Overview
Embers Of Memory: A Throne Of Glass is a 2 player C card game based on the Throne of Glass series by Sarah J.Maas. During the events in the Kingdom of Ash which is the final book in the series, you take up the roles of Aelin Galathynius and her trusty companion Fenrys Moonbeam.
With both players working together to unlock Aelin’s memories, by playing matching grid cards, while avoiding the demons.
What makes this more complicated than it sounds is that the players cannot speak to each other. Telepathy is required to play this game...
Only joking, strategic card play/card removal is the key to playing the game. This will allow the players to explain without words just what they require the other player to do in game.
During gameplay as you do progress through the story, the gameplay area that is needed is very large. We ran out of room on our gaming table and had to then finish the game on the floor. This is because it takes up a very large area of the table when you're playing due mainly to the size of the cards.
What’s In The Box?
Inside of the box we have 97 oversized cards which look good and feel well made. The artwork is very nice, with clean and tidy Character Pictures throughout.
There is a rule book which is 207. pages long which has the introduction to the game setup of how to start the game and the rules in general of how to play along with different rules for certain chapters within the game as you continue to play.
There are 2 decks, which are the Memory deck and the Sealed Captivity Deck. the captivity deck is opened during gameplay, and you reveal the cards as you play the game.
Complexity Rating
The complexity rating of this game I will be honest is extremely hard If you were to follow the rules within the game that are provided. This is because the wording isn't the best, it is a bit of a struggle to read and understand the actual rules and how you play the game. This did lead us to several games at the start that we just could not do as we really struggled. With a bit of searching online, we found a helpful video that explains how to play the game in such easy and simple detail that we could then actually play the game and progress really quickly.
We managed to play 4 games in the same time length that it took us to do half of the first game we played. We had success in them 4 games and did chapters of the story. When compared to the first couple of games we didn't even successfully complete a game.
I would highly recommend looking online to learn the rules in a much user-friendly way than following the in-game provided rulebook.
Artwork
The artwork is nice and clean with the character portraits looking very crisp and defined. The cards that you play the game with have coloured segments on each part which allows you to play the game and is all explained in the rules. Then you have the demon cards which again look well-made with the designs looking very clear. This makes the game easy on the eyes and makes the flow of the game smoother once you understand the rules.
My Favourite Part My favourite part of the Embers Of Memory: A Throne Of Glass card game is that it looks very nice to play the story is very interesting. This is even for someone like myself who has never actually read the series by Sarah J maas. this allowed me to enjoy the game without having to have any back knowledge of the actual story. It makes a great game for someone who is a fan of the Sarah J Maas series who would like a bit more of the Lore but doesn't have anyone else to play it with that knows the story. This makes the game very easy to recommend to anybody that enjoys a card game as you don't need to have previous experience to enjoy it.
My Final Thoughts
My final thoughts are that the game is very nice to look at. It has an interesting story which is enjoyable, but the steep learning curve is harsh when using the in-game rulebook. I would recommend checking online for the rules as it is much easier and simpler to learn them online in under 4 minutes than it is to try and use the rule book.
We enjoyed the game that much that we actually finished it in just under 2 days. It easily gives a good number of hours of gameplay which makes this game a good value for money recommendation.
