Red Rising Board Game – New Edition

About this product

Build your House. Shape your alliances. Rise above the Society.

The refreshed New Edition of Red Rising, with upgraded components and the complete hand-management and combo-building experience.

Build powerful character combinations, compete across the Society and guide your House toward victory in this strategic game for 1–6 players.

Product Description

Enter the futuristic universe of Red Rising in this refreshed New Edition of Stonemaier Games' hand-management and combo-building strategy game, inspired by the first trilogy of Pierce Brown's Red Rising novels.

In a dystopian society divided into 14 castes, you represent a House seeking to rise in power. Your strength comes from the characters you gather — and, more importantly, how well the characters in your hand work together.

You begin with five character cards and gradually reshape your hand throughout the game. Deploy a character to one of the locations to activate its ability, then gain another character and the benefit connected to that location. Every exchange gives you another opportunity to create stronger combinations and improve your end-game scoring potential.

Victory is about more than your cards. Advance along the Fleet Track, collect Helium, establish Influence at the Institute and compete for control of the Sovereign token while deciding which characters deserve a place in your House.

This New Edition keeps the established Red Rising gameplay while refreshing the physical presentation with upgraded components. It includes a natural-rubber game mat, wooden Influence tokens, foil Gold character cards, and metal Sovereign and first-player tokens, all presented in a more compact box.

With 1–6 player support, a medium game weight and a playing time of around 45–60 minutes, Red Rising offers plenty of strategic decisions without becoming an all-evening game. Solo players are also fully catered for through the dedicated Tull Au Toma system, which provides an artificial opponent specifically designed for solo play.

View the Red Rising Rulebook (PDF)

View the Red Rising Solo Rules (PDF)

Why You’ll Love It

• Build and refine a hand of characters whose abilities and end-game bonuses interact in different ways.
• Explore the 14-caste society of Red Rising through a large and varied character deck.
• Balance character combinations with Helium, Influence, Sovereignty and Fleet Track progress.
• Six Houses give players different abilities and strategic considerations.
• Straightforward turns create plenty of meaningful decisions without excessive downtime.
• Supports 1–6 players, including a dedicated solo Automa system.
• Medium game weight offers plenty to think about in a 45–60 minute playtime.
• The New Edition adds upgraded physical components including foil cards, wooden Influence tokens and metal tokens.

Quick Details

• Publisher: Stonemaier Games
• Designers: Jamey Stegmaier & Alexander Schmidt
• Artists: Jacqui Davis, Miles Bensky & Justin Wong
• Based on: The Red Rising novels by Pierce Brown
• Product type: Strategy board game
• Edition: 2026 New Edition
• Players: 1–6
• Playing time: 45–60 minutes
• Setup time: Approximately 5 minutes
• Game weight: Medium
• Gameplay: Hand management and combo building
• Solo play: Yes — dedicated Automa system
• Language: English
• Standalone game: Yes
• Box size: Approximately 20 × 16 × 6 cm
• Theme: Science fiction / dystopian

Good to Know

• This is the New Edition of Red Rising, not the older standard component configuration.
• Character cards are central to both your actions during play and your final scoring, so building a hand whose characters work well together is key.
• The New Edition includes foil on the Gold character cards.
• The game includes wooden Influence tokens and metal Sovereign and first-player tokens.
• The board has been replaced by a natural-rubber game mat in this edition.
• Solo play uses the included Automa cards and separate solo rules.
• View the Red Rising Rulebook (PDF)
• View the Red Rising Solo Rules (PDF)

What’s Included

• 112 Character Cards, with foil on the Gold cards
• 6 House Cards
• 60 Helium Tokens
• 60 Wooden Influence Tokens
• 6 Fleet Tokens
• 1 Metal Sovereign Token
• 1 Metal Crescent Moon First-Player Token
• 1 Natural-Rubber Game Board / Playmat
• 1 Scorepad
• 1 Custom Rising Die
• 6 Reference Cards
• 1 Multiplayer Rulebook
• 30 Automa Cards
• 1 Automa Rulebook