Ascension: Chronicle of the Godslayer [Universal] [Storm of Souls expansion]

[XaxaxeOrcslayer]

No, the sale is related to a celebration for Ascension's 1,000,000th game played. And also the upcoming release of the Storm of Souls expansion.

[Emos]

Originally Posted by Camzy

Yeah the 4 player game between us is my favorite of all the ones I've been playing. Lots to learn from it about multiplayer dynamics.

Yeah this series of games between the four of us have been the best (even though I almost always lose)!

Saw a tweet from VeganTnT that the Storm of Souls expansion may implement six player games...if true that will even be more of a madhouse

[Ayjona]

I just purchased Ascension for an embarrassingly measly 1 dollar, and while my general impression is just wowsa (the art style and card artwork is possibly the best I've seen in ANY card game, ever, the music is both original and fitting, and the mechanics seem great), I will say this: no multitasking? That's weird, for a title releases in late 2011, which has had several updates. Is this a iOS 5/iPhone 4/etc bug, or has Ascension never ever featured multitasking?

Furthermore, all sounds is cut off after an alarm/push/local notification pops up. Also, I've run into several crashes to the springboard after just a few minutes of play.

For all the wonderful polish in the game (and in the original physical product, a legacy that Playdeck seems to want to build upon), it seems strange that it still suffers from teething troubles most common in the iOS 3 and 4 era, such as the lack of multitasking, or downright obvious bugs, such as the sound cutoff and crashes.

Am I just unlucky, or are these issues common?

[Emos]

Originally Posted by Ayjona

I just purchased Ascension for an embarrassingly measly 1 dollar, and while my general impression is just wowsa (the art style and card artwork is possibly the best I've seen in ANY card game, ever, the music is both original and fitting, and the mechanics seem great), I will say this: no multitasking? That's weird, for a title releases in late 2011, which has had several updates. Is this a iOS 5/iPhone 4/etc bug, or has Ascension never ever featured multitasking?

Furthermore, all sounds is cut off after an alarm/push/local notification pops up. Also, I've run into several crashes to the springboard after just a few minutes of play.

For all the wonderful polish in the game (and in the original physical product, a legacy that Playdeck seems to want to build upon), it seems strange that it still suffers from teething troubles most common in the iOS 3 and 4 era, such as the lack of multitasking, or downright obvious bugs, such as the sound cutoff and crashes.

Am I just unlucky, or are these issues common?

Yeah multitasking has never been implemented in Ascension, it can be a bit annoying. That said it loads up really quick so I've gotten used to it. Perhaps the next update will incorporate it (chat function is still the most requested feature).

I haven't ever had issues with it crashing, and I play with the sound off most of the time so I can't help with those...

[Brimah]

I don't know why, but I do better in 4 player games than 2... I'm about 50/50 on 2 player and 4 player record is 26 to 15.

Feel free to add me as well! GC Brimah and don't mind invites to play. Camzy is my only common going game.

[mrsamsa]

Originally Posted by Brimah

I don't know why, but I do better in 4 player games than 2... I'm about 50/50 on 2 player and 4 player record is 26 to 15.

Feel free to add me as well! GC Brimah and don't mind invites to play. Camzy is my only common going game.

I'm mr.samsa. Is there a GC exchange thread for boardgames and the like?

[Vernimator]

Just to let everyone know, Storm of Souls in May!!!

Playdek Celebrates One Million Games of Ascension, Announces Storm of Souls
In their latest press release Playdek celebrated one million online games of Gary Games’ Ascension and announced that its next in-app purchase of the first full size expansion Ascension: Storm of Souls will be released in May 2012. Playdek states that Ascension achieved one million plays in less than nine months. To celebrate Gary Games and Playdek will offer Ascension: Chronicle of the Godslayer at $.99 for a limited time. One minor item we were not expecting is that Playdek says Storm of Souls will support up to six players if combined with other Ascension games.

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[currymutton]

Good news! I wish there were the promo cards.

Wish the new IAP comes with all the enhancements gone AWOL for a bit too long...

Dang! Forgot to say, take may $$$ already and make it out on first day in May!

[sapphire_neo]

I wonder which is the better way to improve for a beginner, by being beaten black and blue online or playing practice matches offline.

[currymutton]

Originally Posted by sapphire_neo

I wonder which is the better way to improve for a beginner, by being beaten black and blue online or playing practice matches offline.

Practice offline is good, but still you need to learn the strategies somewhere. There are a number of hints scattered all over this thread and BGG and you may find links to some blogs. I think the official forum offers many good advices.

If you don't mind learning from the experts here (you-know-who), losing from them helps (that is another reason why we need chat) -- well don't ask me, I lose about 90% of the time, the remaining wins are either from forfeits and never > 5 points, which I consider is sheer luck.