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

Project: Instant Warfare: Military Battle

Designer: Taylor Gittins

Artist: Taylor Gittins

Publisher: Stiltskin Publishing

Genre/Mechanisms: card game, card play conflict resolution, critical hits and failures, dice, dice rolling, modern warfare, political, player elimination, wargame

Player Count: 2-8

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: medium-light

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “The tides of war have fallen across the earth. Politicized radicalism has reached a breaking point and each player must fight to survive. Each player represents an opposing military force, intent on keeping their way of life. Only one will survive this final battle. Players take turns trying to eliminate each others armies through dice rolling. In games with 4 or more players, play politics by assigning each player a political alignment. Beware the effect of policies in warfare, allegiances do not last forever and we are beyond the point of civil discussion. You never know who is planning what when politics enter Instant Warfare.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $28

All-In (w/shipping): $185

Campaign Ends: 10/15

Game Ships: Feb. 2022

Funding Status: Currently at 27% with 28 days to go.

Project: One Deck Galaxy

Designer: Chris Cieslik (One Deck Dungeon, One Deck Dungeon: Forest of Shadows, Red7)

Artist: Alanna Cervenak (Innovation, Mottainai, One Deck Dungeon, Red7)

Publisher: Asmadi Games (Innovation, Mottainai, One Deck Dungeon, Red7)

Genre/Mechanisms: adventure, card game, hand management, humor, party game

Player Count: 1-2

Solo Mode: yes

Complexity: medium-light

Risk: medium-high

Summary: “A co-op space civilization-building game using only cards, dice, and tokens. Each card in the deck represents both a location in space your civilization has scouted, but also the benefits it could reap by colonizing or studying it. These benefits increase your ability to roll dice and manipulate them, and help your civilization grow stronger. When the deck runs out, the era advances and your foes become more dangerous. If you’re not ready, they may overwhelm you and send your empire into decline before it can become truly great!”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $31

All-In (w/shipping): $51

Campaign Ends: 10/15

Game Ships: May 2022

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 188% with 28 days to go.