It was time to try a new game on Malts and Meeples after I’d wrapped up Sleeping Gods the week before. So, as I said I would, Spire’s End from Greg Favro hit the table. This is an adventure horror themed game with amazing artwork, dice rolling and some interesting combat mechanics. You can see my full review here.

The Game

So, I did a review already. I explain some in the video how to play the game. Instead, I want to talk about the replayability of this game. I now have five or six, forget which, plays under my belt. And with those, a couple of them were learning how to play the game, and one was me dying off with some poor dice rolls. But the start of the game, I have played multiple times. And even with that, by the time I hit chapter 2 of the story, I am skipping cards that I still have yet to see.

So the game has a lot of content to it. I question long term ability to replay the game, but in the short term, I have a number more plays of it ready to go. And I do want to see what else the game has to offer in it. I reached two spots, where in true Choose Your Own Adventure fashion I died, and I want to find a better ending. What does a win in Spire’s End look like? I think until I find that, I will want to go back to the game.

That is the sign of a good game to me. In particular the sign of a good story driven game. I want to go back to Gloomhaven at some point in time, not because of the story but because I still have characters to play. Tainted Grail might leave the collection once I’m done, not because I don’t love the game, I do, but because it’s such a big campaign. Spire’s End, I will explore the story again and again until I hit a good end.

The Drink

A mocktail play on a Mojito that I made into not a mocktail, it was some mint, blueberry, club soda, water and sugar and it was fine. The issue that I had with it was that the flavor was too subtle. If a drink has mint and blueberry, I expect to taste that. I got a little mint hint, but nothing more. And the blueberry almost wasn’t there at all. It is a drink recipe that I wouldn’t make again, nor would my wife who made it, without increasing the amount of blueberry and mint substantially.

Upcoming Streams

So I believe it will be a week from Monday when I do the second party of Should It Stay or Should It Go over on Malts and Meeples. That series is going to be biweekly.

On Wednesday, I am not sure what I will stream. It will be another one off solo game. I am not jumping into a campaign again yet. It might be Ratcatcher or maybe Under Falling Skies, though that one is hard to fit on camera. Ratcatcher would be an easy one to learn and get played though for sure. And there are some roll and writes, Paper Dungeons and Dinosaur Island Rawr ‘n Write I could play as well. So lots of options, let me know what you want me to play.

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