Sloppy Labwork: Bottom of the Beaker - A KeyForge Podcast

Aurore joins quickdraw and jt in the lab to talk about alternate formats and their development. We also dig into her new format, Point Cap, with leagues being run currently on the Timeshapers Discord server. You can find your way to the Timeshapers server here: https://discord.gg/FhFVsasE Join us on Discord for discussion, show notes, and more. Link can be found here https://sloppylabwork.com/posts/sloppy-server/

John and Dennis aka Weekend KeyWarriors SecondAct and Arly join jt and quickdraw in the lab to recap their time at the VT in Rochester. Join us on Discord for discussion, show notes, and more. Link can be found here https://sloppylabwork.com/posts/sloppy-server/

Special guest hyramgraff steps into the lab to share lessons learned from playing Dominion, how it shaped the way they approach KeyForge, and their thoughts on what it means to be a semi-competitive player in the Crucible today. Join us on Discord for discussion, show notes, and more. Link can be found here https://sloppylabwork.com/posts/sloppy-server/

Would you just look at that new team page on the Sloppy Labwork website! Very nice 😎. Join quickdraw and jt as they welcome Miggy9001 to the team in style. Join us on Discord for discussion, show notes, and more. Link can be found here https://sloppylabwork.com/posts/sloppy-server/

Set down the clipboard and talk some shop with quickdraw and jt as we talk through our favorite picks (and hopefuls) for Adaptive decks from our GR collections. This episode gets in the weeds with some specific decks so strap and in and enjoy! Join us on Discord for discussion, show notes, and more. Link can be found here https://sloppylabwork.com/posts/sloppy-server/

Ketzer returns to the lab to talk Voltrons and Upgrades with quickdraw and jt. Join us on Discord for discussion, show notes, and more. Link can be found here https://sloppylabwork.com/posts/sloppy-server/

jt and quickdraw share their thoughts on the Ecto-Charge change as well as errata in games generally. Join us on Discord for discussion, show notes, and more. Link can be found here https://sloppylabwork.com/posts/sloppy-server/

BHawk, quickdraw, and jt talk teams and team events. Are you Sloppy or Meticulous? Join us on Discord for discussion, show notes, and more. Link can be found here https://sloppylabwork.com/posts/sloppy-server/

quickdraw and jt spin up the double sided artifacts centrifuge and see what separates for Cursed Tomb. Join us on Discord for discussion, show notes, and more. Link can be found here https://sloppylabwork.com/posts/sloppy-server/

Folks. I actually did create a channel for those show notes 😂.

I sure hope you read that title with a Seinfeld voice! jt and quickdraw talk about the "race to the top" mentality baked into the current offering of premier event formats. And be warned - we say "Bad Penny" a lot in this episode.

Murph "The Ringer" Fudgenator teams up once more with jt and quickdraw to talk set rotation. This episode marks our rebuttal to the WarCast's opening arguments in favor of rotation. After wrapping the official rebuttal, the team takes off their boxing gloves and chats about their personal takes on the subject. Be sure to listen to the WarCast's opening arguments and rebuttal here: https://thewarcastreforged.podbean.com/

BHawk, quickdraw, and jt run through everything you need to know to be at your sloppy max for the upcoming Grim Reminders prereleases and store championship events. Looking for tips from actual experts? We recommend:

jt, quickdraw, and Murph are teaming up with The WarCast Reforged to debate whether or set rotation would be a good thing for premier level events in KeyForge. We flipped a coin and the lab got assigned the task of arguing *again* rotation. To hear the WarCast's opening arguments - check out their companion episode here: https://thewarcastreforged.podbean.com/e/sloppy-about-set-rotation/ Curious about our numbers and meta assertions? Check out KPR's 2023 metagame summary - https://www.keyforgepublicradio.com/blog/keyforge-metagame-summary-2023/.

quickdraw, jt, and Philly (aka Phillyno1) get sloppy with our impressions on Grim Reminders. GR is pretty cool - but hey also check out this super game sweet design by KeyForge's very own Cloggin: https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/double-bear-rolled/adventuring-letty?ref=sloppylabwork Jump in on the campaign if you're able and show him some love if you're able! And hey, did we mention you'll get a super sweet game out of it too?

jt and quickdraw share their thoughts on finding lower rated gems in your collection. This topic was submitted by our the winner of quickdraw's VM decks giveaway! Stay sloppy, Josh T. Looking to get in our our sweet and sloppy Discover server? Here ya go: https://discord.gg/r8PUhmtruM

jt and quickdraw talk about recursion in KeyForge and specifically how much of it there is in Grim Reminders compared to previous sets! Warning: this episode contains spoilers and two very handsome hosts.

jt, quickdraw, and BHawk talk through early results from the Lab's recent survey on format preferences for premier level events. We also present findings from experiments we ran to determine whether Traditional Sealed for Sealed Alliance presents a more even playing field. If you haven't yet taken our survey on format preference please do! https://forms.gle/Dpa8RwLZtaM1skGU8

You know what this episode is not about? Universal Airlocks. But it *is* about making empty promises about what'll be in the show notes. Decks Featured:

BHawk steps into the lab to school jt and quickdraw in the art of setups and payoffs in KeyForge.