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Seasons of Rice: The Water Festival is an expansion for Seasons of Rice released in 2019 for 2 players, 10–15 minutes per game, and ages 8 and up. It was designed by Corry Damey and its main mechanics are Variable Player Powers, Tile Placement, and Open Drafting.
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About the game
The Water Festival marks the annual flow reversal of the Tonle Sap River! There is a river of four 2-sided cards that gets “randomly” laid. By random, they may be rotated and shuffled, but laid in such a way that they create a horizontal line between players. Play starts and continues as normal, but players will play off the river to start their landscape. Each section of the river has a feature and if players have a majority of that particular feature in the connected paddy at the end of each season, they will earn a scoring ability. When playing with The Water Festival, the Wet Season has a set intermediate scoring. Before the Dry Season they’re all flipped over and have a more randomized scoring for the end of the game. —description from the publisher
Editions
- Seasons of Rice: The Water FestivalenButton Shy2019
- Seasons of Rice: The Water FestivalenButton Shy2019
- Campos de Arroz: El Festival del AguaesSalt & Pepper Games2020
Designers
Publishers
- Button Shy
- Salt & Pepper Games
Questions and answers
Seasons of Rice: The Water Festival supports 2 players according to the catalogue. This is the publisher’s listed player count, so the game is designed for exactly that number of participants. Variants for other group sizes, if any, are described in the rulebook of your edition, so check it before setting up a different configuration.
The listed playing time for Seasons of Rice: The Water Festival is 10–15 minutes. This is the publisher’s estimate for a full game. The actual duration depends on the group, the player count and familiarity with the rules: first sessions usually run longer, while experienced groups often finish faster. Setup and teaching time are not included in this estimate.
The catalogue lists Seasons of Rice: The Water Festival for ages 8 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.
Seasons of Rice: The Water Festival belongs to these categories: Print & Play, Farming, and Expansion for Base-game. Its main mechanics are Variable Player Powers, Tile Placement, and Open Drafting. 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 Seasons of Rice: The Water Festival are: Corry Damey. 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 Seasons of Rice: The Water Festival as an expansion for Seasons of Rice. Expansions add new content, rules or scenarios to the base game and usually cannot be played on their own, so you need Seasons of Rice to use it. Check that your edition of Seasons of Rice is compatible, as some expansions were revised between editions.