#23: Ascending Empires (Mark's 100 - 2012)

Ascending Empires

Mark's Ranking

• 2012: 23rd
• 2010: prior to publication
• 2005: prior to publication

BoardGameGeek

• rank: 338
• rating: 7.29

Print Status

• out of print

Why It's On The List

• For a game of space conquest (complete with a tech tree), it zips along at a blistering pace. Turns are short, decisions are tricky, scores are close, and there are multiple ways to victory. Plus, you get to flick stuff!

Tips & Tricks:

• As much as I love flicking games (Catacombs, Carabande, etc.), the flicking here is not the whole game - it's just a part of a much larger space-empire building game.
• The game scales really well from 2-4 players - which is odd, considering it has a four-quadrant map.
• There are even some official variants for the game posted on the Geek... both of which are quite good.

Extras

• My Opinionated Gamers review of Ascending Empires... with lots more information and my thoughts on all the whining about the puzzle-cut boards.

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Note: Yes, I realize it's been a long time since I posted on this theme - to be exact, it's November 1st, 2012. If you feel a need to catch up on my admittedly-aging Top 100 as of February 2012 list, you can check out:

• my Pinterest board about the Top 100 
• a BoardGameGeek Geeklist (in order of BGG ranking)
• the rest of the posts here on aka pastor guy