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

Project: Car Wars Sixth Edition

Designers: Chad Irby (Car Wars, Car Wars Compendium, Car Wars 5th Edition), Steve Jackson (Illuminati Second Edition, Ogre, Zombie Dice)

Artist: n/a

Publisher: Steve Jackson Games (Love Letter, Port Royal, Revolution!)

Genre/Mechanisms: 2 players, dice rolling, impulse movement, fighting, modular board, racing, role-playing, simulation, sports, variable player powers, wargame

Player Count: 2

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: medium-light

Risk: low

Summary: Car skirmish game Car Wars gets a sixth edition with new rules and miniatures.

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $65

All-In (w/shipping): $1290, includes vanity & special rewards

Campaign Ends: 1/6

Game Ships: Nov. 2020

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 545%, with 33 days to go.

Project: Questicus

Designer: Austin Forest Lopez

Artist: Austin Forest Lopez

Publisher: Austin Forest Lopez

Genre/Mechanisms: action points, action/event, alliances, bribery, dice rolling, events, exploration, fighting, hexagon grid, interrupts, political, push your luck, role playing, tile placement, variable player powers, victory points as a resource

Player Count: 3-6

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: medium-light

Risk: high

Summary: “A hand drawn adventure of epic questing and fierce competition,” where players compete to become the most influential adventurer of a given time to become the next Mayor of the Town and win the game.

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $60

All-In (w/shipping): $260

Campaign Ends: 1/15

Game Ships: May 2020

Funding Status: Currently at 29%, with 42 days to go.

Project: Reign of Nations

Designers: Brian Egger, Ray George

Artist: Denis “Rasmorah” Kuznetsov (The Eternal Battle), Joe Love, Luis Felipe Peredo Noguez (Riftwalker: A Storm Hollow Card Game, Skyway Robbery, Storm Hollow: A Storyboard Game)

Publisher: Absolute Dominion LLC

Genre/Mechanisms: area majority/influence, area movement, dice rolling, fighting, hand management, miniatures, push your luck, simultaneous selection, team-based game, variable player powers, wargame

Player Count: 2-7

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: medium-heavy

Risk: high

Summary: “Command vast legions led by mighty warlords and ultimately summon your guardian to reign over all other nations.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $140

All-In (w/shipping): $140, same as above

Campaign Ends: 1/3

Game Ships: June 2021

Funding Status: Currently at 11%, with 31 days to go.

Project: Roll to the Top! Reprint

Designers: Peter Joustra (Roll to the Top!), Corne van Moorsel (Factory Fun, Habitats, Powerboats)

Artist: Steven Tu (Factory Funner, Habitats, Roll to the Top!)

Publisher: Cwali (Factory Fun, Habitats, Powerboats)

Genre/Mechanisms: dice rolling, paper-and-pencil, roll-and-write

Player Count: 2-5

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: light

Risk: medium-low

Summary: This reprinting of roll & write game Roll to the Top! includes 2 new challenges.

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $8

All-In (w/shipping): $135

Campaign Ends: 12/17

Game Ships: Apr. 2020

Funding Status: Currently at 84%, with 13 days to go.

Project: Star Colonies

Designer: Lawrence Davies (Lord of the Realms)

Artist: Lawrence Davies

Publisher: Lawrence Davies

Genre/Mechanisms: area majority/influence; card game; deck, bag, and pool building; territory building

Player Count: 2-4

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: medium-light

Risk: high

Summary: A deck builder and area control game set in space where players compete to find habitable planets in the wake of a slowly dying, overpopulated Earth.

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $48

All-In (w/shipping): $259, includes vanity reward

Campaign Ends: 12/7

Game Ships: June 2020

Funding Status: Currently at 19%, with 3 days to go.