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Petrichor

You are a cloud: move water droplets, rain on crops and out-vote rival clouds in a tactical weather game.

You are a cloud. Your whole purpose in life is to expand, spawn more clouds and water crops, and unfortunately your fellow clouds have the same plan. Petrichor, named after the smell of rain on dry soil, is an action-selection and area-influence game where four simple actions interact with the fields in surprising ways. You move clouds carrying water droplets across a modular board, soak the crops below, and vote and wrangle with other players to see who becomes the Most Valuable Cloud. It is highly interactive, plays one to four (five with the expansion), and looks charming for such a tactical, cutthroat game. From 2018.

Players are clouds watering cropsFour simple actions, surprising interactionsVoting and area influence on a modular board

Who it's for

You like highly interactive area-control games with an unusual, charming theme.

Not for you if…

You want a quiet, multiplayer-solitaire game. Everything you do affects someone else.

Vibe's take

Clever and chatty. Every action shifts clouds, rain and votes in ways that make you grin and then grumble at whoever just rained on your plans. Gentle looks, sharp elbows.

#2,231 on BGG

of over 30,000 ranked board games

Published 2018 · 8 years ago

newer than 51% of games

In 5,630 collections

collected more than 62% of games

1–4 players · ages 10+

Best with 3 or 4 · publisher: 14+

20–80 min

longer than 72% of games · typical 30–90 min

Complexity: demanding

Takes some learning · 3.0 out of 5 · heavier than 85%

Opinions: usual spread

A normal range of ratings

Language: no text

Playable without the language

Play style: competitive · solo too

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