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

Project: Micro City

Designers: Michael Jagodziński (A4 Quest, Page Quest Season 1: Mythical Artifacts, Pocket Mars), Kamil Langie (The Valley of Alchemists)

Artists: Pawel Niziolek (Escape Tales: The Awakening, This War of Mine: The Board Game, Tristmegistus: The Ultimate Formula), Jaroslaw Wajs (A4 Quest, Lifeform, Pocket Mars)

Publisher:  Thistroy Games (A4 Quest, Page Quest Season 1: Mythical Artifacts)

Genre/Mechanisms: 2 player, card game, city-building, dice rolling, hand management, modular board, solo game, worker placement

Player Count: 1-2

Solo Mode: yes

Complexity: light

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “Micro City is a small game about building your city. Several game modes, various challenges, different levels of difficulty and random distribution of districts will make each game different. Micro City second edition introduces 2 completely new game modes and several changes to the base game. It’s still primarily a solitaire game but now you can also play against another player or face challenges together in a 2 player coop mode.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $26

All-In (w/shipping): $26, same as above

Campaign Ends: 2/9

Game Ships: June 2020

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 302%, with 23 days to go.

Project: Star Realms Deluxe Nova Collection

Designers: Robert Dougherty (Ascension: Return of the Fallen, Ascension: Storm of Souls, Hero Realms, Star Realms, Star Realms: Colony Wars, Star Realms: Frontiers), Darwin Kastle (Hero Realms, Star Realms, Star Realms: Colony Wars, Star Realms: Frontiers)

Artists: Randy Delven (Hero Realms), Vito Gesualdi (Hero Realms, Star Realms, Star Realms: Colony Wars), Adam Lachman

Publisher:  White Wizard Games (Hero Realms, Star Realms, Star Realms: Colony Wars, Star Realms: Frontiers)

Genre/Mechanisms: card game; deck building

Player Count: 1-6

Solo Mode: yes

Complexity: light

Risk: medium-low

Summary: “Star Realms is a fast-paced game of space battles that combines the fun of a deckbuilding game with the interactivity of Trading Card Game-style combat. The Nova Collection features… foil versions of every card from Promo Pack 1, the Gambit Set, Crisis: Bases and Battleships, Crisis: Events, Crisis: Heroes, Crisis: Fleets and Fortresses, the Cosmic Gambit Set and the Star Realms Base set with 6 starting decks and extra Explorers. The set also includes 6 big scoredials, a… game board, and a box that holds this collection with or without sleeves.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $118

All-In (w/shipping): $118

Campaign Ends: 1/30

Game Ships: Nov. 2020

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 527%, with 14 days to go.