
- BGG rank
- BGG #716
- BGG rating
- 7.9
Blood Bowl: Living Rulebook
- 2 players
- 120 min
- Complexity 3.2/5
- 2004

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Vicious Gardens: Cruel Summers & Noxious Weeds is an expansion for Vicious Gardens released in 2025 for 2–6 players.
Cruel Summers This expansion adds a mini board to Vicious Gardens and introduces a group event. When drought hits in the Cruel Summer, all players have the potential to lose some (or all) of their plants. Time the Cruel Summer right and you can take advantage of your neighbor's misfortune. Noxious Weeds Add a new category of plants to your gardens with Noxious Weeds. These cruel plants are worth negative points. However, if your Plot is large enough you can harvest them and steal a Victory Card!
Vicious Gardens: Cruel Summers & Noxious Weeds supports 2–6 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.
Vicious Gardens: Cruel Summers & Noxious Weeds belongs to these categories: Expansion for Base-game. Categories describe the theme, setting and style of a game rather than its rules. Filter the catalogue by the same category to find similar games when you enjoyed Vicious Gardens: Cruel Summers & Noxious Weeds and want something comparable for your next game night.
The catalogue lists Vicious Gardens: Cruel Summers & Noxious Weeds as an expansion for Vicious Gardens. Expansions add new content, rules or scenarios to the base game and usually cannot be played on their own, so you need Vicious Gardens to use it. Check that your edition of Vicious Gardens is compatible, as some expansions were revised between editions.