Red Lanterns
2026Grant Rodiek
2 - 4 players
20 - 30 min
From BoardGameGeek
During the 1900 uprising against encroaching Western powers, a secret society of courageous Chinese women, known as the Red Lanterns, used their supernatural abilities to fight alongside the Boxers. Join their struggle against the colonial powers, restore the pride of the Chinese people, and reclaim stolen cultural artifacts. Red Lantern is a deck and tableau building game where you lead a faction to try and take control of the city by using your agents to compete for relics, the measure of your victory. As you add relics to your deck, you'll lose agents, meaning as your victory grows, your control weakens. Can you balance everything to retain control and aid the boxer uprising? Each player has the same deck of 9 agents with different values and abilities. You must decide when to make a play for the relics and when to use the agent's abilities to to interfere with your opponent's plans. Over five rounds, you'll send agents to collect the most valuable relics and badges. Each round, your agents activate once as you outmaneuver rivals and expand your influence during the Boxer Uprising. The player with the most points after five rounds wins. -description from the publisher
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Red Lanterns has 2 videos from 2 creators: 1 review and 1 how-to-play guide. They date from August 2026.
To learn the rules, start with "Red Lanterns | How to Play | Learn to Play in 7 Minutes! | Reclaim Stolen Treasures Card Game" by kovray, which runs 8 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "Red Lanterns Review - The Right Treasures Are Everything" by BoardGameCo.
If you like it, try Fort, Fort: Cats & Dogs Expansion, Cry Havoc and Imperius, also by Grant Rodiek.
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About Red Lanterns
From BoardGameGeek:
During the 1900 uprising against encroaching Western powers, a secret society of courageous Chinese women, known as the Red Lanterns, used their supernatural abilities to fight alongside the Boxers. Join their struggle against the colonial powers, restore the pride of the Chinese people, and reclaim stolen cultural artifacts. Red Lantern is a deck and tableau building game where you lead a faction to try and take control of the city by using your agents to compete for relics, the measure of your victory. As you add relics to your deck, you'll lose agents, meaning as your victory grows, your control weakens. Can you balance everything to retain control and aid the boxer uprising? Each player has the same deck of 9 agents with different values and abilities. You must decide when to make a play for the relics and when to use the agent's abilities to to interfere with your opponent's plans. Over five rounds, you'll send agents to collect the most valuable relics and badges. Each round, your agents activate once as you outmaneuver rivals and expand your influence during the Boxer Uprising. The player with the most points after five rounds wins. -description from the publisher
Designer
Grant Rodiek
Artist
Sylvain Leroy
Publisher
Moon Gate Design
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