Description

KANPUR: El Desierto Florido ("KANPUR: The Flowered Desert") brings up to four players to the vast and wide Atacama Desert, to witness how many species of flowers, within the wonderful landscapes of the driest non-arctic desert on Earth, bloom before spring is over.

Players represent the north winds; they take turns drawing seed tiles, revealing cards that determine where water and sunlight will fall, and then strategically placing and/or moving their tiles depending on the flowers' requirements to bloom. Every flower, even similar species, requires its own conditions to show its colors.

Blooming is the main way to obtain Viridian Points or VPs, as well as Goal cards that work as boosts for players to gain even more VPs. Players use their wooden flower markers to track their score, and once a player fulfills a Goal, that player keeps the card and the VPs involved, gaining access to surprising events that may change the course of the game!

Rounds in the game represent all four seasons in a single year, changing weather. In addition, the board has different heights in the middle, making gardening a bit harder than expected, but no worries: Nature is amazing, as this phenomenon is seen every year in the "Norte Grande de Chile" (Great North of Chile).

The game has 4 game modes: Free for All, 2 vs 2, Cooperative and Solo, as well as 3 difficulty levels: Seed (Easy), Stem (Normal) and Trunk (Hard). Competitive modes add trophy cards that players compete for, as they add VPs at the end of the game. Cooperative and Solo are challenges to overcome with strategy and skill.

Play as you like and take a view on these beautiful flowers!

—description from the designer