Watch “Red Rising - Why own it?,” a board game review for Red Rising from ThinkerThemer on BoardGameVideo.
Description provided by ThinkerThemer on YouTube:
We were provided an early review copy of Red Rising by Stonemaier Games; a board game based on the first trilogy of books in the Red Rising novel series by Pierce Brown. In this game we are introduced to the many characters of different castes, representing the social hierarchy of this dystopian future. Use clever hand management to achieve the right combination of characters and caste cards to create powerful synergies...and maximise that glorious VP at the end of the game.
Red Rising
Timestamps
00:00 Introduction
03:00 Theme overview (Themer)
04:28 Mechanics overview (Thinker)
09:57 Thematic integration (Themer)
12:57 Game play experience & discussion of player count
22:32 Solo mode (Themer)
25:38 Different editions
27:16 Why own it?
Designer: Jamey Stegmaier and Alexander Schmidt
Players: 1-6
Play time: 45-60min
Publisher: Stonemaier Games
For more game info: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/329465/red-rising
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Mainly reviews. Red Rising is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 44 reviews, 15 how-to-play guides, 8 recorded sessions, 7 unboxings, and 6 other videos.
1 - 6 players
45 - 60 min
Medium weight: Teach it in one sitting
About Red Rising, from BoardGameGeek:
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
