Every few rounds you’ll have to pick one to score, which means you are constantly thinking about how to optimise and planning for the entire game.

This is mitigated somewhat by the fact that you only score 3 out of the 4, leaving one Kodama to their own devices, but annoyingly that only goes so far. The player will then (starting with the newly placed card) check which icon(s) are depicted on it, and look back along the entire length of the branch for any contiguous/unbroken lines of icons leading back to the trunk card. You can amass a respectable score by going through the motions somewhat, but to score well, you will have to make bold decisions about which cards to choose on any given turn and plan a few moves ahead. In a world where every tree is inhabited by its own gentle and benign spirit, it is your important task to ensure that every sapling grows strong and big, and offers a home for as many small creatures and plants as possible, thereby creating harmony and balance in the forest.

Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH). There is also very little player interaction, even though it is competitive and everyone draws branch cards from a central pool of cards. Sometimes your set of Kodama combo together exceedingly well, at other times they are tugging you in opposite directions and that just means you won’t be able to score as many points off them.

Excerpts and links may be used, provided that full and clear credit is given to Oliver Kinne and Tabletop Games Blog with appropriate and specific direction to the original content. It wasn't easy to decide how to grow each tree so that it would be in harmony with nature and be inviting to a varied flora and fauna.Most wooden images of Daruma most likely began with the fashioning of crude representations of spirits of the mountains, (Hama no kami). My nephew liked placing the branch cards, but said he did not understand all of the Kodama cards he was dealt so we helped him some during the game to select the best card to play for the first two seasons, but he selected and placed all of his own branch cards amd chose his final Kodama card. Some of the technologies we use are necessary for critical functions like security and site integrity, account authentication, security and privacy preferences, internal site usage and maintenance data, and to make the site work correctly for browsing and transactions. By carefully cultivating a branch you can score staggering amounts of points, even though it leaves you (ha! We have a great selection of board and card games for all and are always happy to offer recommediations too!