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

Project: Battle Of The Breweries

Designer: Joe Swatland

Artists: not credited

Publisher: Joe Swatland

Genre/Mechanisms: dice rolling, hand management, set collection, variable player powers

Player Count: 2-8

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: medium-light

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “A Craft Beer themed board game with over 100 real world breweries and over 300 beers.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $66

All-In (w/shipping): $478, includes extras & vanity rewards

Campaign Ends: 12/17

Game Ships: May 2021

Funding Status: Currently at 17% with 12 days to go.

Project: The Boys: This Is Going To Hurt The Board Game

Designers: Jon Levin, Josh Stilts, Nick Accardi

Artists: Nick Accardi, Darick Robertson

Publisher: 1First Games

Genre/Mechanisms: action points, comic book/strip, finale ending, tile placement

Player Count: 2-5

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: medium-light

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “You’ll battle with and/or against Butcher, Hughie, Frenchie, The Female, Mother’s Milk, members of The Seven, your favorite and most hated Supes, and other characters from The Boys. You’ll need to be fast; after 21 rounds, Homelander makes it Game Over for everyone.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $77

All-In (w/shipping): $200, includes vanity rewards

Campaign Ends: 12/24

Game Ships: June 2021

Funding Status: Currently at 85% with 29 days to go.

Project: Fly-A-Way

Designers: Quek Oon Hong, Nguyen Huy Hung, Lynette Lee, Simon Vincent, Iris Tang

Artists: Quek Oon Hong, Nguyen Huy Hung, Iris Tang

Publisher: Tuber Productions

Genre/Mechanisms: action retrieval, animals, command cards, connections, environmental, events, kill steal, network and route building, race, set collection, simulation

Player Count: 2-4

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: medium-light

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “A competitive, family-friendly board game on bird migration for 2-4 players. Help birds of different species and habitats by placing links and completing their migratory routes.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $62

All-In (w/shipping): $62, same as above

Campaign Ends: 12/14

Game Ships: June 2021

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 139% with 19 days to go.

Project: My Date with a Zombie

Designer: Alayn Clint

Artist: Imaginaires

Publisher: Gametime Again

Genre/Mechanisms: card game, memory, set collection, trading, zombies

Player Count: 2-6

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: light

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “Think of yourself as a matchmaker, a zombie matchmaker. Your skills are sorely needed. Your zombie is so nervous for their date that they are literally in pieces. Your job is not only to arrange the best date, but to help your zombie get back together.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $25

All-In (w/shipping): $25, same as above

Campaign Ends: 11/30

Game Ships: Dec. 2020

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 106% with 5 days to go.

Project: Treasure Temple

Designers: GK Studios

Artists: Lloyd Drake-Brockman, Phil Edkins, Elizaveta Sokolova

Publisher: Games Knight / Team Idixion

Genre/Mechanisms: card game, modular board, take that, trick-taking

Player Count: 2-4

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: medium-light

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “A treasure-grabbing, back-stabbing adventure card game for 2-4 players. Players each take on the role of daring explorers from across the globe seeking lost treasures hidden deep within the Treasure Temple.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $33

All-In (w/shipping): $33, same as above

Campaign Ends: 12/23

Game Ships: Nov. 2021

Funding Status: Currently at 19% with 28 days to go.