(or here’s a list of what launched yesterday that might deserve a closer look)

Project: District 9

Designers: Chris Cervantes (Into the Dead), Adam Poirer (Into the Dead), Rob Stoddard (Grind, Hordes, Warmachine Prime Mk II)

Artists: Leri Greer (GKR: Heavy Hitters), Gary Hunt, Christian Pearce (GKR: Heavy Hitters, Ugg-tect)

Publisher: Weta Workshop (GKR: Heavy Hitters)

Genre/Mechanisms: action point allowance system, area movement, campaign/battle card driven, hand management, miniatures, modular board, pick up & deliver, take that

Player Count: 2-4

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: medium-heavy

Risk: high

Summary: The re-launch of Weta’s miniatures-heavy, dudes-on-a-map District 9 board game adaptation.

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $129

All-In (w/shipping): $199

Campaign Ends: 9/25

Game Ships: Aug. 2020

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 100%, with 20 days to go.

Project: Fired Up

Designers: Giorgos Eleftheriadis (Fired Up! Eternal Moments), Theofilos Koutroubis (Fired Up! Eternal Moments)

Artists: Mihajlo Dimitrievski (Architects of the West Kingdom, Coloma, Dig Your Way Out, Margraves of Valeria, Raiders of the North Sea, Valeria: Card Kingdoms, Villages of Valeria, Zoocracy), Niko Rovakis (Say Whaaat?!)

Publisher: Drawlab Entertainment (Project: ELITE, Sherlock: Last Call, When I Dream)

Genre/Mechanisms: betting/wagering, dice rolling, fighting, miniatures, simultaneous action selection, sports

Player Count: 2-5

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: medium-heavy

Risk: medium-low

Summary: A re-design of FIRED UP! Eternal Moments, an arena fighter where players are spectators, betting on & influencing the potential winners; with new art by The Mico & Niko Rovakis.

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $76

All-In (w/shipping): $213, includes all extras plus pre-painted miniatures

Campaign Ends: 9/18

Game Ships: Apr. 2020

Funding Status: Currently at 58%, with 13 days to go.

Project: Jiyu

Designer: Benoit Ferriere

Artist: Benoit Ferriere

Publisher: Tokkun Studio (Gwent: The Witcher Card Game)

Genre/Mechanisms: bluffing, card game, miniatures, war game

Player Count: 2-8

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: medium-heavy

Risk: high

Summary: Billed as chess with RPG-elements, Jiyu features card play and miniatures with a setting in feudal Japan, and features Samurai and Yakuza.

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $91

All-In (w/shipping): $366, includes miniatures & 3-D game board

Campaign Ends: 9/29

Game Ships: June 2020

Funding Status: Currently at 16%, with 23 days to go.