With Gloomies, you bring home a charming family game from Ravensburger where you grow and harvest galactic flowers in two phases, timing your bonuses and tasks to score the most points.
How do you play the game?
A game is played in two stages: Growing and Harvesting. In Growing, you choose a row and play up to three flower cards to fill holes in a straight line; then you may gain a bonus and draw new cards. Once all holes up to the white line are filled, you score points for the cards you used to grow flowers. In Harvesting, you reuse the cards you previously played to remove flowers from the board—again leveraging bonuses. When the board is harvested down to the line, the game ends and you score for harvested flowers and completed tasks. Highest total after both stages wins.
Why is this game a great pick?
Gloomies is easy to learn yet full of satisfying choices: push for immediate points or set up bigger turns with bonuses and tasks. The wooden flowers give it a delightful, tactile feel, and the card-driven flow keeps everyone engaged. A strong strategy-leaning family board game that still feels warm and welcoming.
- Two-stage gameplay: plan while Growing, cash in while Harvesting
- Smart timing with bonuses and task cards
- Beautiful wooden flowers and colorful table presence
- High replayability through card decisions and row planning
- Great “family game” with real strategy
Inside the box
- Game board (box + insert with 2 levels)
- Flower supply tray (3 parts)
- 60 wooden flowers
- 60 flower cards
- 16 task cards
- 24 double-sided bonus tokens (purple/turquoise)
- 20 “helper” pieces
- 12 “stardust” pieces
- 48 victory point tokens (1, 3, 5, 10, 25, 50)
- 4 double-sided player aids (purple/turquoise)
- Rules
Specifications
- Publisher: Ravensburger
- Type: family game (board game, strategy game)
- Age: 10+
- Players: 2-4
- Play time: 45-60 min
- Language: Dutch / English / French
- Designer: Filippo Landini
- EAN: 4005556246175
- Product size: 27 x 27 x 6 cm
- Box size: 26.5 x 5.5 x 26.5 cm