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2008 Ranked #14,518

Kayak Chaos

A tile-building race game has kayakers paddle through a river they reshape while dodging rocks and rivals. Powerful cards can flip or exchange river sections, turning a clear path into sudden chaos.

Racing Modular Board Tile Placement

Players

2-4

Play time

Not listed

Age

8+

Complexity

1.18/5

Rating

6.23

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.3/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.0/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.7/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

From the publisher's website: "Be the first to maneuver your kayak up, down, and across a river that you build as you go! But be careful - rocks and competing kayakers are bound to stir up some chaos!" Each player may play up to three cards from their hand on their turn.

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From the publisher's website: "Be the first to maneuver your kayak up, down, and across a river that you build as you go! But be careful - rocks and competing kayakers are bound to stir up some chaos!" Each player may play up to three cards from their hand on their turn. The cards allow basic actions (paddling down the river, paddling across the river to avoid rocks, or shifting a section of the river to clear your path) as well as powerful actions (a kayak flip turns an entire tile 180 degrees, a whirlpool exchanges two adjacent tiles, and a life ring that can "counter" an opponent's play)

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Play and group

Players
2–4
Best with
2–4
Play time
30 min
Age
8+
Complexity
1.2/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

4
Don Beyer Ray Eifler Steve Gross Mike Morgenstein

Artists

1
Alvin Madden

Publishers

1
SimplyFun

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