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 and Gamefound to find projects that interest us.

This week’s picks:

Read on for what stood out to us…

Trickerion 10th Anniversary Edition

Our first game this week is Trickerion 10th Anniversary Edition on Kickstarter from Mindclash Games.

Trickerion is a 1 to 4 player strategy game set in the golden age of stage magic. Players compete as rival illusionists to manage their act and crew perform tricks and become the most renowned magician. This new anniversary edition brings together the base game, all former expansions and a new “Arcane Arts” expansion as well as some other upgrades.

The new expansion introduces 4 unique arcane workers in the Specter, The Golem, The Trickster and The Shapeshifter which each have their own special worker placement abilities. In Arcane Arts, players can also now modify their magic tricks with Enchantments and use new alternate Trickerion Shards known as Arcane Shards. Arcane shards can grant additional actions points when used or for extra action points in the Theatre.

Beyond the expansions this new edition also includes metal coins, four custom pouches and a special anniversary edition of the main board featuring alternate art. You won’t need magic to get your hands on this game you just need to pledge at one of these available pledge levels: 

  • Anniversary Edition – $171 – the anniversary edition of the game including prior expansions and the Arcane Arts expansion, metal coins, custom pouches, alternate art main board and promo card.
  • Anniversary Upgrade pack – $40 – for current owners of Trickerion. Includes Arcane Arts expansion, metal coins, custom pouches, alternate art main board and promo card.
  • Arcane Arts Expansion – $29 – just the Arcane Arts expansion, compatible with any version of Trickerion.

Get your pledges in for Trickerion 10th Anniversary Edition on Kickstarter before the campaign disappears on May 8, 2025. 

Earth: Animal Kingdom

Our next project this week is Earth: Animal Kingdom from Inside Up Games on Kickstarter.

Animal Kingdom is the second expansion for Earth, the 1 to 5 player engine building card game. Animal Kingdom introduces 36 new animals with a focus on asymmetry and unique abilities. Each of these new animal cards also comes with their own beautifully designed screen printed wooden animeeples for a total of 56 animeeples included with this expansion.

There is also a selection of other upgrades at different pledge tiers or available as add-ons including playmats, a laser etched box organizer, and upgraded resource components. There is a whole range of pledge options for this campaign so let’s take a look at those now:

  • Animal Kingdom Expansion – $29 – 1 copy of the Animal Kingdom expansion for Earth 
  • Gameplay Bundle – $115 – Includes Earth the base game, the Abundance expansion and the Animal Kingdom expansion
  • Everything New – $158 – Includes all the new add-ons – Animal Kingdom expansion, Disasters mini expansion, 3×4 game mat, laser etched wooden box organizer
  • Everything Earth – $432 – Earth the base game and upgrade pack, Abundance expansion and upgrade pack, Animal Kingdom expansion, 624 piece deluxe resources, neoprene player mats, 3×4 play mat, laser etched box organizer

Make your pledges now for Earth: Animal Kingdom on Kickstarter now because this campaign will go extinct on May 16, 2025.

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