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Takenoko (2011)

Average Rating: 7.22/10
Board Game Rank: 459
Family Game Rank: 71
Information
Designer
Artist
Publisher
Year Published
2011
# of Players
2 − 4
User Suggested # of Players
(Not best with any number)
Recommended with 2, 3, 4 players
(24 voters) [poll]
Playing Time
45 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages
13 and up
User Suggested Ages
8 and up
(12 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence
No necessary in-game text
(7 voters) [poll]
Honors
Subdomain
(19 voters) [vote]
Category
Mechanic
Expansion
Expands
Family
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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Takenoko
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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
Czech, Dutch, English, French, Germanmore»
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
Czech, Dutch, English, French, Germanmore»
Release Date:  Mar 31, 2012
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Italian first edition
Publisher: Asterion Press, Bombyx, Editions du Matagot
Artist: Nicolas Fructus, Picksel, Yuio
Year: 2012
Product Code: 2012-1/TAK01IT/CH01
Size: 13.15 x 9.00 x 3.15 inches
2.59 pounds
Italian
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Multilingual first edition
Publisher: Bombyx, Editions du Matagot
Artist: Nicolas Fructus, Picksel, Yuio
Year: 2011
Size:  
2.60 pounds
Dutch, English, French, German, Spanishmore»
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
Japanese
Release Date:  Nov 2011
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1 Hikari
An extension (in French) to make the game more "gamers" friendly: more strategy, more interaction
2012-05-08
3 Magyar szabályok
Hungarian rulebook (v1.1, PDF)
2012-03-03
8 Takenoko Symbol Reference (PDF)
One sheet reference in PDF format Preview: [imageid=1244774 original]
2012-02-21
4 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.
2012-01-31
1 Takenoko Game FAQ - French
Game faq answering some questions that have come up about the game TAKENOKO
2012-01-31
4 A variant for Takenoko in English (v0.5)
Tested 3 times with 2 players. Works fine. Enhance the tension between players.
2012-01-07
1 Une variante pour Takenoko en Français
Une variante pour Takenoko. Testée 3 fois à 2 joueurs et fonctionne bien.
2012-01-07
14 Official ENGLISH rulebook
Official ENGLISH rulebook
2011-12-26
2 Official DUTCH rulebook
Official DUTCH rulebook
2011-12-23
3 Official SPANISH rulebook
Official SPANISH rulebook
2011-12-23
Statistics
Board Game Rank: 459
Family Game Rank: 71
Num Ratings: 820
Average Rating: 7.22
Standard Deviation: 1.15
Num Views: 79173
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Avg. Game Weight: 2.0
Fans: 58
Personal Comments: 210
Users Owning: 1111
Users Wanting: 193
Users Trading: 11 [find trade matches]
Has Parts For Trade: 0
Want Parts In Trade: 1
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Total Plays: 2170
Plays This Month: 325
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