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

Project:  Pyramid Quartet

Designer:  John Cooper (Homeworlds), Andrew Looney (Chrononauts, Ice Duo, Martian Chess, Nomids, Star Fluxx)

Artist:  Eileen Tjan (Pyramid Arcade, Zendo)

Publisher:  Looney Labs (Star Fluxx, Werewolf, Zendo)

Genre/Mechanisms:  2 players, 4x, abstract strategy, bluffing, fighting, political, modular board, point to point movement (Homeworlds); abstract strategy, dice, dice rolling, pattern building, point to point movement, push your luck, set collection, take that (Ice Duo); abstract strategy, grid movement (Martian Chess); abstract strategy, dice, dice rolling, physical removal, set collection (Nomids)

Player Count:  2 (Homeworlds), 2-4 (Ice Duo), 2-4 (Martian Chess), 2-10 (Nomids)

Solo Mode:  no

Complexity:  medium-heavy (Homeworlds), light (Ice Duo), medium-heavy (Martian Chess), medium-light (Nomids)

Risk:  medium-high

Summary:  A compilation of abstract strategy games from the publisher of Fluxx and Get the McGuffin. One new game (Nomids) and reprintings of the other three listed games (in Homeworlds’ case, a focus on Andrew Looney’s 2-player variant known as Binary Homeworlds) brings them into Looney Labs’ Pyramid Arcade universe with similar components, design elements, and box design. Ice Duo is itself a compilation of two other Looney Labs games, Ice Dice and Twin Win.

Base Pledge (w/shipping):  $25, one game

All-In (w/shipping):  $100, all four games

Campaign Ends:  3/17

Game Ships:  Sep. 2020

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 218%, with 26 days to go.

Project:  La Resistance

Designer:  Mark H. Walker (Lock ‘n Load: Band of Heroes, World at War: Blood and Bridges, World at War: Eisenbach Gap)

Artist:  n/a (credit your artists, people!)

Publisher:  Flying Pig Games (’65: Squad Level Combat in the Jungles of Vietnam, Old School Tactical, Old School Tactical: Volume 2 – West Front 1944-45)

Genre/Mechanisms:  card game, dice, dice rolling, push your luck, World War II

Player Count:  3-5

Solo Mode:  no

Complexity:  medium-light

Risk:  medium-high

Summary:  “A simple, yet engaging dice and card game set during the German occupation of France in World War II.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping):  $30

All-In (w/shipping):  $176, includes other games

Campaign Ends:  3/18

Game Ships:  Aug. 2020

Funding Status: Currently at 55%, with 26 days to go.