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

Project: Cleopatra and the Society of Architects (Deluxe Edition)

Designers: Bruno Cathala (7 Wonders Duel, Abyss, Cleopatra and the Society of Architects, Conan, Cyclades, Dice Town, Five Tribes, Jamaica, Kanagawa, Kingdomino, The Little Price: Make Me a Planet, Mission: Red Planet, Mission: Red Planet 2nd Edition, Mr. Jack, Mr. Jack in New York, Mr. Jack Pocket, Queendomino, Raptor, Shadows Over Camelot, Yamaha), Ludovic Maublanc (Ca$h ‘n Gun$, Ca$h ‘n Gun$ 2nd Edition, Cleopatra and the Society of Architects, Conan, Cyclades, Dice Town, Mr. Jack, Mr. Jack in New York, Mr. Jack Pocket, Terror in Meeple City)

Artist: Miguel Coimbra (7 Wonders, 7 Wonders Duel, BattleLore, Cyclades, A Game of Thrones: The Card Game, Hyperborea, Imhotep, The Others, Outlive, Small World, Small World Underground, Tiny Epic Quest, Tiny Epic Zombies, When I Dream, Zombicide)

Publisher: Mojito Studios

Genre/Mechanisms: area enclosure, auction/bidding, hand management, push your luck, set collection, tile placement

Player Count: 2-4

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: medium-light

Risk: medium-high

Summary: Players strive to become the wealthiest of Cleopatra’s architects by constructing the most magnificent and valuable parts of her palace; trading in materials of dubious origin may help them build faster, but cut too many corners and they may find themselves being deprived of their riches or even offered as a sacrifice to the Cleopatra’s crocodile in honor os Sobek, the crocodile-god. This new Deluxe Edition features a redesigned, 3D palace and 2 expansions, also compatible with the first edition.

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $37, new expansions only

All-In (w/shipping): $131

Campaign Ends: 5/27

Game Ships: March 2020

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 178%, with 24 days to go.

Project: Crystallo

Designer: Liberty Kifer

Artist: Liberty Kifer

Publisher: Light Heart Games

Genre/Mechanisms: abstract, pattern building, pattern recognition, set collection, solo game, tile placement

Player Count: 1

Solo Mode: yes

Complexity: medium-light

Risk: medium-high

Summary: Winner of the 2018 BGG PNP Contest for Best Overall Game, Best Puzzle/Abstract, and Best Original Artwork, Crystallo is an abstract/puzzle solo game using card/tile placement to collect gems, free mythical creatures, trap the Black Dragon, and collect treasures.

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $17

All-In (w/shipping): $17, same as above

Campaign Ends: 5/31

Game Ships: Dec. 2019

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 425%, with 29 days to go.