Description
The Japanese term "Bonsai" means "planted in a pot".
A bonsai is a living work of art, a perfect miniature of a plant, identical in every respect to its full-sized counterpart, only several times smaller.In Bonsai, players take on the role of bonsai experts determined to grow their own Bonsai. Whoever grows the best plant will be chosen to display their Bonsai in the imperial gardens.On your turn, choose and carry out one of these two actions: meditate or cultivate. If you meditate, choose one of the face-up cards on the board and take it along with any bonsai tiles shown below the card you take. If you cultivate, you can place tiles from your personal supply into your Bonsai. You can place as many tiles as the total number of symbols shown on your Seishi tile and on any or all of your growth cards. Each symbol lets you place one tile of the matching type.During a turn in which your Bonsai meets or exceeds the requirements of a goal tile still in the middle of the table (i.e. a goal tile not yet claimed by any player), you must immediately choose whether to claim that tile or give it up to try for a harder goal tile.When the last card of the deck is revealed, the game ends. Each tile in your bonsai is worth a certain number of points.In solo play, you can try additional scenarios that change some of the rules and goals, and eventually attempt to beat the Emperor's challenge.
