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

Project: Bank Heist

Designer: Christopher Kincaid

Artist: Christopher Kincaid

Publisher: Lonely Hero Games

Genre/Mechanisms: hand management, party, social deduction, take that

Player Count: 5-8

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: light

Risk: high

Summary: The game begins with a quick mini-game to crack the vault to determine first player, then proceeds into social deduction and hand management as players compete to complete the crime as a Crew, pull off a double-cross as a Rival, or take everyone down as an Agent.

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $40

All-In (w/shipping): $95 (does not include some of the extremely high-priced vanity pledge levels)

Campaign Ends: 7/6

Game Ships: Oct. 2019

Funding Status: Currently at 16%, with 28 days to go.

Project: Citizen The Game

Designer: Gray Smith, Steve Barger

Artist: Amber Van Dyke

Publisher: Citizen Game, LLC

Genre/Mechanisms: campaign driven, card drafting, deck building, educational, hand management, political, storytelling, voting

Player Count: 2-4

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: medium-heavy

Risk: high

Summary: A political deck builder where players compete to pass their Cause through both the Senate and the House of Representatives.

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $74

All-In (w/shipping): $74, same as above

Campaign Ends: 7/4

Game Ships: Dec. 2019

Funding Status: Currently at 34%, with 26 days to go.

Project: The Veil: Rulers of Darkness

Designer: Logan Gendron

Artist: Logan Gendron et al.

Publisher: Logan Gendron

Genre/Mechanisms: campaign driven, deck building

Player Count: 1-5

Solo Mode: yes

Complexity: medium-heavy

Risk: high

Summary: A fantasy-themed deck builder that includes doubly-strong Villain characters for 2 vs. 1 matches, as well as 2 different choose-your-own-adventure style campaigns with at least 25 quests per campaign.

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $76

All-In (w/shipping): $255

Campaign Ends: 7/7

Game Ships: Nov. 2019

Funding Status: Currently at 17%, with 30 days to go.