Kheper Games Weed! Strategy Card Game

There's nothing sexual in this box. Weed! from Kheper Games is a light strategy weed card game for adults: grow the biggest garden of pot plants while sabotaging everyone else's, and hope Potzilla doesn't stomp through your crop first.

How a round of the weed card game plays

Each player builds a garden of plant cards in front of them. On your turn you can add to your own patch or cause trouble for a rival: plant Dandelions in their garden to spoil it, Steal one of their plants, or Bust them for possession. The round closes as soon as someone has five plant cards in their garden. The wildcard is Potzilla, a card that can wipe out an entire garden, so a big lead is never safe.

Who it's for

It plays like a quick take-that card game: easy to teach in a few minutes, with enough interaction to get a table arguing. A games database lists it for 2 to 4 players, around 20 minutes a game, with a second deck needed for 5 to 8. The theme is cannabis humour, so it's an adults-only game, and it's equally at home at a game night where nobody's partaking.

Why it lasts

Short rounds mean people ask for a rematch, and the steal-and-bust cards give whoever's losing a way back in. Experienced players start holding back their nastiest cards for the moment a rival is one plant away from closing the round, so the game gets sharper the more often a group plays it.

Specifications

• Brand: Kheper Games
• Type: strategy / set-collection card game
• Players: 2 to 4 (5 to 8 with a second deck, per games database)
• Play time: about 20 minutes
• Age: 18+

More cannabis-themed laughs: Think Like a Stoner and Potheads Against Sanity, or browse all adult games.