If you've been sitting on the fence about Slay the Spire: The Board Game, the fence is on fire. Late pledges through Contention Games' BackerKit pledge manager close at end of day Pacific time tonight, 30 April 2026, after which the cooperative deck-builder shifts to a Shopify shop at full MSRP.
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Find events near youSlay the Spire began life on Steam in 2017, the indie roguelike from Mega Crit that arguably launched the modern deck-builder boom. The board game adaptation lets one to four players craft a unique deck, fight off bizarre creatures, hoover up relics, and finally clamber to the top of the Spire to face the boss. The original 2022 Kickstarter pulled in nearly $4 million from 29,661 backers, and BackerKit late pledges have kept the project busy ever since.
The headline pledge level is "Neow's All-In", which bundles the base game with the recently funded Downfall expansion late pledge tier. Downfall closed early in April at over $7 million, nearly twice the original Kickstarter haul. You've already missed that train, but the base game and most early add-ons are still grabbable until midnight Pacific.
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See how it worksFor UK gamers used to importer markups, the BackerKit price plus shipping tends to undercut what you'll see when the game hits Shopify and (eventually) retail. Worth a look if your group has been after a co-op deck-builder that scratches the same itch as Aeon's End or Mage Knight.
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Sources: BackerKit Pledge Manager | Kicktraq | Soren News
