Family Comes First

There was no armory for us this week. By Friday evening I had 2 tired daughters so 3-4 hours of play cards was not on the table. Family comes first, FAB isn’t life or death it’s a way to relax and have fun.From a blogging point of view I’ve put out a couple of prediction posts this week. First look at what I think the major releases will be in 2026 and then which armory decks will be released in 2026. Have I got it right? Very unlikely but it’s been good to see the discussion it’s generated especially on Reddit.With Silver Age coming up I thought it would be good to have a look at all the formats there are in Flesh and Blood and try to figure out what is the point for each one? I think that will be the ‘special’ post for next week.NewsIt’s the quiet before the storm! You might have even seen the 6th Birthday News by the time you read this. On the 6th Birthday Livestream we can expect:* Silver Age* Key Announcements* Dev Talk with James and Bryan* Games and Commentary (featuring two new Devs)* Rejected Marketing Memes* Armory Deck Gameplay* GolfI’ll be getting Real Players Real Reactions to this breaking news at my LGS Armory on Friday.Emptying The WalletThis is the first week that I haven’t spent anything on FAB!!!I am thinking about buying an Armory Deck - Aurora, Shooting Star for 2 reasons. I want to bring you the Armory Deck Series. This is where my daughter and I will play the armory decks against each other in a best of 3 format. The results will then be put into a table so show which is the strongest deck. We did this for Ira vrs Pleiades and I’d like to extend that out to all the armory decks I can reasonably get hold of.Secondly I think that we’ll see Aurora coming back next year and having the cards from the armory deck might be useful with the new Aurora.CardboardWe didn’t take part in the armory this week but we did still pop down as there were a bunch of cards that we borrowed for the Store Champions Qualifier needed to return.Also playing a tuned Ira deck has opened my daughter’s eyes to some cards that she would like to include in her deck. Luckily Evan liked the CF Malefic Incantation that we pulled a week or so ago.A very kind trade meant that my daughter now has a lot of those cards she was hoping for.I got a CF Attention Grabbers to bling my Pleiades deck a little in return for a Gravy ally, I can’t remember which one.Finally I traded out a Channel the Tranquil Domain I have no idea what we’ll get back in return for that. Quite a bit of cardboard changing hands considering we didn’t crack any packs…Meta MattersDuring the week in our LGS armory chat group there were a couple of requests for cards as usual. This week however to led to a whole bunch of comments about reaching for Null Runes and Lanterns.As I wasn’t at the armory I thought I’d check in on the chat to see if I could get the meta to bring you.Somehow I don’t believe him….Don’t worry I’ll be back next week with the local meta. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit afabjourney.substack.com/subscribe