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

Project: Takkure: Relaunch!

Designer: Ramón Pérez

Artist: Kazu !

Publisher: Zenit Miniatures (Yōkai Quest)

Genre/Mechanisms: action points, area movement, command cards, critical hits and failures, dice rolling, miniatures, moving multiple units, programmed movement, science fiction, sports, team-based game, variable set-up, zone of control

Player Count: 2

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: heavy

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “In a violent cyberpunk universe, players take on the role of coaches to lead teams of 4 players with the goal of becoming the best team in the Neon League. Takkure is a 1vs1, metal miniature game based on the rules of rugby. Players must land the ball in the opposing try zone to score a point. For this, they can only pass the ball to a player behind them, and the defense can only tackle the ball carrier. Tackles, blows, players on the ground, injuries and all kinds of situations that make takkure a fast-paced game. Twelve-sided dice are used and the coaches have a deck with plays.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $75

All-In (w/shipping): $333

Campaign Ends: 6/26

Game Ships: June 2023

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 132% with 12 days to go.

Project: Wars of Religion France 1562 1598 (on Gamefound)

Designer: Jerome Lefrancq

Artists: Shayne Logan (Armageddon War: Platoon Level Combat in the End War, Old School Tactical: Volume 1 – Fighting on the Eastern Front 1941/42, Old School Tactical: Volume 2 – West Front 1944/45), Gregory Shipp

Publisher: Fellowship of Simulations (Verdun 1916: Steel Inferno)

Genre/Mechanisms: alliances, area movement, card game, dice rolling, negotiation, political, religious, renaissance, sudden death ending, wargame

Player Count: 1-3

Solo Mode: yes

Complexity: medium-light

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “From 1563 to 1598, a civil war raged across the kingdom of France, involving all neighbouring countries. It pitted the last kings of the Valois line, the Protestants Huguenots and the Ultracatholics League. Part diplomacy game, part wargame, The Wars of Religion let you remake history. Each turn, you will use your supporters at court to improve your position in the kingdom. Then you will try to solve the struggle on the battlefield. You have six turns to prove that God is on your side.”

Base Pledge: $31 + shipping (without any shipping estimates provided)

All-In: $158 + shipping (without any shipping estimates provided)

Campaign Ends: 6/18

Game Ships: June 2022

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 189% with 5 days to go.