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

Project: Carbon City Zero: World Edition

Designers: Sam Illingworth, Paul Wake

Artists: Matt Bonner, Tony Pickering

Publisher: Possible

Genre/Mechanisms: card game, deck building, educational

Player Count: 2-4

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: light

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “A deck-building game in which players develop a sustainable city by building factories, managing people, lobbying government ministers, and raising public awareness.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $33

All-In (w/shipping): $53, also includes board

Campaign Ends: 10/2

Game Ships: Dec. 2020

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 163%, with 28 days to go.

Project: Eetenki: The Queen Himiko Chronicles

Designer: Keisuke Wada

Artist: Yuhei Ishihara

Publisher: Accent Circonflexe

Genre/Mechanisms: betting and bluffing, civilization, memory, predictive bid, push your luck, role playing, variable phase order, variable setup, victory points as a resource

Player Count: 2-4

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: medium-light

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “A tactical yet push your luck game in which you play as the Queen of a small nation in ancient Japan undergoing a series of civil wars, guessing the flow of the weather, and developing your nation to win. Players race to get the most victory points by growing rice coins that represent rice plants. These rice coins will grow or rot depending on the weather.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $113

All-In (w/shipping): $32

Campaign Ends: 10/2

Game Ships: Dec. 2021

Funding Status: Currently at 12%, with 28 days to go.