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

Project: ALTARS: Traps of the Deep

Designer: Nagy Balazs (Christmas Tree)

Artist: Levente Joanovics

Publisher: Clevergreen Board Games (Christmas Tree)

Genre/Mechanisms: action point allowance system, modular board, take that, variable player powers

Player Count: 2-4

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: medium-light

Risk: high

Summary: Search the Shrine while taking actions to activate Traps and hurt the other players.

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $57

All-In (w/shipping): $57, same as above

Campaign Ends: 7/18

Game Ships: Nov. 2019

Funding Status: Currently at 15%, with 29 days to go.

Project: Builders of Blankenburg: Fields & Flocks

Designer: Peter Schultz (The Acts, Builders of Blankenburg)

Artist: Liz Stephanoff (The Acts, Builders of Blankenburg, The Last Hundred Yards)

Publisher: Cobblestone Games (The Acts, Builders of Blankenburg)

Genre/Mechanisms: area control, auction/bidding, resource management, variable player powers, worker placement

Player Count: 2-6

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: medium-heavy

Risk: medium-high

Summary: Expansion to area control & auction/bidding game Builders of Blankenburg that adds in a new Harvest Phase and worker placement mechanics.

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $42, just the new expansion

All-In (w/shipping): $200, includes vanity reward

Campaign Ends: 7/18

Game Ships: Jan. 2020

Funding Status: Currently at 44%, with 29 days to go.

Project: Endeavor: Age of Expansion

Designer: Jarratt Gray (Endeavor, Endeavor: Age of Sail)

Artists: Noah Adelman (Between Two Castles of Mad King Ludwig, Eclipse: Second Dawn of the Galaxy, Endeavor: Age of Sail, Fireball Island: Curse of Vul-Kar, The Grimm Forest, Gugong, My Little Scythe, Onimaru, The Reckoners, Sweet Mess, Vindication, Wasteland Express Delivery Service), Josh Cappel (1960: The Making of the President, Belfort, Endeavor, Endeavor: Age of Sail, The Manhattan Project: Energy Empire, Pandemic, Scoville, Wasabi!, Wasteland Express Delivery Service)

Publishers: Burnt Island Games (Endeavor: Age of Sail, In the Hall of the Mountain King), Grand Gamers Guild (The Artemis Project, Endangered, Endeavor: Age of Sail)

Genre/Mechanisms: area control, card drafting, set collection

Player Count: 2-5

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: medium-heavy

Risk: medium-low

Summary: Expansion to nautical area control game Endeavor: Age of Sail adds in new Buildings, a new Building Market, and new Asset Cards. Burnt Island has also removed recessed player boards from production, and they will no longer be offered with any version of the game.

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $34

All-In (w/shipping): $105

Campaign Ends: 7/2

Game Ships: Feb. 2020

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 337%, with 13 days to go.