Takenoko has since released some updated rules, and those include the following changes that aren't found in this video (which are based on the first edition rules): * You must place immediately improvements and irrigations when you get one. * If there are no more improvement, you can move an improvement already placed. * You can place an improvement on a tile even if there is bamboos on it. * To validate gardener objectives, the gardener must be located on one of the tiles corresponding to the objective. * The rain allows you to add a bamboo on a non-irrigated tile.
you're absolutely the best in describing rules all over youtube! I find your work precious and i study new games on your videos even if i'm Italian and my english is not perfect :) Great Work!!!!
NOTE: The designers changed some rules to the game, years after this video released. Here are the adjustments you'll find in updated rule books: * You must place immediately improvements and irrigations when you get one. * If there are no more improvement, you can move an improvement already placed. * You can place an improvement on a tile even if there is bamboos on it. * To validate gardener objectives, the gardener must be located on one of the tiles corresponding to the objective. * The rain allows you to add a bamboo on a non-irrigated tile. There were also some balancing adjustments made to components: * Some Panda objectives points decreased (ex: 5 points instead of 6 for green/yellow/red). * The two colors Plot objectives scheme is slightly different
@@abhishekmondal3275 I shot this long enough ago, I don't remember the rules off hand, and don't have my copy handy to be able to double check for you right now - sorry.
Thank you for doing such a good job! My wife and I wouldn't have such a diverse and incredibly entertaining shelf of board games if it wasn't for all of your hard work. Thank you again so much!
Just Got this game today. Going to bring this game when i visit my brother this weekend and send him the link to this vid to learn ahead of time on how to play. Thank you for you great videos.
Well done Rod! Long time viewer, first time commenter here. Clear and logically structured, flawlessly edited and filmed for maximum clarity and instructional flow as always. There are already more than enough game review vids on other channels, but you've made the underserved "learn to actually play a boardgame" niche your own. Just a reminder that a lot of us notice the pro level of effort you guys put into these! Much appreciated buddy!
I work in the user instruction sector myself, so I know how damn hard it is to make an instructional feel as effortlessly breezy as yours are. When you are doing it right, no one notices (mostly) but make one single error and the wolf pack descends! Again, well done, you are fighting the good fight and producing a product of insanely high quality!
Excellent video as always. This is one of my favorite games and our go to gateway game. The collectors edition is WELL worth the cost in my opinion too, presuming you enjoy the game of course. Excellent addition with the back table too. Wish we had the room to do that as well. Adds a nice piece to the room and highlights the game and pieces well.
I went and played right after watching and the group was impressed I was able to explain the game to them without consulting the rule book and never having played. I made sure to give the credit where credit was due. lol
The wall looks great! Good color choice and the shelf is a great addition, too. I've been interested in getting this game for a while now, so I was excited to see your Takenoko "how to play" video. I'm looking forward for the play through! Thank you for your great videos. And congrats on the new season. You truly deserve it.
This is brilliantly explanatory. Thank you! I have bought Takenoko for myself and my teenagers to play on Christmas Eve and wanted to get familiar with it so we can get right on with playing. This gives me everything I need to know right here and is much appreciated.
Great looking game! The new background color and table look great! The intro to this play through looked amazing. I bet that took quite a bit of work to get it done. Great work, Rodney!!
Love your channel, very thorough game playthroughs and the detailed index makes it very easy to revisit certain areas when learning or teaching someone else the game. Glad I found it. Will be recommending it in the tabletop game communities. Great job!!!
Allways clear on the first timend fun to watch, thanks A LOT for your work Rodney !! I hope your show is enough to make you a living because you certenly deserve it !!! Have a nice day :) One of your French-Canadian Fan
Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed the video :0 We actually have a fundraiser going right now to allow me to continue for another year: www.indiegogo.com/projects/watch-it-played-season-6/x/367066#/
At first i thought this game was just a knock off of Settlers of Catan. I'm glad i watched this! also i usually laugh out loud when watching these videos, but 12:46 really cracked me up. I love this channel...
Loved how you explained the game in such good and easy way! I've just bought it and I've totally understood how to play. Thank you very much for this video!
It's funny that this is the game that's up right now. I have been wrestling with rather to pull the trigger on Takenoko or not. This pushed me right up to the edge and I have a feeling that the rest of the series will push me right over. I can't help it, I love Antoine Bauza designs and Rodney must too, since I think this is the third one covered on this series. Since you seem to be a fan, have you played Ghost Stories? Thinking about picking that one up as well.
Your video really alleviated our "beginners" anxieties. THANKS SO MUCH. We are still arguing, When the weather dice is thrown, must the course it lands on be initiated immediately, or can it be delayed as a strategic advantage to be used later in the turn?
+Dana Stone Glad you're finding the video helpful :) In the rule book on page 4: When his turn comes, a player must perform two steps in this order: 1) Determine Weather conditions 2) Perform actions and complete objectives However, keep in mind that a player never has to apply the effect of the weather dice, he can decide to ignore it (from the Takenoko FAQ).
Your videos are absolutely amazing! So easy to understand the rules and the gameplay videos really make it easy to see if the game seems fun or not. I just bought Takenoko thanks to this video! I intend to play with my wife, but I will also try and teach my kids as it seems like a fairly simple game. Thank you Rodney, I look forward to your next upload! Also - I guess Luke does not want to share any dice rolling techniques - even though I could really use 'em.
Takes Rodney more than 20 minutes to explain this, and he's the Pro! My friend wants me to explain how to play...but doesn't want to watch a video, read the rules, or listen to more than 90 seconds of directions!
Question: When the thunderstorm scares the panda, can you move it to the same tile it's already on? The rule book says, "Move the panda to any tile." I've house-ruled that the Rain symbol on the weather dice will grow 1 stalk of bamboo (or 2 if it's fertilized) no mater if it's irrigated or not. The water is coming from the sky, not the pond. It also lets player choose any tile to grow, which is helpful in speeding up the game a little bit.
@@WatchItPlayed Does this same rule apply when taking a normal Panda action? The rules I have are not clear. Can a player take a Panda action, leave the Panda in place, and eat bamboo from the plot he is already on? Or do you HAVE to move the Panda to "any other" plot (following the movement rules)?
I'm not sure if it's the whimsy of the game or what, but you seemed on the verge of laughing for this entire video. :) I was never sure if I would enjoy this game as much as I like its art, so I'm glad to see you're playing it on here!
For a while I found myself being annoyed by these, as I just wanted you to get to the game. ;) But having watched several other board game related videos recently, I was so happy to see the intro with this video. They really are well done. Great job Diego Melo.
We did ultimately scale back the intros. They are fun to do, and can help set the tone, but, on balance, a lot of people want to get to the tutorial, which I can appreciate.
Thank you so much for your videos! ♡ If I don't understand rules in a game, I always come look your videos and it helps a lot! ;) I got the Takenoko game myself recently, and I have a question about the weather conditions: when you throw a wind, do you only do two same actions? In other weather conditions, you throw a die and after that you do two normal actions. Do you do a third action after the wind action's two same actions? I'm sorry if the question is confusing :) You're awesome, keep up the good work and greetings from Finland :)
If you roll the wind, then when you take your normal 2 actions, you may choose to use the same action twice (where normally, you'd need to do 2 different actions). Hope that helps! Thanks for the kind words about the videos :)
I GOTTA pick this up, looks too fun I have some questions though beforehand: 1. When claiming the Bamboo Cards as you did around 15:08, the Gardner doesn't have to be on the individual plot or plot color to complete that action? 2. When/ if your player draws the Wind Climate card and can use the same action twice, those dual actions count as both actions or can the player do tone action twice then One other? 3. When a plot has Auto-Irrigation that plot alone has irrigation, but for adjacent plots to receive irrigation there would have to be a blue marker between them so the non-irrigated one can't feed off the auto-irrigated one. Great vid
1) The "Gardener" cards all have his picture on them, he's not required to claim one of those objectives. 2) Normally, your two actions have to be different. When you roll the "wind" on the weather dice, it simply means you can do two of the same action (optional). 3) Right. The "water shed" improvement just provides water to that one tile and it can't be used to start an irrigation channel.
Thanks. It looks great though so well done. If you get really restless, you can always come to Texas and play a game or two. I hold no responsibility for NinjaZach's dice rolling skills defeating you like Luke's do though. That risk, you take on your own my friend :)
It's not mentioned in the video but this is one of the best two player games out there. WHICH IS EXTREMELY RARE. Its also very girlfriend friendly. We play it a lot and can get through a game in about 30 mins.
Rodney Smith! Over been away for a while, but Im back watching the episodes. I tried to donate during the fundraiser, but I had trouble getting it to take my card, and never got back around to trying again. Ill have to they again next fundraiser.
That Special Edition looks awesome... maybe a hundred or 2 too expensive though, 260$ (on my online store of choice) is just a bit too much for me. Game looks fun, it's on my wishlist already. Can't wait to see your playthrough.
I have a questions about completing objectives. Do you have to complete your own objectives or can your opponent inadvertently complete one of yours. Do you have to reveal completed gardener objectives since the bamboo-scape may change over time?
The objective just has to be in the garden, it won't matter who placed the plots or grew the bamboo. So your opponents can inadvertently be helping you. :)
This is my first video I've watched on your channel. You guys have a great channel here and I look forward to watching more videos! I have just recently bought Takenoko and this video really helped me learn how to play. I think may just get friends new to the game to watch this instead of me trying to explain it to them! lol.
Hey Karl, thanks for the kind words and thanks for checking out our series, really great to hear you found it helpful an these videos do get used by people to help their friends learn the game before game night, so I hope they can help your group too!
wonderful explanation. personally understand why this game is very attractive but i'm still not very sold on the mechanism. i can see that children would love it though which might be the reason why i'll buy this :)
Another amazing "how to play" video, Rodney. But I won't be parting with my hard earned cash on this game..........Because I already own it (but not a collector's edition (Zut!))
Yikes! $300 for the collector's edition verus $34 for the regular set. The pieces look wonderful, I am very tempted to get the collector set, lol. And when I saw the big dice, my jaw just dropped....must have the bg dice, lol. Now the question is: will it be raman noodles for a month or the regular set???? lol Anyhow, good instructional video man and I love the back table.
Takenoko has since released some updated rules, and those include the following changes that aren't found in this video (which are based on the first edition rules):
* You must place immediately improvements and irrigations when you get one.
* If there are no more improvement, you can move an improvement already placed.
* You can place an improvement on a tile even if there is bamboos on it.
* To validate gardener objectives, the gardener must be located on one of the tiles corresponding to the objective.
* The rain allows you to add a bamboo on a non-irrigated tile.
You do the clearest game demos I've seen. Definitely worth subscribing. Thanks buddy!
Bob Rashley Thank you Bob!
You have a gift for board game explanations Rodney!
Thank you Vadar!
Thank you - this game was given to my 12 year old son as a gift - we are now hooked!!! Couldn’t have done it without this video 😊
So glad you're having fun playing it together :)
I watch this each time before we play to remember all the steps. Thank you
You're very welcome - have a fun time playing!
you're absolutely the best in describing rules all over youtube! I find your work precious and i study new games on your videos even if i'm Italian and my english is not perfect :) Great Work!!!!
Giova Colo Very kind of you to say, so glad you've been enjoying the videos!
"He who makes useful index for a video, reaps a thousand years of goodwill."
Bravo Rodney.
Ha! You're welcome!
NOTE: The designers changed some rules to the game, years after this video released. Here are the adjustments you'll find in updated rule books:
* You must place immediately improvements and irrigations when you get one.
* If there are no more improvement, you can move an improvement already placed.
* You can place an improvement on a tile even if there is bamboos on it.
* To validate gardener objectives, the gardener must be located on one of the tiles corresponding to the objective.
* The rain allows you to add a bamboo on a non-irrigated tile.
There were also some balancing adjustments made to components:
* Some Panda objectives points decreased (ex: 5 points instead of 6 for green/yellow/red).
* The two colors Plot objectives scheme is slightly different
@@abhishekmondal3275 I shot this long enough ago, I don't remember the rules off hand, and don't have my copy handy to be able to double check for you right now - sorry.
@@WatchItPlayed thank you, this video was so helpful for me and my family, you earned a new subscriber
@@gdmyt4981 So glad you enjoyed, and welcome to the channel - very glad to have you here!
Subscribed because of this video. I bought the game for my kids today and it’s so much easier learning by watching your videos first. Many thanks!
Thank you for doing such a good job! My wife and I wouldn't have such a diverse and incredibly entertaining shelf of board games if it wasn't for all of your hard work. Thank you again so much!
That is really wonderful feedback to get - so nice to hear that you're both enjoying the videos!
your production quality has a come a long way since this (just picked it up) but love that your enthusiasm has remained strong :)
I'm always glad to see people enjoying my earlier content! Thanks for checking it out!
Just Got this game today. Going to bring this game when i visit my brother this weekend and send him the link to this vid to learn ahead of time on how to play. Thank you for you great videos.
Hope the video helped!
I love this game. And the collector's edition looks fantastic.
And another great instructional video. Thank you Rodney.
Thank you kindly Oni!
Takenoko is a game that gets a lot of love in my household. Gotta' say though, I'm jealous you have the HUGE version of it, it looks very cool.
It is a pretty fun one to get on the table, just for the wow factor :)
haha it's crazy how all the pieces are so massive compared to the standard
+hansenyue It's quite a noticeable difference, isn't it? :)
yup sure is lol.
Awesome video, got this game for christmas. Thank you!!!!
Very nice gift you got :) Hope you have a great time with it!
Well done Rod! Long time viewer, first time commenter here. Clear and logically structured, flawlessly edited and filmed for maximum clarity and instructional flow as always. There are already more than enough game review vids on other channels, but you've made the underserved "learn to actually play a boardgame" niche your own. Just a reminder that a lot of us notice the pro level of effort you guys put into these! Much appreciated buddy!
+Ashley Riddell Ashley, that was a very nice message to read today. Thanks for the kind comment, it means a lot!
I work in the user instruction sector myself, so I know how damn hard it is to make an instructional feel as effortlessly breezy as yours are. When you are doing it right, no one notices (mostly) but make one single error and the wolf pack descends! Again, well done, you are fighting the good fight and producing a product of insanely high quality!
Beautifully explained!.. This is the default channel I go to for learning a board game!... Brilliant Work!
Thank you so much Aarthi, that's very kind of you to say.
You're brilliant. Such a wonderfully executed video. Thank you so much for producing this. Picking up Takenoko now.
Patrick Marlett Thank you Patrick - so glad you enjoyed the video! I hope you have a great time playing :)
Fantastic Explanation! Plus, nostalgia as it reminded me of the movie "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids"
we always come back to your channel when we are playing a new game! thanks!
You're very welcome - have a great time playing!
Excellent explanation! Thank you!
You're very welcome Jonathan!
Great job Rodney. I see a lot of these type of videos popping up, but you do an especially good job keeping it pithy yet comprehensive. High marks!
I'm learning as I go and hope that as time passes the refinements show, so that's for the feedback Andrew.
Damn this die is just way too big. Whatever. I always come back to your channel, cause it's joy to follow your great explanations.
Good review, I'm ordering the Collector edition
Hope you have a great time with it!
Been playing it for the last week and it's our game of the month at our shop! So much fun! :)
Glad you enjoyed this one!
Great video. So well explained. I am playing this game for the first time tomorrow and this has been a great help.
Hope you had a fun time!
You are so CLEAR! Thank you for your videos!
You're very welcome!
Excellent video as always. This is one of my favorite games and our go to gateway game. The collectors edition is WELL worth the cost in my opinion too, presuming you enjoy the game of course. Excellent addition with the back table too. Wish we had the room to do that as well. Adds a nice piece to the room and highlights the game and pieces well.
It really is a special edition to be able to bring to the table!
Love the updated set Rodney! Finally no more ugly wood backdrop! Nice job!
Glad you enjoyed that update - and more came later!
This is my new favorite youtube channel. Absolutely fantastic.
+Justin D. Thanks so much for the kind words Justin!
You are a great teacher. I really enjoy all of your videos.
Thank you kindly!
Your enthusiasm and clarity of speech always makes learning a game a delight, thank you once again!
Very nice of you to say Oliver - thank you :)
Great video again Rodney. Played our first game tonight and didn’t even need the rule book 🙂
I'm really glad the video was helpful to you!
Watch It Played They always are!
Thank you for your phenomenal game overview. This is the first channel I come to for all the how to play videos.
Thank you so much Kyle!
I went and played right after watching and the group was impressed I was able to explain the game to them without consulting the rule book and never having played. I made sure to give the credit where credit was due. lol
The wall looks great! Good color choice and the shelf is a great addition, too.
I've been interested in getting this game for a while now, so I was excited to see your Takenoko "how to play" video. I'm looking forward for the play through! Thank you for your great videos. And congrats on the new season. You truly deserve it.
Thanks for the kind words Daniel!
This is brilliantly explanatory. Thank you! I have bought Takenoko for myself and my teenagers to play on Christmas Eve and wanted to get familiar with it so we can get right on with playing. This gives me everything I need to know right here and is much appreciated.
I hope you all have a fantastic time playing!
Great looking game! The new background color and table look great! The intro to this play through looked amazing. I bet that took quite a bit of work to get it done. Great work, Rodney!!
Thanks Rich :)
Love your channel, very thorough game playthroughs and the detailed index makes it very easy to revisit certain areas when learning or teaching someone else the game. Glad I found it. Will be recommending it in the tabletop game communities. Great job!!!
Thank you for sharing the word about our series. That is very much appreciated.
8 years ago!!! Whoa!!! That's awesome!!!
Time flies, huh?!
Another great video! Just got Takenoko this weekend as a gift and I can't wait to play it!
Hope you have a lot of fun! :)
Allways clear on the first timend fun to watch, thanks A LOT for your work Rodney !! I hope your show is enough to make you a living because you certenly deserve it !!! Have a nice day :)
One of your French-Canadian Fan
Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed the video :0 We actually have a fundraiser going right now to allow me to continue for another year: www.indiegogo.com/projects/watch-it-played-season-6/x/367066#/
Nice job explaining, this game sounds like a lot of fun. Wish I could find the one that you have
Thanks for checking it out. Yeah, I think the collectors edition is probably a little harder to find these days!
Sa always a very clear explanation of the rules, and a very cool game! I can't wait to see the played episodes!
Hope you enjoyed them!
The best video about this game. Thank you very much. Happy new year.
Thanks Fernanda, happy new year to you too!
Sold! your videos are really Good! Now I'm saving for Krosmaster and Boss Monster :D
Thanks Richard - very glad you enjoy the videos :)
Incredibly clear instructions. Thanks very much!
Thank you for the kind words.
Damn you Rodney. That collectors edition looks simply beautiful. I have never wanted to drop $300 on a game about feeding a panda before.
It was a lot of money, to be sure! You end up getting to try it?
Great video, (as always !)
Thank you kindly Zottle!
Very well explained video. We love Takenoko, this is a great video to scrub up on the rules.
Thanks very much! You've a great teacher!
So kind of you to say - thank you!
Nicely done, sir. Thank you!
You're welcome Samuel, glad you liked it!
The new setup looks really great.
Thanks Josh - making little improvements along the way has hopefully improved the viewing experience too.
Btw, this collector edition is fantastic! I love the big panda!
It was pretty great, right? :)
you do the best demos! Subscribed!
John Dominguez Thanks so much for the kind words, and for subscribing!
My 5 year old daughter begs to play this game anytime we get a chance, it's very easy and beautiful. Good choice, Rodney.
Glad this is one you both enjoyed (way back in the day!)
At first i thought this game was just a knock off of Settlers of Catan. I'm glad i watched this!
also i usually laugh out loud when watching these videos, but 12:46 really cracked me up. I love this channel...
Glad we've been able to creates some smiles :)
Very well explained... Thank You!!
You're very welcome :)
Loved how you explained the game in such good and easy way! I've just bought it and I've totally understood how to play. Thank you very much for this video!
You're very welcome, sounds like you'll be playing (and hopefully enjoying it) soon!
gran video. gracias desde Alicante- España
Nicely done, looks fun!
Thanks for checking it out Jason.
Excellent overview! You've sold me on the game.
So glad you checked it out. Thanks!
Thanks for the detailed instructions. So thorough!
Very glad it was helpful Jenn :)
Season 3 has begun!! Woop Woop!
It's funny that this is the game that's up right now. I have been wrestling with rather to pull the trigger on Takenoko or not. This pushed me right up to the edge and I have a feeling that the rest of the series will push me right over.
I can't help it, I love Antoine Bauza designs and Rodney must too, since I think this is the third one covered on this series. Since you seem to be a fan, have you played Ghost Stories? Thinking about picking that one up as well.
You end up getting to try this game?
Your video really alleviated our "beginners" anxieties. THANKS SO MUCH. We are still arguing, When the weather dice is thrown, must the course it lands on be initiated immediately, or can it be delayed as a strategic advantage to be used later in the turn?
+Dana Stone Glad you're finding the video helpful :)
In the rule book on page 4:
When his turn comes, a player must perform two steps in this order:
1) Determine Weather conditions
2) Perform actions and complete objectives
However, keep in mind that a player never has to apply the effect of the weather dice, he can decide to ignore it (from the Takenoko FAQ).
Your videos are absolutely amazing! So easy to understand the rules and the gameplay videos really make it easy to see if the game seems fun or not. I just bought Takenoko thanks to this video! I intend to play with my wife, but I will also try and teach my kids as it seems like a fairly simple game.
Thank you Rodney, I look forward to your next upload! Also - I guess Luke does not want to share any dice rolling techniques - even though I could really use 'em.
Nope, he's keeping them all to himself :) Very glad you enjoyed the video Tobias - hope the family enjoys the game as well!
Takes Rodney more than 20 minutes to explain this, and he's the Pro! My friend wants me to explain how to play...but doesn't want to watch a video, read the rules, or listen to more than 90 seconds of directions!
Good luck!
Thanks again for the instruction!
You're very welcome!
We just played this tonight! Was a blast. Thanks! Family immersion!
This game is a blast
Glad you enjoyed this title :)
Question:
When the thunderstorm scares the panda, can you move it to the same tile it's already on? The rule book says, "Move the panda to any tile."
I've house-ruled that the Rain symbol on the weather dice will grow 1 stalk of bamboo (or 2 if it's fertilized) no mater if it's irrigated or not. The water is coming from the sky, not the pond. It also lets player choose any tile to grow, which is helpful in speeding up the game a little bit.
The Panda must move (the use of "any" in this case was not a good choice of wording).
@@WatchItPlayed Does this same rule apply when taking a normal Panda action? The rules I have are not clear. Can a player take a Panda action, leave the Panda in place, and eat bamboo from the plot he is already on? Or do you HAVE to move the Panda to "any other" plot (following the movement rules)?
Ken Jones You must move, you cannot leave it in place. Hope that helps!
@@WatchItPlayed Thank you :)
Very clear, thanks!
You're very welcome!
I'm not sure if it's the whimsy of the game or what, but you seemed on the verge of laughing for this entire video. :)
I was never sure if I would enjoy this game as much as I like its art, so I'm glad to see you're playing it on here!
Did you end up getting to try this one?
For a while I found myself being annoyed by these, as I just wanted you to get to the game. ;) But having watched several other board game related videos recently, I was so happy to see the intro with this video. They really are well done. Great job Diego Melo.
We did ultimately scale back the intros. They are fun to do, and can help set the tone, but, on balance, a lot of people want to get to the tutorial, which I can appreciate.
Thank you so much for your videos! ♡ If I don't understand rules in a game, I always come look your videos and it helps a lot! ;) I got the Takenoko game myself recently, and I have a question about the weather conditions: when you throw a wind, do you only do two same actions? In other weather conditions, you throw a die and after that you do two normal actions. Do you do a third action after the wind action's two same actions? I'm sorry if the question is confusing :) You're awesome, keep up the good work and greetings from Finland :)
If you roll the wind, then when you take your normal 2 actions, you may choose to use the same action twice (where normally, you'd need to do 2 different actions). Hope that helps! Thanks for the kind words about the videos :)
youre awesome, keep it up!! now if only someone would do the same in french!!
Vic Fontaine Thank you Vic!
Very clear and detailed explanations! Keep up the good work! And..subscribed! :)
Renzuo Ong Thanks for joining us Renzuo!
Thanks Rodney
You're welcome!
i love this game!!!!
Can you make a short video on how to play takenoko with the chibis expansion. Great videos :)
Thanks for the interest Thomas. I avoid covering expansions because there are so many different games I want to cover (and so little time!)
Looks like a very fun game buddy. I am looking forward to see the rest of the episodes. Thanks.
Hoe you enjoyed them!
This looks really fun!!!
Glad you liked what you saw!
Boy that CE makes me jealous!
It is a pretty wild production.
Ooh, love the animated intro!
Thanks Misti!
I GOTTA pick this up, looks too fun
I have some questions though beforehand:
1. When claiming the Bamboo Cards as you did around 15:08, the Gardner doesn't have to be on the individual plot or plot color to complete that action?
2. When/ if your player draws the Wind Climate card and can use the same action twice, those dual actions count as both actions or can the player do tone action twice then One other?
3. When a plot has Auto-Irrigation that plot alone has irrigation, but for adjacent plots to receive irrigation there would have to be a blue marker between them so the non-irrigated one can't feed off the auto-irrigated one.
Great vid
1) The "Gardener" cards all have his picture on them, he's not required to claim one of those objectives.
2) Normally, your two actions have to be different. When you roll the "wind" on the weather dice, it simply means you can do two of the same action (optional).
3) Right. The "water shed" improvement just provides water to that one tile and it can't be used to start an irrigation channel.
Chris Mullins Thanks for the assist Chris!
Thanks. It looks great though so well done. If you get really restless, you can always come to Texas and play a game or two. I hold no responsibility for NinjaZach's dice rolling skills defeating you like Luke's do though. That risk, you take on your own my friend :)
You're the best. Thank you
+Alexandre Thibeault Very kind of you - thanks!
Great explanation!! Thank you for sharing.
My pleasure Ling!
It's not mentioned in the video but this is one of the best two player games out there. WHICH IS EXTREMELY RARE. Its also very girlfriend friendly. We play it a lot and can get through a game in about 30 mins.
So glad this is one you enjoyed!
Rodney Smith! Over been away for a while, but Im back watching the episodes. I tried to donate during the fundraiser, but I had trouble getting it to take my card, and never got back around to trying again. Ill have to they again next fundraiser.
Thanks for wanting to support - that means a lot!
Solid video!
Thank you so much!
That Special Edition looks awesome... maybe a hundred or 2 too expensive though, 260$ (on my online store of choice) is just a bit too much for me.
Game looks fun, it's on my wishlist already.
Can't wait to see your playthrough.
Yeah, quite a pricey edition to be sure - thankfully there is a regular version too :)
Hey Rodney great explanation!
Just one question:
Is it mandatory to use the die action? Or I can skip it when necessary?
A player never has to apply the effect of the weather dice, they can decide to ignore it.
I have a questions about completing objectives. Do you have to complete your own objectives or can your opponent inadvertently complete one of yours. Do you have to reveal completed gardener objectives since the bamboo-scape may change over time?
The objective just has to be in the garden, it won't matter who placed the plots or grew the bamboo. So your opponents can inadvertently be helping you. :)
I have both the original edition and now an extreme case of jealousy ;)
The collectors edition is fancy, but hey, plenty of fun in the original version too!
Well done, Diego! :)
This is my first video I've watched on your channel. You guys have a great channel here and I look forward to watching more videos! I have just recently bought Takenoko and this video really helped me learn how to play. I think may just get friends new to the game to watch this instead of me trying to explain it to them! lol.
Hey Karl, thanks for the kind words and thanks for checking out our series, really great to hear you found it helpful an these videos do get used by people to help their friends learn the game before game night, so I hope they can help your group too!
wonderful explanation. personally understand why this game is very attractive but i'm still not very sold on the mechanism. i can see that children would love it though which might be the reason why i'll buy this :)
Hope you find some people to enjoy it with!
You forgot the rule that any time the panda eats bamboo, the player must exclaim, "Um yum yummm!" on the panda's behalf.
Fair!
Another amazing "how to play" video, Rodney. But I won't be parting with my hard earned cash on this game..........Because I already own it (but not a collector's edition (Zut!))
Ty for this
You're very welcome Eamon!
Yikes! $300 for the collector's edition verus $34 for the regular set. The pieces look wonderful, I am very tempted to get the collector set, lol. And when I saw the big dice, my jaw just dropped....must have the bg dice, lol. Now the question is: will it be raman noodles for a month or the regular set???? lol
Anyhow, good instructional video man and I love the back table.
Did you end up on raman noodles for a month?
@@WatchItPlayed Nope, I managed to move some money around from different things and ended up getting the collector’s edition.
@@pep7890 Very cool! It's quite an impressive set :)