Stonemaier Games: Red Rising | A Competitive Strategy Game Based on The Novels from Pierce Brown | Craft a Hand of Powerful Characters from The World of Red Rising | 1-6 Players, 60 Mins, Ages 14+
Original price was: $24.00.$10.99Current price is: $10.99.
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BASED ON THE RED RISING BOOK SERIES: Enter the futuristic universe of Red Rising, based on the exciting book series by Pierce Brown featuring a dystopian society divided into fourteen castes.
GOALS: 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?
GAMEPLAY: Start with a hand of 5 cards, and on your turn, deploy 1 of those cards to a location on the board, activating that card’s deploy benefit. Gain the top card from another location or the deck, gaining that location’s benefit and adding the card to your hand as you enhance your end-game point total.
NO BOOK SPOILERS: Lots of easter eggs to explore and attention to detail. Knowledge of the books heightens your enjoyment, but it is not necessary to love the game.
BEAUTIFULLY DESIGNED AND ILLUSTRATED: Designed by Alexander Schmidt and Jamey Stegmaier (Scythe). Illustrated by Miles Bensky (Rolling Realms), Jacqui Davis (Viticulture), and Justin Wong.
MECHANISMS: Hand Management, Set Collection, and Variable Player Powers. Heavily inspired by the game Fantasy Realms. Easy to learn, hard to master!
SOLO PLAY: Features an Automa to play against in a single player game for a fun solitaire experience. The Automa simulates an opponent for you to compete against, while your game as a player remains the same. On the Automa’s turn, flip a card to see what action it takes.
THEMATICALLY DESIGNED MECHANISMS: Rich relationships between the card identities, the themes, and the mechanisms. The way the character abilities work matches the specific character from the book series. Some characters pair well with others, while some lose points if paired up with specific other characters or factions.
OVERVIEW: 1-6 Players, 45-60 mins, Ages 14+
PUBLISHED BY STONEMAIER: Stonemaier is a tabletop game publisher based in St. Louis and distributed worldwide. Stonemaier’s brands include Viticulture, Euphoria, Between Two Cities, Scythe, Charterstone, My Little Scythe, Between Two Castles of Mad King Ludwig, Wingspan, Tapestry, Pendulum, Red Rising, Rolling Realms, Libertalia, Smitten, Expeditions, Apiary, and Wyrmspan.
Rosco –
A very easy game to pick up & play. Based loosely on the Red Rising books, but you don’t need any knowledge of the novels in order to play this.Fun deck building with a typical Stonemaier Games twist. This is a very enjoyable game to play either on your own or with a group of friends. Games last approx 45-60 mins.If you’re a fan of Stonemaier Games or deck building games, then definitely get this game added to library. It’s fun, addictive and easy to play.The quality of the pieces & artwork on the cards are very high. The box also comes with a nice storage tray.
[...]Diego S. –
Juego muy rejugable que sé que ha mucha gente le importa la rejugabilidad antes de comprarse un juego de mesa. Administración de mano y de mucho pensar como desarrollar tus combos para hacer jugadas fuertes, es difÃcil ver todo el mazo en una partida a dos, pero si le ponen ganitas casi se logra. Luce más a tres o cuatro, pero a dos se puede hacer más ágil.
[...]Katharina Böse –
Perfektes Spiel zum Geburtstag gewesen! Mein Mann liebt die Buchreihe und so war das eine super Ergänzung. Spiel ist auf Englisch aber trotzdem gut zu verstehen und leicht zu spielen.
[...]Patrick Nascimento –
Por R$2oo, ainda com cashback do Inter, o preço ficou muito bom para o jogo
[...]ForeverReading –
We really enjoy this game, despite not being familiar with the book series. It has actually prompted us to read the series, but either way a great game to play.
[...]Amanda Pagani –
Great game
[...]Love this stonemaier game, very underrated. We got this game under $10 and anytime you can get this for 8.99 it’s a steal and do not pass it up. We have gifted it several times as well.
Amazon Customer –
The game is slept on
[...]I play card/board games all the time and this one is slept on. You can always get it for extremely cheap (on Black Friday it was $8). It has a ton of cards, all of which are unique with great artwork and it’s a fun relatively quick game to play. It might be tough to understand the first 1 or 2 rounds of the game but once you get the swing of it, anyone can play. The rulebook is only a few pages so all in all, it’s not complicated.
at_brown –
Lots of fun.
[...]The Red Rising series is my favorite book series, so I was excited to try this game.I’ve played with a few different people who haven’t read the series but enjoy the game, nonetheless. Having read the series just adds an extra layer of fun as you’ll be familiar with the character names (and helps the rules make more sense, imo).The rules initially sound complicated, but by the end of one play through everyone has gotten the hang of it and want to play again.There is a lot of strategy involved, and no two playthroughs will be the same, which keeps it interesting.
Cerviperus –
Thinky hand management game with beautiful production.
[...]I’m currently reading the Red Rising series of books, so when I saw this game drop to an astonishingly low price for the holidays I couldn’t resist. After playing multiple rounds with my wife, and multiple games solo, here are my thoughts.—–The Good:The production of this game is amazing. I purchased the base game – not the collector’s edition that I’ve seen around – and the components are still great. The cards are heavy duty and feel great in hand, and the artwork looks fantastic. All of the character cards (112 I believe) have unique artwork, and even the “unnamed” characters look interesting. House markers & the game board are heavy cardboard with good artwork, and while nothing fancy, the plastic cubes & various other markers are bright and acceptable for what they are. Even the instructions are heavy duty, look great, and are easy to follow.Once you know how the game is setup, you can do so fairly quickly, and it looks great on the table. While appearing complicated, the rules are super simple to follow. After only a couple games, the only thing I need to refer back to the manual for is endgame scoring. The expansive card roster creates countless hand combos, and so far every game has felt like a new strategy.Speaking of strategy, you will need it to beat the solo variant of the game. That’s not a bad thing… the AI in this game is very well done. In fact, I like the solo variant equally as well as against a second person.—–The Bad:Until you get really familiar with the different characters and colors (castes), you’ll spend a good deal of time reading the different abilities and post-game actions of cards. This can lead to a bit of analysis paralysis for some as they try to determine what their best option is.As with any game relying on card draws, randomness & luck will play a part. You could start off the game with a great hand and not need much hand management, or you may feel like your whole game is just trying to get two cards that really work well together. A large majority of your end-game points come from your hand totals, so that can make games seem really one sided at times. However, there are other options to score significant points, so you may need to shift your focus.While the game looks great, it’s also a huge box for what it contains. I’m not sure if they used the same box for the collector’s edition (which has card holders and maybe some other extras), but I feel like the box could have been half the size and held the components just as well.—–The Indifferent:When it comes to the theme, you can take it or leave it. Since I’m reading & enjoying the books, I love seeing the different characters and how they synergize (good or bad) with other characters. However, at the end of the game, I’m going to base my hand purely on how the cards combo and score points, regardless of who I assemble my “team” from. On the flip side, my wife has had no problems playing & enjoying the game with zero knowledge of the books. So while I’m sure fans of the Red Rising series will get a bigger kick out of the theme, it can be played equally well by non-fans. It’s fairly light-weight, plays quickly, and just enough strategy to keep things interesting without bogging it down. You’ll have to decide if that’s for you.—–Overall I am really enjoying this game. It has enough strategy that when you put together a great hand combo, it feels really good, but it doesn’t turn the game into a slog. I also really, really enjoy the solo mode of this game. Whether playing the AI, or other players, every game seems to necessitate a different strategy. Just one more game…
NinjaBoyMom –
This Game WILL Be Fun When I Figure It Out
[...]Bought the game b/c it was on sale for Prim Day and more importantly b/c I LOVE the book series. My husband is more of a gamer than I am, so he played it with me and had to explain how it all worked. I think this will be fun, but if you haven’t tried a game like this and are more into Monopoly and Clue, there is a learning curve. Bonus points for the game being short, under an hour when you figure out what you’re doing.
Amazon Customer –
Amazing price! A little too complicated
[...]Like all stonemeire games, it’s very complex. I imagine it’ll take a few plays before we can understand the strategy better. This game requires more readying than anything. Each turn you discard a card and pick one up, which means there is an Incredibly high level of reading and thinking each turn. Fun but complicated. Love the value for the money-we got it on sale for less than 20 dollars USD. Gameplay with 2 people isn’t the best. Would probably be more fun with more people.
Amzn Geek –
On a new brainer at this price
[...]This is based on one of the best sci fi book series I ever read. If you like the books, try the game. If you’ve never tried the books, do yourself a favor and try them! The game itself isn’t the best game in the world, but is a fun tie-in for fans. It’s easy to learn, and has comes with lots of great work. I paid $12 which I thought was a steal. But at the current price of $8.99, it is a no brainer.
Lydia W. –
Fantastic fun
[...]This game can take a minute to grasp because it is slightly more complicated than your average family card game, but once you do, it becomes wildly competitive with a dynamic and fairly deep strategy element.While initially you may be tempted to focus on the non-card elements of the game (Helium, Fleet Track, Institute) these are present to a: Trigger the endgame b: Supplement your endgame hand score – and not be your primary source of points. Once you understand this, the real game begins.Highly recommended, especially for what you get at the price point. Good Quality, Great replayability, lots of fun.Players do not need to have read the books for any element of the game, those in the midst of the series will not have anything spoiled, and regardless of where readers are in the series, they will enjoy all the references.