The Gardens of Alhambra

Theme : In the Gardens of Alhambra players now strive to provide the landscaping for the city of Alhambra. Each turn players plant their trees using a tile which has a varying number of each type of plant. The objective being to cluster each plant around buildings that have varying scores to provide the best view possible for each building.

This is a stand alone game

Gameplay : The Gardens of Alhambra is an abstract tile-laying strategy game. Here, you are provided tiles in four colors (red, green, blue, and yellow), each with a value from one to six. Play starts by placing 49 scoring chips on the playing board and marking the corners of a 6 x 6 grid of octagons.

Each turn in the Gardens of Alhambra, players randomly draw a tile and must play it on an octagon next to a previously played tile if possible. The value of a surrounded scoring chip, multiplied by the number of adjacent colors, is awarded to the player whose adjacent color has the highest unique total. Since each tile has all the players' colors, you must weigh the effects on everyone when you consider possible placements.