(or here’s a list of what launched yesterday that might deserve a closer look… and Project Titles now feature links to their campaigns!)

Project: Block and Key

Designer: David Van Drunen (Gnomes at Midnight)

Artist: Edu Valls

Publisher: Inside Up Games (7 Souls, Gorus Maximus, Summit: The Board Game)

Genre/Mechanisms: abstract strategy, drafting, end game bonuses, grid coverage, line of sight, pattern building, puzzle, stacking and balancing, three dimensional movement

Player Count: 1-4

Solo Mode: yes

Complexity: medium-light

Risk: medium-low

Summary: “Adventurers will be placing 3D clay blocks into a centralized raised playing area, with the goal of completing their own request cards. The challenge is made more interesting as each player is limited to their “2D” viewpoint. Each turn adventurers may either draw new blocks from the supply, or place ONE block into the shared space. They may then check to see if they have completed any request cards before filling their hand.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $55

All-In (w/shipping): $55, same as above

Campaign Ends: 3/10

Game Ships: Sep. 2021

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 151% with 20 days to go.

Project: Zombicide: Undead or Alive

Designers: Raphaël Guiton (Massive Darkness, Zombicide, Zombicide: Black Plague, Zombicide: Green Horde, Zombicide: Invader, Zombicide Season 2: Prison Outbreak, Zombicide Season 3: Rue Morgue), Jean-Baptiste Lullien (Massive Darkness, Zombicide, Zombicide: Black Plague, Zombicide: Green Horde, Zombicide: Invader, Zombicide Season 2: Prison Outbreak, Zombicide Season 3: Rue Morgue), Nicolas Raoult (Massive Darkness, Zombicide, Zombicide: Black Plague, Zombicide: Green Horde, Zombicide: Invader, Zombicide Season 2: Prison Outbreak, Zombicide Season 3: Rue Morgue)

Artist: Édouard Guiton (Massive Darkness, Zombicide, Zombicide Season 2: Prison Outbreak, Zombicide Season 3: Rue Morgue)

Publisher: CMON Limited (Arcadia Quest, Arcadia Quest: Inferno, Blue Moon City, Cthulhu: Death May Die, Gizmos, The Godfather: Corleone’s Empire, Massive Darkness, Rising Sun, Unfair, Zombicide, Zombicide: Black Plague, Zombicide: Green Horde, Zombicide: Invader, Zombicide Season 2: Prison Outbreak, Zombicide Season 3: Rue Morgue)

Genre/Mechanisms: american west, cooperative game, dice rolling, horror, miniatures, modular board, multiple maps, scenario/mission/campaign game, zombies

Player Count: 1-6

Solo Mode: yes

Complexity: medium-light

Risk: medium-low

Summary: “Following in the footsteps of the recent 2nd Edition, Zombicide: Undead or Alive combines updated, streamlined rules and fast setup with brand new mechanics, different classes, new survivors, and zombies.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $130

All-In (w/shipping): $130, same as above

Campaign Ends: 3/10

Game Ships: Mar. 2022

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 530% with 20 days to go.