Fellow fans of Keyflower, you may or may not be aware that the latest game in the Key- series was released this year: Keyper. We demoed it in Essen, liked it, and bought a copy. It comes in two editions — the standard edition and the “Character Edition”. The latter comes with nicer keyples and a 6 tile mini-expansion.Fellow fans of Keyflower, you may or may not be aware that the latest game in the Key- series was released this year: Keyper. We demoed it in Essen, liked it, and bought a copy. It comes in two editions — the standard edition and the “Character Edition”. The latter comes with nicer keyples and a 6 tile mini-expansion.
Right now neither edition is available at retail. I anticipate that the standard edition will be available next year sometime, but the Character Edition is a limited edition that may or may not be available later. And based on his posts on boardgamegeek, the author of the game doesn’t plan to offer the mini-expansion separately in the future. Of course, that could always change.
But there is good news! If you want the Character Edition (or just don’t want to wait for the game to get to retail), it sounds like the author has a few copies left that he’s selling. He didn’t mention a price in his post, but I can’t imagine it will be less than $50, and possibly close to $75 or even $100 — plus shipping from the UK to wherever you are. Still, it may be your only chance to get the Character Edition. Details can be found here.
If you need more info in order to make up your mind:
- The (completed) Kickstarter for the Character Edition. Includes information on the base game as well as some mention of the differences between the standard edition and CE.
- CE rule supplement. Explains the gameplay changes for the CE mini-expansion
I found two reviews for Keyper: