The River cover
2018BGG rank #2,906

The River

by Sébastien Pauchon, Ismaël Perrin · Days of Wonder

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Players2–4
Time30–45m
ComplexityLight
Age8+

About the game

What is The River?

In The River, you and the other mayoral players each struggle to create the best pioneer settlement by developing land along a river bed in your town, collecting resources from the area, and constructing buildings. As you explore and build up the untouched frontier, your workers will settle down along the way, meaning that your other workers will shoulder more of the burden to do what you want to do, which includes making nicely organized landscapes to please the aestheticians in town. Every decision counts in this fast and streamlined tile-placement game, and in the end the player with the most impressive settlement will win!

How it plays

Mechanics

ContractsTile PlacementTurn Order: Claim ActionWorker Placement

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