Earthborne Rangers
Adventure · Card Game

Earthborne Rangers

Earthborne Rangers is a customizable, co-operative card game set in the wilderness of the far future. You take on the role of a Ranger, a protector of the mountain valley you call home: a vast wilderness transformed by m

1–4 players240 minages 12heavy difficulty
About the game

What is Earthborne Rangers

Earthborne Rangers is a customizable, co-operative card game set in the wilderness of the far future. You take on the role of a Ranger, a protector of the mountain valley you call home: a vast wilderness transformed by monumental feats of science and technology devised to save the Earth from destruction long ago. The story of Earthborne Rangers is presented as a branching narrative campaign consisting of a main storyline and a multitude of side stories. In it, you can choose to follow the critical path or to strike off on your own to discover the Valley's many engaging characters, mysterious ruins, and beings both familiar and strange.

You begin by building a deck that reflects your Ranger's interests, personal history, and personality. Then, as you explore the open world and your story takes shape, you augment your deck with improved equipment, refined skills, and the memories of your journey.

Each game session represents one day in the Valley, and you'll pick up in the same location on the map where you rested the night before. Your goal is to either complete one of your available missions or to explore the open world. The session ends when you're either forced to rest (through either fatigue or injury), or you choose to rest for the night.

An individual game session is played in rounds, and those rounds consist of turns. On your turn, you perform one action: either play a card from your hand, or choose an action from a card on the table. Each action allows you to interact thematically and narratively with the world, and each time you take an action, the world comes to life around you. Predators stalk their prey, rain pours from the sky, rocks tumble down the mountain to block your path, and much more.

Specs

Game details

Players
1–4
Age
+12
Duration
240 min
Difficulty
Heavy
Type
Board game
Year
2023
Mechanics
Card Play Conflict Resolution · Cooperative Game · Deck Construction
Categories
Adventure · Card Game · Environmental
Designer
Adam Sadler
Publisher
Maldito Games
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jbedri0/10
1-4 Players, best for 2
Ubbik
Ubbik7.5/10
I liked a lot playing the campaing but game needs to evolve a lot in the narrative aspects. The feeling is that less logs in the campaign books can improve the sense of building my own history. Just like the others LGC did just with lore text in the cards itself. I know is not easy to build a narrative engine that works in all the situations the players can create. This is the most challenging part of this game that I expect will be solved in the next chapters.
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FAQ

Everything about Earthborne Rangers

How many players is Earthborne Rangers for?

Earthborne Rangers plays with 1–4 players.

How long does a game take?

A game takes about 240 minutes.

What age is it suitable for?

It is recommended from age 12.

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