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

Project: Arkwright the Card Game

Designer: Stefan Risthaus (Arkwright, Gentes, Santo Domingo)

Artist: Mehdi Merrouche

Publisher: Game Brewer (Chimera Station, Gentes, Gugong)

Genre/Mechanisms: card game, loans, market, stock holding

Player Count: 2-4

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: medium-heavy

Risk: medium-low

Summary: A streamlined version of board game Arkwright, with “an easier action selection mechanism, clearer handling due to a reduction in components, streamlined shipping and market system rules, additional actions for a more strategic approach, a more manageable playing time, and a complete visual overhaul.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $41

All-In (w/shipping): $41, same as above

Campaign Ends: 9/3

Game Ships: June 2021

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 117%, with 22 days to go.

Project: Endangered Orphans: House of Rath

Designer: Jesse Labbe (D6: Dungeons, Dudes, Dames, Danger, Dice and Dragons!), Endangered Orphans of Condoyle Cove, Who Goes There?)

Artist: Jesse Labbe (D6: Dungeons, Dudes, Dames, Danger, Dice and Dragons!), Endangered Orphans of Condoyle Cove, Who Goes There?)

Publisher: Certifiable Studios (D6: Dungeons, Dudes, Dames, Danger, Dice and Dragons!), Endangered Orphans of Condoyle Cove, Who Goes There?)

Genre/Mechanisms: dice rolling, die icon resolution, grid movement, horror, maze, roll/spin and move

Player Count: 2-6

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: light

Risk: medium-high

Summary: “Not a sequel to Certifiable Studios’ Endangered Orphans of Condyle Cove, but the game’s very dark heart is still the same as its predecessor: players try to keep their orphans safe from a boogeyman. Unfortunately, that means sometimes throwing the other orphans under the proverbial bus.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $50

All-In (w/shipping): $140, includes base game & extras

Campaign Ends: 9/9

Game Ships: June 2021

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 1319%, with 28 days to go.

Project: Fox Matters

Designer: Jacek Gołębiowski (Enchanters)

Artist: Beata Smugja (Liski: Ojojanie)

Publisher: Gindi (Liski: Ojojanie)

Genre/Mechanisms: chaining, cooperative game, real-time, miniatures, solo-solitaire game, variable player powers

Player Count: 1-5

Solo Mode: yes

Complexity: light

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “A real-time co-op game about adorable foxes dealing with everyday problems. Race the clock, recruit Foxes, and match their symbols to deal with troubles piling up in the Fox Kingdom.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $50

All-In (w/shipping): $50, same as above

Campaign Ends: 8/26

Game Ships: Dec. 2020

Funding Status: Currently at 45%, with 14 days to go.

Project: Nova Lux

Designer: Max Robbins

Artists: not credited

Publisher: Dragon Egg Games

Genre/Mechanisms: adventure, area movement, card drafting, civilization, economic, fighting, layering, map reduction, modular board, negotiation, pieces as map, resource to move, set collection, space exploration, trading

Player Count: 1-6

Solo Mode: yes

Complexity: medium-light

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “Take charge of a federation of orphaned alien species that have escaped dead star systems in the wake of a galactic apocalypse.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $37

All-In (w/shipping): $109, includes vanity rewards

Campaign Ends: 9/3

Game Ships: Feb. 2021

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 157%, with 23 days to go.