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Hey everyone, First off, thank you all for the support through these early stages of Ascension Quest. The amount of feedback, excitement, theorycrafting, questions, and playtesting has honestly been incredible to watch. We’re still early in development, but seeing people already exploring the world, testing builds, and engaging with the systems has been a huge motivator for our team. We’ve been deep in development lately, especially on monsters and encounter design, and hones

We live in a blessed time for tabletop RPGs. There are more great systems than ever before. Daggerheart is popping off, Paizo's Pathfinder seems to be in a solid place, and Shadowdark RPG has refreshed pulp fantasy. Even massive fantasy worlds are entering the tabletop roleplaying game space. The Cosmere RPG recently shattered Kickstarter records and launched to enormous excitement from fans. With so many tabletop RPGs competing for attention, many warriors and would-b

Why Grit, Growth, and Desperation Sit at the Heart of Ascension Quest Welcome to Through the Veil , our game development series where we peak through the veil and talk plainly about why the rules of Ascension Quest exist—not just what they do. Today, we’re breaking down one of the earliest and most foundational ideas behind Ascension Quest's Going Beyond mechanic—and how Grit inspired by the likes of Rocky and Goku became the backbone for combat, desperation, and legendary