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

Project: Mythical Beings: the Board Game

Designer: Fernando M. Cimadevila

Artist: Ana Santiso

Publisher: Troquel Games

Genre/Mechanisms: 2 players, card game, fantasy, fighting, hand management

Player Count: 2

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: light

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “A 2-player confrontation card game between mythological creatures from all over the world. Immerse yourself in the different cultures of the five continents and learn about their legends and traditions. Develop a different strategy in each game, changing according to the choice of the three mythological creatures.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $50

All-In (w/shipping): $87

Campaign Ends: 11/10

Game Ships: Dec. 2021

Funding Status: Currently at 53% with 28 days to go.

Project: Space Lane Trader Boardgame

Designer: Jesper Bennhult

Artist: Aurelien Rantet

Publisher: Arctic Lynx Games

Genre/Mechanisms: abstract strategy, action/event, contracts, dice rolling, economic, fighting, industry/manufacturing, lose a turn, market, miniatures, movement points, multiple maps, pick-up and deliver, point to point movement, scenario/mission/campaign game, science fiction, solo/solitaire game, team-based game, trading

Player Count: 1-8

Solo Mode: yes

Complexity: medium-heavy

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “In Space Lane Trader, you are playing a character in control of a cargo ship, trying to make a fortune in the newly opened shipping trade. You buy and sell goods, transporting them between planets within the Terran Federation, preferably to where demand and prices are high. During the course of the game, you can fit your ship with upgrades that will make it go faster, attack harder or defend better – all with the goal to ensure that you manage to beat your competitors to the goal. You can also buy new ships with better capabilities, that can carry more goods for you, go faster or fit more upgrades. Your character will also develop during the game – from the inexperienced person starting play at Terra station in the Solar system, to a grizzled space ship  captain with much improved skills. The most obvious way of earning money is buying goods, transporting it to another planet and sell it there. Another way however, is attacking your competitors and take what should have been yours anyway. Not all parts of space is safe. Planets away from the busiest parts of space is characterized by a wild west mentality and the Terran federation security forces don’t have the capacity to uphold law and order everywhere.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $84

All-In (w/shipping): $84, same as above

Campaign Ends: 11/7

Game Ships: Aug. 2022

Funding Status: Currently at 14% with 26 days to go.