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

Project:  Dungeons of Old

Designer:  Adam Burgess

Artist:  Tabitha Robinson

Publisher:  Adam Burgess

Genre/Mechanisms:  card game, deck building, end game bonuses, market, negotiation

Player Count:  1-4

Solo Mode:  yes

Complexity:  medium-light

Risk:  HIGH

Summary:  A home-grown deck-builder not unlike Thunderstone Quest, where players alternate between fighting monsters and upgrading their loot in town, gearing up and preparing to fight one of the Dungeon Bosses.

Base Pledge (w/shipping):  $52

All-In (w/shipping):  $540, includes vanity rewards

Campaign Ends:  2/16

Game Ships:  May 2020

Funding Status: Currently at 22%, with 25 days to go.

Project:  Forsaken Forests: Spirit Uprising

Designer:  Alec Nezin (Forsaken Forest)

Artists:  Chris Cold (Forsaken Forest), Christopher Grobelski (Forsaken Forest), Tomasz Jeruszek (Battles of Westeros, Britannia, Citadels, Condottiere, Dominion, Dominion Second Edition, Dominion: Intrigue, Fields of Green, Forsaken Forest, A Game of Thrones: The Board Game Second Edition, A Game of Thrones: The Card Game, Imperial Settlers, Magic: The Gathering, Middle-Earth Quest, Neuroshima Hex! 3.0, Pret-a-Porter, Shadows of Brimstone: City of the Ancients, Shadows of Brimstone: Swamps of Death, Stronghold, Stronghold 2nd Edition, Tides of Time)

Publisher:  Forsaken Games (Forsaken Forest)

Genre/Mechanisms:  alliances, area movement, bluffing, card game, deduction, hand management, hidden roles, horror, kill steal, party game, player elimination, take that, team-based game, traitor game, variable player powers, voting

Player Count:  4-12

Solo Mode:  no

Complexity:  medium-light

Risk:  HIGH

Summary:  An expansion to Forsaken Forest; a team-oriented, horror-themed social deduction game; adding 10 game-changing new roles, eight more Destinations, eight more Forest Cards, 20+ more Travelers Cards, and a new card-type called Contraptions.

Base Pledge (w/shipping):  $24

All-In (w/shipping):  $54, includes Forsaken Forest base game

Campaign Ends:  2/16

Game Ships:  June 2020

Funding Status: Currently at 56%, with 26 days to go.

Project:  Glorantha: The Gods War (Reprint & New Expansions)

Designer:  Sandy Petersen (Arkham Horror, Cthulhu Wars, Glorantha: The Gods War)

Artist:  Rich Fleider (Cthulhu Wars, Glorantha: The Gods War, Orcs Must Die! The Board Game: Order Edition)

Publisher:  Petersen Games (Cthulhu Wars, Evil High Priest, Glorantha: The Gods War)

Genre/Mechanisms:  action points, area movement, dice rolling, miniatures, variable player powers

Player Count:  3-4; 3-8 with the Empires expansion

Solo Mode:  no

Complexity:  heavy

Risk:  medium-low

Summary:  A reprinting of Sandy Petersen’s Glorantha: The Gods War accompanies 3 new expansions. War Gods, Magic Gods, and Secret Gods each contains 8 new Gods for additional variability in this miniatures skirmish game with asymmetrical player abilities.

Base Pledge (w/shipping):  $59 + state sales tax

All-In (w/shipping):  $1750 + state sales tax, includes vanity rewards

Campaign Ends:  2/4

Game Ships:  Nov. 2021

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 427%, with 14 days to go.

Project:  Prohibitionists

Designer:  Ed Turner

Artist:  John Rios (Monster Maker)

Publisher:  Ed Turner

Genre/Mechanisms:  card game, cooperative game, variable player powers

Player Count:  1-5

Solo Mode:  yes

Complexity:  light

Risk:  HIGH

Summary:  “A light, co-op card game about taking down the Mob in Prohibition-era Lake City.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping):  $26

All-In (w/shipping):  $56

Campaign Ends:  2/16

Game Ships:  June 2020

Funding Status: Currently at 66%, with 22 days to go.