The Life in Reterra game is a community (re)building game! Not long from now, the world as we know it is an overgrown memory. Though the world has changed, we’ve changed with it, using anything we can find to build a new way of living. It’s up to each player to build a community of their own! First choose one of 3 ready-to-play themed building sets. Then take turns laying tiles representing diverse terrain, and filling them with buildings and inhabitants to construct a community. The more a player’s community thrives, the more points they earn. Building cards unlock powers to help players score more points. Interact with other players, and perhaps even interfere with their progress. The highest score wins!

Rebuild civilisation in a hopeful world reclaimed by nature with Life in Reterra, a tile placement strategy game from designers Eric M. Lang and Ken Gruhl. Arrange terrain, construct buildings and welcome inhabitants as you transform remnants of the past into a thriving new community.

Each player gradually creates a four-by-four landscape using Land Tiles selected from a shared display or their personal supply. Matching terrain sections can form larger regions, while Building Tiles activate abilities that attract inhabitants, collect relics or interfere with neighbouring communities.

Three ready-to-play Building Card sets—Essentials, Commerce and Leisure—provide different combinations of powers. Once familiar with the game, players can mix cards from these sets to create customised building selections and new strategic interactions.

• Build a sixteen-tile community: Arrange Land Tiles into a four-by-four grid while planning connected terrain and future building spaces
• Buildings unlock individual powers: Cover matching foundation symbols to construct buildings that alter scoring or provide useful effects
• Inhabitants increase community value: Building abilities can attract wooden inhabitants that contribute to the final score
• Junk becomes valuable relics: Collect facedown tokens and reveal reminders of the old world that guide inhabitants and provide points
• Large terrain regions earn bonuses: Connect at least seven spaces of the same terrain type to score the completed area
• Three customisable building sets: Play with the prepared Essentials, Commerce or Leisure sets or combine cards to create a new selection

Includes:

• 104 Land Tiles
• 15 Double-Sided Building Cards
• 93 Building Tiles
• 30 Junk and Relic Tokens
• 32 Wooden Inhabitant Pawns
• Set Up Board
• Scorepad
• 5 Storage Trays
• Game Guide

Specifications:

• Manufacturer: Avalon Hill
• Category: Board Game
• Subcategory: Tile Placement and Community Building Game
• Players: 2-4
• Age: 10+
• Play Time: 35 Minutes