Ascend is a Decktet climbing game for 3 to 4 players. You and your opponents try to be the first duck to reach the peak. During the ascent you will be set back by bombs falling from the sky. Therefore, it takes quite some personality to persist the ascent in order to be able to crown oneself as King of the Quackers and flush the opponents straight back to the swampy pond they came from. The game is played over multiple hands. Every hand you get dealt some cards. After each hand, you score points according to how quickly you got rid of your cards. Your points accumulate from hand to hand and once someone collects enough points he or she is declared the winner of the game.