Hakoniwa no kuni "The Reclamation" (2016)

User summary 箱庭の国 "The Reclamation" (Hakoniwa no kuni "The Reclamation") (in English The Land of Miniascape "The Reclamation"). Hakoniwa no Kuni is a two-player game with a theme of flower-growing in an enchanted garden. In a 6x6 square grid, two gardeners move, grow their flowers, and shorten opponent's flowers. Each turn, you move your gardener to adjacent square, and play a reclamation card. A reclamation card indicates squares to be reclaimed. You may grow your flowers and/or shorten opponent's flowers in these squares. This game has two modes of play, and each mode has specific victory conditions, such as to occupy 12 squares with your flowers. You win the game when you fulfill the victory condition, or forcing your opponent unable to move or reclaim. The flower components are hand-made by the designer, formed in clay and baked in an oven. The first edition was published in May 2016 for the Tokyo Game Market (TGM). The second edition, published in December 2016 for TGM, includes another set of rules in addition to the first edition's rules. The first edition's rules descriptions in the rulebook are slightly adjusted, but its rules are basically passed down as is to the second edition. Publisher's summary 「箱庭の国」は、魔法にかけられた花たちの庭園を舞台にした二人用ボードゲームです。 手番では、プレイヤーは「庭師」と呼ばれる駒を移動させ、手元のカードを使って「開拓」アクションを実行します。 その結果、「庭師」を中心としたボード上の一定範囲に自分の石が置かれて陣地となり、逆に相手の石は取り除かれていきます。 このゲームでは、「庭師」も陣地も積み上げられた石で表現されており、局面は同じ形状をした石の裏表と積み重ねのみによって形作られます。 陣地を12マス得る、相手の「庭師」を無力化するなどの条件を満たしたとき、ゲームに勝利します。