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

Project: Battlescars

Designers: Cory Heald, Cris Miles

Artists: not credited

Publisher: Utter Board Games

Genre/Mechanisms: auction/bidding, bluffing, dice rolling, hand management, miniatures, modular board, point to point movement, science fiction, variable player powers, wargame

Player Count: 2-4

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: medium-light

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “A high impact tabletop minis game featuring vehicles with hot-swappable components and scalable gameplay.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $118

All-In (w/shipping): $204

Campaign Ends: 11/27

Game Ships: Aug. 2021

Funding Status: Currently at 5% with 24 days to go.

Project: Dice Splice

Designer: Caitlin Russell

Artist: Matt Tweed

Publisher: SeaGriffin Games

Genre/Mechanisms: action/dexterity, dice, pirates, stacking and balancing

Player Count: 1-6

Solo Mode: yes

Complexity: light

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “On your turn, roll your hand of seven dice and attempt to balance them onto a central hoard of dice towers according to dice splicing rules.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $44

All-In (w/shipping): $121, includes extras

Campaign Ends: 12/2

Game Ships: May 2021

Funding Status: Currently at 38% with 28 days to go.

Project: P’achakuna

Designers: Stefan Kraft, Moreno Vogel

Artist: Johanna Tarkela

Publisher: Treecer (Darwin’s Choice)

Genre/Mechanisms: 2 players, animals, hexagon grid, map deformation, maze, modular board, network and route building, pick-up and deliver, point to point movement, puzzle, tile placement

Player Count: 2

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: light

Risk: medium-high

Summary: “Offers a unique 2 player gaming experience as both players follow their own paths on the same board but are never completely separated from each other. The black llamas are only able to move on the mountainous parts of the tiles, while the white llamas are only able to move on the flat parts.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $57

All-In (w/shipping): $76

Campaign Ends: 12/2

Game Ships: June 2021

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 228% with 29 days to go.