Azul: Queen's Garden

This is another gorgeous Azul, toppled with an added alternated matching between symbol and color.

new mechanics and it is fun and easy to explain. If you are an azul fan this would be another one to get

If you are just barely looking at Azul games, I would highly recommend buying one of the other three first. While this is a great game, it is a little bit more difficult in figuring out both how to play, as well as coming up with the right strategy to win.

I've been a fan of Azul since the original, and have gleefully purchased each version as it's come out, so keep that in mind when I say that Queen's Garden is my absolute favorite. My group and my household play a variety of complexity levels, and while I love simple abstracts I tend to be more of a heavy gamer. While Queen's Garden is not what I would call heavy, it's more of a mid-level than previous iterations and really hits the complexity sweet spot.

Azul just got more complicated, and it’s pretty awesome.

Different then the other azuls. So not really an azul game. But i enjoyed my plays alot. Still really nice components. Still fun point scoring. Decision mindful moves with drafting of tiles just like in the other azuls. Highly recommend.

I like this installment in the Azul series. It definitely levels up the strategy part of game play.

This version of Azul builds on all of the best parts of Summer Pavilion but adds additional layers of gameplay and strategy with the modular board that you have to build and the ability to match tiles based not only on colors but on patterns as well. I like that the number of rounds is limited again but I really like that the option to take the first player tile cannot be abused like in previous games. Fantastic game that will get a ton of play time

This is the thinky version of Azul. If you are looking for more of a challenge then this is the game for you.

Out of the 4 versions of Azul, this one offers the most depth of placement strategy. I still think Stained Glass of Sintra offers the most player-interaction through drafting, but Queen’s Garden makes drafting itself more fun. The slow reveal of tiles you can draft over the course of each round keeps it so you never exactly know what to draft. Queen’s Garden and Stained Glass of Sintra are probably the two versions of Azul that I want on my shelf.