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

Project: Cube Attack

Designer: Adamo Bencardino

Artist: Adamo Bencardino

Publisher: Vanagloria Games

Genre/Mechanisms: abstract strategy

Player Count: 2-6

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: medium-light

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “Every player controls a space shuttle army (represented by cubes), with the aim to seize specific strategic areas (called Planets) to arm, strengthen, increase the number and above all obtain points to acquire the galactic supremacy.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $48

All-In (w/shipping): $60

Campaign Ends: 12/21

Game Ships: Dec. 2021

Funding Status: Currently at 29% with 19 days to go.

Project: Momiji

Designers: Dario Massarenti, Francesco Testini (Tang Garden, Xi’an)

Artist: Apolline Etienne (Haunt the House, Muse, Wreck Raiders)

Publisher: 3 Emme Games (Chakra, Monster Slaughter, Space Gate Odyssey)

Genre/Mechanisms: card drafting, card game, hand management, memory, number, set collection, solo/solitaire game, variable player powers

Player Count: 1-4

Solo Mode: yes

Complexity: light

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “Players try to attempt to fulfill their objectives by collecting the most valuable autumn leaves of the Imperial Garden making the most of their landscape abilities.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $18

All-In (w/shipping): $30

Campaign Ends: 12/23

Game Ships: Sep. 2021

Funding Status: Currently at 87% with 21 days to go.

Project: Tall Tales

Designers: Oliver Sabot, Adam Plunkett

Artists: not credited

Publishers: Oliver Sabot, Adam Plunkett

Genre/Mechanisms: paper-and-pencil, party game, player judge, voting, word game

Player Count: 3-12

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: light

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “In Tall Tales, your group will write an original story together. Players each write their own scenes and submit them to the group in the hope that their scene will be chosen for the group’s tale. A player wins by scoring the most points, which players score by having other players vote for their scenes and also by voting for the scenes that are popular with other players.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $30

All-In (w/shipping): $409, includes vanity reward

Campaign Ends: 12/31

Game Ships: July 2021

Funding Status: Currently at 106% with 29 days to go.