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Takenoko

Takenoko

Min number of participants 2
Age 8+ yrs.
Safety support by adult Not required
Min duration 45 min.
Cost Medium
Environment Indoor / Outdoor

Tend a bamboo garden for the Emperor's panda, laying tiles to grow three colours of bamboo and secretly completing objective cards — a delightfully charming strategy game for two to four players.

The Essentials

  • Feed the panda before growing bamboo if your objectives need panda-eaten tiles, since it eats automatically each turn
  • Watch the weather die closely, since it grants an extra action every turn and can shift plans quickly
  • Balance growing bamboo, moving the gardener, and moving the panda instead of focusing on just one action
  • Keep your objective cards secret and count opponents' bamboo stockpiles to estimate what they're chasing
  • Irrigate plots early since ungrown bamboo doesn't count toward any objective
  • Plan tile placement to avoid growing bamboo colors the panda will immediately eat before you can score them
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