The purpose of Kickstart This! is to alert our readers to Kickstarter campaigns entering their final week. These are the pick of the Kickstarter litter in our opinion, and if we could, we’d be personally backing every last one of these.
So take a look at these campaigns if they haven’t yet crossed your radar!
*Kickstart This! will be going on indefinite hiatus at the end of 2020. The Kickstarter-related content represented here (recommendations of current campaigns) has already been incorporated into the Twice-Monthly Update Videos. Please check out my Youtube channel, or continue to enjoy those videos as they’re posted here at this site.
“A board game about competitive restaurant owning. Use your chef’s power, cook recipes, and lead your restaurant to gastronomical glory. Rival Restaurants’s first-ever expansion, Back For Seconds, includes 8 new chefs, 6 additional restaurants, 9 new action cards, and an Event Deck.”
Read More“Five portable euro-styled games that can be played solo or with others in 20 minutes.”
Read More“Rococo is a Euro-style board game with deck-building,” set during the reign of Louis XV, where players compete with their dress-making businesses to best manage the most prestigious and lavish ball of the era.
Read More“Running off IDW Games’ miniatures-driven ‘Adventures Universal Game System’ (AUGS) engine, Batman: The Animated Series Adventures – Shadow of the Bat allows players to take the role of any hero in their roster in the game’s 24 unique missions, which are all inspired by fan-favorite episodes. Even villains can be swapped out in every mission to change up the threats that players will face.”
Read More“In Merlin, players move their knights or Merlin with the help of dice around the action ring to get the most desired actions. While the knights are only moved by the corresponding player, Merlin can be moved by all players, which makes integrating Merlin in one’s plan a tricky endeavor.” The Merlin Big Box includes the new expansion, the previous two expansions, and the base game.
Read More“Two very unique 18 card micro-games for 2 players, packaged into limited edition custom designed & hand-crafted button-string envelopes.”
Read More“A chibi-style, card-driven, fast-paced, cooperative miniatures game where players take control of Marvel Super Heroes and band together to thwart the master plans of the most dangerous Villains in the universe.”
Read More“The Looking Glass has shattered, madness is being drained from the inhabitants, and war has come to Wonderland. Alice, Mad Hatter, Red Queen, and Jabberwock must gather all that they can in this Drafting, Bag Building, & Area Control game, first playing nice at the Hatter’s Tea Party, then going to battle in Wonderland’s War!”
Read More“A captivating abstract game where you must harness the power of the five elements (Earth, Water, Fire, Wind, and Void) to build a shrine. Seek balance to earn the most wisdom, based on a shared pair of goals that changes from game to game. Move a tile from the Path into the Mountain, then collect surrounding tiles based on the collection pattern and the depth of your understanding of that element. Every decision alters the landscape, grows your understanding, and charts your path forward.”
Read More“Arena: The Contest is a tactical combat board game with two Game Modes: Player versus Player team competition, and a cooperative mode with both one-shot adventures and an Epic Campaign. Tanares Adventures is a massive expansion with over 40 miniatures, extending the total Campaign content to 100+ hours featuring dozens of villains, while PvP Mode gets multiple new possibilities with Heroes and Companions from a new Combat role.”
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