Overview
At a glance
Is this game right for my group?
ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.
Easier to teach
High replayability
Highly interactive
Player-count sensitive
Deep strategy
More strategic control
How it plays
How does it play?
Draft nest tiles, pursue visible and hidden preferences, and infer which goals your rival values before the final egg is placed.
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
Deduction
Combine clues and exclusions to identify hidden information.
Tile Placement
Place tiles to build a shared or personal spatial arrangement.
Hand Management
Time and sequence a limited hand of cards to preserve future options.
Open Drafting
Select cards or items from a shared face-up display.
Hidden Victory Points
Some scores remain concealed until a reveal or the end of the game.
Read the full game description
Bower is a two-player tile-laying duel about bowerbirds competing to create the most attractive nest. Six scoring preferences govern the contest, but each player sees only half of them, so every placement reveals information as well as earning position. Players draft and arrange tiles showing flowers, feathers, shells, and gems, while bonus abilities create tactical exceptions. Success comes from building efficiently for known goals and reading the opponent closely enough to infer the hidden ones.
