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

Project: Bossin’ Space

Designers: Jinrich Pavlasek (Whales Destroying the World), Petr Vojtek (Whales Destroying the World)

Artist: Jinrich Pavlasek (Whales Destroying the World)

Publisher: Time Slug Studios (Whales Destroying the World)

Genre/Mechanisms: action/movement programming, cooperative play, grid movement, simultaneous action selection

Player Count: 1-4

Solo Mode: yes

Complexity: medium-light

Risk: medium-high

Summary: Players work together cooperatively controlling a single ship while they attempt to travel across the universe, fighting unwelcoming aliens, and complete their objective.

Base Pledge (with shipping): $60

All-In (w/shipping): $77

Campaign Ends: 9/24

Game Ships: Apr. 2020

Funding Status: Currently at 12%, with 26 days to go.

Project: Epic Jungle with Star Realms High Alert Add-Ons

Designers: Robert Dougherty (Ascension: Immortal Heroes, Ascension: Return of the Fallen, Ascension: Storm of Souls, Hero Realms, Star Realms, Star Realms: Colony Wars, Star Realms: Frontiers), Darwin Kastle (Hero Realms, Star Realms, Star Realms: Colony Wars, Star Realms: Frontiers)

Artists: Kaile Dutton (The Battle for Hill 128, Battleground, Epic Card Game), Vito Gesualdi (Hero Realms, Star Realms, Star Realms: Colony Wars)

Publisher: White Wizard Games (Hero Realms, Star Realms, Star Realms: Colony Wars, Star Realms: Frontiers)

Genre/Mechanisms: 2 players, card drafting, fighting, hand management, player elimination, take that

Player Count: 2

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: medium-heavy

Risk: medium-low

Summary: Two new 2-player Epic Card Game expansions, which can be used to play higher player counts when combined with each other or the base game, as well as 4 Lost Tribe packs, one for each alignment, as well as Hero Realms and Star Realms products available as add-ons, including the High Alert packs mentioned in the Kickstarter campaign title.

Base Pledge (with shipping): $30

All-In (w/shipping): $145

Campaign Ends: 9/19

Game Ships: July 2020

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 142%, with 22 days to go.

Project: Fidget Factory

Designers: Mark McLachlan, Matthew McLachlan, JR Honeycutt (Betrayal Legacy, Fireball Island: The Curse of Vul-Kar, Seafall), Brian Neff (Betrayal Legacy)

Artists: Jacqui David (Colosseum, Euphoria: Build a Better Dystopia, Ex Libris, Viticulture, Viticulture Essential Edition), Jason Taylor (Downforce, Fireball Island: The Curse of Vul-Kar, Risk Legacy)

Publisher: Antsy Labs

Genre/Mechanisms: cooperative play, dice rolling, party game, set collection, variable player powers

Player Count: 2-5

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: medium-light

Risk: medium-high

Summary: Players work cooperatively to build a complete Fidget Cube before the time, or coffee, runs out.

Base Pledge (with shipping): $37

All-In (w/shipping): $58

Campaign Ends: 10/11

Game Ships: June 2020

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 270%, with 43 days to go.

Project: MatchBreaker: The Retro Matchmaking Card Game

Designer: Bill Northcott

Artist: Bill Northcott

Publisher: Candy Burger Games

Genre/Mechanisms: action point allowance system, bluffing, deduction hand management, memory, party game, take that

Player Count: 2-4

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: light

Risk: medium-high

Summary: A casual card game about matching personality traits to win dates with bachelors, but beware the bachelors with the Red Flags!

Base Pledge (with shipping): $25

All-In (w/shipping): $51

Campaign Ends: 9/26

Game Ships: Dec. 2019

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 300%, with 28 days to go.

Project: Princesses Love Unicorns

Designer: Rick Medina (HumAliens)

Artist: Vanette Kosman

Publisher: Royal Heart Games

Genre/Mechanisms: hand management, set collection

Player Count: 2-4

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: light

Risk: medium-high

Summary: Instead of taking turns, players work together and against a timer, playing cards simultaneously to create pairs of princesses and unicorns, shouting out fairy tale quotes, and attempting to defeat the evil Empress Cuteness.

Base Pledge (with shipping): $28

All-In (w/shipping): $208, includes vanity rewards

Campaign Ends: 9/27

Game Ships: Feb. 2020

Funding Status: Currently at 11%, with 30 days to go.

Project: Rare Roses

Designer: Rocky Heckman

Artists: Leith Walton, Nene Thomas (Magic: The Gathering)

Publisher: Cravon Studios

Genre/Mechanisms: economic, set collection

Player Count: 1-6

Solo Mode: yes

Complexity: light

Risk: medium-high

Summary: A casual economic game where players compete to buy roses and fill floral orders.

Base Pledge (with shipping): $31

All-In (w/shipping): $250, includes vanity rewards

Campaign Ends: 9/17

Game Ships: Feb. 2020

Funding Status: Currently at 28%, with 19 days to go.

Project: Saigon 75

Designers: Jean-Philippe Barcus, Pascal Toupy (Great War Commander)

Artists: Tania Sanchez-Fortun, Cristophe Sancy (To the Last Man!)

Publisher: Nuts! Publishing (AuZtralia, The Lost Expedition, Palm Island, Red7)

Genre/Mechanisms: action point allowance system, area control, area movement, dice rolling, war game

Player Count: 1-2

Solo Mode: yes

Complexity: medium-light

Risk: medium-high

Summary: A light war game simulating the fratricidal struggle between North and South Vietnam from summer 1973 to spring 1975.

Base Pledge (with shipping): $73

All-In (w/shipping): $130

Campaign Ends: 9/10

Game Ships: May 2020

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 126%, with 12 days to go.

Project: That’s a Wrap! The Game of Filmmaking Frenzy

Designer: Adam Sadiq

Artist: Madison Crabtree

Publisher: Diacritical Games

Genre/Mechanisms: auction/bidding, card drafting, dice rolling,

Player Count: 2-5

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: light

Risk: high

Summary: A light card game where players hire actors and fund scripts in the hopes of winning awards.

Base Pledge (with shipping): $29

All-In (w/shipping): $200, includes vanity rewards

Campaign Ends: 9/24

Game Ships: June 2020

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 100%, with 26 days to go.

Project: Warline: Tactical Fantasy Battles

Designer: Justin D. Leingang

Artist: Chen-chi huei

Publisher: El Jay Play

Genre/Mechanisms: action point allowance system, area enclosure, grid movement, modular board, puzzle, tile placement, variable player powers, war game

Player Count: 1-4

Solo Mode: yes

Complexity: heavy

Risk: medium-high

Summary: A war game with tile placement, tactical choices, deep puzzle-y gameplay, and a variety of win conditions.

Base Pledge (with shipping): $71

All-In (w/shipping): $87

Campaign Ends: 9/26

Game Ships: Aug. 2020

Funding Status: Currently at 11%, with 28 days to go.

Project: Windward

Designers: Hayden Lapiska, Daniel Aronson (The Island of El Dorado, Taco Fight!), Nick Tompkins

Artists: Justin Spice

Publisher: El Dorado Games (The Island of El Dorado, Taco Fight!)

Genre/Mechanisms: action/ movement programming, area movement, hand management, miniatures, modular board, pick up & deliver

Player Count: 2-4

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: medium-heavy

Risk: medium-low

Summary: Players compete to earn the most notoriety flying wind ships around the gaseous planet of Celus while navigating winds that change from round to round.

Base Pledge (with shipping): $66

All-In (w/shipping): $66, same as above

Campaign Ends: 9/22

Game Ships: June 2020

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 351%, with 24 days to go.