Takenoko

Long, long ago, the Emperor of China, in a gesture of peace, offered the Emperor of Japan a Giant Panda. You have been appointed to the delicate task of caring for this politically-important Panda and tending to the Emperor's illustrious bamboo garden. You must cultivate plots of land using irrigation and intelligence so that bamboo, the only food that the Panda will eat, grows in abundance. But beware of the sacred animal's uncontrollable appetite for crunchy young sprouts... Contents:28 Plots36 Green Bamboo Sections30 Yellow Bamboo Sections24 Pink Bamboo Sections20 Irrigation Channels9 Improvements46 Objective Cards4 Individual Boards8 Action Chips1 Weather Die1 Panda1 Gardener1 Rule Booklet Ages: 8+Players: 2-4Game Length: 45 minutes