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

Project:  18DO-Dortmund

Designer:  Wolfram Janich (1847: Pfalz, 18Ruhr, 18Rhl: Rhineland), Michael Scharf (18Ruhr)

Artist:  not credited

Publisher:  Marflow Games (18AL, 18Ruhr, Harzbahn 1873)

Genre/Mechanisms:  auction/bidding, commodity speculation, economic, stock holding

Player Count:  2-5

Solo Mode:  no

Complexity:  heavy

Risk:  HIGH

Summary:  “A strategic economy game, which reflects the development of the most important industries in Dortmund during the 19th century, steel, coal and beer.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping):  $106

All-In (w/shipping):  $106, same as above

Campaign Ends:  6/22

Game Ships:  Dec. 2020

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 144%, with 23 days to go.

Project:  Nemesis Lockdown

Designer:  Adam Kwapinski (InBetween, Lords of Hellas, Nemesis)

Artists:  not credited

Publisher:  Awaken Realms (Nemesis, Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon, This War of Mine: The Board Game)

Genre/Mechanisms:  adventure, cooperative game, dice rolling, hidden roles, horror, miniatures, modular board, player elimination, semi-cooperative game, traitor game, variable player powers

Player Count:  1-5

Solo Mode:  yes

Complexity:  medium-heavy

Risk:  medium-low

Summary:  “A standalone expansion to the hit Board Game Nemesis. It builds on the tense, cinematic experience Nemesis for, adding even more opportunities for emergent, dramatic gameplay. Become an unlikely survivor, locked in an underground base with something terrifying.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping):  $140

All-In (w/shipping):  $350, also includes all non-cosmetic Nemesis items

Campaign Ends:  6/18

Game Ships:  Sep. 2021

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 6660%, with 19 days to go.