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

Project: Omicron Protocol

Designers: Brendan Kendrick, Bernie Lin

Artists: Tania Gomez, Victor Kolodiazhniy, Andrew Martin, Amit Thulasidasan

Publisher: Dead Alive Games

Genre/Mechanisms: action point allowance system, campaign driven, dice rolling, miniatures

Player Count: 1-4

Solo Mode: yes

Complexity: medium-heavy

Risk: high

Summary: A squad-based, tactical, arena combat, miniatures game set in the virus-ravaged city of San Lazaro in 2050, and featuring such factions as Peacemakers, Survivalists, Animals & Red Dragons.

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $98

All-In (w/shipping): $164 (not including pledge levels with multiple copies of the game)

Campaign Ends: 6/20

Game Ships: Aug. 2020

Funding Status: Currently at 29%, with 30 days to go.

Project: Victoria Cross II Deluxe Edition

Designers: Grant Wylie (Clash for a Continent: Battle of the American Revolution and French & Indian War, Hold the Line, Holdfast: Russia 1941-1942), Mike Wylie (Clash for a Continent: Battle of the American Revolution and French & Indian War, Hold the Line, Holdfast: Russia 1941-1942)

Artists: Sean Cooke (Hearts & Minds: Vietnam 1965-1975, Hold the Line, Holdfast: Russia 1941-1942), Charles Edwin Fripp, Brandon Pennington (Band of Brothers: Ghost Panzer, Band of Brothers: Screaming Eagles, Target for Today)

Publisher: Worthington Games (Band of Brothers: Ghost Panzer, Band of Brothers: Screaming Eagles, Hold the Line)

Genre/Mechanisms: 2 players, dice rolling, hex-and-counter, secret unit deployment, war game

Player Count: 2

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: medium-light

Risk: medium-low

Summary: A Deluxe Edition of Victoria Cross II, which includes two scenarios (games) in one, with the battles of Isandlwana and Rorkes Drift printed on opposite sides of the game board.

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $85

All-In (w/shipping): $85, same as above (not including pledge levels with multiple copies of the game)

Campaign Ends: 6/4

Game Ships: Nov. 2019

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 1207%, with 13 days to go.