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

Project: Crazy Taco

Designer: Jesus Alvarez (¡MÍA!)

Artists: Jaime González García, Mariana Saura Copete

Publisher: CtrlAltCreative (¡MÍA!)

Genre/Mechanisms: card game, dice rolling, hand management, real-time, solo/solitaire game, worker placement

Player Count: 1-2

Solo Mode: yes

Complexity: light

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “Start a new day at the mexican fast food restaurant. Do not lose popularity and deal with all the customers and issues that may happen.” Crazy Taco is a solo game with a 2-player/1 vs. 1 variant.

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $37

All-In (w/shipping): $140, includes vanity rewards

Campaign Ends: 9/21

Game Ships: Mar. 2021

Funding Status: Currently at 89%, with 17 days to go.

Project: Mercado de Lisboa

Designers: Vital Lacerda (CO2, CO2: Second Chance, The Gallerist, Escape Plan, Kanban: Driver’s Edition, Lisboa, On Mars, Vinhos, Vinhos Deluxe Edition), Julián Pombo

Artist: Pedro Soto (Guilds of London, Holmes: Sherlock & Mycroft, Palastgeflüster)

Publisher: Eagle Games (Age of Steam, Baseball Highlights: 2045, Brass: Lancashire, Can’t Stop, Carson City, Defenders of the Realm, Diamant, Empires: Age of Discovery, Escape Plan, Fleet, For Sale, Francis Drake, The Gallerist, High Society, Lisboa, On Mars, Railways of the World, Rococo, Roll Through the Ages: The Bronze Age, Santiago de Cuba, Struggle of Empires, Through the Ages: A New Story of Civilization, Through the Ages: A Story of Civilization, Tumblin-Dice, Vinhos Deluxe Edition)

Genre/Mechanisms: abstract strategy, area majority/influence, economic, tile placement

Player Count: 1-4

Solo Mode: yes

Complexity: medium-light

Risk: low

Summary: “A thinky filler tile-placement game based upon the Lisboa city-building system in which players pay money to own stands in the market, open restaurants next to them to improve their profit and bring in customers that earn money for players with matching stands.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $43

All-In (w/shipping): $43, same as above

Campaign Ends: 9/18

Game Ships: June 2021

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 329%, with 13 days to go.

Project: Way of the Samurai: Blood & Bushido Expansion

Designer: Ÿøssef Fårhi

Artist: Alexandra Zinn

Publisher: Alone Editions (Way of the Samurai)

Genre/Mechanisms: card game, expansion, fighting, hand management, solo/solitaire game

Player Count: 1

Solo Mode: yes

Complexity: medium-heavy

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “In Way of the Samurai, you play the famous swordsman Miyamoto Musashi in epic battles. This is a solo card game with simple and fluid mechanics. Way of the Samurai offers strategy, risk taking, deck building and combinations. Blood and Bushido is an expansion for Way of the samurai. It includes 5 modules, a new opponent, 2 new surroundings, 2 new weapons, and a new random event map for campaign mode.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $14

All-In (w/shipping): $43, also includes the base game

Campaign Ends: 9/29

Game Ships: June 2021

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