Gamehelpbonsai

Overview

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Turn

On your turn, either Meditate or Cultivate, then check if you've Completed a Goal

Meditate

Take a faceup card of your choice

Below the card's position are symbols depicting how many and what type or tile you can additionally take

Some positions give no tiles, some an option between one and another tile, and some give multiple tiles

All remaining cards are slid to the right, and a new card is drawn from the deck to refill the market

Growth cards are played to the right of your Seishi, fanned out to keep the symbol on the sidebar visible

Tool cards are played to the left of your Seishi, fanned out to keep the symbol on the sidebar visible

Helpers and Masters have instant one off effects, then are placed facedown next to you in a pile

Parchments have end game effects, and are placed facedown in the same pile as Helpers and Masters

Regardless of how many tiles you gained, you can only retain 5 tiles at the end of your turn

Cultivate

Based on what cards are in your display, including your starting Seishi card, you are allowed to play certain tiles as depicted

Each depicted tile lets you place one of its type, the starting Seishi allows a player to place 1 Wood, 1 Leaf, &/or 1 Any

Wood needs to be placed with one edge touching the edge of another Wood

Leaf needs to be placed with one edge touching the edge of a Wood

Flower needs to be placed with one edge touching the edge of a Leaf

Fruit needs to be placed adjacent to two Leaf tiles which form an intersection, furthermore a Fruit CANNOT touch the edge of another Fruit

Before placement, if your layout does not allow for a Wood placement (regardless of what you wish to place) you can discard parts of your Bonsai in the least disruptive manner in order to make Wood placement possible

Complete a Goal

If you meet or exceed the requirements of a goal, you are able to claim it or skip it

You can only claim one goal of each type, so once one is claimed you cannot claim a better version

If you choose to skip a goal you could have claimed, it is no longer available for you to claim at a later point, you must instead try to claim a harder goal worth more points