2021 · Card Game

Ascension: Curse of the Golden Isles

Players race across the Severed Seas to collect cursed treasures while fending off a ghostly pirate crew and monstrous island threats. The game uses deckbuilding: players recruit Heroes, acquire Constructs, and play cards to generate Runes and Power, then use those resources to claim Treasure and Honor. A new Cursed Treasure mechanic lets players collect paired tokens to convert into Runes, Power, and other effects, but gathering those tokens also attracts the cursed crew and other hazards. Players score Honor during play; the highest Honor when the game ends wins.

groupPlayers

2–4 best 4

schedulePlaying time

30 min

psychologyComplexity

2.5 / 5