5,000 years have passed since the collapse of humanity. Our planet is a frozen wasteland, but the time has come for you and your people to revive civilization and usher in a new era of splendor. In Revive, each player leads a tribe, trying to rebuild the world according to their own ideals. They'll explore new lands, build structures, and repopulate the various settlements, all while discovering mysterious artifacts.

Designed by Helge Meissner, Anna Wermlund, Eilif Svensson, and Kristian Amundsen Østby, Revive can be enjoyed solo or in groups of up to four players, ages 14 and up, in games lasting approximately 100 minutes. In addition to the base game, it also includes a campaign mode, in which items are unlocked. Through various mechanics, players must accumulate the maximum number of points throughout the game until the last primary artifact has been removed from the board, at which point the tally is made.

One of the most spectacular components of Revive is its personal board. Like a sophisticated control panel, players will use it to spend their cards (they'll have to choose whether to use the benefits on the top or bottom) and unlock new slots for machines that will make it easier to navigate the world. Of course, don't forget the energy to run them.

If the personal boards are a real highlight, the central board is no exception. From the central rift, players must explore the territories in search of settlements to populate and resource-rich areas to try to build structures around. Furthermore, each tribe has a special power that can guide the strategy from the beginning of the game.

And while the game may seem intimidating at first glance due to its size and apparent complexity, the rules can be summed up in one basic rule: on your turn, you can take up to two of the five available actions or hibernate (which allows you to recover cards and gain some resources). The five actions are: play a card, use the switch, explore, repopulate, and build. It's that simple!

At the end of the game, players will score points from a variety of sources, including collected artifacts, researched technologies, the progress track, and repopulated locations. They will also score points from their artifact card, which is dealt at the beginning of the game and consists of three different challenges for which each player can score. For each artifact of the same type, points multiply exponentially, so many points can be added this way.

In Revive, you can earn points in many ways; there's no single path to victory. Players who enjoy chaining actions together and finding the best strategies to optimize their resources will enjoy this title. The different tribes, which each have another power on the back of their board, offer variability to each game. Will they bring the world back to life and write a new chapter in human history?