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

Project: Ferman: Sultan’s Decree

Designers: Aykut Ari, Ozan Birses, Gurkan Izmirligil, Erman Kocaman

Artist: Gencer Ozdamar

Publisher: Barely Functioning Studios

Genre/Mechanisms: economic, worker placement

Player Count: 3-6

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: medium-light

Risk: high

Summary: A light & quick economic & worker placement game almost bordering on being a party game/filler.

Base Pledge (with shipping): $28

All-In (w/shipping): $28, same as above

Campaign Ends: 9/28

Game Ships: March 2020

Funding Status: Currently at 26%, with 28 days to go.

Project: Reigns: The Council

Designers: Bruno Faidutti (Citadels, Diamant, Mission: Red Planet, Mission: Red Planet 2nd Edition, Raptor, Warrior Knights), Herve Marly (Petits Meurtres & Faits Divers, The Phantom Society, Skull)

Artists: Arnaud de Bock, Herve Marly (The Werewolves of Miller’s Hollow)

Publisher: Nerial

Genre/Mechanisms: hand management, party game, role-playing, storytelling, take that

Player Count: 3-6

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: light

Risk: medium-high

Summary: Based on the app game Reigns, Faidutti’s & Marly’s board game adaptation “is an asymmetric party game for 3-6 people about a monarch seeking the harmony of their realm, and their advisors vying to influence them for their own goals.

Base Pledge: $35 + shipping

All-In: $55 + shipping (not including the single available pledge for almost $25,000 that includes an actual crown)

Campaign Ends: 10/1

Game Ships: May 2020

Funding Status: Currently at 43%, with 31 days to go.

Project: The Trouble With Aliens

Designers: Lisa & Vin Fetty

Artist: Vin Fetty

Publisher: Sazaky Games

Genre/Mechanisms: dice rolling, hand management, set collection, take that

Player Count: 2-6

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: light

Risk: high

Summary: A light, alien-themed party card game with take that and set collection mechanics.

Base Pledge (with shipping): $33

All-In (w/shipping): $33, same as above

Campaign Ends: 9/27

Game Ships: Dec. 2019

Funding Status: Currently at 0%, with 27 days to go.