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

Today’s Previously column is a bit of a divergence. While there really weren’t any Kickstarters of note launching yesterday, there were 4 new games and 1 expansion from Eagle-Gryphon Games that went up for pre-order over at Crowdox. Please note that the videos linked below for Fleet: The Dice Game and Rococo both reference the first editions, and that there is no video available for Fleet: The Dice Game – Dicey Waters Expansion.

If you’re interested in any of the below-listed games after reading about them, you can place your pre-order here:

https://app.crowdox.com/projects/104883/rococo-deluxe

Project:  Fleet: The Dice Game 2nd Edition

Designers:  Ben Pinchback (Fleet, Piematz, Wasteland Express Delivery Service), Matt Riddle (Fleet, Piematz, Wasteland Express Delivery Service)

Artists:  Marius Janusonis (Cosmic Run: Mining Colony, Muse: Awakenings), Nolan Nasser (Fate of the Elder Gods, New Bedford, Spirit Island)

Publisher:  Eagle-Gryphon Games (Age of Steam, Baseball Highlights: 2045, Brass: Lancashire, Can’t Stop, Carson City, Defenders of the Realm, Diamant, Empires: Age of Discovery, Escape Plan, Fleet, For Sale, Francis Drake, The Gallerist, High Society, Lisboa, Mystery Rummy: Jack the Ripper, On Mars, Railways of the World, Rococo, Roll Through the Ages: The Bronze Age, Santiago de Cuba, Struggle of Empires, Through the Ages: A New Story of Civilization, Through the Ages: A Story of Civilization, Tumblin-Dice, Vinhos Deluxe Edition)

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

Player Count:  1-4

Solo Mode:  yes

Complexity:  medium-heavy

Risk:  low

Summary:  A “new strategic roll and write dice game from the creators of Fleet! Fleet: The Dice Game is heavier than many roll and write games and captures the tense, meaningful decisions of Fleet.” The new 2nd Edition also includes “an Updated Scorepad as well as the Deluxe 5 Starting Captain cards and 10 Trophy Award cards.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping):  $30

All-In (w/shipping):  $30, same as above

Campaign Ends:  3/13

Game Ships:  Nov. 2020

Funding Status: Because this is a pre-order, the game is already fully-funded.



Project:  Fleet: The Dice Game – Dicey Waters Expansion

Designers:  Ben Pinchback (Fleet, Piematz, Wasteland Express Delivery Service), Matt Riddle (Fleet, Piematz, Wasteland Express Delivery Service)

Artist:  n/a

Publisher:  Eagle-Gryphon Games (Age of Steam, Baseball Highlights: 2045, Brass: Lancashire, Can’t Stop, Carson City, Defenders of the Realm, Diamant, Empires: Age of Discovery, Escape Plan, Fleet, For Sale, Francis Drake, The Gallerist, High Society, Lisboa, Mystery Rummy: Jack the Ripper, On Mars, Railways of the World, Rococo, Roll Through the Ages: The Bronze Age, Santiago de Cuba, Struggle of Empires, Through the Ages: A New Story of Civilization, Through the Ages: A Story of Civilization, Tumblin-Dice, Vinhos Deluxe Edition)

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

Player Count:  1-4

Solo Mode:  yes

Complexity:  medium-heavy

Risk:  low

Summary:  “Fleet: The Dice Game – Dicey Waters Expansion adds a new full color mini-scorepad to the game with 8 new buildings in a fishing village. Each building offers a new advantage or tactic, but the only way to check a box in the fishing village is by using any die as a coin and not using the die for its die face and forfeiting your coin.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping):  $8

All-In (w/shipping):  $8, same as above

Campaign Ends:  3/13

Game Ships:  Nov. 2020

Funding Status: Because this is a pre-order, the game is already fully-funded.

Project:  Gangster’s Dilemma

Designers:  Adrian Adamescu (Before the Earth Explodes, Sagrada, Speakeasy Blues), Daryl Andrews (Bosk, City of Gears, Sagrada)

Artist:  Kwanchai Moriya (Catacombs 3rd Edition, Cryptid, Dinosaur Island, Duelosaur Island, The Game, Kodama: The Tree Spirits, Pret-a-Porter, Sidereal Confluence: Trading and Negotiation in the Elysian Quadrant)

Publisher:  Eagle-Gryphon Games (Age of Steam, Baseball Highlights: 2045, Brass: Lancashire, Can’t Stop, Carson City, Defenders of the Realm, Diamant, Empires: Age of Discovery, Escape Plan, Fleet, For Sale, Francis Drake, The Gallerist, High Society, Lisboa, Mystery Rummy: Jack the Ripper, On Mars, Railways of the World, Rococo, Roll Through the Ages: The Bronze Age, Santiago de Cuba, Struggle of Empires, Through the Ages: A New Story of Civilization, Through the Ages: A Story of Civilization, Tumblin-Dice, Vinhos Deluxe Edition)

Genre/Mechanisms:  bluffing, card game, contracts, prisoner’s dilemma, simultaneous action selection, variable player powers

Player Count:  3-7

Solo Mode:  no

Complexity:  light

Risk:  low

Summary:  “Play a gangster eager to satisfy the Mob Boss’ demands” in this mafia-themed take on the classic prisoner’s dilemma mechanism. “Each round, you will secretly choose to loot one of the city’s hot spots, in hopes of eluding the cops, avoiding other gangsters, and grabbing crates, art, jewels, gin, and cash when possible. But the cops are on patrol at all times and they randomly search those same hot spots. If caught in the presence of another gangster, do you pay bribes to the cops, stay silent, or rat out your fellow gangsters?”

Base Pledge (w/shipping):  $30

All-In (w/shipping):  $30, same as above

Campaign Ends:  3/13

Game Ships:  Nov. 2020

Funding Status: Because this is a pre-order, the game is already fully-funded.

Project:  Rococo Deluxe Edition

Designers:  Matthias Cramer (Glen More, Glen More II: Chronicles, Kraftwagen, Lancaster, Rococo, Watergate), Stefan Malz (Edo, Rococo, Valparaiso), Louis Malz (Edo, Rococo, Valparaiso)

Artist:  Ian O’Toole (Age of Steam, Black Angel, CO2: Second Chance, Escape Plan, The Gallerist, Lisboa, Nemo’s War 2nd Edition, On Mars, Pipeline, The Reckoners, Stockpile, Vinhos Deluxe Edition)

Publisher:  Eagle-Gryphon Games (Age of Steam, Baseball Highlights: 2045, Brass: Lancashire, Can’t Stop, Carson City, Defenders of the Realm, Diamant, Empires: Age of Discovery, Escape Plan, Fleet, For Sale, Francis Drake, The Gallerist, High Society, Lisboa, Mystery Rummy: Jack the Ripper, On Mars, Railways of the World, Rococo, Roll Through the Ages: The Bronze Age, Santiago de Cuba, Struggle of Empires, Through the Ages: A New Story of Civilization, Through the Ages: A Story of Civilization, Tumblin-Dice, Vinhos Deluxe Edition)

Genre/Mechanisms:  area majority/influence, card drafting, deck building, economic, hand management, set collection

Player Count:  1-5

Solo Mode:  yes

Complexity:  medium-heavy

Risk:  low

Summary:  “Welcome to the Rococo era. You are the owner of a distinguished tailoring business. In just a few weeks, Louis XV is hosting a Grand Ball and everyone is clamoring for you to provide them with an elegant frock coat here, a sumptuous gown there, or even a small sum to fund the great fireworks display. You quickly realize that it’s not just about your tailoring business anymore – it’s about creating a presence at the most prestigious ball of the era and the chance to gain everlasting fame and prestige.”

“Rococo: Deluxe Edition contains the previously released Jewelry Box expansion, the Festivity Dress expansion, and the Fancy Dresses promo, as well as a new “Madame du Barry” solo mode expansion. Premium features and components include custom polyresin lace and thread miniatures; gold foil heat-stamped, wooden player markers; velveteen cloth bags for garments, silk and jewelry tokens; a metal ‘golden’ thimble marker; and upgraded punch boards for the garments, silk, and coins.”

The Deluxe+ Edition adds in the new Expert Tailors expansion, a multi-colored polyresin Queen Figurine, and 32 Alternate Garment Tiles.

The Deluxe+ Edition All-In Bundle adds in 50 metal Baroque-style coins.

Base Pledge (w/shipping):  $112, just the Deluxe Edition

All-In (w/shipping):  $142, includes everything in the Deluxe+ Edition All-In Bundle

Campaign Ends:  3/13

Game Ships:  Nov. 2020

Funding Status: Because this is a pre-order, the game is already fully-funded.

Project:  Stolen Paintings

Designer:  Bruno Faidutti (Citadels, Citadels 2nd Edition, Diamant, Mission: Red Planet, Mission: Red Planet 2nd Edition, Raptor)

Artist:  James Colmer (AuZtralia, The Manhattan Project 2: Minutes to Midnight)

Publisher:  Eagle-Gryphon Games (Age of Steam, Baseball Highlights: 2045, Brass: Lancashire, Can’t Stop, Carson City, Defenders of the Realm, Diamant, Empires: Age of Discovery, Escape Plan, Fleet, For Sale, Francis Drake, The Gallerist, High Society, Lisboa, Mystery Rummy: Jack the Ripper, On Mars, Railways of the World, Rococo, Roll Through the Ages: The Bronze Age, Santiago de Cuba, Struggle of Empires, Through the Ages: A New Story of Civilization, Through the Ages: A Story of Civilization, Tumblin-Dice, Vinhos Deluxe Edition)

Genre/Mechanisms:  card game, deduction, memory, party game

Player Count:  2-8

Solo Mode:  no

Complexity:  light

Risk:  low

Summary:  “Players take turns playing as a thief attempting to steal and auction off paintings from a museum display. The other players are detectives who attempt to spot the paintings stolen before they are auctioned. The thief earns points for each painting they sneak by the detectives, and the detectives earn points for paintings they correctly identify as stolen. Whoever earns the most points as both a thief and as a detective wins.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping):  $30

All-In (w/shipping):  $30, same as above

Campaign Ends:  3/13

Game Ships:  Nov. 2020

Funding Status: Because this is a pre-order, the game is already fully-funded.