Waterfall raging rapids header

Fall down the waterfall as best you can to collect the highest-scoring gemstones along the way.

Download

What do I need?

Three simple steps.

  • Read the short playful rules.
  • Click Download > Files > "1 - Base Set.pdf"
  • Print, cut, play!

Want more? You can also generate your own material right on this website! Or pick one of the other PDFs available in the Download section.

This game is uses text for the action on tiles, which means some English reading comprehension is required. It also adds a few more rules and variations, making it a more complicated (but “deeper”) version of the original.

If you want a very simple, textless, more casual game, check out the original Waterfall game!

Material

Pick your desired settings and press the button! (A new page will open.) When in doubt, just use the defaults for your first game(s).

Turns the material mostly grayscale. Don't compress PDF. (Slightly higher resolution, but huge file size.) Some actions are 90% of the game; represent those with an icon instead of English text. Slightly harder to understand, but allow more depth and variety.

Sets

(Click to fold.)
Harder to understand and play with, but allow more depth and variety.

Not working? Or unsure what to do? The "Download" button above has PDFs I already made for you! Pick any one of those.

Credits

This was actually the “original version” of my Waterfall game idea. After working on it, however, I realized how to make it simpler and remove all text. (This almost always happens and is why iteration is the magic word when trying to create anything.) That is why there are two Waterfall games which I developed and released in parallel.

The basic rules for this game are still incredibly simple. But because each tile has a unique written action on it, I still decided to call it a bit slower to play and harder to play well than the other version.

As such, for more background information or details, visit the Waterfall project page.