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

Project: Crimopolis

Designer: Sven Obermaier

Artist: Sam Rodger

Publisher: Cheap Sheep Games

Genre/Mechanisms: action point allowance system, area control, area movement, card drafting, modular board, take that, tile placement, worker placement

Player Count: 2-5

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: medium-light

Risk: high

Summary: Set amidst the gangster culture of 1920’s America, Crimopolis is a fast-paced, cutthroat worker placement and tile placement game, heavy on the take that.

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $64

All-In (w/shipping): $83

Campaign Ends: 7/1

Game Ships: Dec. 2019

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 119%, with 14 days to go.

Project: War for Indagar – Tariff Monster Campaign

Designers: Neil Gilstrap, Chip Boyd

Artists: Simon Valev, Lee Stansbury

Publisher: Happy Gorilla Game Studio (War for Indagar)

Genre/Mechanisms: 4x, area control, dice rolling, economic, grid movement, hand management, miniatures, worker placement

Player Count: 1-4

Solo Mode: yes

Complexity: medium-heavy

Risk: medium-high

Summary: Happy Gorilla Game Studio is running this campaign to offset the increased shipping costs, as a result of tariffs hitting their now-on-the-boats War for Indagar, instead of up-charging backers of their initial campaign, and not having the funds to eat the additional shipping costs themselves. War for Indagar is a somewhat promising-looking 4x and dudes-on-a-map game.

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $57, just the 4 new Monster miniatures

All-In (w/shipping): $162, the already manufactured game plus the new Monster miniatures

Campaign Ends: 6/25

Game Ships: Oct. 2019

Funding Status: Currently at 63%, with 8 days to go.