The Great Deluge: 1862

You are a flatboat pilot in the winter of 1861, navigating the worst rainstorm in recorded California history. For weeks, relentless atmospheric rivers have pummeled the West Coast, transforming the Sacramento Valley into a brown, surging sea sixty miles wide. Roads have vanished, telegraph poles are submerged to their tips, and thousands of settlers are stranded on shrinking mounds of mud. With a makeshift vessel and a handful of desperate passengers, you must navigate treacherous currents, floating timber, and relentless downpours to reach the safety of the Sierra foothills. Supplies are damp, hypothermia is a constant threat, and the rising tide shows no sign of abating. The Valley is under water, and dry land lies miles away across open, turbulent floodwaters. You must draw on every ounce of seamanship and resolve to guide your crew through the deluge before the rising waters claim you all.