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Skyward Republic box

Skyward Republic

NewIntermediateCardStrategyEuro
2–430–75mHall 2 · 2D530

Mechanisms

  • Contracts
  • End Game Bonuses
  • Hand Management
  • I Cut, You Choose
  • Open Drafting
Release
10/2026
Publisher
Good Games Publishing
Designers
Brendan Evans
Languages
English
Age
14+

Build a solarpunk city in the clouds.In Skyward Republic, two face-up cards per player are dealt into piles for all players to contest. Each player is also dealt two unknown cards. On your turn will you pick a pile of cards that fits your strategy before others do, or flip and place one of your dealt cards in a pile to stay in expanding draft so as to pick a bigger or better pile later? Pick early for likely fewer cards but more control, then reveal your remaining cards and place them in the remaining piles. Or hold out till last pick to likely get more but somewhat random cards, yet gain a wild resource and become the first player.

Players then build cards they can afford to build, each with interconnected scoring abilities. Then attempt to claim powerful benefactors to gain victory points and special abilities. A player’s eighth building triggers the end of the game and the player with the highest score wins.