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

Project: CMON Time Machine

Designers: various

Artists: various

Publisher: CMON Limited (Arcadia Quest, Arcadia Quest: Inferno, Blood Rage, Blue Moon City, Council of 4, Dogs of War, Dragon Castle, Ethnos, Gizmos, The Godfather: Corleone’s Empire, The Grizzled, Lorenzo il Magnifico, Massive Darkness, Modern Art, Newton, The Others, Potion Explosion, Railroad Ink: Blazing Red Edition, Railroad Ink: Deep Blue Edition, Rising Sun, Unfair, Xenoshyft: Onslaught, Zombicide, Zombicide Season 2: Prison Outbreak, Zombicide Season 3: Rue Morgue, Zombicide: Black Plague, Zombicide: Green Horde)

Genre/Mechanisms: various

Player Count: various

Solo Mode: n/a

Complexity: various

Risk: low

Summary: This campaign is an odd one, and not one I’d recommend backing, but one that probably deserves a mention because of the publisher. Through this Kickstarter, CMON is offering all-in pledges and combo pledges for Zombicide: Green Horde, HATE, and Rising Sun, though the all-in pledges for Rising Sun by itself were sold out within the first 1-2 hours of going live, and all of the all-in bundle pledges are also already sold out. All that remains are the all-in pledges for HATE and Zombicide: Green Horde. Backers also have access to CMON promos through the pledge manager, though newer backers are receiving priority and there’s quite a bit of controversy around both the way CMON is running the campaign and the way they’re using Kickstarter as a store. Still, if you’re looking for some hard-to-find CMON promos, this MAY be one way to find some of them.

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $various

All-In (w/shipping): $various

Campaign Ends: 9/29

Game Ships: Dec. 2019

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 6532%, with 3 days to go.

Project: Copenhagen: New Facades

Designers: Asger Harding Granerud (13 Days: The Cuban Missile Crisis, Flamme Rouge, Iron Curtain), Daniel Skjold Pedersen (13 Days: The Cuban Missile Crisis, Iron Curtain, A Tale of Pirates)

Artist: Markus Erdt (Copenhagen, Pioneers, Treasure Hunter)

Publisher: Queen Games (Alhambra, Amerigo, Aton, Chicago Express, Escape: The Curse of the Temple, Fresco, Kingdom Builder, Lancaster, Merlin, Roma, Shogun, Thebes, Wallenstein First Edition, Wallenstein Second Edition)

Genre/Mechanisms: dice rolling, pattern building, roll & write, tile placement

Player Count: 2-4

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: light

Risk: low

Summary: Queen Games has launched a short, one-week Kickstarter for anyone who missed out on Copenhagen or the Copenhagen: Roll & Write and wants to pick up either or both, plus some promos.

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $13, just the new Facades Queenie

All-In (w/shipping): $131, includes Copenhagen, Copenhagen: Roll & Write, and several promos

Campaign Ends: 10/3

Game Ships: Nov. 2019

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 463%, with 6 days to go.

Project: Heroes of Levendale

Designer: Parker Coppins

Artist: Parker Coppins

Publisher: Parker Coppins

Genre/Mechanisms: fighting, hand management

Player Count: 2+

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: light

Risk: medium-high

Summary: A light, quick card game where players build a 9-card tableau into a fantasy character, and fight their opponent(s).

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $29

All-In (w/shipping): $500, includes vanity rewards

Campaign Ends: 10/16

Game Ships: Dec. 2019

Funding Status: Currently at 57%, with 19 days to go.