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Takenoko

Cultivate land, grow bamboo, and feed a hungry panda!

Credits: Keith Rudolph

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Contents

  • Place the starting pond tile on the table.
  • Place the gardener and panda figures on the starting pond.
  • Shuffle the Land Plot tiles face down to form a stack.
  • Separate the cards by the type and shuffle each deck.
  • Each player gets a player board, 2 markers, and 1 card of each type which are kept hidden.
  • Choose a starting player.

  • Performed in player order until the end of the game.
  • No bamboo chute may be more than 4 sections tall.
  • Plots adjacent to the starting pond tile are automatically irrigated.
  • Items in your reserve can be played at any time during your turn.

  • When a player has 9 objective cards in front of them, the last round is triggered. (3P: 8 cards, 4P: 7 cards).
  • The player who triggered the end takes the Emperor card and finishes their turn as normal.
  • Each other player has 1 final turn to complete as many objectives as possible.
  • Each player totals up the points from their objective and Emperor cards.
  • Break ties with most points from a Panda objective card.