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

Project: Althingi

Designer: Joshua Gillingham

Artist: Lady Shustova

Publisher: Outland Entertainment (APEX Theropod Deck Building Game: Collected Edition)

Genre/Mechanisms: auction: sealed bid, betting and bluffing, bribery, civilization, hand management, political

Player Count: 2-4

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: light

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “A quick set-up, fast-play game of strength and influence based in medieval Iceland. Each player takes the role of a powerful Chieftain and tries to take control of the annual gathering known as the Althingi through good old-fashioned bribery, coercion, and intimidation.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $29

All-In (w/shipping): $109, includes extras

Campaign Ends: 12/1

Game Ships: May 2021

Funding Status: Currently at 28% with 20 days to go.

Project: Rift Knights

Designer: T. Alex Davis (Deep Vents)

Artist: Andrew Bosley (Blood Bowl: Team Manager – The Card Game, Citadels, Everdell, Mission: Red Planet, Tapestry), Ryan Laukat (Above and Below, Dominion, Dominion: Intrigue, Eight-Minute Empire: Legends, Empires of the Void II, Islebound, Near and Far)

Publisher: Red Raven Games (Above and Below, Eight-Minute Empire: Legends, Empires of the Void II, Islebound, Near and Far)

Genre/Mechanisms: fighting, hand management, team-based game, variable player powers

Player Count: 2-6

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: medium-light

Risk: medium-low

Summary: “An asymmetrical team game where one team controls the holy knights, who must protect the elders and withstand the demons until dawn. The other team controls the demons, who seek to break the seal to the underworld before morning.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $25, Eight Gods Card Game only

All-In (w/shipping): $75

Campaign Ends: 11/23

Game Ships: June 2021

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 164% with 12 days to go.

Project: Rune (Reprint & New Micro-Expansion)

Designer: Zemilio (Rune)

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

Publisher: Little Rocket Games (Rune)

Genre/Mechanisms: 2 players, area majority/influence, card game, puzzle, tile placement

Player Count: 2

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: light

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “A fast-paced card game where you’ll try to summon Zemilio from another world. Only the one who will collect the most mana from the rune stones will be able to complete the ritual.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $2, just the new Grand Master micro-expansion

All-In (w/free shipping): $11

Campaign Ends: 11/30

Game Ships: July 2021

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 630% with 19 days to go.