Red Rising
A tight card-combo game from Pierce Brown's Red Rising universe, where revealing your hand at the right moment wins the game.
Who it's for
Red Rising fans and combo-building card game lovers who want sharp, tactical decisions in about an hour.
Not for you if…
You have not read the books and want deep thematic immersion, since the card game leans on the source material's world.
Vibe's take
tactical, snappy, combo-driven, tense, replayable
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About this game
Red Rising drops you into Pierce Brown's caste-locked dystopia as the head of a house clawing its way toward power, one card of followers at a time. Each turn you deploy a card to a location for its immediate benefit, then pick up a new one, face-up from the board or face-down from the deck, building toward the moment your hand is strong enough to reveal your house and cash in. That reveal is the game's real heartbeat: a bold gambit that can pay off spectacularly or leave you scrambling. Quick to learn, sharper than it looks, and genuinely faithful to the books' cutthroat energy.
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By the numbers
Players
Duration
45–60 min
Ages 12+
Complexity
2.3 / 5 — LightBGG Rating
6.6/10
Rank #1,075
9.8k ratings
Published
2021
Language
Heavy text
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