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

Project: Feudal Endeavor

Designer: Andrew Zimdahl

Artists: Alyssa Fernandez, Jared Sanford (Into the Black: Boarding Party)

Publisher: I Will Never Grow Up

Genre/Mechanisms: auction/bidding, economic, grid coverage, set collection, simultaneous action selection, tile placement

Player Count: 2-6

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: medium-light

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “Build an impressive fiefdom in the era of Catherine the Great. A game of hidden bidding, tableau building, and simultaneous actions.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $47

All-In (w/shipping): $47, same as above

Campaign Ends: 10/2

Game Ships: Sep. 2021

Funding Status: Currently at 21%, with 23 days to go.

Project: Ghoullotine

Designer: Vincent Baker

Artist: Abby Edwards

Publisher: Vindicated Entertainment

Genre/Mechanisms: bluffing, card game, deduction, party game

Player Count: 2-10

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: light

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “A Halloween and Blackjack inspired card game.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $25

All-In (w/shipping): $25, same as above

Campaign Ends: 10/8

Game Ships: June 2021

Funding Status: Currently at 59%, with 28 days to go.

Project: Last Days of Athobrae

Designers: Bradford S. Obie, David M. Panzer

Artist: Hao Ye

Publisher: Moonlit Moor Games

Genre/Mechanisms: dice rolling, hand management, hexagon grid, modular board, pick-up and deliver, set collection, take that, variable player powers

Player Count: 2-5

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: medium-light

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “A strategy, resource gathering game where the planet falls to pieces beneath your feet, and the first to build a ship and escape wins.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $71

All-In (w/shipping): $71, same as above

Campaign Ends: 9/22

Game Ships: Mar. 2021

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 102%, with 12 days to go.

Project: The North: Provenance

Designer: John Clowdus (Mezo, Neolithic, Omen: A Reign of War)

Artist: Aaron Nakahara (Ascension: Dreamscape, Ascension X: War of Shadows, Shards of Infinity)

Publisher: Small Box Games (Hemloch, Neolithic, Omen: A Reign of War)

Genre/Mechanisms: 2 players, action points, card game, deck building, hand management

Player Count: 2

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: medium-light

Risk: medium-high

Summary: “A combo building card game for two set in a cold, dark future. The North: Provenance is one part Second Edition, and one part expansion for people who already own and enjoy The North.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $30

All-In (w/shipping): $30, same as above

Campaign Ends: 9/17

Game Ships: Nov. 2020

Funding Status: Currently at 91%, with 8 days to go.

Project: Rus’

Designers: Jordan Ottesen, Tyler Ottesen

Artist: Rachel Allen Everett

Publisher: Hardy House Games

Genre/Mechanisms: betting and bluffing, city building, command cards, ladder climbing, pattern building, take that, variable player powers

Player Count: 2-4

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: medium-light

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “A game of secret identities and estate building where players climb the classes and deceive their way into royalty.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $41

All-In (w/shipping): $47

Campaign Ends: 10/8

Game Ships: Sep. 2021

Funding Status: Currently at 32%, with 28 days to go.