{"id":18853,"date":"2026-03-26T14:30:41","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T13:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/mecanique\/non-classifiee\/slay-the-spire-downfall-expansion-hits-kickstarter-with-massive-success\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T14:31:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T13:31:18","slug":"slay-the-spire-downfall-expansion-hits-kickstarter-with-massive-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/news\/slay-the-spire-downfall-expansion-hits-kickstarter-with-massive-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Slay the Spire: &#8216;Downfall&#8217; Expansion Hits Kickstarter with Massive Success"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-path-to-node=\"3\"><b data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">The popular board game adaptation of the cult-classic video game is growing even larger. Contention Games has officially launched a Kickstarter campaign for &#8220;Downfall,&#8221; an expansion that radically flips the player&#8217;s perspective.<\/b><\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"4\">Based on the ultra-popular mod for the original video game, the <i data-path-to-node=\"4\" data-index-in-node=\"64\">Downfall<\/i> expansion introduces a &#8220;reverse&#8221; concept: instead of climbing the Spire as heroes, players now take on the roles of the villains. Their mission? To defend the Spire and band together to defeat Neow.<\/p>\n<h3 data-path-to-node=\"5\">Play as Iconic Bosses<\/h3>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"6\">In this new box, players can take control of well-known characters that fans will immediately recognize:<\/p>\n<ul data-path-to-node=\"7\">\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"7,0,0\">The Slime Boss<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"7,1,0\">The Guardian<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"7,2,0\">Hexaghost<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"7,3,0\">The Hermit<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"8\">This expansion is more than just a character pack; it enriches the overall experience with new bosses to face, new player cards, as well as fresh boards and additional content.<\/p>\n<h3 data-path-to-node=\"9\">A Runaway Success<\/h3>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"10\">The Kickstarter launch is already a massive triumph. At the time of publication, the campaign has raised nearly <b data-path-to-node=\"10\" data-index-in-node=\"112\">$3 million<\/b> from over 15,000 backers\u2014an impressive average of approximately $194 per backer.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"11\">For collectors, a special edition is available, notably featuring <b data-path-to-node=\"11\" data-index-in-node=\"66\">92 acrylic tokens<\/b>.<\/p>\n<h3 data-path-to-node=\"12\">Game Details<\/h3>\n<ul data-path-to-node=\"13\">\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"13,0,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"13,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Players:<\/b> 1 to 4 players<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"13,1,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"13,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Age:<\/b> 14 and up<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"13,2,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"13,2,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Playtime:<\/b> approximately 90 minutes<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"13,3,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"13,3,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Publisher:<\/b> Contention Games<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"14\">While the campaign is in full swing for backers, no word has been released yet regarding a future retail edition. Fans will want to keep a close eye on the Kickstarter page to ensure they don&#8217;t miss out on this new descent into the Spire.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/contentiongames\/sts-downfall?lang=fr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/contentiongames\/sts-downfall?lang=fr<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The popular board game adaptation of the cult-classic video game&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18851,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[347,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-crowdfunding"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18853","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18853"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18853\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18854,"href":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18853\/revisions\/18854"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}