What is this?
This is a weekly crowdfunding roundup of new projects launched last week and projects that end the coming week.
This is a continuation of the same lists that were originally started over at the /r/boardgames subreddit and is currently being run by me under the tag /u/perkelton.
Updates
Expect new lists every Sunday between 00:00 and 23:59 CEST on the following platforms:
Mastodon: @danielpervan
Discord: https://discord.gg/T9MCxgHj
Reddit: /r/boardgames
Selection criteria
The criteria for the lists are as follows:## What is this?
This is a weekly crowdfunding roundup of new projects launched last week and projects that end the coming week.
Expect new lists every Sunday between 00:00 and 23:59 CEST
The criteria for the lists are as follows:
Ending soon
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Sorted by number of backers
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Kickstarter projects ending in the next 7 days, that have at least 100 backers (or marked as "Project we love" by Kickstarter), will have reached more than estimated 95% of their goal by their deadline and passed the filters:
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No DnD books
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No zines
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No 3D printing
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No dice sets
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No magazines
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No shirts
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No playmats
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No furniture
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No events
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Gamefound projects ending in the next 7 days, that will have reached more than estimated 95% of their goal by their deadline and passed the above filters.
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(beta) Backerkit Crowdfunding projects ending in the next 7 days, that will have reached more than estimated 95% of their goal by their deadline and have a matching BGG page.
Newly launched
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Sorted by number of backers
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Kickstarter projects launched in the last 7 days, that have had at least average 15 backers per day, have at least 100 backers or is marked as "Project we love" by Kickstarter and passed the filters (see above).
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Gamefound projects launched in the last 7 days and passed the filters (see above).
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(beta) Backerkit Crowdfunding projects launched in the last 7 days and have a matching BGG page.
Notable filtered projects
- Filtered projects from above lists that have more than 1000 backers.
Tags
🎉: Staff pick/featured
💰: Funded
🔥: More than average 200 backers/day
🌱: Creator's first project
🌳: Creator's >5th project
🔄: Money back guarantee (Read more)
FAQ
I live in Nicaragua/Canada/Bahamas/USA, why are you posting on a Saturday?!
Because I'm writing this from Europe in the future where it's already Sunday. Timezones be crazy.
Why are there a bunch of non-board games in the board game list?
Because the Tabletop games category on Kickstarter includes anything remotely related to board games and sometimes things slip through my filters.
Why is this future award winning board game and literal saviour of humanity missing from your list?
Sometimes my filters get a bit overzealous and discard actually valid projects. If you feel something is missing for this reason, leave a comment and I'll add it (maybe).
Can I donate all my money to you?
No
Can you help me promote my game?
Please no. I make lists. Nothing more.
Your list is full of errors and now I got an ID-10t message!
Indeed, this fine piece of code runs purely on second-tier magic, so anything can happen. Leave a comment and I'll see what I can do.
Ending soon (15)
| Name | Description | Backers | Pledged | Ends | Information | Tags | BGG |
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| Stonespine Architects | Craft the most perilous labyrinth & become a dungeon master in this card-drafting game for 1-5 players. | 3602 | $135,263.84 (338%) in 20 days | 2023-08-02 | Kickstarter 1‑5 players age 10+ 45-60 min. | 💰🌳 | BGG |
| Ding Dong | 🎃 Join the Halloween fun! Collect candy sets, manage resources, masterfully use your cards and out-prank the little trick-or-treaters! | 1176 | $34,756.00 (1159%) in 20 days | 2023-08-05 | Kickstarter 2‑5 players age 14+ 15-30 min. | 💰🌱 | BGG |
| Converge Wallet Game Series - By Peter C. Hayward | A 1-2 player set collection and tableau building game series about control & survival in a dismal dark world. $12 for one, $29 for all! | 1072 | $29,617.00 (1481%) in 6 days | 2023-08-05 | Kickstarter | 💰🌳 | |
| Space Alone | Survive on a distant planet and try to complete scientific missions. Raw space adventure in the sequel to Island Alone! | 1049 | €11,150.00 (3717%) in 13 days | 2023-08-03 | Kickstarter 1‑4 players age 12+ 20-40 min. | 🎉💰🌳 | BGG |
| Void Halls: Print & Play, Roll & Write Game. | Defend Your Dungeon from "Heroes". A Single Sheet, 3 Map Variations, Print-at-Home Board Game. | 971 | €4,822.00 (4822%) in 27 days | 2023-08-02 | Kickstarter | 💰 | |
| Luddite | A Roll and Write Campaign Game with a Fully Integrated Graphic Novel. | 942 | £24,034.00 (218%) in 20 days | 2023-08-05 | Kickstarter 1‑99 players age 16+ 20-40 min. | 💰 | BGG |
| Book It! Tag Teams & Title Belts | The third expansion for The Pro Wrestling Promoter Card Game is our biggest yet! Two new mechanics and 100 new wrestlers! | 455 | $21,444.66 (286%) in 30 days | ⚠️ 2023-07-30 | Kickstarter | 💰🌳 | |
| On the Underground: Paris / New York | On the Underground, the clever 1-hour network-building game for 2-5 players returns with two new maps set in storied metropolises! | 335 | €27,974.88 (2797%) in 19 days | 2023-07-31 | Gamefound 2‑5 players age 14+ 45-60 min. | 💰🌱 | BGG |
| The Gods Will Have Blood | It is April 1793. You are Evariste Gamelin, a young artist with an enthusiasm for the Republican cause. As an appointed magistrate, you will preside over show trials of accused royalists and counterrevolutionaries. Your goal is to elevate your reputation amongst your fellow Jacobins while using your… | 203 | $6,293.90 (210%) in 5 days | 2023-08-01 | Gamefound 1 player 15-30 min. | 💰🌱 | BGG |
| Gold n' Grog | The family friendly pirate card game for ages 10 and up. Compete against other players to collect as much treasure as you possibly can! | 172 | $6,691.00 (335%) in 26 days | 2023-08-04 | Kickstarter 2‑6 players age 10+ 15-30 min. | 💰🌱 | BGG |
| The Hobby Colosseum - hobby organizer | The modular paint and hobby tool organizer. | 167 | $3,753.00 (751%) in 20 days | 2023-07-31 | Kickstarter 2‑6 players age 10+ 20-40 min. | 💰 | BGG |
| Dominion at Dawn | A Print & Play Sci-Fi Wargame, for the control of Planet Asteria | 139 | $931.00 (186%) in 28 days | 2023-07-31 | Kickstarter 2 players age 14+ 30-60 min. | 💰🌱 | BGG |
| Dino Gardens | Dinos compete to grow the largest, most delicious garden they can before the meteor strike and the end of the world! | 126 | $8,583.00 (107%) in 30 days | 2023-08-01 | Kickstarter 2‑6 players age 10+ 45-90 min. | 💰🌱 | BGG |
| MAKE IT SIX | An original ROLL and REFACE dice game | 110 | $3,788.00 (97%) in 30 days | 2023-08-01 | Kickstarter 2‑6 players age 14+ 15-45 min. | 🌱 | BGG |
| Bonaparte's Eastern Empire | In the wake of a great storm, in May 1798, Bonaparte leaves France heading for Egypt. By August 1801, the remnants of his exhausted army surrender to the British. Face his challenge of creating a French empire in the Middle East and re-write history; or defeat Bonaparte to ensure Britain’s allies … | 66 | £4,101.42 (164%) in 27 days | 2023-08-01 | Gamefound 1‑2 players 120 min. Area Control Wargame | 💰🌱 |
New this week (23)
| Name | Description | Backers | Pledged | Ends | Information | Tags | BGG |
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| Innovation Ultimate | Carl Chudyk's Innovation, turned up to 11! A full box set that adds Age 11 cards to each set, a whole new expansion (The Unseen), with new streamlined expansion rules to get more of the hundreds of exciting cards to your table! | 2034 | $135,569.00 (452%) in 6 days | 2023-09-15 | Backerkit 2‑5 players age 14+ 30-60 min. | 💰🔥 | BGG |
| Vampire: The Masquerade - Milan Uprising | A cooperative boardgame experience for 1-4 players set in the World of Darkness, only available on the Teburu System. In this narrative driven boardgame, you play as the Anarch vampires of Milan, struggling for autonomy against the oppression of the Camarilla sect. | 1416 | €376,762.00 (377%) in 6 days | 2023-08-25 | Gamefound 1‑4 players age 18+ 40-90 min. Cooperative Area Control | 💰🔥 | BGG |
| Fool's Blade: A Sword-Crafting Monster-Slaying Card Game | A fast-paced, comedically chaotic, sword crafting, monster slaying, loot grabbing, friendship ruining backstabbing card game. | 1260 | $67,534.80 (675%) in 2 days | 2023-08-28 | Kickstarter | 💰🔥🌱 | |
| Converge Wallet Game Series - By Peter C. Hayward | A 1-2 player set collection and tableau building game series about control & survival in a dismal dark world. $12 for one, $29 for all! | 1072 | $29,617.00 (1481%) in 6 days | 2023-08-05 | Kickstarter | 💰🌳 | |
| Iron Rail #4: Age of Rail PLUS Metal Trains! | Featuring South Africa, La Pampa, and the Allegheny maps! Enhance your entire Iron Rail Series with custom metal trains! | 825 | $55,861.00 (559%) in 5 days | 2023-08-16 | Kickstarter | 💰🌳 | |
| FLIGHT PLAN - Own an Empire, Ground the Competition | Travel Enthusiast? Carrier Connoisseur? Aspiring Mogul? Play the game that appeals to all three - Flight Plan. | 713 | $30,010.00 (500%) in 6 days | 2023-08-24 | Kickstarter 2‑6 players age 14+ 60-90 min. | 💰🌱 | BGG |
| Wizards & Co. | Raid dungeons for loot in a ruthless contest with other greedy wizards. From the designers of Alma Mater, Egizia, and many more! | 710 | £19,039.00 (216%) in 6 days | 2023-08-09 | Kickstarter 2‑4 players age 12+ 30-60 min. | 💰🌳 | BGG |
| Burn the Fort | A game of Indigenous resistance. Burn the Fort is a semi-cooperative game where you’ll face history in challenging & empowering ways | 272 | $14,388.15 (96%) in 8 days | 2023-08-23 | Gamefound 2‑4 players age 14+ 60-120 min. Card Game Dice Game Cooperative | 🌱 | BGG |
| The Gods Will Have Blood | It is April 1793. You are Evariste Gamelin, a young artist with an enthusiasm for the Republican cause. As an appointed magistrate, you will preside over show trials of accused royalists and counterrevolutionaries. Your goal is to elevate your reputation amongst your fellow Jacobins while using your… | 203 | $6,293.90 (210%) in 5 days | 2023-08-01 | Gamefound 1 player 15-30 min. | 💰🌱 | BGG |
| BLITZ IN THE EAST | Relive the Russian Campaign. Blitz as the Axis to quickly defeat the Soviets! Hold on as the Soviets and slowly overwhelm the Axis! | 160 | €23,228.00 (116%) in 5 days | 2023-08-10 | Kickstarter 1‑2 players age 14+ 120-300 min. | 💰🌳 | BGG |
| NEXUS: Legacy Edition Rulebook | Take the NEXUS: Arena Combat System to the next level with the new legacy rules edition. | 157 | $11,636.05 (388%) in 6 days | 2023-08-26 | Gamefound 2‑5 players age 17+ 60-120 min. Wargame Dice Game | 💰 | BGG |
| The Siblings Trouble: Expanded Deluxe Edition & Expansion | Go on an epic, 30-minute adventure in this card-driven, cooperative storytelling game for 2-5 players! | 120 | $6,251.00 (83%) in 6 days | 2023-08-08 | Kickstarter 2‑5 players age 12+ 30-45 min. | 🌳 | BGG |
| Caligula - An Adult Party Game from Steve Jackson Games | Caesar Commands You Make Rules! And Drink! | 119 | $4,329.00 (173%) in 4 days | 2023-08-10 | Kickstarter | 💰🌳 | |
| No man's planet Rising / ノーマンズプラネットライジング | 機械生命体が支配する惑星を舞台に、マシンを開発・改造・生産して領土を拡大していく重量級のボードゲーム「ノーマンズプラネット」の拡張セット制作プロジェクトです。 | 107 | ¥1,245,489 (125%) in 3 days | 2023-08-27 | Kickstarter | 🎉💰 | |
| THAT'S NOT FUNNY : A Ridiculous Role Play Game | A card game that is potentially offensive and significantly hilarious, like "Cards Against Humanity" meets "Charades" | 104 | $4,338.00 (87%) in 6 days | 2023-08-26 | Kickstarter | 🎉🌱 | |
| Quibbles: a quick and quaintly quirky card game | Swap, collect, and make clever combinations to be the first to gather 21 Quibbles. Fast-paced fun for 2-5 players! | 100 | €2,014.00 (201%) in 5 days | 2023-08-04 | Kickstarter 2‑5 players age 8+ 10-25 min. | 💰🌳 | BGG |
| Reign Absolute: Umbrous Edition | The compact streamlined version of the ultimate Rapid Strategic Fantasy. | 95 | $2,934.00 (196%) in 5 days | 2023-08-25 | Kickstarter 2 players | 💰 | BGG |
| Conqueror: Empire Rises | Challenge your friends to an epic empire building game that plays in under 2 hours:Six powerful nations are fighting to rule the ancient world. Who will conquer all? | 76 | $9,044.38 (113%) in 7 days | 2023-08-23 | Gamefound 3‑6 players age 14+ 60-120 min. Area Control | 💰 | BGG |
| Betwixt and Between: The Faery Queen's Whim | The final expansion for Betwixt and Between and a last chance to get this unique adventure board game based upon European folklore! | 65 | €2,489.00 (249%) in 2 days | 2023-08-25 | Kickstarter 1‑4 players age 14+ 90-120 min. | 🎉💰🌳 | BGG |
| Court of Profane Pleasures - Warband in the warp stone city | Since 2002 the first fresh expansion for the world-famous tabletop skirmish game set in the city of warp stone. | 65 | €2,636.00 (63%) in 3 days | 2023-08-13 | Kickstarter | 🌳 | |
| MYTHIK TCG: Twilight Immortal Set | Expanding Mythik TCG with Norse gods, Three Kingdoms heroes, Japanese Yokai, Hindu gods, Aztec gods and more! | 46 | $7,969.00 (114%) in 2 days | 2023-08-14 | Kickstarter | 💰 | |
| I felt... | An Emotionally-themed cooperative game. Discovering unknown feelings of your good friends! | 46 | ¥173,724 (35%) in 5 days | 2023-09-02 | Kickstarter | 🎉🌱 | |
| Bryn Heulwen with New Map Bundles | Choose a bundle which includes the base game or just expand your map collection for Bryn Heulwen (2nd ed). Get exclusive discounts and try a new game mode with additional exploration actions and gameplay. A unique Print and Play, roll and write game, based on a true story. | 16 | £149.77 (214%) in 7 days | 2023-09-10 | Gamefound 1‑5 players 40 min. Dice Game | 💰 |
Notable filtered projects (3)
| Name | Description | Backers | Pledged | Ends | Information | Tags |
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| Nightmare Over Ragged Hollow | A bloody good start in adventurous life! For OSE and all B/X look alikes | 1990 | €59,802.00 (2990%) in 14 days | 2023-08-02 | Kickstarter | 💰🌳 |
| Gameframe- Epic 3d printed game table | Game your table. Digital files to transform your standard table to a versatile gaming table. | 1609 | €69,365.00 (1387%) in 20 days | 2023-08-03 | Kickstarter | 💰🌱 |
| Gemstone Dice Spinners - Pocket Sized 7-in-1 Dice | A pocket sized dice spinner with a solid gemstone or glass core and solid metal case. | 1309 | £90,786.00 (1816%) in 28 days | 2023-07-31 | Kickstarter | 💰🌱 |
Yes and no. It's absolutely possible to do, but the way Kbin is structured the only ways I can think of would be really hacky. This is something that would probably be better fixed in the Kbin project.