Plaid Hat has extricated itself from Asmodee and Ashes was re-released with some rules changes and balance adjustments and is alive again as Ashes: Reborn. The game died and its beautiful art was relegated to the dark corners of the gaming world where people play dead card games.īut, apropos considering the phoenix in the name, Ashes has risen again. After being acquired by Asmodee, Ashes expansions and organized play ceased to exist. After buying the core box, a few expansions, and a sweet insert… Asmodee buys up Plaid Hat.Īnd there lies the end of the Ashes: Rise of the Phoenixborn’s story. The new buzz is going on about a beautiful living card game from Plaid Hat Games, fresh off their massive success with Dead of Winter. The re-emergence of Ashes may have been influenced by Plaid Hat Games leaving the Asmodee umbrella in February 2020 and being re-aquired by founder Colby Dauch.It is 2015. Everyone else will have access to the new content through retail channels. The Team Covenant subscription is only available to customers in the U.S. Nick Conly, who was a lead playtester for the original release is lead developer on the upgrade kit. For more details about the original life cycle of Ashes, as well as its resurrection, check out the Team Covenant announcement video.Īshes: Rise of the Phoenixborn is a two-player expandable card game utilizing custom dice. After the initial upgrade kit, the subscription will deliver new Ashes content every quarter, as long as subscriber levels justify production.Īshes: Reborn includes an updated rulebook and revised versions of approximately 30% of previously released Ashes cards.

In the case of Ashes: Reborn, that threshold is 1,000 subscribers. Team Covenant is using a player driven production model, somewhat similar to GMT's P500, where the physical printing of the new content will occur once a threshold of consumers have signed up to purchase it. The upgrade kit, dubbed Ashes: Reborn, is being produced through a partnership between Plaid Hat Games and Team Covenant. Fifteen months after publisher Plaid Hat Games announced the end of Ashes, the game is coming back with a version 1.5 upgrade kit followed by planned expansions. Ashes: Rise of the Phoenixborn is living up to its name.

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