This post serves to organize all published KeyForge Organized Play information in a helpful at-a-glance format. We'll update this post as more information becomes available from Ghost Galaxy. Keyforging.com is the only official source of KeyForge Organized Play details.
This page was updated August 25, 2023.
Organized Play Event Details
Find the hotel discount links on the official webpages for each individual event, linked in the rightmost column. If you find incorrect or outdated information, please email podcast@keyforgepublicradio.com mentioning the incorrect information and a link to the official information on keyforging.com. Ghost Galaxy has communicated plans for three unannounced USA Vault Tours and five unannounced Vault Tours elsewhere in the world, and an number of unannounced national championships.
The World Championship requires an invite to attend; see the "Prizes by Event Type" table below for events that award invites. Please note that Vault Tours will hold Archon and Alliance tournaments concurrently, while at the US National Championships the groups stages for Archon and Alliance are separate, and the Top 8 for both is concurrent.
All group stages are conducted using the "Playstile 2LO" format.
| Event Type | City | Dates | Format(s) | Venue | Hotel Discount Expiration Date |
Official Page |
| Vault Tour | Philadelphia, PA, USA | July 7-9 | Archon, Alliance | Delta Hotels By Marriott Philadelphia Airport | June 7 | Philly VT |
| US National Championship | Indianapolis, IN, USA | August 5-6 | Alliance | Gen Con | n/a | Groups Rounds / Top 8 |
| US National Championship | Indianapolis, IN, USA | August 4 & 6 | Archon | Gen Con | n/a | Group Rounds / Top 8 |
| Vault Tour | Roseville, MN, USA | August 18-20 | Archon, Alliance | Gamezenter | July 28 | Roseville VT |
| Vault Tour | Seattle, WA, USA | August 25-27 | Archon, Alliance | DoubleTree by Hilton Seattle Airport | July 25 | Seattle VT |
| Vault Tour | Dallas, TX, USA | September 15-17 | Archon, Alliance | Embassy Suites by Hilton Dallas Park Central | August 15 | Dallas VT |
| Vault Tour | Shanghai, China | September 15-17 | Archon, Alliance | Sky Fortune Botique Hotel Shanghai | n/a | Blog Post |
| Vault Tour | Las Vegas, NV, USA | September 19 - October 1 | Archon, Alliance | Alexis Park Resort | September 8 | Las Vegas VT |
| Vault Tour | Florence, Italy | October 6-8 | Archon, Alliance | Circolo ARCI SMS Peretola | n/a | Blog Post |
| World Championship | Roseville, MN, USA | November 10-12 | Archon, Alliance | Gamezenter | n/a | n/a |
Prizes By Event Type
World Championship invites are won for the format in which they were earned.* If you win an invite through playing in an Archon tournament, you earn an invitation to play in the Archon World Championship tournament.
The first and second place placers of the first ten non-US National Championships to be approved by Ghost Galaxy will receive a $1,500 travel stipend (via reimbursement; details available here).
| Event Type | 1st Place Prizes | 2nd Place Prizes | 3rd & 4th Place |
| Vault Tour | $3,000, World Championship Invite, First-round Bye at World Championship | $1,000, World Championship Invite | $500 |
| National Championship | World Championship Invite; First-round Bye at World Championship | World Championship invite | n/a |
| World Championship | $12,000 | To be announced | To be announced |
Vault Tour Schedule & Additional Details
Vault Tours will have various activities and side events outside of the cash prize tournaments; find details on those on keyforging.com. All Vault Tours occur on a Friday through Sunday and share the same schedule:
- Friday, 3PM: Sealed Alliance Tournament - no cash prizing or World Championship invites offered
- Saturday, 10AM: Archon Tournament Group Stage (2L0 Format)
- Saturday, 10AM: Alliance Tournament Group Stage (2L0 Format)
- Saturday, as needed: Second Æmber Tournaments
- Sunday, 10AM: Top 8 Brackets for Archon and Alliance
Note that both the Archon and Alliance tournament will require spending one Event Key from your account on the KeyForge Master Vault.
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