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

Project: Maeshowe: an Orkney Saga

Designer: Lee G. Broderick (Dwarf)

Artists: Matthias Catrein (Diamant, Dominion, Dominion: Intrigue, Dominion Second Edition, Hamburgum, Imperial, Peloponnes), Lars Munck

Publisher: Dragon Dawn Productions (Black Hat, Perdition’s Mouth: Abyssal Rift, The Phantom League)

Genre/Mechanisms: card game, cooperative game, hand management, medieval, push your luck, set collection, solo/solitaire game, turn order: pass order

Player Count: 1-2

Solo Mode: yes

Complexity: light

Risk: medium-high

Summary: “This updated version of Lee Broderick’s Print and Play game Maeshowe offers a streamlined version of the core gameplay while adding a series of mini-expansions and alternate set-ups for more variety, challenge and replay-ability. Take on the roles of 12th century Vikings Jarl Rognvald Kali Kolsson and Jarl Harald Maddadsson as they find themselves trapped, and escape the Tomb of Maeshowe.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $30

All-In (w/shipping): $111

Campaign Ends: 2/4

Game Ships: July 2021

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 522% with 9 days to go.

Project: Tarawa 1943

Designers: Grant Wylie (Hold the Line, Holdfast: Russia 1941-42, Napoleon’s War: The 100 Days), Mike Wylie (Hold the Line, Holdfast: Russia 1941-42, Napoleon’s War: The 100 Days)

Artist: Sean Cooke (Hearts and Minds: Vietnam 1965-75, Hold the Line, Holdfast: Russia 1941-42, Napoleon’s War: The 100 Days)

Publisher: Worthington Publishing

Genre/Mechanisms: action points, campaign/battle card driven, card game, dice rolling, point to point movement, push your luck, solo/solitaire game, war game, world war II

Player Count: 1

Solo Mode: yes

Complexity: medium-light

Risk: medium-low

Summary: “A card driven solitaire game of the US Marine Corps landing on Tarawa in 1943, playable in 45 minutes. Victory is achieved by taking the island as quickly as possible while minimizing casualties.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $71

All-In (w/shipping): $217, includes 3 additional games

Campaign Ends: 2/6

Game Ships: July 2021

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 1238% with 11 days to go.