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

Project: ISS Vanguard (on Gamefound, not Kickstarter)

Designers: Michał Oracz (Cry Havoc, Neuroshima Hex! 3.0, This War of Mine: The Board Game), Paweł Samborski, Krzysztof Piskorski (The Edge: Dawnfall, Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon), Marcin Świerkot (The Edge: Dawnfall, Siege Storm, Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon)

Artists: Ewa Labak (Etherfields, Nemesis, Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon), Dominik Mayer (Concordia, Concordia: Venus, Hadara), Patryk Jędraszek (Nemesis), Piotr Gacek (Etherfields, Lords of Hellas, Nemesis, Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon, This War of Mine: The Board Game)

Publisher: Awaken Realms (The Edge: Dawnfall, Etherfields, Lords of Hellas, Nemesis, Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon, This War of Mine: The Board Game)

Genre/Mechanisms: adventure, card drafting, cooperative game, dice, dice rolling, exploration, miniatures, science fiction, scenario/mission/campaign game, space exploration, storytelling

Player Count: 1-4

Solo Mode: yes

Complexity: heavy

Risk: low

Summary: “A co-operative campaign and epic sci-fi adventure with hard player choices, twists, branching storylines, and gameplay split into 2 phases. The Ship phase features 4 different sections (security, recon, science, engineering) while onboard the first human ship with the possibility to reach outer space. During the Planet Landing phase, players prepare their crew for landing on the next planet, in search of answers to humanity’s biggest questions. Together they pick the lander and customize it with modules, then each section chooses a crew member to take on a mission (more experienced crew members have better ranks), and further customize with deck-building skills, equipment, and dice.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $124 ($138 with two-wave shipping)

All-In (w/shipping): $209 ($224 with two-wave shipping)

Campaign Ends: 1/7

Game Ships: Aug. 2021, Apr. 2022

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 3569% with 20 days to go.