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

Project: Crossing Fates

Designer: Elroy CT

Artist: Helen Tsang

Publisher: Net:D Limited

Genre/Mechanisms: card game, chaining, connections, fantasy, matching, take that, turn order: stat-based, variable player powers

Player Count: 2-4

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: medium-light

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “Seven different nations fight for supremacy. But temporary alliances give players special powers with which they can score more points, or steal from their opponents. Cleverly play and match cards for Fate Points and combine totems for various effects.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $41

All-In (w/shipping): $55

Campaign Ends: 8/16

Game Ships: May 2022

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 112% with 13 days to go.

Project: Granada: The Last Stand of the Moors, 1482-1492

Designer: Jose Antonio Rivero (Expedition: Congo River 1884)

Artist: Iván Cáceres (Santa Cruz 1797)

Publisher: Compass Games (Crusade and Revolution: The Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939, Enemy Action: Ardennes, The Russian Campaign)

Genre/Mechanisms: 2 players, card play conflict resolution, hand management, medieval, point to point movement, renaissance, secret unit deployment, variable set-up, wargame

Player Count: 2

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: medium-light

Risk: medium-low

Summary: “A game for two players in which they will decide the outcome of this decisive historical episode in less than 4 hours. Units are represented by blocks depicting their strength but also their origin: Castilians, Aragoneses, Leoneses and mercenaries for the Catholic player, and different clans like Banu Sarray, Zegríes, Banu Bannigas and proper Nasrids for the Muslim player. The map is point-to-point, covering the ancient Nasrid Kingdom in southeast Iberia (present-day Spain). Granada, the capital, is the jewel of the realm: the game ends if it falls into the Catholic player’s hands. Each season, players receive a predetermined number of cards which they can use to move their armies and fleets or rally new units.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $95

All-In (w/shipping): $95, same as above

Campaign Ends: 8/14

Game Ships: Oct. 2021

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 197% with 11 days to go.

Project: Henry’s Feast

Designer: Ashish Gupta

Artists: Ashish Gupta

Publisher: Board Night

Genre/Mechanisms: abstract strategy, card game, end game bonuses, renaissance, set collection, team-based game, turn order: claim action

Player Count: 2-5

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: medium-light

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “King Henry VIII’s trip to India cannot successfully conclude until he gets a taste of the best Indian food the King of India has to offer. The Indian King has commissioned some of the finest chefs to compete for a chance to cook at Henry’s Feast. He has asked his Head Chef to arrange the competition. Winning doesn’t come easy and the multitude of strategies come from the Chef’s Bonus. Stations, Satchels, Hand Limit and Pantry all give you an extra edge throughout out the game. At higher bonus levels that edge becomes larger but getting the bonuses isn’t an easy feat. You will have to choose between when to go for the victory points or when to get the bonuses. They all use the same resources, and maintaining that balance while controlling your heartbeat as someone visits Chef’s Corner to steal the recipe you have been working so hard to cook is where Henry’s Feast will test your limits.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $54

All-In (w/shipping): $94

Campaign Ends: 8/31

Game Ships: Jan. 2022

Funding Status: Currently at 21% with 28 days to go.

Project: Langskip

Designer: Niall Crabtree

Artist: Caitlan Gledhill

Publisher: Crab Studios

Genre/Mechanisms: bluffing, card game, race, vikings

Player Count: 2-4

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: light

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “You are a Viking who has been mistakenly sent to the realm of Helheim, usually reserved for those who died dishonourably. It becomes a race to Asgard before your fellow Vikings to convince Odin that you should be allowed entry into the glorious golden hall of Valhalla! On your turn, you can use the power of the gods to guide you through the four realms quicker than your opponents by playing one of the two cards in your hand face down. Still, the other players must choose whether to believe that you played the card you said or accuse you of mischief and reveal the card for everyone to see. If your accusation is successful, you gain a mischief token; if you lie successfully without being accused, you gain a mischief token. Mischief tokens are used to make Loki and his children stronger, giving you an even better chance of arriving at Asgard first.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $29

All-In (w/shipping): $29, same as above

Campaign Ends: 8/8

Game Ships: Nov. 2021

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 157% with 5 days to go.

Project: Mixology

Designers: Patchara Jongkirkkiat, Patipol Jongkirkkiat

Artists: Irene Tangsereesuksan

Publisher: Pineone Games

Genre/Mechanisms: action queue, card game, party game, push your luck, set collection, simultaneous action selection, turn order: auction

Player Count: 2-5

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: light

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “Win by creating the best selection of cocktails for your bar. Complex cocktails or cocktails that require rarer ingredients will score higher points. The first players whose menu contains 25 points wins the game. In each turns, players secretly choose 3 out of 9 available actions cards to gather ingredients/make drinks/hiring a bartender or various other actions. The chosen actions cards are arranged faced down from left to right. All players will take turn around the table performing their first action card. Then proceed to the second action card and so on. Every actions and the sequence you put them in matter as your friends might snatch the ingredients or cocktails you’re aiming for. And more powerful actions will have harder conditions to meet. This makes the players try to push their luck as much as possible by sneaking in more powerful actions. Though these moves are easily blocked. But when well-placed, even one action can place you in the lead.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $39

All-In (w/shipping): $39, same as above

Campaign Ends: 8/20

Game Ships: June 2022

Funding Status: Currently at 7% with 18 days to go.