Red Rising: a competitive strategy game by Stonemaier
A competitive strategy board game where players craft a hand of followers to rise in a futuristic society. Features artwork and a broad card roster for replayability, with quick gameplay under an hour
Highlights
- thematic strategy with card-driven actions
- replayable deck of followers
- short, engaging play sessions
Pros
- engaging theme based on a popular book series
- high replayability due to large card roster
- fast play sessions (under an hour)
- great artwork and production quality
- strategic decisions with multiple locations
Cons
- mixed ease of learning among players
Best For
Features
- Based on the Red Rising book series with a dystopian society of fourteen castes and card-based follower mechanics
- Players start with a hand of 5 cards and deploy one each turn to a board location to gain its benefit
- Playing cards can yield the top card from another location or from the deck, adding it to hand and affecting end-game scoring
- End-game scoring depends on the remaining cards in hand, creating balance between immediate benefits and victory points
- Contains 112 unique character cards and 6 asymmetric House tiles, offering high replayability with multiple victory paths
