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Correlated randomness in Slay the Spire 2

2026-06-13
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Here are three true statements about the game of Slay the Spire 2 (in single player):

  1. If you pick Neow's Bones in the Underdocks, the random curse is ~54% likely to be Debt.*

  2. It is impossible to receive Rebound from the Trash Heap event.

  3. Your first fight is 76% likely to drop a potion in Underdocks, and 4% likely to drop a potion in Overgrowth.**

Blood on the Exceedingly Large Clocktower

2025-04-20
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What if you took the popular social deduction game Blood on the Clocktower, and then you removed the social part, and then you also removed the deduction part?

An unnecessarily deep dive into the board game Gizmos

2024-12-31
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Gizmos is a nifty engine building game themed around collecting a bunch of little gadgets that work together. I would guess about 0.2% of the people reading this wonder about questions like "what's the maximum theoretically possible score?" or "what's the fastest theoretically possible game?" To those 0.2% of people... I'm so glad you asked!

A Slay the Spire puzzle

2024-02-21
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You are peacefully going about your day when you are suddenly thrust into the following position in a game of Slay the Spire. What do you do?