River of Gold - Board Game Review - I Love Gooooooooooold!

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River of Gold - Board Game Review - I Love Gooooooooooold!

From the Spine of the World Mountains to the bustling fishing villages of Earthquake Fish Bay flows a river where fortunes can be made and lowly traders can brush shoulders with Rokugan's elite. Will your clan become the dominant force along this River of Gold?

In River of Gold, players take on the role of river merchants allied with legendary samurai clans, each vying to exploit the river to earn wealth, glory, and wisdom. Will you invest in developing ports, markets, shrines, and more along the banks of the busy river? Or will you rely upon sailing the river of gold, growing your wealth and influence through delivery contracts, visiting the nobility, and garnering a bit of divine favor during tough times?

River of Gold features a stunning embossed metallic gold game board illustrated by master fantasy cartographer Francesca Baerald. In addition to looking beautiful, the gameplay is fast and clever, with minimal downtime and a playtime of just one hour. Fans of Eurogames will enjoy this mid-weight game, and with easy-to-learn, intuitive rules, you’ll be able to get River of Gold to your table quickly.

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Timestamps:

00:00 - Introduction and Background
02:00 - Basic Overview
04:42 - The Good Things
15:17 - The Bad Stuff
20:47 - Summary, Verdict & Player Scaling

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If you read the design diaries on BGG.. the designer seemed to take a while with this design tweaking it and developing it. I think that's part of reason why I think this is so solid. Too many games just speedrun it through development to get it on crowdfunding.

ryanamos
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I've played this on BGA and in person and really enjoy it. It's a fun, light game that has good decisions. Especially as the building pile decreases and you have to decide if you want to try to build one more time or deliver one more time.

markbeaulieu
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Great review luke! Sometimes things don't need to be super innovative to stand out but bring everything together well. Would love to play this at a convention

alexthorne
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Excellent stuff as always, looks like one my family would like.

jamescartwright
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A very helpful review of a game I think I will buy!

philipthonemann
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Thank you for review! River of Gold is just realising in Poland and I was waiting for a proper overview. Great that you covered it as I highly value your reviews, you don't mess around and sweet talk every game ;)
For sure River of Gold goes to shopping list. As a adult, with limited time, it's nice to have clean, smooth games that take no more than 2 hours to play with rules you can get back to in few minutes.

Destroyerpl
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What a great game. Everyone walking by our table at our game night stopped and said "WOW! That is a really good looking board"... Game set up is quite intimidating and looks like a long game but it was really fun

DrFrige
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Agree with your comments, my partner and I quite enjoy this game. A good expansion could elevate it further. My only nit-pick is the gold box insert which is not fit for purpose!

nickharrison
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Love this game both live and on BGA. I understand where you are coming from with wanting maybe more variety, but that’s the beauty of it - it didn’t venture too far to make me roll my eyes and think it chose to be overly complex for the same of being overly complex. Streamlined and elegant to a T. I would be up for an expansion but hope it’s more goals, cards, etc and not some extra board.

PaulMazzoni
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Sounds good. Added to my wish list. Though I don't think I will try it on board game arena until I can see it in real life, because there is so much going on.

elainetyger
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I think this compared to Lords of Waterdeep isn't a a terrible comparison. Although there is no real player interaction here, in terms of negative interaction. There is a bit of positive interaction in terms of wanting people to visit your buildings because when they get stuff, you get stuff. There were a few turns my last play where I was dying for money and resources and 3 people hit up my buildings and gave me so much more to do. Definitely some feel good moments here. I do think some of the player abilities are just so much better than others. Specifically the clan that lets you build anywhere and the one that lets you deliver anywhere. They are so much better abilities than the other 2.

npckse
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Thanks for the review! Really great game, have got a physical copy and played on Board game arena. An expansion with more of the same (cards for customers or end of game points) or another player might be good. cheers

Nasorangmal
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This is an Instant Buy for me. I really love the Legend of the Five Rings LLC and it's art style. While yeah, the L5R theme means nothing for the gameplay, but using this art style makes a very pretty game!
Quick player turns with and the die sets one up for the following turn both giving options and limitations is a nice touch. Easy to understand icons and a proper length. Just have to wait two weeks before I can order my copy!

tuntemon
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For me, it’s just like how you said that it does exactly what it sets out to do. It’s a near perfect game for me as I also get tripped up by where the 4 adjacent ports are in relation to my ship.
Only thing this game could use would be more of the same with its customers or tracks.

axétério
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I think if some expansion content comes out for this that helps with variety i will consider picking it up. As of now though, it doesnt seem to offer anything i want. It just doesnt seem unique enough to stand out, aside from the way it looks. If i didnt have a large collection already then this might be one id be looking to add. Going to wait and see what happens with this game down the road.

jpower
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I followed the same path to this game through BGA and love the smooth mechanics. I think this one might be my top game of 2024 or at least in the conversation. I did find a set of coins that replace the cardboard. I probably make too many snide comments myself when people take too long because they don't plan their turns.

unraveledgamethoughts
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You sold me on it when I first watched this. The only thing I dislike is the insert. Otherwise, it would have fought with Saltfjord for my top game of 2024 if I played it then. But it's nice to find a game worth keeping because I usually don't.

jacobjslee
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Another great review, this was very helpful and nice to see that your high rating mirrored what the recent DT review gave the game. It's now on my wishlist! What do you think of this game compared to another game you had given a glowing review to in the past, Whistle Mountain? I enjoyed that one but I find that it's not the greatest with 2 players since all the action spots are almost always available.

Puzzu
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I see an expansion with more customers and objectives coming.

TimYoung
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I really liked this in BGA, maybe should buy it. It is not an incredible game that is showing unique concepts and groundbreaking innovations, but it is a very nice, simple and good one as you say. Its like food; this may not be a 3 Michelin Stars game, but it is a nice and solid steak with fries in your favorite place to eat. And for sure I eat more of the second than the first :P

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