pattern recognition and set collection within an environmental/farming theme. Perfect for fans of short, tactical layouts and nature‑themed fun without heavy complexity.