Overview
At a glance
Is this game right for my group?
ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.
Easier to teach
High replayability
Low interaction
Scales well
Light strategy
More strategic control
How it plays
How does it play?
Draft and place land tiles, connect gears into buildings, and shape a thriving sixteen-tile community in a reclaimed world.
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
Enclosure
Surround spaces or pieces to claim territory, capture, or score.
Layering
Place components over earlier pieces so their order and overlap affect play.
End Game Bonuses
Earn additional points for meeting conditions evaluated when the game ends.
Automatic Resource Growth
Resources increase automatically when defined rounds or conditions are reached.
Delayed Purchase
Commit to a purchase before receiving the item or paying its full cost.
Read the full game description
Life in Reterra is a tile-laying game about rebuilding civilization in a greener post-collapse world. Each player drafts and places square land tiles to form a four-by-four community, matching terrain where possible and preserving useful spaces for future growth. Gears printed on the landscape support buildings; completing their patterns lets a player add one of the available structures and apply its rule. Different building sets change incentives from game to game, while inhabitants, relics, terrain groups, energy, and unused spaces all contribute to final scoring. With open information, short turns, and no direct destruction, the challenge is to make each tile support both the immediate layout and the community’s scoring plan.
