Overview
At a glance
Is this game right for my group?
ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.
Easier to teach
High replayability
Highly interactive
Scales well
Deep strategy
More strategic control
How it plays
How does it play?
Lead Egypt, Persia, Rome, or the Abbasid Caliphate with asymmetric multi-use cards, develop provinces, and outmaneuver one rival civilization.
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
Read the full game description
Rising Cultures is a two-player civilization card game built around four asymmetric cultures: Egypt, Persia, Rome, and the Abbasid Caliphate. Every card can serve different purposes, letting players develop resources, recruit military strength, construct buildings, appoint leaders, or influence provinces according to their culture’s strengths. The compact duel rewards planning several uses ahead while watching the opponent’s engine and territorial pressure. Pairing different cultures changes the tempo and strategic incentives, giving a focused forty-five-minute game the arc of a much larger civilization contest.
