How to Play Slay the Spire: The Board Game
Slay the Spire: The Board Game is a cooperative deck-building roguelike. Players improve compact decks while climbing through encounters toward an Act boss.
Choose characters and starting decks
Each character begins with a distinct deck and power profile.
Resolve encounters
Enemies reveal intents and attack patterns. Players use cards for attacks, Block, status effects and support.
Spend energy
Cards cost energy. Efficient turns sequence attacks, skills and powers within the available energy budget.
Defeat enemies
Reduce enemy HP while managing incoming damage and status effects.
Take rewards
After encounters, gain card rewards, relics, potions, gold or upgrades depending on the node.
Upgrade or remove cards
Improving card quality is often more valuable than simply increasing deck size.
Acts and bosses
Each act culminates in a boss. After defeating it, players may continue to the next act or save/stop according to the campaign structure.
Victory
Complete the required act/boss objective for the chosen session or campaign path.