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

Project: Alhambra Roll & Write

Designer: Dirk Henn (Alhambra, Shogun, Wallenstein, Wallenstein Second Edition)

Artist: Patricia Limberger (12 Thieves, Alhambra, World Monuments)

Publisher: Queen Games (Alhambra, Amerigo, Chicago Express, Escape: The Curse of the Temple, Fresco, Kingdom Builder, Lancaster, Luxor, Merlin, Shogun, Thebes, Wallenstein)

Genre/Mechanisms: dice rolling, paper-and-pencil, roll & write

Player Count: 1-5

Solo Mode: yes

Complexity: light

Risk: low

Summary: “A dice version of Alhambra where players select sets of dice to try to build the most of each type of building.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $33

All-In (w/shipping): $249, also includes the Alhambra Mega Box

Campaign Ends: 7/11

Game Ships: Dec. 2020

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 542%, with 10 days to go.

Project: Backwoods

Designer: Ryan K. Williams

Artist: Ryan K. Williams

Publisher: Most High Design

Genre/Mechanisms: bag building, cooperative game, dice rolling, grid movement, push your luck

Player Count: 1-4

Solo Mode: yes

Complexity: medium-light

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “Disaster struck the expedition. But you made it out of the rapids to shore. Others weren’t as fortunate. Now, those of you that remain must carry on the mission: complete two objectives and make it to the fort. The only thing standing in your way is the cursed forest completely surrounding you. ”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $59

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

Campaign Ends: 7/20

Game Ships: May 2021

Funding Status: Currently at 43%, with 18 days to go.

Project: Houston, We Have a Dolphin!

Designer: Andreas Wilde (Soviet Kitchen Unleashed)

Artist: Andreas Wilde (Soviet Kitchen Unleashed)

Publisher: HYBR (Soviet Kitchen Unleashed)

Genre/Mechanisms: betting & bluffing, card game, deduction, hidden movement, voting

Player Count: 3-5

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: light

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “Each player controls a team of up to 4 astronauts with different abilities, possibly fooled by a murderous dolphin. During dangerous spacewalks the astronauts try to repair the sabotaged spaceship, unaware if their companion helps them or secretly tries to undermine the mission. After each spacewalk the Captain’s command decides about the fate of his crew members. However, a crew in panic can easily overthrow his shifty captain and send him to the void.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $39

All-In (w/shipping): $515, includes vanity rewards

Campaign Ends: 7/28

Game Ships: Dec. 2020

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 101%, with 26 days to go.

Project: Hybris – Disordered Cosmos

Designer: Damien Chauveau

Artists: Damien Chauveau, Stefano Collavini, Luc-David Garraud

Publisher: Aurora Game Studio

Genre/Mechanisms: action queue, card drafting, hand management, pattern building, variable player powers, worker placement

Player Count: 1-4

Solo Mode: yes

Complexity: heavy

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “A modular worker placement game in a universe mixing Greek mythology and steampunk.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $114

All-In (w/shipping): $114, same as above

Campaign Ends: 7/23

Game Ships: July 2021

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 123%, with 21 days to go.

Project: Lost in Straya

Designer: Samuel Milham

Artist: Samuel Milham

Publisher: Samuel Milham

Genre/Mechanisms: card game, set collection

Player Count: 1-6

Solo Mode: yes

Complexity: light

Risk: medium-high

Summary: “A survival card game with fighting, crafting and scavenging. Play as a tourist who becomes stranded during an exciting outback safari. Be the first player to get rescued by finding phone reception – all while scavenging for supplies, surviving dangerous environments and fighting off vicious wildlife!”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $21

All-In (w/shipping): $60, also includes 3 additional games

Campaign Ends: 7/21

Game Ships: Feb. 2021

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 655%, with 19 days to go.

Project: Mantis Falls

Designer: Adrian Kerrihard

Artist: Julie Bierwirth

Publisher: Distant Rabbit Games

Genre/Mechanisms: action queue, bluffing, cooperative game, deduction, drafting, events, hand management, hidden roles, line of sight, modular board, traitor game, variable setup

Player Count: 2-3

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: medium-heavy

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “A highly interactive and strategic 2-3 player hidden traitor game. As wary companions, players must use hand management, cooperation and deception to protect themselves, and each other, on a dark and dangerous journey.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $40

All-In (w/shipping): $161, includes vanity rewards

Campaign Ends: 7/30

Game Ships: May 2021

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 298%, with 28 days to go.

Project: Oversiege

Designer: Andrew Bergmann (Balk, Yoz)

Artist: Andrew Bergmann (Balk, Yoz)

Publisher: Kozz Games (Balk, Yoz)

Genre/Mechanisms: card game

Player Count: 2-10

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: light

Risk: medium-high

Summary: “Castles engage in battle with catapults, crossbows and battering rams to capture the opponent’s crown. As the castle is damaged the cards are flipped over to the damaged sides. First the castle towers must be destroyed, then the entrance can be knocked down with a battering ram, and finally the game is won by opening the chamber with the key – and capturing the opponent’s crown.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $21

All-In (w/shipping): $21, same as above

Campaign Ends: 8/7

Game Ships: Jan. 2021

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 1228%, with 36 days to go.

Project: Roar and Write!

Designer: Carla Kopp (Stellar Leap, Super Hack Override)

Artists: Anna Bereza (Black Powder: Second Edition, Bolt Action, Cruel Seas: Starter Set), Danny Devine (Harvest Dice, Sprawlopolis, Topiary), Katy Grierson (Animal Kingdoms, Colossal Cave: The Board Game, Incubation), Jon Merchant (Squire for Hire)

Publisher: Galactic Raptor Games (Animal Kingdoms)

Genre/Mechanisms: dice rolling, paper-and-pencil, push your luck, roll-and-write

Player Count: 1-99

Solo Mode: yes

Complexity: light

Risk: medium-high

Summary: “A competitive press-your-luck game about impressing different council members on the selection committee, garnering favor throughout the five kingdoms, and completing your own personal objectives to rise to the top of the selection committee’s choices for the new ruler of the Animal Kingdoms.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $19

All-In (w/shipping): $64, also includes another game with extras

Campaign Ends: 7/23

Game Ships: Mar. 2021

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 132%, with 21 days to go.

Project: Sorcerer Endbringer

Designer: Peter Scholtz (Sorcerer)

Artists: Jan Drenovec (Sorcerer), Alena Kubíková (House of Spirits, Sorcerer), Vašek Pěnčík (Sorcerer), Peter Scholtz (Sorcerer), Pavel Širůček (Sorcerer)

Publisher: White Wizard Games (Hero Realms, Star Realms, Star Realms: Colony Wars, Star Realms: Frontiers)

Genre/Mechanisms: card drafting, card game, cooperative game, deck building, dice rolling, expansion, fighting, push your luck

Player Count: 1-3

Solo Mode: yes

Complexity: medium-heavy

Risk: low

Summary: “A Victorian era dark fantasy game where players take on the role of evil sorcerers battling for control of the mortal realm. Create a new sorcerer each game by combining a character, a lineage and a domain deck. You’ll summon horrific minions to different battlefields, and do battle using custom dice. ”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $59

All-In (w/shipping): $189, includes many extras

Campaign Ends: 7/23

Game Ships: July 2021

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 343%, with 21 days to go.

Project: Towers and Turrets

Designers: Jesse McKibben, Camille McKibben

Artist: Ard Hoyt

Publisher: Jesse McKibben, Camille McKibben

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

Player Count: 2-5

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: light

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “Strategically build medieval-themed towers and prevent others from doing the same.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $20

All-In (w/shipping): $20, same as above

Campaign Ends: 7/30

Game Ships: Dec. 2020

Funding Status: Currently at 20%, with 28 days to go.

Project: Worldwide Tennis

Designer: Guillaume Luton (Worldwide Football)

Artist: Nicolas Ferru

Publisher: Worldwide Games (Worldwide Football)

Genre/Mechanisms: 2 players, card game, dice rolling, hand management

Player Count: 2

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: medium-light

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “A card game that puts you directly in the thick of a tennis match. Each card represents a stroke (serve, drop short, lob, volley, smash…). On your turn, choose a card to play according to your position on the court and the level of risk you want to take. If you take a risky move, throwing a dice will be required to validate your stroke.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $42

All-In (w/shipping): $42, same as above

Campaign Ends: 7/17

Game Ships: Jan. 2021

Funding Status: Currently at 41%, with 15 days to go.