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

Project: Reality Shift

Designer: Mat Hanson

Artist: Aldo Domínguez

Publisher: Academy Games, Inc. (1775: Rebellion, 1812: The Invasion of Canada, 878 Vikings: Invasion of England, Conflict of Heroes: Awakening the Bear! – Operation Barbarossa 1941, Conflict of Heroes: Awakening the Bear! – Russia 1941-42, Conflict of Heroes: Storms of Steel! – Kursk 1943, Fief: France 1429, Freedom: The Underground Railroad, Mare Nostrum: Empires)

Genre/Mechanisms: card drafting, grid movement, map deformation, modular board, racing, roll/spin and move, three dimensional movement, variable setup

Player Count: 2-4

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: medium-light

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “A fast-paced 3D racing game for 2 to 4 players set in a retro virtual reality world. The racetrack is made of cubes whose magnetic facings have different paths on them. Your light bike is not constrained by gravity. Your magnetic figure can use any accessible path on the tops and the sides of the cubes.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $56

All-In (w/shipping): $110

Campaign Ends: 12/11

Game Ships: May 2021

Funding Status: Currently at 92% with 10 days to go.

Project: That’s Wizard

Designer: Matthew Sorrentino

Artists: Matthew Sorrentino, Jamie Noble-Frier (Forged in Steel, Hands in the Sea, Perdition’s Mouth: Abyssal Rift)

Publisher: Manaworks Games

Genre/Mechanisms: deck building, fantasy, simultaneous action selection

Player Count: 2

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: medium-light

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “A two-player simultaneous-action card game about dueling wizards. Both players will design a deck of seven spell cards to defeat their opponent with. Spells are organized into seven different schools of magic, such as Transfiguration, Charms, Divination, etc. There are over a thousand possible combinations to create your deck with.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $46

All-In (w/shipping): $71

Campaign Ends: 12/19

Game Ships: Nov. 2021

Funding Status: Currently at 24% with 28 days to go.