# Ascension

Move a civilization toward greater agency and interconnection without triggering collapse, authoritarian capture, ecological failure, runaway AI, or war.

- Players: 2–8
- Duration: 50–120 minutes
- Mode: cooperative civilizational transition
- Resources: stability, agency, trust, clarity

## Setup

```json
[
  {
    "op": "draw",
    "count": 1,
    "from": {
      "classes": [
        "worlds"
      ]
    },
    "to": "civilization"
  },
  {
    "op": "draw",
    "count": 3,
    "from": {
      "classes": [
        "systems",
        "factions"
      ]
    },
    "to": "institutions"
  },
  {
    "op": "draw",
    "count": 3,
    "from": {
      "classes": [
        "forces",
        "events"
      ]
    },
    "to": "crisis-row"
  },
  {
    "op": "advance-track",
    "track": "stability",
    "amount": 6
  },
  {
    "op": "advance-track",
    "track": "agency",
    "amount": 4
  },
  {
    "op": "advance-track",
    "track": "trust",
    "amount": 4
  }
]
```

## Turn Actions

### Develop Capacity

- `draw` {"op":"draw","count":1,"from":{"classes":["technologies","programs"]},"to":"capacity"}
- `advance-track` {"op":"advance-track","track":"development","amount":1}

### Distribute Agency

- `connect` {"op":"connect","from":"institution","to":"capacity","edgeType":"governs"}
- `gain` {"op":"gain","resource":"agency","amount":2}

### Integrate Shadow

- `reveal` {"op":"reveal","target":"crisis-row","count":1}
- `transform` {"op":"transform","target":"crisis","into":"integration-task"}
- `gain` {"op":"gain","resource":"stability","amount":1}

### Set Limits

- `lock` {"op":"lock","target":"unsafe-capability-route"}
- `gain` {"op":"gain","resource":"trust","amount":1}

### Cross Threshold

- `advance-track` {"op":"advance-track","track":"development","amount":2}
- `draw` {"op":"draw","count":1,"from":{"classes":["states","cosmologies"]},"to":"new-condition"}

## Resolution

- **Win:** Development reaches twelve while Stability, Agency, and Trust each remain at four or more.
- **Loss:** Any collapse track reaches eight or any shared resource reaches zero.
