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Rising 5: Runes of Asteros

Crack a hidden four-rune code as a team of agents before the evil powers of Asteros win.

Long ago, the king of Asteros locked a horde of monsters behind the Rune Gate with four divine runes. Five days ago, something evil opened it and scrambled the code, and now the planet is in trouble again. You play the four agents EKHO, HAL, ELLI and NOVA, plus the wise leader ORAKL, and your job is to work out the right Code: which runes, in which order. It is a cooperative deduction game, so you share clues, spend actions and roll dice together, while either a phone app or a game master keeps the answer secret and judges your guesses. About half an hour to crack the code, from solo to five players, and the stakes are a whole planet.

Find the right four runes in the right orderApp or game master judges your guessesCooperative from one to five players

Who it's for

You and a friend or two like cooperative puzzles with a bit of adventure dressing, and you do not mind a phone app or game master running the secret.

Not for you if…

You want a screen-free evening, or you dislike deduction where one loud person can solve it for everyone. The answer lives in the app or with a game master.

Vibe's take

Puzzly and conversational. You huddle, test a theory, hear what the app or game master says, and adjust, which makes it feel like a small team heist of the mind.

#3,676 on BGG

of over 30,000 ranked board games

Published 2017 Β· 9 years ago

older than 54% of games

In 3,356 collections

collected more than 44% of games

1–5 players Β· ages 10+

Best with 2

about 30 min

shorter than 69% of games Β· typical 30–90 min

Complexity: medium

One warm-up round Β· 1.9 out of 5 Β· lighter than 58%

Opinions: usual spread

A normal range of ratings

Language: no text

Playable without the language

Play style: cooperative Β· solo too