No

Only one “Calm Waters” card can be played during a 1-minute round.

Yes

It allows you to choose any of the previously discarded tiles and place it on the board according to the tile placement rules. You cannot play this card if there are no discarded tiles.

It allows you to roll only 1 die instead of 2 in the next Giant Wave phase. The player rolling the die chooses which die to roll.

It allows you to flip over 2 tiles from the draw piles. In future turns, players may choose to draw 1 of these revealed tiles instead of drawing from a draw pile.

It allows you to take any tile from the board, except for the Boat tile, and place it on a new empty space. The tile must be placed according to the tile placement rules, except it does not need to create an uninterrupted path to an animal space.

It allows you to put a Bird token on any tile, except for the Boat tile, on the board. If a Giant Wave hits a tile with a Bird token on it, then remove the Bird token instead of the tile. A tile can only have one Bird token on it.

It allows you to remove and discard any tile, except for the Boat tile, from the board.

The current player rolls both of the Giant Wave dice and removes all of the tiles from the rows that match the number and color of the dice by discarding them face-up.

They play it

When the 1-minute timer runs out, the round is over and the game pauses. If the current player has already drawn a tile, then they must first finish their action as usual.

Almost

When the 1-minute timer runs out, the round is over and the game pauses. If the current player has already drawn a tile, then they must first finish their action as usual.

Discarded

Action cards are discard the card face-up after use, except for the “Calm Waters” card, which gets discarded after the next Giant Wave phase.

Not really

Players must play their drawn tile. However, if the drawn tile is a [X], [T] or [I] tile, instead of placing it on the board, the player may choose to discard it and draw an Action card into their hand.

No

On their turn, the player must perform only one of the actions.

On their turn, the player must perform one of the following actions: Draw a tile; OR Play an Action card.

No

No

Each round lasts 1 minute, unless players win the game.

1 minute

A single round lasts 1 minute.

Yes

No tiles in the same column or row as the Boat tile can be removed by the Giant Wave.

No

No tiles in the same column or row as the Boat tile can be removed by the Giant Wave and the Boat tile can never be removed from the board.

Almost any

At the end of the round, the current player rolls both of the Giant Wave dice and removes all of the tiles from the rows that match the number and color of the dice by discarding them face-up.

They stay

After removing one or more tiles from the board (e.g. Giant Wave phase, card effects), all other tiles stay on the board, even if they do not have an uninterrupted path to an animal space.

No

Removed tiles are removed from the game and placed to the side.

Yes

Sometimes

Map tiles can only be discarded without any bonus if: there is no valid space to place it on, OR the only valid placement would lead to both paths of an animal space being completely blocked, making an uninterrupted path to the boat impossible.

Yes

Any tile's edges may touch the edges of the board.

No

The tile’s edges must match the edges of all the tiles it touches – an edge with an open path must touch an edge with an open path. An edge without an open path must touch another edge without an open path.

It depends

The tiles must create an uninterrupted path of water from at least one animal space to the newly placed tile.

No

The tiles must create an uninterrupted path of water from at least one animal space to the newly placed tile.

No

The tiles must create an uninterrupted path of water from at least one animal space to the newly placed tile.

Yes

Not really

The tile must be placed next to an animal space or at least one other tile on the board, connected horizontally or vertically.

No

See the following rule(s) to find an answer to this question.

If there are no more available tiles and Action cards left and uninterrupted path hasn't been created from all 4 Animals to the Boat tile, the players lose the game.

As soon as an uninterrupted path is created from each of the 4 Animals to the Boat tile, the game is won.

See the following rule(s) to find an answer to this question.

The person who last saw the movie "Flow" is the first player. Alternatively, chose the first player at random.

No

When shuffling Map tiles, shuffle them face-down.

Not really

Usually, you place the Boat tile with the 4 paths side facing up, but if playing with Scenarios, the "Single Path Boat Tile" card forces you to place the Boat tile with only 1 path side facing up.

No

The Boat tile can't be moved or removed from the board.

No

The Boat tile is always placed in the middle of the board.

In the middle