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

Project: Return to Planet Apocalypse

Designer: Sandy Petersen (Cthulhu Wars, Glorantha: The Gods War, Planet Apocalypse)

Artist: Keith Thompson (Planet Apocalypse)

Publisher: Petersen Games

Genre/Mechanisms: cooperative game, dice rolling, fighting, horror, miniatures, role playing, solo/solitaire game

Player Count: 1-5

Solo Mode: yes

Complexity: heavy

Risk: medium-low

Summary: “The new campaign features two new expansions, Nightmare Pack and Pack of the Crypt, as well as a D&D 5e sourcebook to adapt Planet Apocalypse to the role-playing world.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $88, includes one of the two new expansions only

All-In (w/shipping): $693, includes both new expansions and everything created to-date for the Planet Apocalypse board game (does not include the 5e sourcebook).

Campaign Ends: 10/5

Game Ships: July 2022

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 836%, with 13 days to go.

Project: Sleep Tight

Designer: Jim Searcy

Artists: Douglas Aparecido Manzini, Hasnul Karami

Publisher: Moongrel Entertainment

Genre/Mechanisms: action/event, card game, cooperative game, horror, real-time, traitor game

Player Count: 2-4

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: light

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “Team up against the Sandman or turn against each other. If the Sandman is killed, everyone wins. But if one of you wakes up first, they win, while the other players stay trapped in the nightmare forever, left as a feast for the Sandman.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $25

All-In (w/shipping): $25, same as above

Campaign Ends: 10/21

Game Ships: Mar. 2021

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 118%, with 28 days to go.