Ashes Reborn: Rise of the Phoenixborn

About this board game

Ashes Reborn: Rise of the Phoenixborn is an expandable card game for 2–4 players, with games lasting approximately 120 minutes. Players take the roles of Phoenixborn, demi-gods who protect humanity and lead the great cities of a world scarred by war.

Before the Phoenixborn appeared, monstrous chimeras drove humans from their lands and forced them into walled-off cities. The Phoenixborn defeated these creatures and helped humanity reclaim the world, but peace did not last. Human greed and a dangerous prophecy soon ignited the War of Ashes.

According to the prophecy, a Phoenixborn who absorbs enough Ashes from others can ascend into a full god and gain mastery over the world. Each city now fights under the leadership of its Phoenixborn, and your choices will help determine who rises to power and who falls to ashes.

• Play as a Phoenixborn, the powerful protector of a human civilization.
• Compete in the War of Ashes amid rival cities and an ambitious prophecy.
• Use the card-based system to pursue victory in an expandable game.

Released in 2021, Ashes Reborn: Rise of the Phoenixborn features the same Phoenixborn and cards as the original Ashes, while modifying cards to improve balance. Plaid Hat Games estimates that around 30% of the cards across all expansions are being modified.

The rules also received several changes, primarily to clarify powers. The Ashes Reborn 1.5 Upgrade Kit includes more than 350 updated Ashes cards and an updated rulebook, giving players a way to move from the original game to the new 1.5 rules.