{"product_id":"mermaid-rain","title":"Mermaid Rain","description":"\u003cp\u003eMermaid Rain is a Japanese game from the makers of Train Raider.\n\nOver five rounds, players try to collect five different types of goods by moving around the sea. The game uses two phases: first is the \"surf predicting\" phase where players play melds of cards in a Taj Mahal-type mechanic. The melds determine player order, selection of \"wave tile\", and give other benefits. In the second phase, \"surf riding\", players place their wave tiles on the board and then use cards to move through the sea on the waves to collect goods.\n\nThe game is playable with English rules as the components are either language-independent or easily decipherable.\n\n\nGame Summary\nSetup: specific locations for subset of tiles, some face down; rest are to side, also face down. Deal out 7 cards (3 suits).\n\nEach round, players simultaneously select a card to play (max 5 cards total) -- choose the pass card to pass for rest of round. The resulting poker-style combinations give bonuses (VP, or special powers); the ranking gives you player order for the round.\n\nIn order, select a face up sea tile (4 shapes, 2-3 hexes each, with one of 3 suits or wild). Then, in order, place the tile on the board and use some\/all cards left in hand to move your mermaid around the board (playing card allows you to move mermaid to matching tile\/space). Whenever on an island with token(s), look at face down tokens then add one of the tokens to your collection.\n\nAt end of round, sea tiles with the darker color are removed from the board. Any mermaids on them are displaced to one of the unoccupied starting locations (player's choice). Then, deal 7 cards per player (max hand size 9) and repeat.\n\nGame ends after 5 rounds. Each player must discard 5 tokens (1 per symbol), or lose 5 VP per missing symbol. Then rank players' collections of sets of each type, awarding VP accordingly (rarer tiles, larger sets earn more VP). Most VP wins.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePlayers:\u003c\/strong\u003e 3–6\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePlay time:\u003c\/strong\u003e 45 min\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eComplexity:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2.20 \/ 5\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDesigners:\u003c\/strong\u003e Keiji Kariya, Hitoshi Yasuda\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eYear:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2003\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Gentosha Education","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51924967686360,"sku":"SB-2BB282F62E9A-BOARD-GAMES-UNK-SEALED","price":0.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0734\/6271\/0488\/files\/ujy55c64p4miaz147kcegyaudvdt.jpg?v=1785457994","url":"https:\/\/abbyboardwalkstore.com\/products\/mermaid-rain","provider":"Boardwalk Cafe \u0026 Games","version":"1.0","type":"link"}