But, even with the relaxed feel, the game still offers a challenge to those who are playing and for this I give the game a recommendation. Branch cards can be placed either directly onto one of the larger branches off of your Kodama’s trunk, or can continue from a branch already in the display by overlapping it slightly.

As caretakers for Kodama, the tree spirits, you must keep the forest a healthy and lush home for your little friends. At the start of the game each player gets 4 Kodama cards that ask you to build your tree in certain ways.Taking a leaf (pardon the pun) from Kigi, Kodama continues to provide a beautiful table top presence. Some of the components included in the game differ between retail and that of the Kickstarter Deluxe version; this wouldn’t deter me from adding this to my collection, as the experience gained is enough in itself.

These icons are incredibly important, as these will determine how you will score during each turn and round. 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.

Build beautiful trees that please the forest spirits in this gorgeously illustrated strategy game that the whole family can enjoy. Starting with the player with the 1st player marker, the active player will choose one of the branch cards from the display and places the card onto their personal tree. The range of angles that your played cards create and the different amounts they overlap produces this organic feeling of the game and that I haven't seen in any games since - or before. Parcels will usually be despatched on the next working day - Tuesday to Friday - after payment has been accepted and availability confirmed.