
- BGG rank
- BGG #295
- BGG rating
- 7.5
Flamme Rouge
- 2–4 players
- 30–45 min
- Complexity 1.7/5
- 2016

Rules assistance for Heat: Heavy Rain
Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.

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Answers come from the official rulebook, with the page to check.
Heat: Heavy Rain is an expansion for Heat: Pedal to the Metal released in 2024 for 1–7 players and ages 10 and up. It was designed by Asger Aleksandrov Granerud and Daniel Skjold Pedersen and its main mechanics are Hand Management, Race, and Push Your Luck.
This expansion introduces: One new driver w/ all essential player specific components in orange (now allows up to 7 racers) Two new maps (Japan & Mexico) New upgrade cards (introducing the purple drop - a different cooldown that allows the player to take a heat card from their discard pile and place it back into their engine) Submerged track sections (must spend an extra heat for down shifting gears in these sections) More heat, stress, championship, sponsorship, and event cards. —description from the publisher
Heat: Heavy Rain supports 1–7 players according to the catalogue. This range comes from the publisher’s listed player count, so the game can be set up for any group size within it. Some setups, rules and scoring details may still vary by player count, so check your edition’s rulebook for the exact configuration.
The catalogue lists Heat: Heavy Rain for ages 10 and up. This is the publisher’s recommendation and reflects reading demands, rule complexity and small components rather than theme alone. Younger players can often join with help from an adult, so check the age guidance on your edition and consider your group’s experience with board games.
Heat: Heavy Rain has a complexity rating of 2.4 out of 5 from BoardGameGeek players, which makes it a medium-light game. The rating reflects how much rules knowledge, planning and decision-making a typical game demands. Expect a longer first teach for heavier games, and use a preparation guide before game night.
Heat: Heavy Rain belongs to these categories: Racing, Expansion for Base-game, and Sports. Its main mechanics are Hand Management, Race, and Push Your Luck. Categories describe the theme and setting of a game, while mechanics describe what players actually do on their turns. Each mechanic links to a catalogue hub with similar games, which helps when you want something comparable.
The credited designers of Heat: Heavy Rain are: Asger Aleksandrov Granerud and Daniel Skjold Pedersen. These credits come from the published game data and name the people responsible for the game’s design, not its illustrators or publishers. Designer pages on MeepleRules collect other titles by the same designers, which helps when you enjoy a game and want to find similar ones.
The catalogue lists Heat: Heavy Rain as an expansion for Heat: Pedal to the Metal. Expansions add new content, rules or scenarios to the base game and usually cannot be played on their own, so you need Heat: Pedal to the Metal to use it. Check that your edition of Heat: Pedal to the Metal is compatible, as some expansions were revised between editions.