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

Project:  Mitropia

Designers:  Andrzej Jarzyna, Kerrie Saephanh, Steven Willmott, Piotr “Zucho” Zuchowski

Artists:  Hans Janssen (Alba Longa, Era of Inventions, Homesteaders), Jamie Noble-Frier (Forged in Steel, Hands in the Sea, Perdition’s Mouth: Abyssal Rift)

Publisher:  Timewarp Labs

Genre/Mechanisms:  abstract strategy, area majority/influence, hand management

Player Count:  2-5

Solo Mode:  no

Complexity:  light

Risk:  HIGH

Summary:  “A strategic area-control game rooted in the mechanics of Go, with surprise elements like tribal powers, pattern movement cards, and special actions.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping):  $38

All-In (w/shipping):  $58

Campaign Ends:  5/17

Game Ships:  Nov. 2020

Funding Status: Currently at 62%, with 30 days to go.

Project:  Valknut

Designer:  Luis Brueh (Covil: The Dark Chronicles, Dwar7s Fall, Dwar7s Winter)

Artist:  Luis Brueh (Dwar7s Fall, Dwar7s Winter, Gnomopolis)

Publisher:  Luis Brueh

Genre/Mechanisms:  2 players, abstract strategy, action points, grid movement, tile placement, variable player powers

Player Count:  2

Solo Mode:  no

Complexity:  medium-light

Risk:  HIGH

Summary:  “Players assume the role of one asymmetric faction and try to eliminate each other by flanking enemy units, while the battleground itself gets built as the game progresses.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping):  $32

All-In (w/shipping):  $32

Campaign Ends:  4/30

Game Ships:  Sep. 2020

Funding Status: Currently at 34%, with 12 days to go.