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Apr 4, 2026·Review·16:29·29·Watch on YouTube

Cloudspire Keel Faction Expansion Board Game Review

Tabletop Gaming Guild

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Watch “Cloudspire Keel Faction Expansion Board Game Review,” a board game review for Cloudspire: Keel – Faction Expansion on BoardGameVideo.

Description provided by Tabletop Gaming Guild on YouTube:

In this video, I review the Keel Faction Expansion for Cloudspire, the deep strategy tower-defense board game from Chip Theory Games. I break down the new faction mechanics, gameplay impact, replayability, and overall value, and help you decide if this expansion is worth adding to your collection. The Keel faction brings a unique pirate-themed playstyle, focusing on mobility, positioning, and controlling key areas of the map. With mechanics that reward smart movement and timing, Keel offers a dynamic approach compared to other factions in the game. This faction emphasizes tactical flexibility and map control, giving players new ways to pressure opponents and adapt their strategy as the game evolves. Like other Cloudspire factions, Keel adds strong asymmetry and replayability—but also increases the overall complexity of the system. If you enjoy heavy strategy games, asymmetric factions, or expanding your Cloudspire experience, this review will help you decide if the Keel Faction Expansion is right for you. 👍 Like the video, 🔔 subscribe for more board game reviews, expansions, and tabletop content, and comment if you’d like a faction comparison or playthrough next! Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKqfRANVatVXgR-JyzXLT2g/join About Tabletop Gaming Guild Tabletop Gaming Guild is all about the memories and experiences that playing games with friends and family can create. To celebrate these experiences we produce video reviews, unboxing, playthroughs, and how to videos for tabletop games. It is our belief that tabletop games can help bring people together and create a shared sense of community. Links: Website: https://tabletopgamingguild.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/fEYRsWe Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tabletopgamingguild Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/tabletopgamingguild Our logo was done by Reed Pritchard. You can check out more of his art at https://www.instagram.com/inkfeatherhummingbird/ Review & Sponsorship Disclosure Some of the products featured in our video reviews are provided to us at no cost by publishers or manufacturers for the purpose of review. We are not paid for our reviews, and receiving a product does not influence our opinions or final assessment in any way. If we ever receive payment or financial compensation connected to a review, we will clearly and prominently disclose that information within the video and its description. Our goal is to provide honest, unbiased coverage to help our audience make informed decisions.

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Cloudspire: Keel – Faction Expansion

Cloudspire: Keel – Faction Expansion

Expansion

2026·Adam Carlson, Josh J. Carlson, Logan Giannini, Josh Wielgus

1 - 4 players
90 - 180 min

About Cloudspire: Keel – Faction Expansion, from BoardGameGeek:

It's All About the Spires Spire placement is always important in Cloudspire, but never more so than for the keel. The keel spires represent the darkness of the keel's void-based technology casting a shadow across the land. As such, spire placement on a tile is the only way a keel unit can transform into its much more powerful promoted version. Some spires even impart new abilities to the promoted minions, creating an even more potent situation for the faction's enemies. But beware! If your minion leaves an island hex with a keel spire on it, it will flip back over to its non-promoted version. To stay mighty, you'll have to maintain a firm hand over the Source wells along your path. Heroes of Ankar The keel also boast some of the game's most dynamic heroes. The faction's starting hero, Chira, has the ability to increase the keel's CP (pending proper spire placement, of course), while the keel leader General Eko counts as a spire in his own right. And don't sleep on Chira, whose Poise ability is a personal favorite in the Chip Theory offices. Poise allows minions to increase or decrease their movement stat, a huge factor in strategic play that can keep your forces more powerful for an extra turn or help them push ahead to a quick victory. -description from the publisher

Designers

Adam Carlson, Josh J. Carlson, Logan Giannini, Josh Wielgus

Artists

Jared Blando, Anthony LeTourneau

Publisher

Chip Theory Games

Categories

ExplorationFantasy

Mechanics

Programmed ActionsCooperative Game
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