KeyForge Public Radio – Details, episodes & analysis

Sike! One more, nerds. Richard Garfield's back. We chat about the role variance plays in his game design. It's cool. 

Read more on Richard's latest in-progress video game, Chaos Agents: https://venturebeat.com/games/populariums-chaos-agents-game-gets-pre-alpha-playtest/

Candice Harris, of the BoardGameGeek media team, found KeyForge in November and hasn't looked back. Zach interviewed her to find out what drew her into the game and what she enjoys about it. Keep an eye out for her casual play KeyForge series on BoardGameGeek coming in a few months!

This is the final episode of KeyForge Public Radio. Thank you to everyone who listened; you can reach Zach at zach@roosterhigh.com.

The podcast Bouncing Deathquark introduced in 2019 the strategic framework of "main house, support house, burst house" as a way to understand the role a house plays in a deck. We're doing a fresh examination of each house role over coming episodes to understand how they work with everything that's evolved in KeyForge in the past four years.

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The pile of "used cards" off to the side is actually pretty dang important as a growing source of critical information on both your and your opponent's side of the playmat. Zach guides you through how information in the discard pile can be wielded to great effect.

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The token creature mechanic in Winds of Exchange is great fun, but can cause frustrating situations when you "tokenize" an important card that you needed. This mechanic will always introduce variance, but you can learn how to manage the risks more carefully by breaking down the opportunity costs of each decision involved.

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KPR has exclusive Grim Reminders spoilers courtesy of Ghost Galaxy! View the cards on the blog on the KPR website.

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You love KeyForge, but the missing piece is often a strong local scene where weekly play occurs. Zach shares his lessons and experiences from more than three years of building his local scene so you can take all applicable knowledge to grow your local scene - and not burn out while doing it.

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Don't get too sanctumonius about this one! It's the Sanctum Playbook for Winds of Exchange. Dive into what this house can do with Zach as he walks you through what to look out for. Oh, if Sanctum ever seals any giant creatures up, don't Open the Seal. That's a bad idea.

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• (00:00) - Cold Open
• (00:28) - Introduction: The Sanctum Playbook in Winds of Exchange
• (02:17) - Capturing Aember
• (06:46) - Specialized Aember Burst
• (10:49) - Game-warping Artifacts
• (13:40) - Token Creature Overview: Squire
• (14:40) - Token Creature Overview: Defender
• (16:03) - Token Creature Overview: Cleric
• (17:36) - Token Creature Overview: Disciple
• (18:52) - Outro

Mars comes back to KeyForge in Winds of Exchange, and they are good. Learn all about what strengths they bring to the battleline in this Playbook episode, so you'll know what to look out for and how to best use Mars.

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• (00:00) - Cold Open
• (00:21) - Introduction
• (01:54) - Creature Control
• (05:29) - Token Swarm Synergies
• (10:40) - Must-Answer Creatures In Mars
• (11:59) - Aember Control
• (17:51) - Token Creature Overview: Researcher
• (19:29) - Token Creature Overview: Rebel
• (21:13) - Token Creature Overview: Grunt
• (22:24) - Token Creature Overview: Blorb
• (25:08) - Outro

I interviewed two-time Vault Tour winner George Keagle back in 2021 on Call of Discovery about the important of battleline placement, and his wisdom and best practices still hold up a few years and a few sets later. This episode is a replay of the primary section of that episode, featuring myself, George, and my Call of Discovery co-host Ed.

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