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

Project: Dino Dino

Designers: Sander Ambroos, Beau Vankemenade

Artist: Beau Vankemenade

Publisher: Bannan Games (Dig Your Way Out, Valda)

Genre/Mechanisms: animals, card game, chaining, farming, layering, melding and splaying, modular board, pattern bulding, prehistoric, puzzle, tile placement

Player Count: 2-4

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: light

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “You are a dinosaur caretaker. Build your own park, collect food. and place as many dinosaurs as possible in an ever-expanding world. During a turn, choose one of the following 2 actions: Place a Land Tile, or Place a Dino. Placing a Land Tile will be performed most often. During this action, take 1 of the face up land tiles and place it on your existing land, expand the size of your land. As soon as the tile is placed, collect food from 3 types: plants, fish, and meat. When the matching food icons touch each other, you create a chain and collect extra food. Once you have enough food, Placing a Dino can be performed by paying the food requirements. Dinosaurs will also give you points for a certain food type at the end of the game, depending on the number of food icons surrounding the dinosaur in the park. The game ends when all of the land tiles have been placed, and the player with the highest score wins the game.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $27

All-In (w/shipping): $42

Campaign Ends: 4/9

Game Ships: Oct. 2022

Funding Status: Currently at 15% with 28 days to go.

Project: Fire In The Hole

Designers: David McGranaghan (Santa VS Jesus), Julian Miller (Santa VS Jesus)

Artist: Jim Kennelly

Publisher: McMiller (Santa VS Jesus)

Genre/Mechanisms: action / dexterity, card game, children’s game, dice rolling, flicking, pirates, set collection, take that

Player Count: 2-4

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: light

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “Fire In The Hole mixes dexterity with strategy and suits the young landlubbers all the way up to the ol’ seadogs. Gameplay is simple: first, choose a Fire card or a Sabotage card. Choose Fire and roll the dice to find out if it’s an All fire or Solo Fire. Then take your shot to flick cannonballs into the ship in the center of the board. First to link 4 cannonballs in a row in the ship wins. Choose to Sabotage? Take your pick from a bevvy of evil tricks to infuriate your fellow pirates: will you release the kraken or stall ‘em with a thar she blows? Fire In The Hole is 100% plastic-free, biodegradable, and carbon-neutral, making it one of the most sustainable games on the market. Complete with a pirate-themed playlist to accompany game play, Fire In The Hole is rowdy enough for a multi-generational family night but has enough twists ‘n tricks for the sneaky scallywags.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $33

All-In (w/shipping): $108

Campaign Ends: 4/9

Game Ships: Aug. 2022

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 400% with 28 days to go.

Project: Meanwhile at the Con

Designer: Romino Poul

Artists: Adrián Coral, Maximilian Gotthold, Vlado Trtic

Publisher: Dozens of Us Games

Genre/Mechanisms: card game, market, open drafting

Player Count: 2-5

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: medium-light

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “A fast paced hectic drafting game to create the best booth at the convention. Players draft 5 cards each round. After drafting, each player adds cards to their tableau to build their booth, or attracts meeples from the convention through marketing cards and generates income in various ways. Through clever drafting, players can choose to sell either Comic Books, Collectible Toys or Board Games at their booth and build on their quality more. The better the quality, the higher the price. Hire the right staff for your team and make sure you don’t forget your marketing. Fans and customers go to the best booths with the best marketing. Start a craze with the cosplayers or even go as far as creating your own movie based on the game or comic book at your booth. The player with the most money at the end of 5 rounds wins the game.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $51

All-In (w/shipping): $68

Campaign Ends: 4/7

Game Ships: Jan. 2023

Funding Status: Currently at 13% with 26 days to go.