Weekly Crowdfunding Roundup: July 2 2023
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Weekly Crowdfunding Roundup July 2 2023 What is this? This is a weekly crowdfunding roundup of new projects launched last week and projects that end the coming week, originally posted on the /r/boardgames subreddit by me, /u/perkelton. This document is offered as an alternative for those who for ...

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What is this?

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

This is a continuation of the same lists that were originally started over at the /r/boardgames subreddit.

Google Docs

As an alternative format, the lists are now also available as a Google Docs found here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BC9nQ7xVUs3rwVpSl_K9V5unJeMIqrtBPmch1lYo7tQ/edit?usp=sharing

Updates

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

Mastodon: @danielpervan@mastodon.social

Discord: https://discord.gg/T9MCxgHj

Reddit: /r/boardgames

Selection criteria

The criteria for the lists are as follows:##What is this?
This is a weekly crowdfunding roundup of new projects launched last week and projects that end the coming week.

Expect new lists every Sunday between 00:00 and 23:59 CEST

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 Bolivia/Canada/Ecuador/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 keep rolling natural 1s!

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

Ending soon (20)

Name Description Backers Pledged Ends Information Tags BGG
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. The Board Game 1-4 player solo/co-op survival adventure set in Chornobyl. Become a stalker and explore the Zone! 12375 $2,983,334.15 (5967%) in 19 days 2023-07-04 Gamefound 1‑4 players age 14+ 120-180 min. Cooperative 💰🔥🌳 BGG
Firefly: The Game - 10th Anniversary Collector’s Edition Find a crew. Find a job. Keep flying. Cross the 'verse to complete jobs and get paid in this special Collector’s Edition of Firefly: The Game. Containing every expansion ever made, the brand new “Still Flying” expansion and deluxe components. This is the ultimate edition for true Browncoats. 8297 $2,082,351.42 (2082%) in 19 days 2023-07-06 Gamefound 1‑10 players age 13+ 120-240 min. Card Game 💰🔥🌱 BGG
💡 Inventions: Evolution of Ideas by Vital Lacerda Use the power of humanity’s most noteworthy innovations to evolve society in this innovative strategy game with artwork by Ian O’Toole 6194 $662,998.00 (663%) in 17 days 2023-07-09 Kickstarter 2‑4 players 120-150 min. 🎉💰🔥🌳 BGG
Waypoints Hike your own trail in this print at home game from Postmark Games. 5960 £24,083.90 (2408%) in 13 days ⚠️ 2023-07-02 Kickstarter 1‑100 players age 8+ 20-40 min. 💰🔥 BGG
Dog Park: New Tricks Expansion Return to the world of Dog Park with multi-breed pups, trick training, and enough room in the park for up to 5 players! 3129 £129,978.27 (1300%) in 12 days 2023-07-06 Kickstarter 1‑5 players age 10+ 50-90 min. 💰🔥 BGG
Witchcraft! A midnight bell tolls on the streets of Wildegrens as the villagers shutter their windows against the darkness. The isolated village is in danger. Crops are failing, animals are dying, and villagers are disappearing. Townsfolk are scared. From behind the old school a shadow crosses to the town well.… 2671 €56,504.00 (471%) in 24 days 2023-07-05 Gamefound 1 player 20-40 min. Card Game Deck Building 💰 BGG
Faeries & Magical Creatures A magical game where you collect faeries, plant gardens, build fairy homes, and be the first mortal to join the fairy realm. 972 $77,023.00 (308%) in 19 days 2023-07-08 Kickstarter 2‑4 players age 10+ 30-60 min. 🎉💰🌳 BGG
[MINI PLAKKS Flicking board game to challenge everyone](https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/plakks/mini-plakks-flicking-board-game-to-challenge-everyone) Score goals with your fingers and make epic saves! Use your skills and strategy to compete against your family and friends⚽️👌 911 €26,439.00 (264%) in 47 days 2023-07-04 Kickstarter 2‑4 players age 5+ 5-15 min. 🎉💰🌳
Escape from Projekt Riese Battling the zombie apocalypse of WWII in the secret underground complex of Projekt Riese. 663 CA$81,936.29 (234%) in 14 days 2023-07-07 Kickstarter 1‑2 players age 14+ 30-60 min. 💰🌳 BGG
The Halls of Montezuma Travel back to 1846-1848 to refight the military and political battles of the Mexican-American War! 594 $43,196.00 (288%) in 21 days 2023-07-07 Kickstarter 1‑2 players age 12+ 60-75 min. 💰 BGG
The Hunters A. D. 1492 (edycja polska) The Hunters AD 1492 to gra kooperacyjna przeznaczona dla 1 do 4 graczy. Wciel się w łowcę i stań oko w oko z wrogami w alternatywnym, postapokaliptycznym świecie przełomu średniowiecza i renesansu. 498 PLN 460,280.00 (1534%) in 9 days 2023-07-03 Gamefound 1‑4 players 90 min. Cooperative 💰🌳
Railway Rush The pocket sized card game for every journey! Don’t miss your train! 368 £5,960.00 (99%) in 28 days 2023-07-05 Kickstarter 2‑5 players age 8+ 15-45 min. 🌱 BGG
HacKClaD HacKClaD is a competitive deck-building arena battler for 1-4 players in a stunning, sci-fi anime game from Japan! 314 $30,977.00 (310%) in 12 days 2023-07-07 Kickstarter 🎉💰🌳
Beverage is back!: Worker placement at its thirstiest An economic worker placement game with a bit of push-your-luck and a lot of cutthroat strategy. Bigger and thirstier than ever! 268 ¥2,597,452 (173%) in 15 days 2023-07-09 Kickstarter 3‑5 players age 13+ 60-90 min. 🎉💰 BGG
Ocean Pods - Dice Game Draft resources to complete research goals whilst working together to stop pollution. One can win, but all could lose. 241 £6,529.00 (1088%) in 25 days 2023-07-08 Kickstarter 2‑5 players age 11+ 30-45 min. 💰 BGG
Rise of the Gummies A hybrid card game that brings your deck to life! 231 $20,739.00 (104%) in 24 days 2023-07-07 Kickstarter 1‑2 players age 8+ 10-20 min. 🎉💰🌱 BGG
Potions & Spells A recipe-building card game for 2-6 players. Cast spells to attack or gain advantages and collect ingredients to brew magical potions. 186 $7,853.00 (105%) in 26 days 2023-07-06 Kickstarter 2‑6 players age 14+ 20-45 min. 💰🌱 BGG
VAULT A competitive game for 1 to 4 players. Crack the combination before the other hackers do! 157 £6,647.00 (1329%) in 31 days 2023-07-03 Kickstarter 1‑4 players age 10+ 30-60 min. 💰🌳 BGG
Overlords: In Training Survive, outlast, and outwit your enemies long enough to take on the Boss and become the next Overlord! 95 $6,999.00 (140%) in 10 days 2023-07-06 Kickstarter 🎉💰
JumPico Combine Two Players, Two Track Styles and Two ways to play as you challenge you friends in head to head races to the finish line. 71 ¥546,909 (547%) in 12 days 2023-07-07 Kickstarter 🎉💰🌳

New this week (21)

Name Description Backers Pledged Ends Information Tags BGG
Tanares Adventures - Ultimate Edition Dive into 110+ epic quests with this massive dungeon crawler! Stunning miniatures, cinematic stories and deep strategic gameplay await. 6322 $1,037,474.00 (2075%) in 5 days 2023-07-20 Kickstarter 1‑8 players age 14+ 45-90 min. 🎉💰🔥 BGG
🔱Cyclades Legendary Edition Join the Ultimate evolution of this famous development, territory control and auction board game by Bruno Cathala and Ludovic Maublanc. 3684 €405,921.00 (271%) in 4 days 2023-08-08 Kickstarter 2‑6 players age 13+ 60-90 min. 🎉💰🔥 BGG
Shipwrights of the North Sea: Redux Return to the North Sea in this reimagined 1-5 player version of the original game that started it all! 2250 NZ$318,912.42 (1387%) in 6 days 2023-07-13 Kickstarter 1‑5 players age 13+ 60-80 min. 🎉💰🔥🌳 BGG
DC Deck-Building Game: Justice League Dark Get ready for something magical! The second DC DBG Kickstarter features Justice League Dark, the next Rivals game, & lots of surprises! 1983 $347,648.00 (348%) in 5 days 2023-07-27 Kickstarter 2‑4 players age 15+ 60-90 min. 💰🔥🌳 BGG
Mystery of the Abbey - Mojito Studios. Three to six monks investigate inside a medieval abbey to discover the culprit behind a grisly murder in this classic board game! 567 $28,248.00 (188%) in 6 days 2023-07-19 Kickstarter 💰
Fighting Fantasy Adventures: Campaign One Co-op adventure game based on the iconic books. 540 A$29,597.32 (30%) in 2 days 2023-07-22 Kickstarter 1‑4 players age 14+ 60-180 min. 🔥🌱 BGG
Book It! Tag Teams & Title Belts The third expansion for The Pro Wrestling Promoter Card Game is our biggest yet! Two new mechanics and 100 new wrestlers! 208 $8,558.66 (114%) in 2 days 2023-07-30 Kickstarter 💰🌳
DVG - Field Commander Lee The American Civil War Solitaire Strategy Game 195 $31,687.00 (158%) in 1 days 2023-07-23 Kickstarter 💰🌳
Border Ridings A collaborative history-building game, played by drawing evolving town maps on scraps of paper. Rules printed on a massive foldout map! 192 £5,185.00 (148%) in 2 days 2023-07-21 Kickstarter 💰🌳
Cursed Manor A thrilling escape game in which you help a team of ghost hunters in unraveling the mysteries of an haunted mansion 114 €708.00 (708%) in 5 days 2023-07-17 Kickstarter 💰
FridgeChess: A Vertical Chess Board for your fridge! Play Chess on any vertical surface 109 $4,725.00 (95%) in 5 days 2023-07-27 Kickstarter 🌱
カワサキネオンギャングスタ / KAWASAKI NEON GANGSTA マフィアの抗争に勝利し、カワサキの街を支配せよ！ 金と暴力が渦巻くサイバーパンクな世界「KAWASAKI NEON GANGSTA」のボードゲーム製作プロジェクトです。This project is only available in Japan. 106 ¥1,262,219 (180%) in 2 days 2023-07-30 Kickstarter 💰🌱
Neon Wizard & House of Shadows: Pinball by PinBox 3000 Cardboard pinball system with amazing art and die-cut paper craft assembly 94 $10,236.00 (16%) in 4 days 2023-08-13 Kickstarter
Classic Rally The thrills of classic car rallying, from preparing the car and logistics, to the days on the road competing and assisting the car, in order to try to get it to the finish quicker than the others.Manage your team and race your classic car in a road map created by all the players. 81 €3,340.00 (34%) in 5 days 2023-07-27 Gamefound 1‑4 players 60 min. Area Control Deck Building 🌱
Undermined! Pairadice City: A Gold Rush Era Mining Card Game Race to unearth as many treasures as possible while avoiding terrible perils and your opponents’ shenanigans! 72 £4,949.69 (165%) in 3 days 2023-07-11 Kickstarter 2‑6 players age 8+ 30-60 min. 💰🌱 BGG
Dino Gardens The board game you’ve been waiting 65,000,000 years to play! 50 $2,197.00 (27%) in 1 days 2023-08-01 Kickstarter 2‑6 players age 10+ 45-90 min. 🌱 BGG
Scars of Baladorne Unleash your strategic might in an epic two-player skirmish game and seize control of the fantasy land of Baladorne. 32 £1,955.00 (23%) in 1 days 2023-07-31 Kickstarter 2 players age 11+ 30-60 min. 🌱 BGG
AnARKey Trading Card Game A whole new Trading card game experience that YOU can be a part of! Join Danny Trejo and other Awesome people in the Wasteland today! 26 $4,872.00 (17%) in 1 days 2023-08-15 Kickstarter 2‑4 players age 14+ 50-120 min. BGG
Tales are Real: Legacy An expandable fantasy duel card game with easy to learn rules, intuitive game mechanics and strategic depth - for beginners and experts. 24 €1,101.00 (37%) in 2 days 2023-08-05 Gamefound 2 players age 14+ 15-60 min. Card Game Dice Game Deck Building 🌱 BGG
Mermaids Vs Kraken A roll and write of oceanic depth battling a tentacled terror with the help of Mermaids 23 $105.00 (105%) in 1 days 2023-07-21 Kickstarter 1‑100 players age 8+ 20-50 min. 💰🌳 BGG
King of the Casinos You think you’re slick enough to run a Las Vegas casino? Find out in this all new board game. 18 $924.00 (4%) in 1 days 2023-07-31 Kickstarter 2‑5 players age 12+ 60-90 min. 🌱 BGG

Notable filtered projects (7)

Name Description Backers Pledged Ends Information Tags
Geologist’s Primer by Double Proficiency An illustrated guide to real-world crystals, minerals, and metals by the creators of the Herbalist’s Primer 5683 $324,362.00 (3244%) in 5 days 2023-07-27 Kickstarter 🎉💰🔥🌳
Triangle Agency, Paranormal Investigation TTRPG Clock in to work and protect the world in this game of paranormal abilities, corporate horror, and dangerous Anomalies. 3147 $252,002.99 (2520%) in 26 days 2023-07-07 Kickstarter 🎉💰🌱
SEASON 2: NRB Plays Blood On The Clocktower LIVE!! We’re making a follow-up series of In-Person Games!! 2244 £126,160.72 (121%) in 57 days 2023-07-05 Kickstarter 🎉💰
Loot The Body! 1000 Intriguing Items for D&D or any TTRPG Unique & Evolving Project: Expand your loot collection with intriguing items for DnD or any TTRPG. Join the fun from just £2! 2165 £11,202.00 (24893%) in 19 days 2023-07-08 Kickstarter 💰🌱
Omni Dice: World’s First 15-in-1 D6 Dice in Your Pocket A Revolutionary 15-in-1 function dice just in a single D6 cube. For your games and your daily life. 1545 $131,711.00 (2634%) in 26 days 2023-07-06 Kickstarter 🎉💰
2024 Quest Calendar 📆 An Adventure-a-Day RPG A desktop tear-away calendar with a year full of adventure in 2024. 1324 $71,591.00 (651%) in 1 days 2023-07-22 Kickstarter 💰🔥🌳
Savage Worlds 20th Anniversary Celebration Updated 5th printing of the best-selling Savage Worlds game system! NEW softcover Player’s Book, Accessory Box, and stretch goals! 1020 $97,314.00 (1622%) in 5 days 2023-07-28 Kickstarter 🎉💰🔥🌳