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Spring Cleaning
2024
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- 2–5 players
- 20–45 min
- Complexity 1.6/5
For 2 players
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Spring Cleaning is a board game released in 2024 for 2–5 players and 20–45 minutes per game. It was designed by Jonathan Cox and its main mechanics are Hand Management and Ladder Climbing.
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About the game
Spring is here, and everyone on the block has decided to get rid of the clutter in their houses. Players will attempt to offload their excess items, but they have to organize them first. Players will need to make space in their houses to clean and will have to offer up some of their items to the rest of the neighborhood while also taking items from other neighbors if those items will help them organize better. Try to empty your house of your clutter first so that you can be the first to relax in the warm spring weather. In Spring Cleaning, players try to shed all their cards first, but must offer some of them in the process. Offered cards may be drawn or played by opponents. Players may not sort their hand of cards, so by offering cards to the table they can change the structure of their hand to be best able to play cards. Once one player sheds all cards, players gain trash depending on how many cards they still have. The player with the lowest amount of trash wins the game after a certain number of trash has been scored. —description from the designer
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- Little Dog Games
Questions and answers
Spring Cleaning supports 2–5 players according to the catalogue. This range comes from the publisher’s listed player count, so the game can be set up for any group size within it. Some setups, rules and scoring details may still vary by player count, so check your edition’s rulebook for the exact configuration.
The listed playing time for Spring Cleaning is 20–45 minutes. This is the publisher’s estimate for a full game. The actual duration depends on the group, the player count and familiarity with the rules: first sessions usually run longer, while experienced groups often finish faster. Setup and teaching time are not included in this estimate.
Spring Cleaning has a complexity rating of 1.6 out of 5 from BoardGameGeek players, which makes it a light game. The rating reflects how much rules knowledge, planning and decision-making a typical game demands. Expect a longer first teach for heavier games, and use a preparation guide before game night.
Spring Cleaning belongs to these categories: Card Game and Animals. Its main mechanics are Hand Management and Ladder Climbing. Categories describe the theme and setting of a game, while mechanics describe what players actually do on their turns. Each mechanic links to a catalogue hub with similar games, which helps when you want something comparable.
The credited designers of Spring Cleaning are: Jonathan Cox. These credits come from the published game data and name the people responsible for the game’s design, not its illustrators or publishers. Designer pages on MeepleRules collect other titles by the same designers, which helps when you enjoy a game and want to find similar ones.
The catalogue lists Spring Cleaning as a base game. It can be played on its own with the components in the box and does not require any other title. Expansions, if any exist, add new content or rules on top of it and are listed separately in the catalogue with a link back to this base game.