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

Project: Eternal Adversary

Designers: Ben Donges (Avast), Sandy Petersen (Arkham Horror, Cthulhu Wars, Hyperspace), Lincoln Petersen (Cthulhu Wars, Evil High Priest)

Artist: Piotr Foksowicz (Nemesis, Neuroshima Hex 3.0, Tainted Grail)

Publisher: Petersen Games (Cthulhu Wars, Glorantha: The Gods War, Hyperspace)

Genre/Mechanisms: dice rolling, miniatures, partnerships, variable player powers

Player Count: 2-6

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: medium-light

Risk: medium-low

Summary: A huge, easy-playing asymmetrical strategy game with miniatures.

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $79

All-In (w/shipping): $139, not including vanity pledge levels

Campaign Ends: 7/9

Game Ships: Jan. 2021

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 165%, with 12 days to go.

Project: Tattoo Brawl

Designer: Gerardo Whiu

Artist: Deni Rizkito

Publisher: Gaming Hole

Genre/Mechanisms: card drafting, deck building, economic, hand management, memory, pattern building, take that, trading

Player Count: 2-4

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: medium-light

Risk: high

Summary: A tattoo-themed card management game where players obtain and mix ink, tattoo clients, and can even steal clients from other tattoo parlors.

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $38

All-In (w/shipping): $219, includes vanity reward

Campaign Ends: 7/23

Game Ships: Dec. 2019

Funding Status: Currently at 14%, with 34 days to go.

Project: Thunderstone Quest: New Horizons

Designers: Brian Reese (Legend of the Five Rings, Phase, Thunderstone Quest), Brett Satkowiak (Saints & Sinners), Mike Elliott (Marvel Dice Masters: Avengers vs. X-Men, Marvel Dice Masters: Uncanny X-Men, Quarriors!, Shadowrun: Crossfire, Star Trek: Fleet Captains, Thunderstone, Thunderstone Advance: Towers of Ruin, Thunderstone Quest, Thunderstone: Dragonspire

Artists: Jason Engle (Dungeons & Dragons: Castle Ravenloft Board Game, Dungeons & Dragons: The Legend of Drizzt Board Game, Dungeons & Dragons: Wrath of Ashardalon Board Game, A Game of Thrones (First Edition), A Game of Thrones: The Card Game, Mage Wars Arena, Magic: The Gathering, Royals, Thunderstone, Thunderstone Advance: Towers of Ruin, Thunderstone Quest, Thunderstone: Dragonspire), Gunship Revolution (Dead of Winter: The Long Night, Seafall, Thunderstone Quest), Matt Paquette (Mystic Vale, Thunderstone Quest, Tiny Towns), David Su (Doomtown: Reloaded, Thunderstone Quest)

Publisher: Alderac Entertainment Group (Automobiles, The Captain Is Dead, Dice City, Doomtown: Reloaded, Guildhall, Istanbul, Istanbul: The Dice Game, Love Letter, Love Letter: Premium, Love Letter: Batman, Lovecraft Letter, Mystic Vale, Smash Up, Smash Up: Awesome Level 9000, Smash Up: It’s Your Fault!, Smash Up: Monster Smash, Smash Up: Pretty Pretty Smash Up, Smash Up: Science Fiction Double Feature, Space Base, Thunderstone, Thunderstone Advance: Towers of Ruin, Thunderstone Quest, Thunderstone: Dragonspire, Tiny Towns, Trains, Trains: Rising Sun, Valley of the Kings, Valley of the Kings: Afterlife, War Chest)

Genre/Mechanisms: deck building, miniatures, resource management, press your luck

Player Count: 1-6

Solo Mode: yes

Complexity: medium-heavy

Risk: low

Summary: Two new quests (about 250 cards each) with Prestige Classes, a promo pack for Barricades mode, and a 4th level Hero Add-On (about 100 cards) make up the latest addition to the Thunderstone Quest, plus the ability to obtain all previous content.

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $65, just the new stuff

All-In (w/shipping): $400, everything made-to-date, including All-Ins from both previous campaigns and this one, Epic Support for Champion Reward, the Neoprene Mat, 4th Level Heroes, and 4,000 sleeves.

Campaign Ends: 6/28

Game Ships: June 2020

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 490%, with 9 days to go.