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

Project: 2GM Pacific

Designer: Proyecto Enigma (2GM Tactics)

Artists: Matias Cazorla (2GM Tactics, ONUS! Rome Vs Carthage, Ratland), Lara Baron Ortega

Publisher: Draco Ideas (2GM Tactics, Normandy: The Beginning of the End, ONUS! Rome Vs Carthage)

Genre/Mechanisms: card drafting, card game, card play conflict resolution, movement points, scenario/mission/campaign game, simulation, solo game, wargame

Player Count: 1-4

Solo Mode: yes

Complexity: medium-heavy

Risk: medium-low

Summary: A tabletop card game and wargame, and a standalone expansion to 2GM Tactics.

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $62

All-In (w/shipping): $163, includes several expansions & 2GM Tactics

Campaign Ends: 12/19

Game Ships: July 2020

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 306%, with 14 days to go.

Project: 303 Squadron

Designer: Michal Kohman

Artists: Piotr Forkasiewicz (Epic Naval Battles, Pocket Sub), Mateusz Michalski (Enchanters: Overlords, Immortal)

Publisher: hobbity.eu (Caylus, Celestia, Dixit, Dixit: Odyssey, Fief: France 1429, Lisboa, Madeira, Mr. Jack Pocket, Nippon, Railroad Revolution, Rococo, Signorie, Tokaido, Vasco da Gama, Village, Vinhos, ZhanGuo)

Genre/Mechanisms: dice rolling, hand management, miniatures, scenario/mission/campaign game, team-based game, wargame

Player Count: 1-4

Solo Mode: yes

Complexity: medium-light

Risk: high

Summary: “Players take the role of legendary pilots from the 303 Squadron to experience epic dogfights against Luftwaffe pilots.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $104

All-In (w/shipping): $104, same as above

Campaign Ends: 12/21

Game Ships: Nov. 2020

Funding Status: Currently at 24%, with 16 days to go.

Project: Dating Pool

Designers: William Barlow, Harry Rudo

Artist: Paola Tuazon (Container: 10th Anniversary Jumbo Edition!, Shop ‘N Time, Tiny Ninjas)

Publisher: Barlow & Rudo Games Publishing

Genre/Mechanisms: card game, party game, push your luck, variable player powers

Player Count: 2-10

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: light

Risk: high

Summary: A light, simple dating app themed card game with push your luck elements

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $29

All-In (w/shipping): $1000, includes vanity rewards

Campaign Ends: 1/16

Game Ships: Sep. 2020

Funding Status: Currently at 65%, with 42 days to go.

Project: Red Outpost

Designer: Raman Hryhoryk

Artists: Irina Pechenkina (Cahoots, Dawn Under, Pearls), Maxim Suleimanov (Escape From the Asylum)

Publisher: Imperial Publishing Inc.

Genre/Mechanisms: worker placement

Player Count: 2-4

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: medium-heavy

Risk: high

Summary: A worker placement farming game set in a Communist Utopia on an alien planet.

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $36

All-In (w/shipping): $41

Campaign Ends: 12/31

Game Ships: May 2020

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 555%, with 26 days to go.

Project: Totemic

Designer: Christopher Hamm (Legendary Creatures, Strife: Legacy of the Elements, Strife: Shadows & Steam)

Artist: Yotoy

Publisher: Kolossal Games (Neolithic, Omen: A Reign of War, Western Legends)

Genre/Mechanisms: card drafting, card game, card play conflict resolution, hand management, variable player powers, variable setup

Player Count: 1-2

Solo Mode: yes

Complexity: light

Risk: medium-low

Summary: A small box, spirit animal-themed game of card drafting.

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $15

All-In (w/shipping): $15, same as above

Campaign Ends: 12/20

Game Ships: Aug. 2020

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 187%, with 15 days to go.