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

Project: 1815, Scum of the Earth – The Battle of Waterloo Card Game

Designer: Tristan Hall (1066, Tears to Many Mothers: The Battle of Hastings Card Game, Gloom of Kilforth: A Fantasy Quest Game, Shadows of Kilforth: A Fantasy Quest Game)

Artists: Arkadiusz Banaś, The Creation Studio, Jose del Nido, Piero Mng, Mikhail Greuli,

Publisher: Hall or Nothing Productions (1066, Tears to Many Mothers: The Battle of Hastings Card Game, Gloom of Kilforth: A Fantasy Quest Game, Shadows of Kilforth: A Fantasy Quest Game)

Genre/Mechanisms: card game, hand management, napoleonic, solo/solitaire game, wargame

Player Count: 1-2

Solo Mode: yes

Complexity: medium-light

Risk: medium-high

Summary: “1815, Scum of the Earth is an asymmetric, competitive, tactical card game. It is the third game in the critically acclaimed Historic Epic Battle System, and successor to the award-winning games 1066, Tears to Many Mothers and 1565, St. Elmo’s Pay. Deeply thematic, but richly and lovingly researched, 1815, Scum of the Earth presents the Battle of Waterloo as you’ve never seen it before.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $62

All-In (w/shipping): $313, includes 2 additional games, promos, & playmats

Campaign Ends: 4/16

Game Ships: Mar. 2022

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 270% with 25 days to go.

Project: Contraband Insider

Designer: Geoffrey Chia

Artist: Geoffrey Chia

Publisher: Geoffrey Chia

Genre/Mechanisms: blind man’s bluff, deduction, hidden roles, mafia, memory, score-and-reset game

Player Count: 3-5

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: medium-light

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “The police are stepping up enforcement efforts to confiscate illegal contraband goods within the city. Unfortunately, players take on the role of moles infiltrated into the police force. These corrupted cops are also known as “insiders” who manipulate various operations to prevent their partnered contraband goods from being confiscated by police raids. The game is played over 3 rounds, which each round will determine points that add up to the final score. At the end of the game, the player with the highest score wins the game.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $36

All-In (w/shipping): $36, same as above

Campaign Ends: 4/20

Game Ships: Nov. 2021

Funding Status: Currently at 12% with 28 days to go.

Project: Malta Besieged Deluxe Edition 1940-1942

Designer: Steve Carey (Malta Besieged: 1940-1942, We Must Tell the Emperor)

Artist: not credited

Publisher: Old School Wargames (Antietam 1862, Chancellorsville 1863)

Genre/Mechanisms: campaign/battle card driven, dice rolling, point to point movement, solo/solitaire game, tower defense, wargame, world war II

Player Count: 1

Solo Mode: yes

Complexity: medium-light

Risk: medium-high

Summary: “Malta Besieged 1940-1942 is a solitaire game covering the pivotal World War II years in the often overlooked Battle for the Mediterranean. You are placed in the role of the Commonwealth Commander in the theatre, and must utilize every resource at your disposal to fend off unrelenting Axis attacks in order to ensure the survival of the island of Malta.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $71

All-In (w/shipping): $185, includes 2 additional games

Campaign Ends: 4/5

Game Ships: Aug. 2021

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 1928% with 14 days to go.