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Kickstart Mondays is all about sharing two new Kickstarter projects each week. These projects are always gaming related, whether that’s a cool new game, accessory, table, or other product. Stay tuned here to find out what projects you might want to look at backing on Kickstarter!

Kickstart Monday: Stonespine Architects and Hamlet: By the Lake

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On July 17, 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.

First this week we have the Kickstarter for Stonespine Architects  a 1 to 5 player game from Thunderworks games and the designer of Cartographers. 

We are big fans of Thunderworks Games here at Wiscodice. Not only are they local to Madison Wisconsin, but they have a great track record of producing excellent games! Stonespine Architects puts you in the role of a dungeon architect. You will draft cards which become the rooms of your dungeon and your goal is to construct the most dangerous dungeon you can. The rooms you choose and their arrangement will help you achieve scoring goals. You will also spend gold to add improvements to your dungeon such as monsters, traps and treasures. The card drafting and tile laying mechanics combined with the dungeon building theme hit a real sweet spot for me and I am really looking forward to this one.

Stonespine Architects is another smaller box game from Thunderworks and the Kickstarter pledge starts at a very reasonable $35 USD, so if you are ready to draft some dangerous dungeons, head over to the campaign page before August 1st 2023 to make your pledge.

Hamlet: By the Lake

Next up this week we have the Kickstarter for Hamlet: By the Lake an expansion for the game Hamlet from publisher Might Boards.

Hamlet is a medium weight village building game where players competitively work to build and expand their little hamlet by managing resources, transporting goods across the village and contributing to the construction of the Church in the village center. This expansion Hamlet: By the Lake adds new components and gameplay elements. Now lakes will form in the empty spaces that are created between the tiles of the village as it expands. Players have access to boats which allow them to transport goods across water and players can catch fish that can be used to cook meals that grant special abilities. 

Thematically Hamlet: By the Lake seems like a perfect addition to the original game and it looks to provide new gameplay without a ton of extra rules. The base pledge Hamlet: By the Lake runs about $34 USD and you can also snag a deluxe edition of the original game during the campaign as a part of the all-in pledge or on its own. The campaign for Hamlet: By the Lake will end July 25th 2023, so make sure to visit the project page before then.

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Kickstart Monday: Planet Unknown and Honey Hop

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On July 10, 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 platforms like Kickstarter, Gamefound, and Indigogo to find interesting projects.

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.

Planet Unknown: Supermoon

Planet Unknown from Adam’s Apple Games launched last year as one of 2022’s hottest games. You play as a corporation trying to terraform a planet during the game. You will draft tiles from a lazy susan that the active player sets the position of. You then place the tile on your planet, hoping to match up specific tiles for the best score and rewards. Of course, this Kickstarter has the opportunity for those who didn’t pick the deluxe version up the first time around to pick theirs up.

Of course, Supermoon is an expansion that will introduce some new mechanics. First, the Supermoon boards are quadrant boards that have both symetric and unique sides. These will allow for 16 total combinations for plenty of replayability. In addition, the corporation boards will have a new half added to them, for more opportunities to grow a corporation into a greater power. Of course, new milestones and a new card type (Utility Cards) round things out. 

If you are as excited as we are about Planet Unknown and tile-laying games, you should check out this project. 

Honey Hop

Honey Hop from Undeferred Interactive is another game that focuses in on nature and bees. This game is designed for 2-4 players with lighter mechanics that should be great for either a filler game or as a family game. Honey Hop is a pickup delivery game where you will play as a bee collecting nectar and bringing it back to your hive. Watch out though as the other players will be looking to not only collect nectar the same way, but they can also collect it from your hive as well! 

Honey Hop uses victory points to determine a winner so you want to cash that nectar in that you have collected for Honey. The more varied the flowers that provided the nectar, the more points your honey will score. 

If you like pick-up and delivery games or are in need of a new family game then you should really check out this project. 

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Kickstart Monday: Shipwrights of the North Sea: Redux and Kraken Skulls

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On July 3, 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.

Shipwrights of the North Sea: Redux

First up this week is the Kickstarter for Shipwrights of the North Sea: Redux from Garphill games.

Shipwrights of the North Sea was originally published in 2014 as the first game in Garphill’s North Sea trilogy. This new Redux version is a complete reworking of the original. There are shared thematic elements between the two, but the campaign page indicates this is a totally new game. In the game players take on the role of shipwrights building longships and buildings attracting heroes and gathering gold all with the goal of being the greatest Viking clan. The game plays from 1-5 players and features the familiar art style of Mihajlo “The Mico” Dimitrievski. There are a couple of extras you can score from Kickstarter campaign including the free Legends Promo pack, Box Sleeves and a discount on the metal coin upgrade. If you are already a fan of Garphill’s line of game or are a new comer this is perfect opportunity to get in on the action. The campaign for Shipwrights of the North Sea: Redux will end on the 12th of July 2023.

Kraken Skulls

Next up this week and continuing the sea-faring theme is Kraken Skulls a Kickstarter project from Chris Couch Games.

Kraken Skulls is a fast paced pirate battle game where players will sail through dangerous waters fighting rival pirate ships, dig up treasure and perhaps face the dreaded Kraken. Players secretly choose where to move their ship each round and the outcome is determined by where they land. If two pirates share the same space on open water or a port they will battle each other with custom dice trying to out gun each other. When battles take place at a port, one of twenty unique minigames is triggered and the battle will follow the special rules for that port. If you are lucky enough to be alone on your location you will be able to dig up valuable treasure, but if you are unlucky you’ll be battling the terrifying Kraken. Luckily if you share the location with another player you will team up together to try to take down the Kraken. All of your swashbuckling and piracy will earn you “Dread” points and the first player to reach six Dread will win the game. The artwork and design is colorful and charming and the game looks to be perfect for those looking for a quick casual game with some light dice based combat. It is also at a nice price point of only $30 USD. The Kickstarter campaign for Kraken Skulls ends on July 13th 2023.

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Kickstart Monday: Inventions and Firefly

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On June 26, 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.

Inventions: Evolution of Ideas 

First up this week is Inventions: Evolution of Ideas by Vital Lacerda. Eagle-Gryphon Games is back publishing a Lacerda game. In this one you are evolving your society by taking ideas, making them into inventions and sharing them.  The artwork for this game appears to be colorful without overwhelming, clear iconography on the components, and the board nicely laid out. Inventions: Evolution of Ideas is described as a tactical game that requires long term strategy. It hat sounds appealing to you, hurry over to Kickstarter to back it. The campaign ends July 9th. 

Firefly: the Game – 10th anniversary collector’s edition

Next up is Firefly: the Game – 10th anniversary collector’s edition, published by GF9. This project is running on Gamefound until July 5th. For those of you who are fans of Firefly, this edition has all the content in a big box, plus a new expansion. To make it even more appealing there, are upgraded components. The enhancements to this pick-up and delivery game should add to the game play experience. 

Did we miss your favorite project?

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Kickstart Monday: Castellans of Valeria and Micro Architects

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On June 19, 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.

Castellans of Valeria

First up this week we have Castellans of Valeria from Daily Magic Games. Castellans is the next game in the Kingdoms of Valeria series including Card Kingdoms of Valeria and Shadow Kingdoms of Valeria as well as many others.

In Castellans of Valeria the Duke of the City of Kosk is looking for a new Castellan for the developing city and you as the player are one of the candidates who will be competing for the position. You will start by drafting dice which give you resources or influence with one of the 4 guilds in the city, then you use your drafted dice to take actions to improve the city and your position. You can use the Harvest action to gain additional resources from your drafted dice. To gain influence with the guilds of the city you can build temples and manors in the districts where they have sway. You can recruit citizens to gain their valuable dice manipulation abilities. Down at the wharf you can sell cargo and position your ships in the districts of the city to gain victory points when its current district is scored. And you may place great Monuments in the city to earn victory points each round. Ultimately you will need to gain enough influence and control over the districts of Kosk to become the next Castellan.

Castellans seems to have a lot going for it, the combination of dice drafting, resource management, and area control hit a lot of buttons for me and it is one I am going keep my eye on. One point to note is that the campaign mentions that Castellans will not be released through game distributors. They will only print copies to cover their Kickstarter backers (which could include retailers who back the game) and 250 copies for their web store. This means the game might be hard to find after the campaign so if it sounds like the game for you make sure to back before Friday, June 30th.

Micro Architects

Next up this week we have Micro Architects, a Gamefound project from Thistroy Games.

In Mirco Architects, players take on the challenge of designing and constructing a thriving metropolis. During the game you will add a variety of buildings to your dual layered city board. You will be building one of six different building types Offices, Industrial, Shops, Landmarks, Municipal and Residential. Placing the right kinds of building together is important as you will be scoring points from Landmarks, Services and Goal cards which all want a certain combination or layout of buildings somewhere in your city. The game also includes to additional modules to mix up game player the Residents module where you will be housing residents as you build your city and the Events module which add random events that provides some additional unpredictability.

The components for Micro Architects look great for a small box game. The wooden building tokens are screen printed as are the resident meeples from the Residents module. The overall design is bright and colorful and gives the game a light playful feel. The game also includes a Solo Mode using Automa cards so all you solo gamers out there aren’t left out. If you are ready to build your perfect little micro city head to Gamefound before Saturday June 24th to make your pledge.

Did we miss your favorite project?

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