· Ascent · Pyromancer
Seventy-One Ways to Start a Fire
The Flame Sovereign has a card for that. Watch the Pyromancer showcase, from the first attack to the meteor you arrange for next turn.
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Tales from the Knarr
Good cards. Questionable plans. Very large sea beasts. Pull up a seat for stories about playing and building Tarnished Crown: Ascent.
· Ascent · Deckbuilding
The Cards You Leave Behind
The reward screen has another customer. Your rival warband takes cards you pass over, so building a deck means thinking about the fight on both sides of the table.
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· Ascent · Co-op
Four Heroes. One Very Loud Plan.
Everyone plays during the same turn. Here is how a little conversation turns four separate hands into a party, and how to bring that party back for the next session.
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· Ascent · The Voyage
The Sea Is Part of the Run
Four islands sound like four problems. Then the knarr leaves shore. Meet the crossings, boarders and sea beasts that stand between one island victory and the next.
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· Ascent · Announcement
A New Way to Sail
Six heroes. Four islands. A deck of cards and three friends who all have a plan. Meet Tarnished Crown: Ascent, our standalone co-op roguelike deckbuilder.
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· Ascent · Development
A Thousand Runs Before Breakfast
A search bot handles the fights. A reinforcement-learning deck builder handles the choices between them. Here is how automated runs help us find balance problems, without pretending they can tell us what is fun.
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