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Red Rising

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  1. 5 out of 10

    All cards different. Plenty text to absorb at a distance (and upside down). Frustruating and not much fun.

  2. 8 out of 10

    Wonderfully unique game, with beautiful artwork. Plays quickly, and is always enjoyed when it hits the table.

  3. Red Rising is a hand-management, combo-building card game by Stonemaier Games (Scythe, Wingspan) with multi-used cards. You either play cards for their effects or you keep them in your hand to score them at the end of the game. Each time you play a card, you then pick either a new card from the draw deck or from the public display that contains the cards played by all players so far. [b]Pros:[/b] + Design of the cards is very clean. The ability texts are brief and pregnant. + Hand management, multi-used cards and decision-making: you are constantly reason to play or keep a particular card similar to Fantasy Realms (long-time vs short-time benefits). + Discarded cards can be picked up by opponents and played again (similar to Lost Cities). There are four discard areas. If you discard a card, you have to decide to which area - only the latest, topmost card can be picked by the players. + Game arc: at some point in the game, you shift from engine building to scoring victory points. + Each player represents one of six houses. Each house provides a unique ability. + Players can advance on the fleet track which unlocks effects on some cards. + Fluid gameplay, quick turns. + Player aids. [b]Neutrals:[/b] # Components: feels a bit overproduced. # Dystopian theme is based on a book series by Pierce Brown. # Plays well solo and with 2 players. # Luck of the draw. # Artwork: colorful, cyberpunkish drawn characters. # Sparkling effect on gold cards (deluxe edition). # Metallic cubes are hard to distinguish in sun light (deluxe edition). # Some take-that cards. # Game box could have been smaller. Special insert only for deluxe edition. [b]Similar games:[/b] * Fantasy Realms: similar hand management, combo-building, scoring. * Lost Cities: similar hand management. * Capital Lux 2

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Enter the futuristic universe of Red Rising, based on the book series by Pierce Brown featuring a dystopian society divided into fourteen castes. You represent a house attempting to rise to power as you piece together an assortment of followers (represented by your hand of cards). Will you break the chains of the Society or embrace the dominance of the Golds?

Red Rising is a hand-management, combo-building game for 1-6 players (45-60 minute playing time). You start with a hand of 5 cards, and on your turn you will deploy 1 of those cards to a location on the board, activating that card’s deploy benefit. You will then gain the top card from another location (face up) or the deck (face down), gaining that locations benefit and adding the card to your hand as you enhance your end-game point total. If at any point you’re really happy with your hand, you can instead use your turn to reveal a card from the top of the deck and place it on a location to gain that location’s benefit.

—description from the publisher

Ages

14+
Players

Solo, 2 Players, 3 Players, 4 Players, 5 Players, 6 Players
Play Time

45m – 60m
Designer

Alexander Schmidt (II), Jamey Stegmaier
Mechanics

End Game Bonuses, Open Drafting, Solo / Solitaire Game, Dice Rolling, Hand Management, Set Collection, Take That, Variable Player Powers
Theme

Card Game, Novel-based, Science Fiction
Publisher

Corax Games, Geekach Games, Grok Games, Lavka Games, Ludofy Creative, sternenschimmermeer, Albi, Delta Vision Publishing, Ghenos Games, Maldito Games, Matagot, PHALANX, Stonemaier Games
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