Asmodee | Takenoko | Board Game | Ages 8+ | 2-4 Players | 45 Minute Playing Time

Not a dislike, more of a caution: learning and understanding is a slow process. Strongly suggest playing it with someone who knows the rules and can advise the best options to each move. Once you’ve got the hang of it, it’s good fun.

Bought this as a Christmas gift for a couple who love board games. Apparently it’s a simple game to learn. Could only find it on Amazon and it arrived quickly.

This a Fantastic game! Good fun with adults but it’s especially good to play with the family. There’s enough strategy to keep older family members entertained but it’s simple enough for the younger family members to learn. We love sitting down as a family and playing this together. The fun gameplay mechanics and colourful design and characters make it appealing for the whole family a must have for board game fans.

Firstly, the game artwork is cute. No one likes an ugly game, no matter how good the gameplay. But they haven't skimped on the gameplay either. The game is fun and not too complicated to learn. I haven't played it enough to get into complex strategy, but I can tell that the more one plays, the more interesting it will be to play as players learn better strategies. Finally, I played with my father, who hates board and card type games. I had to cajole him into the first game, but he has actually initiated several games since then. So, all in all I can say that it is fun to play, easy to learn, and visually stimulating.There are only two (mildly) negative things I have to say about the game. First, I wish they had included more wooden action markers. One of the variables of gameplay is that you get an extra action, but because there are only two action markers per player, another marker would have been nice. Not a hard problem to solve at all, though, I just use one of the spare gray cutout pieces. The other thing is that this game probably doesn't appeal so much to hardcore gamers, as I suspect it will turn out to be a little too simple, with not enough variables for people who game a lot. However, for beginners or younger players, it's an excellent game, and for more experienced gamers, it is cute and good for a few games or games with less game-inclined friends. Not least of all because no one doesn't want to play a game with pandas! Overall, I would say it's an excellent addition to any game collection.

This is a fantastic board game for the entire family to enjoy. Very easy to pick up but getting your way can be tricky as the other players might just be trying to do the exact opposite of you.Great fun. Great addition to a board game collection!

In lockdown I decided it's time to get some games in, this one really is quite fun and replayable.The minor issues are some of the tasks you gain are just as easy as other tasks but provide significantly less points, this is not a good method of scoring.Still the art is wonderful, it's a relaxing game and we do enjoy playing it, we are thinking about printing our own tasks out and laminating them to balance the game out as you can eat 2 green shoots and get 3 points or 2 red shoots and get 5. It doesn't make any sense doing it by colour unless you're moderating the number of available land plots of those colours.Like every game it takes 3 games to learn it. Instructions aren't fantastic, just remember that if it doesn't explicitly say you can do something then you can't.

This game is a good modern-euro game. It has a similar point scoring mechanism to Ticket to Ride, and people I have played with have agreed that it is a similar level of complexity (i.e. a good "gateway" game for people who still think that Monopoly and Scrabble are the best games out there).This game stands out for being one of the most relaxing games. Though it is competitive, both the theme and the mechanics are quite peaceful. Players are more likely to accidentally help each other than hinder.There is nothing wrong with this game (if you're happy with the theme), but the only reason I give it 4 stars instead of 5 is that it has a bit less replayability than some other games, I suspect because of it's lack of tension. After the first time I played it, I did want to play again, but after that day I have never felt the urge to play it more than once. The lack of 1 star should be seen as my personal preference to have a little bit more tension in an average game, not as a sign of the game lacking anything it claims to include.It is a good medium sized game, lasting about an hour, and at the end you will usually feel happy yet ready for whatever game will be played next.

Beautiful game which is easy to learn. Loved it so much that after playing it once, we treated ourselves to the deluxe version. Gentle, very entertaining and lovely to look at. Couldn't be better!