… Play Nice (please)
=> BoardGameGeek
=> Kickstarter / Gamefound Pledge Manager
=> Rules
=> Official Campaign Book
=> Len’s 1 page Rules Summary (coming soon)
=> Video Playlist
=> Background Music (while you race to the raft!)
Solo Playthrough with explanation:
An easier version of “The Game”, but it actually has different rules!
=> BoardGameGeek
=> Rules
=> Len’s half page Rules Summary v1
How To Play:
Many reviews refer to this game as a cooperative Carcassonne style game. This is a chill game that you can’t “lose”. A very relaxing game that still can stimulate your brain but with simple rules. Easy to play (but Game Night video did have a bunch of times where they didn’t follow the rules). Might be seen as a solo game that can be played with others, but the social aspect can be extremely fun too. Can play a game in 15-20 minutes and you will want to play two or three games in a row (per Board Game Happy review video).
PLUS it is a Legacy Style game with boxes to open as you achieve various goals.
=> BoardGameGeek
=> Official Website
=> Official Rules // Official Rules Addendum (explanations and examples)
=> Official interactive Tutorial
=> Campaign Score Sheet (1page)
=> Len’s 1 page Rule Summary
=> Playlist
=> Music to play by
An interesting overview:
A trick taking card game similar to THE CREW (published by the same company) but with a “traitor” as part of the team! So it is a coop game with the twist that the INSIDER can win the game instead of the team!
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=> Rules
How To / Review:
Coop detective investigation game.
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===> Welcome to Redview (expansion)
===> Noir (expansion)
===> 1400 (full game in year 1400)
===> 1900 (full game in year 1900)
===> 2400 (full game in the future)
===> Rulebook Chronicles of Crime
Review:
Don’t worry – evolution is not in the game at all – it just means it is the sequel to Zombie Kidz
Personally, I don’t see what OTHER people see in Zombies… but they seem to be the big thing in games (I suppose they are a good alternative to fighting off aliens). If you are OK with fighting off Zombies, then here is a very interesting Cooperative game! (so all players are working together to beat of the Zombies). The unique thing about this game is that the rules gradually change as you play … there are secret envelopes that you open when you win that grant you more super powers etc.
Ages 5 and up. Best with 2 or 4 players. 5-15 minutes to play.
Explained by a kid:
Plays on a vertical board. Player pieces have magnets. Players can only see one side of the two sided board so they need to communicate with each other! [available at I’m Board Middleton or Sun Prairie]
Ages 5-10 (adults can have fun with it as well)
=> BoardGameGeek
=> Written Review
=> Len’s One Page Rule Summary
Note: be careful watching videos about this game because some are referencing the original edition which was never published … it was cancelled and relaunched as a new updated edition which is now referred to as “First Edition”.
I made a video UNBOXING my game for Earth Day 2023:
=> BoardGameGeek
=> Kickstarter
=> Rules 1st Edition
=> Information booklet Earth Rising
=> Rule Summary 1pg
=> Len’s Rule Summary v2 (3pg PDF)
=> Educational Resources (an excellent extensive list)
Interesting written review of the game:
=> Earth Rising Preview
Excellent Review:
Warning! The box is large and HEAVY (when I bought my copy at I’m Board game store, they carried the box out to my car for me).
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=> Kickstarter page
=> Rulebook
Note about playing the game with kids:
Quick quick overview then their full review (queued to the right spot):
What introduced me to the game (quick 2 minute mention):
The sequel to the original The Crew that is even better!
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=> Official Website
=> Crew Deep Sea Rule Book
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