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River Rats

#428024BGG ↗

2025 · 1-4 players · 30min · weight 1.86 · 130 ratings

v2 v3 v4 wide v4 deep

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ID
428024
Name
River Rats
Year
2025
Rank
13999
Min players
1
Max players
4
Playing time
30
Min playtime
10
Max playtime
30
Avg weight
1.8571
Num weights
7
Bayes avg
5.54413
Average
6.97923
Users rated
130
Num owned
223
Wanting
23
Wishing
159
Num comments
52
Fetched at
Sat May 02 2026 16:58:57 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Mechanisms (7)
Card Play Conflict ResolutionClosed DraftingCommunication LimitsCooperative GameHand ManagementOpen DraftingSet Collection
Categories (4)
AnimalsCard GameNauticalScience Fiction
Description (866 chars)

River Rats is a cooperative, strategic hand-management game set aboard a luxurious futuristic riverboat, where the bionic River Rats, the upper-class guests, force the crew into high-stakes poker games for their amusement. Players take on the roles of the crew, working together to outplay the Rich Rats by crafting stronger poker hands. Using teamwork, clever hand management, and strategic planning, they must manipulate the game to shift the odds in their favor. Each of the four crew factions (♣️♦️♥️♠️) has unique abilities, and players must combine their faction powers with their own special actions to outwit the Rich Rats and send them back to their cabins a little poorer than before. Defeat both River Rats by ensuring each accumulates five Debt before you collectively gain five Debt. —description from the publisher

LLM v2 (wide)

Not yet enriched at v2 (wide pass).

LLM v3 (deep)

Not yet enriched at v3 (deep pass).

LLM v4 wide (controlled-vocab primitives)

Not yet enriched at v4 (wide pass).

LLM v4 deep (archetype fit)

Not in the v4 deep-pass top-20% slice.