Ecological games
Four gardeners plant vegetables in their organic garden: "Pests" want to eat the crops, but predators come to the gardener's aid.
Game statistics
4-104 years.
1-6 players. Co-operative.
Components: A3 sized game board, folding to A4, two dice and twelve runners, plus one set of sixty vegetable "chips". Instruction booklet.
The game idea
The game board shows a garden. In this garden, with so many plants and flowers, there is one thing left to do: 4 gardeners will plant vegetables in protective companionship, so that their crops won't be eaten by "pests". At the same time predator (insects, birds, frogs, etc) help the gardeners by chasing and eating the pest insects.
The game is designed to be non-competitive. All players work together to achieve the same goal. In addition to being easy and fun to play, the game embodies a deeply educational dimension in its cooperative strategy as well as in the manner in which it mimics the laws of nature.
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