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

Project: Dealing Dungeons

Designer: Tommy Schlereth

Artist: Drew Crowley

Publisher: Dark Keep Games

Genre/Mechanisms: card drafting, cooperative game, dice rolling, exploration, fantasy, fighting, finale ending, network and route building, tile placement, variable player powers

Player Count: 1-4

Solo Mode: yes

Complexity: light

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “Dealing Dungeons is a cutthroat, fast-paced, dungeon building crawler. There are 3 ways to play: Standard/Solo, Co-Op, & Chaos. In Standard Mode, players race to build their dungeons, trying to be the first to reach their Treasure Room and defeat their End Boss. Your opponents will try everything to block your path which will cause you to use up valuable turns. When you enter a new room, draw an Encounter Card. As you make your way through your dungeon slaying evil monsters search them for loot. You might find great treasure or a powerful weapon. You level up by cashing in your XP from the monsters you have defeated. Each level grants you more skills to help you along your quest. After the first End Boss is defeated the game is over. All surviving adventurers tally their loot. The player with the most loot wins.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $30

All-In (w/shipping): $100, includes vanity rewards

Campaign Ends: 4/2

Game Ships: Apr. 2022

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 125% with 27 days to go.

Project: MetalSkies

Designers: Matthew De Goes, Paul De Goes

Artist: Matthew De Goes

Publisher: Very Good Board Games

Genre/Mechanisms: area movement, dice, dice rolling, miniatures, moving multiple units, once-per-game abilities, science fiction, variable set-up

Player Count: 2-4

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: light

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “Each player commands their own impressive armada that includes: battleships, destroyers, bombers, and fighters. Begin by positioning your fleet strategically across an expansive star map before waging war for limited resources across each star lane. To help you manage your forces, you’ll receive your own fleet card where you can track your ships, their armor, and their payloads. Start things off by framing your strategy around the player action cards you’ve been dealt and the natural advantages the star lanes provide. From there, choose from a variety of game-play tactics that fit your own command style. Sit back and search for valuable scrap, dig in behind flack barriers, or charge forward with your capital ship as you send nukes hurdling towards your enemies. Become a master of these elements, adapt, and survive, for only one can reach ultimate glory.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $115

All-In (w/shipping): $115, same as above

Campaign Ends: 4/2

Game Ships: Dec. 2021

Funding Status: Currently at 0% with 27 days to go.