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

Project: Legions of Steel: Operation Anvil

Designer: Marco Pecota (Inferno, Legions of Steel)

Artist: Tom Frank (Legions of Steel, Quests for the Faysylwood), Wadim Kashin (Cry Havoc, Iviom), Dave McKay (Classic Battletech RPG)

Publisher: Raybox Games (Legions of Steel)

Genre/Mechanisms: 2 players, dice rolling, grid movement, miniatures, wargame

Player Count: 2

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: medium-heavy

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “A fast paced, skirmish miniatures wargame rich in tactical decision making,” Legions of Steel: Operation Anvil reimplements 1992’s Legions of Steel.

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $64

All-In (w/shipping): $269, same as above

Campaign Ends: 11/26

Game Ships: June 2021

Funding Status: Currently at 52% with 29 days to go.

Project: The Mariana Trench

Designer: Tom Layton

Artist: Tristam Rossin (Cosmic Colonies, Kingswood, Tranquility)

Publisher: Bright Light Games

Genre/Mechanisms: adventure, card drafting, highest-lowest scoring, solo/solitaire game

Player Count: 1-2

Solo Mode: yes

Complexity: medium-light

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “A light pocket adventure where 1 or 2 players explore the wonders of the Mariana Trench while avoiding dangers lurking in the darkness.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $31

All-In (w/shipping): $57

Campaign Ends: 11/25

Game Ships: July 2021

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 102% with 28 days to go.

Project: Yedo Deluxe Master Set – Reprint

Designers: Thomas Vande Ginste (Dragonsgate College, Kill Shakespeare, Yedo), Wolf Plancke (Dragonsgate College, Kill Shakespeare, Yedo)

Artist: Franz Vohwinkel (6 nimmt!, Amun-Re, Astra, Blue Moon City, Bohnanza, Catan, Catan Card Game, Chinatown, Clank! In! Space!, Domaine, Dominion: Intrigue, Egizia, Exit: The Game – The Abandoned Cabin, Exit: The Game – The Pharaoh’s Tomb, Exit: The Game – The Secret Lab, Finca, Francis Drake, A Game of Thrones: The Card Game, Genoa, Java, Lords of Vegas, Lost Cities, Louis XIV, Magic: The Gathering, Maharaja: The Game of Palace Building in India, Medici, Medina, Mega Civilization, Mexica, The Palaces of Carrara, The Princes of Florence, Puerto Rico, The Quest for El Dorado, Ra, Ricochet Robots, RoboRally, Samurai, San Juan, Star Trek: Catan, Starship Catan, The Staufer Dynasty, Sticheln, Taj Mahal, Targi, Tichu, Tikal, Torres, Tsuro, Union Pacific, Web of Power, Winner’s Circle, Wizard, Wyatt Earp, Yedo)

Publisher: Board & Dice (Dice Settlers, The Networks, Teotihuacan: City of Gods)

Genre/Mechanisms: action/movement programming, auction/bidding, hand management, set collection, worker placement

Player Count: 1-5

Solo Mode: yes (solo mode by David Turczi)

Complexity: medium-heavy

Risk: medium-low

Summary: A Deluxe version of heavy worker placement game Yedo, featuring borderless cards with new art, custom wooden screen-printed Disciples, an updated main board, updated Clan boards with new art and better functionality, upgraded tokens, new missions and modules, and a new, bigger box to hold it all. This campaign also features the new Un(Pleasant) Surprise mini-expansion.

Base Pledge (w/free shipping): $12, just the new (Un)Pleasant Surprises mini-expansion

All-In (w/shipping): $103

Campaign Ends: 11/6

Game Ships: Apr. 2021

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 285% with 10 days to go.