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

Project: Animal Empire

Designer: Jack Ford Morgan (Still in Business, Terrible Candidates)

Artist: Craig Lee

Publisher: Half-Monster Games Pty. Ltd. (Still in Business, Terrible Candidates)

Genre/Mechanisms: area control, campaign/battle card driven, cooperative play, hand management, negotiation, partnerships

Player Count: 2-8

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: medium-light

Risk: high

Summary: A medieval anthropomorphic card game where players capture kingdoms, build their armies, and attempt to conquer the world.

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $40

All-In (w/shipping): $81, includes additional rewards

Campaign Ends: 9/22

Game Ships: Dec. 2019

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 163%, with 27 days to go.

Project: Have a Cow!

Designer: Carl Salminen (Crime Lords of Night City, Don’t Flip a Ninja, Lady Pirates on Terror Island)

Artist: Izsak Ambrus

Publisher: N20 Games (Crime Lords of Night City, Don’t Flip a Ninja, Lady Pirates on Terror Island)

Genre/Mechanisms: hand management

Player Count: 2-4

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: light

Risk: high

Summary: A fast, easy-to-learn game where players race to be the first dairy farmer with four cows in their herd.

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $19

All-In (w/shipping): $19, same as above

Campaign Ends: 9/19

Game Ships: Oct. 2019

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 120%, with 17 days to go.