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

Project: Antematter

Designers: Bardshark

Artists: Bardshark

Publisher: Bardshark

Genre/Mechanisms: action points, betting & bluffing, bluffing, bribery, card game, command cards, connections, contracts, events, grid movement, hand management, hexagon grid, impluse movement, income, increase value of unchosen resources, interrupts, layering, map deformation, miniatures, movement points, moving multiple units, netowrk & route building, once-per-game abilities, pick-up and deliver, push your luck, resource to move, role playing, space exploration, take that, variable player powers, variable setup

Player Count: 3-6

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: medium-light

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “A cosmic mash-up of poker and space strategy.”

Base Pledge: $60 + shipping

All-In: $200 + shipping, includes vanity rewards

Campaign Ends: 9/24

Game Ships: Apr. 2021

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 215%, with 28 days to go.

Project: Deck of Wonders

Designer: Dennis Furia

Artist: Lauren Brown

Publisher: Furia Games

Genre/Mechanisms: card game, deck building, hand management, legacy game, solo/solitaire game

Player Count: 1-2

Solo Mode: yes

Complexity: medium-light

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “A solo-first expandable card game with legacy elements, aimed at capturing the feel of games like Hearthstone and MTG, but in a solo/co-op format.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $44

All-In (w/shipping): $359, includes vanity rewards

Campaign Ends: 9/17

Game Ships: Sep. 2021

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

Project: Defection

Designer: James Tomblin

Artist: Mitch Mueller

Publisher: Thunder Vaults

Genre/Mechanisms: dice rolling, space exploration, pick-up and deliver, tile placement

Player Count: 2-4

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: medium-heavy

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “A competitive pick-up and deliver game set in a deep sci-fi universe, featuring ship customization, exploration, and dice combat; where you and up to three other players set out on missions to save innocent civilians caught in the crossfire of a violent war on your home-world. In doing so, you become locked in a battle for dominance across the system.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $74

All-In (w/shipping): $93

Campaign Ends: 9/24

Game Ships: July 2021

Funding Status: Currently at 32%, with 28 days to go.

Project: Die of the Dead

Designer: James Allen

Artist: Rusembell

Publisher: Radical 8 Games (Forks)

Genre/Mechanisms: dice rolling

Player Count: 2-5

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: light

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “Guide souls back to the land of the living in this Día de Muertos themed dice game .”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $46

All-In (w/shipping): $46, same as above

Campaign Ends: 9/17

Game Ships: Sep. 2021

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 154%, with 21 days to go.

Project: Galaxy Hunters

Designer: Daniel Alves (Caçadores da Galáxia, Masmorra: Dungeons of Arcadia, The Towers of Arkhanos)

Artist: Cássio Yoshiaki (Caçadores da Galáxia)

Publisher: IDW Games (Fire & Axe: A Viking Saga, The Game, Machi Koro, Tammany Hall, Torres, Yedo)

Genre/Mechanisms: miniatures, roll/spin & move, set collection, space exploration, worker placement

Player Count: 2-4

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: medium-heavy

Risk: medium-high

Summary: “In this reimplementaion of Caçadores da Galáxia, players pick their merc, customize their mech, and compete in a fierce rivalry to be the top mutant hunter in the system.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $107

All-In (w/shipping): $129

Campaign Ends: 9/18

Game Ships: Dec. 2020

Funding Status: Currently at 46%, with 22 days to go.

Project: Hedgeways

Designers: Ian Neville, Dan Richter

Artists: not credited

Publisher: Sprout and Gherkin

Genre/Mechanisms: 2 players, pattern building, tile placement

Player Count: 2

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: light

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “Lay your hedges as field boundaries, and win by enclosing more land.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $59

All-In (w/shipping): $59, same as above

Campaign Ends: 10/21

Game Ships: Oct 2020 – June 2021

Funding Status: Currently at 18%, with 37 days to go.