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

Project: House of Cats

Designer: Yu Wang (Majolica, T-Rex’s Holiday)

Artists: Kinoro Huang, Ophélie “Honey” Ortal

Publisher: NosyCats

Genre/Mechanisms: dice rolling, paper-and-pencil

Player Count: 2-5

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: medium-light

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “An adaptation of Yu Wang’s cat-themed Taiwanese roll & write game T-Rex’s Holiday, featuring a ‘hidden’ die that is initially revealed only to the player rolling the dice each round, and is shown to the other players only after they take their other actions for the round.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $52

All-In (w/shipping): $79

Campaign Ends: 12/22

Game Ships: Mar. 2021

Funding Status: Currently at 4% with 14 days to go.

Project: Meta Olympia

Designers: not credited

Artists: Nimit Malavia, Jacques Pena

Publisher: Mighty Dynamo

Genre/Mechanisms: deck building, dice rolling, fighting, hand management, miniatures, point-to-point movement, sports

Player Count: 2-4

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: medium-light

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “A fast-paced deck-building, dice-based table-top game where you play a Martian colony ‘football’ club in the not-too-distant future (playing rules that resemble soccer on Earth).”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $50

All-In (w/shipping): $84

Campaign Ends: 1/3

Game Ships: June 2021

Funding Status: Currently at 1% with 27 days to go.