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Lead the Netherlands into the Industrial Age in the latest version of the cooperative classic! It is the dawn of the Industrial Age in the Netherlands. For centuries, the country has relied upon a series of dikes and wind-powered pumps to keep it safe from the constant threat of flooding from the North Sea. But this system is no longer enough.
Andy Parsons
Pandemic with flood water replacing diseases, building four major hydraulic installations replacing the cures and storm cards replacing pandemic ones. The game does add pumps to suck up flood water and dikes that protect from flooding while they last. Like the original Pandemic, Rising Tide's (multi-player, pretty variable) puzzle nature is too much to the fore for my taste. Production quality and artwork are both pretty good.
Akado
"Rising Tide" must be Dutch for "Snowball Effect." An interesting take on pandemic, where outbreaks constantly happen and require careful management. And, like all elegant solutions, careful management is very fragile and prone to sudden and inevitable betrayal. There's more depth here than with regular pandemic, as long-term elements (ports and pumping stations) are available from Turn 1, and also with how the removal of dikes is quite meaningful later in the game. The unfortunate part is that new players won't know which dikes are "better" or "safer" to remove, and the rules do have a typo about water flowing. That being said, this was an interesting game and I would play it again, but the complexity takes it beyond an entry level game and that means I don't need to own it, as I have other not-quite-entry-level games I would rather play. It's also very fiddly, with windmills always removing a cube but water always pushing out more cubes.
AnnabelleD
Superb cooperative game, I really enjoy Pandemic: Rising Tide. Players will be under pressure to build pumps and ports and secure dikes to manage the flow of water. This intense planning is essential to give time to build the four hydraulic structures and win the game. Storms can hit without warning and dikes can fail at the worst time, ending a game you felt almost certain to win. Intelligent game with beautiful artwork. Excellent!