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

Project: Cooking Customers

Designer: David Schneider

Artists: Nathan Crandall, David Schneider

Publisher: Good Enough Games

Genre/Mechanisms: card game, dice rolling, take that

Player Count: 2-10

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: light

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “You will need to hire cooks to make meals so that you can serve you customers and win the game all while avoiding horrible kitchen injuries, health inspections and complaining customers.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $20

All-In (w/shipping): $27

Campaign Ends: 10/24

Game Ships: Feb. 2021

Funding Status: Currently at 22% with 19 days to go.

Project: Reputation: The Game of Fame

Designer: Daniela Kresnadi

Artist: Daniela Kresnadi

Publisher: Daniela Kresnadi

Genre/Mechanisms: card game, hand management, set collection, take that

Player Count: n/a

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: light

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “Take turns building good reputation and dishing out bad reputation to your opponents in an effort to be the last one standing. Reputation takes you through the highs and lows, from marrying a big shot moviestar to starting online feuds with haters.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $36

All-In (w/shipping): $36, same as above

Campaign Ends: 11/2

Game Ships: Dec. 2020

Funding Status: Currently at 57% with 28 days to go.

Project: Stadium: A Sport Odyssey

Designers: Sir Logan, Dameron Vaughn

Artists: Mohammed Agbadi, Jiba Molei Anderson, Franklin Chan, Daniel Garcia, Matesse Estis, Matt Sheean, Asaru Mushavu, Dameron Vaughn, Adrian Wilkinson (Thunderstone Advance: Numenera)

Publisher: H2i Studios

Genre/Mechanisms: 2 players, bluffing, card game, collectible components, deck construction, deduction, dice rolling, hand management, state check resolution, take that.

Player Count: 2

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: medium-light

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “A competitive two player collectible card-board game based loosely on the rules of good old American football. Coaches go head to head playing cards in phase turns. In the last phase the stats of the revealed cards played are tallied and determine the success of the play.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $65

All-In (w/shipping): $65, same as above

Campaign Ends: 11/11

Game Ships: Sep. 2021

Funding Status: Currently at 39% with 27 days to go.