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

Project: Space Plague

Designers: Juan Álvarez, Iván Botero

Artist: Iván Botero

Publisher: Bamboo Studio

Genre/Mechanisms: abstract strategy, dice rolling, events, hand management, market, movement template, science fiction, space exploration, take that

Player Count: 1-4

Solo Mode: yes

Complexity: light

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “In Space Plague, players will employ hand management and hand-building strategies to efficiently guide their plague soldiers through various ecological environments while collecting energy (the game’s currency), adapting to planetary events, and overcoming the opponents’ obstacles that await them on their unwavering march toward the planet’s core. Survival of the fittest is the name of the game as the faction with the greatest number of soldiers to reach the core will be crowned the victor and given the deed to the planet.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $49

All-In (w/shipping): $79

Campaign Ends: 5/12

Game Ships: Jan. 2022

Funding Status: Currently at 22% with 33 days to go.