It’s time to climb the spire again. I’ve played Slay the Spire multiple times on Malts and Meeples. But today is the first time that I’m tackling the board game to see what Slay the Spire has to offer that way. Join me as I take the Iron Clad on the first climb up through Act 1 or as far as I can get into it.

Slay the Spire

Let’s talk a quick bit about the board game. I’ll have a full review coming later as I experience more of the game. But I want to talk about some of the differences now. I think that the game generally makes smart decisions with these differences, so not a negative, just something to note.

The big difference, and one that I talk about at the end of the video is that this isn’t a solo game anymore. It is also cooperative, so you can choose to play as a group. And each player has their own row of bad guys that they face off against. I get hit by my row, but I can help attack your row if you need. There is a cooperative element that way that keeps it from just being a solo game. And as you play and face an elite or boss, that scales.

Another thing is the scale of the game. So it is no longer, the cultist has 20 hit points or 40 hit points, or however many hit points. Everything, minus elite and bosses is pretty low. That is because all the attacks you do deal smaller amounts of damage. They scale everything so it isn’t hard to learn and play. And so that you don’t need a calculator to figure out your damage.

Finally, some artifacts are different. And when they activate is different. It is when you roll a number that they activate. Again, it simplifies the artifacts that maybe do 40 damage every 7 rounds or double your next attack every 10 attacks. Things that would be a lot to keep track of are now simpler. Now it means they are less likely to happen as you saw in my game play, at least at times.

Upcoming Streams

On Monday I play small solo game plays. The schedule is, right now, going to look like gaming every other Monday. A chance to see people in person came up for Monday and as much as I like streaming, it’s good to socialize as well. And I might do more deck construction with Star Wars Unlimited on Mondays as well or pack openings.

On Wednesdays, I play solo campaign games. I plan on playing a campaign game coming up. Right now I’m torn between two games. Well, more than that if you watched through the end of the video. And that is more of The 7th Citadel. I plan to keep playing through The Drums of Desolation for a while so join me for that.

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