Azul: Jardim da Rainha

The garden-building puzzle here is way more thinky than the original, and I love that you're literally designing for the queen this time. The plastic tiles feel sturdier than I expected, though the scoring can get a little fiddly with four players.

The double-sided player boards for the Queen's Garden variant made our first play genuinely tense, since you're never quite sure which side your neighbor is working toward. It plays in about 45 minutes with two, which is perfect for a weeknight. The mosaic tiles feel chunkier than the earlier versio

The tile-laying here feels tighter than the original Azul, and the garden boards give you way more to plan around each round. My wife and I played three games back to back on a rainy Sunday, which never happens with our other games.