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

Project: Dining With Dracula

Designers: Laura Dorila (Moonshiners of the Apocalypse), Giuliano Draguleanu (Moonshiners of the Apocalypse), Andreea Georgescu

Artist: Mihai Mihail

Publisher: 2Fat2Fly (Moonshiners of the Apocalypse)

Genre/Mechanisms: time track; worker placement; worker placement, different worker types

Player Count: 2-4

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: light

Risk: medium-high

Summary: “A family-friendly blood draining worker placement & time management adventure, where Dracula’s relatives compete to inherit his empire.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $71

All-In (w/shipping): $71, same as above

Campaign Ends: 9/10

Game Ships: Aug. 2021

Funding Status: Currently at 87%, with 22 days to go.

Project: Final Act II – Reinforced

Designer: Sharon Katz (Elementos, Final Act, Stone Daze)

Artist: not credited

Publisher: Tyto Games (Elementos, Final Act, Stone Daze)

Genre/Mechanisms: 2 players, action queue, grid movement, simultaneous action selection, wargame

Player Count: 2

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: light

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “An abstract, simultaneous move game of tank versus tank action, using an innovative ‘control panel’ system that lets players program their moves– for up to seven tanks each– quickly. Both the direction the tank moves and where it points are covered with quick dials and then revealed to the opponent after both sides have finished.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $47

All-In (w/shipping): $355, includes 4 additional games, plus any future games published by Tyto

Campaign Ends: 9/11

Game Ships: Mar. 2021

Funding Status: Currently at 19%, with 23 days to go.

Project: Golazo

Designer: Mark Wright

Artists: not credited

Publisher: Mark Wright

Genre/Mechanisms: dice rolling, score-and-reset game, simulation

Player Count: 2-4

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: medium-light

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “The fast paced football board game that puts you at the centre of the action. Choose your tactics, make your moves and take the shot.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $56

All-In (w/shipping): $76

Campaign Ends: 9/17

Game Ships: Apr. 2021

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

Project: Izayoi

Designer: Nanatsumu

Artist: Nanatsumu

Publisher: Nanatsumu

Genre/Mechanisms: hand management, voting

Player Count: 3-5

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: light

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “As an artisan, collect beautiful wakomono (Japanese accessories), but don’t outdo your master.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $32

All-In (w/shipping): $32, same as above

Campaign Ends: 9/11

Game Ships: Apr. 2021

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 677%, with 22 days to go.

Project: New Osaka

Designer: D. J. Peters

Artist: Toan Nguyen

Publisher: Daso Games

Genre/Mechanisms: area majority/influence, city building, dice rolling, fighting, miniatures, worker placement

Player Count: 2-5

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: medium-heavy

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “Build mechs, buildings, & defenses, produce resources, use research labs to earn new tech, and fight off various monsters, including a giant final boss at the end of the game. Will your organization come out on top in defending New Osaka? ”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $88

All-In (w/shipping): $88, same as above

Campaign Ends: 9/11

Game Ships: Sep. 2021

Funding Status: Currently at 60%, with 22 days to go.

Project: Stefan Feld City Collection – Hamburg & Amsterdam

Designer: Stefan Feld (Amerigo, Aquasphere, Bora Bora, Bruges, Carpe Diem, The Castles of Burgundy, The Castles of Burgundy: The Card Game, Forum Trajanum, In the Year of the Dragon, La Isla, Luna, Macao, Merlin, Notre Dame, The Oracle of Delphi, Rialto, The Speicherstadt, Strasbourg, Trajan)

Artist: Christian Fiore (Airlines Europe, Heaven & Ale, Skat)

Publisher: Queen Games (Alhambra, Amerigo, Chicago Express, Escape: The Curse of the Temple, Fresco, Kingdom Builder, Lancaster, Luxor, Merlin, Shogun, Thebes, Wallenstein)

Genre/Mechanisms: action points, card drafting, dice rolling, hand management, network and route building, pick-up and deliver, set collection (Amsterdam); card game, city building, dice rolling, economic, hand management (Hamburg)

Player Count: 2-4 (Amsterdam); 2-5 (Hamburg)

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: medium-heavy

Risk: low

Summary: “Two redesigns from Stefan Feld kick off this new collection from Queen Games– Hamburg, a redesign of Bruges, and Amsterdam, a redesign of Macao.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $80, just one game in the “classic” edition without the deluxe components

All-In (w/shipping): $435, also includes the next two games in the series

Campaign Ends: 9/8

Game Ships: June 2021

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 1280%, with 20 days to go.

Project: Styria

Designer: Jonathan Edwards

Artist: Jonathan Edwards

Publisher: Exhail Studios

Genre/Mechanisms: hand management, set collection

Player Count: 2-4

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: light

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “Be the first player to connect all of the Duchess’ affiliates with your Narrative by spreading tales and connecting them to create Rumors.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $43

All-In (w/shipping): $231, includes vanity rewards

Campaign Ends: 9/17

Game Ships: Mar. 2021

Funding Status: Currently at 1%, with 29 days to go.

Project: Syndicate

Designers: Greg Dietz, Josh Pollack

Artist: Alex Petrowsky

Publisher: PDU Games

Genre/Mechanisms: area majority/influence, dice rolling, fighting, network and route building, space exploration, tile placement

Player Count: 2-5

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: medium-light

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “You control a young, enterprising criminal syndicate in the outer fringe of Arcturus, trying to stay under-the-radar of the Sovereign while you compete with other criminal syndicates for money, power, loyal crew and advanced technology. Complete missions, set up criminal operations, and take down anyone that stands in your path to building the most formidable interplanetary criminal empire in the system.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $64

All-In (w/shipping): $64, same as above

Campaign Ends: 9/10

Game Ships: Apr. 2021

Funding Status: Currently at 86%, with 22 days to go.

Project: Tokyo Sidekick

Designer: Yusuke Emi

Artists: Tomoko Hirabayashi, ikuyoan, Matsu, Misakanyumen, Nuda, Yamazaki Suhama, Shohei Tamura, Yuuru

Publisher: Japanime Games (Heart of Crown, Krosmaster: Arena, Tanto Cuore)

Genre/Mechanisms: action points, card game, cooperative game, deck building, fighting, hand management, point to point movement, variable player powers

Player Count: 2-4

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: medium-heavy

Risk: medium-high

Summary: “A cooperative game that draws inspiration from superhero comics and Japanese pop culture. Each player controls a hero and sidekick, complete with their own unique backstories and special abilities.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $75

All-In (w/shipping): $225, includes extras

Campaign Ends: 9/3

Game Ships: Mar. 2021

Funding Status: Currently at 84%, with 15 days to go.

Project: Uprising: Curse of the Last Emperor

Designers: Cornelius Cremin, Pawel Mazur, Dirk Sommer

Artists: Igor Desic, Bartek Fedyczak (Age of Thieves, Flotilla, Vindication), Dirk Sommer

Publisher: Nemesis.Games

Genre/Mechanisms: 4x, action points, area majority/influence, civilization, cooperative game, dice rolling, economic, modular board, variable player powers, wargame

Player Count: 1-4

Solo Mode: yes

Complexity: heavy

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “A 4X cooperative game played against two asymmetric enemy factions controlled by the game itself: Chaos and the Empire. Explore the wasteland, expand your dominion, exploit the resources of the liberated territories, and exterminate the Legions and Hordes around you.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $101

All-In (w/shipping): $155

Campaign Ends: 9/10

Game Ships: Aug. 2021

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 365%, with 22 days to go.

Project: The Werewolf of Rivers End

Designer: Michael Langford

Artist: Anthea Wright

Publisher: Games With Teeth

Genre/Mechanisms: adventure, area movement, deduction, fighting, players: one versus many, secret unit deployment

Player Count: 2-5

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: light

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “A hidden movement tabletop game where a Werewolf must survive the night while being hunted by a group of angry villagers.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $42

All-In (w/shipping): $59

Campaign Ends: 9/16

Game Ships: May 2021

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

Project: Wild Life: The Card Game

Designers: Adrian Alamo Borja, Mich Camacho, Leo Cordoba

Artist: Leo Cordoba

Publisher: Axo Stories

Genre/Mechanisms: card game, educational, environmental, hand management, set collection, take that, turn order: progressive

Player Count: 2-5

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: light

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “A quick, competitive game about making card sets of different animals that generate points at the end of each cycle or round.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $35

All-In (w/shipping): $51

Campaign Ends: 9/17

Game Ships: Dec. 2021

Funding Status: Currently at 24%, with 29 days to go.