Verdant

Place the 45 unique object tokens and 45 care tokens in the cloth bag and mix them well. Place the bag in the center of the table. Reveal four object tokens from the bag and place them in a row next to the bag to form the market. Shuffle all 60 unique plant cards and place the deck in the center of the table. Reveal four cards from this deck and place them face up in a row next to the deck, above the object tokens. Shuffle all 60 unique room cards and place the deck in the center of the table. Reveal four cards from this deck and place them face up in a row next to the deck, below the object tokens. Arrange the pot tokens according to the number of players, using the provided table in the rulebook. These tokens are placed next to the market in stacks or rows. Put any remaining pot tokens back in the box, as they will not be used in the game. Each player receives two reference cards and a deposit card, which are placed face up in front of them. The remaining reference and deposit cards are returned to the box. Each player receives one plant card and one room card, placed face up in front of them. The player with the highest greening requirement on their plant card is the first player. If there's a tie, the player whose plant is alphabetically first is the first player. The first player receives no skilled gardener tokens. The player to their right (last player in clockwise order) receives two skilled gardener tokens. All other players receive one skilled gardener token.

Your goal is to create the most comfortable indoor space by arranging plants, rooms, and various objects in your home. Plants must be positioned to ensure optimal lighting conditions, allowing them to green and bloom. You will earn victory points by fulfilling the greening requirements of your plants, potting them, and strategically placing objects and rooms in your home.

A turn in the game consists of seven steps. First, you select one card (either a plant or a room) and one token (either an object or a care token) from the market. You must choose items from the same column. Second, you place the selected card in your home, which is a 5x3 grid. Cards must be placed orthogonally adjacent to other cards, alternating between plant and room cards like a chessboard. Third, you check the lighting conditions for your plants and collect greenery tokens. Plants have 1 to 3 preferred lighting conditions (sun, partial shade, or shade), and each side of a room card has one lighting condition. If a plant's preferred lighting matches an adjacent room's lighting, you add greenery tokens to the plant. Fourth, you place or use object tokens. You can place an object token (furniture or pet) on any room card with an empty space, or you can spend a care token to perform care actions. Fifth, you complete plants and add pots. When a plant's greening requirement is met, you remove all greenery tokens from it and add a bonus pot token (or a terracotta pot if no bonus pots are left). Sixth, you place any unused object tokens in your deposit card (max 1) and check the limit of skilled gardener tokens (max 5). Any excess is lost. Seventh, you refill the market by adding a token and a card from their respective decks to each empty column.

At the end of the game, players score points for several categories. For completed plants, each player scores the points indicated under the greening requirement on their completed plant cards. For remaining greenery on incomplete plants, each player receives points based on the total number of greenery tokens on their incomplete plants, divided by two and rounded down. For bonus pot tokens, each player adds the points shown on all bonus pot tokens they possess (concrete pots give 3 points, wooden pots 2 points, ceramic pots 1 point, terracotta pots 0 points). For room bonuses, each player scores one point for each plant adjacent to a room that matches the room's type. If a room card also has a matching object token (same color or pattern), players receive two points for each matching adjacent plant. For the collector bonus, each player receives three points if they have at least one of all five different plant types in their home. For the decorator bonus, each player receives three points if they have at least one of all five different room types in their home. The player with the most points is declared the winner. In case of a tie, the player with the most skilled gardener tokens wins. If there's still a tie, players share the victory.

Verdant ends when all players' homes have 15 cards (a 5x3 grid). This means players will play exactly 13 rounds. After the 13th round, players calculate their scores.