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

Project: Build, Piggy, Build!

Designer: Joel Franke

Artist: Joel Franke

Publisher: Circle Up Stories

Genre/Mechanisms: card selection, children’s game, dice rolling, hand management, set collection

Player Count: 2-4

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: light

Risk: high

Summary: A simple hand management game where players are trying to collect any 4 of the same-colored house parts and one piggy card.

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $16

All-In (w/shipping): $400, includes vanity rewards

Campaign Ends: 9/4

Game Ships: Nov. 2019

Funding Status: Currently at 4%, with 28 days to go.

Project: Orbita Victaris

Designers: Benjamin Gendig, Jonas Braunem, Michael Praub

Artists: Julius Ebert, Angga Dwipayana, Nicolas Arnold, Ede

Publisher: Drawbarian Games

Genre/Mechanisms: 1 vs. 1, 2 vs. 2, area control, card battler, deck building

Player Count: 2-4

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: medium-light

Risk: high

Summary: A 1 vs. 1 or 2 vs. 2 card battler and area control game featuring deck-build, a sci-fi theme, and multiple factions to choose from, each with their own card set, personality, and lore.

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $74

All-In (w/shipping): $102

Campaign Ends: 9/4

Game Ships: Oct. 2020

Funding Status: Currently at 7%, with 28 days to go.