Ascension: Deckbuilding Game

To begin, each player receives a starting deck consisting of two Militia cards (used for defeating monsters) and eight Apprentice cards (used for buying new cards). Players shuffle their starting decks and draw an initial hand of five cards. The game board is set up with designated spaces for the Cultist, Mystics, and Heavy Infantry card stacks. The main deck is shuffled and six cards are dealt face-up into the 'Center Row' on the board. Additionally, each player starts with 30 Honor tokens, with red tokens representing five Honor points and white tokens representing one Honor point.

The primary objective of Ascension: Deckbuilding Game is to accumulate the most Honor points by the end of the game. Players earn Honor by defeating monsters, acquiring powerful heroes and constructs, and through the Honor values printed on certain cards in their deck.

During a player's turn, they play cards from their hand to generate two types of resources: runes (represented by a triangle icon) for purchasing new cards, and power (represented by a circle icon) for defeating monsters. When a card is purchased, it goes into the player's discard pile. When a monster is defeated, it is removed from the game and placed in the 'Void' pile. After playing cards and taking actions, any unspent runes or power are lost. At the end of their turn, players discard all cards from their hand and draw five new cards. If a player's draw deck runs out, their discard pile is shuffled to form a new draw deck.

Scoring occurs at the end of the game. Players count the total Honor points from the Honor tokens they have collected throughout the game. They also add the Honor values printed on all the cards in their deck (including their hand, draw pile, and discard pile). The player with the highest total Honor points wins the game.

The game concludes when the central 'Honor Pool' (the pile of Honor tokens) is completely empty. Once this happens, players continue to play until the current round is finished, ensuring every player has had an equal number of turns. After the final round, all players calculate their total Honor points from tokens and cards to determine the winner.