Designer	Antoine Bauza
Artist	Nicolas Fructus Picksel Yuio
Publisher	Asmodee Asterion Press Bombyx Editions du Matagot Hobby Japan REXhry Show More »
Year Published	2011
# of Players	2 − 4
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 4 players Recommended with 2, 3, 4 players (11 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	45 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	13 and up
User Suggested Ages	8 and up (7 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence	No necessary in-game text (4 voters) [poll]
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Subdomain	Family Games (7 voters) [vote]
Category	Animals Environmental
Mechanic	Action Point Allowance System Worker Placement
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Family	Animals: Bears Country: Japan
Primary Name	Takenoko
Alternate Names	タケノコ
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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.

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Bombyx / Editions du Matagot Multilingual second edition

Publisher: Bombyx, Editions du Matagot

Artist: Nicolas Fructus, Picksel, Yuio

Year: 2012

Size: 33.50 x 23.00 x 8.00 inches

1.25 pounds

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Release Date: Mar 31, 2012

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Second international edition

Publisher: Bombyx, Editions du Matagot

Artist: Nicolas Fructus, Picksel, Yuio

Year: 2012

Size: 9.06 x 13.15 x 2.95 inches

2.65 pounds

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Release Date: Mar 31, 2012

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Multilingual first edition

Publisher: Bombyx, Editions du Matagot

Artist: Nicolas Fructus, Picksel, Yuio

Year: 2011

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2.60 pounds

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Release Date: Nov 25, 2011

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Japanese version

Publisher: Bombyx, Editions du Matagot, Hobby Japan

Artist: Nicolas Fructus, Picksel, Yuio

Year: 2011

Size: 13.19 x 9.06 x 3.15 inches

1.25 pounds

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Asmodee English first edition

Publisher: Asmodee, Bombyx, Editions du Matagot

Artist: Nicolas Fructus, Picksel, Yuio

Year: 2011

Product Code: 2011-1/TAK01-US/CH01

Size: 13.20 x 9.00 x 3.10 inches

2.60 pounds

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32	Reviews The Limelight Reviews: Takenoko: "Look at this tree, Shifu: I cannot make it blossom when it suits me nor make it bear fruit before its time. "	2012-02-13	Styfen	2
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0	General Irrigation channel	2012-02-08	Nidale	3
1	Variants Suggestions for variant for young children?	2012-02-08	Adam78	1
1	Variants Objective Cards - Deduction points	2012-02-05	Thrylos	2
19	Reviews A Stroll though the Garden of Tranquility	2012-01-31	board_gam...	0
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4	Variants Objective Cards Variant II	2012-01-30	board_gam...	0

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Takenoko Symbol Reference (PDF)

One sheet reference in PDF format Preview: [imageid=1244774 original]

EvanMinn

2012-02-21

Takenoko Game FAQ - English

I translated the french faq to english using google. It is not great, but you can get the idea. See the forums/wiki for updates and clarifications.

Neverbuy

2012-01-31

Takenoko Game FAQ - French

Game faq answering some questions that have come up about the game TAKENOKO

Neverbuy

2012-01-31

A variant for Takenoko in English (v0.5)

Tested 3 times with 2 players. Works fine. Enhance the tension between players.

thx1139

2012-01-07

Une variante pour Takenoko en Français

Une variante pour Takenoko. Testée 3 fois à 2 joueurs et fonctionne bien.

thx1139

2012-01-07

Official ENGLISH rulebook

hazgaard

2011-12-26

Official DUTCH rulebook

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2011-12-23

Official SPANISH rulebook

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2011-12-23

Official GERMAN rulebook

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2011-12-23

Official CZECH rulebook

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2011-12-23

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German Review on spielbar.com	http://www.spielbar.com/wordpress/rezensionen/take...	2012-02-20
German Review - Spiele-Akademie.de	http://www.spiele-akademie.de/takenoko/	2012-02-18
French FAQ reviewed by Antoine Bauza	http://www.jybe.ch/faq/takenoko_faq_fra.pdf	2012-02-14
English FAQ, reviewed by Antoine Bauza	http://www.jybe.ch/faq/takenoko_faq_eng.pdf	2012-02-14
review from http://thegaminggang.com	http://thegaminggang.com/2012/01/the-gardeners-and...	2012-01-26
The Gardeners and the Panda?: A Review of Takenoko at The Gaming Gang	http://thegaminggang.com/2012/01/the-gardeners-and...	2012-01-25
Review at Kulkmann's Gamebox	http://boardgame.de/reviews/takenoko.htm	2012-01-25
review in italian at http://pinco11.blogspot.com	http://pinco11.blogspot.com/2012/01/recensione-tak...	2012-01-13
Game review in Russian	http://thesnowbody.livejournal.com/183623.html	2012-01-11
Review (English/French) - Bruno Faidutti's Ideal Game Library	http://www.faidutti.com/index.php?Module=ludothequ...	2012-01-07