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Ashes Reborn: Rise of the Phoenixborn

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  1. 8 out of 10

    Second edition, having played the first and then having the owner trade the copy away before we could really get into it, based on table time possibility, we BOTH wanted a copy of this again between us. A little headier than I usually like my deckbuilders (Love the genre as a whole, but skipped Magic on purpose, not Pokémon though, go figure) the addition of the wonderful chunky dice and the overall thematic boost they give to the crunchy game play make this one a standout for me. Also Isaac Vega is a fantastic designer and I am picking up what he and Plaid hat are putting down here. This one has the chops to go deep and get serious. While the addition of dice gamifies an otherwise deep and heavy card battler by refocusing the usual genre randomness added to resource production so that it is not tied to the deck players have built is a main draw for me personally. However it is also most likely the culprit as to why it had so little penetration with the Magic crowd back in the day. This is a shame, because this is an "as deep as they come" system, in an incredibly novel presentation with fantastic production and best in industry art! Also Kudos to Plaid Hat by NOT invalidating those hold over fans from 1st ed, in releasing a version upgrade pack, well done indeed! I will cover this one to a more proper amount that it deserved from me on its initial release in 2015 this time around, stay tuned.

  2. 7.5 out of 10

    A really intriguing game that I think I want to play more of. I love the TCG type feel to the game but like the balanced box nature of it a lot.

  3. 7 out of 10

    Well, the theme is not the most original for a card game, I guess... but Ashes is a game with a lot of great stuff in it! The first thing you can't help but notice is the astounding quality of the production: thick and durable cards, heavy and hard-plastic dice, sturdy box. And then, of course, there is the artwork. One of the most beautiful, stunning examples of art in gaming. Beyond that there is a simple but deep, solid game: combining cards and dice, players battle in simultaneous turns. Every deck is different and engaging, and beyond that there are constructed and drafting!

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In Ashes: Rise of the Phoenixborn, a two-player expandable card game, players take on the roles of Phoenixborns, demi-gods and protectors of this world. These characters are the great saviors of their civilizations. Before they came into existence, the humans were plagued by monsters like chimeras that took away their lands and forced them to live in walled-off cities. When the Phoenixborns came, they fought off the chimeras and freed the lands for humans to take over once again.

But the time of peace was short-lived. A prophecy arose that if one Phoenixborn was able to absorb enough Ashes of others, they would ascend into full gods and take mastery over this world. This, as well as humans’ greed for land, fueled the War of Ashes. The great cities now fight among each other, each one of them with a Phoenixborn at its helm, and you will decide who will rise and who will fall to ashes.

Ashes Reborn: Rise of the Phoenixborn, released in 2021, features the same Phoenixborn as in the original Ashes with the same cards, but some cards have been modified to balance them. (Publisher Plaid Hat Games estimates that about 30% of all cards across all expansions are being modified.) The rules have undergone a few changes as well, mostly to clarify powers. The Ashes Reborn 1.5 Upgrade Kit contains more than 350+ updated Ashes cards, along with an updated rulebook, allowing players to move from the original game to the new 1.5 rules.

Ages

14+
Players

2 Players, 3 Players, 4 Players
Play Time

30m – 120m
Designer

Isaac Vega
Mechanics

Closed Drafting, Deck Construction, Die Icon Resolution, Interrupts, Dice Rolling, Hand Management, Variable Player Powers
Theme

Card Game, Fighting, Fantasy
Publisher

Filosofia Éditions, Asterion Press, Cube Factory of Ideas, Edge Entertainment, Heidelberger Spieleverlag, Plaid Hat Games
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