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

Project: LOTS: Filled In

Designers: Zachary Connelly (DeathBot Derby, LOTS: A Competitive Tower Building Game), Rose Connelly

Artists: Claire Donaldson (Food Truck Champion, Go Nuts for Donuts, Songbirds), Christina Pittre (On the Rocks)

Publisher: Royal N. Games (DeathBot Derby, LOTS: A Competitive Tower Building Game)

Genre/Mechanisms: dice rolling, drafting, paper-and-pencil, puzzle, roll-and-write, video game theme

Player Count: 2-4

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: light

Risk: medium-high

Summary: “LOTS: Filled In is a roll and write game using ‘draft crafting.’ Players will use a snake draft to gain dice. Once all players have drafted their second die, they will choose 1 die to use for its shape and the other for its color. This will ‘craft’ a block of their choosing. All players will add their block to their tower by coloring in the spaces on their sheet. Through clever placement they will attempt to score points 4 different ways. Once a player can not legally place the block they crafted, the game ends and the player with the most points wins.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $23

All-In (w/shipping): $47

Campaign Ends: 8/16

Game Ships: Mar. 2022

Funding Status: Currently at 47% with 19 days to go.

Project: Synchronized

Designers: AnnaMaria Jackson-Phelps, Amelie Le-Roche

Artist: Amelie Le-Roche

Publisher: Zerua Games

Genre/Mechanisms: sports, memory, team-based game

Player Count: 2-8

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: light

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “Two teams come face to face to perform the best routine in this synchronized swimming card game! Memorize your routine, and recreate it all with cards. Every round is in three phases: Rehearsal, Competition, Performance. In Rehearsal both teams will lay out a routine with 6 to 11 pose cards and memorize the sequence. Once a team has their routine memorized, they grab the whistle to end this phase for both teams, and cards are flipped face down. For the Competition, a duplicate deck is dealt among team members. Players place cards face down below their corresponding rehearsal cards. Once both teams are done, each team will Perform, flipping and comparing all their cards. For each matching rehearsal and competition card pose, they score a point. Each round increases with one additional routine pose, and a Challenge card adding rules.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $28

All-In (w/shipping): $28, same as above

Campaign Ends: 8/9

Game Ships: Apr. 2022

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 123% with 12 days to go.