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

Project: Meats Sweats the Game

Designers: Evan Teska, Ryan Ziegler

Artist: Matt Franklin (Fleecing Olympus, The Mansky Caper, Virulence: An Infectious Card Game)

Publisher: Earthfire Games

Genre/Mechanisms: card game, hand management, party game, simultaneous action selection, take that, variable player powers

Player Count: 4-8

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: light

Risk: high

Summary: A trick-taking, take that & set collection card game with a backyard BBQ, meat-grilling theme.

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $25

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

Campaign Ends: 1/6

Game Ships: June 2020

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 110%, with 21 days to go.

Project: Sanctorvm: The Board Game

Designers: Antoni B. Balanzat, Andres J. Corona, Marc R. Torres

Artist: Guillem H. Pongiluppi (Deep Madness, Mythic Battles, Pantheon, Soloman Kane)

Publisher: Antoni B. Balanzat, Andres J. Corona, Marc R. Torres

Genre/Mechanisms: acting, campaign/battle card driven, cooperative game, dice rolling, exploration, fighting, horror, miniatures, modular board, role-playing, scenario/mission/campaign game, storytelling, variable player powers

Player Count: 2-6

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: medium-heavy

Risk: high

Summary: A cooperative sci-fi/horror miniatures game with a 15-session campaign and an alternative mission mode.

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $120

All-In (w/shipping): $120, same as above

Campaign Ends: 1/16

Game Ships: Dec. 2020

Funding Status: Currently at 54%, with 30 days to go.