Let’s Play The Gardens of Alhambra! @Anchorhead Coffee!

Work has started on the fabulous Alhambra. The most skilled landscape gardeners are being sought to design the most beautiful gardens. They will beautify the Gardens of the Alhambra, by planting Lemon, Orange, Palm, and Lavender trees. Plant your trees skillfully so that you surround as many of the Palace buildings as possible. A Turm, for example, is more worthwhile than a Serail, and the Gemächer are more valuable than the Arkaden. The most successful stands to earn the title of Grand Gardener to the Caliph.

The Gardens of Alhambra uses Area Influence & Tile Placement. Each player is represented by plants of a particular color. Using tiles with all four colors on them, the players place them onto the board in fixed locations. In doing so, they try to surround victory point markers and capture them. Of course, since each tile has all of the player's colors represented, every tile placement must be carefully thought-out so that you maximize your points while minimizing them for your opponents. Ties disqualify players - and so the next highest color total will earn the points. The player with the most victory points at the end of the game is the winner.
New players are welcome, and the host is happy to teach if you haven't played before.

2 - 4 players
45 - 60 minutes expected play time, depending on turnout and player familiarity.
BGG Link
4-min How-to (Board Games MD)
(Don't worry, we'll go over the rules on the day, too.)

A few important details:

• The event space is in the basement and there are only stairs (no elevator) if you have mobility issues keep this in mind.
• This event is scheduled to start at 10:00 AM PLEASE be on time! If you would like to bring a guest please message me.
• It's Cap/First Hill/Seattle U, so parking can be a challenge. Please factor traffic & parking into your commute and if you will be late post in messages or the Discord. Anchorhead is only a few blocks from the First Hill Streetcar (Broadway & Pike/Pine or Broadway & Marion) and the #2 and #12 bus lines.
• If you need to cancel please do so as soon as you know. People on the waitlist and playing that day will appreciate it! Signing up for this event means other people are counting on you to attend; board games have both a minimum and a maximum player count, so with limited seats available, I want to be sure that those seats actually have people in them. Last-minute cancellations (less than 24 hours), no-shows, and late arrivals (30+ minutes) without good reason will be marked as no-show for the event and will be automatically moved to the waitlist if one forms for any and all future events they join which are hosted by me and other select hosts!
• SUPPORT THE VENUE! - Purchasing something isn't a requirement, but it's nice to do since we're using the space. Please support the business if you can!
• I open signups on Wednesday, 3 days before pressing the "announce" button here on Meetup; if you want to have the opportunity to claim a seat early, you can join the SBG Discord, where I'll post to let users there know as soon as RSVPs open as well as updates and posting polls for future meetups!