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
Scales well
Light strategy
More strategic control
How it plays
How does it play?
Draft garden cards into a rising Babylonian tableau, fulfill royal objectives, and arrange flowers, animals, trees, visitors, and irrigation for points.
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
Read the full game description
The Hanging Gardens is a layered card-placement game in which rival gardeners compete for the favor of King Nebuchadnezzar II and Queen Amytis. Across four rounds, each player sends three gardeners to a shared display, selects Garden cards, and overlaps them into a personal pyramid. The position of flowers, trees, animals, visitors, crowns, and irrigation matters, while tools and coins purchase enhancements and help complete public and private objectives. A carefully connected garden scores from several directions at once; the most acclaimed landscape architect wins.
