Bonsai

Lots of fun. Medium to medium light weight. Easy to play with newcomers

An easy, short, relaxing game where you're just helping a small tree to grow in order to score the most points.

Bonsai is a very tight action efficiency puzzle, every decision is impactful. Each turn you may meditate- choose a card from the display which allows you to either gain tiles, add a card to your engine, or gain an end game scoring bonus OR you may cultivate and add tiles to your tree- how many determined by the tiny engine you've built. It will play out much the same each game due to the deck being the game timer- so the card order and the scoring tiles are create the variance. However, your tree will always be wildly different and beautiful, which is always satisfying in a tile laying game. I enjoy it both competitive and solo. I do wish there were more options for scoring tiles and a few more solo challenges- there are only a handful, but they are very difficult. Bonsai packs a lot of crunchy decisions into under a half hour.

I love the idea of this game! I play MTG, the cards are the same size so i used sleeves i allready had, you dont have to sleeve because the cards themselve are strong allready but i just like the feeling. The game parts look and feel strong. I cant wait to play it more!

A very fun game. Use you imagination, and cards, to create a beautiful flowering, fruit-bearing Bonsai tree. Score points to become the Bonsai Master. Easy rules, good replayability, lots of fun.

Interesting game that anyone can play. Shorter game time so it is perfect for when you don’t want to spend hours playing a game.

Bonsai has a quick setup and is very easy to teach. And while each action itself is fast, there is a lot of strategy and thinking that goes with each choice. And with the rotating goal tokens, each game has its own race to try to snag those bonus points. The game is very pretty and reminds me a lot of Azul. I spent too much time trying to make a beautiful tree rather than focusing on how I will score the most points. Would play again with any level of game enthusiast

I had so much fun playing that I bought my own copy