Create a lush garden of beautiful blooms. Attract helpful pollinators!
Pollen is a tile-placement and area majority game. Despite the beautiful art and theme, it can get quite mean!
$39
Pollen - $39
The bees are the bee's knees.
Grow a lush garden of beautiful blooms in order to attract helpful pollinators to their favorite flowers. Lay tiles in the right spots so that they pollinate your flowers instead of your opponents'. Make sure you win the right mix, because Pollen has a unique scoring system!
There are some classic Reiner Knizia mechanisms at the heart of Pollen that guarantee an interactive (and even cutthroat!) game. The endgame scoring makes you pay extra attention to which types of insects you are collecting, not allowing you to focus only one one.
Beth Sobel's incredible illustrations combine with stellar components to tie it all together. With Pollen, you can create a stunning garden right on your table!
How To Make The Best Habitats
Strategy
Use Your Star Cards Wisely!Star cards count for all insect types. Use them for high-value pollinator tokens, and surround them to get the most value.Keep An Eye On The Scoring RulesPollen has an uncommon scoring system at the end of the game. If one player has the most meeples in two or three types, they win! If not, more scoring rules apply. If a player doesn’t lead in any type, they are eliminated. To be eligible for any scoring, a player must lead in at least one category. But, your score is only made up of the points in the other categories! This means you want to lead with as little margin as possible to maximize your other categories. This leads for tense meeple counting the whole game!It’s Okay To Be A Little MeanWe’re proud of the beautiful butterflies and greenery illustrated by Beth Sobel. However, this expectation should be set: this game isn’t a chill tile-layer. There are only a few spots to fight over, and the action starts instantly! Points aren't gifted. Get your elbows out and attract those insects!
How To Play
Plant Flowers
Play cards from your hand to start building your garden
Pollinate And Score
Completely encircled pollinators award the players scoring meeples
Attract Pollinators
Surround tokens with the correct icons to gain meeples
Grow the Best Garden, But Consider The Unique Scoring Conditions
Lead in one type of meeple, but only score the others!
What's In The Box?
Components
The pieces that make Pollen shine:
- 11 Beautiful Drawstring Bag
- 260 Garden Cards, 15 For Each Player (4/3/2 value cards for each type: Butterflies, Bees, and Junebugs; 3 Star Cards, 2 Two-Star Cards, 1 Three-Star Card)
- 344 Pollinator Tokens (15 with 1 insect, 27 with 2 insects, 2 with all 3 insects)
- 448 Scoring Meeples (16 butterflies, 16 bees, 16 junebugs)
Shimmering Scoring Meeples
A must-see component in person. Some of the most beautiful meeples we've ever seen.
Drawstring Bag
Because you'll be drawing from it a lot, we wanted to make it nice!
Glass Insect Beads
Component Upgrade
Make a pretty game even prettier with these beautiful, weighty glass tokens.
What You're Saying About Pollen
The brains behind the game
Creators
Reiner Knizia
Game Design
Bio
Beth Sobel
Illustration
Bio
Anca Gavril
Graphic Design
She has a poster featured in the Board Game Geek Artist series. Her husband and baby girl are always involved in the projects, from mandatory play testing and prototyping, to artistic suggestion.
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| Pollen | Pollen: Glass Insect Beeds | |
|---|---|---|
| Dimensions | 10.8" x 6.8" x 2.75" | |
| Weight | 1 lb. 3.9 oz. | |
| SKU | GME-POL | |
| UPC | 618149323258 | |
| MSRP | $40 |