(or here’s a list of what launched yesterday that might deserve a closer look… and Project Titles now feature links to their campaigns!)

Project: Metro – Deluxe Big Box – City Edition

Designer: Dirk Henn (Alhambra, Shogun, Wallenstein)

Artists: Barbara Henn, Franz Vohwinkel (6 nimmt!, Amun-Re, Blue Moon City, Bohnanza, Catan, Catan Card Game, Chinatown, Clan! In! Space!: A Deck-Building Adventure, Domain, Dominion: Intrigue, Egizia, Exit: The Game – The Abandoned Cabin, Exit: The Game – The Pharaoh’s Tomb, Exit: The Game – The Secret Lab, Finca, Francis Drake, A Game of Thrones: The Card Game, Genoa, Java, Lords of Vegas, Lost Cities, Louis XIV, Magic: The Gathering, Maharaja: The Game of Palace Building in India, Medici, Mexica, The Palaces of Carrara, The Princes of Florence, Puerto Rico, The Quest for El Dorado, Ra, Richochet Robots, RoboRally, Samurai, San Juan, Taj Mahal, Targi, Tichu, Tikal, Torres, Tsuro, Union Pacific, Web of Power, Winner’s Circle, Wizard, Yedo)

Publisher: Queen Games (Alhambra, Amerigo, Chicago Express, Escape: The Curse of the Temple, Fresco, Kingdom Builder, Lancaster, Luxor, Merlin Shogun, Thebes, Wallenstein)

Genre/Mechanisms: mensa select, network and route building, tile placement, trains

Player Count: 2-6

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: light

Risk: medium-low

Summary: “Similar to Streetcar, Tsuro, Tantrix, and Spaghetti Junction, this game has players putting square tiles onto the board to form rail lines. The major difference in this game, however, is that players are not striving to make short, direct routes like those sought in Streetcar. Instead, the object of the game is to make the rail lines as long as possible.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $57

All-In (w/shipping): $340, also includes the Alhambra Big Box

Campaign Ends: 2/16

Game Ships: Nov. 2021

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 670% with 11 days to go.