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https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/3318143/nightfall-vs-unchained-whats-changed-and-why

Anything from Leader Games and illustrated by Kyle Ferrin (Root, Oath, Fort...) feels like cheating but still, I absolutely adore their art style

Everdell, Photosynthesis, Parks, look nice as well

I also bought an updated edition of Costa Ruana just because of the illustrations: https://www.pamwishbow.com/client-work/project-four-yjynj-pafyx

As soon as this game launched on Kickstarter, I backed it. I had discussed before with my friends that I would love for a good way to play Slay the Spire cooperatively. Yes, there are mods for the videogame which introduce co-op, but you're playing a multiplayer solitaire game. You aren't really interacting that much. The boardgame implements co-op in a really nice, interactive and meaningful way.

Context and bias

I think it's important to put a big disclaimer that I am heavily biased towards this game. I love the Slay the Spire videogame, I beat A20 with every character and have more than 500 hours playtime. I was extremely hyped to play the boardgame.

These initial thoughts were gathered from a single play two plays in Ascension 0 (no heart), all players were experienced StS gamers (A20 with at least 1 character) and each act took around 2 hours). Yeah, we played the game for more than 6h :P

TL;DR

First impressions score: 9/10

Positives:

• It really feels like Slay the Spire

• Basically zero downtime

• Upkeep is very low

• Randomness is VERY WELL implemented

• Really fun

• The box is very nice, included insert is just ok but gets the job done

Negatives:

• It takes like 2 hours for experienced players to play a single act, I can't imagine how long it would take for first timers

• Sleeving/Unsleeving cards to upgrade them is not great

• Sleeves are included, but they're very low quality

• The character miniatures are very low quality

The game loop

Slay the Spire is a deck builder game. You start with a very basic and weak deck of cards. Throughout the game you will acquire new cards, upgrade them, get relics, potions and hopefully remove a few of your basic cards. The goal of the game is to move through map and eventually defeat the final boss.

You start the game at the base of the map, where you'll fight some basic monsters. After beating the encounter you can navigate to one the 3 randomly generated map paths, whatever one you feel better suits your team needs.

Each player has a designated row and a monster (and possibly its minions) will be spawned in from of each player.

At the start of your turn you draw 5 cards and set your mana to 3. Each of your initial cards have a mana cost from 0 to 2 and you can play them however you like. There is no turn order, players can play or coordinate their actions as they please. Your attack cards can attack any monster, regardless of their row. Your defense cards usually target yourself, though some allow you to support your friends. After every player has player their cards, every remaining card is discarded and now the monsters will have their turn.

The monster turn is usually very simple, they just attack the player in front of them and it's done. The players can draw 5 cards and play again. If a player dies, it's game over. Otherwise, the game continues until all monsters are defeated.

Each monster awards a set of rewards to the player in front of them. Typically you get some coins and a new card. You reveal 3 new cards and you can add one of them to your deck. The new cards are generally better than your starter ones but you can choose to skip it altogether. You can also get potions (a 1 time effect) and relics (passive effects throughout the entire run).

After beating the initial encounter, you select one the map branches and move up. There are several types of encounters: shop, random events, regular monsters, elite monsters... It's cool to decide how to move up thoughout the map considering your current status. Low on health? Lets try to target a resting spot. Doing great? Lets kick some elite ass. Eventually you'll reach the boss and hopefully your deck is now strong enough to beat it.

Differences from the videogame

• Most stuff works exactly like the videogame

• Damage has been heavily re-scaled so the math is very easy. Each attack deals 1 damage, for instance. It was never hard to figure out how much damage you were going to deal or take.

• Several cards, potions and relics have been changed to reduce complexity and upkeep.

• Nothing ticks down at end of turn. Poison never ticks down, for instance. You don't lose focus at end of turn. Upkeep is minimal.

• Vulnerable works a bit differently. Your next attack deals double damage against a vulnerable foe, then you remove one vulnerable "token". If you applied 2x vulnerable, then your next 2 attacks deal double damage.

• Weak means you deal 1 less damage on your next attack.

• Defect (3rd character) orb order doesn't matter, you can evoke any orb you want. You can also target anything you want, it's not random.

• Dark orbs deal 3 damage + 1 damage for each power in play, to avoid upkeep

Randomness

Every randomness in the game is performed with a die roll. At the start of the turn you roll a die and every random effect for that round (your turn + monster turn) uses that die roll. You don't roll the die for every single effect. You roll once and apply it to everything.

Things that interact with the die:

• Some relics perform automatically on a die roll (eg: deal 4 damage when 4 is rolled)

• Some monster attack depends on the die roll (eg: monster might attack on roll 1-3 and buff up on roll 4-6)

• Some cards do different things depending on the die roll

The thing I like about this is that it's very low maintenance, you just roll the die once per round and you know exactly what is going to happen for the entire round. This is not something like "I'm going to attack, roll the die aaaaaand... I missed". At the start of the turn you know exactly how everything is going to pan out. I love that.

First impressions

Boardgames based on videogames are usually awful. I don't think I have ever enjoyed a boardgame adaptation. They're usually very fiddle, with tremendous amount of book keeping and upkeep effects. I was very hyped with Slay the Spire but also very concerned that this would be the case. The videogame takes care of a ton of stuff for you. I don't want to keep track of my dark orbs or to apply double damage after 10 attacks. That's just not fun to track.

I'm happy to say that Slay the Spire, the boardgame is amazing. I think the designer paid a tremendous amount of respect to videogame, it really does feel like Slay the Spire. All the monsters, their attacks, the relics, everything works like videogame. It does a really good job at making you feel at home. However, the designer also spent a tremendous amount of effort to reduce how much stuff you need to keep track off. Upkeep was usually just dealing poison damage and orb damage, that's it. No tickdowns, no doubling, no keeping track of attacks, claws or cards used.

The cooperative aspect of the game is very nice. You can really cooperate and complement your friend's turns. It's fun to coordinate which monster to kill first and managing everyone's defense. The game makes a good job at creating tension, especially in the act 2. You have that feeling you have no chance but then actually pull it off with minimal losses. And most importantly: it really does feel like a team effort. It doesn't feel solitaire.

Each act took us 2 hours but it didn't feel like 2 hours. The game felt fast paced. Since turns are simultaneous, the downtime between turns was basically non-existent. The monster's turns are VERY fast so you're back to the action really quickly.

So why is this game not instantly a 10/10? My biggest issue with the game is actually its length. 2+ hours per act is a lot. The game tells you that you can play a single act and also provides a way to start immediately from the second or third act, which is great. However, a full run is going to take you 6+ hours. Personally I don't really like to start/finish a run in the middle of the game, I'll have to get used to it.

Final thoughts

If you love the Slay the Spire videogame and are looking for a similar co-operative experience, this is an absolute no-brainer. Get this game. You need it in your life. I'm really glad I backed it and plan to continue enjoying it with friends.

I'm not big on playing boardgames solo and I honestly see no point on getting this game if you're just going to play solo. The videogame is probably 10x cheaper and you can play an entire run under 1 hour. I would just play the videogame, to be honest.

What if you've never played Slay the Spire? Honestly that's a tough one. I think a big part of the experience is that this feels pretty much like the videogame. While there are some progression aspects in the form of card unlocks and increased difficulties, there isn't much to look forward to. Maybe a game like Aeon's End, which has a campaign like feeling and a story would be something you'll enjoy more. I don't know. Your millage may vary and I'd love to hear the thoughts from someone who had no idea what Slay the Spire was!

Thought the community would appreciate this.

This has happened to me a few times. One I remember was the game Alchemist, where I just sat there confused as hell for 4 and a half hours while three guys were all talking about strategies. Tonight it was Terraforming Mars, where I was told it would be a 3 hour game, but by hour 4 we were halfway done. This time I said "it's 11pm, I have work in the morning, this will be my last hand" and the host got very passive aggressive with me. I just don't know what to do in these situations.

^Also is there a word for this? My girlfriend said I was "held game hostage" but I don't see that used in my searches.^

Update: I sent an apology for leaving early, and he wasn't too frustrated about it and understood my frustration which was nice. I told him I didn't think it was my cup of tea since it was so dense, but he kept trying to sell me on the game.

I just gotta learn how to decline with this guy, he is a bit of a "won't take no for an answer" person, but I'm still learning to be firm with boundaries.

I'm really a 45 minute or less person, and prefer games with like... 5 rules. I have communicated that before, but he really wants me to play the games he loves which I take as a compliment.

He did have me playing Dominion for a while, and that was a time when I just would suck it up and play for his sake since he was going through a divorce. We literally had the parks and rec sketch where I said "I don't really like Dominion" and he said "what do you mean? You've played all the games!"

He housed me when I was homeless, so it's hard for me to decline things with him since he showed me that huge kindness.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llnIP6haDh0

It’s a fun, more complex, dragon-themed game built on the foundations of Wingspan — familiar, but very different.

It’s a lot of fun seeing the victory point-generating system you’ve built kick into gear, though once you start chaining things together turns can take forever. This, unfortunately, kind of sucks for the non-active player(s), as there’s nothing to do but sit and wait between turns.

Playing this game with four players must take forever.

More info about Wyrmspan: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/410201/wyrmspan

I've finally played all the modules in Kittens + Beasts.

Kittens - A good addition that add incentive to be first

Beasts - I found this to be kinda meh. I didn't like that you can only get beasts on the first day which makes it really easy to just skip the whole module.

Events - I really enjoyed this module. The events really add additional layers of strategy and time sensitive ways to score points.

@boardgames #boardgames #IsleOfCats

> “My personal point of view as a designer,” Lang told me in a recent interview, “is to prove that the lines between what we call ‘mass market’ and ‘hobby market’ are mostly illusion — illusion and artificial. People are people. Fun is fun. Depth is depth. Of course, everybody has different tolerances, or [wants] different amounts of depth in the game, but there’s no one, weird, single, dividing line between what is in the mass market and what’s not. That’s all been decided by buyers at retail.”

My wife and I just finished playing the last month of Pandemic Legacy Season 0. OMG, that was a great ride.

We'd played Season 1 with our son at the start of COVID, which gave us a sense of agency. This version is a prequel that takes place in 1962. You're playing doctors recruited to the CIA. Instead of disease cubes, you're trying to fight off Soviet agents. However, since an outbreak would send disease to neighboring cities, and Soviet agents don't work that way (that we know of), there's a new mechanic for bad stuff that happens instead. Each player has a passport for their character. Each passport has pages for 3 different aliases you can take (Allied, Neutral, and Soviet). You'll need to create and direct teams to complete objectives.

Highly recommended. If you're interested, here's the Shut Up & Sit Down review.

Hello boardgame community! About a year ago I briefly came across a PnP Ruleset that I found very intruiging, but I cannot find it anymore. Also not on google withaforementioned keywords, so I hope you'll be able to help me out.

Here's what I (think I) remember:

• It's set in a Victorian era-
• The players are under the command of the queen and have to fight the supernatural
• They party has a shared resource pool that the have to assemble beforehand
• If the players prepared wrong they have to abort the mission and try again in the next session
• Maybe there was something about magic corruption?

That's all I can remember, I hope you guys can help me out on this one! All hints are welcome!

P.S.: I'm quite sure it is not candela obscura, as this has not been made public at that time.

Sounds like it's going to be a legacy game:

>During the co-op game for one to four players, the group can experience a narrative-driven campaign that will enable players to explore different storylines and outcomes depending on their choices. As their chosen characters, players can upgrade their unique abilities by spending the experience points they gain, as well as unlock new powers through optional loyalty missions. The group can also improve their various pieces of equipment and weapons as they advance through the campaign.

>According to the game’s publisher, Modiphius, the narrative choices made by players will have consequences further down the line, with there being potential for multiple playthroughs resulting in never-before-seen experiences.

I just got the Kittens + Beasts Expansion for Isle of Cats and played the Kitten module. The small size of the kittens and being able to rescue two for one basket makes it easier to fill out those smaller spaces that used to require treasures. It definitely adds incentive to be first for the round.

\#boardgames #IsleOfCats @boardgames

Meeple Mountain has a great article on trick taking games. I want to try Sail, as my wife and I love cooperative games.

Hope you won't be put off by the fantastic french accent, this channel is a goldmine if you're into "heavy" games as Jean Michel calls them

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I live in Jamaica/Canada/Belize/USA, why are you posting on a Saturday?!

Because I'm writing this from Europe in the future where it's already Sunday. Timezones be crazy.

Why are there a bunch of non-board games in the board game list?

Because the Tabletop games category on Kickstarter includes anything remotely related to board games and sometimes things slip through my filters.

Why is this future award winning board game and literal saviour of humanity missing from your list?

Sometimes my filters get a bit overzealous and discard actually valid projects. If you feel something is missing for this reason, leave a comment and I'll add it (maybe).

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Your list is full of errors and now there's cheese dust all over my cards!

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Take command of legendary characters from different factions, strategically navigating the battlefield to claim victory.Unleash the power of your …| 4262 | $974,421.13 (325%) in 10 days | 2024-02-23 |💸 Gamefound 👥 2 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 30-60 min. Wargame| 💰🔥 |BGG| | TOKYO HIGHWAY Rainbow City | A colorful new board game expansion for TOKYO HIGHWAY! With new pieces and new ways to play, it's better than ever. | 4232 | ¥31,192,996 (6239%) in 26 days | 2024-02-22 | 💸 Kickstarter | 🎉💰 | | | CRYPTIC NATURE: Discover and Protect the Legendary Creatures | A medium-weight competitive board game about finding and saving legendary creatures | 3797 | €321,332.00 (3213%) in 25 days | 2024-02-21 | 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑4 players 👶 10+ ⏱️ 60 min. | 💰🌳 |BGG| | Last Light 2nd Edition & New Alien Pack - 4X in under an hour! | A true 4X space experience that can be played in an hour! 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New editions, updates, and fresh printings of hard to find fun games. | 585 | $36,976.00 (740%) in 12 days | 2024-02-24 | 💸 Kickstarter | 💰🌳 | | | Ruination: Blood Sworn | Return to the blood-stained sands and lead your tribe to victory. | 475 | $31,995.00 (320%) in 19 days | 2024-02-20 | 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑4 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 60-120 min. | 💰🌳 |BGG| | Food Fight! - True Tabletop Minis | Are you feeling hungry?! Food Fight miniatures are here!! | 423 | €10,273.00 (10273%) in 24 days | 2024-02-24 | 💸 Kickstarter 👶 10+ ⏱️ 5 min. | 💰🌱 |BGG| | Pocket Air War - Definitive edition | Pocket Air War is a fast game of aerial combat in WWII you can play anywhere you want. | 336 | €21,746.00 (1087%) in 12 days | 2024-02-24 | 💸 Kickstarter | 💰 | | | Atlantic Sentinels | A tactical, solitaire game that puts you in charge of an escort to protect convoys in the N. Atlantic from German U-boats. | 312 | $31,059.00 (1242%) in 9 days | 2024-02-21 | 💸 Kickstarter | 💰🌳 | | | The Infection: Roll, Write & Fight [Print and Play] | Embark on a strategic puzzle/problem solving journey, explore various locations, gather resources, combat the Turned and Survive. | 302 |PLN 7,920.00 (1584%) in 12 days | 2024-02-22 | 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑100 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 35-55 min. | 💰 |BGG| | Squirrels The Card Game | Fast, fun, and easy-to-learn game where players battle to get the lowest score. Each game is challenging, unpredictable, and exciting. | 288 | $11,806.00 (1181%) in 26 days | 2024-02-22 | 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑8 players 👶 6+ ⏱️ 15-45 min. |🎉💰🌳 |BGG| | Knight: Second Edition | Will you ride into legend? | 244 | A$10,309.00 (515%) in 18 days | 2024-02-21 | 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑4 players 👶 12+ ⏱️ 40-60 min. | 💰 |BGG| | FUTURE HEROES: Fast-Paced, Trick-Taking Board Game | Lead your team of gladiators into the arena, arm them with weapons and magic, and ensure eternal glory in a dystopian future. | 211 | $8,343.00 (209%) in 26 days |⚠️ 2024-02-18| 💸 Kickstarter | 💰🌱 | | | Conquest Princess: Night of the Necropede | Dress up, team up, and save the galaxy again! An expansion deck for Conquest Princess: Fashion is Power co-op board game. | 141 | $9,524.00 (298%) in 12 days | 2024-02-23 | 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑4 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 40-75 min. |🎉💰🌳 |BGG| | Be Kind. 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Discover new Mages and Nemeses, along with the all-new Friends & Foes mo…| 1989 |$275,309.20 (2753%) in 5 days|2024-03-01| 💸 Gamefound 👥 1‑4 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 60 min. Card Game |💰🔥🌱 |BGG| | EPIC WARPATH™: The Game of Sci-Fi Mass Battles | Command vast armies of aliens and humankind on distant worlds in the new epic scale miniatures game by Matt Gilbert & Alessio Cavatore. | 1219 |£156,003.00 (520%) in 4 days |2024-03-01| 💸 Kickstarter |💰🔥🌳 | | | Steam Power | A new train game by Martin Wallace, with a quick setup and play time, yet offering satisfying depth. Build the smartest network and reap the rewards. | 1060 |$114,264.08 (127%) in 5 days |2024-03-05|💸 Gamefound 👥 1‑5 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 45-90 min. 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Dice Game | 💰🌳 | | | Sea Dragons | Protect the island from the pirates and gain control over the seas. | A game from Simone Luciani, Pini Shekhter & Yaniv Kahana | 699 | $30,883.00 (309%) in 5 days |2024-02-29| 💸 Kickstarter | 💰🌱 | | | Pulp Invasion X4: The Galactic Map | Find Allies through Planets on the Galactic Rim map for the Intergalactic Council. Visit the Rim Sectors with your Space Cruiser! | 514 | $10,527.00 (211%) in 5 days |2024-02-29| 💸 Kickstarter | 💰🌳 | | |Lovestruck - A game about finding love on reality TV| A social deduction board game where you compete on a reality dating show. Are you here for the "right" reasons? | 486 | $15,468.00 (309%) in 4 days |2024-03-06| 💸 Kickstarter | 🎉💰 | | | Everstone: Discovering Ignis | A 1-4 player engine-building board game with multi-use cards set in a whimsical world. | 439 | $23,560.00 (94%) in 5 days |2024-03-14| 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑4 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 40-120 min. | 🌱 |BGG| | Forks: 2nd Edition | A reprint and retheme of the acclaimed card game Forks, now for 2-6 players. | 401 | £4,694.00 (361%) in 6 days |2024-02-29| 💸 Kickstarter | 💰 | | | Don't Get Stabbed! Second Edition | The cult-hit, horror card game is back with a brand-new look and plushie. Free U.S. shipping. | 302 | $12,434.00 (622%) in 5 days |2024-03-14| 💸 Kickstarter | 💰 | | | Rocket Ranchers Herding Cats in Space! | A grid-drafting set-collection card game for 1 to 6 players. Collect alien livestock. Watch out for Space Cats ... or don't! | 266 | $12,233.00 (245%) in 5 days |2024-03-05| 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑6 players 👶 8+ ⏱️ 30-45 min. |🎉💰🌱 |BGG| | Etherium | Experience Victory in a 3D Realm of Strategy! | Dive into Etherium’s world with a 3D board and deep strategic gameplay. Program your actions and command your faction to gather Ether! | 162 | €12,276.00 (49%) in 5 days |2024-02-27| 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑4 players 👶 8+ ⏱️ 45-60 min. | |BGG| | Louisbourg 1758 | A 2 player block game on the British and French fight for Louisbourg during the French & Indian War. Plays in 1 hour. | 150 | $13,869.00 (789%) in 4 days |2024-03-02| 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 60-90 min. | 💰🌳 |BGG| | Hurt Party: A Game of Bad Apologies | A party game that pokes fun at all of the terrible ways we say we're sorry. | 113 | $4,711.00 (47%) in 5 days |2024-03-16| 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑7 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 10-20 min. | 🎉🌳 |BGG| | Mythos - The Divine Card Game | Fulfill the prophecy as you harness the deities and myths from around the world in this party-building strategy card game. | 105 | $8,867.00 (89%) in 2 days |2024-03-17| 💸 Kickstarter | 🌱 | | |Champions of the Hundred Halls: A Coop Strategy Card Game | Harness your magic. An asymmetrical cooperative game for 1-4 Players with Increasing Levels of Difficulty and Endless Replayability. | 95 | $5,647.00 (56%) in 5 days |2024-03-15| 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑4 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 50-90 min. | 🎉🌳 |BGG| | Burned | Burned is a quick, aggressive, game of cat-and-mouse for 2 players. Do you have what it takes to survive in Neon City? | 92 | $3,860.00 (26%) in 5 days |2024-03-14| 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2 players 👶 10+ ⏱️ 10-20 min. | 🌳 |BGG| | Widgets n' Digits | Be the CEO of game night in this board game of wacky economic strategy! | 54 | $3,482.00 (50%) in 2 days |2024-03-08| 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑4 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 30-60 min. | 🌱 |BGG| | SKUNK'D | 35 years in the making, from our family to yours, the SCENTsational dice and card game -- silly yet cerebral, where YOU make the rules! | 53 | $5,439.00 (78%) in 2 days |2024-03-18| 💸 Kickstarter | 🌱 | | | Mole Park: Whack & Win | A carnival-themed party game for 2-8 players where you Whack moles and Win prizes! | 38 | $2,686.00 (66%) in 2 days |2024-03-27| 💸 Kickstarter | 🌱 | | | Earth Matters Game - Seeds for Earthy Action | Inspire lively conversations about our awe-inspiring home, planet Earth, with this unique board game. | 14 | $1,058.00 (46%) in 5 days |2024-03-24| 💸 Kickstarter | 🎉 | |

Notable filtered projects (2) ----------

| Name | Description |Backers| Pledged | Ends | Information |Tags| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|:-----:|:---------------------------:|:--------:|:-----------------------------------:|:--:| |Tainted Grail TTRPG: Song of a Dying World|Dive into the new chapter of the Tainted Grail saga by Awaken Realms, produced by Studio Agate, the most awarded French TTRPG studio.| 1910 |€241,036.55 (482%) in 5 days |2024-03-08|💸 Gamefound 👥 2‑6 players ⏱️ 120 min.| 💰🔥 | | Sentai & Sensibility RPG | As part of the Regency elite you have many obligations, but your top one is to save the world with your team of heroes! | 1251 |$33,650.00 (1858%) in 19 days|2024-02-22| 💸 Kickstarter |🎉💰🌳 |

Hi

I'm playing with the idea of buying Red Strike by Vulca Simulations, I have friends that would be up for a few games. We all played Axis & Allies before, which is a bit easier than Red Strike as far as I see. I also plan to play it by my self (the scenarios look very interesting).

Any thoughts or experiences?

Only in March so far, but things are going well. Almost too well... It's a good twist on the classic. Anyone else played it?

What is this? ----------

This is a weekly crowdfunding roundup of new projects launched last week and projects that end the coming week.

Updates ----------

Expect new lists every Sunday between 00:00 and 23:59 CEST on the following platforms:

Mastodon: @danielpervan

Discord: https://discord.gg/dN4P4PZcU9

Reddit: /r/boardgames

Selection criteria ----------

The criteria for the lists are as follows:

Ending soon

• Sorted by number of backers

• Kickstarter projects ending in the next 7 days, that have at least 100 backers (or marked as "Project we love" by Kickstarter), will have reached more than estimated 95% of their goal by their deadline and passed the filters:

  • No DnD books

  • No zines

  • No 3D printing

  • No dice sets

  • No magazines

  • No shirts

  • No playmats

  • No furniture

  • No events

• Gamefound projects ending in the next 7 days, that will have reached more than estimated 95% of their goal by their deadline and passed the above filters.

• (beta) Backerkit Crowdfunding projects ending in the next 7 days, that will have reached more than estimated 95% of their goal by their deadline and have a matching BGG page.

Newly launched

• Sorted by number of backers

• Kickstarter projects launched in the last 7 days, that have had at least average 15 backers per day, have at least 100 backers or is marked as "Project we love" by Kickstarter and passed the filters (see above).

• Gamefound projects launched in the last 7 days and passed the filters (see above).

• (beta) Backerkit Crowdfunding projects launched in the last 7 days and have a matching BGG page.

Notable filtered projects

• Filtered projects from above lists that have more than 1000 backers.

Tags ----------

🎉: Staff pick/featured

💰: Funded

🔥: More than average 200 backers/day

🌱: Creator's first project

🌳: Creator's \>5th project

🔄: Money back guarantee (Read more)

FAQ ----------

I live in Jamaica/Canada/Honduras/USA, why are you posting on a Saturday?!

Because I'm writing this from Europe in the future where it's already Sunday. Timezones be crazy.

Why are there a bunch of non-board games in the board game list?

Because the Tabletop games category on Kickstarter includes anything remotely related to board games and sometimes things slip through my filters.

Why is this future award winning board game and literal saviour of humanity missing from your list?

Sometimes my filters get a bit overzealous and discard actually valid projects. If you feel something is missing for this reason, leave a comment and I'll add it (maybe).

Can I donate all my money to you?

No

Can you help me promote my game?

Please no. I make lists. Nothing more.

Your list is full of errors and now my energy bill is too high!

Indeed, this fine piece of code runs purely on luck, so anything can happen. Leave a comment and I'll see what I can do.

Ending soon (14) ----------

| Name | Description |Backers| Pledged | Ends | Information |Tags| BGG | |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|:-----:|:----------------------------:|:--------:|:----------------------------------------------:|:--:|:-----------------------------------------------:| | MONTY PYTHON and the HOLY GRAIL board game | Beware of flying cows & the unstoppable Black Knight, this is the officially licensed quest for the Holy Grail! | 4514 |$249,164.00 (498%) in 27 days |2024-02-08| 💸 Backerkit 👥 2‑5 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 40-60 min. | 💰 |BGG| | Explorers of Navoria | An immersive tableau building and worker placement game set in a rich fantasy world | 3502 |£171,132.00 (1369%) in 28 days|2024-02-08|💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑5 players 👶 12+ ⏱️ 40-80 min. |🎉💰🌳 |BGG| | Silver Collector's Edition | The Ultimate Werewolf universe comes to the tabletop. Purge werewolves from the town of Silver with clever card play and deduction. | 1524 |$190,234.00 (3805%) in 27 days|2024-02-08| 💸 Kickstarter | 💰🌳 | | | Metrorunner |Hack into a gritty cyberpunk city filled with challenging puzzles and underworld contracts in this strategy board game for 1-5 players.| 1167 | $62,777.00 (209%) in 20 days |2024-02-07|💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑5 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 30-90 min. | 💰🌳 |BGG| | GAMMN: A Backgammon Board Built to Go Anywhere. | GAMMN is a lightweight, durable backgammon board. Travel friendly, full of thoughtful details, and built to last a lifetime. | 632 | $52,875.00 (529%) in 27 days |2024-02-08| 💸 Kickstarter | 💰🌱 | | | Jewels for the Emperor Penguin | Join your Penguin Guild to scale icy cliffs and satisfy the Emperor’s love of all things shiny! | 449 | $28,895.00 (289%) in 20 days |2024-02-10| 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑5 players 👶 9+ ⏱️ 30-45 min. | 💰🌳 |BGG| | Half Tilt | Smash opposing jousting halflings from their ponies in this tabletop miniature game. | 309 | £27,398.00 (685%) in 11 days |2024-02-05| 💸 Kickstarter | 💰🌳 | | | Essence of Eternity | A card game for 2-6 players. Battle monsters, collect runes, outwit your opponents, and race to unlock the secret to eternal life. | 266 | $10,601.00 (265%) in 19 days |2024-02-07|💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑6 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 30-120 min.| 💰 |BGG| | Make 100 Quintessential Quibbles expansion sets | A set of 3 cute expansion modules for the Quaintly Quirky Quibbles card game successfully launched in 2023 | 253 | €4,585.00 (917%) in 27 days |2024-02-06| 💸 Kickstarter |🎉💰🌳 | | |Good Cop Bad Cop 4th Edition and Zombies Expansion| The classic social deduction game has been perfected in this 4th Edition. The Zombies expansion removes player elimination. | 194 | $10,550.00 (211%) in 13 days |2024-02-10| 💸 Kickstarter | 💰🌳 | | | DARK BLACK - Dai Tō-A Sensō | Expansions for Black and Orange Swan | 175 | €13,686.00 (342%) in 20 days |2024-02-08| 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑5 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 90 min. | 💰🌳 |BGG| | DVG - Vikings! | The Solitaire Game of Viking Raiders! | 150 | $14,040.00 (140%) in 19 days |2024-02-08| 💸 Kickstarter | 💰🌳 | | | Magical Quizz Game and Pins |Un jeux de plateau créé par et pour les Disneyfans ! Répondez à plus de 3000 questions sur vos films favoris ! Avec plein de goodies ! | 146 | €12,499.00 (625%) in 26 days |2024-02-07| 💸 Kickstarter | 💰🌳 | | | Zero Day War | Card-based Computer Hacking Game in the Space-Faring Future | 140 | $10,251.00 (103%) in 20 days |2024-02-11|💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑4 players 👶 10+ ⏱️ 30-60 min. |🎉💰🌳 |BGG|

New this week (16) ----------

| Name | Description |Backers| Pledged | Ends | Information |Tags| BGG | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|:-----:|:-----------------------------:|:--------:|:----------------------------------------------:|:--:|:-----------------------------------------------:| | Altered TCG | Explore the unexpected. For fans of trading card games, Altered could very well be a dream come true. | 5408 |€1,760,330.00 (3521%) in 5 days|2024-02-29| 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2 players ⏱️ 10-40 min. |🎉💰🔥🌱|BGG| | Trash Cult | Collect food, make snackrifices, unleash chaos, and lead your cult of trash animals to victory in this family-friendly card game. | 841 | $16,725.00 (478%) in 6 days |2024-02-29| 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑4 players 👶 8+ ⏱️ 20-40 min. | 💰🌱 |BGG| | The Bird Oracle | A keepsake journalling game about fortune telling, multi-level marketing schemes, and becoming a bird. | 697 | $69,597.00 (348%) in 5 days |2024-03-01| 💸 Backerkit | 💰 | | | TRIUMPH | Turn the Roman Republic from a small city into a vast empire! | 540 | £46,999.00 (188%) in 6 days |2024-02-15| 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑5 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 60 min. |🎉💰🌳 |BGG| | Ruination: Blood Sworn | Return to the blood-stained sands and lead your tribe to victory. | 345 | $24,047.00 (240%) in 6 days |2024-02-20|💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑4 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 60-120 min.| 💰🌳 |BGG| |Pacific War 1942 / War of 1812 Solitaire Travel War Games| Get both Pacific War 1942 and War of 1812 war games, plus WWII Replica Chess set. These are travel size and play in 30 minutes. | 278 | $15,758.00 (15758%) in 5 days |2024-02-13| 💸 Kickstarter | 💰🌳 | | | Ninjas Unleashed: Multi, Team & Solo modes, all in one game! | A ruthless, competitive, strategy, tableau deck-building game set in a parallel world of super ninjas for casual and serious gamers. | 240 | A$37,545.00 (494%) in 6 days |2024-02-29| 💸 Kickstarter |🎉💰🌱 | | | Atomic Kaiju | A deck-building card game where you race to hatch giant beasts and destroy enemy cities with military and monstrous might! | 173 | $7,641.00 (96%) in 6 days |2024-02-29| 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2 players 👶 12+ ⏱️ 30-45 min. | |BGG| | Knight: Second Edition | Will you ride into legend? | 153 | A$7,053.00 (353%) in 4 days |2024-02-21|💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑4 players 👶 12+ ⏱️ 40-60 min. | 💰 |BGG| | Life-Paths \~ A Shadowdark Supplement | A narrative-designed, choice-driven, dice-rolling approach to add further boons and banes to your Shadowdark characters. | 136 | A$2,318.00 (464%) in 4 days |2024-02-15| 💸 Kickstarter | 💰🌳 | | | Apeirons Hexa: Meet The Future Of Digital Board Games | Embark on a Revolutionary Gaming Journey Where Infinite Possibilities, Unparalleled Customization, and Seamless Integration Await! | 135 | €20,036.00 (10%) in 6 days |2024-02-29| 💸 Kickstarter | | | | Dice Raiders | Unravel the secrets of the past with Dice Raiders, print and play roll and write board game that will test your strategy skills! | 128 | €1,443.00 (1443%) in 6 days |2024-02-12| 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑4 players 👶 8+ ⏱️ 20-45 min. | 💰🌳 |BGG| | Iron Resolve | Refreshing and challenging tactical gameplay in an impeccable WW1 setting | 101 | €7,830.00 (104%) in 2 days |2024-03-04| 💸 Kickstarter | 💰🌱 | | |The Battle for THOR'S CLIFF 2 - A Norse Mythology Board Game | 1st EXPANSION / 4 new Heroes, 3 new Chapters, 1 new Variant for the Base Game / Area Control, Pick Up & Deliver, Character Development | 96 | €13,302.00 (53%) in 4 days |2024-03-01|💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑4 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 70-140 min.| |BGG| | Hidden Ark: Deep Sea Expedition | Explore the ocean depths with new opportunities to help deep sea species! | 66 | €2,433.00 (122%) in 3 days |2024-03-01|💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑5 players 👶 10+ ⏱️ 90-120 min.| 💰🌳 |BGG| | Adventuring Letty |Every day's an adventure in this hand management game about Letty, a rescue pup from Chicago. In this game players compete for Letty's attention through everyday adventures. The player who has Letty's attention when any player runs out of cards wins!| 40 | $1,576.00 (16%) in 4 days |2024-03-01| 💸 Backerkit | | |

Notable filtered projects (3) ----------

| Name | Description |Backers| Pledged | Ends | Information |Tags| |---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|:-----:|:---------------------------:|:--------:|:-----------:|:--:| |The Terrain Set - 2 RPG battle map books with scenery decals| Construct your own bespoke RPG maps! Two Books of Battle Mats featuring terrain maps which include reusable scenery stickers. | 1643 |$102,897.00 (2058%) in 6 days|2024-02-29|💸 Kickstarter|💰🔥🌳 | |Veil of the Eternal Night: Dark Fantasy for 5e and MythCraft|Massive D&D 5e and MythCraft Tome + Campaign. Tabletop Roleplaying Gothic Horror & Vampire Hunting inspired by Dark Fantasy Legends.| 1616 |$295,444.00 (1477%) in 6 days|2024-03-01|💸 Kickstarter|🎉💰🔥 | | D100 Events Lists | 1200+ Events and situations for your RPG games. dnd 5e compatible! | 1335 |£7,297.00 (7297%) in 41 days |2024-02-05|💸 Kickstarter| 💰🌳 |

> Tom, you’re an extraordinarily rare talent. You’re hilarious, insightful, and technically-minded in a way I’ve never been (don’t know if you noticed this). But more importantly, you’re hungrier and more passionate about board games than my decrepit ass. Part of knowing when to step back a little is knowing when it’s time to make room for the next generation, and it’s past time I do that.

What is this? ----------

This is a weekly crowdfunding roundup of new projects launched last week and projects that end the coming week.

Updates ----------

Expect new lists every Sunday between 00:00 and 23:59 CEST on the following platforms:

Mastodon: @danielpervan

Discord: https://discord.gg/dN4P4PZcU9

Reddit: /r/boardgames

Selection criteria ----------

The criteria for the lists are as follows:

Ending soon

• Sorted by number of backers

• Kickstarter projects ending in the next 7 days, that have at least 100 backers (or marked as "Project we love" by Kickstarter), will have reached more than estimated 95% of their goal by their deadline and passed the filters:

  • No DnD books

  • No zines

  • No 3D printing

  • No dice sets

  • No magazines

  • No shirts

  • No playmats

  • No furniture

  • No events

• Gamefound projects ending in the next 7 days, that will have reached more than estimated 95% of their goal by their deadline and passed the above filters.

• (beta) Backerkit Crowdfunding projects ending in the next 7 days, that will have reached more than estimated 95% of their goal by their deadline and have a matching BGG page.

Newly launched

• Sorted by number of backers

• Kickstarter projects launched in the last 7 days, that have had at least average 15 backers per day, have at least 100 backers or is marked as "Project we love" by Kickstarter and passed the filters (see above).

• Gamefound projects launched in the last 7 days and passed the filters (see above).

• (beta) Backerkit Crowdfunding projects launched in the last 7 days and have a matching BGG page.

Notable filtered projects

• Filtered projects from above lists that have more than 1000 backers.

Tags ----------

🎉: Staff pick/featured

💰: Funded

🔥: More than average 200 backers/day

🌱: Creator's first project

🌳: Creator's \>5th project

🔄: Money back guarantee (Read more)

FAQ ----------

I live in Colombia/Canada/Costa Rica/USA, why are you posting on a Saturday?!

Because I'm writing this from Europe in the future where it's already Sunday. Timezones be crazy.

Why are there a bunch of non-board games in the board game list?

Because the Tabletop games category on Kickstarter includes anything remotely related to board games and sometimes things slip through my filters.

Why is this future award winning board game and literal saviour of humanity missing from your list?

Sometimes my filters get a bit overzealous and discard actually valid projects. If you feel something is missing for this reason, leave a comment and I'll add it (maybe).

Can I donate all my money to you?

No

Can you help me promote my game?

Please no. I make lists. Nothing more.

Your list is full of errors and now my coffee is cold!

Indeed, this fine piece of code runs purely on the misery of others, so anything can happen. Leave a comment and I'll see what I can do.

Ending soon (9) ----------

| Name | Description |Backers| Pledged | Ends | Information |Tags| BGG | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|:-----:|:----------------------------:|:--------:|:----------------------------------------------:|:--:|:-----------------------------------------------:| |Conan by Monolith: Red Nails Expansion and Versus Mode| Dive back into Conan's adventures with the return of the Deluxe King Pledge, a big Red Nails expansion and an all-new Versus mode! | 5621 |€784,489.00 (392%) in 12 days |2024-01-30| 💸 Kickstarter 👥 3‑10 players 👶 8+ ⏱️ 60 min. |🎉💰🔥🌳|BGG| | Support The Dice Tower - 2024 | The Dice Tower is a network and show about reviewing, playing, and talking about games! | 4369 |$317,911.00 (116%) in 20 days |2024-02-03| 💸 Kickstarter |💰🔥🌳 | | | Kabuto Sumo Sakura Slam | The Epic Stand Alone Sequel to Kabuto Sumo Plus the Swarm Expansion! | 4313 |$427,385.00 (2137%) in 12 days|2024-02-02| 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑4 players 👶 6+ ⏱️ 20-35 min. |🎉💰🔥🌳|BGG| | Fate: Defenders of Grimheim | A cooperative adventure board game set in Norse mythology | 1349 |€119,095.00 (1191%) in 12 days|2024-02-02|💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑4 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 30-180 min.| 💰🌱 |BGG| | Make 100: Dual game | An 18 card trick-taking game of duality | 377 | $8,718.00 (291%) in 19 days |2024-01-30| 💸 Kickstarter |🎉💰🌳 | | | AQUA - A Set Collection Game of Art : Make 100 | Curate 18 impressionist masterpieces in an upcoming exhibition in AQUA, a two-player tile placement set collection game of art. | 309 | $7,902.00 (263%) in 20 days |2024-01-31| 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2 players 👶 10+ ⏱️ 15-20 min. | 💰🌳 |BGG| | WWII Campaigns | Originally published by GDW, take command in 1940, 1941, and 1942 with modern components and all in one box! | 195 | $16,298.00 (652%) in 9 days |2024-01-31| 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 60-120 min. | 💰🌳 |BGG| | nook | A tiny game for a tiny space. Quickly match decor to empty your hand as quick as you can. | 189 | $1,816.00 (135%) in 19 days |2024-01-31| 💸 Kickstarter | 💰🌱 | | | Master of Innuendo - A Game For Your Saucy Side |Master Of Innuendo is a saucy fill-in-the-blank game where players change innocent movie titles into, ahem, naughtier versions. “The 40 Year-Old Virgin” could become “The 40 Year-Old Ass Crack!” Winner gets a medal. All players get a raucous new time.| 29 | $1,700.00 (6%) in 41 days |2024-01-31| 💸 Backerkit 👥 2‑15 players 👶 18+ ⏱️ 5-300 min. | |BGG|

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| Name | Description |Backers| Pledged | Ends | Information |Tags| BGG | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|:-----:|:----------------------------:|:--------:|:----------------------------------------------:|:--:|:-----------------------------------------------:| | CRYPTIC NATURE: Discover and Protect the Legendary Creatures | A medium-weight competitive board game about finding and saving legendary creatures | 2468 |€205,711.00 (2057%) in 4 days |2024-02-21| 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑4 players 👶 10+ ⏱️ 60 min. |💰🔥🌳 |BGG| | TOKYO HIGHWAY Rainbow City | A colorful new board game expansion for TOKYO HIGHWAY! With new pieces and new ways to play, it's better than ever. | 1828 |¥13,144,642 (2629%) in 5 days |2024-02-22| 💸 Kickstarter |🎉💰🔥 | | | EVE: War for New Eden | Board Game adaptation of the iconic EVE Online MMO. The table is set for the grand game of cosmic chess. Make your first move today! | 1669 | €343,688.00 (687%) in 4 days |2024-02-21|💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑4 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 90-180 min.|🎉💰🔥🌳|BGG| | STORM RAIDERS | Race, raid and salvage across Atlantis to become the greatest Storm Raider in this new 1-4 player game designed by Shem Phillips. | 857 |NZ$164,125.00 (821%) in 5 days|2024-02-16|💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑4 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 60-90 min. | 💰 |BGG| | Photo Tour: North America Board Game |Become a travel photographer in this 1-5 players strategy game. Take stunning photos in USA and Canada and collect them in your journal| 706 |CA$65,200.00 (652%) in 3 days |2024-02-23| 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑5 players 👶 8+ ⏱️ 40-60 min. | 💰🔥 |BGG| | Enigma Puzzle Gamebooks | A new Gloom solo adventure and more! | 481 | $29,288.00 (586%) in 5 days |2024-02-23| 💸 Kickstarter | 💰🌳 | | | Stellar Drift: A Pull-and-Write Board Game |Repair your broken spaceship! Pull colored cubes out of a bag, then spend them to move around your ship, checking spaces off as you go.| 309 | $8,330.00 (83%) in 5 days |2024-02-13|💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑5 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 30-45 min. | 🎉 |BGG| | Half Tilt | Smash opposing jousting halflings from their ponies in this tabletop miniature game. | 219 | £18,282.00 (457%) in 4 days |2024-02-05| 💸 Kickstarter | 💰🌳 | | | Squirrels The Card Game |Fast, fun, and easy-to-learn game where players battle to get the lowest score. Each game is challenging, unpredictable, and exciting. | 210 | $8,432.00 (843%) in 5 days |2024-02-22| 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑8 players 👶 6+ ⏱️ 15-45 min. | 💰🌳 |BGG| | Etherium | Command, Conquer, and Explore in 3D! |Dive into Etherium’s unique world with a 3D board and strategic gameplay. Program your actions and command your people to gather Ether!| 206 | €14,797.00 (49%) in 5 days |2024-02-08| 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑4 players 👶 8+ ⏱️ 45-60 min. | 🌱 |BGG| | Food Fight! - True Tabletop Minis | Are you feeling hungry?! Food Fight miniatures are here!! | 196 | €4,566.00 (4566%) in 3 days |2024-02-24| 💸 Kickstarter 👶 10+ ⏱️ 5 min. | 💰🌱 |BGG| | Good Cop Bad Cop 4th Edition and Zombies Expansion | The classic social deduction game has been perfected in this 4th Edition. The Zombies expansion removes player elimination. | 157 | $8,762.00 (175%) in 5 days |2024-02-10| 💸 Kickstarter | 💰🌳 | | | FUTURE HEROES: Fast-Paced, Trick-Taking Board Game | Lead your team of gladiators into the arena, arm them with weapons and magic, and ensure eternal glory in a dystopian future. | 128 | $5,804.00 (145%) in 5 days |2024-02-18| 💸 Kickstarter | 💰🌱 | | | Darklands: Brutal Beasts II | In the dark lands, YOU command the hosts of man and beast that your ancestors once did for power, glory or just to survive... | 99 | £7,197.00 (72%) in 5 days |2024-02-13| 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2 players | 🌳 |BGG| | AQUARIS - Print & Play - Roll & Write | In this Roll & Write game you will have to be the player who builds the best aquarium. Get fish, crabs, turtles and seahorses. | 96 | €479.00 (958%) in 3 days |2024-03-10|💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑10 players 👶 8+ ⏱️ 15-30 min. | 💰 |BGG| |Yokai Companion a Fantasy Expansion for Clash of Katanas| New Factions of Kensei Range miniatures and Rulebook Yokai companion to play with Clash of Katanas Wargame | 81 | €5,117.00 (128%) in 3 days |2024-02-10| 💸 Kickstarter | 💰🌳 | | | BIRDIE Pro Expansions, Make That Flight, and Old Biddies |Three in one! Maple Hill / Preserve expansion courses for BIRDIE Pro, a micro deck building party game, and a cat themed bidding game. | 52 | $2,613.00 (261%) in 2 days |2024-02-26| 💸 Kickstarter | 💰🌳 | |

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| Name | Description |Backers| Pledged | Ends | Information |Tags| |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|:-----:|:--------------------------------:|:--------:|:-----------:|:--:| |BardSongs: Hand-Painted Modular Miniatures|Unleash Your TTRPG Imagination with Customizable Miniatures, 5E Character Attribute Tracking Panel, and Wooden Accessories Storage.| 1058 |HK$2,358,548.00 (2359%) in 24 days|2024-02-03|💸 Kickstarter|🎉💰🌱 |

Just Got My Basic Board Game Table, Where and What Accessories Can I Add?

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I commissioned this very basic board game/dining table so there isn't much going on right now.

I was wondering if I could add something detachable on the sides like cup holders or card holders.

I was thinking to hire a 3D print service or maybe there are ready-made stuff out there that I could buy instead.

I'm very excited to play on this table.

pics of the table

I found this channel when looking up how to play FlameCraft. Now I always check to see if he has a video when looking up how to play a new game. He has a great sense of humor and explains the games well!

I've taught Root to people a bunch of times. This was supposed to be a quick dump of my mental notes, but I ended up putting in so much effort that I decided I might as well publish it. Maybe it will help someone.

I include teaching tips, explain how I deliver the teach, and outline rough talking points in each section. How is everyone else teaching games?

What is this? ----------

This is a weekly crowdfunding roundup of new projects launched last week and projects that end the coming week.

Updates ----------

Expect new lists every Sunday between 00:00 and 23:59 CEST on the following platforms:

Mastodon: @danielpervan

Discord: https://discord.gg/dN4P4PZcU9

Reddit: /r/boardgames

Selection criteria ----------

The criteria for the lists are as follows:

Ending soon

• Sorted by number of backers

• Kickstarter projects ending in the next 7 days, that have at least 100 backers (or marked as "Project we love" by Kickstarter), will have reached more than estimated 95% of their goal by their deadline and passed the filters:

  • No DnD books

  • No zines

  • No 3D printing

  • No dice sets

  • No magazines

  • No shirts

  • No playmats

  • No furniture

  • No events

• Gamefound projects ending in the next 7 days, that will have reached more than estimated 95% of their goal by their deadline and passed the above filters.

• (beta) Backerkit Crowdfunding projects ending in the next 7 days, that will have reached more than estimated 95% of their goal by their deadline and have a matching BGG page.

Newly launched

• Sorted by number of backers

• Kickstarter projects launched in the last 7 days, that have had at least average 15 backers per day, have at least 100 backers or is marked as "Project we love" by Kickstarter and passed the filters (see above).

• Gamefound projects launched in the last 7 days and passed the filters (see above).

• (beta) Backerkit Crowdfunding projects launched in the last 7 days and have a matching BGG page.

Notable filtered projects

• Filtered projects from above lists that have more than 1000 backers.

Tags ----------

🎉: Staff pick/featured

💰: Funded

🔥: More than average 200 backers/day

🌱: Creator's first project

🌳: Creator's \>5th project

🔄: Money back guarantee (Read more)

FAQ ----------

I live in Barbados/Canada/Niue/USA, why are you posting on a Saturday?!

Because I'm writing this from Europe in the future where it's already Sunday. Timezones be crazy.

Why are there a bunch of non-board games in the board game list?

Because the Tabletop games category on Kickstarter includes anything remotely related to board games and sometimes things slip through my filters.

Why is this future award winning board game and literal saviour of humanity missing from your list?

Sometimes my filters get a bit overzealous and discard actually valid projects. If you feel something is missing for this reason, leave a comment and I'll add it (maybe).

Can I donate all my money to you?

No

Can you help me promote my game?

Please no. I make lists. Nothing more.

Your list is full of errors and now I can't find my glasses!

Indeed, this fine piece of code runs purely on this growing new thing called LSD, so anything can happen. Leave a comment and I'll see what I can do.

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| Name | Description |Backers| Pledged | Ends | Information |Tags| BGG | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|:-----:|:----------------------------:|:--------:|:----------------------------------------------:|:--:|:-----------------------------------------------:| | Votes for Women - Second Printing |The second printing of the award-winning board game on the women's suffrage movement and the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment. | 1800 |$162,142.00 (3243%) in 35 days|2024-01-26| 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑4 players |🎉💰🌳 |BGG| | Omertà: The Five Families | Fight for control and dominion over the gritty underworld of 20th-century New York City | 531 | $45,542.00 (455%) in 12 days |2024-01-27|💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑5 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 60-180 min.|🎉💰🌳 |BGG| |\#DrawnTogetherGame - get it cheaper and earlier!|The first competitive strategic game about aesthetics. Take turns to colour in, ruining your opponent's picture and improving your own.| 285 |£1,162.00 (116200%) in 56 days|2024-01-26| 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2 players 👶 10+ ⏱️ 15-25 min. |🎉💰🌳 |BGG| | Welcome to Catsville | Design ideal living place for cats. Plant Furrests, Meowtains, ride Felinia Express in this roll and write print and play board game. | 263 | €2,225.00 (2225%) in 12 days |2024-01-23|💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑99 players 👶 8+ ⏱️ 20-30 min. | 💰 |BGG| | A&A Blitzkrieg '40 - The Battle for France | A two-player, turn-based division-level contest of the May, 1940 campaign. Uses miniatures and/or counters and a huge, beautiful map! | 209 | $21,953.00 (116%) in 59 days |2024-01-22|💸 Kickstarter 👥 2 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 300-1200 min.| 💰🌳 |BGG| | Arctic Ignited | Conquer the Frozen Frontier |Immerse into the Arctics. This Dieselpunk strategy card game-in physical and PnP formats-offers a unique frozen battleground experience| 131 | €2,800.00 (5385%) in 12 days |2024-01-25| 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑4 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 30 min. | 💰 |BGG| | Topping |Be strategic to become the best pizza shop owner! A mid-weight game for families and board game enthusiasts alike. ゲーマーも初心者も納得の中量級戦略ゲーム| 80 | ¥687,235 (137%) in 17 days |2024-01-25| 💸 Kickstarter 👥 3‑5 players 👶 8+ ⏱️ 45-75 min. |🎉💰🌱 |BGG|

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| Name | Description |Backers| Pledged | Ends | Information |Tags| BGG | |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|:-----:|:---------------------------:|:--------:|:----------------------------------------------:|:--:|:-----------------------------------------------:| | Conan by Monolith: Red Nails Expansion and Versus Mode | Dive back into Conan's adventures with the return of the Deluxe King Pledge, a big Red Nails expansion and an all-new Versus mode! | 4272 |€561,500.00 (281%) in 5 days |2024-01-30| 💸 Kickstarter 👥 3‑10 players 👶 8+ ⏱️ 60 min. |🎉💰🔥🌳|BGG| | Kabuto Sumo Sakura Slam | The Epic Stand Alone Sequel to Kabuto Sumo Plus the Swarm Expansion! | 3002 |$291,443.00 (1457%) in 5 days|2024-02-02| 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑4 players 👶 6+ ⏱️ 20-35 min. |🎉💰🔥🌳|BGG| | Spire's End: Rangitaki | A Solo Choose-Your-Path Card Game | 2546 |$130,943.00 (655%) in 5 days |2024-02-15| 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1 player 👶 16+ ⏱️ 30-90 min. | 💰🔥 |BGG| | Among Cultists 🕵🏻 A Murder Mystery Thriller Board Game | Become Detectives, Find the Killers among you - but don't trust anyone! Among Cultists is back with a Reprint & new Deluxe Expansion. | 1791 |€96,521.00 (4826%) in 5 days |2024-02-16| 💸 Kickstarter |🎉💰🔥🌳| | | Metrorunner | Hack into a gritty cyberpunk city filled with challenging puzzles and underworld contracts in this strategy board game for 1-5 players. | 906 | $49,215.00 (164%) in 5 days |2024-02-07|💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑5 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 30-90 min. | 💰🌳 |BGG| | Fate: Defenders of Grimheim | A cooperative adventure board game set in Norse mythology | 871 | €77,502.00 (775%) in 5 days |2024-02-02|💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑4 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 30-180 min.| 💰🌱 |BGG| | D-Day Dice: To DO or DIE | A book focusing on the history, rules & background of the multi-award winning solo/coop dice game by Emmanuel Aquin: D-Day Dice. | 492 | £40,291.00 (806%) in 5 days |2024-02-08| 💸 Kickstarter |🎉💰🌳 | | | Jewels for the Emperor Penguin | Join your Penguin Guild to scale icy cliffs and satisfy the Emperor’s love of all things shiny! | 288 | $19,027.00 (190%) in 6 days |2024-02-10| 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑5 players 👶 9+ ⏱️ 30-45 min. | 💰🌳 |BGG| | Blood Throne: The Tower of Sacrifice | Enter a dark fantasy world on the brink of damnation. A cooperative board game of intense tactical RPG adventure for 1-7 players. | 276 | $67,290.00 (135%) in 3 days |2024-02-15|💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑7 players 👶 12+ ⏱️ 60-120 min.|🎉💰🌱 |BGG| | Essence of Eternity | A card game for 2-6 players. Battle monsters, collect runes, outwit your opponents, and race to unlock the secret to eternal life. | 161 | $6,376.00 (159%) in 4 days |2024-02-07|💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑6 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 30-120 min.| 💰 |BGG| | Dungeon Twist | A Strategy Dungeon Crawler with endless possibilities. Twist the Dungeon! Rob your Opponents! Run with the Loot! | 159 | €5,035.00 (84%) in 4 days |2024-02-17| 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑5 players 👶 7+ ⏱️ 30-60 min. | 🌱 |BGG| |The Acts: Letters from Rome - Christian strategy board game| Expansion for The Acts improves on the top rated Christian board game with new mechanics and strategies. | 154 | $7,237.00 (241%) in 5 days |2024-02-16|💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑4 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 75-90 min. | 💰🌳 |BGG| | WWII Campaigns | Originally published by GDW, take command in 1940, 1941, and 1942 with modern components and all in one box! | 139 | $11,846.00 (474%) in 3 days |2024-01-31| 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 60-120 min. | 💰🌳 |BGG| | DARK BLACK - Dai Tō-A Sensō | Expansions for Black and Orange Swan | 129 | €7,988.00 (200%) in 5 days |2024-02-08| 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑5 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 90 min. | 💰🌳 |BGG| | DVG - Vikings! | The Solitaire Game of Viking Raiders! | 113 | $10,532.00 (105%) in 5 days |2024-02-08| 💸 Kickstarter | 💰🌳 | | | Zero Day War | Card-based Computer Hacking Game in the Space-Faring Future | 97 | $6,917.00 (69%) in 6 days |2024-02-11|💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑4 players 👶 10+ ⏱️ 30-60 min. | 🎉🌳 |BGG| | Cavern: The Roll and Write Adventure | A simplified dungeon crawler with multiple maps - Collect treasure, magical items, combat bosses, dodge traps, and try to survive. | 70 | CA$698.00 (1396%) in 3 days |2024-02-15| 💸 Kickstarter | 💰 | | | Tabula Vox Real-time Soundtracks |Dynamic streaming soundtracks for your game or campaign session. No more fiddling with playlists, awkward transitions, or complicated soundboards. Choose a theme, choose a mood, and play.| 51 | $1,661.00 (24%) in 6 days |2024-02-18| 💸 Backerkit | | | | GROS: Bleeding in the New Year | A vampire-themed expansion to the famous B-Movie Card Game, Grave Robbers From Outer Space! | 37 | $2,214.00 (53%) in 2 days |2024-02-19| 💸 Kickstarter | | |

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| Name | Description |Backers| Pledged | Ends | Information |Tags| |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|:-----:|:--------------------------:|:--------:|:-----------:|:--:| |Tales of the Valiant Game Master's Guide 5E|Go beyond the basics! Use new Game Master tools to customize your TOV campaign for advanced combat, social, and exploration encounters.| 3606 |$295,964.00 (592%) in 5 days|2024-02-17|💸 Kickstarter|🎉💰🔥🌳|

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• Move 1: 1 point
• Move 2: 1 point
• Move 3: 4 points
• Move 4: 4 points
• Move 5: 1 point
• Move 6: 1 point
• Move 7: 4 points
• Move 8: 1 point
• Move 9: 4 points
• Move 10: 6 points
• Move 11: 7 points
• Move: 12: 8 points
• Move 13: 7 points
• Move 14: 7 points
• Move 15: 7 points
• Move 16: 7 points
• Move 17: 7 points
• Endgame Bonus: 10 + 10 + 7 + 7 + 2 == 36 Endgame Bonus
• Total Score: 113

Note that while this is "optimal" placements, it is not the best sequence in-game. For example, sequence 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 are going backwards. I'm not sure how to rewrite my program to account for the top-down placements per round however. So there's still work to be done.

This was a relatively simple brute-force bot that exhaustively checked all possibilities for the best possible placement. So I'm pretty sure I've go the best placement here. Well, maybe it was more "Dynamic Programming". I worked backwards: I calculated all possible 17-placement endgames (there's only 1.081 million of them, aka 25-choose-17), and then back-calculated all possible moves back to move#1.

Then I calculate from move#1 forward, choosing the best endgame move now that all possible endgames have been searched. Chess-programming fans would know this as a "Tablebase" approach.

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EDIT: Searching the ~60 million possible optimal games proved to be difficult, as my computer ran out of RAM at 2GB (ummm... I got a 32GB system here. WTF Windows?). I'm sure there was some compiler flag I messed up on.

But I did a few heuristics and came up with the following board:

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This is a 17-placement across 5 rounds with as many placements on the "top" of the board that I could find with my program.

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EDIT:

• Optimal 11 Placement: 58 Points
• Optimal 12 Placement: 63 Points
• Optimal 13 Placement: 73 Points
• Optimal 14 Placement: 82 Points
• Optimal 15 Placement: 91 Points
• Optimal 16 Placement: 99 Points
• Optimal 17 Placement: 113 Points
• Optimal 18 Placement: 123 Points
• Optimal 19 Placement: 136 Points
• Optimal 20 Placement: 147 Points
• Optimal 21 Placement: 163 Points
• Optimal 22 Placement: 174 Points
• Optimal 23 Placement: 192 Points
• Optimal 24 Placement: 211 Points
• Optimal 25 Placement: 240 Points

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cross-posted from: https://feddit.uk/post/6777301

> Back on Backerkit: https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/dynamite-entertainment/monty-python-and-the-holy-grail-board-game

Been enjoying playing Spirit Island lately and was thinking about picking up a couple of the expansions.

I've only got the base game so far and was wondering which expansions to go for.

One thing I'm noticing is that they all seem to be extremely well reviewed which is not making the decision any easier lol.

what do you all think? anything essential?

I frequently read that people at the time said the plastic minis in Nemesis can detract as much as they can add to the atmosphere, hiding important parts of the board space owing to their sheer size.

TI is often lambasted for taking an entire weekend.

Rosenberg's euro games are the bane of many a player trying to keep all possible actions in their mind.

Modern kickstarters can arrive in shipping crates worth of stuff, making you rent a lorry just to get your 25 minute party game to a meet-up.

What's your biggest regret purchase you can readily recall where a game was just "too much". No matter what specifically it was too much of.

For me personally, my big one was Android: Netrunner. I was excited to jump back into 2-player competitive deckbuilding after I quit Magic The Gathering early in the fourth edition. And it seemed so perfect. No luck involved, known spaces of cards, multiple factions, asymmetry which I nearly always love, it's all perfect! On paper... In reality I found out, yes, for me this is a strictly superior MtG. No downsides. Except that I'm no longer 16, and I no longer want to spend forever creating decks, collecting cards even if they're not random, or engage with sifting through hundreds or thousands of cards when working on decks. The exact things that made me excited to play MtG-but-better and brought me to buy Netrunner were the very things turning me away from it now.

Still got to sell it, oddly attached to my first-run box + all expansions now that it's no longer available. But played it like 6 times and that was it. 0 enjoyment. Gave actual MtG a try, even less enjoyment. Tried Keyforge, also even worse. I feel that the entire genre is just a goner for me, and I regret investing so much money into Netrunner. A lot.