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

Project: Adventure Mart

Designer: Sam Taylor (ZingPow)

Artists: Stefanie Bollen, Moniek Schilder

Publisher: Digisprite (Doomsday Bots)

Genre/Mechanisms: deck building, hand management, set collection

Player Count: 2-4

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: medium-light

Risk: medium-high

Summary: A light deck-builder set in a convenience store in a fantasy realm, where players compete to get rich by selling all kinds resources and equipment to the dungeon-exploring crowd.

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $64

All-In (w/shipping): $64

Campaign Ends: 6/27

Game Ships: June 2020

Funding Status: Currently at 37%, with 28 days to go.

Project: Altar Quest

Designers: Adam Sadler (Descent: Journeys in the Dark 2nd Edition, Heroes of Terrinoth, Star Wars: X-Wing Miniatures Game The Force Awakens Core Set), Brady Sadler (Heroes of Terrinoth, Star Wars: X-Wing Miniatures Game The Force Awakens Core Set, Warhammer Quest: The Adventure Card Game)

Artist: Henning Ludvigsen (Android: Netrunner, Arkham Horror, Arkham Horror: The Card Game, BattleLore 2nd Edition, Battles of Westeros, Blood Rage, Bloodborne: The Board Game, Call of Cthulhu: The Card Game, Cosmic Encounter, Dead Man’s Cabal, 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, Sid Meier’s Civilization: The Board Game, Star Wars: Imperial Assault, Star Wars: The Card Game, Star Wars: X-Wing Miniatures Game)

Publisher: Blacklist Games (Brook City, Street Masters)

Genre/Mechanisms: cooperative play, deck building, dice rolling, grid movement, hand management, miniatures, modular board, variable player powers

Player Count: 1-4

Solo Mode: yes

Complexity: medium-heavy

Risk: medium-low

Summary: A deck-building dungeon crawler from the designers of Brook City and Street Masters, using the same “modular deck system” designed and implemented in those games, with improvements. The Kickstarter-only version also includes an expansion, Call of the Lunarin, designed by Isaac Childres (Forge War, Founders of Gloomhaven, Gloomhaven, Return to Dark Tower).

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $129

All-In (w/shipping): $129, not including add-ons

Campaign Ends: 6/25

Game Ships: June 2020

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 214%, with 27 days to go.

Project: Dungeon Brawler

Designer: Patrick Petersen

Artist: Ryan Long

Publisher: Hypercube Games

Genre/Mechanisms: cooperative play, deck building, hand management, variable player powers

Player Count: 1-4

Solo Mode: yes

Complexity: medium-light

Risk: high

Summary: Dungeon crawler meets old school, side-scrolling, beat ’em up brawler in this fantasy-themed deck-builder… at a very cheap price!

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $20

All-In (w/shipping): $20

Campaign Ends: 6/27

Game Ships: Oct. 2019

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 124%, with 29 days to go.

Project: Gladiatores: Blood for Roses

Designers: Jason Maclean Jones (ElemenZ)

Artists: Ania Kryczkowska (1066, Tears to Many Mothers, Gloom of Kilforth, Paradise Lost), Roderigo Gonzales Toledo

Publisher: Badcat Games (ElemenZ)

Genre/Mechanisms: betting, bluffing, deduction, fighting, hand management, memory, simulation, take that, variable player powers

Player Count: 2-5

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: medium-light

Risk: high

Summary: A card-battler with card chains simulating the swordplay of ancient gladiators as they fight it out in the arena.

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $52

All-In (w/shipping): $222

Campaign Ends: 6/27

Game Ships: Dec. 2019

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 113%, with 28 days to go.

Project: Last Days of Athobrae

Designers: Bradford S. Obie, David M. Panzer

Artist: Hao Ye

Publisher: Moonlit Moor Games LLC (Pirate Tricks, Shifting Realms)

Genre/Mechanisms: dice rolling, hand management, hex & counter, modular board, pick up & deliver, resource management, set collection, take that, variable player powers

Player Count: 2-5

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: medium-heavy

Risk: high

Summary: The planet of Athobrae crumbles around them as players compete to scrounge for resources and technology to build a spaceship to transport their civilization off the planet and dodge extinction.

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $74

All-In (w/shipping): $300

Campaign Ends: 6/29

Game Ships: March 2020

Funding Status: Currently at 51%, with 30 days to go.

Project: Sailing Toward Osiris: Pharaoh’s Pyramid

Designer: W. David Mackenzie (Jin Li, Ogre Castle, Sailing Toward Osiris)

Artist: Denis Martynets (10 Minute Heist: The Wizard’s Tower, Divinity Derby, Pirates of the 7 Seas)

Publisher: Daily Magic Games (Quests of Valeria, Valeria: Card Kingdoms, Villages of Valeria)

Genre/Mechanisms: area control, negotiation, pattern building, resource management, worker placement

Player Count: 2-5

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: medium-heavy

Risk: medium-low

Summary: In Sailing Toward Osiris, player compete to build the greatest tribute to the late Pharaoh as his funeral barge sails down the Nile. The new Pharoah’s Pyramid expansions adds four new elements/mechanics to the game: Debens (debt markers), Pyramid Blocks, Temple Donations, and Palace Guards. Unfortunately, the base game is not available through the Kickstarter, although it can be purchased directly from Daily Magic Games’ website at a discount.

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $37

All-In (w/shipping): $37, same as above

Campaign Ends: 6/10

Game Ships: Jan. 2020

Funding Status: Currently at 47%, with 12 days to go.

Project: Sensor Ghosts & Assembly

Designers: Janice Turner (Assembly), Stu Turner (Assembly)

Artist: Mike Jessup (Assembly)

Publisher: Wren Games (Assembly)

Genre/Mechanisms: abstract, action movement/programming, cooperative play, grid movement, hand management, modular board, press your luck

Player Count: 1-2

Solo Mode: yes

Complexity: medium-light

Risk: high

Summary: Sensor Ghosts is the sequel to Wren Games’ previous Assembly, which can also be purchased through this Kickstarter. Sensor Ghosts is a sci-fi and space exploration-themed cooperative moving maze and hidden information puzzle for 1-2 players. Mike Jessup was the artist on Assembly; currently there is no credit artist on Sensor Ghosts.

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $20

All-In (w/shipping): $188, also with Wren Games’ previous game Assembly and its expansions

Campaign Ends: 6/27

Game Ships: Jan. 2020

Funding Status: Currently at 78%, with 29 days to go.

Project: Shiver Me Timbers

Designer: Michal Vitkovsky

Artist: Andy Monks (Slaugherball, Xia: Embers of a Forsaken Star), Unique Litani Soparie (Doomtown: Reloaded, Dungeon Alliance, Nations: Dynasties)

Publisher: Weltflucht Verlag

Genre/Mechanisms: action point allowance system, hand management, miniatures, modular board, simultaneous action selection, take that, variable player powers, voting

Player Count: 2-4

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: medium-light

Risk: high

Summary: A strategic pirate sandbox game with a modular board and miniatures featuring moving parts that can be upgraded. Game activities include: fighting enemy ships, raiding fortresses, completing missions for the king, hunting treasures, rescuing lost relatives, and facing legendary monsters, all in the quest to become the most notorious pirate of the time.

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $89

All-In (w/shipping): $111

Campaign Ends: 6/27

Game Ships: Aug. 2020

Funding Status: Currently at 37%, with 28 days to go.

Project: Tussie Mussie

Designer: Elizabeth Hargrave (Wingspan)

Artist: Beth Sobel (Arboretum, Between Two Cities, Endangered, Herbaceous, Lanterns: The Harvest Festival, Snow Tails, Viticulture, Viticulture: Essential Edition, Wingspan, World’s Fair 1893)

Publisher: Button Shy (Circle the Wagons, Sprawlopolis, Pentaquark)

Genre/Mechanisms: card drafting

Player Count: 1-4

Solo Mode: yes

Complexity: light

Risk: medium-low

Summary: A microgame of 18 cards designed by Elixabeth Hargrave prior to Wingspan. Themed around the Victorian fad of assigning meaning to the flowers that friends & lovers exchanged, players draft “I-Divide-You-Choose”-style and then score the effects and hearts of their 4 cards over 3 rounds.

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $13

All-In (w/shipping): $37

Campaign Ends: 6/8

Game Ships: Sep. 2019

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 3701%, with 9 days to go.