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cards, 12 Glades, 4 rivals, 9 paintings

The Garden, in paint

Twelve places worth restoring, eighty-four cards to do it with, and four Keepers who think you are going about it wrong.

84Every card

Eighteen to each family, twelve neutral. Pick a family to narrow the sheet, or pick a card to see it large.

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12Glades

Three are dealt at the start of every Season. Each names the Bloom it needs and one quirk that bends the rules while you stand there.

  • Bloom 8

    Sunny Meadow

    The first Keeper to place a Fabling here draws a card.

  • Bloom 8

    Ember Clearing

    At Moon end, tire each Fabling here by 1.

  • Bloom 9

    Firefly Hollow

    The first time each Moon a Fabling here is Tuckered Out, its Keeper draws a card.

  • Bloom 9

    Bramble Thicket

    Fablings here cannot be shooed or moved out by rival effects.

  • Bloom 10

    Windswept Ridge

    Fablings here have Drift.

  • Bloom 10

    Foggy Fen

    When you play a Fabling here, you may put the top card of your deck on the bottom.

  • Bloom 11

    Moonlit Grove

    The Keeper behind on Restored Glades wins ties here.

  • Bloom 12

    Whispering Willows

    At Moon-start, each Keeper may move one Fabling from another Glade to here.

  • Bloom 12

    Still Pond

    At Moon start, Rally 1 to each Fabling here.

  • Bloom 13

    Thornwall Keep

    Fablings here have +1 Vigor.

  • Bloom 14

    Old Oak Hollow

    At Moon start, each Rooted Fabling here gains 1 Bloom.

  • Bloom 14

    Verdant Overlook

    At Moon-start, each Fabling here with Flourish gains 1 extra Bloom.

4Keepers

You meet all four on the Restoration Trail.

Take your time, little Keeper. The garden has waited longer than either of us.

Warden Thistlebrook

Blink and you will miss it. Most people do.

Pip Cinderleaf

The tide always comes back. So do I.

Ferry Quillon

You will think you have won. That is the fun part.

Vesper

9Paintings

The scenes behind the game, painted in gouache. Scroll or swipe sideways.

  • Three Glades on a wooden table in morning light: a meadow, a dark hollow and a pond.

    Painting 1 of 9

    Morning at the Glades

  • The same three Glades at night, a lit lantern beside them and dew on the table.

    Painting 2 of 9

    Night, with a lantern

  • A table in warm light, with the middle Glade now a bowl of red and gold flowers.

    Painting 3 of 9

    The middle Glade in flower

  • A pale linen cloth, softly creased, with the shadow of leaves across one corner.

    Painting 4 of 9

    The cloth

  • A bear, a fox and a small axolotl resting by a pond among lanterns and ferns at dusk.

    Painting 5 of 9

    Friends at the pond

  • A painted map of the garden: twelve places joined by winding paths, with a compass in the corner.

    Painting 6 of 9

    The garden, mapped

  • A bear, a fox and an axolotl by a pond at dawn, a small moth flying overhead.

    Painting 7 of 9

    Dawn at the pond

  • A garden table with three Glades, a fan of cards, and three counters.

    Painting 8 of 9

    The table, laid out

  • A small mossy-roofed stall hung with a lantern, among tall leaves.

    Painting 9 of 9

    The Trading Post

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