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

Project: Goblin Teeth

Designer: Frank Tedeschi (Alestone)

Artist: Derrick Nau

Publisher: Jellybean Games (Dracula’s Feast, The Lady and the Tiger, Village Pillage)

Genre/Mechanisms: auction/bidding, card game, chaining, contracts, delayed purchase, dice rolling, multiple-lot auction, set collection, take that, variable setup

Player Count: 2-5

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: light

Risk: medium-low

Summary: A light set collection card game with dice rolling and bidding.

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $24

All-In (w/shipping): $105, includes vanity rewards

Campaign Ends: 12/3

Game Ships: Oct. 2020

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 140%, with 30 days to go.

Project: Goetia: Nine Kings of Solomon

Designer: Kristian Karlberg

Artist: Andrzej Masianis

Publisher: Demonic Games

Genre/Mechanisms: abstract strategy, end game bonuses, modular board, variable setup, worker placement

Player Count: 1-4

Solo Mode: yes

Complexity: medium-light

Risk: high

Summary: “…a worker placement, resource management game where each player tries to contact, conjure and worship goetic demons…. focusing on the 9 demon kings that appear in the scriptures Lemegeton Clavicula Salomonis.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $62

All-In (w/shipping): $62, same as above

Campaign Ends: 12/4

Game Ships: Oct. 2020

Funding Status: Currently at 20%, with 21 days to go.

Project: Loot of Lima

Designer: Larry Levy (Agricola X-Deck, Deduce or Die)

Artist: Anca Gavril (Bites, On Tour, Q.E.)

Publisher: BoardGameTables.com (Bites, On Tour, Q.E.)

Genre/Mechanisms: deduction, once-per-game abilities, paper-and-pencil, roles with asymmetric information, sudden death ending

Player Count: 1-5

Solo Mode: yes

Complexity: medium-light

Risk: medium-high

Summary: A multi-player deduction puzzle with hidden player information.

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $33

All-In (w/shipping): $162, includes additional games

Campaign Ends: 12/12

Game Ships: July 2020

Funding Status: Currently at 197%, with 29 days to go.

Project: Rare Roses

Designer: Rocky Heckman

Artists: Leith Walton, Nene Thomas (Dragon Storm, Galactic Empires, Magic: The Gathering)

Publisher: Cravon Studios

Genre/Mechanisms: economic, set collection

Player Count: 1-6

Solo Mode: yes

Complexity: light

Risk: high

Summary: A light, floral-themed set collection game.

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $41

All-In (w/shipping): $250, includes vanity rewards

Campaign Ends: 12/3

Game Ships: May 2020

Funding Status: Currently at 92%, with 19 days to go.

Project: Ski Tour: Biathlon

Designer: Tobias Olsson (Earth: Endgame)

Artist: Crimzon Studio (Overlords of Infamy)

Publisher: Tea Time Productions (Earth: Endgame, Hungry!, Tribes: Early Civilization)

Genre/Mechanisms: dice rolling, modular board, racing, variable player powers

Player Count: 2-5

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: medium-light

Risk: high

Summary: “Play as one of five nations and race on a highly customizable track… providing a game of skill, tactics and friendly competition… bringing a previously unrepresented sport to the gaming table.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $62

All-In (w/shipping): $258, includes vanity rewards

Campaign Ends: 12/12

Game Ships: June 2020

Funding Status: Currently at 52%, with 28 days to go.