Spire spires were an astounding architectural innovation, beginning with the early fourteenth-century spire at Freiburg Minster, in which the pierced stonework was held together by iron cramps. The openwork spire, according to Robert Bork, represents a "radical but logical extension of the Gothic tendency towards skeletal structure." The organic skeleton of Antoni Gaudi's phenomenal spires at the Sagrada Família in Barcelona represent an outgrowth of this Gothic tendency. Designed and begun by Gaudi in 1884, they were not completed until the 20th century. In England, "spire" immediately brings to mind Salisbury Cathedral. Its 403-foot (123-m) spire, built between 1320 and 1380,
Slay the Spire Slay the Spire Slay the Spire is a roguelike video game with deck-building card game mechanics. The game is being developed by MegaCrit. It is currently in early access for Microsoft Windows, OS X, and Linux computers, with a planned full release in January 2019, and with plans for a Nintendo Switch version to be released in early 2019. "Slay the Spire" is a combination of roguelike-like gameplay with a deck-building card game. At the start of a playthrough the player selects one of three predetermined characters, which sets a starting amount of health, gold, and an initial deck of