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

Project: Jumpship

Designer: Tony Go (Deep Space D-6, Dragon’s Ransom, Hunters of Arcfall)

Artist: Shirin Rafie (March of the Ants: Empires of the Earth)

Publisher: Tau Leader Games (Card City XL, Small City, Tramways)

Genre/Mechanisms: bluffing, partnerships, party game, social deduction, variable player powers

Player Count: 5-10

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: light

Risk: medium-high

Summary: A social deduction game that leans more into deduction than Werewolf and Mafia (two games that rely almost exclusively on social cues), yet has more variable mechanics than those in Resistance, Avalon, and Coup (which often leads to very predictable and similar plays of those games).

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $35

All-In (w/shipping): $35, same as above

Campaign Ends: 6/3

Game Ships: Dec 2019

Funding Status: Currently at 26%, with 25 days to go.

Project: Matryoshka

Designer: Sergio Halaban (Hart en der Benz, Quartz, Sheriff of Nottingham)

Artist: Eduardo Bera (Crash’em, Medina 2nd Edition, Pasha)

Publisher: Letiman Games (Dino Dude Ranch, Dirigible Disaster, Groves)

Genre/Mechanisms: hand management, set collection, trading

Player Count: 3-5

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: light

Risk: medium-high

Summary: A simple trading and set collection game featuring Russian nesting doll card art.

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $16

All-In (w/shipping): $25 (or $49 with an additional Letiman game, either Dino Dude Ranch with the Velociraptor mini-expansion or The Neverland Rescue Deluxe Edition)

Campaign Ends: 5/31

Game Ships: Dec 2019

Funding Status: Currently at 86%, with 22 days to go.