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

Project: Battle of the Boybands

Designers:  Clio Yun-su Davis, Vicci Ho

Artist:  Renmiou

Publisher:  Game and a Curry, LLC (Judge Dredd: Block War, Lair, Yeah! Diamonds)

Genre/Mechanisms:  card drafting, card game, take that

Player Count:  3-5

Solo Mode:  no

Complexity:  light

Risk:  HIGH

Summary:  “A fast-paced take that card game with drafting elements, where you take on the role of a music producer, building a boy band.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping):  $23

All-In (w/shipping):  $38, includes vanity reward

Campaign Ends:  6/4

Game Ships:  Nov. 2020

Funding Status: Currently at 65%, with 28 days to go.

Project:  Crisis at Steamfall – Genesis

Designer:  Tom Stasiak (Assault on Doomrock, Crisis at Steamfall)

Artist:  Bartosz Plawecki (Assault on Doomrock, Crisis at Steamfall)

Publisher:  Beautiful Disaster Games (Assault on Doomrock, Crisis at Steamfall)

Genre/Mechanisms:  action points, adventure, area majority/influence, area movement, cooperative game, expansion, exploration, modular board

Player Count:  1-4

Solo Mode:  yes

Complexity:  heavy

Risk:  HIGH

Summary:  “The Genesis expansion for Crisis at Steamfall features a brand-new set of story cards for every original character, and introduces a few new characters as well. Set in the days of Steamfall’s rise and featuring streamlined new game modes, you begin play with a single ability that defines your character’s unique strengths. As the game progresses, shape your character’s fate through a series of branching quests that gradually award new abilities as you progress through the story.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping):  $42

All-In (w/shipping):  $124, *the expansion can not be played without the base game, and the base game is only being offered as a part of the Early Bird bundle pledges that expire on 5/7

Campaign Ends:  5/26

Game Ships:  May 2021

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 137%, with 19 days to go.

Project:  Euthia: Torment of Resurrection

Designers:  Markéta Bláhová, Tadeáš Spousta

Artists:  Iveta Doležalová (Pigeonpocalypse), Jiří Dvorský, Petr Štich (18CZ, 18Lilliput)

Publisher:  DIEA Games

Genre/Mechanisms:  adventure, dice rolling, exploration, fighting, grid movement, hand management, hexagon grid, map addition, modular board, movement points, role playing, solo/solitaire game, variable player powers, variable setup

Player Count:  1-4

Solo Mode:  yes

Complexity:  heavy

Risk:  HIGH

Summary:  “A competitive strategic role-playing board game set in an open fantasy world. Players choose one of five heroes and uncover a modular map full of quests, precious natural resources, and dangerous enemies. The heroes gain experience, learn unique skills, obtain new equipment and treasure, and explore places of elemental power.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping):  $93

All-In (w/shipping):  $111

Campaign Ends:  6/2

Game Ships:  Apr. 2021

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 221%, with 26 days to go.

Project:  High Noon

Designer:  Dwight Cenac II

Artist:  Rebecca Utecht

Publisher:  White Label Games

Genre/Mechanisms:  action points, card play conflict resolution, command cards, fighting, grid movement, line of sight, player elimination

Player Count:  2-6

Solo Mode:  no

Complexity:  light

Risk:  HIGH

Summary:  “Players control different posses vying for dominance at the turn of the 20th Century in the fictional Wild West state of Saratoga. Players send their posses into battle to settle their scores the only way they know how: gunslinging.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping):  $104

All-In (w/shipping):  $304

Campaign Ends:  6/4

Game Ships:  Oct. 2020

Funding Status: Currently at 92%, with 28 days to go.

Project:  Mothership: 2nd Edition + Booster Pack

Designer:  Peter Sanderson (Mothership: Tabletop Combat, Mothership: Into the Void)

Artist:  Alkira Sanderson

Publisher:  Peter Sanderson (Mothership: Tabletop Combat, Mothership: Into the Void)

Genre/Mechanisms:  dice rolling, grid movement, miniatures, modular board, player elimination, wargame

Player Count:  1-5

Solo Mode:  yes

Complexity:  light

Risk:  HIGH

Summary:  “Command a fleet, explore planets and rule the galaxy in this light sci-fi strategy game.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping):  $17, Booster Pack only

All-In (w/shipping):  $184

Campaign Ends:  6/2

Game Ships:  Nov. 2020

Funding Status: Currently at 74%, with 27 days to go.

Project:  Plotalot

Designer:  Gemma Newton

Artist:  Miriam Hull

Publisher:  Moonstone Games

Genre/Mechanisms:  card game, card play conflict resolution, take that

Player Count:  2-5

Solo Mode:  no

Complexity:  light

Risk:  HIGH

Summary:  “Players must ride out attacks from opponents and fill whatever space they have with vegetables. Protect, steal, fertilise or unleash pests; do whatever you have to do in an attempt to earn the most money from the land and be victorious.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping):  $37

All-In (w/shipping):  $43

Campaign Ends:  6/5

Game Ships:  Sep. 2020

Funding Status: Currently at 58%, with 29 days to go.

Project:  Sea of Legends

Designers:  Ryan Schapals, Zach Weisman (Adorable Monsters, Got ‘Em!, Menu Masters), Jordan Weisman (BattleTech, BattleTech Introductory Box Set, Tsuro of the Seas)

Artists:  Skaterina Chesalova, Ryan Lowe, Jocelyn Millet, Michal Salata

Publisher:  Guildhall Studios

Genre/Mechanisms:  adventure, dice rolling, die icon resolution, narrative choice/paragraph, solo/solitaire game, storytelling

Player Count:  1-4

Solo Mode:  yes

Complexity:  light

Risk:  HIGH

Summary:  “A narrative-driven, open-world tabletop game where players swashbuckle and swindle their way to victory as one of four unique captains. Raid ports, bury treasure, fall in love, and defeat their nemeses, as they compete to become the most legendary pirate on the open sea.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping):  $110

All-In (w/shipping):  $180

Campaign Ends:  6/3

Game Ships:  Feb. 2021

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 206%, with 28 days to go.

Project: Zombie Circus Goats

Designer: Alec Wilson

Artist:  Taylor Wilson

Publisher:  Dubious Merit Games

Genre/Mechanisms:  card game, dice rolling, hand management, party game

Player Count:  2-6

Solo Mode:  no

Complexity:  light

Risk:  HIGH

Summary:  “The zombie party goat strategy card game for windbags, scoundrels, and friends of the bleating undead.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping):  $35

All-In (w/shipping):  $55

Campaign Ends:  6/4

Game Ships:  Sep. 2020

Funding Status: Currently at 91%, with 28 days to go.