Cover art for Ascension: Return of the Fallen

Ascension: Return of the Fallen

2011 · BGG
Avg rating
7.27
Bayes rating
6.54
Weight
2.16 (Medium Light)
Players
1-2
Playtime
30 min
Ratings count
3,373

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Description

Ascension: Return of the Fallen is the newest set for the popular deck-building game Ascension: Deckbuilding Game. The 65-card Ascension: Return of the Fallen is playable as a 2 player stand-alone game, or can be combined with Ascension: Deckbuilding Game for an expanded game with up to six players. With its 65 all-new cards for the Center Deck, the Return of the Fallen provides players with the ability to face the God Samael in a final battle to determine the fate of Vigil. It also includes a new Fate mechanic that can change the game with a single flip of a card.

Ascension: Deckbuilding Game revolves around a Center Deck containing Heroes, Constructs, and Monsters. Players take turns recruiting Heroes or Constructs for their decks or defeating Monsters to earn honor and ultimate victory. Ascension: Deckbuilding Game joins other deck-building games including Dominion, Thunderstone and Resident Evil and Fantasy Flights Living Card Games (Call of Cthuhlu, Warhammer Invasion and Game of Thrones) as a new category of games that continue to increase in popularity. These games combine complexity of combat-focused card game experience with the benefit of not having to chase powerful randomly distributed, blindly-packaged cards.



Mechanics

Deck, Bag, and Pool Building Hand Management Open Drafting

Themes

Fantasy

Publishers

Arclight Games Asmodee FunBox Jogos Marabunta Stone Blade Entertainment Ultra PRO

Designers

Brian M. Kibler Gary Arant Ian Estrin Jeff Liu John Fiorillo Justin Gary Robert Dougherty Ryan O'Connor