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

Project: Cook King

Designer: Federico Gutman Duering

Artist: Desmuncubic

Publisher: Juegos Bravou

Genre/Mechanisms: action timer, card game, deck construction, party game, take that, victory points as a resource

Player Count: 2-8

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: light

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “A party mode card game for dish making and kitchen expansion. Combine ingredients to create different recipes and prevent other players from preparing dishes by throwing attack cards at them, and thereby taking points away. Sell your dishes and buy more kitchen equipment to acquire new skills and win the game.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $11

All-In (w/shipping): $57

Campaign Ends: 12/17

Game Ships: Mar. 2023

Funding Status: Currently at 36% with 29 days to go.

Project: Legends Untold – The Illumination of Deepsorrow

Designers: Hugh Ducker (Legends Untold: The Great Sewer Novice Set, Legends Untold: Weeping Caves Novice Set), Kevin Young (Legends Untold: The Great Sewer Novice Set, Legends Untold: Weeping Caves Novice Set)

Artist: Scott Nicely (Arkham Horror, Blood Bowl: Team Manager – The Card Game, Citadels, Ingenious, StarCraft: The Board Game)

Publisher: Inspiring Games (Legends Untold: The Great Sewer Novice Set, Legends Untold: Weeping Caves Novice Set)

Genre/Mechanisms: adventure, ancient, cooperative game, dice rolling, dungeon crawler, exploration, fantasy, hand management, medieval, narrative choice / paragraph, role-playing, solo / solitaire game

Player Count: 1-4

Solo Mode: yes

Complexity: medium-heavy

Risk: medium-high

Summary: “A standalone expansion for the Legends Untold system which can be enhanced with the addition of the Weeping Caves and Great Sewers Novice Sets. It can also be combined with these products to create a massive catalogue of cards for self-build adventures. Deepsorrow introduces four new playable Occupations and Cultures, along with a host of new Weapons, Kits, Outfits and Talents to let you build the character you want; a new Focus system that allows you to use the mystic teachings of the Nabti Walkers to push your body and mind to the limits of endurance; new Physiological Talents for the Wrathlander – use natural gifts to survive poison and even channel lightning; a new Shock Condition that impacts both Heroes and Foes; a new Clues and Epilogues system that rewards exploration; new Boons and Backpack cards that let you expand your party’s arsenal of options, you must use them wisely to ensure your survival; new Loot categories including Locked, Sealed, and Heavy, that require you to use all your wits to benefit from them; a new Treasure deck system for those that always have to find every piece of loot; and a Cinematic Campaign of multiple Plot Arcs, that you must discover and interact as you explore Deepsorrow.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $94

All-In (w/shipping): $221

Campaign Ends: 12/8

Game Ships: Dec. 2023

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 111% with 20 days to go.

Project: Peanut Butter Belly Time

Designer: Julio E. Nazario (Ctrl, Dulce, Holi: Festival of Colors)

Artist: Kelly Nichols

Publisher: Nerdy Nuts

Genre/Mechanisms: card game, closed drafting, hand management, set collection

Player Count: 2-7

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: light

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “In Peanut Butter Belly Time, players draft ingredient cards to create jars of peanut butter. Each card also has a scoring rule on it, but only one card will score for each jar. Players may take orders from a central display if they can fulfill them, and an order replaces a jar’s normal scoring. Players can also compete for ingredient majority cards. Decide what flavors you want to create from Chocolate Marshmallow to Banana Cookie and everything in between, then prepare your jars and collect the right ingredients for your special peanut butter creations. You can add mystery ingredients for extra flavor, but don’t push your luck too far or your sweet treats might end up too salty instead!”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $26 (pledge rate already includes shipping)

All-In (w/shipping): $56 (pledge rate already includes shipping)

Campaign Ends: 12/4

Game Ships: Dec. 2022

Funding Status: Currently at 5% with 16 days to go.

Project: Where’s My Ride?

Designer: David Kessler

Artists: Tad Lambert (Castle Panic), Sam Waller, Erin Wong (The Red Dragon Inn: Battle for Greyport, The Red Dragon Inn 5: The Character Trove, The Red Dragon Inn 6: Villains)

Publisher: SlugFest Games (The Red Dragon Inn, The Red Dragon Inn 2, The Red Dragon Inn 3)

Genre/Mechanisms: cooperative game, deduction, party game

Player Count: 2-7

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: light

Risk: medium-high

Summary: “A cooperative game of deduction and miscommunication, where you and your friends are divided into a party of riders and a single driver who are trying to meet up for a rideshare. There’s a big problem, though– the app is bugging out big time; it’s not sharing rider or driver locations, and the messaging features have gone haywire. Riders will use a deck of quirky, autofilled text messages to ask the driver where they are parked. Unfortunately, the driver can react to the messages only with emojis. Will you find your driver before the app cancels the ride and gives everyone a dreaded 1-out-of-5 star rating?”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $39

All-In (w/shipping): $39, same as above

Campaign Ends: 12/8

Game Ships: Sep. 2023

Funding Status: Currently at 66% with 20 days to go.