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

Project: Cat Magic: The Game

Designer: David Sherrer

Artist: Hannah Hamilton

Publisher: Lydia Sherrer

Genre/Mechanisms: card game, hand management, set collection, take that

Player Count: 2-5

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: light

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “Build your artifact, sabotage your competition, and win the favor of Sir Kipling, magical talking cat. Snarky cat quotes on every card.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $35

All-In (w/shipping): $58

Campaign Ends: 4/1

Game Ships: June 2022

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 123% with 28 days to go.

Project: The Lost Code – Reboot

Designer: Leo Colovini (Carolus Magnus, Cartagena, Clans)

Artist: Miguel Coimbra (7 Wonders, 7 Wonders Duel, BattleLore, Cyclades, Small World)

Publisher: Mojito Studios (Cleopatra and the Society of Architects: Deluxe Edition)

Genre/Mechanisms: deduction, dice rolling, paper-and-pencil, pattern recognition

Player Count: 2-4

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: medium-light

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “A deduction game in which you’ll have to figure out which numbers stand on your display while seeing only other player’ numbers. Score the most points you can during the game, by placing the right bets on your numbers, but don’t lose your final goal: deduce your numbers.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $40

All-In (w/shipping): $40, same as above

Campaign Ends: 3/22

Game Ships: Dec. 2022

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 143% with 19 days to go.

Project: The Umbrella Academy: The Board Game

Designers: Jack Caesar (Highlander: The Board Game, Pacific Rim: Extinction, Terminator: Dark Fate – The Card Game), Alessio Cavatore (Bolt Action, Mordheim: City of the Damned, Warhammer 40,000 Fifth Edition)

Artists: Gabriel Bá (The Umbrella Academy Game), Jose David Lanza Cebrian (Champions of Midgard, Hellboy: The Board Game, Rum & Bones: Second Tide)

Publisher: Mantic Games (Dungeon Saga: , Hellboy: The Board Game, The Walking Dead: All Out War)

Genre/Mechanisms: card game, comic book / strip, cooperative game, events, finale ending, miniatures, open drafting, scenario / mission / campaign game, turn order: pass order

Player Count: 1-5

Solo Mode: yes

Complexity: medium-light

Risk: medium-high

Summary: “A cooperative game in which the players work together as the Heroes from the famous Umbrella Academy. To win, they must overcome a succession of dangerous hazards and defeat dastardly villains in order to save the world. Each player has a hand of cards they can use to place Battle Tokens on potentially dangerous hazards and villains, or trigger special abilities unique to their chosen Hero. The game is split into different phases – Play Phase (players take actions and move around the board), Draw Phase (draw new cards into their hand), Effect Phase (resolve the effects of Hazards and Villains), and Crisis Phase (generate new Hazards).”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $130

All-In (w/shipping): $130, same as above

Campaign Ends: 3/16

Game Ships: June 2023

Funding Status: Currently at 89% with 12 days to go.