Featured Game - River of Gold

Featured games are our way of teaching new games and highlighting something we think our players may enjoy or take note of. We'll explain from scratch how to play the game with a detailed description and demonstrate a few turns, then break into tables to actually play it. Each week it'll be something new, but will run the spectrum of different lengths, complexities, themes, and game mechanics. So if this week's game doesn't interest you, feel free to look again next time around!

River of Gold is a game of contract fulfillment set in the Legends of the Five Rings universe (which itself is based on feudal east Asia). Each turn, you'll roll a die to determine which region of the board you're interacting with, then choose to either build new buildings, sail along the river to collect resources and money, or deliver goods to complete contracts. Finishing these will give you points and other bonuses, with similar bonuses for similar clients. The player with the most points after buildings have been depleted wins the game.

River of Gold is a game for up to 4 players and should take about 1 hour for experienced players to play. It has a weight of 2.48 according to BoardGameGeek, making it medium complexity compared to games typically played here.

Read the rules here: https://cdn.svc.asmodee.net/production-officedog/uploads/2024/08/ODL501_Rulebook_Web_English.pdf
Watch a video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGldVeCxF1E

If this is your first time with this group, you should see a link to our Discord group once you've signed up for this event. You may join any time before the event begins to get to know people, but once this event starts, we'll typically join the Lobby voice chat, then move to another voice chat once we've gotten started. Note that I, as the game teacher, will share my screen to show how the game works, but all other interaction will be voice only, no video, so no need to look presentable first. The game itself will be played using Board Game Arena - please create an account on this site beforehand.