Gardomino, designed by Raf Staring, is a strategic card and domino game for 3 or 4 players, where bluffing, bidding, and trick-taking play a central role. The game begins with players collecting capital using domino tiles, followed by bidding on playing cards to build their personal “garden.” This garden determines the trumps during the harvest phases, where players use hand cards to win tricks and earn points. Between seasons, players can take or trade cards from each other depending on bids and threshold values. By combining card values and suits, unique trump combinations—called Garden Trumps—can be created. The game is played over four seasons, each featuring its own bidding rounds, tricks, and bonuses. The player with the most points at the end of season 4 wins the game.
The complete online rulebook with everything you need to know to play.
Scoring in Gardomino can be complex and may take some time. That’s why an Excel file is available that automatically calculates all points. The file takes into account garden trumps, seasonal bonuses, garden bonuses, and the year bonus, allowing for a quick and accurate final score.