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

Project:  7 Fortunes

Designer:  S.J. Beeston

Artist:  not credited

Publisher:  Alpha Wolf Games

Genre/Mechanisms:  betting and bluffing, card drafting, deck construction, dice rolling, highest-lowest scoring, market, passed action token, player elimination, predictive bid, role playing, set collection, turn order: progressive, victory points as a resource

Player Count:  2-6

Solo Mode:  no

Complexity:  medium-light

Risk:  HIGH

Summary:  A “battle arena” board game with a Greek Mythology theme.

Base Pledge (w/shipping):  $42

All-In (w/shipping):  $131, includes extras & vanity rewards

Campaign Ends:  7/6

Game Ships:  Dec. 2020

Funding Status: Currently at 666%, with 31 days to go.

Project:  1822: The Railways of Great Britain

Designer:  Simon Cutforth (1822CA)

Artist:  not credited

Publisher:  All-Aboard Games (1817, 1849: The Game of Sicilian Railways, 1861: The Railways of the Russian Empire)

Genre/Mechanisms:  18xx, auction/bidding, economic, market, network and route building, ownership, stock holding, tile placement, trains, victory points as a resource

Player Count:  3-7

Solo Mode:  no

Complexity:  heavy

Risk:  HIGH

Summary:  “Simon Cutforth’s innovative title set in Great Britain that grew an entire new branch of 18xx.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping):  $134

All-In (w/shipping):  $134, same as above

Campaign Ends:  6/30

Game Ships:  Dec. 2020

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 173%, with 26 days to go.

Project:  City Builder: Ancient World

Designer:  Andrei Filip

Artist:  Andrew Dorland

Publisher:  Inside Up Games (7 Souls, Gorus Maximus, Summit: The Board Game)

Genre/Mechanisms:  cooperative game, end game bonuses, tile placement, tug of war

Player Count:  1-4

Solo Mode:  yes

Complexity:  medium-light

Risk:  HIGH

Summary:  “A a tile-laying game that can be played competitively, cooperatively, or solo, where players are magistrates sent to a newly conquered province to build cities and help spread Roman influence in the area.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping):  $36

All-In (w/shipping):  $36, same as above

Campaign Ends:  6/23

Game Ships:  Dec. 2020

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 130%, with 20 days to go.

Project:  Formel Fun

Designer:  Terry Goodchild (Devil Take the Hindmost, International Cricket, Wings Over France)

Artist:  Klemens Franz (Agricola, Agricola (Revised Edition), Agricola: All Creatures Big and Small, Altiplano, At the Gates of Loyang, Automobile, Barenpark, Bohnanza, Caverna: The Cave Farmers, Caverna: Cave vs Cave, Clans of Caledonia, The Colonists, Endeavor, Glory to Rome, Grand Austria Hotel, Le Havre, Isle of Skye: From Chieftain to King, Lorenzo il Magnifico, Luna, Mombasa, Newton, Oh My Goods!, Ora et Labora, Orleans, Patchwork, Port Royal, Riverboat, Snowdonia, Suburbia, Watergate)

Publisher:  franjos Spieleverlag (Can’t Stop, Confusion: Espionage and Deception in the Cold War, Finca)

Genre/Mechanisms:  card game, hand management, racing

Player Count:  2-7

Solo Mode:  no

Complexity:  medium-light

Risk:  HIGH

Summary:  “A crazy car race, driven by cards, where each player uses their own deck.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping):  $40

All-In (w/shipping):  $89, also includes Finca

Campaign Ends:  7/2

Game Ships:  Nov. 2020

Funding Status: Currently at 25%, with 28 days to go.

Project:  Latte Throwdown

Designer:  Corey Keller

Artist:  Michael Christopher (Container: 10th Anniversary Jumbo Edition!, Princes of the Renaissance, Space Cadets: Dice Duel)

Publisher:  Analog Game Studios (Gnomes at Midnight, King of Indecision)

Genre/Mechanisms:  dice rolling

Player Count:  2-4

Solo Mode:  no

Complexity:  medium-light

Risk:  HIGH

Summary:  “A dice pool/dice rolling and placement game where players are baristas competing in a Latte Art Throwdown competition.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping):  $33

All-In (w/shipping):  $33, same as above

Campaign Ends:  6/27

Game Ships:  Dec. 2020

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 136%, with 24 days to go.

Project:  Maztec Jigsaw

Designer:  Vincent Frammery

Artist:  Andreas Rocha (Monumental, Set a Watch, Sanssouci)

Publisher:  Fresh Creative Games

Genre/Mechanisms:  connections, deduction, map addition, pieces as map, puzzle, set collection, tile placement

Player Count:  1-4

Solo Mode:  yes

Complexity:  medium-light

Risk:  HIGH

Summary:  “A competitive jigsaw puzzle game, of collecting and connecting, with a combinatory twist. In Maztec, players are archaeologists who have to restore the ruins of a mysterious temple that causes earthquakes.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping):  $59

All-In (w/shipping):  $59, same as above

Campaign Ends:  6/22

Game Ships:  Dec. 2020

Funding Status: Currently at 22%, with 18 days to go.

Project:  On the Square

Designers:  Matt Letty, Michael Hamilton

Artist:  Louise Simpson, Sarah Roozendaal

Publisher:  Matthew&Michael Ltd.

Genre/Mechanisms:  roll / spin and move, set collecton, victory points as a resource

Player Count:  2-4

Solo Mode:  no

Complexity:  medium-light

Risk:  HIGH

Summary:  “A set collection game based on establishing an English Freemasons’ meeting. The aim of the game is to collect ceremonial items from around the board, whilst greeting the other officers in order along the way, before returning to your seat to begin the proceedings. ”

Base Pledge (w/shipping):  $38

All-In (w/shipping):  $6249, includes vanity rewards

Campaign Ends:  7/2

Game Ships:  Oct. 2020

Funding Status: Currently at 36%, with 28 days to go.

Project:  Open Ocean

Designer:  Joel Bodkin

Artist:  Joel Bodkin

Publisher:  Featherstone Games

Genre/Mechanisms:  card drafting, card game, tile placement

Player Count:  1-5

Solo Mode:  yes

Complexity:  light

Risk:  HIGH

Summary:  “A reef building card game that combines the dynamics of drafting with the puzzle-y, creative strategy of tile placement.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping):  $29

All-In (w/shipping):  $54, includes (9) art prints

Campaign Ends:  7/2

Game Ships:  Jan. 2021

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 104%, with 29 days to go.

Project:  Salt and Sail

Designer:  Justin Potter (Glyph)

Artists:  Allison Arnold, Elysios Constantinos, Anna Kulakovskaya, Abeer Malik, Giacomo Pantalone

Publisher:  Kazoodoo Games (Glyph)

Genre/Mechanisms:  bag building, card drafting, economic, exploration, modular board, variable player powers

Player Count:  2-4

Solo Mode:  no

Complexity:  medium-heavy

Risk:  HIGH

Summary:  “An exploration and discovery game, set during the great Age of Sail. Players take on the role of intrepid captains, in search of fame and fortune. Along the way, they’ll hire Officers to assist them, purchase new ships and unique tools, and sell goods and treasure to fund their expeditions.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping):  $59

All-In (w/shipping):  $309, includes vanity rewards

Campaign Ends:  7/2

Game Ships:  May 2021

Funding Status: Currently at 68%, with 29 days to go.

Project:  T.A.C.O. the Game

Designer:  Ammon Anderson

Artist:  Ammon Anderson

Publisher:  Ammon Anderson

Genre/Mechanisms:  card game, hand management, set collection, take that

Player Count:  2-8

Solo Mode:  no

Complexity:  light

Risk:  HIGH

Summary:  “A race to build epic tacos. Strategically steal and destroy the most coveted ingredients to win.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping):  $28

All-In (w/shipping):  $35

Campaign Ends:  7/2

Game Ships:  Oct. 2020

Funding Status: Currently at 27%, with 28 days to go.