A long time ago at the Japanese Imperial court, the Chinese Emperor offered a giant panda bear as a symbol of peace to the Japanese Emperor. Since then, the Japanese Emperor has entrusted his court members (the players) with the difficult task of caring for the animal by tending to his bamboo garden.

In Takenoko, the players will cultivate land plots, irrigate them, and grow one of the three species of bamboo (Green, Yellow, and Pink) with the help of the Imperial gardener to maintain this bamboo garden. They will have to bear with the immoderate hunger of this sacred animal for the juicy and tender bamboo. The player who manages his land plots best, growing the most bamboo while feeding the delicate appetite of the panda, will win the game.

No. of players: 2 – 4 players

Suitable For Ages 8 and Above

Game Duration: 60 mins

Game Contents

• 34 Garden Plot Tiles

• 32 Green Bamboo Sections

• 30 Yellow Bamboo Sections

• 33 Pink Bamboo Sections

• 20 Irrigation Channels

• 9 Improvement Tokens

• 64 Objective Cards

• 4 Individual Player Boards

• 8 Action Tokens

• 1 Weather Die

• 9 Baby Panda Tokens

• 1 Panda Miniature

• 1 Miss Panda Miniature

• 1 Gardener Miniature

• 1 Rulebook

   

How to Play

1. Prepare the Garden: Place the starting pond tile in the centre and arrange the garden plots, bamboo pieces, cards, and other components.

2. Grow the Garden: Add new land plots and create a colourful bamboo garden.

3. Irrigate the Land: Build irrigation channels to provide water to the plots and help bamboo grow.

4. Move the Gardener: Guide the gardener around the garden to grow bamboo on matching plots.

5. Feed the Panda: Move the hungry panda to eat bamboo and complete your feeding objectives.

6. Welcome the Panda Family: Use Miss Panda and the baby panda tokens from the Chibis expansion to unlock additional objectives and bonuses.

7. Score Points: Complete objectives and collect points. The player with the highest score at the end wins!