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

Project: Die Macher: Limited Edition

Designer: Karl-Heinz Schmiel (Die Macher, Saint Petersburg Second Edition, Tribune: Primus Inter Pares)

Artists: Marcus Gschwendtner (Die Macher), Harald Lieske (Amerigo, Arkwright, Aton, Bohnanza, Carcassonne: South Seas, The Castles of Burgundy, The Castles of Burgundy: The Card Game, Catan, Dominion, Dominion: Intrigue, Fabled Fruit, Friday, Gentes, Glen More, La Granja, In the Year of the Dragon, Kraftwagen, Las Vegas, Macao, Die Macher, Notre Dame, Power Grid, Power Grid Deluxe: Europe/North America, Puerto Rico, San Juan Second Edition, Smash Up: Monster Smash, The Speicherstadt, Vikings, Washington’s War, Witches’ Brew)

Publisher: Spielworxx (1989: Dawn of Freedom, Arkwright, Gentes, La Granja, Die Macher, Virgin Queen, Washington’s War), Indie Game Studio (Aftershock: San Francisco & Venice, Egizia: Shifting Sands, Survive: Escape From Atlantis!)

Genre/Mechanisms: area control, auction/bidding, dice rolling, economic, hand management, simultaneous action selection

Player Count: 3-5

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: heavy

Risk: high

Summary: Players are in charge of national political parties during seven sequential political races in different regions of Germany.

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $79

All-In (w/shipping): $79, same as above

Campaign Ends: 7/11

Game Ships: Nov. 2019

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 441%, with 13 days to go.

Project: Kodama 3D

Designers: Daryl Andrews (City of Gears, Sagrada, The Walled City: Londonderry & Borderlands), Erica Bouyouris (Ghostbusters: The Card Game, Ink Monsters, Roar: King of the Pride)

Artist: Kwanchai Moriya (Catacombs 3rd Edition, Cryptid, Dinosaur Island, Duelosaur Island, The Game, Kodama: The Tree Spirits, Pret-a-Porter)

Publisher: Indie Boards & Cards (Aeon’s End, Aeon’s End: Legacy, Coup, Flash Point: Fire Rescue, Haggis, Kodama: The Tree Spirits, The Resistance, The Resistance: Avalon, Snowdonia)

Genre/Mechanisms: hand management, modular board, set collection

Player Count: 2-4

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: light

Risk: low

Summary: Kodama is a light set collection game where players build trees with insects, flowers, and varying branch arrangements for points. Kodama 3D translates Kodama to a setting with a three-dimensional tree and upgraded components instead of just a flat tableau of cards.

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $29

All-In (w/shipping): $76

Campaign Ends: 7/18

Game Ships: Nov. 2019

Funding Status: Currently at 81%, with 21 days to go.