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

Project: Blabel

Designer: Tomás Tarragón

Artists: not credited

Publisher: Tomás Tarragón

Genre/Mechanisms: card game, cooperative game, deduction, memory, word game

Player Count: 3-9

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: light

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “A cooperative game in which players speak different fictional languages and have to learn to understand each other in order to build the Tower of Blabel together.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $33

All-In (w/shipping): $40

Campaign Ends: 10/31

Game Ships: Mar. 2021

Funding Status: Currently at 69% with 29 days to go.

Project: Farting Frenchies

Designer: Amanda Naqvi

Artist: Amanda Naqvi

Publisher: Boss Dog Games

Genre/Mechanisms: alliances, card game, hand management, party game, set collection

Player Count: 2-12

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: light

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “A fast-paced card game where players collect, feed and steal each other’s Frenchies. Dominate your opponents and strategically heist their furry little friends as you battle it out for the top dog title.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $18

All-In (w/shipping): $157, includes extras & vanity rewards

Campaign Ends: 10/29

Game Ships: Jan. 2021

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 578% with 26 days to go.

Project: Forsaken Forest

Designer: Alec Nezin

Artists: Chris Cold, Christof Grobelski, Lake Hurwitz, Tomasz Jedruszek (Battles of Westeros, Britannia, Citadels, Condottiere, Dominion, Dominion Second Edition, Dominion: Intrigue, Fields of Green, A Game of Thrones: The Board Game Second Edition, A Game of Thrones: The Card Game, Imperial Settlers, Middle-Earth Quest, Neuroshima Hex! 3.0, Prêt-à-Porter, Shadows of Brimstone: City of the Ancients, Shadows of Brimstone: Swamps of Death, Stronghold), Camille Kuo (Call of Cthulhu: The Card Game, Eragra: The Game of Eras and the First Step, Inkognito: The Card Game), Joe Slucher (Council of Blackthorn, Defenders of the Last Stand, Noble Treachery: The Last Alliance), Andrey Vasilchenko

Publisher: Forsaken Games

Genre/Mechanisms: bluffing, card game, deduction, hand management, horror, party game, player elimination, take that, team-based game, traitor game, variable player powers, voting

Player Count: 1-5

Solo Mode: yes

Complexity: medium-heavy

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “A team-oriented Social Deduction horror game set within a mysterious forest which has been warped by dark magic. The goal of each player is to navigate to their team’s hidden Destination, or to kill all of the opposing team’s players. However, the Villagers begin the game without knowing who is actually on their team, or where their Destination is located within the forest.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $30, expansion only

All-In (w/shipping): $60, base game and expansion

Campaign Ends: 10/31

Game Ships: Feb. 2021

Funding Status: Currently at 28% with 29 days to go.

Project: MiniSteel

Designer: Brian Gremore

Artist: Brian Gremore

Publisher: Gremore Games LLC

Genre/Mechanisms: campaign/battle card driven, card game, critical hits and failures, dice rolling, move through deck

Player Count: 2-4

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: light

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “A quick fix, battle royale strategy card game where players must vanquish their opponents to emerge victorious.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $23

All-In (w/shipping): $23, same as above

Campaign Ends: 11/5

Game Ships: May 2021

Funding Status: Currently at 52% with 33 days to go.