You just adopted new houseplants. Now you just need to keep them alive! But with a growing plant collection, sprouting your plant babies is far from easy. To succeed, give your houseplants the right nutrients. But give too much and you’ll wilt your leafy friends!
Sprout is a cozy, yet thrilling push-your-luck strategy game for 2-5 plant parents. With 100+ unique plants, there are infinite strategies for you to discover as you grow your plant collection.
Sprout is played over five rounds and each round has two phases.
In the first phase (i.e. the “Nutrient Phase”), flip nutrient cards to add nutrient tokens into your “pot” (see what we did there?). The longer you “stay in” your apartment caring for your plants, the more nutrients you collect.
But if a card gets revealed that pushes that nutrient type over the limit, you bust and must kill some of your plants (yes, you can kill your houseplants in this game!)
Then in the second phase (i.e. the “Sprout Phase”), use your banked tokens to sprout plants and take additional actions. Not only does each sprouted plant earn you points, but they also have sprout effects. Some effects give you a one-time boost, while other plants help you over multiple rounds. And with 100+ plants to sprout, such as the classy English Ivy, the adorable Jade Plant, and the finicky Desert Rose, you’ll constantly discover fun and quirky synergies between plants to try.
There is also a semi-cooperative element where you have the opportunity to play Roommate Cards which give you a boost, but also help other players (aka your “roommates”). So much like actual roommates, there is a bit of politicking as you decide which of your roommates to help!
