Gnome Hollow

A watercolor garden puzzle where gnomes race to harvest mushroom rings before anyone else.

👥 2–4 players⏱ approx. 60 min🪄 A round to warm up10+

★ 6.0 · BGG #3,064

Who it's for

Players who love a spatial puzzle wrapped in a gentle, non-confrontational theme — fans of Cascadia or Calico looking for more worker-placement bite.

Not for you if…

You want direct player interaction or combat; the competition here is purely about who finishes their garden first.

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Vibe's take

Calm on the surface, sharp underneath — turns are single-action simple, but the spatial tile puzzle and the race to finish rings first keep every choice tense.

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About this game

Gnome Hollow puts you in the muddy boots of a garden gnome tending secret rings of mushrooms before the harvest comes due. You place tiles to grow your patch, move your gnome to trigger a single action, and race to complete rings before your rivals beat you to the pick. Every component is hand-painted in soft watercolor, giving the table a storybook glow rarely seen in a worker-placement game.

Hand-painted watercolor artSpatial tile-placement puzzleMagnetic auto-scoring boards

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