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

Project: An Attrition of Souls

Designer: Scott W. Leibbrandt (Colonialism, Saga of the Northmen)

Artist: Bill Morgal (Europe in Turmoil: Prelude to the Great War)

Publisher: Compass Games (Crusade and Revolution: The Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939, Enemy Action: Ardennes, Silent War)

Genre/Mechanisms: 2 players, dice rolling, movement points, point to point movement, simulation, tile placement, wargame

Player Count: 2

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: medium-heavy

Risk: medium-high

Summary: “A light, fast-paced wargame with a unique tile-placement system to simulate the First World War.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $69

All-In (w/shipping): $425, also include 6 other games

Campaign Ends: 8/2

Game Ships: Aug. 2020

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 171%, with 26 days to go.

Project: Nava

Designer: Dave Cordell

Artist: Dave Cordell

Publisher: Yellow Yeti Games

Genre/Mechanisms: abstract strategy, area movement, grid movement, player elimination, point to point movement, team-based game

Player Count: 2-4

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: light

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “An abstract game inspired by Nepalese ‘Bagh-Chal’ and ‘Go’; race to place all of your cubes, avoid enemy capture, and command the board.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $16

All-In (w/shipping): $31

Campaign Ends: 7/26

Game Ships: Oct. 2020

Funding Status: Currently at 21%, with 20 days to go.