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

Project: Arcana Magica

Designer: Mihail Ivanov

Artist: Dilyana Bozhinova

Publisher: 89 Visions

Genre/Mechanisms: card game, deck building, dice rolling, drafting, move through deck

Player Count: 2-4

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: light

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “Players build armies out of Tarot units and then use them to take trophies from the opponents – to capture their Units. Battles, helped by the chance of the 5 different dice, determine winners and losers.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $43

All-In (w/shipping): $353, includes vanity rewards

Campaign Ends: 10/2

Game Ships: Jan. 2021

Funding Status: Currently at 22%, with 22 days to go.

Project: Monsters on Board

Designers: Ivo Neskovic, Aleksandar Mikic, Samoil Petreski

Artist: Mihajlo Dimitrievski (Architects of the West Kingdom, Explorers of the North Sea, Paladins of the West Kingdom, Raiders of the North Sea, Valeria: Card Kingdoms)

Publisher: Final Frontier Games (Coloma, Rise to Nobility, Robin Hood and the Merry Men)

Genre/Mechanisms: dice rolling, different dice movement, drafting, end game bonuses, point to point movement

Player Count: 1-4

Solo Mode: yes

Complexity: medium-light

Risk: medium-low

Summary: “A spooky dice-drafting game with custom dice, 3D cardboard cars, and colorful monster minis.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $69

All-In (w/shipping): $104

Campaign Ends: 9/30

Game Ships: June 2021

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 237%, with 20 days to go.