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

Project: Billionaire Rumour

Designers: Headblown Studio

Artist: Roxy Dai (Elia and Something Shiny)

Publisher: Headblown Studio

Genre/Mechanisms: betting and bluffing, dice rolling, different dice movement

Player Count: 2-5

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: medium-light

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “Manage your resources with skill and stake them on the success of three creepy-cute dolls. Use dice to control their movements and guide them to pick up valuable items around Hong Kong. Spend money tactically to ruin your opponents’ plans and snatch personal victory from their sad misfortune.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $72

All-In (w/shipping): $72, same as above

Campaign Ends: 7/15

Game Ships: Dec. 2020

Funding Status: Currently at 9%, with 26 days to go.

Project: Tobito

Designer: Mitsuo Yamamoto (King’s Valley)

Artist: Mitsuo Yamamoto (King’s Valley)

Publisher: Logy Games (King’s Valley)

Genre/Mechanisms: abstract strategy, grid movement

Player Count: 2-4

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: light

Risk: medium-high

Summary: “Tobito is designed with the Japanese symbol ‘Mitsudomoe.’ We often see it at many shrines and their festivals in Japan. ‘Mitsudomoe’ means a team of three spirits and it is a very popular symbol here in Japan. Each player’s goal is to get his trio ‘Mitsudomoe’ to the opposite spaces on the board.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $23

All-In (w/shipping): $34

Campaign Ends: 6/29

Game Ships: Sep. 2020

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 404%, with 11 days to go.