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

Project: Dungeon Universalis

Designer: Oscar Bribian

Artists: Jose David Lanza Cebrian (Champions of Midgard, Hellboy: The Board Game, Rum & Bones: Second Tide), Daniel Comerci, Victor Manuel Leza Moreno (Encounters: Shadowrun, Miskatonic University: The Restricted Collection, Vikings: The BoardGame)

Publisher: Ludic Dragon Games

Genre/Mechanisms: action points, action queue, adventure, card drafting, cooperative game, dice rolling, dungeon crawler, exploration, miniatures, modular board, role playing, simulation

Player Count: 1-6

Solo Mode: yes

Complexity: heavy

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “Dungeon crawler that includes a huge narrative campaign with a sandbox map and many independent quests and epic events; but also allows you to design your own quests, or simply use its rule-book, system, and cards with missions, quests, tiles and miniatures from other games.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $63, update pack only

All-In (w/shipping): $328

Campaign Ends: 10/19

Game Ships: July 2021

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 409% with 23 days to go.

Project: Ganjifa Play

Designers: Eugene Kereya, Vitaliy Terziev

Artist: Alexandra Zipher

Publisher: Eugene Kereya

Genre/Mechanisms: card game, hand management, memory, trick-taking

Player Count: 2-4

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: light

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “Players take turns playing suits, taking tricks, and building temples.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $61

All-In (w/shipping): $1500, includes vanity rewards

Campaign Ends: 11/5

Game Ships: May 2021

Funding Status: Currently at 24% with 40 days to go.

Project: Scrub’s Center for American Medicine

Designer: Andrew X. Hunter

Artist: Teguh Sawanda

Publisher: Pleiades Games

Genre/Mechanisms: card drafting, card game, hand management, line drawing

Player Count: 2-4

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: light

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “A card drafting and line management tabletop game to operate the most profitable Ward at SCAM.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $25

All-In (w/shipping): $40

Campaign Ends: 11/8

Game Ships: July 2021

Funding Status: Currently at 11% with 43 days to go.