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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.
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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.
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.
Stay informed when new Kickstart Monday projects come out by following us on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter and following the #KickstartMonday hashtag.
Also checkout the latest articles from WiscoDice:
- Strong Tower Gaming Convention Recap and Review
- Kickstart Monday: Body of Evidence: The Murder Mystery Autopsy Game and Fromage
- Kickstart Monday: Lands of the Mesozoic and Everdell Cozy Critter Blankets
- The Long Halloween 2023 – A Batman Miniature Game Tournament
- Kickstart Monday: Midhalla and Farms Race
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.
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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.
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.
Stay informed when new Kickstart Monday projects come out by following us on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter and following the #KickstartMonday hashtag.
Also checkout the latest articles from WiscoDice:
- Strong Tower Gaming Convention Recap and Review
- Kickstart Monday: Body of Evidence: The Murder Mystery Autopsy Game and Fromage
- Kickstart Monday: Lands of the Mesozoic and Everdell Cozy Critter Blankets
- The Long Halloween 2023 – A Batman Miniature Game Tournament
- Kickstart Monday: Midhalla and Farms Race
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.
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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.
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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,
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.
Stay informed when new Kickstart Monday projects come out by following us on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter and following the #KickstartMonday hashtag.
Also checkout the latest articles from WiscoDice:
- Strong Tower Gaming Convention Recap and Review
- Kickstart Monday: Body of Evidence: The Murder Mystery Autopsy Game and Fromage
- Kickstart Monday: Lands of the Mesozoic and Everdell Cozy Critter Blankets
- The Long Halloween 2023 – A Batman Miniature Game Tournament
- Kickstart Monday: Midhalla and Farms Race
In Episode 113 the hosts discuss review several new games they have been playing. Check it out to hear about some fun games, perfect for an entertaining evening.