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 game. Mega Crit, with publishing support from Humble Bundle, plan to release "Slay the Spire" for the Nintendo Switch in early 2019. During the week ending January 21, 2018, "Slay the Spire" was the second highest-sold game on Steam. By February 2018, the game had more than 500,000 players, according to SteamSpy estimates. Mega Crit announced that by the end of June, sales of "Slay the Spire" had exceeded 1 million. 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