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

Project: Little Nutters: The Card Game

Designers: Andy Taylor-Stewart, Kyle Taylor-Stewart

Artist: Anthony Wallace

Publisher: GameKnight.ca

Genre/Mechanisms: animals, card game, deduction, exploration, hand management, memory

Player Count: 2-6

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: light

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “A card game where memory, strategy, and luck are needed as you maneuver around challenges presented both by your fellow players and randomly by the game itself. Little Nutters is a turn-based game where you take on the persona of a squirrel trying to uncover their buried nuts through the various patches on the playing field. Be the first to find all of your nuts before your opponents, but beware of rapid kittens, quack attacks, and ninja beavers.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $33

All-In (w/shipping): $33, same as above

Campaign Ends: 7/30

Game Ships: Mar. 2022

Funding Status: Currently at 25% with 26 days to go.

Project: Potion Panic

Designer: Jordan Devenport

Artists: Jake Riemen

Publisher: Rocket House Games

Genre/Mechanisms: action points, card game, fantasy, take that

Player Count: 1-6

Solo Mode: yes

Complexity: light

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “Potion Panic: Concoction Crafting for the Chaotically Inclined is an easy-to-learn, recipe-building card game where players use advanced alchemical aptitude to create curious concoctions such as Hotchie Matcha, Bananarama, or even some Love Potion No. 8-1/2. On their turn players place (prep) cards in a their “workbench,” activate (smash) a card in order to use a specific ability, and craft (brew) recipe cards by revealing 3 cards in their workbench area. Players earn shards by completing recipes and the first player to 10 shards wins.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $25

All-In (w/shipping): $25

Campaign Ends: 7/30

Game Ships: Sep. 2021

Funding Status: Currently at 38% with 26 days to go.