There’s something very ‘art imitates life, life imitates art’ about the concept of Slay the Spire the Board Game. Which is essentially a pretentious way of saying that deckbuilders are already aiming to digitize the experience of playing a tabletop card game. So, STS’s transition to the physical realm feels like something it’s really well primed for.
Despite this fact, and despite how beloved and critically acclaimed Slay the Spire is in general, there's still no guarantee that the board game adaptation will live up to the promises of its source material. I won’t be coy though. You’ve already seen my rating, so I’ll just come out and say it. Slay the Spire the Board Game is not only a superb translation of the original game’s aesthetics and mechanics, but makes for for a legitimate best co-operative board games contender even without the IP attached to it.
