{"id":21795,"date":"2026-10-24T13:36:49","date_gmt":"2026-10-24T11:36:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/mecanique\/non-classifiee\/rebirth-ii-2027-a-new-era-for-reiner-knizias-strategy-game\/"},"modified":"2026-10-24T13:38:19","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T11:38:19","slug":"rebirth-ii-2027-a-new-era-for-reiner-knizias-strategy-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/news\/rebirth-ii-2027-a-new-era-for-reiner-knizias-strategy-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Rebirth II (2027): A New Era for Reiner Knizia&#8217;s Strategy Game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"p-rc_556b7fd54696f533-22\" data-path-to-node=\"2\"><span class=\"\" data-path-to-node=\"2,0\">Famous board game publisher <b data-path-to-node=\"2,0\" data-index-in-node=\"28\">Mighty Boards<\/b> is set to expand the <i data-path-to-node=\"2,0\" data-index-in-node=\"63\">Rebirth<\/i> universe with the announcement of <b data-path-to-node=\"2,0\" data-index-in-node=\"105\">Rebirth II<\/b><\/span><span class=\"\" data-path-to-node=\"2,2\">. Designed by legendary board game author <b data-path-to-node=\"2,2\" data-index-in-node=\"42\">Reiner Knizia<\/b> and illustrated by Max Kosek and Vesna &#8220;vesner&#8221; Redesiuk, this new standalone title promises to immerse 2 to 4 players aged 10 and up in a devastated world where civilization is trying to rebuild<\/span><span data-path-to-node=\"2,4\">. Far from the Scotland setting of the original game, survivors return to their ancient homelands to found self-governing city-states<\/span><span data-path-to-node=\"2,6\">. Players take on the role of an Order of Oracles tasked with restoring farmland, settling cities, and uncovering ancient mysteries buried beneath the land<\/span><span data-path-to-node=\"2,8\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"\" data-path-to-node=\"3\"><b data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Two New Maps and Fresh Strategic Mechanics<\/b><\/h2>\n<p id=\"p-rc_556b7fd54696f533-23\" data-path-to-node=\"4\"><span class=\"\" data-path-to-node=\"4,0\">While <b data-path-to-node=\"4,0\" data-index-in-node=\"6\">Rebirth II<\/b> retains the core tile-laying gameplay of the original, it introduces two brand-new maps: <b data-path-to-node=\"4,0\" data-index-in-node=\"106\">Greece<\/b> and <b data-path-to-node=\"4,0\" data-index-in-node=\"117\">Italy<\/b><\/span><span data-path-to-node=\"4,2\">. Each brings its own distinct play style thanks to the new City-State system<\/span><span data-path-to-node=\"4,4\">. The Greece map emphasizes flexibility and open-ended exploration, featuring special &#8220;Exploration tokens&#8221; that allow players to modify the board during play<\/span><span data-path-to-node=\"4,6\">. Meanwhile, the Italy map focuses on the individual powers of each city-state, enabling players to elect &#8220;Arbitrers&#8221; to gain unique abilities while visiting monasteries across the map for powerful one-time blessings<\/span><span data-path-to-node=\"4,8\">. A highly anticipated release for fans of strategy and area control games<\/span><span data-path-to-node=\"4,10\">!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/boardgamegeek.com\/boardgame\/480901\/rebirth-ii\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/boardgamegeek.com\/boardgame\/480901\/rebirth-ii<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-21789 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/pic9880451.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"506\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/pic9880451.webp 506w, https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/pic9880451-169x300.webp 169w, https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/pic9880451-370x658.webp 370w, https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/pic9880451-450x800.webp 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 506px) 100vw, 506px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Famous board game publisher Mighty Boards is set to expand&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21792,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[347],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21795"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21795\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}