Book of Heroes: A Storybook Brawl Podcast

This week, Jesse and Sidney cover Wonder Waddle and Celestial Tiger, the two heroes that interact with low level treasures. We cover the playstyle and strengths of each hero along with the best characters and treasures to pair with each. We also discuss how to build around an early level seven treasure if you pull off the Celestial Tiger/Treasure Map combo!

Patch 67.5 notes can be found here!

You can see hero placement statistics at Data Driven Gaming.

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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 cover the past weekend's qualifier tournament! We discuss our experiences in the tournament and the metagame changes with the new patch, then review Sidney's make-or-break game on Day 1 and examine the key decision points.

You can watch the game we analyze here.

Read about the Storybook Brawl Gives Back initiative!

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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 examine all things spells in Storybook Brawl. We discuss the philosophy of when and how to play different types of spells, debate the finer points of tricky spells like Knighthood and Health Potion, and cover shop tactics when you are playing with Crystal Ball.

You can read the notes for patch 67.4 here.

Hatball.com and Brawlcards.com are good resources for looking up individual characters, spells, etc.

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 deep into the strategy of positioning your team in Storybook Brawl. We cover different character sizes and abilities, explaining which "slots" different types of characters work best in. We then go in-depth on specific characters (and treasures!) that present positioning challenges such as Princess Peep, Copycat, and Riverwish Mermaid. Finally, we discuss the subtle changes you can make to your board to play around opponents' effects like Baby Dragon and Fireball.

One "rules" note that we didn't mention in the episode is that Copycat's last breath effects trigger from left to right. So if you have a buffing effect (like Friendly Spirit) and a character that benefits from the buffs (such as Wretched Mummy), make sure to put the character that benefits from the buffs on the right side!

To learn more about some of the "rules" we mentioned on the show, the Storybook Brawl Interactions wiki is a good resource.

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 walk you through playing all eight of Storybook Brawl's free-to-play heroes: Mrs. Claus, Krampus, Jack's Giant, The Fates, Pup the Magic Dragon, Geppetto, Merlin, and Hoard Dragon. For each hero, we cover power rankings, the game plan, and specific characters and treasures that synergize with your hero power.

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 is out sick so Sidney goes it alone! This episode covers two different topics - an overview of the metagame prior to the January 8 tournament, then a review of every single level two treasure in the game. Sidney explains when and why you want each treasure along with the ins and outs of complicated treasures like Noble Steed and Piggy Bank.

If you're listening from the future and want to skip to the treasure discussion, it starts at 19:38.

Hero winrates are drawn from Datadrivengaming.net.

The Celestial Tiger + Piggy Bank game I mentioned is on MrHuDat's YouTube channel here.

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 cover the top seven habits for you to improve your Storybook Brawl gameplay. We offer actionable tips on spending your gold efficiently, tracking the other players in your lobby, adopting a winning mindset, and more!

The tracker app we mentioned is SBB Tracker.

Exploding Mittens, the treasure mentioned in this episode, was removed from the game after the episode was recorded in patch 65.10.

Please feel free to join our Discord!

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

We have a new logo! Get in touch with the graphic designer Clay Slang at [email protected].

In this episode, Jesse and Sidney take a break from our usual hard-hitting strategy discussion to answer listener questions! We discuss the organized play structure for 2022, introduce ourselves to our listeners, compare "playing to win" and "playing to top four," and much more. Plus, learn the podcast origin story and some of our alternative names (Sidney votes for "The Princes Charming.").

Note that the December qualifier mentioned in this episode was postponed to January 8-9.

Books mentioned in the episode: Being Mortal by Atul Gawande; Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman

Social/philosophical movements mentioned in the episode: Effective Altruism

Please feel free to join our Discord!

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

We have a new logo! Get in touch with the graphic designer Clay Slang at [email protected].

In this episode, Jesse and Sidney guide you through playing the three heroes that start with spells in their hand - Gwen, Mask, and Headless Horseman. We cover the best timing and targets for Gwen's Knighthood, the premiere picks to Dream into with Mask, and... well, we gave Headless Horseman a fair shot. Maybe he'll get better next patch.

One thing we forgot to include - casting Knighthood on a character targeted by Mixiwizzle will retain the Mixawizzle transformation, so Mixawizzle is a very good spell for Gwen to cast!

You can see stats for hero winrates on 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.

We have a new logo! Get in touch with the graphic designer Clay Slang at [email protected].

In this week's episode, Jesse and Sidney guide you through the very first choice you'll make in a game of Storybook Brawl - hero selection! We cover the mechanics of picking a hero, how to evaluate different hero choices, and the role of data in hero selection, along with some of our favorite heroes.

Please submit questions for our holiday mailbag, which we'll be recording on December 12! We'll be looking for submissions on Discord, Reddit, Twitter, or by email.

Check out Data Driven Gaming (SBB stats website) here.

You're welcome to join our Discord! 

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

We have a new logo! Get in touch with the graphic designer Clay Slang at [email protected].