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

Project: Milhouette

Designer: Emi Kuji

Artist: INVADE. OKAMURA

Publisher: KUJIRADAMA

Genre/Mechanisms: player judge

Player Count: 3-6

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: light

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “Using three cards with silhouettes on them, players discuss their predictions and make conclusions. The fortune seeking player draws 1 card, and the other fortune telling players draw 2 each. The fortune tellers then use their two cards and the seeker’s 1 card to make their divinations. The seeker then nominates the player whose fortune telling touched them the most. That fortune teller scores a point.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $33

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

Campaign Ends: 8/7

Game Ships: Dec. 2021

Funding Status: Currently at 55% with 29 days to go.

Project: Valhal – Midgard Serpent Edition

Designers: Mario Arthur (Valhal, Dodoresque), Martin Otzmann (Valhal, Dodoresque)

Artist: Nele Diel (Battle for Rokugan, Machina Arcana, Valhal)

Publisher: Tetrahedron Games (Valhal, Dodoresque)

Genre/Mechanisms: adventure, city building, civilization, cooperative game, dice, dice rolling, fighting, medieval, mythology, role playing, simulation, storytelling, take that

Player Count: 2-4

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: medium-heavy

Risk: medium-high

Summary: “Each Player takes part as a Jarl in charge of his own Viking Settlement on the fictional island of Fjörnheim. Goal of the game is to regain the Favour of the Gods. To do so you will have to raid towns and villages in order to gather resources to construct new buildings in your settlement, as well as recruiting new warriors and building new ships. The second print features high quality dice and plastic coins instead of cardboard tokens. The rule book as well as the cards have been revised and cleaned up. The new rule book also includes alternative rule sets making it quicker or more streamlined. Bigger markers (8mm) as well as a new battle tableau replace the old battle-cards and small markers (5mm). The markers are now also made from plastic instead of wood. With Yggdrasil the achievement tokens received their own game element. Optical changes allowed for bigger fonts on cards (especially town cards) and overall improved readability as well as better distinction between certain tokens and game elements.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $91

All-In (w/shipping): $160

Campaign Ends: 7/15

Game Ships: Feb. 2022

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 374% with 6 days to go.