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

Project: Among Cultists

Designer: Stefan Godot (Human Punishment: The Beginning, Human Punishment: Social Deduction 2.0)

Artists: Jose David Lanza Cebrian (Champions of Midgard, Hellboy: The Board Game, Rum & Bones: Second Tide), Stephen Gibson (Air, Land, & Sea; Folklore: The Affliction; GoodCritters), Jarrod Owen (AVGhost: Paranormal Investigation, Monstrous), Andreas Schroth (Encounters: Shadowrun, Vikings: The Board Game), Karsten Schulmann (Human Punishment: The Beginning, Human Punishment: Social Deduction 2.0)

Publisher: Godot Games (Human Punishment: The Beginning, Human Punishment: Social Deduction 2.0)

Genre/Mechanisms: cthulhu mythos, deduction, hidden roles, horror, mafia, team-based game, traitor game

Player Count: 4-8

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: light

Risk: medium-high

Summary: “A deduction game with hidden agendas. At the start of the game, you will be assigned random roles and teams: as an Investigator of the Secret Society, try to thwart the Cultists’ dark ritual by identifying and eliminating them before they can finish it. You’d better avoid other Characters, because every encounter could be your last. The goal of the traitors is to get rid of the Investigators. Only if you manage to expose all the Cultists or restore enough rooms before time runs out, you can save the venerable University. But be careful: they are already among you… and the killing has long since begun.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $66

All-In (w/shipping): $115

Campaign Ends: 1/24

Game Ships: Sep. 2023

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 527% with 23 days to go.