Ascension Board Game History
Mythology has always fascinated me and stimulated my imagination. I remember reading The Twelve Labors of Heracles as a child and yes, imagining myself as Heracles. I have read far too many mythical tales to recount them all. Tales of Norse, Egyptian and other mythologies from around the world. These stories have inspired many others as well.
The accounts of gods, mortals and monsters in mythology often differ. The tales on how deities come to power for example. Zeus was hidden away just after or at birth in a cave by his mother (Rhea) so that he will not be consumed/swallowed by his father (Cronus). There is little information on Zeus’ years as a youth. The tales of him defeating Crones and what happens as he becomes the king of the Greek gods are wonderful stories, however, what is Zeus’s life as a young deity? Was he alone, did he find himself in conflict with dark and unknown creatures of the world? Did he interact with mortals? Did he have friends? This is where the idea of Ascension began.
Imagine yourself as a young Greek deity, you have many aspirations, they drive you. You know that you must make a mystic track to fulfill your destiny, you instinctively know there will be danger, you may make allies, or very dangerous enemies. Will you ascend and become the god of gods or fall along the way.
The Ascension board game is currently in phase two of play testing.
Meet the players
Aphrodite
Aphrodite
Aphrodite
Aspires to be the goddess of love, beauty, desire, and pleasure. Her symbols include roses and other flowers, the scallop shell, and myrtle wreath. .
Ares
Aphrodite
Aphrodite
Aspires to be the god of war, bloodshed, and violence. Ares’ sacred animals are the vulture, venomous snakes, dogs, and boars.
Athena
Aphrodite
Dionysus
Aspires to be the goddess of intelligence, skill, peace, warfare, battle strategy, handicrafts, and wisdom. Her symbol is the olive tree.
Dionysus
Dionysus
Dionysus
Aspires to be the god of wine, parties and festivals, drunkenness, drugs, and ecstasy. His attributes include the thyrsus staff, drinking cup, grape vine, and a crown of ivy.
Hades
Dionysus
Hades
Aspires to be the god of the underworld and the dead, and god of regret. The screech owl is sacred to him.
Hera
Dionysus
Hades
Aspires to be the goddess of marriage, women, childbirth, heirs, kings, and empires. Her sacred animals are the heifer, the peacock, and the cuckoo.
Poseidon
Poseidon
Poseidon
Aspires to be the god of the sea, rivers, floods, droughts, and earthquakes. The horse and the dolphin are sacred to him. His symbols are the trident, horse, dolphin, fish and bull.
Zeus
Poseidon
Poseidon
Aspires to be the god of the sky, weather, thunder, lightning, law, order, and justice. His sacred animals are the eagle and the bull.