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

Project: The Adventures of Dex Dixon: The Board Game

Designer: Steve Coker

Artist: Cole Munro-Chitty (The Ghosts Betwixt)

Publisher: Dexiverse Development

Genre/Mechanisms: adventure, area movement, card play conflict resolution, fighting, grid movement, horror, open drafting, scenario / mission / campaign game, team-based game

Player Count: 1-4

Solo Mode: yes

Complexity: medium-light

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “A scenario-based strategy game set in a multi-spoked, inter-dimensional, noir horror world filled with Paranormal Detectives, Monster Crime Bosses and Vampire Torch-Song Singers. Choose your Boss, recruit your Mugs, assemble your gear, and charge your magical powers. Defeat your opponents and obtain your objective by outwitting them with each characters’ unique abilities. No two game sessions will be the same. A limited area skirmish game with characters that have specific powers and abilities that can be augmented with cards that you draw throughout the game.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $87

All-In (w/shipping): $215

Campaign Ends: 3/5

Game Ships: January 2023

Funding Status: Currently at 25% with 26 days to go.

Project: Bismarck Solitaire Board Game Edition

Designers: Sean Cooke, Grant Wylie, Mike Wylie

Artist: Sean Cooke

Publisher: Worthington Publishing

Genre/Mechanisms: abstract strategy, dice, grid movement, nautical, paper-and-pencil, roll-and-write, solitaire only games, solo / solitaire game, square grid, wargame, World War II

Player Count: 1

Solo Mode: yes

Complexity: light

Risk: medium-low

Summary: “Command the pride of the German Navy in Bismarck Solitaire, an original bookgame by Worthington Publishing. Lead the German ships Bismarck, Prinz Eugen, and U-boat support as they take on the determined Royal Navy with one goal, Sink the Bismarck. You have 8 missions of varying objectives and difficultly, plus two training cruises. Each mission gives you 3 tries to best the Royal Navy. Some missions require you to find convoys, others expect you to sink a few British warships, while some just hope your ships can survive the sortie. Bismarck Solitaire is a pen and book game. In the book you get a map and orders. You roll dice to see events, move your ship, fight battles, and resolve events. The only thing you must provide is 2 dice, a pen, and a sense of adventure.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $79

All-In (w/shipping): $79, same as above

Campaign Ends: 2/25

Game Ships: September 2023

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 1,000% with 18 days to go.

Project: Exsilium

Designer: Ferran Leal

Artist: Ferran Leal

Publisher: Spiral Architect Games

Genre/Mechanisms: adventure, campaign / battle card driven, deck building, dungeon crawlers, exploration, fighting, hand management, miniatures, modular board, moving multiple units. science fiction, variable player powers

Player Count: 2-4

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: medium-light

Risk: HIGH

Summary: “Competitive card-driven tactical combat from 2 to 4 players. Prepare to dominate and take control. Exsilium is a fast and light game with simple rules and familiar mechanics. Players use deck building to upgrade their decks and battle enemy factions for control the Baralytas crystals. All players will start with 12 basic cards and draw 4 at the start of each turn. Each player can perform as many actions as there are cards in his hand and can decide between activating the action of the card or using it to move the miniatures of his faction. Expand the territory to wherever you want. Exsilium is competitive, so ruthless and terrible tactics are welcome. All against all, without exception. You must survive both the other factions and the common enemy that has emerged from the depths of Eris. A.I. enemies allow even in two player games, the battle starts from the first second. Control Terminal points and upgrade your deck before the other factions. Cross the frontiers, dominate the crystals and take control of the dwarf planet. Exsilium’s mechanics allow you to place explosive mines on the ground, drop items, and use tactics to mislead A.I. enemies.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $94

All-In (w/shipping): $133

Campaign Ends: 2/23

Game Ships: February 2024

Funding Status: Currently at 2% with 16 days to go.