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Stonemaier Games - Red Rising - Board Game, Mixed

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I appreciate you sharing your thoughts about the portions of Red Rising you’ve read so far. The first book is somewhat uncomfortable in its misogyny and using women as plot devices/motivations for male characters. Like a lot of authors, Pierce gets better at this important aspect of writing (and life) throughout the series, and I was happy to see that as a reader. 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? I don’t know whether it was the effect of the last few years, or whether I am just a greedy-guts gamer. But I have fallen head over heels for solo gaming. And one publisher that is synonymous with excellent single-player modes is Stonemaier Games.

It is evident that business partners at both sides of the Channel have faced the need to deal with new regulations, controls, and uncertainty. Some of them have managed well, some have suffered a bit, some are still struggling, and some others remain trapped in ideological tantrums. But what about the rest of the world? Pierce Brown’s popular Red Rising series of dystopian novels, set in a distant, impossible future where humanity is organized into castes identified by colors, has now made its way to the tabletop with Stonemaier Games’ new release, also called Red Rising. It’s a surprisingly simple, elegant game, one you’ll probably enjoy a bit more if you know the characters in the books, but in no way requiring that foreknowledge to appreciate the game.

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Once you’ve totalled everything up, you will compare with everyone else and the person with the highest score will be the winning house of Red Rising! On your turn, you will place a card from your hand onto one of the four areas on the board. You can carry out that cards deploy effect if you choose. You will then take a card from any one of the other three areas and take that areas location effect. From this exchange of cards, players are looking to maximize the points from the cards in their hand. I sleeved my cards, and I can tell you I don’t find any loss of detail or any reduction on readability due to light reflection. And they still look great (apart from being protected from my greasy fingers). When it comes to it, the goal of Red Rising is simply to outscore your opponents. Be sure to trigger any end game effects that you may have in your hand before everyone starts counting up their final score. The cards in your hand will all have a certain amount of points that they will score as indicated in the top left corner. As I said at the beginning, I am aware that this is not the place to engage in such a discussion, but I would appreciate if you can keep it in your head as a possible topic for one of your blogs.

You are absolutely right, creators and developers deserve the fair reward for their work. I have no objection, for example, to Asmodee Digital. It is clear that they are selling a product, not offering a way to try their games. And that opinion goes also for your Stonemaier’s digital games.Taking cards from Mars will get you one helium. Little red crystal components that score you points at the end of the game. They can also be used to buy extra cards and activate other end game card powers. The last area is Luna. This is how you get the Sovereign Token. This gets you 10 points at the end of the game if you have it, but also combos with certain card powers for extra points. But is there any complexity in Red Rising beyond the simple mechanic and gameplay? Yes! Yes, there is! And very simply, from the card-combos. At the end of the game, you will have between four and seven cards. Perhaps more, maybe less. But generally, that amount. But you can still score between 100-400 points from these. The combo effects are huge, wild and fun, but also, complex.

OK, so you have learnt the game in under five minutes of reading, and I get that makes it sound simple. But it is worth noting that one thing Jamey looks for in a game is that it can be explained to others with ease. He does not want to publish games that are intimidating or long and boring to learn and teach. This may seem off-brand? With games like Scythe on the market, which on the surface, looks like a more complex game. But it is easy to learn and teach. Way easier than some may think. Hard to master for sure, but easy to get started.We’ve made a set of painted metal cubes/ships (instead of the anodized metal in the Collector’s Edition). They’re available here. Retail version on the left, Collector’s Edition on the right. There are no gameplay differences between the two; the Collector’s edition has metal tokens instead of plastic and 21 gold-foil cards instead of no foil, and it includes card holders, a plastic insert, and an individually numbered box. As an academic and specialist in operations and supply chain management (notice I did not say expert, my real-life experience in SCM is zero) I am really interested in hearing about the way businesses from Non-EU countries have been affected by this. Have things become easier? Harder? Are you facing more or less controls? Are the bureaucratic barriers tougher in the UK than those faced when trading with the EU? Did you noticed the change at all? Maybe this is not exactly the best place for talking about this, but I would really appreciate it if you could share your thoughts about your experience delivering Red Rising in the UK. Misogyny is not something I take lightly—it’s an area of my life where I’ve made mistakes and actively seek to listen, learn, and grow. At Stonemaier games, we actively work to not objectify women (or men) in our games—you can see this in the art samples I’ve shared for Red Rising. You’re right that our small team of 3 full-time employees are all men, but our broader team of artists (including Jacqui Davis, the lead artist for Red Rising), dozens of our lead playtesters, and a number of our shareholders are women.

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