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

Project: Call of the Wild

Designers: David Medley, Evan Scheidegger

Artist: Evan Scheidegger

Publisher: Rather Fun Games

Genre/Mechanisms: action/dexterity, animals, bluffing, card game, children’s game, fantasy, humor, negotiation, party game, real-time, rock-paper-scissors, simultaneous action selection, trading

Player Count: 3-6

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: light

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “A short, fast-paced action game of trust and betrayal in which players make mythical animal noises instead of talking. Each player takes a pack of 10 cards and draws 2. Any and all players may then place one of these cards face-down on the table and make one of the 5 animal sounds. If two players are both making the same ‘call’ they may choose to meet and reveal their cards. If they were both being honest, the animals mate and each player scores 1 point. However if one player has an animal other than the one he was representing (he was ‘hunting’), then he may eat the other player’s animal and score 2 points while the other player scores 0.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $23

All-In (w/shipping): $23, same as above

Campaign Ends: 11/24

Game Ships: Mar. 2022

Funding Status: Currently at 2% with 12 days to go.

Project: Exploration: Warzone

Designer: Damian Korus (Exploration)

Artists: Studio Rexard (Clash of Deck, Clash of Decks: Starter Kit)

Publisher: Ply Games (Exploration)

Genre/Mechanisms: dice rolling, rock-paper-scissors, science fiction, variable player powers

Player Count: 2-3

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: light

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “A space themed game in which players take control of spaceships with different skills and jump into a space battle. This is a dynamic filler game in which the most important part is that you need to assess what your opponent’s next move will be.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $24

All-In (w/shipping): $32

Campaign Ends: 11/25

Game Ships: Mar. 2022

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 100% with 12 days to go.

Project: The Spirit of Eden

Designers: Ÿøssef Fårhi (The Road, Way of the Samurai)

Artist: Adrien Rives

Publisher: Alone Editions (The Road, Way of the Samurai)

Genre/Mechanisms: card game, dice, dice rolling, fantasy, solo/solitaire game,

Player Count: 1

Solo Mode: yes

Complexity: light

Risk: medium-high

Summary: “Eden is a large territory where majestic flora and fauna thrive. King Asmoth, who holds countless lands under his control, has decided to send Goomz to invade Eden, but he seems unaware that it is a sacred land, defended by a protective spirit: Noa. With the support of his allies (flora, fauna and water), Noa will defeat the invader and make him understand that he will never give up her home. The spirit of Eden is a dice game, accompanied by some cards. The player’s objective is to repel the Goomz who want to invade Eden. Roll the dice, then choose actions like ‘pushing back,’ ‘attracting,’ or ‘trapping’ the Goomz. Be careful, the Goomz will ravage the ‘grounds.’ Stay focused and don’t get overwhelmed.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $23

All-In (w/shipping): $62, also includes The Road

Campaign Ends: 12/9

Game Ships: May 2022

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 138% with 26 days to go.

Project: Weather Machine

Designer: Vital Lacerda (The Gallerist, Kanban EV, Lisboa, On Mars, Vinhos Deluxe Edition)

Artist: Ian O’Toole (Age of Steam, The Gallerist, Lisboa, On Mars, Vinhos Deluxe Edition)

Publisher: Eagle-Gryphon Games (Brass: Lancashire, The Gallerist, On Mars, Through the Ages: A New Story of Civilization, Through the Ages: A Story of Civilization

Genre/Mechanisms: action points, set collection, tile placement, worker placement

Player Count: 1-4

Solo Mode: yes

Complexity: heavy

Risk: low

Summary: “‘Natural disasters will soon be a thing of the past!’ proclaimed Professor Sêni Lativ, Project Chief of Meteorological Manipulation at Lightning Technologies. Tests of his new invention, the Weather Machine, showed positive results. Visions of quelling floods, subduing cyclones, and ending droughts made him smile. In Weather Machine, you are scientists on Prof. Lativ’s team, tampering with local weather: adjusting rainfall for farms, maintaining wind and clear skies for ecological energy sources, tweaking the temperature for resorts and sporting events. The prototype is quite effective so far; however, a pattern has emerged, revealing a worrying side effect: each use of the Weather Machine also alters the conditions elsewhere on the planet — a ‘butterfly effect.'”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $151

All-In (w/shipping): $249, includes express shipping

Campaign Ends: 12/18

Game Ships: Nov. 2022

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 451% with 35 days to go.