Cover art for Red Rising

Red Rising

2021 · BGG
Avg rating
6.98
Bayes rating
6.63
Weight
2.29 (Medium Light)
Players
1-6
Playtime
1 hr
Ratings count
8,490

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Description

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 location's 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



Mechanics

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

Themes

Novel-based Science Fiction

Publishers

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

Designers

Alexander Schmidt (II) Jamey Stegmaier