I didn’t have time to get learn a roll and write game and get it setup and played last night. But still wanted to do a stream, so Slay the Spire is going to be that fall back. Plus, the company making the Slay the Spire board game has once again come and said that it is coming soon to Kickstarter. I talk a bit about the false starts that campaign has had and if I think it can build up the hype again.

Slay the Spire Kickstarter

So I teased that it’s coming to Kickstarter soon. More that they have put up a Kickstarter page and that it should be coming sometime this fall. But this isn’t the first time that there has been a date set for the Slay the Spire Kickstarter. in 2021 it was first Spring and then Summer of 2021 and clearly that didn’t happen.

Now, I do appreciate that they are trying to have the most polished product going forward. But it’s not a great look to have all of these false starts. And I think it is going to hurt their hype and push. Because they were advertising it before, now when people see advertisements it’ll be a “let’s wait for it to actually launch”. And one thing you really want with a Kickstarter is people to be ready for the moment it launches.

Now, this is going to affect it more, I think, in the board game space than the general Slay the Spire fan space. I saw a board game was coming out, I like Slay the Spire a lot, so I followed the company’s Facebook page. So I was privy to the changes happening, without much detail as to why. But if you just saw and add in 2021 and now see adds in 2022 and that’s it, those people are apt to get more excited again. Plus the release this year of the fan expansion for the video game means that it’s in people’s mind.

But will I back it? Obviously this is just speculation at this point, but I need to see what is going to be exclusive to Kickstarter. And I need to see how the game plays. I think that parts of it will work well, but as a 1 to 1 with the video game, I’m worried that some things will translate poorly. Or that the game will be too fiddly. So I want to see how it handles that. I also think it’s likely to have a solid retail release that might keep me from backing it.

Upcoming Streams

Wednesday, and the link is already up, more Stars of Akarios. I’m at least dipping my toes into Act 1. I still love playing the game and the story, but I might take some time off to just play it myself and then stream non-campaign games for a little bit. But that’s still up in there air and I do still want input.

Then next Monday the plan, yes, it’s always the plan, play another game, probably a roll and write, as always. But I do have coffee roaster which I might try and learn over the weekend. If I can learn that, I think it’ll be a fun game to get to the table. But Hadrian’s Wall, which I forgot about, also needs to get played and I’ve heard that is an amazing roll and write to play solo. Which game should I play solo next Monday?

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