# 225: Alpha Clash Blazes New Path For Indie Card Games

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Podcast: [The Covenant Cast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-covenant-cast-414091)
Published: 2025-05-13T17:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://teamcovenant.libsyn.com/alpha-clash-blazes-new-path-for-indie-card-games
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Duration seconds: 5372

## Resource

Garett Kiley, co-founder of Rising Empire Studios, sits down with Zach to discuss their recent move away from traditional distribution and into direct LGS relationships via their Champion Store program. This is the most honest accounting of what it's actually like working with traditional distributors as an indie publisher, and a must-listen for publishers and players of these games.

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