February - 2021

The Seal of Disapproval: March Crowdfunding Grumpy

Feb 28, 2021

The Seal of Disapproval: March Crowdfunding Grumpy

JW: I don't remember allowing pets in here, what's this? I nearly stepped on it. Eeww, it smells! Athena: It's cute. JW: You know you'll have to feed it, right? Athena: (throwing a fish): Catch! Good boy. You know we needed one. I'm really fed up with all the campaigns that don't give us any info about gameplay or solo rules. It takes me hours of research to end up with nothing. And if we don't write an announcement, the fans complain about us ignoring those games on purpose.

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Athena

Feb 27, 2021

Tulip profit

Gift of Tulips is a 1-6 player set collection game in which you are a visitor in the annual Dutch Tulip Festival, trying to acquire the most valuable tulip bouquet. It will launch on Kickstarter on March 2. (Update: Gift of Tulips launched on Kickstarter but doesn't have a solo mode after all). To start the game, you first shuffle the Tulip deck to form the main draw deck. You also place four Festival cards on the table, and draw two tulip cards to place under the first two F

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Zerbique

Feb 25, 2021

Crimson Company: Wildwood Tales is live

The new Wildwood Tales expansion for Crimson Company, a 1-4 players card game, has been live on Kickstarter since last Tuesday (February 23), with still 35 days to go. This expansion adds 20 unique cards to the game. Crimson Company is primarily a head-to-head 2 players game in which players are playing a tug-of-war over three castle locations. These castles are placed at the centre of the table, and purchased cards are placed below them to form lanes. Castles are claimed whe

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Skyline Express is live (Passenger services)

Athena

Feb 25, 2021

Skyline Express is live (Passenger services)

Update: Skyline Express is live on Kickstarter and the campaign will run for 29 days. You may pledge for a copy of the game or get it together with the Bags and Belongings expansion. The all-in includes the Skyline Express roll 'n' write, which you can also back on its own. The game is available as a PnP as well. Our preview post below was published on February 22. Skyline Express is a 1-4 player set collection game in which you are managing the passengers of an aerial train.

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Feb 24, 2021

Aeon's End: Legacy of Gravehold is live

Aeon's End: Legacy of Gravehold launched on Kickstarter yesterday and the campaign will run for 15 more days. You can pledge for the game and its expansion, or combine it with one or more previous editions of Aeon's End. Apart from a big playmat for the nemesis and market, there are now also player mats (for your mage and spells) available as add-ons. Aeon's End is a cooperative deckbuilder, the distinctive feature of which is that you don't shuffle your deck. Legacy of Grave

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Hunted: Wode Ridge is live (Break on through to the Hunted side)

Athena

Feb 23, 2021

Hunted: Wode Ridge is live (Break on through to the Hunted side)

Update: Hunted: Wode Ridge has launched on Kickstarter and the campaign will run for 24 days. You may pledge for a copy of the game, or the game plus the playmat. It is also available as a PnP. Our preview post below was published on February 18. Hunted: Wode Ridge is the newest installment in Gabe Barrett's Hunted series of games (Hunted: Kobayashi Tower and Hunted: Mining Colony 415 were the two preceding ones). This is a Stranger Things-inspired 1-2 player card game in whi

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Dawn on Titan is live (5X around Saturn)

Athena

Feb 23, 2021

Dawn on Titan is live (5X around Saturn)

Update: Dawn on Titan is live on Kickstarter and the campaign will run for 19 days. You may pledge either for a copy of the base game, or get both the game and the Alien expansion. Our preview post below was published on February 19. Dawn on Titan is a 1-4 player 5X game (explore, exploit, expand, exterminate, explode) in which corporations fight over the control of resources on the moons of Saturn. It will launch on Kickstarter on February 23. In Dawn on Titan, you are playi

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Athena

Feb 23, 2021

Candy Wars is live (Sugar rush)

Update: Candy Wars has launched on Kickstarter and the campaign will run for 16 days. There is one pledge tier that gets you a copy of the game. If you back in the first 48 hours, you get a hero mini for free. Our preview post below was published on January 15. Candy Wars is a 1-4 player dice rolling game in which a team of gnomes is fighting against the Gluttons who want to eat all the sweets in Candyland. It can be played competitively or cooperatively, and it will launch o

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Tiny Epic Dungeons is live (Tiny Epic Crawling)

Zerbique

Feb 23, 2021

Tiny Epic Dungeons is live (Tiny Epic Crawling)

Update: Tiny Epic Dungeons is live on Kickstarter and the campaign will run for 21 days. You may back either the retail version of the game, or the Deluxe edition with extra cards. The all-in bundle includes the Stories expansion, and there is also a PnP option. Our preview post below was published on February 21. Tiny Epic Dungeons is a 1-4 player dungeon crawl game, and the latest installment in the Tiny Epic series from Gamelyn Games. It will launch on Kickstarter on Febru

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Root: The Marauder expansion is live (The Marauders enter Root)

Zerbique

Feb 23, 2021

Root: The Marauder expansion is live (The Marauders enter Root)

Update: Root: The Marauder expansion has launched on Kickstarter and the campaign will run for 21 days. You may back just this new expansion, or choose any of the other expansion bundles: Marauder, Riverfolk Hirelink pack, Landmarks pack and six more Hirelinks, or all these plus The Clockwork expansion 2. Our preview post below was published on February 18. The upcoming Kickstarter campaign on February 23 for Leder Games’ hit Root will offer the new Marauder Expansion as well

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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns is live (The Knight is Old)

Feb 23, 2021

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns is live (The Knight is Old)

Update: Batman: The Dark Knight Returns - The Game is live on Kickstarter and the campaign will run for 24 days. You may pledge either for the standard or the Deluxe edition of the game. Our preview post below was published on February 22. Batman: The Dark Knight Returns - The Game is a solo game in which you battle criminals, cops and the press on a dry erase map of Gotham. It will launch on Kickstarter on February 23. It's an adaptation of Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Ret

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Athena

Feb 22, 2021

All the scenarios for Robinson Crusoe

Robinson Crusoe: The Book of Adventures is a supplement to the 1-4 player worker placement game Robinson Crusoe: Adventures on the Cursed Island. The Book contains more than 50 scenarios, old and new, for the game, and it will launch on Kickstarter on February 25. (Update: The Book of Adventures will be part of the Robinson Crusoe Collector's Edition Gamefound campaign that will launch on March 23). The Book of Adventures will include all the scenarios from the base game, all

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Rome & Roll: Gladiators is live (Roll in the arena)

Athena

Feb 22, 2021

Rome & Roll: Gladiators is live (Roll in the arena)

Update: Rome & Roll: Gladiators has launched on Kickstarter and the campaign will run for 20 days. You may back either just the expansion or also get all previous Rome & Roll content. Branded merchandise (dice cup, tray, and bag) are available as add-ons. Our preview post below was published on January 13. Rome & Roll: Gladiators is an expansion for the 1-4 player roll 'n' write game Rome & Roll. It will launch on Kickstarter on January 19. (Update: Postponed for February) In

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Athena

Feb 21, 2021

Ginkgopolis returns to the stores

The 1-5 player urban city planning game Ginkgopolis has recently been reprinted, and is now available to purchase from European stores and to preorder from stores in the US. In Ginkgopolis, you are playing as an urban planner trying to build cities as efficiently as possible, since most resources on Earth have been depleted. In the solo mode, you are competing against an AI called HAL. There are three types of building tiles in the game: Red tiles show production buildings fr

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The Isaludo Series - Alien Strike Simulation

Feb 20, 2021

The Isaludo Series - Alien Strike Simulation

Listen up! The landing of Perseverence seems to have annoyed some of the local bugs, and they have left the Red Planet, heading towards Earth. You boots have all been volunteered for the provisional Frontline Alien Resistance Team - or F.A.R.T. and... what's that, private? Wipe that smirk off your petty excuse for a face. That is a bona fide military grade acronym. In just a few hours you'll realize this is no laughing matter. You are all hopelessly underqualified and plain u

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Zerbique

Feb 19, 2021

Crawl 'n' write

Paper Dungeons: A Dungeon Scrawler Game is a 1-8 player roll and write game in which you explore a dungeon with a team of four adventurers – a warrior, a wizard, a cleric, and a thief. It is currently available for pre-order from Alley Cat Games' website. At the beginning of the game, a dungeon card is drawn and the corresponding walls and monsters' locations must be recorded on the grid shown on the player sheet. A random ability is also picked up to be used throughout the

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Athena

Feb 17, 2021

Commuters of the future

Maglev Metro is a 1-4 player pick-up-and-deliver game in which you build futuristic train stations and move commuters in Manhattan or Berlin. Its official release date for US stores is February 24, and a European release will follow. You start the game with your own train miniature, 18 translucent tiles, and 3 robot meeples. Depending on the level of difficulty you wish to play, you either select the Manhattan (standard), or the Berlin (advanced) side of the board and follow

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Athena

Feb 17, 2021

Block and Key is live (Puzzle Blocks)

Update: Block and Key has launched on Kickstarter and the campaign will run for 21 days. There is only one pledge tier that gets you a copy of the game. Our preview post below was published on February 13. Block and Key is a 1-4 player 3D puzzle game in which you are an adventurer trying to complete quests. It will launch on Kickstarter on February 17. To start the game, you first have to fit the cardboard pieces together to make the two-level construction that serves as the

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Zerbique

Feb 17, 2021

Be the Boss in Space

After a failed Kickstarter campaign in August 2019, Bossin’ Space by Czech publisher Albi has now gone straight to retail and is available all over Europe in a variety of languages. Apart from being a Czech design, it also shares with the raging title Under Falling Skies its key “Space Invaders” inspiration, as you fight alien enemies spread onto four lanes, blasting at them with your spaceship. Each turn, you draft four “command” cards for your spaceship and draw four cards

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Zombicide: Undead or Alive is alive (Zombie cowboys)

Athena

Feb 17, 2021

Zombicide: Undead or Alive is alive (Zombie cowboys)

Update: Zombicide: Undead or Alive has launched on Kickstarter and the campaign will run for 21 days. There is only one pledge tier that gets you a copy of the game. Undead or Alive follows the basic rules of Zombicide 2nd edition. It introduces four new hero classes: Gunslinger, Brawler, Faithful, and Townsfolk. CMON's 1-6 player cooperative adventure game Zombicide is getting yet another edition, this time set in the Wild West. Zombicide: Undead or Alive will launch on Kick

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