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Verdant! a review by Tabletop Meeple Info: For 1-5 players For ages 10 and up 30-45 minutes to play BGG Weight: 1.97 Hello! This is my new blog, Tabletop Meeple . Here I hope to provide my opinions on board games of all flavors. And today, I thought I would review Verdant, designed by Molly Johnson, Robert Melvin, Aaron Mesburne, Kevin Russ, and Shawn Stankewich, and published by Flatout Games and AEG. Verdant, from the cover to the cards to the tokens, lives and breathes plants. Game Overview In Verdant, you play the roles of houseplant enthusiasts trying to design comforting rooms by arranging houseplants and other comforting items in an ever-shrinking spatial puzzle. You do this by tactically drafting and potting plants to win the most victory points. Now, into the actual review. Theme I would like to preface this by saying that I am not a big theme gamer. I play games mostly for the mechanisms but if a game wows me with its theme, then I am always along for the ride. This game’s th...