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

Project:  Sanctuary: The Keepers Era

Designer:  Leonardo Romano

Artists:  Camille Alquier, Andrea Butera (Legends of Novus)

Publisher:  Tabula Games (Barbarians: The Invasion, Mysthea, Volfyirion)

Genre/Mechanisms:  2 players, card game, fighting, hand management, solo/solitaire game, take that

Player Count:  1-2

Solo Mode:  no

Complexity:  light

Risk:  medium-high

Summary:  “A competitive, fast-paced, hand management card game, and the starting chapter of a story which takes place in a brand new fantasy setting.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping):  $25

All-In (w/shipping):  $57

Campaign Ends:  4/24

Game Ships:  Mar. 2021

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 127%, with 28 days to go.

Project:  Winter Kingdom

Designer:  Donald X. Vaccarino (Dominion, Dominion 2nd Edition, Dominion: Intrigue, Kingdom Builder)

Artist:  Markus Erdt (Copenhagen, Pioneers, Treasure Hunter)

Publisher:  Queen Games (Alhambra, Amerigo, Chicago Express, Escape: The Curse of the Temple, Fresco, Kingdom Builder, Lancaster, Luxor, Shogun, Thebes, Wallenstein)

Genre/Mechanisms:  area majority/influence, chaining, enclosure, hexagon grid, modular board, territory building, variable setup

Player Count:  2-4

Solo Mode:  no

Complexity:  medium-light

Risk:  low

Summary:  “The sequel and standalone spin-off to Kingdom Builder, where players expand their Kingdom across the game board by placing villages and forts as dictated by the terrain card drawn.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping):  $68

All-In (w/shipping):  $154

Campaign Ends:  4/9

Game Ships:  Oct. 2020

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 557%, with 14 days to go.