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

Project: Slime Time

Designer: Joshua McMurray (Frontier: The Card Game)

Artists: not credited

Publisher: Meet Me At the Table Games (Frontier: The Card Game)

Genre/Mechanisms: card game, hand management, highest-lowest scoring, take that

Player Count: 2-5

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: light

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “These dungeon slime are sick and tired of being treated as second-tier enemies defeated only for experience. Their plan? Combine to form the biggest slime boss.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $17

All-In (w/shipping): $152, includes 4 other games

Campaign Ends: 8/27

Game Ships: Sep. 2020

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 156%, with 17 days to go.

Project: Tranquil Terror

Designers: Bryan Aldeghi, Kate Gold

Artists: not credited

Publisher: Wild Magic Games

Genre/Mechanisms: environmental, exploration, map deformation, maze, modular board, network and route building, puzzle, tile placement

Player Count: 1-4

Solo Mode: yes

Complexity: medium-light

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “A tile- sliding game where each diver must recover sunken treasure without being stung by the ever-shifting jellyfish. Players must make strategic decisions every turn as they try to find advantage using a limited action economy.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $28

All-In (w/shipping): $33

Campaign Ends: 8/27

Game Ships: Feb. 2021

Funding Status: Currently at 3%, with 17 days to go.