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2021 Ranked #3,396

A Gentle Rain

This tranquil tile-laying puzzle has players arrange a lake so all eight kinds of lily bloom in the rain. Every placement must connect the right colors, turning the quiet scene into a shared spatial challenge.

Abstract Puzzle Solo / Solitaire Game Tile Placement Players: Solitaire Only Games

Players

1-2

Play time

Not listed

Age

8+

Complexity

1.19/5

Rating

7.61

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.3/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 3.9/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.8/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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How does it play?

TAKE A DEEP BREATH, AND RELAX... You have come to the lake hoping to see a rare and beautiful sight.

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TAKE A DEEP BREATH, AND RELAX... You have come to the lake hoping to see a rare and beautiful sight. The lilies of the lake only open their blossoms in the rain, and only rarely do all eight kinds of lily bloom at once. The goal of A Gentle Rain is to place the lake tiles in such a way to cause all eight types of lilies to bloom before you run out of tiles and the rain ends. Place each new tile you draw next to a tile already in play, making sure to match the colors of all the tile edges touching the tile you are placing. Each time you manage to complete a square of four touching tiles, a blossom opens between them. Keep Score, or don’t. —description from the publisher

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Play and group

Players
1–2
Best with
2
Play time
15 min
Age
8+
Complexity
1.2/5
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Credits

Designers

1
Kevin Wilson

Artists

2
Chris Bilheimer Weronika Kozyra

Publishers

1
Mondo Games

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