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

Project:  Empire of the Stars

Designer:  Adam West (Deadline, Galactic Emperor, Ninjato)

Artists:  Jeff Brown (Cobras, Doomtown: Reloaded, Fallen), Peter Gifford (Ninjato, Tales of the Arabian Knights, Traders of Osaka)

Publisher:  CrossCut Games (Deadline, Galactic Emperor, Ninjato)

Genre/Mechanisms:  4x, action queue, card drafting, rondel, tile placement, variable phase order, variable player powers

Player Count:  2-4

Solo Mode:  no

Complexity:  medium-heavy

Risk:  HIGH

Summary:  “A fast-paced empire-building game of exploration, conflict, and struggle for dominance. Based on the award-winning Galactic Emperor game, this completely new experience gives each player one of 30 asymmetric powers and control of their own throne and sector of the galaxy.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping):  $64

All-In (w/shipping):  $94

Campaign Ends:  3/13

Game Ships:  Dec. 2020

Funding Status: Currently at 35%, with 21 days to go.

Project:  Hunt the Ravager

Designer:  Clinton Morris

Artists:  Andrew Bosley (Bloodbowl: Team Manager – The Card Game, Citadels, Everdell, Mission: Red Planet 2nd Edition, Tapestry), Scott Hartman (Aeon’s End, Aeon’s End: War Eternal, At the Gates of Loyang, Luna, Wasteland Express Delivery Service)

Publisher:  Kolossal Games (Neolithic, Omen: A Reign of War, Western Legends)

Genre/Mechanisms:  bluffing, deduction, grid movement, memory, modular board, pick-up and deliver, secret unit deployment

Player Count:  2-4

Solo Mode:  no

Complexity:  light

Risk:  medium-low

Summary:  “An asymmetric hidden movement game where players take control of a vengeful samurai spirit ravaging the land and the samurai forces of the Empress attempting to put the vengeful spirit to rest.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping):  $37

All-In (w/shipping):  $57

Campaign Ends:  3/5

Game Ships:  Mar. 2021

Funding Status: Currently at 63%, with 13 days to go.