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Kickstart Monday: Aberration and Grave Robbers from Outer Space

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.

Aberration

Our first project this week is the Gamefound campaign for Aberration from Ghostfire Gaming.

Aberration is a horror themed cooperative tower defense and survival game for 1-4 brave souls. Set in the dark fantasy world of Grim Hollow, players are tasked with defending a village from an onslaught of aberrant monsters. They will take on the mantle of a hero with unique special abilities such as Galgrick, the resilient dwarf warrior or Alwin, the keen sighted elf. The player can then further customize their character by pairing it with one of four different classes: the Monster Hunter, the Martial Artist, the  Duelist and the Captain.

Using bag building and worker placement mechanics players will send their heroes out into the darkness to light fires to reveal what lurks in the shadows of the forest. They will encounter aberrant monstrosities of a wide variety and must use their class skills, spells and items to defeat them. Players will draw ability tokens from their player bag of different types: Intellect, Strength, Speed, and Command which are used to trigger abilities of the matching type.

Players must be cautious though because the Great Beast lurks in the forest as well and its corruption can spread across the board and even to the heroes themselves. Becoming corrupted does have its advantages as it requires players to draw aberration cards which power up the players abilities making them even stronger. If one player takes on too many aberrations though the game will end in a loss so there is a risk reward element at play.

The Deluxe edition of Aberration is definitely the focus of the campaign, as it includes all of the detailed aberrant monster miniatures. The Deluxe edition is available for $149 USD. A Standard edition will be available for $79 USD but includes standees for all of the monsters rather than miniatures. You can also pledge for the Spellcasters Expansion as an add-on to either the Standard or Deluxe edition which includes new game scenarios, heroes and monsters. If you feel ready to face off against the monsters that lurk in the shadows, make your pledge for Aberration before October 20, 2023, when the campaign comes to a close.

Grave Robbers from Outer Space

Our second game this week is Grave Robbers from Outer Space, a Kickstarter project from Other Steve.

Grave Robbers from Outer Space originally released in 2001, but this Resurrected Edition brings the card game back from the dead along with some content from Grave Robbers 2: Skippy’s Revenge and Grave Robbers 3: Suburban Slashers. In Grave Robbers, 2-6 players put themselves in the shoes of a b-movie director competing to create the best film they can.

Players will build a custom deck of 30 cards from 10 different “feature packs” with different themes such as Creatures of the Night, the Shambling Dead, College Slasher and Mad Science. Each feature pack includes, characters, creatures locations, props, special effects and plot twists which are used to put together a movie. Props and Characters are added to your own movie while you can use Creatures to attack other players. Each turn you play cards from your hand by paying their popcorn cost which comes from popcorn icons on other cards already in your movie. Each card can add to your movie score for the end game or grant special abilities to use during the game. 

There are 160 cards included in the game all which feature familiar and hilarious tropes from all kinds of horror and sci-fi movies. There are zombies, killer toys, a cabin in the woods, Ouija boards, vampires and just about everything else you would expect to see in a classic b-movie. In addition, per the Kickstarter, they plan to release 10-12 new themed feature packs every year so there should be plenty of fresh content for the game for quite a while. Grave Robbers from Outer Space is available for $45 USD and there are also a number of bonus add-ons including t-shirts, an expansion, and beta cards. If you are feeling the calling to create your very own b-movie, consider pledging for Grave Robbers from Outer Space before the campaign ends on October 8, 2023.

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Kickstart Monday: Aethermon: Collect and Innovation: Ultimate

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.

Aethermon: Collect

Our first project this week is Aethermon: Collect a Gamefound campaign from Aethermon Studios.

Arthermon: Collect is a set collection game for 1-4 players set in a world with magical creatures called Aethermon.  

Aethermon obviously draws inspiration from other cute collectible monster properties but it has its own unique style and aesthetic that it brings to the genre. During the game players will be collecting Aethermon cards from the game board. Players will be attempting to collect high value Aethermon to improve their score and to collect Aethermon in the same family to double the score of those Aethermon. The game can be played both competitively and cooperatively. In competitive mode players draft powerful Artefacts to give them an edge against their opponents while in cooperative mode players will combine their scores in a joint effort to collect the most valuable Aethermon.   

To see the game in action and hear more about WiscoDice’s thoughts on Aethermon: Collect, check out our YouTube Video here.

The campaign has a number of pledge options starting with a print and play pledge for about A$5, a standard pledge for A$30, a deluxe pledge for A$60 and also higher tier pledges for those with deep pockets. The campaign runs until August 30th 2023, so make your pledge before then.

Innovation: Ultimate

Our next game this week is Innovation: Ultimate a Backerkit project from Asmadi Games.

Innovation: Ultimate is an updated version of Innovation originally released in 2010 by designer Carl Chudyk. Innovation is a tableau and civilization building game where players will play card representing ideas, technology and inventions. You begin the game in Age 1 or Prehistory starting out with cards like Writing or Metalworking. Each card has an effect you can choose to trigger with one of your two actions on your turn which may allow you to attack your opponents, expand your civilization and even advance to the next Age.

Innovation: Ultimate has a number of new features and improvements to the original game. While the original game featured 10 Ages to progress to, Innovation: Ultimate now has an eleventh age, the Prudence Age with futuristic speculative technology. The boxed set also includes the 4 existing expansions for Innovation and a new fifth expansion called The Unseen. The new expansion brings in a mechanic called Safeguard that lets to stash available achievements so that you can claim them but your opponents can’t. Cards in the Unseen expansion deal with subterfuge, shadowy technologies and other clandestine concepts.

The Innovation: Ultimate campaign is keeping it simple with only one pledge level for $69 USD but this includes approximately 750 cards and a box insert that is designed to support both sleeved and unsleeved cards. If you are ready to dive into the ultimate version of Innovation make your pledge before September 15, 2023 when the Backerkit campaign ends.

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Kickstart Monday: Cyclades Legendary Edition and Mighty Gnomes

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.

Cyclades Legendary Edition

First up this week is the Kickstarter project for Cyclades Legendary Edition from Open Sesame Games and designers Bruno Cathala and Ludovic Maublanc.

Cyclades legendary edition is a new deluxe version of the original Cyclades which came out in 2009. This isn’t just a reprint though this will apparently be a director’s cut of the game featuring new and improved game modes, new gameplay and inclusion of the expansions in the original game.

In Cyclades players vie for control over the Greek Isles in a mythological fantasy setting. Hired creatures like chimeras and griffins along with heroes of Greek mythology such as Achilles or Odysseus will help the players conquer and control their territory. Players will also bid for the favor of the gods to bolster their forces and expand their influence. The Kickstarter offers a range of pledges starting at $59 USD for a version with wooden meeples and up to $120 USD for a copy with detailed miniatures and 3D buildings. The campaign for Cyclades Legendary Edition ends on August 8, 2023, so if you are interested make your pledge before then.

Mighty Gnomes

Next up this week we are looking at the Gamefound campaign for Mighty Gnomes from The Wood Games.

Mighty Gnomes is a family friendly “tile worker placement” game where players control a tribe of homes striving to prove their value to the gnomish king. To do this players must send their tiles of gnomes to the forest to gather resources like mushrooms, wood and crystals as well as send gnomes to the attic of their gnome home to consult the ancient books stored there. Gathering compasses in the forest will also let you advance on the adventure track to gain VPs or gain treasure chests that can be unlocked for great rewards. And let’s not forget that you can call on the special Might Gnomes to use their unique powers to further your strategy. While Mighty Gnomes looks like a lighter game it does include some eurogame mechanics which make it a good choice to introduce younger gamers to this kind of gameplay. The Gamefound campaign for Mighty Gnomes will end on July 28, 2023, so if this is of interest head over to the Might Gnomes project page before then.  

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Kickstart Monday: Inventions and Firefly

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. 

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Kickstart Monday: Castellans of Valeria and Micro Architects

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.

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