In the early 2010s, The Hunger Games captivated a generation, and in its wake came another dystopian tale set in the stars. Red Rising, a six-book saga by author Pierce Brown, traded the death-match arena for Mars, where a rigid, color-coded class system dictates daily life on the Red Planet. “Golds” are the most elite nenbers of Mars society, and they rule over the other colored classes, including the lowest class, “Reds.” Much like Katniss Everdeen became the face of a revolution in The Hunger Games, Darrow, a lowborn “Red” miner, becomes the face of Red Rising’s revolution.
Fast-forward to 2021, when Jamey Stegmaier of Stonemaier Games created and published a tabletop adaptation of Red Rising, bringing the Mars saga back into the spotlight. The board game was heavily based on the first three books in the series and was praised for its faithfulness to the source material. It allowed players to take command of rival houses and manage their cards to rise through the ranks of the dystopian society. Now, on the horizon for 2027, a digital adaptation of that board game is on the way.
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