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

Project: Buffet Boss

Designer: Daryl Chow (The Artemis Project, Overbooked, Remember Our Trip)

Artists: not credited

Publisher: Origame (Mooncake Master, Plantopia: The Card Game, Wok and Roll)

Genre/Mechanisms: action / dexterity, food / cooking, fruit, open drafting, stacking and balancing, tower stacking, variable player powers

Player Count: 1-5

Solo Mode: yes

Complexity: light

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “A mix of light strategy and dexterity in this stacking game for the whole family. In Buffet Boss, pick your food from the buffet and gain points by stacking food onto your plate. But beware – the food with the tastiest point values are also the hardest to stack. Players will also have Character cards that give them bonus points for stacking specific types of food. Buffet Boss also comes in many different modes to suit all diets – a solo/co-operative mode as well as a mode for kids aged 5 and up.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $49

All-In (w/shipping): $49, same as above

Campaign Ends: 11/6

Game Ships: May 2023

Funding Status: Currently at 65% with 26 days to go.

Project: Haithabu Tribes of the North

Designer: Florian Herold

Artist: Theresa Vienhauser

Publisher: H2.O

Genre/Mechanisms: card game, hand management, miniatures

Player Count: 2-4

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: light

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “In Haithabu, your goal is to place your cards to complete rows, and attemping to involve yourself in all point-rewards. The game takes place in Europe between the 7th and 14th centuries; direct the history of a tribe by going into new territories, and you will be able to exert more influence.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $32

All-In (w/shipping): $81

Campaign Ends: 11/20

Game Ships: May 2023

Funding Status: Currently at 57% with 40 days to go.