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

Project: Arcana Rising

Designer: Tim Armstrong (Bad Maps, Kaiju Crush, Orbis)

Artist: Yaroslav Radetskyi (After the Empire, Reavers of Midgard, Rurik: Dawn of Kiev)

Publisher: Grey Fox Games (Champions of Midgard, Deception: Murder in Hong Kong, Mythos Tales)

Genre/Mechanisms: card drafting, drafting, end game bonuses

Player Count: 2-6

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: light

Risk: medium-low

Summary: “Drafting and engine-building game in which players compete over three rounds to craft a magical engine that will power their collected artifacts and generate points for them at the end of the game.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $32

All-In (w/shipping): $43

Campaign Ends: 8/28

Game Ships: Apr. 2021

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 569%, with 22 days to go.

Project: Bushido, the Card Game

Designer: Nicholas Markgraf

Artist: Nicholas Cato

Publisher: PawnJoker Games

Genre/Mechanisms: dice rolling, push your luck, set collection

Player Count: 2-6

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: light

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “Enter the Dojo in this Samurai themed push-your-luck & set collection game.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $22

All-In (w/shipping): $22, same as above

Campaign Ends: 9/3

Game Ships: Apr. 2021

Funding Status: Currently at 10%, with 28 days to go.

Project: Lunar Base

Designers: Joosep Simm, Kaido Koort, Silver Türk

Artist: Ladislava Bohacova

Publisher: Plepic Games

Genre/Mechanisms: card drafting, card game, catch the leader, chaining, command cards, city building, space exploration, take that, tile placement, variable player powers

Player Count: 2-6

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: medium-light

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “Establish your lunar station and construct powerful modules to win the space race.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $35

All-In (w/shipping): $136, includes vanity rewards

Campaign Ends: 9/3

Game Ships: Dec. 2020

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 698%, with 28 days to go.

Project: Massive Darkness 2: Hellscape

Designers: Alex Olteanu (God of War: The Card Game, HATE, The World of SMOG: Rise of Moloch), Marco Portugal (Foodie, Looterz, Project: ELITE)

Artist: Édouard Guiton (Council of 4, Massive Darkness, Zombicide, Zombicide Season 2: Prison Outbreak, Zombicide Season 3: Rue Morgue)

Publisher: CMON Limited (Arcadia Quest, Arcadia Quest: Inferno, Blue Moon City, Council of 4, Cthulhu: Death May Die, Dragon Castle, Ethnos, Gizmos, The Godfather: Corleone’s Empire, The Grizzled, Lorenzo il Magnifico, Massive Darkness, Modern Art, Newton, Railroad Ink: Blazing Red Edition, Railroad Ink: Deep Blue Edition, Rising Sun, Root, Tang Garden, Unfair, Zombicide, Zombicide: Green Horde)

Genre/Mechanisms: action points, adventure, cooperative game, dice rolling, exploration, fighting, miniatures, modular board, scenario/mission/campaign game, variable player powers

Player Count: 1-6

Solo Mode: yes

Complexity: medium-light

Risk: medium-low

Summary: “Fight the source of evil in this sequel to Massive Darkness, with new art, minis, and revamped gameplay.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $120

All-In (w/shipping): $165

Campaign Ends: 8/25

Game Ships: Sep. 2021

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 472%, with 19 days to go.

Project: Pugs in Mugs

Designers: Laurie Blake, Stuart Lawrence

Artist: Rob Ingle

Publisher: Stop, Drop and Roll Games

Genre/Mechanisms: action points, card game, chaining, children’s game, hand management, interrupts, matching, memory, ownership, pattern building, take that, turn order: pass order

Player Count: 2-5

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: light

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “Collect a host of adorable pooches, snatch your favorites from opponents, steal Mugs in acts of utter thievery, or demand the cards you need to be victorious”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $21

All-In (w/shipping): $401, includes vanity rewards

Campaign Ends: 9/3

Game Ships: Feb. 2021

Funding Status: Currently at 39%, with 28 days to go.

Project: Quest + Avalon Deluxe!

Designer: Don Eskridge (Abandon Planet, The Resistance, The Resistance: Avalon)

Artist: Weberson Santiago (The Bloody Inn, Coup, Fuji)

Publisher: Indie Boards & Cards (Aeon’s End, Aeon’s End: Legacy, Aeon’s End: The New Age, Aeon’s End: War Eternal, Coup, Flash Point: Fire Rescue, Haggis, The Resistance, The Resistance: Avalon, Snowdonia)

Genre/Mechanisms: deduction, variable player powers

Player Count: 4-10

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: light

Risk: low

Summary: “An all-new social deduction game by Don Eskridge & a Big Box version of Avalon.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $43

All-In (w/shipping): $66

Campaign Ends: 8/21

Game Ships: Jan. 2021

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 467%, with 15 days to go.

Project: The Quest Kids: Matching Adventure

Designer: Dustin McMillian

Artist: Apolline Etienne (Haunt the House, Muse, Wreck Raiders)

Publisher: Treasure Falls Games

Genre/Mechanisms: children’s game, matching, memory

Player Count: 1-6

Solo Mode: yes

Complexity: light

Risk: HIGH

Summary: A memory/matching game where collected tiles give players bonus abilities.

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $22

All-In (w/shipping): $91, includes 2 additional games

Campaign Ends: 8/27

Game Ships: Nov. 2020

Funding Status: Currently at 64%, with 21 days to go.

Project: Swatch

Designers: David Digby (Chocolate Factory), Scott James

Artist: Scott James

Publisher: Minerva Tabletop Games

Genre/Mechanisms: abstract strategy, card drafting, race, solo/solitaire game, take that, trading

Player Count: 1-4

Solo Mode: yes

Complexity: medium-light

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “Mix and match colors in a race to create stunning color schemes. Draft cards, manage resources, and balance speed and efficiency.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $53

All-In (w/shipping): $100, includes vanity reward

Campaign Ends: 9/1

Game Ships: Mar. 2021

Funding Status: Currently at 22%, with 26 days to go.

Project: Tail Story

Designer: Poj Santivatr

Artist: Glutbox

Publisher: Tail Story Games

Genre/Mechanisms: acting, action points, action queue, action/event, card game, card play conflict resolution, command cards, deck construction, deck building, hand management, once-per-game abilities, race, role playing, trading, turn order: random, variable phase order

Player Count: 2-4

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: light

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “Build your deck using other player’s discard piles, and force your unused cards on them.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $33

All-In (w/shipping): $314, includes vanity rewards

Campaign Ends: 9/4

Game Ships: June 2021

Funding Status: Currently at 52%, with 29 days to go.

Project: Ultimate Werewolf Extreme

Designer: Ted Alspach (Castles of Mad King Ludwig, One Night Ultimate Werewolf, One Night Ultimate Werewolf Daybreak, Suburbia, Ultimate Werewolf: Ultimate Edition, Werewords)

Artists: Simon Aan, Christine Mitzuk

Publisher: Bézier Games (Castles of Mad King Ludwig, One Night Ultimate Werewolf, One Night Ultimate Werewolf Daybreak, Suburbia, Ultimate Werewolf: Ultimate Edition, Werewords, Whistle Stop)

Genre/Mechanisms: bluffing, card game, deduction, horror, negotiation, party game, player elimination, role-playing, team-based game, traitor game, variable player powers, voting

Player Count: 3-25

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: light

Risk: low

Summary: “The newest version of social deduction game Werewolf includes all new artwork featuring lifelike illustrations, fine-tuned core mechanics, new thoroughly play-tested roles, unique player items, and a fully-integrated app that automates setup and gameplay.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $85

All-In (w/shipping): $120, includes extras

Campaign Ends: 9/3

Game Ships: June 2021

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 1109%, with 29 days to go.

Project: Vampire: The Masquerade Rivals Expandable Card Game

Designers: Dan Blanchett (Abomination: The Heir of Frankenstein), Matt Hyra (DC Comics Deck-Building Game, DC Comics Deck-Building Game: Forever Evil, GKR: Heavy Hitters)

Artists: Marco Primo (Automobiles, Carcassonne: The City, Police Precinct), Darko Stojanovic, Drew Tucker (7th Sea Collectible Card Game, Magic: The Gathering, Vampire: The Eternal Struggle), Amy Wilkins

Publisher: Renegade Game Studios (Altiplano, Arboretum, Architects of the West Kingdom, Clank!: A Deck-Building Adventure, Clank! In! Space!: A Deck-Building Adventure, Clank! Legacy: Acquisitions Incorporated, Ex Libris, Explorers of the North Sea, The Fox in the Forest, FUSE, Honshu, Lanterns: The Harvest Festival, Paladins of the West Kingdom, Raiders of the North Sea, Snow Tails, Trajan, Wendake, World’s Fair 1893)

Genre/Mechanisms: card game, deck construction, horror

Player Count: 2-4

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: medium-light

Risk: low

Summary: “At the beginning of each player’s turn, a new challenge or objective will be revealed in the streets. Each player gets has two actions on their turn such as draw or play cards, recruit vampires, claim a title, or attack. The other clans will oppose you for dominance in the streets or directly in haven.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $52

All-In (w/shipping): $121, includes playmat, sleeves, and extras

Campaign Ends: 8/20

Game Ships: Mar. 2021

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 640%, with 15 days to go.