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

Project: Shelfie Stacker

Designer: Shem Phillips (Architects of the West Kingdom, Explorers of the North Sea, Paladins of the West Kingdom, Raiders of the North Sea)

Artist: Paul M. Tobin (GKR Heavy Hitters)

Publisher: Arkus Games

Genre/Mechanisms: deck, bag, and pool building; hand management; variable phase order

Player Count: 1-4

Solo Mode: yes

Complexity: medium-light

Risk:  medium-high

Summary: A dice-drafting and dice-placement game where “players compete to accumulate the most illustrious board game collection, by carefully filling their shelf with their most recent purchases.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $51

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

Campaign Ends: 7/10

Game Ships: Mar. 2021

Funding Status: Currently at 95%, with 28 days to go.

Project: Trinidad

Designer: Michele Quondam (Medioevo Universale, Rio de la Plata, Romolo o Remo?)

Artist: Fabio Porfidia (Guildhall, Medioevo Universale, Samhain)

Publisher: Giochix.it (Altiplano, AuZtralia, CO2, CO2: Second Chance, Dice Town, Fief: France 1429, The Gallerist, Kanban: Driver’s Edition, Lisboa, Mare Nostrum: Empires, On Mars, Pax Pamir Second Edition, Race for the Galaxy, Tales of the Arabian Knights, Teotihuacan: City of Gods, Tiny Epic Galaxies, Trismegistus: The Ultimate Formula, Viceroy)

Genre/Mechanisms: are majority/influence, city building, civilization, economic, grid movement, miniatures, tile placement, variable player powers, voting, worker placement

Player Count: 2-5

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: heavy

Risk: medium-low

Summary: “In Trinidad, players represent the heads of Spanish families in Buenos Aires. Initially set in 1580, Trinidad spans the following 120 years, allowing the players to develop the city. Workers have multiple functions and can be used in several different ways. Trinidad also includes several other mechanics like action card combinations, character management, trading, and diplomacy; and comes full of miniatures for the historical buildings, workers, conquistadors, and warriors.” Trinidad is a re-design and re-implementation of Quondam’s Rio de la Plata.

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $125

All-In (w/shipping): $125, same as above

Campaign Ends: 6/25

Game Ships: Apr. 2021

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 159%, with 12 days to go.