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ERA

ERA

2025·Steve Easton

Videos
36
Creators
9

Mainly reviews. ERA is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 18 reviews, 2 how-to-play guides, 2 recorded sessions, 3 unboxings, and 11 other videos.

2 - 4 players
30 min
Medium weight: Teach it in one sitting

From BoardGameGeek

In Era, you will lead a special historical group on the brink of greatness or ruin. Using the leaders, inventions, and technology of that time period, you must successfully unfold the events that made that nation or culture forever remembered in history. But your opponent, leading a different Era, will be trying to do the same. As each of you works in your separate time periods, you will both throw unexpected catastrophes, powerful invaders, and obstacles at each other's plans. Which player will lead their Era to greatness first? Era is a strategy card game that features a unique, 3-pile card management system to let you build, expand, and defend your unique historical group. Era is a symbols-only, no-text game system that provides a large amount of information-at-a-glance for quick and effective gameplay. The first player to score 15 progress points or deal 3 destruction tokens to his opponent, wins. Other features of Era: Each Era deck contains conflict cards that represent your Era's weakness or dangers. These cards are given to your opponent, and they give you theirs. These cards are then shuffled into your decks for you to play against each other. Each Era deck has "keys" that unlock new cards or symbols, allowing you to relive the progression of historical events as they really happened.

ERA

Watch first

Learn to play

ERA - Full Tutorial (Official)50:01

ERA - Full Tutorial (Official)

World Within Games

World Within Games

Review

ERA Review29:07

ERA Review

UndeadVikingVideos

UndeadVikingVideos

Watch it played

Era Revolution & Crusade58:24

Era Revolution & Crusade

calandale

calandale

Which ERA video should I watch?

ERA has 36 videos from 9 creators: 18 reviews, 2 how-to-play guides, 2 playthroughs, 3 unboxings and 11 other videos. They date from 2014 to September 2026.

To learn the rules, start with "ERA - Full Tutorial (Official)" by World Within Games, which runs 50 min.

For an opinion before you buy, start with "ERA Review" by UndeadVikingVideos. 7 creators have reviewed it. To see it played, watch "Era Revolution & Crusade" by calandale, one of 2 playthroughs.

If you like it, try Nova Cry and Nova Cry: Dark Suns, also by Steve Easton, or Mindbug: First Contact and KeyForge: Call of the Archons, which share several of its mechanics.

All videos

Era Review - Quick Take with Tom VaselReview3:12

Era Review - Quick Take with Tom Vasel

The Dice Tower

The Dice Tower

ERA Insights #11: How to Prepare A Razor-Sharp Defense2:26

ERA Insights #11: How to Prepare A Razor-Sharp Defense

World Within Games

World Within Games

ERA Insights #10: Comparing the 4 Core Set Conflict Cards7:46

ERA Insights #10: Comparing the 4 Core Set Conflict Cards

World Within Games

World Within Games

ERA Insights #9: Your Bank is Key to Winning!6:04

ERA Insights #9: Your Bank is Key to Winning!

World Within Games

World Within Games

ERA Insights #8: The Perfect Port Strategy7:12

ERA Insights #8: The Perfect Port Strategy

World Within Games

World Within Games

ERA Insights #7: How to Beat the Red Baron!5:42

ERA Insights #7: How to Beat the Red Baron!

World Within Games

World Within Games

ERA Insights #6: The Mayan Staircase Strategy5:31

ERA Insights #6: The Mayan Staircase Strategy

World Within Games

World Within Games

ERA Insights #5: A Simple Medieval Strategy2:46

ERA Insights #5: A Simple Medieval Strategy

World Within Games

World Within Games

ERA Insights #4: To Win, You Must be Point-Savvy4:40

ERA Insights #4: To Win, You Must be Point-Savvy

World Within Games

World Within Games

ERA Insights #3: A Subtle Mistake That Can Ruin Your Deck Engine6:27

ERA Insights #3: A Subtle Mistake That Can Ruin Your Deck Engine

World Within Games

World Within Games

ERA Insights #2: Never Forget This Number When You Play5:30

ERA Insights #2: Never Forget This Number When You Play

World Within Games

World Within Games

ERA Insights #1: Why Math Matters When Attacking4:49

ERA Insights #1: Why Math Matters When Attacking

World Within Games

World Within Games

ERA - Full Tutorial (Official)50:01

ERA - Full Tutorial (Official)

World Within Games

World Within Games

Era intro1:36:11

Era intro

calandale

calandale

ERA Review29:07

ERA Review

UndeadVikingVideos

UndeadVikingVideos

TDG: ERA11:33

TDG: ERA

The Discriminating Gamer

The Discriminating Gamer

Bower's Game Corner #186: Era Review18:20

Bower's Game Corner #186: Era Review

Bower's Game Corner

Bower's Game Corner

ERA (Review)25:47

ERA (Review)

Ray Phay

Ray Phay

Era review28:30

Era review

calandale

calandale

Era Review - Quick Take with Tom Vasel3:12

Era Review - Quick Take with Tom Vasel

The Dice Tower

The Dice Tower

ERA: Tycoon Deck (Review)6:05

ERA: Tycoon Deck (Review)

Ray Phay

Ray Phay

ERA: Invention Deck (Review)6:47

ERA: Invention Deck (Review)

Ray Phay

Ray Phay

ERA: Mobster Deck (Review)7:07

ERA: Mobster Deck (Review)

Ray Phay

Ray Phay

ERA: Wild West Deck (Review)6:43

ERA: Wild West Deck (Review)

Ray Phay

Ray Phay

ERA: Cold War Deck (Review)8:37

ERA: Cold War Deck (Review)

Ray Phay

Ray Phay

ERA: World War I Deck (Review)6:52

ERA: World War I Deck (Review)

Ray Phay

Ray Phay

ERA: Mayan Deck (Review)5:59

ERA: Mayan Deck (Review)

Ray Phay

Ray Phay

ERA: Renaissance Deck (Review)6:24

ERA: Renaissance Deck (Review)

Ray Phay

Ray Phay

ERA: Roman Deck (Review)7:28

ERA: Roman Deck (Review)

Ray Phay

Ray Phay

ERA: Samurai Deck (Review)7:38

ERA: Samurai Deck (Review)

Ray Phay

Ray Phay

ERA: Ice Age Deck (Review)7:46

ERA: Ice Age Deck (Review)

Ray Phay

Ray Phay

ERA Review | A Strategy Card Game22:20

ERA Review | A Strategy Card Game

Tabletop Tolson

Tabletop Tolson

Era Revolution & Crusade58:24

Era Revolution & Crusade

calandale

calandale

Era WWI Egyptian Space Mobsters & quit1:35:56

Era WWI Egyptian Space Mobsters & quit

calandale

calandale

TDG: Era unboxing with Ray10:30

TDG: Era unboxing with Ray

The Discriminating Gamer

The Discriminating Gamer

TDG: Era Faction Decks unboxing with Ray14:14

TDG: Era Faction Decks unboxing with Ray

The Discriminating Gamer

The Discriminating Gamer

ERA - The card game - Unboxing video19:43

ERA - The card game - Unboxing video

Joseph Propati

Joseph Propati

8 of 9

Creators who cover this

All channels
Ray Phay
Ray Phay
12 videos of this game
World Within Games
World Within Games
12 videos of this game
calandale
calandale
4 videos of this game
The Discriminating Gamer
The Discriminating Gamer
3 videos of this game
Bower's Game Corner
Bower's Game Corner
1 video of this game
Joseph Propati
Joseph Propati
1 video of this game
Tabletop Tolson
Tabletop Tolson
1 video of this game
The Dice Tower
The Dice Tower
1 video of this game

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About ERA

From BoardGameGeek:

In Era, you will lead a special historical group on the brink of greatness or ruin. Using the leaders, inventions, and technology of that time period, you must successfully unfold the events that made that nation or culture forever remembered in history. But your opponent, leading a different Era, will be trying to do the same. As each of you works in your separate time periods, you will both throw unexpected catastrophes, powerful invaders, and obstacles at each other's plans. Which player will lead their Era to greatness first? Era is a strategy card game that features a unique, 3-pile card management system to let you build, expand, and defend your unique historical group. Era is a symbols-only, no-text game system that provides a large amount of information-at-a-glance for quick and effective gameplay. The first player to score 15 progress points or deal 3 destruction tokens to his opponent, wins. Other features of Era: Each Era deck contains conflict cards that represent your Era's weakness or dangers. These cards are given to your opponent, and they give you theirs. These cards are then shuffled into your decks for you to play against each other. Each Era deck has "keys" that unlock new cards or symbols, allowing you to relive the progression of historical events as they really happened.

Designer

Steve Easton

Artists

Bryce Cook, Michael Penn

Publisher

World Within Games

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