Pergola is a beautiful and relaxing board game that invites players into a world of gardening, aesthetics, and gentle strategy. It’s a game that stands out both for its visual appeal and its accessible yet varied mechanics.
In Pergola, players design their own gardens filled with flowers, insects, and water features. Each player has a personal garden board that they gradually fill with plants such as lavender, magnolias, irises, and daylilies, as well as animals like frogs, butterflies, and dragonflies. The game is designed as a calm, almost meditative experience that encourages creativity and an eye for beauty.
Visually, Pergola is stunning—the watercolor style of artist Karolina Kijak creates the feeling of flipping through an illustrated nature book. Components such as wooden tokens shaped like insects and tools, and flower pots for storing action markers, further deepen the thematic experience.
Pergola is a Euro-style game featuring mechanics such as:
- Set collection
- Tile placement
- Action drafting
The game lasts for 15 turns, during which players choose from four actions:
- Moving insects around the garden
- Collecting leaves for extra resources
- Moving water droplets down a waterfall
- Jumping frogs across lily pads to gain resources
Each plant or animal has its own scoring method—for example, irises score points in sets of three, while butterflies score based on the height of stacked plants.
Pergola is ideal for those seeking a peaceful, thematically rich, and visually enchanting experience.
