5-player Expeditions with the Gears of Corruption expansion and the heavy-ass metal mechs. The new double-layer player mats are great. I forgot to bring my sweet neoprene mat with the tile spaces all marked out though, and I felt vaguely embarrassed. That’s how much of a geek I am.

The first time we faced Act IV in Slay the Spire, we managed to win - and all four of us survived (barely). Poison and lots of block for the win.

We won our third run in a row at the Spire, but we had to invoke the Last Stand rule on the Act III boss. Still technically undefeated.

There are cool things about Vangrantsong, especially the charming artwork and the acrylic standees for each haint. It’s also 20+ scenario campaign game that fits into a regular-size box. But the scenarios are uneven, the gameplay is very random and fiddly, and you have to refer to the rules often.

We slayed the Spire on our first time though (and unlocked a bunch of cards for our next play) - but it was a near thing at the end. The game is an excellent campaign-style deck builder with a lot of replayability.

Approaching the final boss of Act II in Slay the Spire. I haven’t played the computer game, but it’s is solid. Reminds me a lot of Too Many Bones, particularly since we got the deluxe version.

J picked up the Slay the Spire board game at PAX. Looks pretty cool.

We defeated the big bad in Kinfire Chronicles just inside the front gate. It’s a very cool game, but it could probably use a higher difficulty setting.

My son, the rebel.

Out on Puget Sound on my brother's boat, pretending to catch salmon.