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

Project: Drags 2 Riches

Designer: David Pettifer

Artist: Greco Westermann

Publisher: Bored Wreckers Inc

Genre/Mechanisms: card game, deck construction, deduction, open drafting, push your luck

Player Count: 2-5

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: light

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “The deckbuilding card game that finally allows you to live your drag truth. Take on the role of a drag queen building up your wardrobe of fierce and fabulous heels, wigs, outfits, make-up and accessories, laying them down in combinations that will stun the competition. Players work on their looks in secret, deciding whether to reveal them at the end of the round, or keep them hidden and build even more fabulous combos ready to win the most prestigious events. Every round is full of tension and excitement as you never know who will reveal a look, and only one of you queens can win. So, if you want to slay the competition… be fabulous, be sassy, and most of all, be fierce!”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $57

All-In (w/shipping): $57, same as above

Campaign Ends: 7/2

Game Ships: July 2023

Funding Status: Currently at 19% with 29 days to go.

Project: Horror in the Library

Designer: Marcus Pullen

Artist: Marcus Pullen

Publisher: Blue Donut Games

Genre/Mechanisms: horror, set collection, steampunk, tile placement

Player Count: 2-6

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: light

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “A 19th century Victorian themed tile-based competitive card collecting game. Players compete to collect all the items they need to confront the Horror they have been challenged with by the Mad Professor. Once all components are collected it is a race to the Portal to win the game. Players will combine strategy and luck to find the required cards and moving tiles. A balanced token bag determines penalties and rewards while a simple attack and defense system with non-player characters adds to player interaction and strategy.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $119

All-In (w/shipping): $119, same as above

Campaign Ends: 7/2

Game Ships: Oct. 2022

Funding Status: Currently at 21% with 29 days to go.

Project: Keydom’s Dragons

Designer: Richard Breese (Keyflower, Keythedral, Reef Encounter)

Artist: Vicki Dalton (Carcassonne: Amazonas, Key Flow, Keyper)

Publisher: R&D Games (Keyflower, Keythedral, Reef Encounter)

Genre/Mechanisms: auction / bidding, bluffing, fantasy, medieval, set collection, worker placement

Player Count: 1-6

Solo Mode: yes

Complexity: medium-heavy

Risk: medium-low

Summary: “Dragons have plundered the land of Keydom for its treasures, which they are now hoarding in the network of caves around Keytown. In competition with other players, you will lead a band of 8 plucky townsfolk (workers). Some of your workers you will send into the caves whilst the dragons are abroad in order to recover their treasure hoards piece by piece. Other workers will acquire help and assistance in the town, or try to find a way past the castle guards using strength or bribes, opening the way for your remaining workers to enter the castle rooms and spend the treasures your team has recovered to buy valuable artefacts. Once all of the castle’s artefacts are distributed, the player whose band has acquired the most artefacts is victorious, gaining recognition and renown throughout Keydom. Keydom’s Dragons returns the Aladdin’s Dragons game to its original medieval setting, with additional rules for 6 players and new rules for 1-2 players from Dávid Turczi.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $74

All-In (w/shipping): $74, same as above

Campaign Ends: 6/20

Game Ships: Dec. 2022

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 157% with 16 days to go.

Project: Toongeon Fights

Designer: Víctor A. Fernández

Artist: Víctor A. Fernández

Publisher: Arlon Games

Genre/Mechanisms: card game, deck building, deck construction, dungeon crawler, exploration, fantasy, solo / solitaire game

Player Count: 1-4

Solo Mode: yes

Complexity: medium-light

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “A cooperative toongeon crawling deck-building game. Explore encounter cards in order to fight monsters, get around trap rooms, pick up treasures, solve event cards and finally defeat one of the six monster bosses to claim the great treasure of the Toongeon and win the game.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $50

All-In (w/shipping): $50, same as above

Campaign Ends: 7/2

Game Ships: July 2022

Funding Status: Currently at 27% with 28 days to go.