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

Project: Duelists

Designer: Björn Loesing

Artist: Sabri Houchati

Publisher: KnotHorn Studio

Genre/Mechanisms: 2 players, betting and bluffing, bluffing, card game, card play conflict resolution, fantasy, fighting

Player Count: 2

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: light

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “A two-player tactical card game. Set in a fictive fantasy setting, champions from all over the known world meet to compete for the title of champion of Duelists. Every character comes with their own deck of cards featuring different attacks, defenses and abilities. Players take turns planning and attacking. There’s always three cards played out in front of each player, with only the least recent card being active. When performing an attack, the attacking player sets a damage die to a number they want to use, while the opponent gets to guess the damage set based on the cards both played. Damage is done directly from the card decks of each player, thereby limiting their options the more damage they take. Once a player can no longer fill their hand when it’s their time to do so, they have lost the battle and surrender.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $55

All-In (w/shipping): $55, same as above

Campaign Ends: 11/7

Game Ships: June 2022

Funding Status: Currently at 30% with 29 days to go.