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

Project: The Belgian Beers Race

Designer: Michaël Boutriaux

Artist: Ammo

Publisher: BYR Games

Genre/Mechanisms: dice rolling, time track

Player Count: 2-4

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: medium-light

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “Have a crazy race through Belgium and its breweries. Visit as many breweries as you can, buy their beers, and drink (with moderation) throughout a 3-days competition. Optimize your trips across the country: travel by bike, by public transports or hitchhiking. Meet your opponents and drink with them, but watch your blood alcohol level: hangovers and other obstacles await you.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $87

All-In (w/shipping): $105

Campaign Ends: 9/17

Game Ships: Feb. 2021

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 167%, with 19 days to go.

Project: Lucid Dream

Designer: Andrzej S. Bieniek

Artist: Andrzej S. Bieniek

Publisher: Mateusz Albricht (The Convicted, The Exiled: Siege, The Hunters A.D. 2114)

Genre/Mechanisms: 2 players, card drafting, card game, deck construction, grid movement, pattern movement, square grid

Player Count: 2

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: medium-light

Risk: medium-high

Summary: “During the game divided into rounds, players using cards and special pawns will try to be the first to wake up from sleep, leaving their opponent forever locked in the Lucid Dream. They can achieve this in two ways. The first one is to bring your Dreamer Pawn to the center of the board to wake him up. The second way is to control one of the circles of sleep by building four scenes in it.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $94

All-In (w/shipping): $94, same as above

Campaign Ends: 9/19

Game Ships: Aug. 2021

Funding Status: Currently at 6%, with 21 days to go.

Project: Plantopia

Designer: Daryl Chow (The Artemis Project, Overbooked, Remember Our Trip)

Artist: Ryu Ho

Publisher: Origame (Mooncake Master)

Genre/Mechanisms: card game, hand management, set collection, simultaneous action selection, variable player powers

Player Count: 2-5

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: light

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “A strategy card-based game where players harness their gardening abilities to contend for the coveted title of Plantopia’s Champion Gardener. Manage the plants in your hand and in your tableau and plant the best combos to earn the most magical leaves. But pay attention to all of your fellow gardeners, as whoever can predict the weather can make their plants grow!”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $21

All-In (w/shipping): $95, includes 3 additional games plus extras

Campaign Ends: 9/21

Game Ships: Dec. 2020

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