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

Project: Copenhagen: Roll & Write

Designers: Asger Harding Granerud (13 Days: The Cuban Missile Crisis, Copenhagen, Flamme Rouge), Daniel Skjold Pedersen (13 Days: The Cuban Missile Crisis, Copenhagen, Iron Curtain)

Artist: Markus Erdt (Copenhagen, Pioneers, Treasure Hunter)

Publisher: Queen Games (Alhambra, Amerigo, Aton, Chicago Express, Escape: The Curse of the Temple, Fresco, Kingdom Builder, Lancaster, Merlin, Roma, Shogun, Thebes, Wallenstein First Edition, Wallenstein Second Edition)

Genre/Mechanisms: dice rolling, pattern building, roll & write

Player Count: 2-4

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: light

Risk: medium-low

Summary: A roll & write version of Queen Games recent Kickstarter, Copenhagen, produced by the same artist & designers.

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $25

All-In (w/shipping): $200, includes other games

Campaign Ends: 7/26

Game Ships: Sep. 2019

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 329%, with 14 days to go.

Project: Enchanters: Odyssey + reprint

Designer: Rafal Cywicki (Alcatraz: The Scapegoat, Enchanters, Enchanters: Overlords)

Artists: Mariusz Gandzel (Mage Wars Arena, The New Era, Star Wars: Rebellion, Stronghold, Stronghold 2nd Edition, Tajemnicze Domostwo, Tikal), Mateusz Michalski (Immortal), Bartek Repetowski (Enchanters, Enchanters: Overlords)

Publisher: Gindi (Enchanters, Enchanters: Overlords)

Genre/Mechanisms: card drafting, set collection, take that

Player Count: 1-4

Solo Mode: yes

Complexity: light

Risk: medium-high

Summary: An expansion to Enchanters’ stand-alone expansion Enchanters: Overlords, Odyssey adds variable starting powers, solo & co-op modes, and 6 new Kingdoms with corresponding Overlords and Villages

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $44

All-In (w/shipping): $164

Campaign Ends: 7/30

Game Ships: Oct. 2019

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 342%, with 17 days to go.

Project: Lew Pulshipher’s Britannia: Classic and New Duel Edition

Designer: Lewis Pulsipher (Britannia, Dragon Rage, Valley of the Four Winds)

Artists: Alex Anders (Britannia), Mark Bromley (Britannia, Family Business, Speed), Guy Gentry (Britannia, Call of Cthulhu: Collectible Card Game), Norbert Graf (Britannia), Tomasz Jedruszek (Battles of Westeros, Britannia, Call of Cthulhu: The Card Game, Citadels, Condottiere, Dominion, Dominion 2nd Edition, Dominion: Intrigue, Fields of Green, A Game of Thrones: The Board Game 2nd Edition, A Game of Thrones: The Card Game, Imperial Settlers, Magic: The Gathering, Middle-Earth Quest, Neuroshima Hex! 3.0, Shadows of Brimstone: City of the Ancients, Shadows of Brimstone: Swamps of Death, Stronghold, Stronghold 2nd Edition, Tides of Time, Warrior Knights), Patrick McEvoy (Arkham Horror, Britannia, Eldritch Horror, Eminent Domain, A Game of Thrones: The Card Game, Lords of Waterdeep), Kurt Miller (1846: The Race for the Midwest, Advanced Squad Leader: Starter Kit #1, Advanced Squad Leader: Starter Kit #2, Advanced Squad Leader: Starter Kit #3, Arkham Horror, Britannia, Colossal Arena, Evolution, For the People, Hannibal: Rome vs. Carthage, Liberte, Railways of the World, The Republic of Rome, Runebound 2nd Edition, Thunder Alley, Tide of Iron Titan), George I. Parrish, Jr. (Britannia, Merchant of Venus, The Republic of Rome), Ted Pendergraft (Britannia), Lewis Pulsipher (Britannia), Gunter Vojtek (Britannia)

Publisher: PSC Games (The Great War, Lincoln, Quartermaster General: 1914)

Genre/Mechanisms: 2 players, area control, area movement, miniatures, war game

Player Count: 2-4

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: medium-heavy

Risk: medium-low

Summary: A new printing of Britannia with the inclusion of over 200 sculpted plastic miniatures, plus a new, streamlined, quicker-playing Duel version for 2 players.

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $100

All-In (w/shipping): $100, same as above

Campaign Ends: 7/26

Game Ships: Sep. 2019

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 155%, with 19 days to go.