The Kickstarter Weekly is published each weekend, featuring hand-selected campaigns completing their funding the following week! More video series are coming in 2023, including re-launched Teach & Reviews with improved equipment, and a new video series deep diving into the mechanisms and strategies of various games. You can also view these videos directly on my Youtube channel:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbJoQlhs2zZcaqq6QPBObFw

Cryo First Impressions

“In the engine-building, worker placement game Cryo, leaders of separate, hostile factions compete to survive and claim control over the underground caverns on a remote icy planet. You need to act quickly and strategically to avoid further sabotage from other factions. Send drones out from your engineering platform to scavenge resources and save your crew still in cryostasis. Utilize multi-use cards to your advantage, and claim the underground caverns for your faction to survive.”

Read More

Venice First Impressions

“Set in the titular city in the 16th century, Venice lets players take the role of wealthy, influential merchants as they ride their gondolas up and down the city’s canals, train their assistants, complete contracts, and leverage their influence to gain political power. But business is anything but usual. As they broker contracts and flirt with crime, merchants must avoid arousing the suspicion of the Venetian Inquisition, lest they find themselves arrested and their businesses shut down.”

Read More

Late April 2021 Kickstarter Update

8 Currently-Running Kickstarters, including Mythic Battles: Ragnarök, John Company: Second Edition, Lasting Tales, Sentinels of the Multiverse: Definitive Edition, Long Shot: The Dice Game, Scrumpy: Card Cider, Empyreal: Far Corners, and Hippocrates. Also AuZtralia Big Box + Revenge of the Old Ones and TaZmania.

And 1 Backed Crowdfunder, 5 Acquired Games, and 2 Played Games, including Cryo, Gorinto, Horrified, Maglev Metro, Reef, Robinson Crusoe – Collector’s Edition, Stronghold: Undead, and T.I.M.E Stories: Estrella Drive.

Read More

Yokohama Duel First Impressions

“You and your opponent are merchants in Yokohama, trying to succeed in your business ventures to gain prestige to win the game. In order to gain prestige, you need to fulfill various goals, which involving amassing copper, silk, tea and seafood, mastering foreign technology, and building shop houses and trading houses. To achieve these goals, you need to run around the streets of Yokohama and gain benefits from the various districts.”

Read More

Waste Knights: Second Edition First Impressions

“A post-apocalyptic game of adventure and survival inspired by cult classics of the post-apo movies and set in dystopian Australia destroyed by experiments of a powerful corporation. Each player becomes a rugged hero, traveling through the wasteland, facing unnatural weather and enemies forged in long-forgotten laboratories as well as experiencing adventures full of dramatic choices and disturbing characters.”

Read More

Early April 2021 Update

6 Currently-Running Kickstarters, including Floriferous, Gloomier: A Night at Hemlock Hall, Robinson Crusoe: Collector’s Edition, Fjords, Solani + The Girl Who Made the Stars, and Factory Funner, Bear Raid, and Ghosts of Christmas.

Also 4 Backed Kickstarters, 5 Acquired Games, and 1 Played Game, including Caper: Europe, Cloudspire with Skymat, Everdell: The Complete Collection, Horrified, Lost Ruins of Arnak, Reef, Three Sisters, T.I.M.E. Stories: Brotherhood of the Coast, T.I.M.E Stories: Madame, and Valeria: Card Kingdoms – Darksworn.

Read More

Lost Ruins of Arnak First Impressions

“On an uninhabited island in uncharted seas, explorers have found traces of a great civilization. Now you will lead an expedition to explore the island, find lost artifacts, and face fearsome guardians, all in a quest to learn the island’s secrets. Lost Ruins of Arnak combines deck-building and worker placement in a game of exploration, resource management, and discovery. In addition to traditional deck-builder effects, cards can also be used to place workers, and new worker actions become available as players explore the island.”

Read More