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Oct 20, 2025·How to play·15:20·817·Watch on YouTube

Let's Learn! Journeys Afar: the Ketsueki - a How to Play video

Obsessed with Board Games

Obsessed with Board Games

Watch “Let's Learn! Journeys Afar: the Ketsueki - a How to Play video,” a how-to-play guide for Journeys Afar: The Ketsueki on BoardGameVideo.

Description provided by Obsessed with Board Games on YouTube:

In this video I'll walk you through the set up, rules, and gameflow of Journeys Afar: the Ketsueki, an upcoming game from ⁨@IndieBoardsCards⁩ Hit me up in the comments and let me know which aspect of this is most intriguing to you! Have questions about the game? Feel free to leave a comment letting me know and I'll get an answer for you! This sandbox board game is coming to Kickstarter October 14, 2025 - check out this video to learn all about it. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ibcgames/journeys-afar-... Journeys Afar: the Ketsueki is designed by Travis Chance and published by @IndieBoardsCards Chapters: 0:00:00 Intro 0:00:26 Setting the Stage 0:01:08 Component Overview and Setup 0:05:48 Main Actions 0:06:05 Travel 0:06:32 Gates 0:06:54 Spring 0:07:07 Explore & Interact 0:07:19 Market, Items 0:07:41 Mine, Resources 0:07:59 Shrine, Curse Token, Spirits 0:08:19 Increasing Maxed Out Skills & Effort Cubes 0:08:31 Maximum of 3 Exhausted Effort Cubes 0:08:38 Teahouse, Quest Cards 0:09:09 Travelers 0:09:31 World Specific Special Locations 0:10:14 Combat, Ronin 0:10:38 Rolling Additional Fate Dice & Rerolling 0:11:06 Losing Life Token & Gaining Curse Token 0:11:22 Other Fights 0:11:31 Skill Tests 0:12:00 Taking a Turn 0:12:21 Clean Up Phase 0:12:48 When in Doubt - Have Fun! 0:13:02 Journey Cards 0:13:37 Game End Trigger 0:13:51 Scoring & Tie Breakers 0:14:13 Final Thoughts

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Journeys Afar: The Ketsueki

Journeys Afar: The Ketsueki

2026·Travis R. Chance

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Mostly reviews and how-to-play. Journeys Afar: The Ketsueki is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 7 reviews, 4 how-to-play guides, 1 recorded sessions, and 1 other video.

1 - 4 players
30 - 120 min
Heavy weight: Expect a long teach

About Journeys Afar: The Ketsueki, from BoardGameGeek:

Welcome to Journeys Afar, where infinite worlds filled with boundless possibilities are connected by a single road: the Ketsueki. Along this path, brave heroes venture forth, each journeying to distant, mysterious lands. On their travels, they explore sites of great importance, acquire powerful items, make offerings to benevolent spirits, sharpen their skills, battle fearsome ronin, and form lasting bonds. But in the end, only one will be remembered as a legend. Journeys Afar: The Ketsueki is a sandbox game of epic adventure, where the journey matters more than the destination. Each player is a unique hero from a distinct world. Your world defines everything in the game: encounters, quests, threats, upgrades, and special rules that reshape every session into a new experience. As heroes travel across The Ketsueki, they impact the worlds they visit and discover who they truly are. The game includes six fully-realized worlds: Memori, the Garden of Sleep - where dreams are born and the Ancients call home Shards of Hansha - where a society of incredible artists devote their lives to crafting starglass Horobi, Twilight Unending - where the sun never rises, and darkness spreads unchecked Kakurega, Home to Beasts - where skilled Hunters track monstrous prey The Island Nation of Shima - where the Great Houses vie for the Sky Throne Unmei-Unmei, the Dancing Parade - where the flip of a coin can change fate itself

Designer

Travis R. Chance

Artists

William Bricker, Chris Byer, Douglas Duarte, Gong Studios, Jason D. Kingsley, Kopbro3d, Guilherme Nery

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Indie Boards & Cards

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