RULE BOOKLET

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About Find the Key
Back story
Every three years a game, The Keeyp, is played to determine
who is the best of the best. Players from all over the land
come to participate. Each player is chosen by their people to

Get to the Gate

represent their community.

The first battle takes place in the middle of each kingdom

inside the region’s center castle. Each winner from the
various kingdoms then competes in the world championship.

Components
Objective
Keeypling cards (x12)
Keeyp Tiles (x35) Explore the dungeon each turn. Gather unique items
Item Cards (x36) and engage in combat with other players. The first
Key Card (x1) player to get the Key and escape through the Gate
Player Pieces (x6) wins. (Or the last player standing wins.)
Dice (x7)

Artwork and game design by

Mark (Goodgis) and Brad (Janky Bread)
Special thanks to Bonzo

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Game Setup
Place the Start tile in
the center of the play
area. Everyone grab
your favorite color player
piece and place it on the
Start tile.

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Keeypling Item Separate out the blue die and Key Card. Then shuffle
each of the different decks and place them aside.
(Item Cards, Keeyp Tiles, and the Keeypling Cards)
Cards Item Cards give you Next, deal each player
There are 3 different stronger stats, heal you, 2 Keeypling Cards. Pick
types of cards. Each and a few other things. one to use now and

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Keeypling Cards have The red die keeps track

the stats of your player
and their unique ability.
Keeyp Tiles are what you
build the board with.
of your Keeypling’s HP
(Heart Points) during
the game.
The blue die is for rolling.
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die placed next to them.
Number of Players
If you have 2-4 Players If you have 5-6 Players
turn the HP die to 4. turn the HP die to 6.
How to Play

Who Goes First Moving

Every player rolls the Every Keeypling has their own unique stats, one
blue die and the person of these controls how fast your character is. This
with the highest roll stat is called Speed (SPD), you can move up to the
goes first. number of your Keeypling’s SPD. For example, if your
Keeypling has 3 SPD you can move 1-3 spaces.
First Turn You cannot move back onto the same space in one
When starting the game, turn. For example, If you want to stockpile items you
you have the choice of have to move off of the Chest Tile. Then, on your next
laying down a Keeyp Tile turn move back to it.
in one of 4 directions.
Choose which direction
you wish to go and move
your player piece to the
space before drawing a
Keeyp Tile. Once you’ve
drawn a tile, lay it down
in any way you like, as
Exploring
long as, it connects with You can go to a new area by moving your player piece
the tile you came from. then drawing and laying down a Keeyp Tile that
After you do this, your connects to the dungeon. After you lay down a Keeyp
turn is over. Tile your turn ends, even if you have more SPD left.
Combat
Attacking
Once the Key has been found, combat begins. To
attack someone, land on the same tile as them
and get ready to kick some butt! (You must fight
someone if you land on their tile after the Key has
been found.) The only thing that matters when you
attack someone is your Attack Stat (ATK).
Defending
If another player lands on the same tile as you, after
the Key has been found, they are attacking you.
That means you have to put up a fight and defend
yourself! The only thing that matters when someone
attacks you is your Defense Stat (DEF).
Winning combat
The attacking player’s ATK goes up against the
defending player’s DEF and the person with the
higher stat wins. The losing player takes damage.
For example, if you attack
someone and you have an ATK
of 1 and they have a DEF of 3, 1 1 2
you take 2 damage. (Turn your
HP die down 2.)
1 3 3
Items change a player’s stats
and can be the deciding factor
in combat. For example, if you
have 2 ATK and use an attack
2 2 2
item that gives you a +2 ATK
your total ATK would be 4.
(You can only use one item at
+2
a time per fight, and then it
needs be discarded.)
Also if your ATK and their DEF ties, nothing happens.
If combat ends with someone losing all of their HP,
that Keeypling is now out of the game. If they had the
Key, they give it to the opposing player. The losing
player moves their player piece to the Start Tile and
becomes the other Keeypling, if they have any left.
Finally, you can only engage in combat with one
person each turn.
Keeyplings
Defense (DEF) Speed (SPD)
The number of defense The number of tiles your
your Keeypling has Keeypling can move
each turn

Defense Ability
Every Keeypling has a unique ability. These abilities
range from moving tiles, to provoking fights. Make
2 3 2 sure to read your Keeypling’s ability carefully.
Attack Speed
Uses
Because some abilities are more powerful than
others, they have a different amount of uses. Make
sure to keep track of how many times you’ve used
your Keeypling’s ability to keep the game fun and fair.
(Your ability can sometimes be the difference from
winning or losing a game. Try to think strategically
BIG LOOK Name
when using your Keeypling’s ability)
Ability
Ability: You can draw 3 Keeyp Tiles and

Special Keeypling Ability Rules

pick one to play. Shuffle in the two
remaining cards. (Uses: 1)

Some Keeyplings must land on the correct space to

Uses
Name
Every Keeypling has a
name, make sure to get
familiar with yours
use their ability. (Klepto-Mari must land on a player,
Chef Antony must land on a Chest Tile, Wiz Bird can
only teleport to an existing tile, Big Look must be
Attack (ATK) exploring a new tile, and Hat-Nip doesn’t move the
The number of attack player, only the Keeyp Tiles.)
your Keeypling has
Items Winning
There are two different ways
to win in The Keeyp:
+2 +2
1. S
 afely make your way to the
gate while holding the Key
2.Defeating everyone in your
path, while destroying
S H O R T SWO R D I RO N S H I E LD S H OV E L friendships in the process
Info: Your average boring sword. Info: Sturdy but not elegant. Info: Looks worn out and smells like dirt.
(Special: Use your turn to dig to an
existing tunnel tile.)

Attack Item Defense Item Assist Item

Attack items can increase your ATK and defense

Surprise Tile
items can increase your DEF. Assist items add unique
changes to the game to help or hinder players.
You can hold up to 5 items, if you pick up a 6th item
card discard your least favorite.
B L ACK H O LE M AG N E T BA BY BO M B

Item Specials Info: You get sucked into a black hole.

Go back to start. (Discard after use.)
Info: If the key is found, put it back on
the Key tile. (Discard after use.)
Info: A bomb goes off, take 2 Damage.
(Discard after use.)

Some items have specials that can give you HP, deal
After the Baby Bomb, Magnet, or Black Hole tile
damage in a unique way, and even move you tiles.
is drawn, follow the instructions on the card then
(Some items interact with different Keeyplings in
discard. If you get the Magnet or Baby Bomb, move
different ways.) back to the previous tile.
Different Tiles
Start Tile
This is where every game starts.
If you move back to this tile at any
point in the game you can swap
your Keeyplings. Your HP stays the
same when you swap.
Gate Tile
Landing on this tile is how you
escape the dungeon and win the
game, but you must have the Key
Card to unlock it.
Key Tile
This is perhaps the most
important tile in the game. It
holds the Key Card, that unlocks
the gate, and discovering this
space starts combat in the game.
Landing on this space gives you
the Key Card, unless someone
else already has it.
Chest Tile
This handy space gives you one
item for landing on it. (If you
attack a player on this space, you
get an item before combat.)
Tunnel Tiles
These 2 tiles allow you to travel
from one side of the board to the
other. (With the shovel Item Card,
you can dig to one of these tiles.)
Spike Tile
This special tile will harm you
when you try to move out of this
tile. You must roll the blue die to
see if you escape unharmed.
(An even number, you do not take
damage, but an odd number will
give you 1 damage.)
Slime Tile
You have to roll the blue die when
moving out of this tile. (An even
number you can move out of the
tile, but an odd number will leave
you stuck until your next turn.)
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