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

Project: Perfect Earth: Orangutans

Designer: Christian Batist

Artist: Bart den Heeten

Publisher: Christian Batist

Genre/Mechanisms: dice rolling, educational, environmental, network and route building, tile placement

Player Count: 2-6

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: light

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “A board game for the entire family about the impact of deforestation on the Orangutans of Borneo and Sumatra.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $63

All-In (w/shipping): $75, includes additional game

Campaign Ends: 9/30

Game Ships: Dec. 2020

Funding Status: Currently at 4%, with 30 days to go.

Project: Stacked

Designers: Sean Brown (Alien Uprising, Pirate Dice: Voyage on the Rolling Seas, Spurs: A Tale in the Old West), LeAnn Phillips, Tim Phillips

Artist: Akha Hulzebos (Darwinning!)

Publisher: Mr. B Games (Days of Ire: Budapest 1956, Perudo, Posthuman)

Genre/Mechanisms: action/dexterity, card game, trick-taking

Player Count: 1-5

Solo Mode: yes

Complexity: light

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “Part card game, and part dexterity. The goal is to place blocks on top of a pre-set base to form a teetering tower. Without knocking this tower over, the person to bank the most points in their play pile wins. 6 months ago, we took the plunge and produced a very small print run. The first printing of the game is very limited and offered directly from us at the best price available. Get in on this project while you can – copies are arriving next week.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $49

All-In (w/shipping): $49, same as above

Campaign Ends: 9/1

Game Ships: Sep. 2020

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 173500%, with 11 day to go.