Tanuki
Tanuki Rulebook
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Introduction
Spring heralds the start of gardening season. Summer brings everything you need to make your garden prolific. Autumn is here, it's time to complete the last harvest before winter arrives.
Goal of the Game
To be the player with the most Bamboo at the end of the game.
Contents
- 31x Action cards
- 20x Character cards
- 1x 1st Player card
- 2x Season cards
- 72x Bamboo tokens (35x 1 pt, 15x 3 pts, 12x 5 pts, 10x 10 pts)
- 18x Character cards (Starting cards: Gardener and Samurai)
Card Description
Each card shows:
- Action or Character: an Action card carries the lightning icon; a Character card carries the raccoon icon.
- Name of the card: printed in the top bar.
- Effect of the card: printed in the green band at the bottom of the card.
- The number of this type of card in the game: printed in the bottom corner.
Setup
- Take the Starting cards. Each player places 1 Samurai (face up) and 2 Gardener cards (1 face up and 1 face down) in front of them. This is your Garden. Put any unused Starting cards back in the box.
- Shuffle the Action cards and Character cards together, then deal 3 cards to each player. This is your hand.
- Split the deck into two halves. Place 1 Season card in each half. Shuffle each half separately and stack both halves on top of each other. This is the Draw deck.
- Place the Bamboo tokens next to the Draw deck. This is the Supply. Bamboo tokens represent points.
- Give the 1st Player card to the person who gardened last.
Gameplay
- The 1st player plays a card from their hand.
- Action card: An Action card is placed in the Discard pile.
- Character card: A Character card is played in your Garden.
- If an Action card is played, apply the effect immediately. Note: When a card is destroyed, place it in the discard pile.
- Apply the effects of each Character card in your Garden.
- Draw a card from the Draw deck. The next player clockwise now begins their turn.
Note: each player keeps their Bamboo tokens face down in front of them so that their total value is kept secret until the end of the game. You can exchange Bamboo tokens with the Supply at any time (for example, five 1 pt tokens for one 5 pts token).
The rounds continue clockwise until the end of the game.
Example: (1) Chuck plays a Geisha. (2) He steals a Gardener card from another player. (3) Then, he gains 2 Bamboo (1 Bamboo for each Gardener). (4) He takes a card from the Draw deck.
Season Card
When a Season card is drawn, reveal it immediately to the other players and put the card over the sun icon on the 1st Player card. Then, draw a new card from the Draw deck. The effect of the Season card is triggered when the 1st player begins their next turn.
- 1st Season card drawn: all players turn their Gardener starting card face up. This Gardener is now active in your Garden.
- 2nd Season card is drawn: it is the final round before the end of the game.
End of the Game
When the 2nd Season card is drawn, play a final round to ensure that all players have taken the same number of turns. The player with the most Bamboo wins the game.
Tie-Breaker
In case of a tie, the player with the most Character cards in their Garden wins the game. If the tie persists, players share the victory.
Quick Card Reference
- Gardener family: Considered a Gardener card.
- Samurai: This card protects all Gardener and Gardener Family cards.
- Bandit: Forbidden to steal a Gardener card in a Garden if there is at least 1 Samurai.
- Yakuza: Can steal from up to 3 different Gardens.
- Shogun: Instead of drawing 1 card per turn, the player draws 2 and chooses 1.
- Kabuki Actor: When you play this card, choose any card from the Discard pile. You must play it immediately.
- Emperor: Take 2 Bamboo tokens from this card, even on the turn it is played. When the Emperor is stolen, all tokens on this card remain on it. At the end of the game, if any tokens remain on this card, put them back in the Supply.
- Season card: The effect of a Season card is activated once it is the 1st player's turn.