Ascending Empires: Zenith Edition is a fast 4x game that updates and expands the acclaimed game of flicking starships to distant planets, discovering ancient relics, building cities and starbases, amd developing new technologies. It mixes strategic empire building with fast and fun gameplay. This edition not only includes New Era rules, a new playing surface made of neoprene, plastic building and troops, but it also allows one to play with the original, Classic rules.