Before the Ash
Before the Ash is a strategic city-builder where you must grow Pompeii into a thriving city—before Mount Vesuvius inevitably erupts and destroys everything.
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About Before the Ash
In Before the Ash, players are challenged to develop a thriving city on the brink of destruction. This strategic city-builder combines card-based mechanics and hex tiles, set beneath the shadow of Mount Vesuvius. With time ticking and lava looming, every choice matters. Will your city prosper before the volcano erupts?
City-Building with Cards and Clever Planning
How to Grow Your Ancient Settlement
In this one-handed strategy game, you’ll place buildings using randomly drawn cards. Each building contributes to your city’s growth by producing resources at regular intervals.
Buildings generate wood, stone, and other materials.
Free cards are dealt daily to expand your strategy.
Place rare buildings for extra score and bonuses.
Managing Fires from Vesuvius
As the volcano grumbles, it releases eruptions that set buildings and tiles ablaze. You’ll have to act quickly:
Click to extinguish fires and save your city.
Let fires spread strategically to clear space for better structures.
Extinguishing generates faith, a crucial late-game currency.
The Role of Faith and Score in Your Journey
Faith as a Tactical Resource
Faith isn't just symbolic—it lets you reroll cards or delay Vesuvius’ final eruption. That means more time to score big and expand.
Earn faith by extinguishing flames.
Use it to manipulate fate itself.
How to Score High Before the Ash Falls
Your final score depends on how efficiently you build and manage chaos.
Build and upgrade often
Restore charred tiles
Save structures from fire