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

Project: The Road

Designer: Ÿøssef Fårhi

Artist: Corentin Dubreuil

Publisher: Alone Editions

Genre/Mechanisms: card game, card selection, dice rolling, hand managment, solo game

Player Count: 1

Solo Mode: yes

Complexity: medium-light

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “A solo card game in which you have only one goal: survive! The hostile territories of Geynum await you. The obstacles are multiple and varied. You will have to cross dangerous places, overcome threats, find allies, weapons food and trade items. In a world in ruins, anything can be useful. The Road combines tension, suspense, strategy and destiny. Each of your decisions is key to your survival.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $46

All-In (w/shipping): $46, same as above

Campaign Ends: 2/6

Game Ships: June 2021

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 134% with 24 days to go.

Project: Tinner’s Trail

Designers: David Digby (Chocolate Factory), Martin Wallace (Age of Industry, Age of Steam, Automobile, AuZtralia, Brass: Birmingham, Brass: Lancashire, Discworld: Ankh-Morpork, A Few Acres of Snow, Liberté, London, London Second Edition, Princes of the Renaissance, Railways of the World, Runebound: Second Edition, Steam, Struggle of Empires, A Study in Emerald, Tinner’s Trail, Via Nebula, Wildlands)

Artists: Javier González Cava (Caverna: The Cave Farmers, Cooper Island, Watson & Holmes), Ossi Hiekkala (Eclipse, Flamme Rouge, Honshū, Nations, Nations: The Dice Game)

Publisher: Alley Cat Games (Chocolate Factory, Dice Hospital, Welcome to Dino World)

Genre/Mechanisms: action points, auction/bidding, dice rolling, economic, industry/manufacturing, mining, time track

Player Count: 1-5

Solo Mode: yes

Complexity: medium-heavy

Risk: medium-low

Summary: “This edition of Tinners’ Trail differs from the original 2008 version in several ways. The player count is now 1-5 instead of 3-4, and the resources on the board are now set up via tiles instead of die rolls to maintain variability while reducing the randomness. Dual-use cards are now an important part of the game, giving you information before an auction or an extra boost after an auction. The game includes two expansions, with the arsenic expansion introducing a new resource and the emigration expansion seeing miners travel overseas. With lead development and expansion designs by David Digby.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $53

All-In (w/shipping): $71

Campaign Ends: 2/4

Game Ships: Sep. 2021

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 320% with 23 days to go.