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

Project: IT Startup – Office Lockdown

Designer: Mateusz Kupilas (IT Startup)

Artist: Paweł Błoński

Publisher: Mateusz Kupilas (IT Startup)

Genre/Mechanisms: card game, deck construction, hand management, solo / solitaire game

Player Count: 1-6

Solo Mode: yes

Complexity: light

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “A stand-alone expansion to IT Startup. It contains 50% more components than the older IT Startup base game from 2020. It is playable for 1-6 players (standard game mode with a shared deck), with additional 2 vs 2, custom deck, solo and tournament modes. Aside from being a stand-alone game it can also be combined with previous game editions. IT Startup is aimed at DEVs, HR and IT enthusiasts. Play Developers to finish your project. Raise your DEV’s efficiency with Knowledge Cards and watch out for burnout. Sabotage your opponents with Action Cards and steal their developers with HR.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $33

All-In (w/shipping): $144

Campaign Ends: 5/25

Game Ships: Mar. 2023

Funding Status: Currently at 56% with 28 days to go.

Project: Seven Days Battles 1862

Designers: Christopher Cummins (Olympic & Coronet, Rebels & Redcoats: Volume 1, Vikings: Scourge of the North), Robert G. Markham (Napoleon at the Berezina, Raid on the St. Nazaire, Soldier Kings: The Seven Years War Worldwide)

Artist: Dale Gallon (Antietam Campaign; Dead of Winter: The Battle of Stones River – Murfreesboro, Tennessee; Rebels & Redcoats: Volume II)

Publisher: Old School Wargames (Antietam 1862, Battle of the Bulge 1944, Chancellorsville 1863)

Genre/Mechanisms: 2 player only games, american civil war, civil war, dice rolling, grid movement, hexagon grid, simulation, wargame, zone of control

Player Count: 2

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: medium-light

Risk: medium-low

Summary: “Seven Day’s Battles 1862 is Volume III in our Civil War Brigade Battle Series.  It is an old school style hex and counter wargame that allows gamers to refight battles from the 1862 Seven Days Battles that occurred outside of Richmond, VA.  One player will play the Confederate side, and one player will play the Union side.  The victory conditions are the destruction of the enemy army and capturing key terrain objectives. The game include 8 scenarios over 4 separate battles.  2 of the scenarios allow the linking of 2 of the battles. The battles included are Beaver Dam Creek, Gaine’s Mill, Glendale, and Malvern Hill.  Beaver Dam Creek and Gaine’s Mill may be joined in one of the scenarios to cover two days of the battles, while Glendale and Malvern Hill may be joined in another scenario to cover two other days of the battle. The 6 single day scenarios can be played in 2 to 4 hours, while the 2 two day scenarios can be player in 6 – 8 hours.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $78

All-In (w/shipping): $167, includes two additional games

Campaign Ends: 5/14

Game Ships: Nov. 2022

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 1021% with 18 days to go.