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

Project: Big Easy Busking

Designer: Joshua J. Mills (Milkman, Rocky Road a la Mode)

Artists: Adrienne Ezell (Coma Ward, Leaders of Euphoria: Choose a Better Oppressor, Shogunate), Andrew Thompson (Countdown: Action Edition, Leviathan)

Publisher: Weird Giraffe Games (Fire in the Library, Stellar Leap, Super Hack Override)

Genre/Mechanisms: area control, hand management

Player Count: 1-5

Solo Mode: yes

Complexity: light

Risk: medium-high

Summary: A light area control game using card mechanics about being the best street musicians, or buskers, in New Orleans- the Big Easy.

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $31

All-In (w/shipping): $45 (not including vanity pledge levels)

Campaign Ends: 6/6

Game Ships: June 2020

Funding Status: Currently at 73%, with 22 days to go.

Project: De Vulgari Eloquentia Deluxe Edition

Designer: Mario Papini (Feudo, Siena, De Vulgari Eloquentia)

Artists: Lamberto Azzariti (Romolo o Remo?, Upon a Salty Ocean, De Vulgari Eloquentia), Guido Favaro (Coloretto, Rush & Bash, De Vulgari Eloquentia), Eva Villa (Jerusalem, Medievalia Action!, De Vulgari Eloquentia)

Publisher: Geochix.it (Altiplano, AuZtralia, CO2, Dice Town, Fief: France 1429, The Gallerist, Kanban: Driver’s Edition, Lisboa, Mare Nostrum: Empires, Race for the Galaxy, Tales of the Arabian Knights, Teotihuacan: City of Gods, Tiny Epic Galaxies, Viceroy, De Vulgari Eloquentia)

Genre/Mechanisms: action point allowance system, area movement, set collection

Player Count: 2-5

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: heavy

Risk: medium-low

Summary: This heavy Euro features players competing to help develop and empower the Volgare common language as an alternative to the elite-controlled Latin in the late Middle Ages in Italy.

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $35

All-In (w/shipping): $64

Campaign Ends: 5/30

Game Ships: Nov. 2019

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 251%, with 14 days to go.

Project: Imperium: The Contention

Designer: Gary Dworetsky

Artists: Radoslav Javor, Chris Rallis (Chaos & Alchemy), Juan Pablo Roldan, Alex Ruiz (Eragra: The Game of Eras and the First Step), Stefan Celic, Chris Ng Fhze Yang

Publisher: Contention Games

Genre/Mechanisms: 4x card game, area control, grid movement, hand management, modular board, player elimination, simultaneous action selection, take that

Player Count: 1-6

Solo Mode: yes

Complexity: medium-light

Risk: high

Summary: A fast, comparatively light 4x card game featuring deck customization, area control, and ship movement as players compete to claim the Void Scepter and become Emperor of the galaxy-spanning Imperium.

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $56

All-In (w/shipping): $73

Campaign Ends: 6/13

Game Ships: Feb. 2020

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 130%, with 23 days to go.

Project: It’s a Wonderful World

Designer: Frederic Gerard (Clash of Rage, Ilos, Titanium Wars)

Artist: Anthony Wolff (King of Tokyo, Montana, Zombie 15′)

Publisher: La Boite de Jeu (10′ to Kill, Montana, Outlive)

Genre/Mechanisms: card drafting

Player Count: 1-5

Solo Mode: yes

Complexity: light

Risk: medium-low

Summary: A light card drafting and engine-building game with 2 separate “Heritage” campaigns that are fully re-playable, but also unlock additional components into the base game after being played for the first time.

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $46

All-In (w/shipping): $72

Campaign Ends: 5/30

Game Ships: Feb. 2020

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 305%, with 14 days to go.

Project: Raccoon Tycoon: The Fat Cat Expansion

Designer: Glenn Drover (Age of Empires III: The Age of Discovery, Empires: Age of Discovery, Railways of the World)

Artists: Jacoby O’Connor (Age of Empires III: The Age of Discovery, Evolution, Evolution: Climate, Raccoon Tycoon, Say Anything, Wits & Wagers), Annie Stegg (Raccoon Tycoon)

Publisher: Forbidden Games (Raccoon Tycoon, Railroad Rivals)

Genre/Mechanisms: auction/bidding, card selection, commodity speculation, economic, hand management, resource management, set collection

Player Count: 2-6

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: medium-light

Risk: medium-low

Summary: Raccoon Tycoon is a resource management, bidding, economic, and set collection game with incredibly cute animals, dressed in period clothing, featured on the cards. The Fat Cat Expansion adds in 6 new Railroad Cards, 4 new Town Cards, 13 new Building Tiles and 3 updated Building Tiles, 32 new Meeples, 6 new Player Boards (including support for a 6th player), and a Fat Cat Starting Player Marker.

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $38

All-In (w/shipping): $88, includes the base game

Campaign Ends: 6/7

Game Ships: Nov. 2019

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 1059%, with 22 days to go.

Project: Shard Slingers

Designers: Sean Anderson, Evan Wroblewski

Artist: Kelly Weeren

Publisher: Otherworld Games

Genre/Mechanisms: auction/bidding, card selection dice rolling, hand management, press your luck, take that

Player Count: 2-4

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: light

Risk: high

Summary: A fast-paced, push-your-luck card & dice game where players are sorcerers competing to cast the biggest and best spells they can for an arena of spectators.

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $35

All-In (w/shipping): $140, includes a hand-crafted wooden & leather box and metal dice

Campaign Ends: 6/1

Game Ships: Nov. 2019

Funding Status: Currently at 35%, with 26 days to go.

Project: Space Invaders: The Board Game

Designer: Thomas Brockhage

Artists: n/a

Publisher: 612 Entertainment, LLC

Genre/Mechanisms: deck building

Player Count: 2-4

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: medium-light

Risk: high

Summary: A quick filler game where players progress their wooden meeple ants along a track of food items, then score points for consumed foods based on the order the ants reach the end-game anthill.

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $55

All-In (w/shipping): $1,170, includes an elaborate diorama/limited art box/light box, among other perks

Campaign Ends: 6/14

Game Ships: Dec. 2019

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 130%, with 23 days to go.