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Ascension: Chronicle of the Godslayer is a deck-building card game created by Stone Blade Entertainment (originally known as Gary Games), headed by professional Magic: The Gathering player Justin Gary. The main designers of the game are Justin Gary, Brian Kibler, Rob Dougherty and John Fiorillo. The game is available both in physical and digital formats; the iOS version, developed by Playdek, was released on June 30, 2011.

Rules
Each player starts with a base deck of 10 cards (8 Apprentices and 2 Militia).

Tabletop game
1st Year

Chronicle of the Godslayer (2010)

The original game was released on November 3, 2010. While there was only one artist working on the game back then (Eric Sabee) the game was well-received. It introduced three types of cards that have been present in the game ever since then: Heroes, Constructs and Monsters (which you could not put into your deck).

Return of the Fallen (2011)

The 2nd set of Ascension was designed as an expansion for the original game. It allowed up to 6 players to play the game instead of the previous 4. It also introduced the Fate mechanic to the game which made some cards have an effect as soon as they were drawn from the center deck.

2nd Year

Storm of Souls (2011)

This one was designed as a standalone set and introduced new mechanisms to the game such as the event cards.

Immortal Heroes (2012) Designed as an expansion once again.

3rd Year

Rise of Vigil was the main set and the expansion was Darkness Unleashed

From then onward they switched to only making 'main sets' as the smaller ones did not sell as well. Those were the following:

Realms Unraveled

Dawn of Champions: Introduced both Champions and the Rally mechanic to the game, both of which were never used again.

Dreamscape

War of Shadows

Gift of the Elements

Lore
The events of the games start when Aaron, The Godslayer enters the scene.

Critical reception
Ascension: Chronicle of the Godslayer 2011 Golden Geek Best Card Game Nominee 2010 Origins Awards Best Traditional Card Game Nominee 2010 Golden Geek Best Card Game Nominee

The game has a Metacritic score of 84% based on 10 critic reviews.