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Oct 7, 2025·Review·08:15·430·Watch on YouTube

Let's Talk! Journeys Afar: the Ketsueki - An Overview & My Opinions - Board Game Review

Obsessed with Board Games

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Watch “Let's Talk! Journeys Afar: the Ketsueki - An Overview & My Opinions - Board Game Review,” a board game review on BoardGameVideo.

Description provided by Obsessed with Board Games on YouTube:

Let's Talk about Journeys Afar: the Ketsueki - a game designed by Travis Chance and published by @IndieBoardsCards . This video provides a brief overview of the game and then transitions into my thoughts and opinions about the game and also speak to some important points that might determine whether it's a good game for you. Journeys Afar hits Kickstarter October 14, 2025 - head to the link to follow the campaign and/or back it! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ibcgames/journeys-afar-the-ketsueki I'm so thankful I got to learn the game from Travis at Origins 2025 and was able to spend a few days with the prototype a few weeks ago. As always, all thoughts are my own, honest opinions. Chapters: 0:00:31 How Does it Play? 0:02:43 Sandbox Game? 0:03:43 Replayability? 0:04:19 Solo? 0:05:36 Replayability Caveat 0:06:21 Player interaction? 0:07:08 Efficiency! 0:07:45 Hope that helps! Go back it now!

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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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