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!
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A resource management and worker placement game using a spinner to allocate workers, set in Montana during the 19th century. The new Goldrush expansion adds in gold claims and new settlements; and the new Longhorns expansion adds in cattle, caravans, and new supplies.
Read More“Step into the shoes of a hero that has been bashed and tortured by one or more of the four gangs in the game. You win by building up your hero, scouting gang dens to find the baddies who wronged you, then taking bloody revenge through action-packed fight sequences made up of dice based puzzles.” The Director’s Cut expansion includes a new gang and a new Hero, new abilities called Hero Perks, Story Mission to replace standard Missions, and Director Cards that can be played during another player’s fight phase to slow them down and add additional challenges.
Read MoreSet in Ancient Rome, players vye for control of the hills and surrounding countryside; once 12 influence have been placed in Rome, the Arena Phase begins with a second board placed above the regular game board on supports.
Read MoreA zombie Western worker placement and card management game, where the players are Outlaws competing to “earn, steal, and shoot” their way to the highest notoriety.
Read MoreA heavy Euro and space exploration game, combining “realistic hard sci-fi, transhumanism, and cyberpunk,” that also contains smart cards, electronic miniatures, and app integration.
Read MoreHelp Emperor Qin Shihuang build the Great Wall in 221 BC; amass troops and carriages, recruit philosophers and academics, and collect important literature.
Read MoreAn “intra-apocalyptic” miniatures skirmish game where you control a squad of unique characters and a 3rd party enemy “to mess with your opponent.”
Read MoreExplore a dinosaur graveyard & dig for bones in this three-dimensional game board filled with recessed pockets of fossils.
Read More“Govern one of Europe’s great nations through the Ages of Discovery, Reformation, Absolutism and Revolutions — spanning more than three hundred years of history” in this 4x, historically-set game. Also includes a solo mode designed by David Turczi.
Read MoreSew patches together in this abstract tile placement game, where sewing the right patterns will attract calico cats to your calico player board for nap time and bonus points!
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