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

Project:  Ambush: Epic

Designers:  Gerard Fernandez, Eduardo Puertas

Artists:  Jet Alcaraz, Sebastian Luca, Litos Lopez (Quantum Shock), Albert Tworents (Micro-Combat, SilenZe: Zombie City)

Publisher:  DarkDoors Entertainment

Genre/Mechanisms:  adventure, alliances, deck construction, dice rolling, exploration, negotiation, push your luck, role playing, roles with asymmetric information, variable player powers

Player Count:  1-4

Solo Mode:  yes

Complexity:  medium-light

Risk:  HIGH

Summary: A semi-cooperative card game with a dungeon-crawling theme.

Base Pledge (w/shipping):  $67

All-In (w/shipping):  $86

Campaign Ends:  5/6

Game Ships:  Mar. 2021

Funding Status: Currently at 28%, with 19 days to go.

Project:  The French & Indian War 1757-1759

Designers:  Grant Wylie (Hold the Line, Holdfast: Russia 1941-42, Napoleon’s War: The 100 Days), Mike Wylie (Hold the Line, Holdfast: Russia 1941-42, Napoleon’s War: The 100 Days)

Artist:  Sean Cooke (Hearts and Minds: Vietnam 1965-1975, Hold the Line, Holdfast: Russia 1941-42)

Publisher:  Worthington Publishing (Band of Brothers: Ghost Panzer, Band of Brothers: Screaming Eagles, Holdfast: Russia 1941-42)

Genre/Mechanisms:  2 players, hidden movement, point to point movement, programmed movement, secret unit deployment, wargame

Player Count:  2

Solo Mode:  no

Complexity:  medium-light

Risk:  medium-low

Summary:  “One side commands the British and its allies while the other commands the French and its allies.   The object of the game is for the British player to control enough key locations in New France to win the war. The French goals are to protect New France while pursuing its own strategy of gaining territory in the American colonies.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping):  $71

All-In (w/shipping):  $71, same as above

Campaign Ends:  5/2

Game Ships:  Sep. 2020

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 533%, with 16 days to go.

Project:  Mixtape Massacre: Invasion Expansion

Designers:  Freddie Carlini (Mixtape Massacre), Matt Corrado (Mixtape Massacre), Merrijoy Vicente (Mixtape Massacre)

Artist:  Matt Corrado (Mixtape Massacre)

Publisher:  Bright Light Media (Mixtape Massacre)

Genre/Mechanisms:  area movement, card drafting, dice rolling, horror, player elimination, point to point movement, roll/spin and move, semi-cooperative game

Player Count:  2-6

Solo Mode:  no

Complexity:  light

Risk:  medium-high

Summary:  “Fight back against monstrous invaders, a government cover-up, and old foes in this brand new expansion for Mixtape Massacre: Escape From Tall Oaks.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping):  $32

All-In (w/shipping):  $94

Campaign Ends:  5/15

Game Ships:  Nov. 2020

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 250%, with 28 days to go.

Project:  Small Railroad Empires

Designer:  Milan Tasevski (Small Samurai Empires, Small Sea Empires, Small Star Empires)

Artist:  Milan Tasevski (Small Samurai Empires, Small Star Empires)

Publisher:  Archona Games (Galactic Warlords: Battle for Dominion, Small Samurai Empires, Small Star Empires)

Genre/Mechanisms:  card drafting, hexagon grid, modular board, pick-up and deliver, set collection, variable player powers

Player Count:  2-6

Solo Mode:  no

Complexity:  medium-light

Risk:  medium-high

Summary:  “A pickup and deliver, track-laying and set-collection game where players build railroad tracks, send trains with goods from industries to cities, and complete achievements to earn prestige.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping):  $43

All-In (w/shipping):  $108, includes 2 other games

Campaign Ends:  5/15

Game Ships:  Dec. 2020

Funding Status: Currently at 60%, with 28 days to go.