A new world opens before you with untouched land as far as the eye can see. Your boat glides up a river and you examine the banks, appreciating the beauty of your new home. Expand your territory, cultivate your land and exploit your resources to construct the buildings that will make your settlement the most impressive in the region.

In The River, players struggle to make the most amazing settlement of this new world. In order to outmatch your opponents, construct valuable buildings and cultivate your river banks into harmonious and productive tracts. Reserve resources, enlarge your territory, and block your competitors… Every decision counts in this fast and streamlined tile-placement game. But be careful, some of your pioneers will decide to settle along the way and the lack of a workforce could cost you the victory.

But keep an eye on your opponents! If you aren’t careful they’ll claim the richest land before you even have a chance to set foot on the bank!

No. of players: 2 to 4 players

Suitable for Ages 8 and above

Game Duration: 30 to 45 mins

Game Contents:

1 double-sided Main Game Board

4 sets of components (1 per player)

1 double-sided River Board

1 Boat

5 Pioneer Meeples

44 resource tokens

65 Terrain Tiles

1 First Player Pawn

33 Building Cards

20 Bonus Tokens

1 Rules booklet

How to play?:

In this game, you are sending your Pioneers up a large river, gathering resources and constructing new buildings along the way. The player with the most impressive settlement at the end of the game will be declared the winner. Before the game starts, each player gets to select a beginning Terrain Tile.

Starting with the player seated to the right of the First Player, then going counterclockwise, each player takes one of the faceup Tiles and places it in the first spot of their River Board (in the top left corner). The remaining Tile is removed from the game.

Then draw and reveal enough Tiles to cover all the spots of the island corresponding to the number of players.