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Kickstart Monday: Body of Evidence: The Murder Mystery Autopsy Game and Fromage

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On September 18, 2023

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Welcome to Kickstart Monday! This is our weekly series featuring 2 or more crowdfunding projects that have caught our eye. We scour over platforms like Kickstarter, Gamefound, and Indigogo to find projects that interest us.

There are certainly some exciting projects out in crowdfunding land. Let’s take a look at a couple of games that we think you should check out.

Body of Evidence: The Murder Mystery Autopsy Game

First up this week is Body of Evidence: The Murder Mystery Autopsy Game, a Kickstarter from Mysterious Package Company.

Body of Evidence is a murder mystery game for 1-4 players with a playtime of 2-3 hours. In the game the players will find themselves posed with solving the murder of victim Christian LeClair. The investigation will take the players through a series of case files and they must use their deductive reasoning and sleuthing skills to build a clear picture of the case. Evidence from the crime scene and field work will help the players in their investigation with documents, clippings, and physical evidence guiding the players toward the truth. Ultimately though the players must head to the morgue to perform an autopsy on the body gathering the definitive evidence to prove their case. If the players have followed the clues correctly they will be able to solve the case and confront the culprit.

Body of Evidence features a single pledge level for $37 USD which represents a 10% discount from the retail price. There are also a number of add-ons for other games from Mysterious Package Company. If you are itching to dig in to this mystery find your way to the Kickstarter page and make a pledge before September 21, 2023.

Fromage

Our second game this week is Fromage, a Kickstarter campaign by Road to Infamy.

Fromage is a 1-4 player medium complexity  eurogame that is all about cheese. As a French cheese maker players will make a variety of artisan cheeses, age and sell them. The game features a unique four quadrant rotating game board that is triple layered which allows for  a huge variety of game setups. The game board rotating is also how your cheese ages! During the game players take actions using a simultaneous worker placement mechanic with each player placing workers in the quadrant of the board that is facing them. The campaign notes that this simultaneous worker placement condenses the playtime to around 40 minutes. To run a successful creamery, players must compete in each of the four quadrants of the game board. For example in the festival section players must place their cheeses on display in a connected group to show them off to festival goers while in the Villes section players score points for having the most influence in six different regions of France. Players can also build structures for unique abilities, harvest fruit for specialty cheeses and fulfill orders for extra points.

The campaign has two pledge levels, the standard edition for $35 USD and a limited edition for $49 USD that includes upgrades, wooden tokens and a neoprene Lazy Susan mat for the rotating game board. Make sure to visit the Fromage campaign page before October 10, 2023 to make your pledge.

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Kickstart Monday: Lands of the Mesozoic and Everdell Cozy Critter Blankets

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On September 11, 2023

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Welcome to Kickstart Monday! This is our weekly series featuring 2 or more crowdfunding projects that have caught our eye. We scour over platforms like Kickstarter, Gamefound, and Indigogo to find projects that interest us.

There are certainly some exciting projects out in crowdfunding land. Let’s take a look at a couple of games that we think you should check out.

Lands of the Mesozoic

First up this week we have Lands of the Mesozoic from Pungo games.

Lands of the Mesozoic is a 1 to 4 player tableau building game, set in the time of the dinosaurs. Players will be trying to build and maintain a thriving ecosystem by combining  3 key card types: lands, herbivores, and carnivores. During 3 periods of 7, 6, and 5 rounds, players will play cards from their hand and activate played cards to expand their personal ecosystem. Land cards are played to provide a habitat and food source for herbivores such as the Iguanodon or Apatosaurus. Players will need to make sure that they can provide the right type of habitat for their herbivores for example a player must use both a dry land and water type land card to play the medium sized Iguanodon as well as discard 3 cards from their hand. To keep a balanced ecosystem players will also need to play Carnivore cards. Carnivores are harder to get but will provide the chance for the player to gain victory point tokens. Ultimately the player who managed the best ecosystem, collected the most valuable cards and completed both their individual and common goals will win the game. Lands of the Mesozoic features beautifully illustrated cards from Ukrainian freelance artist Sergey Krasovskiy depicting dinosaurs and animals spanning the Jurassic, Triassic, and Cretaceous periods. The game will also come with a nice custom box insert for card organization. The Kickstarter version will cost $55 USD and include an exclusive 15 card set edition. The Lands of the Mesozoic Kickstarter ends on October 7, 2023 so get your pledge in before the campaign goes extinct.

Everdell Cozy Critters Blankets + Plushies

Next up this week is Everdell Cozy Critters Blankets + Plushies from Starling Games.

There’s a fall festival in Everdell and Terry Hare’s general shop is open for business with a host of Everdell treats for sale!  The chief offering of the campaign is a series of Everdell themed fleece blankets featuring the lovely artwork of Andrew Bosley. A variety of designs are available with art from Everdell or one of its many expansions. The blankets are 80×60 inches and each one will cost only $19 so you can get one for each member of the family. There are a number of other goodies and addons available through this campaign.

To go along with your cozy new blanket you can pick up one of seven Everdell plushies. At $15 USD you can choose from The Shopkeeper, The Hero, The Toymaker, Queen Amilla, The Doctor, and Fynn Nobletail. Beyond that you can get a hold of just about every Everdell product that has been released to date at discounted prices. This includes the Everdell Complete Collection going for $202 USD. The Deluxe resource vessels which I recommend, are also available for only $25 and are a perfect compliment to the Complete Collection. Everything in the campaign appears to be Ala-Carte so you can add-on and customize to your heart’s content. This is your chance to get everything Everdell so make sure to get a pledge in before September 21, 2023 when the campaign ends.

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Kickstart Monday: Midhalla and Farms Race

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On August 28, 2023

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Welcome to Kickstart Monday! This is our weekly series featuring 2 or more crowdfunding projects that have caught our eye. We scour over platforms like Kickstarter, Gamefound, and Indigogo to find projects that interest us.

There are certainly some exciting projects out in crowdfunding land. Let’s take a look at a couple of games that we think you should check out.

Midhalla

Our first game this week is a Kickstarter for Midhalla from Fyrnwest Games.

Midhalla is a cooperative dungeon crawl adventure through an epic fantasy viking setting. Players will experience the deep lore of Midhalla through a multi-chapter campaign. Each chapter will present a variety of enemies and events and the adaptive difficulty system will make sure that there is always a challenge to be found.

Midhalla features a unique deterministic combat system that combines elements of dungeon crawling and tower defense. Players must work together in combat by using combos to take down enemies and laying traps to control the battlefield. As they explore the world players will encounter events where they will make important decisions that will shape the storyline of the game. As they progress the story, players will unlock many new options like new classes, items, chapters and events and will have many opportunities to  advance their character to grow more powerful. The unique combination of tower defense with traditional dungeon crawling and a non-random deterministic combat system makes Midhalla worth a look if you are fan of dungeon crawl campaigns.

The base pledge for the core Midhalla game runs approximately $94 USD and the Champion Pledge which features the Saga of Harkon expansion including a fifth player addition will run about $117 USD. The Midhalla campaign will end on September 13, 2023 so make sure to make your pledge before then.

Farms Race

Next up this week we have Farms Race, a Kickstarter campaign from Medium Brow Games. 

Farms Race is pretty unique in that it is a parody eurogame that is supposed to feel like “Catan with nukes”. Players take the role of mutated farm animals that have gained sentience due to radioactive power plants. As either mutated cows, pigs, chickens, or sheep players will battle for control of the once peaceful countryside with their mutant abilities and yes even nuclear weapons. 

Gameplay seems Catan-like but with combat and area control as well. The board is made up of hexes of various terrain types that provide different tradable resources (wheat, wood, brick, plutonium and weapons). You gain resources based on a dice roll like in Catan but you will need to control the region with your herd of animals to reap the benefits. Your herds can move to different hexes and fight off other animals and humans in dice-based combat. You can also construct barns, armories and spy cards to help you in your conquest and in the race to 10 victory points to win the game.

Farms Race seems too hilarious to pass up and may just please fans and haters of Catan alike. The base game will cost only $45 USD but you can splurge for the Deluxe Edition running $80 USD that features upgraded components and “an expansion’s worth of content”. If you are ready like I am to dominate the countryside with your mutant radioactive chickens then make sure to make you pledge for Farms Race before the campaign ends on September 14, 2023,

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Kickstart Monday: Joyride: Survival of the Fastest and Kreel Manor

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On August 21, 2023

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Welcome to Kickstart Monday! This is our weekly series featuring 2 or more crowdfunding projects that have caught our eye. We scour over platforms like Kickstarter, Gamefound, and Indigogo to find projects that interest us.

There are certainly some exciting projects out in crowdfunding land. Let’s take a look at a couple of games that we think you should check out.

Joyride: Survival of the Fastest

First out of the gate this week we have Joyride: Survival of the Fastest a Kickstarter project from Rebellion Unplugged.

Joyride is a fast-paced racing game where players can smash into each other, deploy destructive items and use their cars’ special abilities to gain advantage over their opponents. Races take place on a large hex grid arena. Within the arena the race track is laid out as a series of checkpoints that must be crossed in order. The cool thing here is that the check point layout is completely customizable. While the game comes with suggested track layouts, but you can design your own layouts by placing checkpoints however you wish. 

During the game players are racing through checkpoints managing their speed and turning while trying to avoid obstacles and also use their abilities and items to mess with their opponents. Players roll dice to determine their movement speed each turn and can gain more or less dice depending on if they shift gears up or down. Joyride is not just a simple race, you can side-swipe, rear end and collide head on with other cars all with different out comes. On top of that you can use items like oil slicks, mines, and rockets to attack other cars or use nitro to get that burst of speed you need.

In addition, each car is unique and comes with a set of asymmetrical abilities specific to that car. To win you just need to be the first player to cross the finish line after the number of laps determined by the track layout. Joyride really looks like it could be a lot of chaotic fun and looks to bring some new ideas to the racing genre. If you are ready to strap in for Joyride: Survival of the Fastest get to their Kickstarter page before the campaign ends on September 7, 2023.

Kreel Manor

Next up this week is the Kickstarter for Kreel Manor, the dungeon crawl card game from designer Tristan Hall.

Kreel Manor is a fantasy dungeon crawling card game set in the universe of Kilforth (Gloom of Kilforth, Shadows of Kilforth). 1 to 3 players (4 with an expansion) will cooperatively take on the roles of heroes in one of 10 scenarios and ultimately face off against the Lord of the Manor to save the world. With the base game players can choose between the War Mage, The Wolf of the North (a sword based warrior) and the Night Raven (a rogue type class). Each round of the game Kreel Manor will challenge the players with a threat from the shadows such as Living Corpses, Barbarians and Goblins. The players can deal with these encounters in a variety of ways; combat is of course an option, but players can also resolve threats through other means like stealth or intimidation. Occasionally players will also face more deadly threats in the form of Foes which act as boss fights.

Players will discover powerful items and heroic skills that they will use to customize and refine their personal skill deck. Skills give each hero special abilities to aid them against threats and augment their powers. As players progress through the threats of a scenario they will eventually find plot cards which allow them to make a choice that will have an effect on the future of the scenario. The base “Lord of the Manor” pledge for Kreel Manor will cost ~$69 USD with higher tier options offering other items such as a playmat, 4th player expansion and an artbook. The Kreel Manor campaign ends on August 31, 2023 to head over to the Kickstarter page to make your pledge before then.

Kickstart Monday: Mistwind and Hideous Abomination

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On August 14, 2023

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Welcome to Kickstart Monday! This is our weekly series featuring 2 or more crowdfunding projects that have caught our eye. We scour over platforms like Kickstarter, Gamefound, and Indigogo to find projects that interest us.

There are certainly some exciting projects out in crowdfunding land. Let’s take a look at a couple of games that we think you should check out.

Mistwind

First up this week is Mistwind, a Kickstarter project from First Fish Games.

In Mistwind players use flying transport whales to build networks across four different Nations. Players will build routes between the different nations’ ports loading basic resources or cargo onto their transports and selling it in other locations where the demand for that cargo is higher. Amusingly moving your transport whales will often cost krill. I have to say this is the only game I’ve seen that uses krill as a basic resource. Building your personal outposts at a port will reduce the cost in krill you must pay to move your whale. At the end of the game you will score for cargo you’ve delivered, the network you’ve built, achievements you’ve claimed and several other categories which look to give the game a healthy number of paths to victory. 

Mistwind Demo @ GenCon – Game Board
Mistwind Demo @ GenCon - Components
Mistwind Demo @ GenCon – Components

The captivating art design really helps this game stand out and is what caught my eye when I talked about it in our recent GenCon 2023 preview episode of the Wiscodice podcast. The combination of worker placement, network building and pickup and delivery looks quite interesting and I think this is a game to watch. The Kickstarter version of Mistwind will run about $95USD. If Mistwind seems like it will deliver for you, head to the Kickstarter page before August 31, 2023 to make your pledge.

Hideous Abomination 2nd Edition

Our second project this week is the Kickstarter for Hideous Abomination 2nd Edition from designer Judson Cowan.

Hideous Abomination is a tile laying game where players assemble hideous monsters from an assortment of outlandish body parts. Every tile in the game has detailed colorful artwork depicting some monstrous body alert whether it be  squid like tentacle, the head of an aquatic cyclops, the arm of a giant praying mantis or just a big glob of pink goo with an eye in it. Players will earn points for the most dominant color on their creations so they must at least  try to keep  their creature a consistent color. They can win award cards with categories like Most Eyes and Most Head tiles. Hideous Abomination is a quick light family oriented game where much of the joy of the game is just seeing how strange of a monster you can manage to make. The game comes with over 200 unique body part tiles for your monster making needs. The base edition comes in at a very affordable $21USD and there are a number of more deluxe versions on offer as well. 

If you are ready to see what kinds of Hideous Abomination you can create visit the project page before the campaign ends on August 29, 2023,

Did we miss your favorite project?

Thank you for checking out this week’s Kickstart Monday! If you find these interesting or want some attention on a Kickstarter or other crowdfunded projects that you would like to read more about please share your thoughts with us via our social media or email.

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