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

Project:  AVGhost Paranormal Investigations

Designers:  Beatriz Alvarez (Alchemical Crystal Quest 2nd Edition, Bat Cup, The Legend of Drimek), Pablo Miras (Alchemical Crystal Quest 2nd Edition, Bat Cup, The Legend of Drimek)

Artists:  Henning Ludvigsen (Altar Quest, Android: Netrunner, Arkham Horror, Arkham Horror: The Card Game, BattleLore 2nd Edition, Battles of Westeros, Black Rose Wars, Blood Rage, Call of Cthulhu: The Card Game, Cosmic Encounter, Descent: Journeys in the Dark 2nd Edition, The Everrain, Folklore: The Affliction, A Game of Thrones: The Board Game 2nd Edition, A Game of Thrones: The Card Game, The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game, Mansions of Madness, Merchant of Venus 2nd Edition, New Angeles, Nexus Ops, Night of the Living Dead: A Zombicide Game, Sid Meier’s Civilization: The Board Game, Star Wars: The Card Game, Star Wars: Imperial Assault, Star Wars: X-Wing Miniatures Game, Trudging Legends), Pablo Miras (Alchemical Crystal Quest 2nd Edition, Bat Cup, The Legend of Drimek), Jarrod Owen (Monstrous), Nicoleta Stavarache (Doppleganger, Dungeon Alliance, Lifeform)

Publisher:  Mystical Games (Alchemical Crystal Quest 2nd Edition, Bat Cup, The Legend of Drimek)

Genre/Mechanisms:  cooperative game, horror, miniatures, modular board

Player Count:  1-4

Solo Mode:  yes

Complexity:  medium-heavy

Risk:  HIGH

Summary:  Mystical is offering a limited campaign to sell 100 remaining copies from January 2019’s campaign, and to finance a few more extras that will be included with all copies from both campaigns.

“AVGhost: Paranormal Investigation a cooperative game for 1 to 4 players, where you will take control of a team of paranormal investigators. All of them are part of a specialized agency that investigates and solves paranormal events and poltergeist.  The game is designed to be played in the dark, with support from a digital app that will reveal clues, add background music and will startle you with the sounds and voices from different paranormal events. But you may also play with the lights on and without the app, by using the investigation booklet to completely replace the digital app.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping):  $122

All-In (w/shipping):  $209

Campaign Ends:  2/6

Game Ships:  June 2020

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 4434%, with 8 days to go.

Project:  Rocketmen

Designer:  Martin Wallace (Age of Industry, Age of Steam, Automobile, AuZtralia, Brass: Birmingham, Brass: Lancashire, Discworld: Ankh-Morpork, A Few Acres of Snow, Liberte, London, London 2nd Edition, Princes of the Renaissance, Railways of the World, Runebound 2nd Edition, Steam, Struggle of Empires, A Study in Emerald, Tinners’ Trail, Via Nebula, Wildlands)

Artist:  Bartek “bartosy1” Jedrzejewski (Hannibal & Hamilcar, Narty Parking, Successors 3rd/4th Editions)

Publisher:  Phalanax (AuZtralia, Between Two Castles of Mad King Ludwig, Brass: Birmingham, Brass: Lancashire, Hannibal & Hamilcar, Lords of Hellas, Mare Nostrum: Empires, My Little Scythe, Scythe, Tapestry, Twilight Struggle)

Genre/Mechanisms:  card drafting, deck building, economic, hand management, hidden roles, race, solo/solitaire game, space exploration

Player Count:  1-4

Solo Mode:  yes

Complexity:  medium-heavy

Risk:  medium-high

Summary:  “A deck-building confrontation of swift decision-making and tactical choices, Rocketmen gives you the feel of taking a front seat in a technologically wonderful spectacle of space exploration. It’s up to your predictive abilities and resource management skills to determine what kind of endeavor would be most suitable for paving the way to Earth’s celestial neighbors. It doesn’t matter whether it would be a low Earth orbit satellite or a manned base destined for the Red Planet; plan your mission carefully, equip your shuttles and rockets craftily, yet do not hesitate when your gut instinct tells you when it’s time to launch!”

Base Pledge (w/shipping):  $51

All-In (w/shipping):  $137

Campaign Ends:  2/5

Game Ships:  Oct. 2020

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 212%, with 8 days to go.