While this does not appear to be an official format as described in the list provided by FFG, this had been the most popular Archon format our small group has played so far.

2 Archons, No repeating houses, Best of 3, must win with both Archons

Basically bring two Archons, neither can have any of the same houses as one another.

Play best of three format. Once you win with a particular Archon in a round, you cannot play that Archon again in the same round.

So I bring two decks, neither containing any ovelappong houses:

Deck A- Logos, Brobnar, Sanctum

Deck B- Did, Shadow, Untamed

In round 1, I play Deck A and I win, so now I can only win the round by winning with Deck B in one of the final 2 games of that round.

In round two, I lose my first game with Deck A, so now I have the option to play it again in game 2 of that round, or play Deck B and then come back to Deck A for the 3rd and final game of the round.

We also play where both players reveal their first Archon at the same time in game one, but, the loser of game one gets to see what the houses of their opponent's deck before picking which Archon they play with in game 2.

So what is everyone else doing and which formats so you enjoy the most?

Gauntlet, potentially. Gives you the opportunity to avoid particularly bad match-ups, and probably the best way to make use of hoser cards that might otherwise be dead draws.

I think 2 deck Survival Sealed will be very popular large event format, and I think that Gauntlet will end up being pretty dominant for Bring Your Own Deck stuff simply because Adaptive, Reversal, and Auction means other people will play with your stuff. Auction will get double hit because anything that isn't a small playgroup would be miserable to do an auction for.

That being said, Adaptive might be the best format for "high level play" because it has the chain bidding as a player-oriented balancing factor.

I'm just excited for Sealed. Some of the variants look interesting, but straight up sealed would be my preference.

2 hours ago, Ishi Tonu said:

While this does not appear to be an official format as described in the list provided by FFG, this had been the most popular Archon format our small group has played so far.

2 Archons, No repeating houses, Best of 3, must win with both Archons

I can't play this. Every deck I open has Mars in it. EVERY deck.

Going into this game, I thought Mars would be my least favorite faction. I'm learning to like them of necessity. : - )

6 hours ago, Suttkus said:

I can't play this. Every deck I open has Mars in it. EVERY deck.

Going into this game, I thought Mars would be my least favorite faction. I'm learning to like them of necessity. : - )

I was just thinking the same thing. Every deck I have has house overlap. Sanctum and Brobnar are my culprits.

I mistakenly must have ordered the Brobnar/Shadows bulk rate package.

Where are the different game formats explained?

3 hours ago, Ghost Dancer said:

Where are the different game formats explained?

Tournament Regulations on the Keyforge page of FFG’s website under Tournament Resources.

I’d really like to play a 3 deck best of 3 or a single game per opponent but everyone brings two decks and without using the app to check first, you pick your own poison (Jack and Jill are playing, Jack chooses one of Jill’s decks for her to play and vice versa). Like a reverse hanger bay for xwing.

I really like best of 3 where you swap decks after the first game and bid chains for the best deck for game 3, if needed.

This format allows for all your decks to be used freely instead of just your "strongest" deck(s). Granted, I pretty much only play at home with friends so I don't need to worry about grubby unknown hands messing up my beautiful decks.