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

Project: 1941: Race to Moscow

Designer: Waldek Gumienny (1944: Race to the Rhine, The Magnates: A Game of Power)

Artist: Bartek Jedrzejewski (Hannibal & Hamilcar, Nanty Narking, Successors Third & Fourth Editions)

Publisher: Phalanx (AuZtralia, Between Two Castles of Mad King Ludwig, Brass: Birmingham, Brass: Lancashire, Hannibal & Hamilcar, Lords of Hellas, Mare Nostrom: Empires, My Little Scythe, Scythe, Tapestry, Twilight Struggle)

Genre/Mechanisms: network and route building, pick-up and deliver, point to point movement, war game

Player Count: 1-4

Solo Mode: yes

Complexity: medium-heavy

Risk: medium-high

Summary: A reimplementation of 1944: Race to the Rhine but with deeper gameplay, 1941: Race to Moscow is a combination racing, pick up and deliver, and war game.

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $97

All-In (w/shipping): $97, same as above

Campaign Ends: 12/11

Game Ships: Oct. 2020

Funding Status: Currently at 86%, with 21 days to go.

Project: DOCE Classic

Designer: Dan Machado (DOCE, Gravity Warfare), Luis Machado (DOCE, Gravity Warfare)

Artist: Amelia Machado (DOCE, Gravity Warfare), Ismael Machado (DOCE, Gravity Warfare)

Publisher: Smart Iguana Games (DOCE, Gravity Warfare)

Genre/Mechanisms: 2 players, abstract strategy, dice placement, pattern building, pattern recognition

Player Count: 2

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: medium-light

Risk: high

Summary: Somewhere between tic-tac-toe and Qwirkle lies this dice placement game.

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $20

All-In (w/shipping): $20, same as above

Campaign Ends: 12/5

Game Ships: Apr. 2020

Funding Status: Currently at 56%, with 15 days to go.

Project: Orchards

Designer: Tom Harvey

Artist: Philipp Ach (Medieval Realms)

Publisher: Flying Carpet Games

Genre/Mechanisms: area majority/influence, economic, market, set collection, tile placement

Player Count: 2-4

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: light

Risk: high

Summary: A competitive fruit farming game where players plant, grown, harvest, and sell their fruit at market.

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $56

All-In (w/shipping): $56, same as above

Campaign Ends: 12/18

Game Ships: May 2020

Funding Status: Currently at 2%, with 28 days to go.