Thanks Zee, always appreciate the thoughtfulness of your reviews. When you give something like this all positives but then score it an 8, I'd love to hear what would have pushed this up to a 9 or 10 for you.
Our ranking would be: Sunset Over Water, then Floriferous, then Herbaceous. We love light card games, but Herbaceous just doesn't have much going on in terms of game play. We didn't feel like decisions were great at 2p in Floriferous. Sunset Over Water, for us, has the best decisions and a bit more strategy. It took us a couple of plays of SoW to fall in love with it, but now it's one of our favorite small box games.
I played this game a handful of times this past weekend and was happily surprised at the strategy involved. I thought it would be boring and it wasn't. Like you said, the game was very relaxing but you had to have a plan and make decisions that picked one thing and sacrificed another. I really enjoyed it!
Another excellent review, Zee! Thank you for comparing Sunset over Water and Herbaceous too! Just got my KS and can't wait to bring it to game night at Mom's house!
I enjoy Sunset Over Water more than Herbaceous, I actually got rid of Herbaceous once I got Sprouts. This one looks like what I wanted Herbaceous to be, just a little more control, still just as beautiful, and maybe even easier to understand for a non-gamer.
Not giving the insects credits for being fauna? How dare you, sir! Haha, it's all good though, you mention "cute critters." Just bought this for my sister for Christmas. Very excited to try it out. She loves Herbaceous.
I don’t know if I like the easier games more. Games with only cards, must be light for my taste. Games with more strategy must have a central or player boards for me. I like to play with components.
