It’s back to the table on Malts and Meeples as we try our hands at another play through of Spire’s End. Not the new one, that’ll be on Wednesday, but this time on the original game to see how I fair against the Spire. Join me in this game play Mondays at 8:30 PM central time to help me make decisions on where I should delve into the Spire.

Spire’s End – Dice Mechanics

So, one area that the two games definitely will be compared is on the use of dice. Spire’s End has two different dice and one of the sets of dice are really normal. And the other is using the dice much more specifically for combat for actions in the game.

And I don’t really have a strong feeling which I like better. Both of them do offer a high amount of randomness. I think that both of them do try and pull back on that randomness in different ways. In Spire’s End, it allows you to pick your attack. Basically a resource to use of health pool, I think of it as energy where you are expending more energy which leaves you closer to being taken out. But those tend to hit easier because they have lower targets for at least doing some damange.

On the flip side, with Spire’s End Hildegard, you aren’t expending your own life. Instead, you need to match symbols. And the dice have more combinations of sides that you can hit with. Now, sometimes it isn’t more because you can’t use certain symbols which makes that process trickier and more random. And in all fairness, I probably shouldn’t have spent all my rerolls or skills on waffles. But the process offers good decisions to determine what you keep.

Both definitely do interesting things. As I write about them, I think I might prefer Spire’s End version of dice combat or challenges. Mainly because I can choose more of what I do, I at least can pick if I do a basic attack or a hard attack. I might find that changes over time, though, as I use more of the skills in Hildegard based off of those cubes.

Upcoming Streams

So, on Wednesday, the link isn’t up yet, it’s more Spire’s End Hildegard at 8 PM Central. And then Monday it’s more Spire’s End at 8:30 PM Central. And as we get closer to the holidays, that’s my plan to keep playing those games. I know I do have another solo game or two showing up, including a small one, so depending on how long these streams take and how long I survive in the stories, I’ll possibly pull some of those new games out as well.

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