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

Project:  Cleocatra

Designer:  Ta-Te Wu (Cat Rescue, Promenade, Tien Zi Que)

Artist:  Kaimai (A Plus, Cat Rescue, Cat Sudoku)

Publisher:  Sunrise Tornado Game Studio (Cat Rescue, Promenade, Tien Zi Que)

Genre/Mechanisms:  abstract strategy, area majority/influence, pattern building, puzzle, tile placement

Player Count:  2-4

Solo Mode:  no

Complexity:  light

Risk:  medium-low

Summary:  “A light puzzle game from the creative team behind Cat Rescue and Cat Sudoku.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping):  $15

All-In (w/shipping):  $145, includes 8 additional games

Campaign Ends:  4/10

Game Ships:  Sep. 2020

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 120%, with 29 days to go.

Project:  Lions of Lydia

Designer:  Jonny Pac Cantin (Coloma, A Fistful of Meeples, Sierra West)

Artist:  Darryl T. Jones (Dobbers: Quest for the Key, Freshwater Fly, Into the Black Forest)

Publisher:  Bellwether Games (Antidote, Coldwater Crown, Freshwater Fly)

Genre/Mechanisms:  bag building, city building, economic, investment, ownership, variable setup, worker placement, worker placement – different worker types

Player Count:  2-4

Solo Mode:  no

Complexity:  light

Risk:  medium-low

Summary:  A “gateway-level engine-building board game… about the dawn of currency in ancient Lydia.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping):  $45

All-In (w/shipping):  $55

Campaign Ends:  4/9

Game Ships:  Oct. 2020

Funding Status: Currently at 75%, with 28 days to go.