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

Project: Puzzle Dungeon Deluxe Edition Reprint

Designer: Brian Garber

Artist: Brian Garber

Publisher: Brian Garber

Genre/Mechanisms: card game, hand management, modular board, puzzle, set collection, solo/solitaire game, variable player powers

Player Count: 1

Solo Mode: yes

Complexity: light

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “A solitaire hand management, modular board, set collection game in which you control a monster hunter making their way through a dungeon filled with several types of monsters and their kings.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $18

All-In (w/shipping): $60, also includes the base game & extras

Campaign Ends: 9/21

Game Ships: Sep. 2021

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 115%, with 19 days to go.

Project: Rurik: Stone & Blade (Reprint & Expansion)

Designer: Stan Kordonskiy (Dice Hospital, Lockup: A Roll Player Tale, Rurik: Dawn of Kiev)

Artists: Yaroslav Radetskyi (Reavers of Midgard, Rurik: Dawn of Kiev), Yoma (Gearworks, Planet Unknown, Rurik: Dawn of Kiev)

Publisher: PieceKeeper Games (Flag Dash, Gearworks, Rurik: Dawn of Kiev)

Genre/Mechanisms: area majority/influence, area movement, auction/bidding, civilization, expansion, miniatures, solo/solitaire game, take that, territory building, variable player powers

Player Count: 1-4

Solo Mode: yes

Complexity: medium-heavy

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “A modular expansion for Rurik: Dawn of Kiev, divided into core content and three modules. It is recommended to integrate the core content into all future plays of Rurik, regardless of whether you use any modules. You may play with an individual module or any combination of modules.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $41

All-In (w/shipping): $159

Campaign Ends: 9/23

Game Ships: Sep. 2021

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 158%, with 21 days to go.

Project: War and Peace 6th Edition

Designers: John W. Gant, Mark McLaughlin (The Napoleonic Wars, The Napoleonic Wars Second Edition, War and Peace)

Artist: Antonio Pinar (Battle Hymn Vol. 1: Gettysburg and Pea Ridge, High Frontier Third Edition, Saipan: The Bloody Rock)

Publisher: One Small Step (High Frontier Third Edition; NATO, Nukes & Nazis; No Trumpets No Drums: The Vietnam War 1965-1975)

Genre/Mechanisms: dice rolling, grid movement, hexagon grid, movement points, ratio/combat results table, scenario/mission/campaign game, simulation, wargame

Player Count: 2-5

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: heavy

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “This is the 6th Edition printing of Mark McLaughlin’s War and Peace. This edition incorporates all known errata and updates from the previous printing, and adds a few new things as well. It can also be found on BoardGameGeek and the like under the title War and Peace: Game of the Napoleonic Wars.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $57, upgrade kit only

All-In (w/shipping): $107

Campaign Ends: 9/30

Game Ships: Apr. 2021

Funding Status: Currently at 87%, with 28 days to go.