Bamboo — board game details

About the game

What is Bamboo

For generations, harvesting bamboo has brought prosperity to your home. Work, perseverance, balance and prayer have made a small town flourish that has grown at the expense of the cane fields. Today, various clans live in harmony with nature.

In Bamboo, players take on the role of clans that grow bamboo and use the fruits of their labor to take care of their family and thus add happiness points. This is an action management and tile optimization game that is both accessible and deep. With a very careful setting, Bamboo is part of the Kemushi saga, to which Bitoku and Silk also belong.

Bamboo games are made up of 4 years or rounds, which in turn are divided into 4 phases or seasons. On their turns, players will burn incense in temples to seek favor from the spirits, and use bamboo shoots to perform actions such as seeking balance, cooking, home improvement, or managing finances.

Following the doctrines of the home balance discipline allows for better optimization of home tiles, making it a fundamental pillar for progressing through the game. To score balance tiles you must use the balance action and follow the pattern indicated on the tile, which always has something to do with the type of home tiles you get during the game. There are four classes of home tiles: decoration, garden, faith, or useful. Depending on how they place them on their board, players will earn happiness points.

Specs

Game details

Players: 2–4
Age: +14
Duration: 110 min
Difficulty: Medium
Type: Board game
Year: 2023
Mechanics: Action Drafting · Tile Placement
Categories: Abstract Strategy · Fantasy · Farming
Designer: Germán P. Millán
Publisher: Devir · Broadway Toys LTD · Hobby World · IELLO

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7.6Average rating

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What the community says about Bamboo

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Nanferun5.5/10

Too many mechanic make the game tedious without reason, some actions could be a little more thematic. The game should be less complex for what it want to be

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eugeniosarcino8/10

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