With award-winning designer Bruno Cathala, Ishtar is a game where you play the role of a gardener looking to transform the dry desert into the Lost Hanging Gardens of Babylon. To complete your mission, you will have to plant flowers, which, if you place them well, can help you gather precious gems and activate actions. Whether to purchase Trees (which will block the link between two Flower spots, as well as earning you points) or to buy upgrades (such as getting two more points per Tree card at the end of the game), collecting gems will be a crucial part of the game. Grab them before your opponents, recruit apprentices, send them to earn points in the copses of flowers you have made, block others and think carefully of the upgrades to purchase if you want to become the best gardener at the end of the game!