This isn’t the Slay the Spire board game which I really hope is still happening. That is so delayed at this point, but I still hope it comes out, and I really like the game. So last night I wanted to set-up and play Black Sonata but I ran out of time with podcast and kid not going to bed. So I just decided to start a new game of this rogue like deck building game.

The Game – Slay the Spire

The mechanics on this are pretty simple. Slay the Spire is a deck building game where you get cards that either attack or defend against damage. You go through rooms battling monsters, each battle gives you more cards to add to your deck allowing you to build it out as you want.

The trick is that you have a limited amount of energy as you play each turn. When you start the game you have three energy that you can spend and in your starting hand, most cards cost an energy, so you can only play three of the five. You might get more energy as the game goes along but you need to specifically look for those artifacts in treasure chests, more elite monsters that are harder to defeat, or bosses. Once in a while there is something in a store, but rarely.

Game play is nice and fast and while I mess stuff up, I still manage to pull off the win. There generally are optimized ways of playing. Granted, I didn’t really pull off the win, I was knocked out and found myself waking up at the bottom of the spire again. This is part of the fun of the game, to try and unlock that last battle and defeat it, but I’ll let you discover how to do that.

Another thing I really like is that you unlock cards as you go. I actually expected to die because I didn’t have unlocked cards. A lot of them you unlock as you go are more powerful. You need to play with a character a few times to get the cards you want unlocked.

Upcoming Streaming

Most likely the next stream will be a week from tomorrow. That will be going through my Gen Con haul and talking about going to Gen Con this year. There is a chance that stream might be moved up to Monday. But I want to leave time on Monday to hang out with family as I’ll be getting in later on Sunday night. Plus I want to save time to just relax and rest. I guess if I were to stream, it would probably be a daytime streaming on Monday.

But after the Gen Con Haul video on Wednesday, the next Wednesday stream will be starting off the Stars of Akarios campaign. I still need to learn the game, probably will take the rule book with me to Gen Con to go over it once, but I am getting really excited to get this game to the table.

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