Overview
At a glance
Is this game right for my group?
ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.
Easier to teach
High replayability
Highly interactive
Scales well
Light strategy
More strategic control
How it plays
How does it play?
Lead an ancient civilization across a modular island, rotate through actions, deploy workers, and prepare for the flood that will erase the land.
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
Rondel
Move around a circular action track that limits which actions are currently reachable.
Worker Placement
Commit limited workers to action spaces before opponents occupy them.
Grid Movement
Move pieces between adjacent spaces on a regular grid.
Modular Board
Build the play area from interchangeable sections that vary between games.
Variable Player Powers
Each player has different abilities, restrictions, or strategic advantages.
Variable Set-up
Starting conditions, resources, or layouts change between plays.
Read the full game description
Diluvium is a civilization game played against the certainty of a coming flood. Each people explores a modular island, moves workers across its grid, gathers resources, and develops a distinct power while the shared rondel determines which actions are available. Expansion creates access to new opportunities but also stretches a civilization’s ability to protect what it has built. Variable setup and asymmetric abilities make each expedition different, and the approaching deluge turns long-term growth into a timing problem: score from the island while there is still an island left to use.
