AscendingKoi

Introduction

You follow the transcendental journey of a koi from a fry to a dragon. Starting out you can only drift along the currents and eat small insects. From the nourishment gained by eating, you learn unique talents that allow you to become a master of your environment. Until finally, you transcend this world as a koi and ascend to heaven as a dragon!

Objective

You play Ascending Koi in turns and actions where you move your koi along paths that you create by laying and manipulating pond tiles. Along your transcendental journey, you face hardship and fortune that either results in gaining, losing, or exchanging food tokens. By exchanging food tokens using basic color theory and matching, you unlock unique talents. When your koi unlocks the last talent, your enlightened koi returns to its birthplace to ascend to heaven as a dragon.

How to win

You win by unlocking all your talents and moving to the lotus tile.

Mechanics

• Route building
• Color blending
• Ability acquisition
• Tile placement
• Point-to-point movement
• Strategy
• Non-confrontational versus

A game by One Trillium Games, Megan and Nathan Holt.