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Takenoko
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.