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

Project:  Exhibition: 20 Century

Designers:  Peter Joustra (Beasty Borders, Roll to the Top!), Ron van Dalen (Exposaurus), Corne van Moorsel (Factory Fun, Habitats, Powerboats)

Artist:  Jenny Caris

Publisher:  Cwali (Factory Fun, Habitats, Powerboats)

Genre/Mechanisms:  card selection, hand management, set collection

Player Count:  1-5

Solo Mode:  yes

Complexity:  light

Risk:  medium-high

Summary:  A card selection and set collection game where players collect objects from across the 20th century to exhibit in their tableaus.

Base Pledge (w/shipping):  $37

All-In (w/shipping):  $157

Campaign Ends:  5/31

Game Ships:  Sep. 2020

Funding Status: Currently at 18%, with 25 days to go.

Project:  Island Siege: Anniversary 2nd Edition

Designer:  Dan Manfredini (Far Space Foundry, Island Siege, Venture Forth)

Artists:  Jared Blando (1830: Railways & Robber Barons, Cloudspire, Legacy of Dragonholt, Steam), Jim Maxwell (Island Siege, Rolling Freight, Spirits of the Rice Paddy)

Publisher:  APE Games (The Great Dinosaur Rush, Petrichor, Trickerion: Legends of Illusion)

Genre/Mechanisms:  card drafting, card game, dice rolling, territory building

Player Count:  2-4

Solo Mode:  no

Complexity:  light

Risk:  medium-low

Summary:  “A fast-playing card game of fort-building and colonization in the Caribbean Sea.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping):  $29

All-In (w/shipping):  $37

Campaign Ends:  5/25

Game Ships:  Oct. 2020

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 190%, with 26 days to go.

Project:  Mini Golf Designer

Designer:  Alban Nanty

Artist:  Gul E. Raana

Publisher:  Thematic Games

Genre/Mechanisms:  puzzle, tile placement

Player Count:  1-5

Solo Mode:  yes

Complexity:  light

Risk:  HIGH

Summary:  “Compete with other players to design the best mini golf course and win the client’s contract.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping):  $40

All-In (w/shipping):  $51, includes vanity reward

Campaign Ends:  6/18

Game Ships:  Dec. 2020

Funding Status: Currently at 89%, with 34 days to go.

Project:  Pulp Invasion

Designer:  Todd Sanders (The Draugr, IUNU, Mr. Cabbagehead’s Garden)

Artist:  Todd Sanders (Mr. Cabbagehead’s Garden, Small City, Trick of the Rails)

Publisher:  AVStudio Games (Clinic: Deluxe Edition, Small City, Tramways)

Genre/Mechanisms:  bag building, card game, dice rolling, exploration, push your luck

Player Count:  1-2

Solo Mode:  yes

Complexity:  light

Risk:  medium-low

Summary:  “A solo game with a 2 player PvP option and the second game in the Pulp series, following Pulp Detective. As a Free Captain of the Rim you roam the far reaches of space as a trader and mercenary. Secretly you are an agent of the Intergalactic Council sent on a clandestine mission to explore planets infiltrated by three alien races known as The Cosmic Hegemony who plan to invade the peaceful worlds of the Intergalactic Alliance. Find all their world-shattering Super Weapons using your Combat Skills, Diplomacy, and Super Science, and stop them before it is too late.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping):  $24

All-In (w/shipping):  $34

Campaign Ends:  6/3

Game Ships:  Dec. 2020

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 490%, with 29 days to go.

Project:  Send It! – The Mountain Biking Board Game

Designer:  Macky Franklin, Syd Schulz

Artist:  Kristina Wayte

Publisher:  Send It Board Games

Genre/Mechanisms:  dice rolling, race, sports

Player Count:  2-6

Solo Mode:  no

Complexity:  light

Risk:  HIGH

Summary:  “A fast-paced mountain bike game where you ride, train, prepare, and ‘send’ progressively harder features. Players race from the trailhead through three levels (green, blue, black) to be the first inducted into the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame and collect the coveted winner’s trophy, the Golden Burrito.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping):  $79

All-In (w/shipping):  $1,520, includes vanity reward

Campaign Ends:  6/3

Game Ships:  Dec. 2020

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 121%, with 29 days to go.