Lesson Card: Focus
Vadoran Gardens contains multiple Lesson Cards, the most complicated of these are the two Focus Cards which are explained on this page.
For the following example, we will assume the Horizontal Lesson Card is in play.
When a Focus card has been revealed, you will need to select two of the four cards in your hand.
You must then place one of the two cards over all 3 squares of the right most column of the other card.
This gives you two options for how to combine the chosen cards.
Note. The right most card must go on top and cannot go under the left most card.
Finally, you will place these 2 cards as if they were one card onto your Garden Path, following all the usual rules.
Focus: Vertical works exactly the same way as Focus: Horizontal, except you must place one of the two chosen cards over all 3 squares of the bottom row of the other card.
Again, this gives you two options for how to combine the chosen cards.
Note. The bottom card must go on top and cannot go under the top card.
Remember, once you have played your two chosen cards you must draw 1 card from the Pathway deck to replace the extra card you played this turn.
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5 comments
Chris Peachment
15th May 2024 at 10:59 am
I noticed while watching a couple of playthroughs online that while laying your pathways there is a restriction of the squares being only 5 squares vertically deep throughout the whole game length. However this rule isn’t mentioned in the rule book. Has this rule now been removed?
Frank West
15th May 2024 at 11:02 am
Hi Chris,
The 5 square height restriction was part of the original game but has been removed in the refreshed edition of Vadoran Gardens.
I hope this helps.
Brent Pollock
23rd April 2025 at 7:04 pm
I think the image showing the final Garden Path array under this text, “Finally, you will place these 2 cards as if they were one card onto your Garden Path…” is incorrect because it looks like the the same one shown at the end of Vertical Focus.
Frank West
24th April 2025 at 11:21 am
Hi Brent, thanks for highlighting this – It looks like the image didn’t copy over correctly during a recent update. I have just corrected the error. Thank you!
Brent Pollock
24th April 2025 at 4:19 pm
Happy to have helped!