Overview
At a glance
Is this game right for my group?
ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.
Harder to teach
High replayability
Highly interactive
Scales well
Deep strategy
How it plays
How does it play?
In Rise!, players race to be the first to construct three towers on the growing game board, moving workers to and fro to keep the towers rising and the opponent befuddled.
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
Area Majority
Compete to have the strongest presence in areas that award control or points.
Area Movement
Move pieces between connected regions rather than along individual spaces.
Tile Placement
Place tiles to build a shared or personal spatial arrangement.
Enclosure
Surround spaces or pieces to claim territory, capture, or score.
Modular Board
Build the play area from interchangeable sections that vary between games.
Track Movement
Advance pieces along a defined linear or branching track.
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In Rise!, players race to be the first to construct three towers on the growing game board, moving workers to and fro to keep the towers rising and the opponent befuddled. To set up, place 12 hexagonal tiles in a dogbone shape as specified in the rulebook, then place one token for each player on their starting locations. On a turn, a player takes two actions (possibly the same action twice) from this list of options: Place a land tile adjacent to any existing tile. Place a worker adjacent to any of your workers already on the game board. Move one of your workers to an adjacent empty space. Jump an opponent's worker and land on an empty space, removing that worker from play. Remove two of your workers from the board to remove an opponent's worker from any space. Remove two of your workers from the board to place one of your workers in any empty space. Remove one of your tower layers from the board. If at any time during play you have a circle of six of your workers surrounding an empty space, place the first layer of one of your towers in that space. Your ring of workers must remain in place for two additional turns for the remaining two layers to be added to the tower; if your ring is disrupted, you can complete it later to continue the tower-building. If you completely surround an opponent's tower, you can remove the top level of that tower from the board. In addition to building three complete towers, a player can also win by eliminating all of the opponent's workers from the game board.