Book of Heroes: A Storybook Brawl Podcast

This week, I was excited to have Storybook Brawl's Spring Champion, Aaron Gertler, on the show! Aaron shares his process to prepare for a tournament, presents his take on the current metagame, and lays down some astute card evaluations. We also get to talk about a few non-SBB topics like the Effective Altruism movement and our favorite web serials.

Note that this episode does contain some mild language.

You can read Aaron's excellent tournament report from the Spring Championship and watch his games here.

Check out Aaron's Twitch stream here. You can also email him with Effective Altruism questions at [email protected].

Other things mentioned on the podcast:

• Trynet, Redrame, and Ikarus- three Twitch streamers that show off high-level SBB play.
• Life in a Day - 2010 film showing the lives of people from all around the world in a single day.
• EffectiveAltruism.org - Website (partially written by Aaron!) that explains the basics of the Effective Altruism movement.
• GiveWell - An organization that uses research to identify highly effective charities that will help your donation do the most good.
• Pale - Outstanding web serial about three girls inducted into the world of magic.
• Worm - Excellent web serial about a teenager who develops the superpower to control insects.

Please feel free to join the Book of Heroes Discord!

You can follow the podcast on Twitter @BookofHeroesSBB and contact us by email at [email protected].

Our logo was created by graphic designer Clay Slang; if you like his work you can reach him at [email protected].

This week, Sidney breaks down the Mages (or "Hatball") archetype in Storybook Brawl! I cover the signals that you should move into Mages, the key characters and treasures that make the archetype work, and ways to improve your skills playing with Crystal Ball and Forking Rod. I also chat a bit about the 2022 Storybook Brawl roadmap, which you can read here.

If you reached Mythic in February or March, make sure to sign up for the April qualifier on the SBB Discord server in the #tournament-signup channel and to choose a flight in #tournament-announcements.

Please feel free to join the Book of Heroes Discord!

You can contact the podcast by email at [email protected] and find us on Twitter @BookofHeroesSBB.

The Book of Heroes logo was created by graphic designer Clay Slang; if you like his work you can reach him at [email protected].

Book of Heroes is back with Sidney as the solo host! This week, I cover the metagame updates from the latest patch, then I review and rank every character that you can buy as Peter Pants.

Note that this episode's audio quality is slightly below par due to an error in recording. Sorry about that!

You can read about the updates from Patch 69 here.

My tier list for Peter Pants characters can be found here.

SBBTracker publishes hero winrate data on their website.

Please feel free to join the Book of Heroes Discord!

You can contact us by email at [email protected] and find us on Twitter @BookofHeroesSBB.

Our logo was created by graphic designer Clay Slang; if you like his work you can reach him at [email protected].

This week, Jesse and Sidney discuss the acquisition of Storybook Brawl by FTX US, a cryptocurrency exchange. We cover the facts of what happened, the reasons the community is upset, and our own opinions on the acquisition. This episode also contains an update about the future of the show.

Sources:

• Official announcement - FTX Acquires Storybook Brawl
• Wikipedia articles on cryptocurrency, NFTs, FTX, and Blizzard Entertainment
• Steam rules about games that involve cryptocurrencies
• Steam Charts for Storybook Brawl
• FTX podcast on Storybook Brawl
• Solana Energy Use Report
• Axie Infinity Wikipedia page
• New York Times article on Bitcoin's energy consumption
• FTX Climate website
• Line Goes Up - The Problem With NFTs
• Article about Sam Bankman-Fried's philanthropy
• Givewell article on cost to save a life

Please feel free to join our Discord!

You can contact us by email at [email protected] and find us on Twitter @BookofHeroesSBB.

Our logo was created by graphic designer Clay Slang; if you like his work you can reach him at [email protected].

This week, Jesse and Sidney guide you through playing the five heroes with late-game powers - Apocalypse, Grandmother, Morgan le Fay, Pan's Shadow, and Xelhua. We cover the basic strategy to survive the early game without a hero power, then discuss how to maximize each hero when their power comes online.

You can see hero placement statistics at Data Driven Gaming.

Please feel free to join our Discord!

You can contact us by email at [email protected] and find us on Twitter @BookofHeroesSBB.

Our logo was created by graphic designer Clay Slang; if you like his work you can reach him at [email protected].

This week, Jesse and Sidney dive into the world of Storybook Brawl combos! We cover the characters, treasures, and spells that interact with each other to produce a result that's more than the sum of their parts.

Please feel free to join our Discord!

You can contact us by email at [email protected] and follow us on Twitter @BookofHeroesSBB.

Our logo was created by graphic designer Clay Slang; if you like his work you can reach him at [email protected].

This week, Jesse and Sidney talk through the new patch changes! We cover the downfall of Dwarves, the rise of Burning Tree, three significant hero updates, and much more.

You can read the notes for patch 68.9 here.

You can see hero stats (and track your own games) with SBBTracker.

The fairy dust giveaway in this episode was sponsored by Good Luck Games.

You can contact us by email at [email protected] and follow us on Twitter @BookofHeroesSBB.

Our logo was created by graphic designer Clay Slang; if you like his work you can reach him at [email protected].

This week, Jesse and Sidney cover the key strategies to help you come from behind! We cover early warning signs that you'll lose a fight, the key principles of playing defensively, and specific characters, treasures, and spells that help you catch up on board.

To enter our fairy dust giveaway, join our Discord and react to the post in the #announcements channel! The last day to enter is Saturday, March 6.

You can contact us by email at [email protected] and follow us on Twitter @BookofHeroesSBB.

Our logo was created by graphic designer Clay Slang; if you like his work you can reach him at [email protected].

This week, Jesse and Sidney take a departure from our usual strategy discussion to talk about game design! We compare the core design choices of Storybook Brawl to other autobattler games, highlight some of our favorite card designs, and discuss the direction we'd like to see Storybook Brawl take in the future.

You can see hero win rates and track your games with SBBTracker.

Please feel free to join our Discord!

You can contact us by email at [email protected] and find us on Twitter @BookofHeroesSBB.

Our logo was created by graphic designer Clay Slang; if you like his work you can reach him at [email protected].

This week, Jesse and Sidney break down the Slay archetype! We cover the key characters and treasures for the archetype in this metagame along with some "trap" characters. We also discuss individual Slay characters such as Brave Princess and Southern Siren and give a brief guide to the Slay hero, Sad Dracula!

Note that Lightning Dragon has Flying, not Ranged as stated in the episode.

Metagame note - after this episode was recorded, a temporary hotfix removed Bossy from the character pool.

You can see hero stats (and track your own games) with SBBTracker.

Please feel free to join our Discord!

You can contact us by email at [email protected] and find us on Twitter @BookofHeroesSBB.

Our logo was created by graphic designer Clay Slang; if you like his work you can reach him at [email protected].