“For me, Earth Rising feels like a standard co-op. Do some actions, bad stuff happens. Which immediately makes the game ok. Nothing exciting but not terrible either. It does feel like quite standard gameplay.

The theme is somewhat interesting and is educational to an extent. Helping you to sort of understand how global rising works and the sort of pressures to fix it. Obviously, there's creative license to it being a game, but I know the designer took considerable steps to understand this theme well before translating it to a board game. 

I think it's worth a play for sure, especially for the theme, but don't expect any groundbreaking new co-op mechanics or interesting gimmicks. ”

“Fantastic engine builder. The game really wants you to open up a strategy and dive in, what works one game may not the next. The production quality isn't amazing and could do with a reskin but I love the premise and the variability.”

“A straightforward polyomino tile laying game. Build your bear park, trying to gain different shaped enclosures first for greater points. It took about 40 minutes to play. Easy to learn. Not outstanding, but I enjoyed playing.”