Those with a silver triangle in the top right corner are cards that can be bought by paying magic. The six cards in the middle are the card pool.
#Beat ascension board game software#
The software handles all the rules and you don't know the details. That's one problem with playing computer implementations of boardgames. I think there are only 3 cards per card type. So you see a much bigger variety of cards in every game, but the card set is the same from game to game, unlike in Dominion where different action card combinations can drive a different emphasis and different strategies. More card types per game, fewer cards per card type - I think all cards are in play, as opposed to in Dominion where only 10 types of action cards are used in any one game.This can be good and bad - good because you don't get bogged down, bad because you lose the challenge of managing the efficiency of your deck. This also helps to keep your deck nimble. Also there is a type of card called constructs, which when played is placed in front of you permanently and gives you benefits every round. Your hand doesn't get clogged with VP cards which can't be used for anything else. Most cards that you buy into your deck have both a special ability and some victory points (VP). Gaining victory points doesn't dilute your deck - When you defeat a monster, it goes to the void pile and doesn't go into your personal discard deck.Your deck composition (magic-heavy or strength-heavy) will determine how well you can claim cards in the pool. Sometimes the card pool can be mostly monsters or mostly cards to be bought. Whenever you take a card, you risk bringing in another card that the next player wants. Often you want to snatch a card before another player who wants it badly can afford it or defeat it. Watching what's in the pool is important. Every time a card is purchased (or a monster defeated), a new card is drawn to replenish the pool. Other than that, the card pool only has six cards from which you can choose.
Most cards in the game give one or the other. Two currencies - Magic is basically money that can be spent to buy cards, and strength is the ability to defeat monsters.Here's a quick summary of the differences. However there are enough differences for it to have a different feel. It's a deck-building game, so it is not surprising that it has quite a number of similarities to Dominion. We are boardgaming every day! That's the life! AscensionĪscension is the only recently purchased iOS game that I have not played before. Now we are constantly playing, having a few games running in parallel at any one time.
This year we have only been occasionally playing together online using boardgaming websites. This is good because it means we can play more often despite Han being overseas. When Allen got an iPad too, the three of us were suddenly keen to play together on the iOS platform. I usually use the boardgames I have on the iPhone as time-wasters, playing against AI's. Han has always been doing boardgaming on his iPad, but I have not been playing much against him using my iPhone. This splurge was partly because Allen just got himself an iPad recently. Ascension, Le Havre, Ticket To Ride Europe (plus the in-app purchase of TTR Switzerland), Summoner Wars (and all expansions, which were on special offer) and Tikal (it was on offer too I still have not played it since downloading it). I recently bought quite a number of games on my iPhone.
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