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

Project: Alpujarras and Fisheries of Gloucester (on Gamefound)

Designer: Steve Finn (Biblios, Floriferous, Herbaceous)

Artists: Ossi Hiekkala (Eclipse, Flamme Rouge, Nations), Julián Tunni (Lunes, Nanga Parbat, Tonari)

Publisher: Dr. Finn’s Games (Biblios, Herbaceous, Sunset Over Water)

Genre/Mechanisms: farming, medieval (Alpujarras); 2 player only games, fishing / angling nautical (Fisheries of Gloucester)

Player Count: 2-4 (Alpujarras); 2 (Fisheries of Gloucester)

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: light

Risk: medium-low

Summary: “Alpujarras is a turn-based game in which players move their mules around an action track outside the game board. The player who is furthest behind takes the turn and moves their mule to an action space to perform an action. Actions include: placing a farmer, moving a farmer, expanding an irrigation channel. By performing these different actions, you can grow fruit, which are delivered to the towns, where they are sold for dinars.

The two-player game Fisheries of Gloucester lasts six days, or rounds. On each day, players have a designated number of hours to spend to perform various actions, such as charting the course, sailing your boats, and catching fish. Each player has a fleet of three boats that can be advanced by first charting a course (laying down an ocean tile, which have various polynomial shapes). With courses set, players can move their boats along the course, racing against other boats to find the prime fishing spots. Players earn points by catching different varieties of fish and by finishing the game on one of the islands in the ocean.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $31, Fisheries of Gloucester only

All-In (w/shipping): $150, includes premium editions of both games, 5 additional games, 2 print & play games, and shipping included with the pledge price

Campaign Ends: 3/20

Game Ships: October 2023

Funding Status: Currently at 32% with 19 days to go.

Project: Horns of the Buffalo Wargame

Designer: Bill Molyneaux (Bloody Mohawk: The French and Indian War, Wilderness Empires)

Artist: José Ramón Faura (Meltwater: A Game of Tactical Starvation, A Most Fearful Sacrifice: The Three Days of Gettysburg, Roads to Stalingrad: Campaign Commander Series)

Publisher: Superior Print on Demand (Bloody Mohawk: The French and Indian War)

Genre/Mechanisms: hexagon grid, wargame

Player Count: 1-2

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: light

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “Anglo-Zulu War game battle collection with twelve different scenarios. The combat system is a version of other games by Bill Molyneaux’s games Bloody Mohawk, Savage Wilderness. The game box will include Isandlwana, Rorkes Drift and other exciting scenarios. The scenario list is as follows: Sihayo’s Kraal, Isandlwana, Rorke’s Drift, iNyezane River, Intombi Drift, Ulundi, Ulundi Ambush, Hlobane, Kambula, Buller’s Pursuit, Gingindlovu, Prince Imperial.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $56, poly-bagged box-less version of the game

All-In (w/shipping): $79

Campaign Ends: 3/29

Game Ships: July 2023

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 263% with 28 days to go.

Project: Rock n Write

Designer: Benny Sperling

Artist: knowbys cabin

Publisher: Roll and Write Revolution

Genre/Mechanisms: dice, dice rolling, music, paper-and-pencil, print & play, roll-and-write

Player Count: 1-100

Solo Mode: yes

Complexity: light

Risk: medium-high

Summary: “Rock n Write combines the control of dice allocation with a gut-wrenching push-your-luck mechanic. Phase one has players simultaneously use dice to complete their Chords and Scale, creating star-power which allows players to play to the audience. In the second phase, cards are revealed from the deck and players simultaneously decide if they are staying put in the concert venue of if they need to end the show and hurry to the van to practice some more. Ten rounds of each will have the players figuring out if they are in fact road worthy rock stars or if they’re still rocking the suburbs in their parents’ garage. Grab your guitars, learn some chords, and let’s rock!”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $4, digital files only

All-In (w/shipping): $4, same as above

Campaign Ends: 3/19

Game Ships: April 2023

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 426% with 18 days to go.