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

[Riotgirl]

Goddamn it! I lost to lisapook again! This timely 4 measely points. I am now 0-6 although one of those I drew with lisapook, my score was highlighted with a white outline and the game was awarded to her when I checked my profile!

I actually thought I had won this game - but no. 4 measly points. Getting closer to that elusive first MP win.

[sapphire_neo]

Hang in there, it can take a while but eventually things will just start clicking and you'll chain some wins. I suffered a LONG while in Nightfall hell before I had a sort of epiphany that allowed me to see tactics and strategies clearly.

[trundley]

Has this been optimised for new iphone/ipod screens?

[Riotgirl]

Lost to techwtr 77-62. Off-board honour was my undoing. However, I am doing much better in my more recent play (narrow loss to lisapook) and I'm 29 on-board honour ahead of CurryMutton on the final turn [his].

Hell yes! Beat Jnt325 99-88. Mecha strategy worked well. Currently 1-7 with another 3 games in progress inc. the rematch with Jnt325.

[jnt325]

Yeah as soon as all of the mechana constructs started coming off the board I knew I was cooked. Nice match and congrats on the first MP win!

[currymutton]

crunc, I tried to send you a GC invite but no avail.

Riotgirl. You are too close to comfort. I am a very good player though, I think you have shown a lot of potential... I cannot keep track of all the games I am playing, so the feature of reviewing my whole deck is so important. I know what my "strategy" was and consider if it would time to change course. (P.S. This is the most requested feature for Nightfall, but still AWOL).

jnt325, I am sending you a game then.

My daughter "played" a couple of my online rounds last Sat, but I guess nobody notices that.

[jnt325]

Awesome. The more games the better. I'm still in the early stages of wrapping my head around the game as well, but I'm really enjoying it so far.

[currymutton]

Originally Posted by trundley

Has this been optimised for new iphone/ipod screens?

Not that I am aware of. I tried it on iPhone5 but do not like the experience much. iPad Mini is okay but I strongly recommend the use of iPad Mini or above (?) to play it.

I think it is a tad better on iPad RD but iirc, it is not optimized for it either.

[soldat7]

Originally Posted by currymutton

Not that I am aware of. I tried it on iPhone5 but do not like the experience much. iPad Mini is okay but I strongly recommend the use of iPad Mini or above (?) to play it.

I think it is a tad better on iPad RD but iirc, it is not optimized for it either.

It looks great on Retina iPads. Not *everything is fully Retina, but many bits are.

[Riotgirl]

Jnt325, glad that you are a fellow TA member. I rarely follow a Mechana strategy - but realised that in previous games, I lost due to failing behind on off-board honour. The Mechana cards flipped for me - inc Hedron Cannon and I was fortunate in that there was no trade-off in deciding to go Mechana or buy another card.

Excellent game, CurryMutton in your favour 66-71. It was touch and go because I reviewed your cards and then my own on the final turn, and realised that I had no real off-board honour cards (all 1-2 value cards). Unusual (at least for me) to see two completely different strategies play out in the base game.

I hear you re: number of async games and trying to remember cards and strategy. I only have 3-4 games at one time that is is enough for me!

I have read the Nightfall thread and am on the fence about picking it up. Think it would work better as a physical board-game - or at least 4-5 players playing a real-time game. Besides, I need to finish Avadon and kickstart my Chinese study in my spare time.

In terms of Ascension expansion packs, which one would you recommend out of RoF and SoS? It seems that a lot of people play SoS. Do you play SoS as a standalone game or with the base-game and RoF?