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

Project:  Commands & Colors Tricorne: Jacobite Rising

Designer:  Richard Borg (Battle Cry, BattleLore, BattleLore Second Edition, Commands & Colors: Ancients, Commands & Colors: Napoleonics, Memoir ’44, Perudo)

Artist:  Nadir Elfarra (Aliens, Charlemagne, Master of Europe, Combat!)

Publisher:  Compass Games (Crusade and Revolution: The Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939, Enemy Action: Ardennes, Silent War)

Genre/Mechanisms:  2 players, campaign/battle card driven, dice rolling, hand management, hexagon grid, modular board, wargame

Player Count:  2

Solo Mode:  no

Complexity:  medium-heavy

Risk:  medium-high

Summary:  “Our first standalone game for Commands & Colors Tricorne covering the world of the Highland Clans in the time of the Jacobite Risings. The game is based on the Commands & Colors Tricorne game system, where the Command cards drive movement while creating a ‘fog of war’ and the battle dice resolve combat quickly and efficiently.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping):  $90

All-In (w/shipping):  $255, includes additional games

Campaign Ends:  6/20

Game Ships:  Sep. 2020

Funding Status: Currently at 96%, with 28 days to go.

Project:  Gnome Elf Troll

Designers:  Thors Anders Eiland-Dam, Marcus Grønbech, Niels Valdemar Vinding

Artist:  Emil Landgreen (Rune Age)

Publisher:  Not the Box

Genre/Mechanisms:  hand management, map addition, territory building, tile placement

Player Count:  3-4

Solo Mode:  no

Complexity:  light

Risk:  HIGH

Summary:  “Each turn, you will be placing tiles to produce crops and harvest magic beans, enchanted apples, and cursed pumpkins. Hire and place gnomes, elves and trolls to harvest even more crops or to spoil your opponents production.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping):  $51

All-In (w/shipping):  $51, same as above

Campaign Ends:  6/20

Game Ships:  Dec. 2020

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