Indie Boards and Cards | Kodama 2nd Edition | Card Game | Ages 14+ | 2-5 Players | 30 Minutes Playing Time

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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. It feels very therapeutic when you attach each branch card to your tree's trunk or extend an existing branch. Etsy’s 100% renewable electricity commitment includes the electricity used by the data centres that host Etsy. You’ll find some cards are easier to get maximum points off than others, but the bigger issue is in the set of cards you get dealt.

Importantly, you mustn’t touch more than one card, limiting the density of branches to a comfortable degree, and your branches mustn’t go below the bottom of your trunk card, because that’s where the ground is!Around the Edo period, Kodama lost their rank as gods of the forest and were included as just one of Japan’s ubiquitous Yo-kai. 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.

Kodama Duo is a two-player standalone version of Kodama: The Tree Spirits and a 6th player expansion. For whatever reason—maybe because of an interestingly shaped trunk, or a sequence of knots resembling a human face, or just a certain sense of awe—some trees were identified as being the abodes of spirits. Everything is done very professionally with this company and always lets you know every step of the process. The first known mention of tree spirits is in Japan’s oldest known book, the Kojiki, (book for ceremonies, customs, divination, and magical practices of ancient Japan), that tells about the tree God, Wakunochi-no-kami.We felt it a bit fiddly with having to use the 2 different markers, and they get bumped around easily.

In Kodama: The Tree Spirits, you are growing your own tree – Kodama – out from it’s trunk in such a way that it scores you an increasing amount of points, whilst also allowing for future growth and expansion. Each player gets their own trunk to start off, then will pick up a branch card each round, adding it their existing tree and steadily growing it. At the start of the round a card is drawn randomly from that Season’s deck, which will alter gameplay somehow, either by altering how many points are awarded for certain icons on cards, or altering game rules slightly. When you add a card to your tree you score points for features that are shared along the cards on that branch. We have a great selection of board and card games for all and are always happy to offer recommediations too!Better yet, you score a point for each matching feature through which you can trace an unbroken line of cards, from that card you just played. Even for those who don’t respond to the theme and are purely playing to maximize their points, there is plenty of thinking to be done to ensure you get the longest chain of features on your tree, without going over the 10 point limit.