Today marks the 3-year anniversary of when I played Chasing the Ace with some friends on a whim and I felt compelled to come back to say I have not been able to stop thinking about this game ever since.
Chasing the Ace is THE storytelling game against which I compare how well a game facilitates emergent gameplay and unexpected character relationships; no other game has come close to replicating how shockingly petrified and starstruck I felt when my table described Ace finally appearing in the hangar at the end of the game. Like wdym I can come to have a rich enough history over just three hours with a deeply loveable ragtag mecha squadron and our legendary leader who doesn't even have a speaking role that the mere thought of standing in the same hangar with them all is enough to make my stomach swoop!!
I just have to gush about this game. Descended from the Queen is brilliant at what it does, and Chasing the Ace is an enrapturing take on it. I was not a mecha or sci-fi fan in the slightest until Chasing the Ace grabbed my psyche with the inescapable gravity of a black hole and, without exaggeration, changed my life forever. I'll keep thinking about this game for many more years to come. Sincerely, from the bottom of my heart, thank you!!