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

Project: Monster Mayhem

Designer: Jarom Higley (Rise of the Exiled)

Artist: Ethan Brown

Publisher: J&E Innovations

Genre/Mechanisms: bluffing, deduction, finale ending, party game, prisoner’s dilemma, simultaneous action selection, take that, voting

Player Count: 4-12

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: light

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “Monster Mayhem is a push your luck social party game. Players choose a monster and vote token, and then take turns reading scenario cards. Afterwards, all players vote on the scenario simultaneously. Depending on how players vote, players gain or lose points. At the end of the game (typically 8 scenarios which takes about 30 minutes), the monster with the highest score wins.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $42

All-In (w/shipping): $42, same as above

Campaign Ends: 11/18

Game Ships: Nov. 2022

Funding Status: Currently at 4% with 21 days to go.