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12 Rivers

12 Rivers

2025·Romain Caterdjian

Videos
33
Creators
27

Mainly reviews. 12 Rivers is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 20 reviews, 3 how-to-play guides, 4 recorded sessions, 4 unboxings, and 2 other videos.

2 - 4 players
45 - 75 min
Light weight: Learn it in minutes

From BoardGameGeek

You are the leader of a tribe whose people explore the fabled twelve rivers flowing from a mystical lake high in the mountains. Your goal? To find the magical coloured pearls that roll down the rivers in the current. Perhaps a helpful fairy may help you on your quest! Where the rivers converge there is a village where many people and animals live in harmony. There you can make life-long friends and deliver the pearls you have collected, to be used to heal, grow, and ensure another prosperous year for all. In each of 5 rounds of play, take turns paying camp cards (resources) to place your 3 tribe tokens into various slots along the rivers, to get the magic pearls you need. Pay more camp card resources to place higher up the rivers to pick pearls earlier. However, with clever placement and use of camp card powers, you can still get valuable pearls efficiently downstream. Use your Tribe tokens to block then collect magic pearls that flow down the 12 rivers. Collect pearls needed by villagers to ensure prosperity for the village at the bottom of the 12 Rivers. Once all tribe tokens are placed, release the magic pearls to roll down the rivers. Then collect a pearl at each tribe token you placed, and store it on your Alpaca for now. Remaining pearls roll downstream to be blocked and picked at other tribe tokens, or end in the lake. Along the way you will pick up helpful fairy tokens, and try to match Alpaca goals that reward you with points for collecting sets of particular pearl colours first. To score the pearls you collect, transfer them to villagers you recruit from the village, and strive to score their bonus goals too. After 5 rounds the player with the most points wins. -description from the publisher

12 Rivers

Watch first

Learn to play

How to Play 12 RIVERS | Board Game Tutorial15:54

How to Play 12 RIVERS | Board Game Tutorial

Play The Game HQ

Play The Game HQ

Review

12 Rivers Review: You Can Take That To The River Bank18:57

12 Rivers Review: You Can Take That To The River Bank

The Dice Tower

The Dice Tower

Watch it played

12 Rivers Playthru1:05:50

12 Rivers Playthru

Tantrum House

Tantrum House

Which 12 Rivers video should I watch?

12 Rivers has 33 videos from 27 creators: 20 reviews, 3 how-to-play guides, 4 playthroughs, 4 unboxings and 2 other videos. They date from 2025 to October 2026.

To learn the rules, start with "How to Play 12 RIVERS | Board Game Tutorial" by Play The Game HQ, which runs 16 min.

For an opinion before you buy, start with "12 Rivers Review: You Can Take That To The River Bank" by The Dice Tower. 18 creators have reviewed it. To see it played, watch "12 Rivers Playthru" by Tantrum House, one of 4 playthroughs.

If you like it, try Ouch!, World Exchangers, Touch It! and Dive, also by Romain Caterdjian. It appears in convention videos from Gen Con 2025.

All videos

12 RIVERS - Playthrough (3p)Playthrough40:01

12 RIVERS - Playthrough (3p)

Board Game Gumbo (Board Game Gumbo)

Board Game Gumbo (Board Game Gumbo)

12 RiversReview7:23

12 Rivers

Jamie, Tabletoptiktok

Jamie, Tabletoptiktok

Is 12 Rivers more than just a gimmick? -TCbH ReviewReview7:12

Is 12 Rivers more than just a gimmick? -TCbH Review

The Cardboard Herald

The Cardboard Herald

How to Play 12 RiversReview13:47

How to Play 12 Rivers

The Dice Tower

The Dice Tower

12 rivers unboxingUnboxing2:17

12 rivers unboxing

Thatboardgamelife

Thatboardgamelife

FAFO | Take me to the River! We review 12 Rivers.Review16:26

FAFO | Take me to the River! We review 12 Rivers.

The Tabletop Misfits

The Tabletop Misfits

12 RIVERS | ReviewReview12:09

12 RIVERS | Review

Life of a Board Gamer

Life of a Board Gamer

12 Rivers Review - Stop, Drop & Score Your Way To The TopReview13:32

12 Rivers Review - Stop, Drop & Score Your Way To The Top

BoardGameCo

BoardGameCo

12 Rivers Review Easy to Learn, Hard to Master?Review5:58

12 Rivers Review Easy to Learn, Hard to Master?

Board Games Land

Board Games Land

12 Rivers Review - Hot or Not DebateReview17:16

12 Rivers Review - Hot or Not Debate

Around the Board

Around the Board

Ep 77 | 12 Rivers | Gizmos, Potion Explosion, Whirly Derby | John is Wrong | Table Top Team Up1:01:46

Ep 77 | 12 Rivers | Gizmos, Potion Explosion, Whirly Derby | John is Wrong | Table Top Team Up

Around the Board

Around the Board

Why This “Relaxing” Board Game Gave Me Anxiety | 12 RiversReview9:39

Why This “Relaxing” Board Game Gave Me Anxiety | 12 Rivers

Bangers Project

Bangers Project

How to Play 12 RIVERS | Board Game Tutorial15:54

How to Play 12 RIVERS | Board Game Tutorial

Play The Game HQ

Play The Game HQ

12 Rivers1:01

12 Rivers

Good Games Publishing

Good Games Publishing

12 Rivers Board Game3:35

12 Rivers Board Game

Splash Games

Splash Games

12 Rivers Review: You Can Take That To The River Bank18:57

12 Rivers Review: You Can Take That To The River Bank

The Dice Tower

The Dice Tower

12 Rivers - Board Game Review - Rivers Might Not Be Included17:15

12 Rivers - Board Game Review - Rivers Might Not Be Included

The Broken Meeple

The Broken Meeple

12 Rivers Review - Stop, Drop & Score Your Way To The Top13:32

12 Rivers Review - Stop, Drop & Score Your Way To The Top

BoardGameCo

BoardGameCo

The Hungry Gamer Reviews 12 Rivers12:28

The Hungry Gamer Reviews 12 Rivers

Hungry Gamer

Hungry Gamer

Why This “Relaxing” Board Game Gave Me Anxiety | 12 Rivers9:39

Why This “Relaxing” Board Game Gave Me Anxiety | 12 Rivers

Bangers Project

Bangers Project

How to Play 12 Rivers13:47

How to Play 12 Rivers

The Dice Tower

The Dice Tower

12 Rivers Board Game Review - Is this marble game just a load of balls?14:12

12 Rivers Board Game Review - Is this marble game just a load of balls?

BoxedMeeples

BoxedMeeples

Current(ly) the Prettiest Game on Our Table - But Is It Fun? 12 Rivers | Gamer + Non-Gamer Review!27:40

Current(ly) the Prettiest Game on Our Table - But Is It Fun? 12 Rivers | Gamer + Non-Gamer Review!

Love 2 Hate

Love 2 Hate

All the Games with Steph: 12 Rivers - Overview13:45

All the Games with Steph: 12 Rivers - Overview

Steph Hodge

Steph Hodge

12 Rivers7:23

12 Rivers

Jamie, Tabletoptiktok

Jamie, Tabletoptiktok

12 Rivers Review - Hot or Not Debate17:16

12 Rivers Review - Hot or Not Debate

Around the Board

Around the Board

12 Rivers7:30

12 Rivers

Jamie, Tabletoptiktok

Jamie, Tabletoptiktok

12 Rivers Preview - Pearls and Alpacas! (Board Games Direct)1:13

12 Rivers Preview - Pearls and Alpacas! (Board Games Direct)

Shut Up & Sit Down

Shut Up & Sit Down

12 Rivers Review: Magic Pearls Just Around The River Bend18:39

12 Rivers Review: Magic Pearls Just Around The River Bend

Board Game Buzzz

Board Game Buzzz

Is 12 Rivers more than just a gimmick? -TCbH Review7:12

Is 12 Rivers more than just a gimmick? -TCbH Review

The Cardboard Herald

The Cardboard Herald

FAFO | Take me to the River! We review 12 Rivers.16:26

FAFO | Take me to the River! We review 12 Rivers.

The Tabletop Misfits

The Tabletop Misfits

12 Rivers | A game not to miss! Review and Overview10:59

12 Rivers | A game not to miss! Review and Overview

Inspired 2 Game

Inspired 2 Game

12 Rivers Board Game Review18:58

12 Rivers Board Game Review

PoindexterG - To The Table Top!

PoindexterG - To The Table Top!

12 RIVERS | Review12:09

12 RIVERS | Review

Life of a Board Gamer

Life of a Board Gamer

12 Rivers Review Easy to Learn, Hard to Master?5:58

12 Rivers Review Easy to Learn, Hard to Master?

Board Games Land

Board Games Land

12 Rivers Playthru1:05:50

12 Rivers Playthru

Tantrum House

Tantrum House

12 Rivers 4 Player Playthrough1:16:53

12 Rivers 4 Player Playthrough

Board Gaymes James

Board Gaymes James

12 Rivers | Can we survive the rapids in 12 Rivers?1:09:22

12 Rivers | Can we survive the rapids in 12 Rivers?

The Tabletop Misfits

The Tabletop Misfits

12 RIVERS - Playthrough (3p)40:01

12 RIVERS - Playthrough (3p)

Board Game Gumbo (Board Game Gumbo)

Board Game Gumbo (Board Game Gumbo)

The Gamer Side unboxing: 12 Rivers14:18

The Gamer Side unboxing: 12 Rivers

Phase Shift Games

Phase Shift Games

12 rivers unboxing2:17

12 rivers unboxing

Thatboardgamelife

Thatboardgamelife

12 Rivers | What's under the surface of 12 Rivers? The hottest game from #gencon20258:06

12 Rivers | What's under the surface of 12 Rivers? The hottest game from #gencon2025

The Tabletop Misfits

The Tabletop Misfits

12 Rivers: Unboxing11:10

12 Rivers: Unboxing

David Niecikowski, PhD

David Niecikowski, PhD

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Creators who cover this

All channels
The Tabletop Misfits
The Tabletop Misfits
3 videos of this game
Around the Board
Around the Board
2 videos of this game
Jamie, Tabletoptiktok
Jamie, Tabletoptiktok
2 videos of this game
Phase Shift Games
Phase Shift Games
2 videos of this game
The Dice Tower
The Dice Tower
2 videos of this game
Bangers Project
Bangers Project
1 video of this game
Board Game Buzzz
Board Game Buzzz
1 video of this game
BoardGameCo
BoardGameCo
1 video of this game

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About 12 Rivers

From BoardGameGeek:

You are the leader of a tribe whose people explore the fabled twelve rivers flowing from a mystical lake high in the mountains. Your goal? To find the magical coloured pearls that roll down the rivers in the current. Perhaps a helpful fairy may help you on your quest! Where the rivers converge there is a village where many people and animals live in harmony. There you can make life-long friends and deliver the pearls you have collected, to be used to heal, grow, and ensure another prosperous year for all. In each of 5 rounds of play, take turns paying camp cards (resources) to place your 3 tribe tokens into various slots along the rivers, to get the magic pearls you need. Pay more camp card resources to place higher up the rivers to pick pearls earlier. However, with clever placement and use of camp card powers, you can still get valuable pearls efficiently downstream. Use your Tribe tokens to block then collect magic pearls that flow down the 12 rivers. Collect pearls needed by villagers to ensure prosperity for the village at the bottom of the 12 Rivers. Once all tribe tokens are placed, release the magic pearls to roll down the rivers. Then collect a pearl at each tribe token you placed, and store it on your Alpaca for now. Remaining pearls roll downstream to be blocked and picked at other tribe tokens, or end in the lake. Along the way you will pick up helpful fairy tokens, and try to match Alpaca goals that reward you with points for collecting sets of particular pearl colours first. To score the pearls you collect, transfer them to villagers you recruit from the village, and strive to score their bonus goals too. After 5 rounds the player with the most points wins. -description from the publisher

Designer

Romain Caterdjian

Publisher

Good Games Publishing

Categories

Fantasy

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