Velocity: Vanguard is a 1-4 player sci-fi physics-based game which can be played cooperatively, competitively, or solo. As commander of a spaceship, your goal is to complete your mission as you navigate through the solar system. It is live on Kickstarter and the campaign will run for 29 days. You may pledge for the core game, or also get the expansions, and, at the Deluxe tier, a large playmat. To play the game, you first consult the mission guide which includes co-op, solo a

Update: Velocity Vanguard is live on Kickstarter and the campaign will run for 28 days. There is only one pledge tier that gets you a copy of the game. A video tutorial by Paul Grogan will be posted on October 21, to help us grok the rules. Our preview post below was published on October 17. Velocity Vanguard is a 1-4 player physics-based sci-fi game in which you take command of a space fleet and try to complete story driven missions. It will launch on Kickstarter on October

Wacky Widgets is a 1-4 player competitive/cooperative game by the duo of designers behind Games for Friends and Lovers (they make co-op variants for competitive games). In the cooperative mode, which interests us here, you have a team of gnomes working in a cave. Your goal is to build different machines (thingamajics, doohickeys etc.) to get points, and ultimately please the gnome king. You do this by flipping and rotating cards on a grid. Each card depicts a part of machiner

Dragon Phoenix Games is run by Harvey and Carlie Cornell, also known as the couple who designs co-op variants for competitive games (Games for Friends and Lovers). This time, they are launching Wacky Widgets, a 1-4 player cooperative/competitive game about building contraptions inside a cave. You have a team of gnomes to help you build different types of machines (Doohickeys, Whatsits, Thingamajigs, and Combobulations), until you reach the desired amount of points, and make t