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

Project: Harry Potter: Catch the Snitch

Designers: José Miguel Caballero Delso, Sergio García Vicente

Artist: Gonzo Bríos (15 Dias The Spanish Golden Age, 1500 m, Basketball Age, )

Publisher: Knight Games

Genre/Mechanisms: 2 players, card game, dice rolling, hand management miniatures, sports

Player Count: 2

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: medium-light

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “A card-driven game in which players use cards to choose actions each round and cards for their Quidditch players. Players use dice to resolve actions such as shooting at the goal or stealing the Quaffle.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $148

All-In (w/shipping): $201

Campaign Ends: 12/12

Game Ships: Nov. 2021

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 160% with 28 days to go.

Project: The Long Road

Designer: Mark H. Walker (Lock ‘n Load: Band of Heroes, World at War: Blood and Bridges, World at War: Eisenbach Gap)

Artists: not credited

Publisher: Flying Pig Games (’65: Squad-Level Combat in the Jungles of Vietnam, Old School Tactical: Volume 1 – Fighting on the Eastern Front 1941/42, Old School Tactical: Volume 2 – West Front 1944/45)

Genre/Mechanisms: dice rolling, hexagon grid, wargame

Player Count: 1-6

Solo Mode: yes

Complexity: medium-light

Risk: medium-high

Summary: “A platoon-level system that replicates the fast-paced, deadly, and chaotic combat of the Third World War” with a paranormal twist. “The system marries a combination of alternating combat impulses with a streamlined player-specific movement phase. Action cards, representing everything from artillery barrages and airstrikes to Spetsnaz and electronic countermeasures, replicate the confusion and fog of war.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $110

All-In (w/shipping): $190, includes extras

Campaign Ends: 12/3

Game Ships: Aug. 2021

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 114% with 19 days to go.