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

Project:  Island Siege Anniversary Edition

Designer:  Dan Manfredini (Far Space Foundry, Island Siege, Venture Forth)

Artists:  Jared Blando (1830: Railways and Robber Barons, Cloudspire, Legacy of Dragonholt, Steam), Jim Maxell (Island Siege, Rolling Freight, Spirits of the Rice Paddy)

Publisher:  APE Games (The Great Dinosaur Rush, Petrichor, Trickerion: Legends of Illusion)

Genre/Mechanisms:  2 players, card drafting, card game, dice rolling, territory building, tower defense

Player Count:  2-4

Solo Mode:  no

Complexity:  light

Risk:  medium-low

Summary:  The original Island Siege was a two-player game with red and yellow colonists. “The Anniversary Edition also includes green and blue colonists as well as additional coins, cubes and other components necessary for four players.”

“Island Siege is a fast-playing game of fort-building and colonization in the Caribbean Sea. Players build shoreside forts to defend their colonists from attack and to score points. Forts allow you to put colonists in play, which in turn can safely build ships and buildings which provide abilities and points. Attacking allows you to chip away at your opponent’s fort while gaining cubes which are used to build forts of your own. Your goal is to score 20 coins or get all of your colonists in play.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping):  $38

All-In (w/shipping):  $52

Campaign Ends:  2/11

Game Ships:  Sep. 2020

Funding Status: Currently at 26%, with 10 days to go.