Slay the Spire: The Board Game
The deck-building video game comes to the tabletop, and the party climbs or falls together.
What it is
A co-op deck-builder for one to four players who like planning a fight together. You climb a branching map through three acts, adding cards after each battle and facing a boss at the top of each act. Everyone plays at once in whatever order helps most, and one hero's death ends the run for the whole group. We think it suits fans of the video game and anyone who enjoys a grim little dungeon climb.
What we love
- Heroes can sequence their plays to set up shared combos
- Small numbers and tokens replace the video game's math
- Cards upgrade by flipping them over in their sleeves
Honest trade-offs
- Setup and teardown take a while
- The thin rulebook assumes you know the video game
- A long campaign is awkward to save between sessions
AI summary of player sentiment
Across the tables we polled, players consistently praise the game's approachability and pacing. The most common complaint is setup and teardown take a while.
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Content advisory
Mature themes handled with restraint. Fine for most adult tables.
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