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

Project: Pathfinder Revolution! by Steve Jackson Games

Designer: Phillip duBarry (Black Orchestra, Revolution!, Spirits of the Rice Paddy)

Artists: not credited

Publisher: Steve Jackson Games (Love Letter, Port Royal, Revolution!)

Genre/Mechanisms: area majority / influence, auction / bidding, bluffing, deduction, fantasy, multiple-lot auction, political, simultaneous action selection

Player Count: 3-6

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: medium-light

Risk: medium-low

Summary: “Secretly bid against your opponents for control of important people and guilds, gaining influence in different regions throughout the city, as well as more gold, power, or blackmail for your war chest. Gold can sway the Guildmaster, and blackmail may turn the Hellknight to your side, but sometimes the only answer to a problem is force. Use the tools of gutter statecraft, bluff or outguess your opponents, and build a coalition to control the city.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $78

All-In (w/shipping): $200

Campaign Ends: 8/4

Game Ships: Jan. 2023

Funding Status: Currently at 59% with 15 days to go.