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

Project: Dinosauria the Microgame + Expansion + Poker Playing Cards

Designer: William Kennedy

Artists: Noriko DeWitt, Angela Roach

Publisher: Microgameo

Genre/Mechanisms: animals, card game, dice, economic, hand management, pattern building, set collection

Player Count: 1-3

Solo Mode: yes

Complexity: light

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “A solitaire, 18-card microgame with 2-3 player expansions. It is the year 3000. You are a Galactic Paleobiologist of the First Strata. The super-Earth planet Magnus-3 has been seeded with millions of living dinosaurs. Elite Paleo-biologists such as yourself are privately invited to shepherd true, living dinosaurs. Select Dino cards from the DNA Archive to revive. Using the science of Vita, the game currency, return them to life. Care for your brood by encouraging them to thrive and lay Eggs. Watch those Eggs hatch as beautiful Babies. Such caring wins you Universal Prestige. But you’re not alone – match wits with your Colleague, the game’s AI. The one with the most Prestige wins.”

Base Pledge: $10 + shipping (no estimates provided)

All-In: $34 (no estimates provided)

Campaign Ends: 3/11

Game Ships: Aug. 2022

Funding Status: Currently at 67% with 23 days to go.

Project: It’s Llamatch!

Designer: Carlos Viforcos

Artist: Elena Borzyk

Publisher: Carlos Viforcos

Genre/Mechanisms: card game, humor, party game, roles with asymmetric information, stat check resolution, turn order: progressive

Player Count: 2-5

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: light

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “A fast-paced shedding type card game that blends luck, strategy, and a cast of colorful crab characters. The goal of the game is to be the first player to play or discard their entire hand. At the beginning of the game, players are dealt 7 cards each from the deck. The deck consists of 52 suited cards (resembling a standard deck) and 22 ‘Joker Crabs,’ which are unsuited. In the process of playing and discarding their hands, players utilize two separate discard piles, one for suited cards (referred to simply as ‘The Discard Pile’) and another for Joker Crabs (referred to as ‘The Joker Pile’). Suited cards may be played on the discard pile on top of other cards that match their suit or number. Once a suited card is played, a player may also discard all cards of higher value of the same suit from their hand. Jacks, Queens, and Kings have special effects referred to as ‘punishments.’ As long as a Jack, Queen, or King is on the top of the discard pile, no Joker Crabs may be played. Additionally, if a player cannot play on them, they must draw cards at the end of their turn.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $27

All-In (w/shipping): $37

Campaign Ends: 3/8

Game Ships: July 2022

Funding Status: Currently at 10% with 20 days to go.