Fantasy Flight Games Keyforge: Age of Ascension 2-Player Starter Set

My teenagers LOVE Magic the Gathering, but it is expensive to keep up with new releases every three months. So when Richard Garfield designer was releasing this one, we got excited. We grabbed several Call of the Archons decks and learned how to play. This is a SOLID game! Yes, some decks work better for different playstyles but it is a solid 2-player game. We even did 4 and 5 player games with some suggested house-rules from Board Game Geek site. A bit long but it could work! Then this set came out and we love the game even more: + No "same starter decks" as in every other package of Call of Archons, but two unique Age of Ascension decks. Felt like a draft even though each player got a deck and that was that. + At least $10 less for this starter set than Call of the Archons. We were able to pick this up for $20, which we easily spent $10 per Call of the Archons decks. Thus even for $25 we get two unique decks and the extras. + Two fold out playmats. Yes, they are paper and yes they will tear, but it is helpful to have the playmats to get everyone in the habit of having their decks and keys in the same spot for tracking purposes. + Tokens! You get the stun, health and power tokens. + Keys! The two sets of blue, yellow, red keys are a nice thick cardboard and should last a good long time. OVERALL: Much better value for the money than original starter set. The additional faction powers/mechanisms are a good addition too. Can still combine these with Call of the Archons decks and have a good old time.

El juego es muy sencillo de aprender, el dominar cada deck es el punto critico del juego. Unas ilustraciones bastante curiosas y todos los tokens de excelente calidad, la verdad es que lo recomiendo ampliamente tanto como producto como el juego en general

KeyForge is a fantastic game. For less than $10 you can jump into this game and start playing. Dr. Garfield has done it again! And if you are on the fence about starting to play, then jump in with this set! When the original (Call of the Archons) starter came out, it was a little lackluster. For a 40 price point you got 2 random decks, 2 fixed (not tournament legal) decks, and tokens, etc. But it had issues for sure. First the two "teaching" decks were not really useful in general and raised the price point. And instead of power counters or stun tokens, these were cards! Not the best decision. But thankfully this AOA starter fixes all that! You get 2 random decks, and tokens for everything! The only 2 negatives against this starter are the key tokens are smaller (which some people might actually like better) and the chain tracker is still not great. While it is an improvement from the original, which was just a card and this one is thick cardboard card, it still isn't my favorite. It's too easy to accidentally knock where your marker is on the track. But still, putting that aside it's an excellent set. For about half of the price of the original starter you and a friend can join the wonderful world of Keyforge! Have fun! TLDR: Excellent starter. Improves on the original. Worth the money.

I received my product today and arrived heavily damaged. Had to almost destroy the package to open it. Contents inside were damaged and unusable. Luckily the decks themselves were fine but I don't have a place to store my tokens and other game accessories.

Keyforge is a really fun game, and this set is currently the best value way to get started. You get x2 decks, which would typically cost £20 (assuming the standard £10 per deck cost. They can be found for slightly cheaper), so you're really only paying £5 for all of the official tokens and a couple of poster playmats.