It's a Wonderful World: Corruption & Ascension

It's a Wonderful World: Corruption & Ascension is an expansion that enriches the experience of the original game. In this new deck, you'll find an intriguing combination of classic Development cards and Ascension cards that bring new dynamics to the game. The Ascension cards not only introduce paired scoring mechanics, but also introduce the theme of corruption, creating innovative and challenging strategies. In addition, this expansion allows up to 6 players to take part in the adventure, increasing interaction and competitiveness between participants. Get ready to explore new possibilities and take your empire to new heights!

Age 14 + 45 min 1 to 7 players

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Artists: Frédéric Guérard; Anthony Wolff

Designers: Frédéric Guérard;

Date: 2020

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Mechanics: Collecting Sets

Table of Contents
- How to Play
- Tips for playing
- Game mechanics
- Game components
- Additional Information

How to play It's a Wonderful World: Corruption & Ascension

Start by separating the new Ascension and Corruption card decks. For the standard game mode, mix the new cards with the original decks. If you want to play the campaign, follow the specific instructions in the manual for each scenario or mission.

Add new Empire cards starting with those marked "Primary". Each player chooses or receives a card, ensuring that they have unique abilities and different strategies from the start.

During the draft phase, Corruption cards can be chosen. They offer strong benefits, but come with penalties that must be managed throughout the game. Assess the risk against the benefit when integrating these cards into your strategy.

The expansion introduces Ascension cards that allow you to build cards directly in an opponent's production area, offering an additional strategic element. Use this ability to impact your opponents' production engine efficiently.

Encourage exploration of new scoring strategies introduced by the expansion. The cards and mechanics added can significantly alter the balance of power and victory conditions, making it vital to constantly adapt throughout the game.

Main objective

The main objective of the game "It's a Wonderful World: Corruption & Ascension" is to expand the universe of the base game "It's a Wonderful World" by introducing new elements of strategy and complexity, allowing players to explore themes of corruption and the rise of power. In this expansion, players must face ethical dilemmas and complex strategic decisions to optimize their empire, using additional cards that offer new mechanics and paths to victory. The goal is to increase production capacity and manage resources efficiently, overcoming opponents and gaining supremacy in the game's dystopian world.

Tips for playing It's a Wonderful World: Corruption & Ascension

Here are some tips for doing better in the game It's a Wonderful World: Corruption & Ascension:

  • Explore new Ascension cards to maximize your development and production strategies.
  • Corruption can provide power, but use it carefully so as not to damage your empire in the long run.
  • Make good use of the new Generals and Financiers to balance your game at critical moments.
  • Analyze which expansion cards best complement your empire's focus to increase efficiency.
  • Adapt to the new victory conditions by adjusting the balance between direct victory points and future production.
  • Consider the interactions of new cards with existing ones to create more powerful combos.

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Mechanics of It's a Wonderful World: Corruption & Ascension

  • Collecting Sets - This mechanic involves collecting specific cards which, when combined, offer players additional benefits and points. In "It's a Wonderful World: Corruption & Ascension", players must strategically accumulate sets of cards that belong to different types of development, such as scientific discovery, military conquests or cultural advances. Completing a set can provide bonuses during the production phase or guarantee victory points at the end of the game. The efficiency of this mechanic lies in quickly identifying synergies between available and acquired cards, maximizing resources and gains throughout the game. Blocking strategies can also be used to make it difficult for opponents to complete their sets.

Game components It's a Wonderful World: Corruption & Ascension

See all the items in the game below It's a Wonderful World: Corruption & Ascension:

  • Construction letters
  • Project letters
  • Resource Bookmarks
  • Main Board
  • Evolution Charts
  • Initiative pieces
  • Letters of Corruption
  • Action Data
  • Player boards
  • Punctuation markers

Additional Information

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