Board Game River Valley - Glassworks

Welcome to the River Valley — a unique and picturesque place! The clear waters of the local river hide a real natural treasure — multi-colored glass! These amazing pebbles, polished by water and time, have acquired an incredible palette of shades. They have become a source of inspiration for many inventive entrepreneurs and talented craftsmen — because skillful hands are able to turn them into real masterpieces of mosaic art!

So join this creative endeavor! The board game invites everyone who wants to get acquainted with the art of mosaic!

This is an abstract board game for logical thinking, in which players become masters of mosaics, creating amazing panels from multi-colored glass lying on the bottom of the river. Beautiful design and original mechanics that focus on creating patterns make the gameplay interesting and atmospheric.

How to play?

Preparation for the game. Put all the glass pieces, except the black ones, in a bag and mix them well. Then lay out 6 river tiles in a line, and arrange the glass pieces on them according to the drawings. Place the lake tile at the end of the river, and place 5 glass pieces on it. Each player receives a bag, a factory board, and a supply marker.

Game progress. Players take turns taking one of two available actions:

1. Collect. On your turn, you place one glass piece from your bag on the river tile. You can then take all the glass from one adjacent river tile and place it in your factory.
2. Replenishment. If your bag has less than 3 glass, you can take 4 new glass from the lake and put them in your bag (however, the bag cannot contain more than 5 glass).

Filling the Factory. All the glass you collect from the river goes to your factory. It is important to remember that when filling the factory, only the color of the glass matters, not its shape. You must place each color of glass in a separate column in the factory, filling them from left to right. If there is not enough space for a glass of a certain color, it goes to the waste area.

End of the game. The game ends when any player`s supply marker reaches 17 points or more. Then all players make one last move. After that, the points for the filled rows and columns in the factory are calculated. The points are reduced for the glass pieces sent to the waste zone (-3 points for each).

Victory. The player with the most points wins. If several players have the same number of points, they share the victory among themselves.

Conclusion

This is a compact, original board game in which you can test your logical thinking, as well as create a beautiful pattern from multi-colored glass pieces. The game seems quite simple, but it requires attention and careful planning of actions. So if you like logical abstract boards — you should not ignore this game, because you will find it interesting here!

Publisher: Asmodee

Language: Ukrainian

Players: 1-5

Play time: 25 m

Age: 8+

• pouch
• lake tile
• 6 river tiles
• 5 "bag" tokens
• 5 mosaic factory boards
• 5 supply markers
• first move marker
• 132 glass pieces (22 white, 22 purple, 17 light blue, 17 dark blue, 12 light green, 12 dark green, 12 black, 9 yellow, 9 orange)
• game rules