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

Project:  Alakazoo Limited

Designer:  Marcin Podsiadlo (7, Crystalicum: Krysztalowa Gra Karciana, Saigo no Kane)

Artists:  Mateusz “Draegg” Stanislawski (Snowdonia: Master Deluxe Set, Star Scrappers: Cave-in), Barbara Wiszynska (Clash of Minds: Holmes vs Moriarty, The Valley of Alchemists)

Publisher:  CreativeMaker LLC (Clash of Minds: Holmes vs Moriarty, Galaxy of Trian, The Valley of Alchemists)

Genre/Mechanisms:  card drafting, dice rolling, pattern recognition, set collection

Player Count:  2-4

Solo Mode:  no

Complexity:  medium-light

Risk:  medium-high

Summary:  Players take on the roles of Wizards in a Magic Tournament proving their skills and competing for points awarded by the audience by summoning Fantastic Creatures.

Base Pledge (w/shipping):  $69

All-In (w/shipping):  $99

Campaign Ends:  2/26

Game Ships:  June 2020

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 7744%, with 11 days to go.

Project:  Boomerang

Designer:  Scott Almes (Heroes of Land, Air & Sea; Tiny Epic Galaxies; Tiny Epic Quest; Tiny Epic Zombies)

Artist:  Kerri Aitkin (Brethren of the Coast, The Long Road, Tichu)

Publisher:  Grail Games (Medici, Stephenson’s Rocket, Yellow & Yangtze)

Genre/Mechanisms:  card drafting, paper-and-pencil, roll-and-write, set collection

Player Count:  2-4

Solo Mode:  no

Complexity:  light

Risk:  medium-low

Summary:  “In Boomerang, the ‘come-back-again’ card game, players travel around the country, trying to see and do as much as possible — but will the cards you want to see come back to you?”

Base Pledge (w/shipping):  $22

All-In (w/shipping):  $51, includes multiple games

Campaign Ends:  2/27

Game Ships:  Nov. 2020

Funding Status: Currently at 96%, with 12 days to go.

Project:  Gnomes and Wizards

Designer:  Bobby Powell

Artist:  Bobby Powell

Publisher:  Bobby Powell

Genre/Mechanisms:  area majority/influence, area movement, dice rolling, end game bonuses, interrupts, map deformation, modular board, take that, team-based game, variable player power, variable setup

Player Count:  2-4; 2-6 with expansion

Solo Mode:  no

Complexity:  medium-light

Risk:  HIGH

Summary:  “Command your tribe, learn new magic, but above all, destroy the enemy before the ground collapses in this dice-allocation skirmish game.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping):  $74

All-In (w/shipping):  $94

Campaign Ends:  3/15

Game Ships:  Mar. 2020

Funding Status: Currently at 9%, with 30 days to go.