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

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.”

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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.”

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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.

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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.”

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Late March 2021 Update

9 Currently-Running Kickstarters, including Everdell: Newleaf, Mistwood, and The Complete Collection; Caper: Europe; Faux Diamonds & Baseball Highlights: The Dice Game; So, You’ve Been Eaten.; Catacombs & Castles 2E + Catacombs Black Box expansion; Eternal Palace; Valeria: Card Kingdoms – Darksworn; Three Sisters; and Night Market.

5 Backed Kickstarters, 1 Acquired Game, and 5 Played Games including Arkham Horror: The Card Game, Railways of the World, Rome & Roll, Venice, and Yokohama Duel Deluxified.

Also a channel update and bonus 9-week-old Sheepadoodle puppy clips!

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Early March 2021 Update

11 Currently-Running Crowdfunders (funding period Mar. 8th – Mar. 21st)
1. Block and Key (funds 3/10); http://kck.st/3qy3PgQ​​
2. Zombicide: Undead or Alive (funds 3/10); http://kck.st/2OMZ7Ot​​
3. Chamber of Wonders (funds 3/11); http://kck.st/3bzeC4k​​
4. Aeon’s End: Legacy of Gravehold (funds 3/12); http://kck.st/3bvapys​
5. Stroganov (funds 3/12); http://kck.st/3rTOis6​​
6. Rome & Roll: Gladiators (funds 3/15); http://kck.st/2MdwFEq​​​
7. Root: The Marauder Expansion (funds 3/16); http://kck.st/3pLrv0d​
8. Tiny Epic Dungeons (funds 3/16); http://kck.st/2NMSPxL​
9. Ragnarocks (funds 3/17); http://kck.st/3aNHarz​
10. Batman: The Dark Knight Returns – The Game (funds 3/19); http://kck.st/2P4ptM2​​
11. Meeples & Monsters (funds 3/19); http://kck.st/3sMJbKR​

4 Backed Kickstarters
1. Castles of Mad King Ludwig Collector’s Edition
2. Clinic Deluxe Extentions
3. Posthuman Saga & The Journey Home Expansion
4. Paladins of the West Kingdoms: City of Crowns

9 Acquired Games
1. Abomination: The Heir of Frankenstein
2. Hallertau
3. Lorenzo il Magnifico
4. Newton
5. Lost Ruins of Arnak
6. Mariposas
7. Watergate
8. Yokohama Duel Deluxified
9. Yokohama Deluxified

3 Played Games
1. Cantaloop Book One: Breaking Into Prison (x3)
2. Mariposas
3. Seastead

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