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What is this?

This is a weekly crowdfunding roundup of new projects launched last week and projects that end the coming week.

Updates

Expect new lists every Sunday between 00:00 and 23:59 CEST on the following platforms:

Mastodon: @danielpervan

Discord: https://discord.gg/dN4P4PZcU9

Reddit: /r/boardgames

Selection criteria

The criteria for the lists are as follows:

Ending soon

  • Sorted by number of backers

  • 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:

    • No DnD books

    • No zines

    • No 3D printing

    • No dice sets

    • No magazines

    • No shirts

    • No playmats

    • No furniture

    • No events

  • 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.

  • (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

  • Sorted by number of backers

  • 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).

  • Gamefound projects launched in the last 7 days and passed the filters (see above).

  • (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 Jamaica/Canada/Honduras/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 cnat spel amymor!

Indeed, this fine piece of code runs purely on thoughts and prayers, so anything can happen. Leave a comment and I'll see what I can do.

Ending soon (21)

Name Description Backers Pledged Ends Information Tags BGG
League of Dungeoneers Expansion and 2nd print A reprint of the well received dungeon crawler game League of Dungeoneers as well as the new expansion The False Prophet. 3772 €483,804.00 (1935%) in 27 days 2023-10-26 💸 Gamefound 👥 1‑4 players ⏱️ 180 min. Cooperative 💰🌱
Hoard the Hams! Hoard the Hams is the inaugural Haminations card game. Hoard the most Hams, steal from others, and protect what you've got! 1820 $88,524.25 (1770%) in 25 days 2023-10-28 💸 Kickstarter 💰🌱
Hello Kitty: Day at the Park Join Hello Kitty and friends on a day out at the park. Exploring new tiles, collecting item tokens, and completing adventures to win! 1557 $110,123.00 (1101%) in 27 days 2023-10-27 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑4 players 👶 8+ ⏱️ 25-45 min. 🎉💰 BGG
Merchants of Magick: Dangerous Business + Draught of Dragons Grab this crunchy roll & write game along with 2 new expansions that offer a ton of modular variety & introduce exciting new mechanics 1350 $66,311.00 (332%) in 19 days 2023-10-27 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑8 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 45-60 min. 💰🌳 BGG
Diatoms - A Game of Microscopic Proportions A puzzly tile-placement, pattern-making game based on the obscure Victorian art form of creating microscopic mosaics out of algae. 1089 $49,532.00 (236%) in 26 days 2023-10-26 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑4 players 👶 8+ ⏱️ 30-45 min. 🎉💰🌱 BGG
Tiny Mini Golf Create minigolf courses for friends & push-your-luck trying to beat the one you got. 1018 €7,146.53 (2382%) in 26 days 2023-10-29 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑99 players 👶 8+ ⏱️ 20-40 min. 💰🌱 BGG
Cretaceous Rails A medium-weight euro game for 1-4 players. Build a rail and resort empire in the Cretaceous era. 944 $103,603.00 (1036%) in 26 days 2023-10-25 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑4 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 45-120 min. 🎉💰 BGG
Moonstone Fantasy Skirmish Game - Shades of Moonreach Moonstone - the award winning, Whimsical Tabletop Skirmish Game, returns to Kickstarter with a brand new faction! 786 £100,850.00 (672%) in 12 days 2023-10-26 💸 Kickstarter 💰🌳
Old School Tactical Vol IV Italian Theater 1943-45 Fast, fun, tactical strategy gaming set in World War II 477 $65,346.00 (327%) in 17 days 2023-10-24 💸 Kickstarter 💰🌳
[Derelict A Death in Space Adventure](https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1022698010/derelict-a-death-in-space-adventure) Search and plunder a spaceship graveyard orbiting a black hole. Hazards and oddities await! 404 €6,296.00 (630%) in 15 days 2023-10-28 💸 Kickstarter 👥 3‑8 players 👶 13+ ⏱️ 60-120 min. 💰🌳
Story Time Backgammon The makers of Story Time Chess bring you Story Time Backgammon, a math-focused, story-driven board game for ages three and up! 365 $45,130.00 (150%) in 20 days 2023-10-23 💸 Kickstarter 💰
Fib® A Game for Liars and Thieves® The party card game where you win by lying, stealing, and catching liars and thieves! 350 $15,120.18 (302%) in 26 days 2023-10-27 💸 Kickstarter 💰🌱
WARPED: The Psychedelic Card Game An out-of-this-world trippy question-answer card game based on expanding your mind, building community and laughter! 333 CA$15,661.29 (234%) in 26 days 2023-10-27 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑6 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 60-200 min. 💰🌱 BGG
Yokai Quest and the Secrets of the Snow Peaks Live a new adventure in a world full of fantastic creatures. Enjoy all the game with 119 chibi miniatures. EXCLUSIVE KICKSTARTER 245 €13,322.00 (444%) in 17 days 2023-10-23 💸 Kickstarter 💰🌳
Town Constructor Construct your town in the best possible way in this strategy, roll and write, print and play board game. 211 €1,889.00 (1889%) in 18 days 2023-10-24 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑100 players 👶 10+ ⏱️ 20-45 min. 💰 BGG
Legends of Signum II: Warseer - Fantasy Hexagonal Wargame Legends of Signum II: Warseer is a new hexagonal game with highly detailed character miniatures for collectors and artists. 134 $26,964.00 (180%) in 19 days 2023-10-29 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑4 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 30-60 min. 💰🌳 BGG
Backwards: Regional American Gothic Horror Step into a bizarre, post-apocalyptic America with two new regional settings for the Backwards: American Gothic Horror universe. 126 $12,637.00 (84%) in 19 days 2023-10-28 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑6 players 👶 12+ ⏱️ 240-300 min. BGG
Mind Cycling The strategy board game to experience the adrenaline of a real bike race. 122 €6,252.00 (125%) in 27 days 2023-10-27 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑6 players 👶 10+ ⏱️ 20-60 min. 💰🌱 BGG
Amsterdam Essential Experience Amsterdam (the SFCC-Universe) now in it's Essential or Deluxe edition 83 $13,256.00 (265%) in 4 days 2023-10-26 💸 Kickstarter 🎉💰🌳
raiders of the color compass Unique adventure one page Roll and Write (chose&color) puzzle game with cthulhu and lost scape crew rethemes 52 €384.00 (384%) in 24 days 2023-10-28 💸 Gamefound 👥 1‑99 players 👶 8+ ⏱️ 30-60 min. Dice Game Cooperative 💰🌱 BGG
Margrave: The Marcher Lords Margrave: The Marcher Lords - historical fantasy rank-and-flank miniature wargame inspired by strategy video gaming mechanics. For fans of Total War, Company of Heroes, and Age of Empires. How will you lead? 51 £21,174.90 (141%) in 25 days 2023-10-27 💸 Gamefound 👥 2‑4 players ⏱️ 120 min. Wargame 💰🌱

New this week (28)

Name Description Backers Pledged Ends Information Tags BGG
The Witcher: Path of Destiny The Witcher: Path of Destiny is a competitive 1-5 player tableau-building card game where you become one of the characters taking part in the most iconic stories from the Witcher universe. 23973 $1,986,079.06 (2648%) in 3 days 2023-11-07 💸 Gamefound 👥 1‑5 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 45-90 min. Card Game 💰🔥🌳 BGG
[Dice Throne X-Men • Marvel Missions Co-op • Deadpool](https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dicethrone/dice-throne-x-men-marvel-co-op-missions) Marvel Dice Throne is back with 8 new X-Men heroes, Deadpool, and a brand new cooperative experience: Marvel Dice Throne Missions! 10734 $2,376,466.00 (2376%) in 5 days 2023-11-07 💸 Kickstarter 🎉💰🔥
Obsession: Characters Expansion (with Metal Coins) Manoeuvre around Victorian fate with the aid of a constable, reverend, and dowager. Plus Obsession coins! 5097 $190,899.00 (382%) in 6 days 2023-10-31 💸 Kickstarter 💰🔥
Ezra and Nehemiah Rebuild the walls and temple for the returning exiles of ancient Jerusalem in this 1-4 thematic strategy game from Garphill Games 2438 NZ$319,205.42 (1388%) in 5 days 2023-11-03 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑4 players 👶 13+ ⏱️ 90-120 min. 🎉💰🔥🌳 BGG
Molly House From designers Jo Kelly and Cole Wehrle comes a game of queer joy and betrayal in 18th century London. Experience this immersive historical board game from the creators behind Pax Pamir and John Company. 2306 $191,833.00 (384%) in 6 days 2023-11-10 💸 Backerkit 👥 1‑5 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 45-90 min. 💰🔥 BGG
The Red Dragon Inn Allies: Melvyn vs Marah Two new characters join the party in the classic tavern game! 1965 $71,224.00 (712%) in 3 days 2023-11-10 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑5 players 👶 13+ ⏱️ 30-90 min. 💰🔥🌳 BGG
The Morrison Game Factory - A Puzzletale An abandoned board game factory invites you to unravel its secrets. 1365 $53,128.00 (177%) in 5 days 2023-11-16 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑4 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 100-240 min. 🎉💰🔥 BGG
Til Death Do Us Part: A Sinister Strategy Game for Adults. The tabletop board game of "Marrying and Burying"! Players compete to become the richest and most ruthless Gold Digger at the table! 1210 $50,121.00 (1002%) in 5 days 2023-11-17 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑6 players 👶 16+ ⏱️ 45-180 min. 🎉💰🔥🌱 BGG
Car Wars Companion for Sixth Edition Car Wars Sixth Edition returns to the table with more than 30 new scenarios, new rules, and more to expand and customize your game! 1172 $43,494.50 (2175%) in 5 days 2023-10-31 💸 Kickstarter 🎉💰🔥🌳
Villagers of the Oak Dell - Roll & Write Euro-style roll & write about establishing your own settlement in the Oak Dell! From the author of Terracotta Army - Przemysław Fornal. 894 €8,853.00 (885%) in 6 days 2023-11-01 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑100 players 👶 10+ ⏱️ 20-40 min. 💰🌱 BGG
The Gilded Realms Forge your empire in this captivating euro-style kingdom builder for 2-4 players. Rule wisely and become Serpens Champion! 826 A$101,856.32 (509%) in 5 days 2023-11-16 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑4 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 90-180 min. 💰🌱 BGG
CUBED Nostalgia: KS Exclusive, Limited Edition Dominoes Next Level Dominoes with a Modern Twist. From the incredibly successful Original CUBED Game. 592 CA$45,407.29 (61%) in 4 days 2023-11-18 💸 Kickstarter 🌳
Taiki Shinzawa's Charms and Inflation! Two terrific trick takers from Japanese designer Taiki Shinzawa 472 $25,922.00 (216%) in 5 days 2023-11-01 💸 Kickstarter 💰🌳
Fall of Lumen The Keepers are back to overthrow Lumen. A deck-building and area movement tabletop game set in the lands of Legends of Void. 398 €19,961.00 (104%) in 6 days 2023-11-09 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑4 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 80-150 min. 💰 BGG
Cryptid Cafe: The Chef's Apprentice Set in the Cryptid Cafe universe you'll draft, plate, prep, and garnish outrageous dishes to try and become the next Chef's Apprentice! 297 $16,728.00 (112%) in 5 days 2023-11-08 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑4 players 👶 10+ ⏱️ 30-45 min. 💰 BGG
Nujum Predict the movement of the stars in this relaxed-paced, beautiful board game for 2 players. 252 £5,125.00 (51%) in 6 days 2023-11-07 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2 players 👶 8+ ⏱️ 15-20 min. 🎉🌱 BGG
Classified Information: 2-Player Deduction Small Box Game Classified Information is a fast-playing (15-minutes or less), 2-player "iterative" deduction game, fully contained within 18 cards. 247 $10,598.00 (606%) in 6 days 2023-11-02 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2 players 👶 12+ ⏱️ 10-15 min. 💰 BGG
Argonauts, Deus ex Machina, and Troy: the card games A collection of 3 unique thematic card games in a 3 games-in-1 kickstarter campaign. 192 €6,965.00 (139%) in 6 days 2023-11-04 💸 Kickstarter 🎉💰🌳
FlickFleet: A Box of Pirate Flicks A Box of Pirate Flicks is the fifth expansion for the FlickFleet space combat dexterity game. 190 £19,361.17 (968%) in 5 days 2023-10-31 💸 Gamefound 👥 2‑4 players ⏱️ 20 min. Dice Game 💰🌳
Hydra Battle the ever-growing Hydra in this semi-coop game for 1-4 heroes. Outsmart your companions and become the city's legend or downfall! 154 €6,752.00 (17%) in 3 days 2023-11-17 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑4 players 👶 8+ ⏱️ 30-60 min. BGG
Esdra e Neemia & L'Eredità di Yu I prossimi giochi CHUR GAMES dagli autori del Regno Occidentale e Predoni di Scizia. 140 €10,351.00 (104%) in 5 days 2023-11-17 💸 Kickstarter 💰
Teddies vs Monsters : The Card Game "Protect or devour, it's your choice in this real-time, hand management game. It's just quick, chaotic fun!" 121 CA$10,343.29 (51%) in 7 days 2023-11-14 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑4 players 👶 10+ ⏱️ 5 min. 🌱 BGG
【2023秋ゲムマ】Fairy of Perfume /フェアリーオブパフューム 大好評をいただいたプロジェクト、Fairy of Perfume /フェアリーオブパフュームの再販プロジェクトです! 100 ¥796,609 (159%) in 4 days 2023-11-04 💸 Kickstarter 💰
Deep Six - A Game of Galactic Mayhem A quirky game of fast-paced combat, where strategy and chaos go hand-in-hand. Welcome to the deep space turf war of Alpha Colony 6! 94 CA$7,342.29 (31%) in 4 days 2023-11-17 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑4 players 👶 13+ ⏱️ 15-45 min. 🌱 BGG
Would Be Aces A Solitaire WW2 print and play game where you command a flight of P-47 Thunderbolts 91 £1,390.00 (1390%) in 3 days 2023-11-18 💸 Kickstarter 💰🌳
Amsterdam Essential Experience Amsterdam (the SFCC-Universe) now in it's Essential or Deluxe edition 83 $13,256.00 (265%) in 4 days 2023-10-26 💸 Kickstarter 🎉💰🌳
The Establishment: Inner Workings of a Secret Cabal Take control of humanity's destiny in The Establishment, a card-based, storytelling game where you lead a secret cabal in the near-future. 72 $5,001.00 (71%) in 4 days 2023-11-14 💸 Backerkit 👥 3‑5 players 👶 13+ ⏱️ 60-120 min. BGG
Bridge of Spies - The Board Game Fellow Agents! Gather intel and outsmart your rivals in this new code-cracking bluffing game for 2-6 players! 33 £1,149.00 (13%) in 2 days 2023-11-17 💸 Kickstarter 🌱

Notable filtered projects (8)

Name Description Backers Pledged Ends Information Tags
Board Butler - Flattens your game boards. A quick, easy and elegant way to flatten your game boards. Works with nearly all board games, attach/detach in seconds, transparent. 2969 $66,057.95 (1201%) in 12 days 2023-10-28 💸 Kickstarter 💰🔥🌱
The Deckimono, a Deck Box in Kimono with a Toploader Display Fits 100 double-sleeved cards PLUS Tokens. For Magic the gathering, Flesh and Blood TCG, Pokemon TCG, Yugioh, and other TCGs. 2875 £197,787.00 (9889%) in 30 days 2023-10-23 💸 Kickstarter 🎉💰🌳
The Hidden Isle Embark on a Tarot adventure! Wield magic and fight tyranny across the Renaissance world in this TTRPG powered by card divination. 2436 €213,859.70 (2139%) in 24 days 2023-10-28 💸 Kickstarter 🎉💰
OUTSIDERS: an expansion for NOTORIOUS A standalone solo tabletop roleplaying game of hardscrabble bounty hunting at the edge of the galaxy. 1724 £35,302.00 (883%) in 12 days 2023-10-24 💸 Kickstarter 🎉💰
Cohors Cthulhu Tabletop Roleplaying Game A 2d20 RPG adventure of mighty Roman warriors and their barbarian rivals fighting the forces of the Mythos 1639 £165,191.00 (330%) in 19 days 2023-10-29 💸 Kickstarter 🎉💰🌳
Vault 5e: A Life Well Lived Bring 5e characters to life outside the dungeon. Delve into their past and future with Cubicle 7 1504 €68,236.00 (682%) in 19 days 2023-10-24 💸 Kickstarter 🎉💰
Rum & Razing Fantasy Pirates, 3D Printable STL Miniatures and Terrain for Role Playing Games, Tabletop, Wargames, or other TTRPG 1087 $58,927.00 (5893%) in 6 days 2023-10-27 💸 Kickstarter 💰🌳
KINGSMOUTH - A 5e Dark Fantasy Setting Kingsmouth is a unique campaign setting of a dark world built with despair and cosmic horror for the world's greatest roleplaying game 1022 €105,944.00 (1177%) in 19 days 2023-10-27 💸 Kickstarter 💰
 

What is this?

This is a weekly crowdfunding roundup of new projects launched last week and projects that end the coming week.

Updates

Expect new lists every Sunday between 00:00 and 23:59 CEST on the following platforms:

Mastodon: @danielpervan

Discord: https://discord.gg/dN4P4PZcU9

Reddit: /r/boardgames

Selection criteria

The criteria for the lists are as follows:

Ending soon

  • Sorted by number of backers

  • 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:

    • No DnD books

    • No zines

    • No 3D printing

    • No dice sets

    • No magazines

    • No shirts

    • No playmats

    • No furniture

    • No events

  • 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.

  • (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

  • Sorted by number of backers

  • 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).

  • Gamefound projects launched in the last 7 days and passed the filters (see above).

  • (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 Belize/Canada/Nicaragua/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 Chrome is eating all my RAM!

Indeed, this fine piece of code runs purely on an old VHS recorder, so anything can happen. Leave a comment and I'll see what I can do.

Ending soon (20)

Name Description Backers Pledged Ends Information Tags BGG
DEEP ROCK GALACTIC - SPACE RIG & BIOME EXPANSIONS Play assignments and new mission types with the Space Rig expansion and add new biomes and creatures with the Biome expansion. 9061 €2,006,923.20 (1003%) in 17 days 2023-10-16 💸 Kickstarter 🎉💰🔥🌳
Dark Tomb: Bloodthorn Island A full dungeon crawler that fits in your pocket! The new Dark Tomb adventure is coming ... and it's epic! 5942 $195,590.00 (4890%) in 26 days 2023-10-21 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑5 players 👶 12+ ⏱️ 20-50 min. 🎉💰🔥🌳 BGG
Beast - Shattered Isles The official expansion for the critically acclaimed hidden movement game Beast. Welcome to a dangerous new world, filled with new Beasts, ruins, and brave hunters in search of forgotten knowledge. 5202 €780,620.03 (4337%) in 26 days 2023-10-16 💸 Gamefound 👥 2‑4 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 60-120 min. Cooperative 💰🌱 BGG
The Night Cage: Shrieking Hollow 1-5 player expansion for The Night Cage - something lurks within the labyrinth's deepest depths. Only your candle can keep it at bay. 2899 $207,752.00 (1039%) in 12 days 2023-10-20 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑5 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 40-60 min. 🎉💰🔥🌳 BGG
FORAGE The final instalment of the 9 card solitaire game trilogy (following Orchard and its sequel Grove). 2501 $38,152.00 (1272%) in 20 days 2023-10-20 💸 Kickstarter 🎉💰🌳
Kavango Become a Conservation Expert and build a thriving Nature Reserve 1-5 Players 2208 £155,246.00 (3105%) in 26 days 2023-10-19 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑5 players 👶 10+ ⏱️ 40-60 min.
Theme Park Mania: Build a theme park together Build an amusement park with 2 - 4 players! Connect your own rides and facilities. When the park opens, competition starts. 1576 €90,411.00 (603%) in 26 days 2023-10-20 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑4 players 👶 10+ ⏱️ 45-120 min. 💰🌱 BGG
Dicktective: A Game For Adults 🚫 NOT For Your Kids Gather up some friends and get to doodling dongs. Match the most suspects to their drawing and become the ultimate Dicktective! 1120 $33,971.00 (679%) in 26 days 2023-10-19 💸 Kickstarter 💰🌱
21X: Blackjack for Maths Lovers - Limited Edition A new maths-puzzle card game, featuring cards by renowned mathematicians and communicators. A numbered edition, produced only once. 1046 £25,140.00 (838%) in 18 days 2023-10-19 💸 Kickstarter 💰
Storyburg: An Adventure Story Deckbuilding Game Dorothy, Peter Pan, Alice and Little Nemo team up in this CO-OP (or SOLO!) story campaign. Designed for adults, but kids love it too! 813 $41,252.00 (413%) in 27 days 2023-10-19 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑4 players 👶 11+ ⏱️ 45-180 min. 🎉💰🌱 BGG
Tawa - The Wood Art Travel Game Grasp Tawa's rules in just 5 minutes and dive into a game lasting a mere 10. Your favorite companion for travel downtimes. 760 HK$479,206.00 (1198%) in 26 days 2023-10-19 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑4 players 👶 7+ ⏱️ 10-20 min. 🎉💰🌳 BGG
Sirens, Defrag & 16 Candies. A Tiny Game Series. 3 Unique and Addictive Tiny Games in 1 Box! 726 $20,817.00 (208%) in 26 days 2023-10-19 💸 Kickstarter 🎉💰
Aberration A cooperative tower defense board game of horror and survival! Can you survive the night? 697 $138,700.67 (694%) in 19 days 2023-10-21 💸 Gamefound 👥 1‑4 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 60-90 min. Cooperative 💰🌱 BGG
One Card Maze Get Lost on One Card! 557 NZ$2,328.42 (2328%) in 13 days 2023-10-19 💸 Kickstarter 💰
7TV: The 80s Genre Guide A new hardback 7TV supplement to enjoy cinematic skirmishes inspired by all your fave 80s tv and films! Plus loads of new miniatures! 433 £45,464.00 (303%) in 13 days ⚠️ 2023-10-15 💸 Kickstarter 💰🌳
Ahoy Kitten 2-6 Player Pirate Themed Cat Game Cat Pirates fighting for fish by bluffing and set collection! Join in this 2-6 Player raucous game of pirate kitten fun! 221 $4,407.00 (176%) in 12 days 2023-10-21 💸 Kickstarter 💰🌳
BAD BLOOD Murder Mystery Game & Playing Cards Kelly McMahon presents 1920's-inspired, playing cards and a devilish murder mystery game with comic writer Mat Groom. Printed by WJPC. 209 $11,375.00 (103%) in 25 days 2023-10-20 💸 Kickstarter 🎉💰
THE VEIL: Resurrected (Seasons 1, 2, and 3 Reprint) This dark fantasy deck building card game can be played solo, vs, teams, campaigns, and cooperatively in our dungeon crawl expansion. 150 $28,400.00 (568%) in 60 days ⚠️ 2023-10-15 💸 Kickstarter 💰
The Black Credit Conversation Card Game Be the first to earn an 800+ credit score by correctly answering questions about credit most people THINK they know. 60 $8,213.00 (82%) in 24 days 2023-10-19 💸 Kickstarter 🎉🌱
Shelfie Totes 2 Kallax-Sized Board Game Bags, more durable than ever! Featuring new and fan-favorite art. 52 $2,173.00 (435%) in 12 days 2023-10-17 💸 Kickstarter 🎉💰🌳

New this week (23)

Name Description Backers Pledged Ends Information Tags BGG
Cascadero & Cascadito (+ Zoo Vadis) Trigger cascading combos and compete to reunite the land in these two new games from designer Reiner Knizia and artist Ian O'Toole. 1682 $122,481.00 (817%) in 5 days 2023-11-03 💸 Kickstarter 💰🔥🌳
Deluxe Board Game Train Sets: Wave 2 All new engines and rail cars for your favorite train board games! 1217 $122,978.00 (1230%) in 5 days 2023-11-02 💸 Kickstarter 💰🔥
Erune Light & Darkness Erune's back with 'Light & Darkness'! Dive into a next-gen hybrid dungeon crawler: new heroes, quests, lore, & foes await! 1129 €172,599.00 (345%) in 5 days 2023-10-31 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑5 players 👶 12+ ⏱️ 60-120 min. 💰🔥 BGG
KeyForge: Grim Reminders Last year, KeyForge made a triumphant return to the world with KeyForge: Winds of Exchange. Now, the time has come to back its darker sequel: KeyForge: Grim Reminders. 970 $242,407.58 (485%) in 3 days 2023-10-31 💸 Gamefound 👥 2 players 👶 10+ ⏱️ 15-45 min. Card Game Deck Building 💰🔥 BGG
Davy Jones' Locker: Curse of the Ghost Ships Expansion A new foe haunts the seas! Team up with your friends in this co-op experience to send the Banshee back down to Davy Jones' Locker! 902 $58,503.00 (195%) in 5 days 2023-10-31 💸 Kickstarter 💰
Moonstone Fantasy Skirmish Game - Shades of Moonreach Moonstone - the award winning, Whimsical Tabletop Skirmish Game, returns to Kickstarter with a brand new faction! 638 £80,183.00 (535%) in 5 days 2023-10-26 💸 Kickstarter 💰🌳
Flame & Fang Be a dragon! Fight, fly, and hunt together to survive and reveal the story in this tabletop board game. 536 $26,438.00 (94%) in 4 days 2023-11-03 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑4 players 👶 12+ ⏱️ 30-60 min. 🌳 BGG
Lovecraftesque Second Edition The second edition of the award-winning classic indie storytelling game. You will create a gripping horror mystery tale in a single session of play. Surprise each other with brand-new eldritch horrors and guide your character to their doom. 382 £25,962.00 (260%) in 6 days 2023-11-09 💸 Backerkit 💰
The Great Tea Robbery — An Immersive Mystery Adventure History's most lucrative theft or nothing but an elaborate hoax? 313 HK$413,623.00 (660%) in 6 days 2023-11-09 💸 Kickstarter 🎉💰
L'Ordre de Veiel : Le deck building tactique Un mélange subtil de tactique et de deckbuilding dans un jeu coopératif pour 1 à 5 joueurs. Lancement le 14 Octobre à 20h ! 292 €39,369.00 (394%) in 1 days 2023-11-13 💸 Kickstarter 💰🔥
The Christian Meme Game: A New Party Game for Christians Compete choosing the funniest caption for your favorite Christian Memes 360 Captions 75 Memes 289 $11,602.00 (166%) in 5 days 2023-11-16 💸 Kickstarter
Burn the Witch Paranoia and pyromania fuel this social deduction game of burn or be burned. 276 $19,994.00 (250%) in 6 days 2023-11-10 💸 Kickstarter 👥 5‑15 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 45-75 min. 💰 BGG
Torch & Shield Fierce combat between rival clans in the dangerous underworld of the fallen Dwarf empire. 263 A$38,309.32 (488%) in 5 days 2023-11-09 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑6 players 👶 10+ ⏱️ 90-180 min. 💰 BGG
The Faceless Amusement Park The first Dungeon Crawler with Compass and Magnets 236 €14,236.00 (41%) in 2 days 2023-11-02 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑4 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 60-100 min. BGG
Dungeons and Naggins Irish comedy co-op board game, with drinking! 218 €9,322.00 (311%) in 6 days 2023-11-09 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑6 players 👶 21+ ⏱️ 20-40 min. 💰🌱 BGG
Patrician: Towers of Influence Compete to build magnificent towers across medieval Italy in Michael Schacht's classic strategy board game for 2-5 master architects. 146 $4,262.00 (50%) in 3 days 2023-11-11 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑5 players 👶 8+ ⏱️ 20-50 min. 🌳 BGG
Coupon Clipper - Set Collection Print-n-Cut Game A cut-and-pass print-and-play game about collecting coupons and preparing for the holidays! 131 $1,471.00 (1471%) in 5 days 2023-11-09 💸 Kickstarter 💰🌳
The Revelation Abyss Lead, Strategize, Triumph and Explore the dark mysteries of the universe in a Dynamic Multiplayer World 125 €15,820.00 (16%) in 5 days 2023-11-09 💸 Kickstarter 🌱
HALLOWEEN vs DIA DE MUERTOS Figth of the Antium season Halloween vs Dia De Muertos who it's going to win this festivity? 106 MX$36,938.80 (1478%) in 6 days 2023-10-26 💸 Kickstarter 💰🌳
Le Neckbeard: Quest for Love A Casual Card Game for Casuals 99 CA$4,721.29 (79%) in 5 days 2023-11-09 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑4 players 👶 18+ ⏱️ 15-30 min. 🌳 BGG
Compound 49 An immersive 1-6 player survival horror board game. Navigate through terrifying challenges whilst facing your fears. 91 $21,511.00 (143%) in 3 days 2023-11-12 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑6 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 60-480 min. 💰🌱 BGG
Alone in the Woods A tale of a Witch's revenge, the will to survive, and your desire to become a Witch. 45 $4,338.00 (7%) in 1 days 2023-11-17 💸 Kickstarter 🌱
In the Depths A co-op dungeon crawler, with grand customization and choices that will change the ending. [FB group: Legendscape Games (In The Depths) 18 $1,025.00 (8%) in 1 days 2023-11-13 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑5 players 👶 16+ ⏱️ 90 min. 🌱 BGG

Notable filtered projects (5)

Name Description Backers Pledged Ends Information Tags
Miniature Painting Made Easy - Hardcover books Book collection to help put an end to the endless grey tide and make you proud of your miniatures. 3412 €419,462.00 (4195%) in 19 days ⚠️ 2023-10-15 💸 Kickstarter 💰🌱
Wanderer's Guide to Enchanted Emporiums (5E) A 5E sourcebook filled with epic marketplaces, ready-to-play shops, rules for enchanting, 100 magic items, price lists, and much more! 2181 €121,038.00 (2421%) in 26 days 2023-10-20 💸 Kickstarter 💰🌳
Skull & Bone Dice Set by LYNX Skull & Bone themed dice set for tabletop RPGs & boardgames. Hand painted; available in 'Cleaned Bone White' and 'Ancient Bone Yellow'. 1501 €67,784.74 (678%) in 19 days 2023-10-17 💸 Kickstarter 🎉💰
Board Butler - Flattens your game boards. A quick, easy and elegant way to flatten your game boards. Works with nearly all board games, attach/detach in seconds, transparent. 1316 $28,870.95 (525%) in 5 days 2023-10-28 💸 Kickstarter 💰🔥🌱
OUTSIDERS: an expansion for NOTORIOUS A standalone solo tabletop roleplaying game of hardscrabble bounty hunting at the edge of the galaxy. 1164 £23,507.00 (588%) in 5 days 2023-10-24 💸 Kickstarter 💰🔥
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What is this?

This is a weekly crowdfunding roundup of new projects launched last week and projects that end the coming week.

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The criteria for the lists are as follows:

Ending soon

  • Sorted by number of backers

  • 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:

    • No DnD books

    • No zines

    • No 3D printing

    • No dice sets

    • No magazines

    • No shirts

    • No playmats

    • No furniture

    • No events

  • 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.

  • (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

  • Sorted by number of backers

  • 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).

  • Gamefound projects launched in the last 7 days and passed the filters (see above).

  • (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

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💰: Funded

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FAQ

I live in Cuba/Canada/Belize/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 my coffee is cold!

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Ending soon (27)

Name Description Backers Pledged Ends Information Tags BGG
Dragon Eclipse Enter a magical world of mythical beasts and ancient dragons in Dragon Eclipse, the exciting new board game for 1-2 players! Uncover the secrets of the eclipse that changed everything and discover the dangerous and treacherous world that awaits you. 14843 $2,885,802.91 (5772%) in 19 days 2023-10-10 💸 Gamefound 👥 1‑2 players 👶 12+ ⏱️ 60-120 min. 💰🔥🌳 BGG
[Mycelia The Strategic Mushroom Game](https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/splitstonegames/mycelia-the-strategic-mushroom-board-game) A dynamic competition for space and resources to create your own mushroom kingdom. 9909 £517,111.00 (5746%) in 31 days ⚠️ 2023-10-08 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑4 players 👶 9+ ⏱️ 45 min. 🎉💰🔥🌱
Final Girl Series 3 All-new content for the mega-hit solitaire horror board game 7650 $1,391,174.52 (464%) in 19 days 2023-10-14 💸 Kickstarter 🎉💰🔥🌳
Fromage Make, age, and sell artisan French cheeses in this simultaneous play, worker-placement game. 4752 $236,607.00 (2366%) in 26 days 2023-10-10 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑4 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 30-45 min. 🎉💰🌳 BGG
Vagrantsong Encore and Off the Rails expansions Two eerie and exhilarating expansions for the spooky boss-battler Vagrantsong. 3026 $297,660.94 (541%) in 19 days 2023-10-12 💸 Kickstarter 💰🌳
Flock Together - An Asymmetric Cooperative Game Gather your teammates & level up your character to fight off the invading predators in this beautifully immersive game for 1-5 players. 3001 $236,476.00 (473%) in 26 days 2023-10-12 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑5 players 👶 10+ ⏱️ 25-125 min. 🎉💰🌱 BGG
Millennia Lead your civilization to glory in this strategy board game for 1–4 players. 2914 €103,778.00 (358%) in 19 days 2023-10-10 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑4 players 👶 10+ ⏱️ 30-120 min. 🎉💰🌳 BGG
Creature Caravan A simultaneous tableau-building game in the land of Arzium. Designed and illustrated by Ryan Laukat. Also launching the World of Arzium RPG! 2725 $311,326.03 (623%) in 20 days 2023-10-10 💸 Gamefound 👥 1‑6 players 👶 10+ ⏱️ 45-60 min. Card Game 💰 BGG
Canopy: Evergreen Grow a bountiful forest in this beautiful standalone game of card drafting and set collection based in the Pacific Northwest! 1624 $89,692.00 (359%) in 19 days 2023-10-14 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑4 players 👶 10+ ⏱️ 45-60 min. 🎉💰🌳 BGG
Defenders of the Wild Cooperative board game & rules-light RPG 🍂 Gather a crew of animal defenders to resist the machines! 1542 $92,333.00 (185%) in 12 days 2023-10-14 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑4 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 45-90 min. 🎉💰🌱 BGG
Transmissions Board Game (Second Printing) Share mechanical friends in a lovely rondel worker placement board game! 1474 $66,570.00 (166%) in 19 days 2023-10-11 💸 Kickstarter 🎉💰🌳
Under the Eagle - ONUS! - Simon Scarrow 🗡️ An ONUS! expansion based on Simon Scarrow’s books. The conquest of Britannia with Roman Emperor Claudius, Vespasian, Macro and Cato. 957 €51,900.00 (1366%) in 26 days 2023-10-13 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑6 players 🎉💰🌳 BGG
Rivals Rivals is a Battle Royale / Deckbuilding boardgame from 2 to 6 players based on a futuristic universe. 910 €75,986.00 (304%) in 26 days 2023-10-12 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑6 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 40-120 min. 🎉💰🌱 BGG
FOUNDERS Become the FOUNDERS of the first City, design the plans with secret allies and a hint of legacy. An ICE prequel for 2-5 players. ❄️ 896 €60,256.00 (241%) in 19 days 2023-10-10 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑5 players 👶 10+ ⏱️ 35-60 min. 🎉💰 BGG
Bone Wars Travel back to the 19th century to relive the Great Dinosaur Rush. 1-4 Players take on the role of paleontologists that help out Edward Cope and Othniel Marsh in their discovery of dozens of new dinosaur species, in what turned out one of the biggest rivalries in US history. 748 €72,554.75 (242%) in 20 days 2023-10-13 💸 Gamefound 👥 1‑4 players 👶 12+ ⏱️ 60-120 min. 💰🌳 BGG
Haunted Halloween: The Trick-or-Treat Board Game Trick-or-treat the haunted neighborhood! Strategize, form alliances and push your luck on a quest to collect the most candy to win! 568 $41,843.00 (209%) in 27 days 2023-10-13 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑4 players 👶 8+ ⏱️ 20-40 min. 💰🌳 BGG
Gold Nugget The raven's left the forest for a few days, leaving its precious gold nugget unguarded. Which woodland creature will successfully raid the nest in this unique bluffing and deduction game? 563 €23,629.24 (236%) in 33 days 2023-10-11 💸 Gamefound 👥 2‑5 players 👶 10+ ⏱️ 15-25 min. Card Game 💰 BGG
The Cursed Menagerie Solo dice game, of supernatural confrontation with ghosts haunting eery objects. 420 $2,108.00 (2108%) in 5 days 2023-10-13 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1 player 👶 14+ ⏱️ 20-30 min. 💰 BGG
7TV: The 80s Genre Guide A new hardback 7TV supplement to enjoy cinematic skirmishes inspired by all your fave 80s tv and films! Plus loads of new miniatures! 378 £40,213.00 (268%) in 6 days 2023-10-15 💸 Kickstarter 💰🌳
The Holiest Crap: A Funny Card Game About The Crap We All Do Heavenly chaos for the whole family!🔥 Save your soul, expose your enemies' crap, & look better than everyone else–Holy crap it's fun! 368 $11,616.77 (149%) in 26 days 2023-10-13 💸 Kickstarter 👥 3‑5 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 30-60 min. 🎉💰🌱 BGG
Pocket Sci-Fi: A Cyborg Adventure Escape the Prison Planet of the Synth in this new space-themed dice crawler inspired by classic adventure games. 269 £3,683.00 (7366%) in 39 days 2023-10-09 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1 player 👶 12+ ⏱️ 30-45 min. 🎉💰 BGG
From the Earth to the Moon - Jules Verne's novel Print&Play This flip & write board game for 1-6 players represents the essence of the novel. Build the big cannon, place bets and engage in duels. 176 €1,121.00 (2242%) in 27 days 2023-10-11 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑6 players 👶 10+ ⏱️ 30-45 min. 💰 BGG
Grave Robbers From Outer Space: Director's Cut! The classic B-Movie card game alive again! Play as director, building up your own film while defending it from hollywood creatures. 170 $13,216.00 (294%) in 30 days ⚠️ 2023-10-08 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑99 players 👶 12+ ⏱️ 20-60 min. 💰🌱 BGG
THE VEIL: Resurrected (Seasons 1, 2, and 3 Reprint) This dark fantasy deck building card game can be played solo, vs, teams, campaigns, and cooperatively in our dungeon crawl expansion. 139 $26,271.00 (525%) in 53 days 2023-10-15 💸 Kickstarter 💰
The Strange Forgeries Of Mr. S.C.Rheber This is a game unlike any other.It melds two genres, introducing drawing into logic games while putting one player in an unconventional role—crafting a rule of the game!Can you outwit the Game Master and unravel the Secret Rule that marks the Strange Forgeries of Mister Simon Charles Rheber? 120 €10,216.94 (102%) in 34 days 2023-10-09 💸 Gamefound 👥 3‑7 players 👶 12+ ⏱️ 45-60 min. 💰🌱 BGG
1879: Exploration and Discovery Campaign for the Saurids Sourcebook and Maps of London 117 $11,313.00 (226%) in 20 days 2023-10-14 💸 Kickstarter 👶 14+ ⏱️ 120 min. 💰🌳 BGG
Heart of Venice: Roll-and-Write game Heart of Venice, a strategical roll and write puzzle game about prosperity of Venice brought to you by JrnyCat (旅する8ポンドのねこ). 109 ¥379,409 (152%) in 27 days 2023-10-12 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑50 players 👶 10+ ⏱️ 15-45 min. 💰🌱 BGG

New this week (27)

Name Description Backers Pledged Ends Information Tags BGG
The Night Cage: Shrieking Hollow 1-5 player expansion for The Night Cage - something lurks within the labyrinth's deepest depths. Only your candle can keep it at bay. 2175 $155,156.00 (776%) in 5 days 2023-10-20 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑5 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 40-60 min. 🎉💰🔥🌳 BGG
Merchants of Magick: Dangerous Business + Draught of Dragons Grab this crunchy roll & write game along with 2 new expansions that offer a ton of modular variety & introduce exciting new mechanics 927 $45,072.00 (225%) in 5 days 2023-10-27 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑8 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 45-60 min. 💰🌳 BGG
Ghost Face®: The Game A new tabletop adventure where players try to stop up to 3 killers in different Ghost Face® masks from overtaking a Drive-In theater! 531 $42,930.00 (245%) in 5 days 2023-10-31 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑4 players 👶 17+ ⏱️ 20 min. 💰 BGG
The Cursed Menagerie Solo dice game, of supernatural confrontation with ghosts haunting eery objects. 420 $2,108.00 (2108%) in 5 days 2023-10-13 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1 player 👶 14+ ⏱️ 20-30 min. 💰 BGG
Old School Tactical Vol IV Italian Theater 1943-45 Fast, fun, tactical strategy gaming set in World War II 414 $56,476.00 (282%) in 3 days 2023-10-24 💸 Kickstarter 💰🌳
7TV: The 80s Genre Guide A new hardback 7TV supplement to enjoy cinematic skirmishes inspired by all your fave 80s tv and films! Plus loads of new miniatures! 378 £40,213.00 (268%) in 6 days 2023-10-15 💸 Kickstarter 💰🌳
Potato Pirates Coding Card Game: 2nd Edition A Swashbuckling Coding Adventure - now with enhanced gameplay, new artwork and a co-operative expansion game pack! 367 SGD 16,868.00 (112%) in 3 days 2023-10-31 💸 Kickstarter 💰
One Card Maze Get Lost on One Card! 351 NZ$1,460.42 (1460%) in 6 days 2023-10-19 💸 Kickstarter 💰
99 Ninja: A Micro Dojo Game Place transparent tiles of three ninja clans to remove the samurai protectors and eliminate the enemy Daimyo! 335 £9,405.00 (940%) in 6 days 2023-10-31 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑2 players 👶 10+ ⏱️ 10-20 min. 🎉💰 BGG
[Derelict A Death in Space Adventure](https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1022698010/derelict-a-death-in-space-adventure) Search and plunder a spaceship graveyard orbiting a black hole. Hazards and oddities await! 219 €3,483.00 (348%) in 1 days 2023-10-28 💸 Kickstarter 👥 3‑8 players 👶 13+ ⏱️ 60-120 min. 💰🔥🌳
Story Time Backgammon The makers of Story Time Chess bring you Story Time Backgammon, a math-focused, story-driven board game for ages three and up! 216 $36,061.00 (120%) in 6 days 2023-10-23 💸 Kickstarter 💰
Ahoy Kitten 2-6 Player Pirate Themed Cat Game Cat Pirates fighting for fish by bluffing and set collection! Join in this 2-6 Player raucous game of pirate kitten fun! 184 $3,920.00 (157%) in 5 days 2023-10-21 💸 Kickstarter 💰🌳
Yokai Quest and the Secrets of the Snow Peaks Live a new adventure in a world full of fantastic creatures. Enjoy all the game with 119 chibi miniatures. EXCLUSIVE KICKSTARTER 162 €8,906.00 (297%) in 3 days 2023-10-23 💸 Kickstarter 💰🌳
Zombie Survival Infection The game of Survival during the zombie Infection for 2-6 players, ages 13+, taking 30-90 minutes. 151 $8,513.00 (142%) in 5 days 2023-11-01 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑6 players 👶 13+ ⏱️ 30-90 min. 🎉💰 BGG
Head Hauntcho The little card game bursting with spirit 👻 148 $6,371.00 (106%) in 7 days 2023-11-01 💸 Kickstarter 🎉💰
Legends of Signum II: Warseer - Fantasy Hexagonal Wargame Legends of Signum II: Warseer is a new hexagonal game with highly detailed character miniatures for collectors and artists. 137 $24,580.00 (164%) in 5 days 2023-10-29 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑4 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 30-60 min. 💰🌳 BGG
Proxy War: An Indie Strategy Board Game of Modern Wars 2-8 player strategy board game where players become dictators, rebels, & greedy foreign powers. More Info @ amoralgames.com/kickstarter 136 $8,146.00 (102%) in 5 days 2023-11-02 💸 Kickstarter 💰
Space Aces: Landing Party Sci-Fi Strategy Card Game Relaunch One Planet. Rival Starships. One Mission: To get boldly there first! Beam down your landing party in this strategic 2-4 player game. 115 $2,982.00 (50%) in 3 days 2023-11-04 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑4 players 👶 8+ ⏱️ 10-30 min. BGG
Pro Turf Rollable grass textured fantasy football pitches 87 £8,107.00 (180%) in 5 days 2023-11-02 💸 Kickstarter 💰
Raindogs Adventures Board Game Raindogs Adventures is an eurogame focused on map exploration and resource management, with super cute and cozy characters and art 85 €3,481.00 (99%) in 5 days 2023-10-23 💸 Kickstarter 🌳
Backwards: Regional American Gothic Horror Step into a bizarre, post-apocalyptic America with two new regional settings for the Backwards: American Gothic Horror universe. 84 $8,873.00 (59%) in 5 days 2023-10-28 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑6 players 👶 12+ ⏱️ 240-300 min. BGG
One Last Score The thrilling and competitive heist cardgame. 83 A$5,264.32 (91%) in 4 days 2023-11-13 💸 Kickstarter 🌱
Initial Thoughts A timeless test of pop-culture smarts, strategy and skill. 82 $4,797.00 (77%) in 5 days 2023-11-02 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑5 players 👶 12+ ⏱️ 30-75 min. BGG
Town Constructor Construct your town in the best possible way in this strategy, roll and write, print and play board game. 70 €630.00 (630%) in 4 days 2023-10-24 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑100 players 👶 10+ ⏱️ 20-45 min. 💰 BGG
The Quest Compendium The Quest Compendium is the ultimate tool of imagination. Laser-Cut, Engraved, and can even be Pre-Assembled; this book is the next generation in puzzle book technology thanks to our previous work with the Codex Silenda. Not only can you alter and edit any of the puzzles pages to be different with e… 50 $18,902.50 (38%) in 4 days 2023-11-04 💸 Gamefound 👥 1‑4 players ⏱️ 120 min. Cooperative 🌱
Shelfie Totes 2 Kallax-Sized Board Game Bags, more durable than ever! Featuring new and fan-favorite art. 45 $1,821.00 (364%) in 5 days 2023-10-17 💸 Kickstarter 🎉💰🌳
The Arena of Baradum An easy-to-play tactical arena brawler for 2-6 players, ages 14+, 30-60 min. play time. 41 €3,177.00 (16%) in 5 days 2023-11-07 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑6 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 30-60 min. 🎉🌱 BGG

Notable filtered projects (9)

Name Description Backers Pledged Ends Information Tags
Ryoko's Guide to the Yokai Realms - A 5e Tome D&D enhanced: A 350+ page tome of kaiju battles, crafting mechanics, and player options inspired by ancient folklore and yokai legend. 18952 $2,434,419.37 (12172%) in 26 days 2023-10-12 💸 Kickstarter 🎉💰🔥🌱
The Crooked Moon: Folk Horror in 5E by Legends of Avantris A 400+ page Folk Horror tome for 5th Edition. Brave the dark wood, beware the witching hour, and weave your own dreadful folktale. 9532 $1,929,867.00 (9649%) in 5 days 2023-11-02 💸 Kickstarter 🎉💰🔥🌱
The Fablemaker's Deck of Many Things An Oracle for Risk and Reward using the infamous Deck of Many Things for 5e. Art by Eisner Nominated artist Yoshi Yoshitani. 2752 $216,644.00 (2166%) in 5 days 2023-11-02 💸 Kickstarter 🎉💰🔥🌳
Gamefold: The First Folding Table Designed For Gaming Dice-Friendly Lip. Three Built-In 360° Sliding Rails. 6'x3' or 6'x6'. Patent Pending. Watch The Video To Learn About All The Features! 2330 $1,079,182.00 (2158%) in 5 days 2023-10-31 💸 Kickstarter 🎉💰🔥🌳
Miniature Painting Made Easy - Hardcover books Book collection to help put an end to the endless grey tide and make you proud of your miniatures. 2272 €286,239.00 (2862%) in 12 days 2023-10-15 💸 Kickstarter 💰🌱
Titans Terrain Series 2 Pop-up terrain for tabletop games like Warhammer. The easiest, fastest and most affordable way to level up your tabletop gaming. 1321 $351,909.00 (176%) in 29 days 2023-10-09 💸 Kickstarter 🎉💰
Deadlands 𝗡𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻 25th Anniversary An updated version of John Goff's 𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝—and 𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙙—Deadlands adventure! 1319 $80,365.00 (1607%) in 5 days 2023-11-03 💸 Kickstarter 💰🔥🌳
Cohors Cthulhu Tabletop Roleplaying Game A 2d20 RPG adventure of mighty Roman warriors and their barbarian rivals fighting the forces of the Mythos 1182 £121,766.00 (244%) in 4 days 2023-10-29 💸 Kickstarter 🎉💰🔥🌳
Curse of the Usurper- RPG 5e The LARGEST 5e adventure/campaign EVER WRITTEN with over 1000+ pages, 50+ maps, 50+ minis, and so much more! Be part of history! 1148 $124,069.00 (1241%) in 26 days 2023-10-12 💸 Kickstarter 🎉💰🌳
 

What is this?

This is a weekly crowdfunding roundup of new projects launched last week and projects that end the coming week.

Updates

Expect new lists every Sunday between 00:00 and 23:59 CEST on the following platforms:

Mastodon: @danielpervan

Discord: https://discord.gg/dN4P4PZcU9

Reddit: /r/boardgames

Selection criteria

The criteria for the lists are as follows:

Ending soon

  • Sorted by number of backers

  • 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:

    • No DnD books

    • No zines

    • No 3D printing

    • No dice sets

    • No magazines

    • No shirts

    • No playmats

    • No furniture

    • No events

  • 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.

  • (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

  • Sorted by number of backers

  • 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).

  • Gamefound projects launched in the last 7 days and passed the filters (see above).

  • (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 Colombia/Canada/Belize/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 the Internet is full of cats!

Indeed, this fine piece of code runs purely on Reddit karma, so anything can happen. Leave a comment and I'll see what I can do.

Ending soon (18)

Name Description Backers Pledged Ends Information Tags BGG
[Mycelia The Strategic Mushroom Game](https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/splitstonegames/mycelia-the-strategic-mushroom-board-game) A dynamic competition for space and resources to create your own mushroom kingdom. 7468 £400,494.00 (4450%) in 25 days 2023-10-08 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑4 players 👶 9+ ⏱️ 45 min. 🎉💰🔥🌱
Mythic Mischief Vol. II Gargoyles, Fairies, Gnomes, and Werewolves join the class in this ‘Seal of Excellence’ awarded strategy game! 5885 $655,968.00 (1312%) in 19 days 2023-10-03 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑4 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 45-90 min. 🎉💰🔥🌳 BGG
Battle Card A series of print at home micro solitaire games from legendary wargame designers David Thompson and Nils Johansson. 3834 £15,575.00 (1558%) in 12 days ⚠️ 2023-10-01 💸 Kickstarter 💰🔥
Unreliable Wizard You are an apprentice wizard tasked by the King with destroying the Demon Lord and thus saving the Princess. This card based solo game has you advancing along the map fighting enemy minions and gathering new magic and traveling companions to assist along the way. 2425 €56,974.00 (1139%) in 26 days 2023-10-04 💸 Gamefound 👥 1 player ⏱️ 20 min. Card Game 💰🌳
One Page War A highly interactive roll and write game from the designer of Moon, Streets and Villagers. 2243 €9,146.00 (2287%) in 20 days 2023-10-06 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑10 players 👶 7+ ⏱️ 15-30 min. 💰🌱 BGG
Rogue Angels A cooperative (1-4) sci-fi adventure crawler with multiple paths, player-driven solutions, evolving characters and intertwined stories. 1723 €129,540.56 (282%) in 27 days ⚠️ 2023-10-01 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑4 players 👶 16+ ⏱️ 60-120 min. 💰🌳 BGG
Haggis and TRICKTAKERs PGC Presents: A beloved climbing game + an asymmetric trick-taker from Japan 1046 $71,582.00 (358%) in 19 days 2023-10-05 💸 Kickstarter 💰
Lands of the Mesozoic A game 66 million years in the making. Manage an ever evolving ecosystem in the time of dinosaurs. 1 to 4 gamers. 90 - 120 min. 401 $27,034.00 (541%) in 33 days 2023-10-07 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑4 players 👶 12+ ⏱️ 20-90 min. 💰🌱 BGG
And That's How I Died - The Card Game Worthy of Valhalla Play as the ghosts of Vikings who died in epic ways. Tell your stories combining unique Adventure cards and powerful effects! 230 $7,073.00 (707%) in 27 days 2023-10-05 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑6 players 👶 10+ ⏱️ 15-45 min. 💰 BGG
Bloodsport Gambler A tabletop game where 1 or 2 players risk it all to survive the desperate world of high‑stakes gambling 220 $10,430.00 (409%) in 27 days 2023-10-05 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑2 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 60-120 min. 💰🌱 BGG
Ghost Peppers A card game in which two ghosts challenge each other to a hot pepper-eating contest! 153 $3,458.00 (277%) in 15 days ⚠️ 2023-10-01 💸 Kickstarter 🎉💰
Akora TCG: Eternal Echoes - Collector's Edition Join Akora for an exciting limited edition release of Eternal Echoes! Available exclusively on Kickstarter, Sept 2, 2023 @ 12pm EST! 147 £43,307.00 (433%) in 29 days 2023-10-02 💸 Kickstarter 💰
Grave Robbers From Outer Space: Director's Cut! The classic B-Movie card game alive again! Play as director, building up your own film while defending it from hollywood creatures. 126 $9,877.00 (219%) in 23 days 2023-10-08 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑99 players 👶 12+ ⏱️ 20-60 min. 💰🌱 BGG
Caveman Rumble Play as a caveman in Caveman Rumble, matching colors to hunt for eggs and dinosaurs while stealing and betraying your cave friends." 103 $11,935.00 (149%) in 26 days 2023-10-05 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑6 players 👶 7+ ⏱️ 10-20 min. 💰🌱 BGG
A Journey through the Solar System with Augmented Reality Innovative and attractive way to discover the solar system for kids by PixelLand 63 $2,182.00 (87%) in 27 days 2023-10-05 💸 Kickstarter 🎉🌱
Alfabeto! The Fast-Paced Word Game! A party game that takes classic games like Scattegories and Anomia and revamps them in a new exciting way! 61 CA$3,342.29 (124%) in 12 days 2023-10-07 💸 Kickstarter 🎉💰🌱
Morgan's Escapes - Play-at-home puzzling mysteries. You receive a letter from a friend asking for your help to release evidence of a cover-up. You must use all your puzzle solving skills to unlock the online safe which holds the evidence. It is then up to you what you do with the information you unlock! 44 £903.00 (30%) in 27 days 2023-10-03 💸 Backerkit
SPORTSBALL! This is a fast paced card and dice game for people who love sports and people who love to hate sports! 41 $1,363.00 (273%) in 24 days 2023-10-07 💸 Backerkit 💰

New this week (29)

Name Description Backers Pledged Ends Information Tags BGG
DEEP ROCK GALACTIC - SPACE RIG & BIOME EXPANSIONS Play assignments and new mission types with the Space Rig expansion and add new biomes and creatures with the Biome expansion. 6911 €1,536,378.00 (768%) in 3 days 2023-10-16 💸 Kickstarter 🎉💰🔥🌳
League of Dungeoneers Expansion and 2nd print A reprint of the well received dungeon crawler game League of Dungeoneers as well as the new expansion The False Prophet. 3088 €393,013.00 (1572%) in 6 days 2023-10-26 💸 Gamefound 👥 1‑4 players ⏱️ 180 min. Cooperative 💰🔥🌱
FORAGE The final instalment of the 9 card solitaire game trilogy (following Orchard and its sequel Grove). 1830 $28,440.00 (948%) in 6 days 2023-10-20 💸 Kickstarter 💰🔥🌳
The Shivers Expansions: Triple Terror! 3 exciting expansions for our pop-up mystery adventure game. 12 new playable episodes, new pop-up rooms, and tiers for new players! 👻 1313 $135,167.00 (386%) in 4 days 2023-11-02 💸 Kickstarter 🎉💰🔥
Hello Kitty: Day at the Park Join Hello Kitty and friends on a day out at the park. Exploring new tiles, collecting item tokens, and completing adventures to win! 1247 $82,918.00 (829%) in 6 days 2023-10-27 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑4 players 👶 8+ ⏱️ 25-45 min. 🎉💰🔥 BGG
Hoard the Hams! Hoard the Hams is the inaugural Haminations card game. Hoard the most Hams, steal from others, and protect what you've got! 741 $33,348.00 (667%) in 4 days 2023-10-28 💸 Kickstarter 💰🌱
Cretaceous Rails A medium-weight euro game for 1-4 players. Build a rail and resort empire in the Cretaceous era. 684 $79,283.00 (793%) in 5 days 2023-10-25 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑4 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 45-120 min. 🎉💰 BGG
Aberration A cooperative tower defense board game of horror and survival! Can you survive the night? 490 $102,083.83 (510%) in 5 days 2023-10-21 💸 Gamefound 👥 1‑4 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 60-90 min. Cooperative 💰🌱 BGG
Diatoms - A Game of Microscopic Proportions A puzzly tile-placement, pattern-making game based on the obscure Victorian art form of creating microscopic mosaics out of algae. 490 $22,926.00 (109%) in 5 days 2023-10-26 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑4 players 👶 8+ ⏱️ 30-45 min. 🎉💰🌱 BGG
21X: Blackjack for Maths Lovers - Limited Edition A new maths-puzzle card game, featuring cards by renowned mathematicians and communicators. A numbered edition, produced only once. 485 £10,096.00 (337%) in 4 days 2023-10-19 💸 Kickstarter 💰
2D Titans Acrylic Miniatures for your Tabletop Games 469 $32,957.00 (1099%) in 5 days 2023-10-26 💸 Kickstarter 💰🌱
Tiny Mini Golf Create minigolf courses for friends & push-your-luck trying to beat the one you got. 338 €2,392.00 (797%) in 5 days 2023-10-29 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑99 players 👶 8+ ⏱️ 20-40 min. 💰🌱 BGG
WARPED: The Psychedelic Card Game An out-of-this-world trippy question-answer card game based on expanding your mind, building community and laughter! 269 CA$13,157.29 (196%) in 5 days 2023-10-27 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑6 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 60-200 min. 💰🌱 BGG
Fib® A Game for Liars and Thieves® The party card game where you win by lying, stealing, and catching liars and thieves! 205 $9,668.18 (193%) in 5 days 2023-10-27 💸 Kickstarter 💰🌱
Gempire: Zarmund's Demands Ion Award winner of 2023. New win conditions each game and no waiting your turn - the re-playability you deserve in a city-builder. 138 $12,302.00 (62%) in 5 days 2023-10-26 💸 Kickstarter 👥 3‑5 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 45-90 min. 🌱 BGG
Booster Brat TCG A Trading Card Game. A Trading Card Story. Collect the narrative, battle your friends! 116 $34,241.00 (156%) in 1 days 2023-10-30 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 15-30 min. 💰🌱 BGG
Jet The NY Rabbit Guide Jet The Rabbit through NY boroughs but beware to avoid the butcher in this fast-paced game! 91 $5,357.00 (27%) in 4 days 2023-11-16 💸 Kickstarter 🌱
Monasterium Train novices, build stained-glass windows, and fulfill special monastery missions in this worker placement board game for 2-4. 72 $5,980.00 (20%) in 4 days 2023-10-27 💸 Kickstarter 🌱
Jack Be Thimble: a splashingly fun party game A family friendly, word-guessing party game where tears of joy (and a dash of water) will stream down your face! 70 $2,360.00 (79%) in 2 days 2023-10-29 💸 Kickstarter 🌱
Imperial Twing Redux Become the Vice-Archmage of the Empire in this fast paced, strategic, spellcasting, card and dice game. LIVE NOW! 68 CHF 6,362.00 (106%) in 3 days 2023-10-20 💸 Kickstarter 💰
TALES OF BLOOD ISLAND TIKI HORROR GAMES, COMICS AND BARWARE Based on the BEAST OF BLOOD films & the new TALES OF BLOOD ISLAND comics, this jungle adventure game offers Tiki horrors at every turn. 63 $10,797.00 (54%) in 3 days 2023-11-03 💸 Kickstarter
QUESTBOX - Jangle Cruise. Escape room Introducing Quest Box, a captivating and artistic puzzle box that offers an interactive and imaginative gifting experience. 51 $2,355.00 (79%) in 1 days 2023-10-30 💸 Kickstarter 🌱
Margrave: The Marcher Lords Margrave: The Marcher Lords - historical fantasy rank-and-flank miniature wargame inspired by strategy video gaming mechanics. For fans of Total War, Company of Heroes, and Age of Empires. How will you lead? 45 £23,009.90 (153%) in 4 days 2023-10-27 💸 Gamefound 👥 2‑4 players ⏱️ 120 min. Wargame 💰🌱
POLYHEDRAL: B-Sides & Late Nights An interview book of conversations with named and anonymous professionals in the Tabletop Industry, ranging from designers, historians, or performers. With each one, learn who the people are who are part of this industry, whether by choice or by fate. 42 $2,635.00 (26%) in 4 days 2023-10-26 💸 Backerkit BGG
Daldøs - the Viking Game on a Dragon Ship! The historic running-fight board game, plus three deluxe Norse add-ons. 38 $3,173.00 (42%) in 2 days 2023-10-29 💸 Kickstarter 🌳
Titans of the Crust - Kódem Trading Card Game (TCG) Discover this universe with magic dinosaurs, great powers and a new game mechanics: NO DECK SHUFFLING!! 36 MX$62,700.80 (25%) in 1 days 2023-10-30 💸 Kickstarter
Cycling Legends A dynamic strategic racing game. Designed to maximize the interaction between players. 36 €1,621.00 (9%) in 2 days 2023-10-30 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑4 players 👶 12+ ⏱️ 45-90 min. 🌱 BGG
Fantasy Farfadet Quest Fantasy Farfadet Quest is an asymmetrical boardgame including awesome miniatures. Easy to understand game rules are designed for play between parents and children in a funny and enchanting world. 29 €1,620.00 (11%) in 4 days 2023-10-22 💸 Gamefound 👥 2‑4 players ⏱️ 45 min. Wargame Cooperative 🌱
raiders of the color compass Unique adventure one page Roll and Write (chose&color) puzzle game with cthulhu and lost scape crew rethemes 21 €149.00 (149%) in 3 days 2023-10-28 💸 Gamefound 👥 1‑99 players 👶 8+ ⏱️ 30-60 min. Dice Game Cooperative 💰🌱 BGG

Notable filtered projects (8)

Name Description Backers Pledged Ends Information Tags
Campaign Builder: Castles & Crowns for 5th Edition D&D TOV Rule your realm! Build and grow kingdoms for your campaign, with toolkits for realms, noble families, and campaign planning. 2958 $210,764.00 (703%) in 26 days 2023-10-05 💸 Kickstarter 💰🌳
Waifu RPG: The Complete Waifu Handbook The Ultimate RPG Book for Weebs. Compatible with 5e, Pathfinder 1, and Pathfinder 2e 2188 $121,496.00 (1012%) in 26 days 2023-10-05 💸 Kickstarter 💰
Miniature Painting Made Easy - Hardcover books Book collection to help put an end to the endless grey tide and make you proud of your miniatures. 1688 €213,753.00 (2138%) in 5 days 2023-10-15 💸 Kickstarter 💰🔥🌱
The Hidden Isle Embark on a Tarot adventure! Wield magic and fight tyranny across the Renaissance world in this TTRPG powered by card divination. 1334 €119,415.70 (1194%) in 3 days 2023-10-28 💸 Kickstarter 🎉💰🔥
MONSTROUS The Game Manager's go-to reference for telling better TTRPG stories through monsters. 1096 $71,006.00 (95%) in 26 days 2023-10-05 💸 Kickstarter
Cryptid Creeks Stop a curse with the help of nature spirits in this tabletop RPG inspired by Gravity Falls. 1083 £45,896.00 (574%) in 26 days 2023-10-05 💸 Kickstarter 🎉💰
Defenders of the Wild Cooperative board game & rules-light RPG 🍂 Gather a crew of animal defenders to resist the machines! 1078 $64,055.00 (128%) in 5 days 2023-10-14 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑4 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 45-90 min. 🎉💰🔥🌱
[The Festival of Tombs A Solo D&D 5E Adventure](https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/grizeldas-sw/the-festival-of-tombs) The Festival of Tombs is a solo adventure for 5th Edition D&D that mixes story-based action with sandbox exploration - No DM needed. 1026 $55,050.00 (1101%) in 19 days 2023-10-07 💸 Kickstarter
 

What is this?

This is a weekly crowdfunding roundup of new projects launched last week and projects that end the coming week.

Updates

Expect new lists every Sunday between 00:00 and 23:59 CEST on the following platforms:

Mastodon: @danielpervan

Discord: https://discord.gg/dN4P4PZcU9

Reddit: /r/boardgames

Selection criteria

The criteria for the lists are as follows:

Ending soon

  • Sorted by number of backers

  • 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:

    • No DnD books

    • No zines

    • No 3D printing

    • No dice sets

    • No magazines

    • No shirts

    • No playmats

    • No furniture

    • No events

  • 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.

  • (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

  • Sorted by number of backers

  • 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).

  • Gamefound projects launched in the last 7 days and passed the filters (see above).

  • (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 Barbados/Canada/Mexico/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 can't find my glasses!

Indeed, this fine piece of code runs purely on faith, trust and pixie dust, so anything can happen. Leave a comment and I'll see what I can do.

Ending soon (29)

Name Description Backers Pledged Ends Information Tags BGG
Barrage: New Lands Explore new possibilities for the game you love! Get two original expansions including one dedicated for 2-player games! 5285 €152,028.23 (1520282%) in 20 days 2023-09-26 💸 Kickstarter 🎉💰🔥🌳
The Isofarian Guard Second Printing The Isofarian Guard returns with new and updated content. Explore this 1-2 player narrative driven boardgame featuring a fully voice acted storyline and musical score powered by Forteller! 4984 $658,157.85 (1219%) in 19 days 2023-09-30 💸 Gamefound 👥 1‑2 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 45-90 min. Cooperative 💰🔥 BGG
Hoplomachus: Pandora's Box Expansions + Base Game Reprints Three boxes full of modular expansion content for Hoplomachus: Victorum and Hoplomachus: Remastered. 3665 $518,833.79 (1038%) in 12 days 2023-09-30 💸 Gamefound 👥 1‑4 players ⏱️ 90 min. 💰🔥🌳
Colossal Cat in the Box 2 new expansions and larger-than-life deluxe components - everything you need to play Cat in the Box! 2952 $198,218.00 (3964%) in 27 days 2023-09-27 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑5 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 20-40 min. 🎉💰🌳 BGG
Battle Card A series of print at home micro solitaire games from legendary wargame designers David Thompson and Nils Johansson. 2655 £10,813.00 (1081%) in 6 days 2023-10-01 💸 Kickstarter 💰🔥
Chants for the Old Ones Raise your cult and summon the Old Ones in this new horror strategy game from Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos. 1345 €135,230.00 (1352%) in 27 days 2023-09-29 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑4 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 60-90 min. 🎉💰🌳 BGG
Rogue Angels A cooperative (1-4) sci-fi adventure crawler with multiple paths, player-driven solutions, evolving characters and intertwined stories. 1264 €94,639.56 (206%) in 21 days 2023-10-01 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑4 players 👶 16+ ⏱️ 60-120 min. 💰🌳 BGG
Railways of the Lost Atlas An endlessly replayable railroad strategy game. 1216 $79,175.00 (158%) in 20 days 2023-09-29 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑5 players 👶 10+ ⏱️ 120-300 min. 🎉💰🌱 BGG
Potions of Azerland Forage for resources, brew potions to fulfill visitor requests, or drink for special powers! 785 $66,892.00 (270%) in 26 days 2023-09-29 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑4 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 45-90 min. 🎉💰🌱 BGG
World of Midgard: Two entirely new Viking adventures Two brand new completely different stand-alone games set in the Midgard universe that play in about an hour. 671 $35,089.00 (234%) in 19 days 2023-09-29 💸 Kickstarter 💰🌳
Blood & Crowns Miniature wargame for skirmishes set in the period of the Hundred Years War in Europe 562 $49,207.00 (492%) in 25 days 2023-09-29 💸 Kickstarter 💰🌳
Feud: The Seer's Prophecy Engine Building Viking duel game for 2 players 482 €23,301.00 (146%) in 26 days 2023-09-29 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 40 min. 🎉💰 BGG
SCOPE Panzer & Trilogy SCOPE Panzer is a tank combat card game set in the European theater of WWII. One player leads a squad of American tanks, which faces a squad of German tanks commanded by the other player, in a battle of ambush tactics and close-range encounters. 447 €15,464.00 (515%) in 26 days 2023-09-29 💸 Gamefound 👥 2 players ⏱️ 15 min. Card Game Wargame 💰🌱
Tabloids - A Game By Steve Jackson Over 300 weird and wacky cards let you invent the news the media doesn’t dare to print! 438 $13,745.00 (275%) in 10 days 2023-09-30 💸 Kickstarter 👥 3‑99 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 30 min. 🎉💰🌳 BGG
Tycoon: India 1981 - The Board Game Industrialists take part in Nation Building in a post-colonial India. Will you emerge as the next Tycoon of the country? 433 $27,134.00 (271%) in 27 days 2023-09-28 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑4 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 60-180 min. 💰🌱 BGG
Burger Battle 2 & Burger Battle Reprint New Burgers, new Battle Cards, same great game! Build your Burger to completion and sabotage friends in this highly anticipated sequel. 427 $26,433.00 (106%) in 27 days 2023-09-27 💸 Kickstarter 🎉💰
[Ivion Season 3: Crossroads](https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ivionherocrafter/ivion-season-3-crossroads) Journey to a land of milk and honey corrupted from within. Craft your hero and rob the rich! 417 $55,850.84 (559%) in 20 days 2023-09-29 💸 Kickstarter 💰
West Texas Railways: a print & play, flip & fill “cube” rails game A 1-? player print & play, flip & fill train game. It’s a bit like a cube rails game, but without the cubes. 321 $984.00 (984%) in 6 days 2023-09-25 💸 Backerkit 👥 1‑8 players 👶 8+ ⏱️ 20-45 min. 💰 BGG
Lumberjack Games with Flapjacks, Sasquatches, Rockets & More An all-new Flapjacks & Sasquatches dice game alongside a take-that card game about Lumberjacks with Rocket Launchers. And more! 311 $20,866.00 (156%) in 27 days 2023-09-27 💸 Kickstarter 💰🌳
CHAINS: Disc Golf Board Game Carve your way through the forest to smash chains with your collection of discs. The game features an incredible flight physics engine. 266 CA$26,791.29 (84%) in 27 days 2023-09-28 💸 Kickstarter 🌱
Rolling Trains Roll the dice and rule the rails. Create railroad connections across the land in this strategy roll and write, print & play board game. 234 €2,419.00 (2419%) in 12 days 2023-09-25 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑4 players 👶 10+ ⏱️ 30-45 min. 💰🌱 BGG
RUN! The Card Game The card game that simulates fleeing from a hungry grizzly bear. It's survival of the quickest! 203 $11,883.00 (119%) in 27 days 2023-09-28 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 10-30 min. 💰 BGG
Panda Royale A beautiful and energetic dice drafting game for 2-10 players. 198 $13,863.00 (462%) in 26 days 2023-09-29 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑10 players 👶 8+ ⏱️ 20-30 min. 💰 BGG
Age of Swords: Epic strategy board game, print and play, pnp Age of Swords: The epic medieval strategy board game. Conquer the Kingdom with cunning and skill. Support our crowdfunding. 161 €374.00 (187%) in 29 days 2023-09-25 💸 Kickstarter 💰🌱
タワーチェス Tower Chess コマを重ねる、戦略が広がる「タワーチェス」Layering Pieces, Expanding Strategies, "Tower Chess" 155 ¥1,164,179 (94%) in 27 days 2023-09-28 💸 Kickstarter 🎉
Tetralchemia - a 1 to 4 players card game - A roll & draw card game for 1 to 4 players. ENG + ITA rules included. 146 €1,022.00 (1022%) in 25 days 2023-09-27 💸 Kickstarter 💰🌳
Russia Besieged: Finnish Expansion The Finnish Expansion is an extensive expansion and complement to Russia Besieged: Deluxe Edition (Core game available in add-ons). 120 $15,082.00 (603%) in 10 days 2023-09-27 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑2 players 💰🌳 BGG
Ghost Peppers A card game in which two ghosts challenge each other to a hot pepper-eating contest! 83 $2,158.00 (173%) in 8 days 2023-10-01 💸 Kickstarter 🎉💰
Astra: Vestiges of Deep Space Somewhere in the farthest reach of space, warring factions ruthlessly pursue the wisdom of lost ages-- otherwise known as vestiges. 57 $3,192.05 (106%) in 31 days 2023-09-25 💸 Gamefound 👥 2 players ⏱️ 30 min. Card Game 💰🌱

New this week (20)

Name Description Backers Pledged Ends Information Tags BGG
Dragon Eclipse Enter a magical world of mythical beasts and ancient dragons in Dragon Eclipse, the exciting new board game for 1-2 players! Uncover the secrets of the eclipse that changed everything and discover the dangerous and treacherous world that awaits you. 11229 $1,841,828.33 (3684%) in 5 days 2023-10-10 💸 Gamefound 👥 1‑2 players 👶 12+ ⏱️ 60-120 min. 💰🔥🌳 BGG
Final Girl Series 3 All-new content for the mega-hit solitaire horror board game 6021 $1,103,172.00 (368%) in 5 days 2023-10-14 💸 Kickstarter 💰🔥🌳
Beast - Shattered Isles The official expansion for the critically acclaimed hidden movement game Beast. Welcome to a dangerous new world, filled with new Beasts, ruins, and brave hunters in search of forgotten knowledge. 2838 €433,382.00 (2408%) in 5 days 2023-10-16 💸 Gamefound 👥 2‑4 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 60-120 min. Cooperative 💰🔥🌱 BGG
Battle Card A series of print at home micro solitaire games from legendary wargame designers David Thompson and Nils Johansson. 2655 £10,813.00 (1081%) in 6 days 2023-10-01 💸 Kickstarter 💰🔥
Vagrantsong Encore and Off the Rails expansions Two eerie and exhilarating expansions for the spooky boss-battler Vagrantsong. 2424 $201,982.94 (367%) in 6 days 2023-10-12 💸 Kickstarter 💰🔥🌳
Millennia Lead your civilization to glory in this strategy board game for 1–4 players. 2196 €78,965.00 (272%) in 6 days 2023-10-10 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑4 players 👶 10+ ⏱️ 30-120 min. 🎉💰🔥🌳 BGG
Dark Tomb: Bloodthorn Island A full dungeon crawler that fits in your pocket! The new Dark Tomb adventure is coming ... and it's epic! 1992 $61,095.00 (1527%) in 6 days 2023-10-21 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑5 players 👶 12+ ⏱️ 20-50 min. 🎉💰🔥🌳 BGG
Canopy: Evergreen Grow a bountiful forest in this beautiful standalone game of card drafting and set collection based in the Pacific Northwest! 1164 $64,175.00 (257%) in 5 days 2023-10-14 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑4 players 👶 10+ ⏱️ 45-60 min. 💰🔥🌳 BGG
Transmissions Board Game (Second Printing) Share mechanical friends in a lovely rondel worker placement board game! 979 $38,809.00 (97%) in 6 days 2023-10-11 💸 Kickstarter 🌳
Theme Park Mania: Build a theme park together Build an amusement park with 2 - 4 players! Connect your own rides and facilities. When the park opens, competition starts. 718 €42,562.00 (284%) in 5 days 2023-10-20 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑4 players 👶 10+ ⏱️ 45-120 min. 💰🌱 BGG
FOUNDERS Become the FOUNDERS of the first City, design the plans with secret allies and a hint of legacy. An ICE prequel for 2-5 players. ❄️ 654 €46,695.00 (187%) in 5 days 2023-10-10 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑5 players 👶 10+ ⏱️ 35-60 min. 💰 BGG
Storyburg: An Adventure Story Deckbuilding Game Dorothy, Peter Pan, Alice and Little Nemo team up in this CO-OP (or SOLO!) story campaign. Designed for adults, but kids love it too! 626 $32,363.00 (324%) in 6 days 2023-10-19 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑4 players 👶 11+ ⏱️ 45-180 min. 🎉💰🌱 BGG
Bone Wars Travel back to the 19th century to relive the Great Dinosaur Rush. 1-4 Players take on the role of paleontologists that help out Edward Cope and Othniel Marsh in their discovery of dozens of new dinosaur species, in what turned out one of the biggest rivalries in US history. 577 €56,372.75 (188%) in 6 days 2023-10-13 💸 Gamefound 👥 1‑4 players 👶 12+ ⏱️ 60-120 min. 💰🌳 BGG
Dicktective: A Game For Adults 🚫 NOT For Your Kids Gather up some friends and get to doodling dongs. Match the most suspects to their drawing and become the ultimate Dicktective! 551 $16,109.00 (322%) in 6 days 2023-10-19 💸 Kickstarter 💰🌱
Sirens, Defrag & 16 Candies. A Tiny Game Series. 3 Unique and Addictive Tiny Games in 1 Box! 529 $16,021.00 (160%) in 5 days 2023-10-19 💸 Kickstarter 🎉💰
Tawa - The Wood Art Travel Game Grasp Tawa's rules in just 5 minutes and dive into a game lasting a mere 10. Your favorite companion for travel downtimes. 510 HK$318,152.00 (795%) in 5 days 2023-10-19 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑4 players 👶 7+ ⏱️ 10-20 min. 🎉💰🌳 BGG
West Texas Railways: a print & play, flip & fill “cube” rails game A 1-? player print & play, flip & fill train game. It’s a bit like a cube rails game, but without the cubes. 321 $984.00 (984%) in 6 days 2023-09-25 💸 Backerkit 👥 1‑8 players 👶 8+ ⏱️ 20-45 min. 💰 BGG
To Honor Grandfather Play as young aliens in this competitive exploration and dice manipulation game set in the legendary Traveller universe! 136 $9,281.00 (31%) in 5 days 2023-11-18 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑4 players ⏱️ 30-90 min. BGG
1879: Exploration and Discovery Campaign for the Saurids Sourcebook and Maps of London 103 $9,642.00 (193%) in 7 days 2023-10-14 💸 Kickstarter 👶 14+ ⏱️ 120 min. 💰🌳 BGG
Storm Cat 9 It's the PURRfect weather for a storm, the Skyzone is being covered in colorful Cloud Cats. You have the power to TRANSTORM them into chaotic Storm Cats and battle! Throw down Treats and Toy cards to gain life and attack opposing Kits. Create Cat Spots and use Cat Control cards to help your cat cl… 4 $324.00 (6%) in 2 days 2023-11-18 💸 Gamefound 👥 2‑4 players ⏱️ 30 min. Card Game Deck Building 🌱

Notable filtered projects (10)

Name Description Backers Pledged Ends Information Tags
Omni 2 - Modular Storage Case 3D Printable Modular Storage Cases for Miniatures, Board Games, Collectibles and More! 5594 $390,200.00 (7804%) in 27 days 2023-09-28 💸 Kickstarter 🎉💰🔥🌳
Wilderfeast A tabletop RPG about monster hunting and campfire cuisine. There is only One Law in the One Land: YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT. 2025 €151,235.25 (756%) in 19 days 2023-09-26 💸 Kickstarter 🎉💰🌳
The DM Screen by Wyrmwood Enhance your favorite role-playing games with our modular, expandable Game Master Screen. It's back with new woods, features, and more! 1827 $158,354.00 (1584%) in 12 days 2023-09-26 💸 Kickstarter 🎉💰🌳
Creature Caravan A simultaneous tableau-building game in the land of Arzium. Designed and illustrated by Ryan Laukat. Also launching the World of Arzium RPG! 1813 $196,278.21 (393%) in 6 days 2023-10-10 💸 Gamefound 👥 1‑6 players 👶 10+ ⏱️ 45-60 min. Card Game 💰🔥
Brambletrek - A GM-Less RPG Adventure Gamebook Play as a Gnawborn, a small but valiant creature from the forests of Hyhill in the world of Akeroth. Tired of your quiet life, you've decided to embark on an epic journey. Your path is fraught with danger, wonder, and self-discovery. 1790 £59,626.00 (5963%) in 20 days 2023-09-28 💸 Backerkit 💰
Brancalonia - Spaghetti Fantasy Bestiary & Gazetteer for 5E Discover the new handbooks for the world's funniest and craziest Spaghetti Fantasy RPG setting, winner of 4 Ennie awards! 1313 €178,143.00 (891%) in 6 days 2023-09-29 💸 Kickstarter 💰🔥🌳
Wanderer's Guide to Enchanted Emporiums (5E) A 5E sourcebook filled with epic marketplaces, ready-to-play shops, rules for enchanting, 80+ magic items, price lists, and much more! 1220 €68,843.00 (1377%) in 5 days 2023-10-20 💸 Kickstarter 💰🔥🌳
FIST Paranormal Mercenary RPG Box Set FIST is a TTRPG about paranormal mercenaries doing the tough jobs no one else can (or that no one else wants) during the Cold War. 1164 $99,660.69 (498%) in 25 days 2023-09-30 💸 Kickstarter 💰🌱
Adaptabletop 3D Printed - a modular tabletop for board game A table top extension with adaptable levels for any game or table in STL version ready to be printed in 3D 1126 €56,382.00 (1879%) in 26 days 2023-09-28 💸 Kickstarter 💰🌳
Kavango Become a Conservation Expert and build a thriving Nature Reserve 1-5 Players 1081 £75,954.00 (1519%) in 5 days 2023-10-19
 

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This is a weekly crowdfunding roundup of new projects launched last week and projects that end the coming week.

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Ending soon

  • Sorted by number of backers

  • 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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  • 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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Newly launched

  • Sorted by number of backers

  • 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).

  • Gamefound projects launched in the last 7 days and passed the filters (see above).

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Notable filtered projects

  • Filtered projects from above lists that have more than 1000 backers.

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FAQ

I live in Ecuador/Canada/Barbados/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.

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Ending soon (16)

Name Description Backers Pledged Ends Information Tags BGG
More Terraforming Mars! Prelude 2, Milestones & Awards, The Automa Solo Experience, Neoprene Game Boards and Seasonal Promos 12590 $1,454,378.50 (14544%) in 12 days 2023-09-22 💸 Kickstarter 🎉💰🔥🌳
Body of Evidence: The Murder Mystery Autopsy Game Tabletop murder mystery, with a twist! Examine evidence, scrutinize suspects, and perform a full forensic autopsy on a paper-craft cad 1892 CA$138,763.29 (555%) in 17 days 2023-09-21 💸 Kickstarter 🎉💰
Peacemakers: Horrors of War Stop wars between animalfolk nations! This co-operative game for 1 to 4 players features six unique scenarios, brimming with variety and replay value. 1219 €81,597.60 (163%) in 26 days 2023-09-21 💸 Gamefound 👥 1‑4 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 60-120 min. Cooperative 💰 BGG
BUILD WAR Tension of war created by a new draw system and modulated action phases. A deck-building card game with deep strategy and fun to play. 1040 ¥13,196,053 (2639%) in 16 days 2023-09-18 💸 Kickstarter 🎉💰
Everdell Cozy Critters Blankets + Plushies Celebrate the world of Everdell with adorable fleece blankets and plush critters to keep us all cozy. 854 $85,105.00 (1702%) in 12 days 2023-09-22 💸 Kickstarter 💰🌳
Endangered: American Red Wolf Scenario & Endangered Rescue! Save the American Red Wolves in a new mini-expansion. Save the Galapagos Penguins in the 1st 'Endangered Rescue! ' 18-card escape room. 721 $23,534.00 (2353%) in 5 days 2023-09-20 💸 Kickstarter 💰🌳
Dark Domains: Second Edition A competitive worker placement game for 2-5 players that combines classic euro-mechanics with a strong dark fantasy theme 684 $34,191.00 (342%) in 12 days 2023-09-23 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑5 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 90-120 min. 💰 BGG
We Have Goats! Outsmart chaos, reclaim goats, conquer twists Navigate land shifts, outsmart foes & use magical G.O.A.T. powers to round up mischievous goats. An epic adventure of strategy & luck. 482 $22,386.50 (497%) in 26 days 2023-09-22 💸 Kickstarter 🎉💰
Four Horsemen: An apocalyptic co-op game Prepare for the final stand against evil in this epic deck-upgrading and resource management game for 1-4 legendary heroes. 457 $65,079.00 (362%) in 19 days 2023-09-18 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑4 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 60-120 min. 💰🌱 BGG
Tantrum House • Season 10 • Board Game Media We're gearing up for our biggest season yet—Tantrum House Season 10! Check out all of the awesome rewards and show your support! 446 $15,678.00 (105%) in 12 days 2023-09-23 💸 Kickstarter 💰🌳
Vitreum Roll and write game where you are stained glass glaziers. Create the most beautiful piece of work in this print and play board game. 365 €1,639.00 (1639%) in 14 days 2023-09-18 💸 Kickstarter 💰🌳
💎 Heroes of Xhandar - A Trick-Taking Duel Game 💎 A fast-played duel game that pushes trick-taking to its limit, MtG-style! Outsmart your friends in epic fashion, in 1v1, 2v2, or FFA! 257 €18,025.00 (135%) in 19 days 2023-09-20 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑5 players 👶 10+ ⏱️ 30-45 min. 🎉💰🌱 BGG
VOID- The Cooperative Card Game Work with your crew to stave off disaster and make your way home. 191 $13,306.00 (148%) in 26 days 2023-09-21 💸 Kickstarter 💰
Pioneers on Mars: a Roll and Write Dice Battle Carve your legacy on Mars in this riveting, shared-sheet roll & write duel! 168 €728.00 (728%) in 16 days 2023-09-18 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑2 players 👶 8+ ⏱️ 25-40 min. 💰 BGG
Big Box Campaign : Shogun - Kingdom Builder - Alhambra Experience the Queen Games Classics in the Big Box format. 122 €23,389.00 (468%) in 5 days 2023-09-21 💸 Kickstarter 💰🌳
Spears and Bones: Print and Play Prehistoric tactical social deduction card game for 3-4 players. Lead your tribe to victory! 107 $1,000.00 (333%) in 23 days ⚠️ 2023-09-17 💸 Kickstarter 👥 3‑4 players 👶 18+ ⏱️ 120-240 min. 💰🌳 BGG

New this week (22)

Name Description Backers Pledged Ends Information Tags BGG
Mythic Mischief Vol. II Gargoyles, Fairies, Gnomes, and Werewolves join the class in this ‘Seal of Excellence’ awarded strategy game! 5124 $608,415.00 (1217%) in 5 days 2023-10-03 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑4 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 45-90 min. 🎉💰🔥🌳 BGG
Hoplomachus: Pandora's Box Expansions + Base Game Reprints Three boxes full of modular expansion content for Hoplomachus: Victorum and Hoplomachus: Remastered. 3132 $414,180.95 (828%) in 5 days 2023-09-30 💸 Gamefound 👥 1‑4 players ⏱️ 90 min. 💰🔥🌳
Fromage Make, age, and sell artisan French cheeses in this simultaneous play, worker-placement game. 2878 $142,042.00 (1420%) in 5 days 2023-10-10 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑4 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 30-45 min. 🎉💰🔥🌳 BGG
Flock Together - An Asymmetric Cooperative Game Gather your teammates & level up your character to fight off the invading predators in this beautifully immersive game for 1-5 players. 2057 $160,521.00 (321%) in 5 days 2023-10-12 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑5 players 👶 10+ ⏱️ 25-125 min. 🎉💰🔥🌱 BGG
One Page War A highly interactive roll and write game from the designer of Moon, Streets and Villagers. 1308 €5,344.50 (1336%) in 6 days 2023-10-06 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑10 players 👶 7+ ⏱️ 15-30 min. 💰🔥🌱 BGG
Haggis and TRICKTAKERs PGC Presents: A beloved climbing game + an asymmetric trick-taker from Japan 848 $58,678.00 (293%) in 5 days 2023-10-05 💸 Kickstarter 💰
Endangered: American Red Wolf Scenario & Endangered Rescue! Save the American Red Wolves in a new mini-expansion. Save the Galapagos Penguins in the 1st 'Endangered Rescue! ' 18-card escape room. 721 $23,534.00 (2353%) in 5 days 2023-09-20 💸 Kickstarter 💰🌳
Under the Eagle - ONUS! - Simon Scarrow 🗡️ An ONUS! expansion based on Simon Scarrow’s books. The conquest of Britannia with Roman Emperor Claudius, Vespasian, Macro and Cato. 661 €26,964.00 (710%) in 5 days 2023-10-13 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑6 players 🎉💰🌳 BGG
Rivals Rivals is a Battle Royale / Deckbuilding boardgame from 2 to 6 players based on a futuristic universe. 556 €48,614.00 (194%) in 5 days 2023-10-12 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑6 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 40-120 min. 💰🌱 BGG
Haunted Halloween: The Trick-or-Treat Board Game Trick-or-treat the haunted neighborhood! Strategize, form alliances and push your luck on a quest to collect the most candy to win! 372 $27,077.00 (135%) in 6 days 2023-10-13 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑4 players 👶 8+ ⏱️ 20-40 min. 💰🌳 BGG
Tabloids - A Game By Steve Jackson Over 300 weird and wacky cards let you invent the news the media doesn’t dare to print! 349 $11,074.00 (221%) in 3 days 2023-09-30 💸 Kickstarter 👥 3‑99 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 30 min. 🎉💰🌳 BGG
Hexcape: Gift From The Divine A story-based riddle game that blends physical cards and technology to create a unique gaming experience through your phone 327 $17,193.00 (172%) in 7 days 2023-10-10 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑4 players 👶 12+ ⏱️ 45-90 min. 🎉💰 BGG
Zoontalis: Battle Royale- Quick Fire Animal Skirmish Game Anthropomorphic Animals- Beautiful miniatures, rich lore, fun to paint and quick and versatile rules 205 £20,305.00 (102%) in 5 days 2023-10-04 💸 Kickstarter 🎉💰🌳
The Holiest Crap: A Funny Card Game About The Crap We All Do Make yourself look better than everyone else! Fight dirty, save your soul, laugh hard. Holy crap it's fun!! 161 $5,528.77 (71%) in 5 days 2023-10-13 💸 Kickstarter 👥 3‑5 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 30-60 min. 🌱 BGG
Design Your Destiny: Running Out of Time An activity book and box where you play games as the characters in this story, fixing what's broken along the way. 137 CA$7,445.29 (74%) in 5 days 2023-10-07 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑2 players 👶 8+ ⏱️ 20-240 min. 🎉🌱 BGG
Big Box Campaign : Shogun - Kingdom Builder - Alhambra Experience the Queen Games Classics in the Big Box format. 122 €23,389.00 (468%) in 5 days 2023-09-21 💸 Kickstarter 💰🌳
Unicorn Poop! The #1 card game that leaves you asking, “Holy Cr*p, did they actually do it?” 120 $6,092.00 (20%) in 5 days 2023-11-11 💸 Kickstarter 🌱
Russia Besieged: Finnish Expansion The Finnish Expansion is an extensive expansion and complement to Russia Besieged: Deluxe Edition (Core game available in add-ons). 84 $10,833.00 (433%) in 3 days 2023-09-27 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑2 players 💰🌳 BGG
Cook-a-doodle Simulator/クックドゥードゥルシミュレーター Ship your chickens and chicks while they are still alive! Worker placement game where you run a poultry farm for 2-4 players 60 ¥790,509 (158%) in 3 days 2023-10-05 💸 Kickstarter 💰🌱
Rolling Zombies Rolling Zombies is a post-apocalyptic dice rolling, area control game for 2-5 players, where the living dead roam the wasteland, and five factions battle for survival. Scavenge, Explore and Fight in this competitive 4x game. 35 €1,725.00 (8%) in 4 days 2023-10-14 💸 Gamefound 👥 2‑5 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 90-150 min. Wargame Dice Game Area Control 🌱 BGG
Ghost Peppers Ghost Peppers is a card game in which two ghosts challenge each other to a hot pepper-eating contest. 24 $809.00 (65%) in 1 days 2023-10-01 💸 Kickstarter
Guns 'N Bosses Guns 'N Bosses is a cooperative shooter-looter with some rogue-lite mechanics to rediscover video game vibes around the table. 19 €1,594.00 (11%) in 2 days 2023-10-31 💸 Gamefound 👥 1‑4 players ⏱️ 150 min. Card Game Dice Game Deck Building Cooperative 🌱

Notable filtered projects (7)

Name Description Backers Pledged Ends Information Tags
Ryoko's Guide to the Yokai Realms - A 5e Tome D&D enhanced: A 350+ page tome of kaiju battles, crafting mechanics, and player options inspired by ancient folklore and yokai legend. 11707 $1,473,754.68 (7369%) in 5 days 2023-10-12 💸 Kickstarter 🎉💰🔥🌱
The Magnus Archives Roleplaying Game The tabletop roleplaying game based on the hit horror podcast The Magnus Archives. 8615 $1,516,147.00 (1516%) in 20 days 2023-09-22 💸 Backerkit 💰🔥
Historica Arcanum: Era of the Crusades (5E+) 5th Edition's Historical Fantasy Universe has returned: Uncover Two Grand Sourcebooks & Explore Jerusalem and Cairo of the Crusade Era! 2937 $349,692.98 (1166%) in 26 days 2023-09-22 💸 Kickstarter 🎉💰
The DM Screen by Wyrmwood Enhance your favorite role-playing games with our modular, expandable Game Master Screen. It's back with new woods, features, and more! 1614 $124,420.00 (1244%) in 5 days 2023-09-26 💸 Kickstarter 🎉💰🔥🌳
Unnatural Selection: A Supplement for use with Shadowdark A supplement of classes, ancestries, adventures and more for use with the Shadowdark RPG 1432 $84,697.00 (1694%) in 27 days 2023-09-21 💸 Backerkit 💰
Deck of Encounters & Loot: Rollable Tables for DnD 5e Elevate your DnD 5e gameplay with loot and encounter tables! Enjoy randomized challenges and rewards to make your games more thrilling. 1070 $87,367.00 (874%) in 26 days 2023-09-21 💸 Kickstarter 🎉💰
THEMATIC BASES 2.0 by Txarli Factory Bases & toppers for your miniatures in STL format (3D files) to print and use across your favourite RPGs, tabletop games or wargames. 1057 €37,655.00 (941%) in 13 days 2023-09-19 💸 Kickstarter 💰🌳
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What is this?

This is a weekly crowdfunding roundup of new projects launched last week and projects that end the coming week.

Updates

Expect new lists every Sunday between 00:00 and 23:59 CEST on the following platforms:

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Selection criteria

The criteria for the lists are as follows:

Ending soon

  • Sorted by number of backers

  • 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:

    • No DnD books

    • No zines

    • No 3D printing

    • No dice sets

    • No magazines

    • No shirts

    • No playmats

    • No furniture

    • No events

  • 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.

  • (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

  • Sorted by number of backers

  • 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).

  • Gamefound projects launched in the last 7 days and passed the filters (see above).

  • (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 Belize/Canada/Ecuador/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!

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Ending soon (29)

Name Description Backers Pledged Ends Information Tags BGG
Worms™: The Board Game Hilarious Worms™ gameplay on your table: grab your friends and unleash classic weapons, sneaky tactics and all-out multiplayer mayhem! 3958 £375,821.50 (1503%) in 12 days 2023-09-15 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑6 players 👶 10+ ⏱️ 40-60 min. 🎉💰🔥🌳 BGG
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! 3077 $217,626.00 (725%) in 48 days 2023-09-15 💸 Backerkit 👥 2‑5 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 30-60 min. 💰 BGG
Harvest - A Farming Game Salutations, neighbor and welcome to Furroughfield, The Commonwealth of Free Beasts! 2894 $295,563.00 (1182%) in 12 days 2023-09-15 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑4 players 👶 10+ ⏱️ 30-60 min. 🎉💰🔥🌳 BGG
To the Moon: Bestest Memories The official 'To the Moon' series card game! 2-5 players race to capture memories of a lifetime. 2401 CA$256,874.29 (514%) in 26 days 2023-09-14 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑5 players 👶 10+ ⏱️ 15-30 min. 🎉💰🌱 BGG
Farms Race Build. Mutate. Conquer. 2218 $179,277.00 (9036%) in 34 days 2023-09-15 💸 Kickstarter 👥 3‑4 players 👶 13+ ⏱️ 90-120 min. 💰🌱 BGG
Guilty Gear™ -Strive-: The Board Game The hit fighting game comes to tabletop in this glorious collector's edition! Heaven or Hell — Let's Rock! 1952 $357,542.84 (238%) in 19 days 2023-09-12 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 15 min. 💰🌳 BGG
Battlecrest: Year Two The 18 card skirmish game is back with new heroes and a new map. It's standalone & expandable with a free solo expansion! Only $12. 1099 $36,038.00 (1802%) in 5 days 2023-09-16 💸 Kickstarter 🎉💰🔥🌳
Soundtrack Trivia - A Party Game for Movie Lovers Can you identify the movie by hearing a song clip from its soundtrack? A movie trivia game for all ages! 1033 $60,151.00 (1203%) in 26 days 2023-09-16 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑12 players 👶 8+ ⏱️ 45-120 min. 🎉💰🌱 BGG
FIRE & ICE THE MINIATURES BOARD GAME The Groundbreaking Fantasy Adventure of Fire & Ice Can Be Yours To Play In This Collectors Edition Board Game! 911 $93,016.00 (186%) in 31 days 2023-09-13 💸 Kickstarter 🎉💰🌳
Hybris Disordered Cosmos: Rivalry Hybris Disordered Cosmos returns with the release of the new expansion, Rivalry, Deluxe box, Playmat and the reprint of the original game. 845 €104,053.00 (694%) in 10 days 2023-09-14 💸 Gamefound 👥 1‑4 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 60-120 min. Cooperative 💰 BGG
DOMINATE & DELEGATE 🦾 (1-4 Players) A strategic Wargame with Resources & Base-building. A 60 hours 4X Campaign & an epic Skirmish Mode awaits. Inspired by C&C video games. 775 €51,228.00 (346%) in 26 days 2023-09-14 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑4 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 60-90 min. 🎉💰🌱 BGG
Tic Tac Slash Tic Tac Slash is an 18-card, two-player game that takes the classic game of Tic-Tac-Toe and revamps it in a new and exciting way. 624 $12,204.50 (2441%) in 12 days 2023-09-13 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2 players 👶 12+ ⏱️ 15-30 min. 💰🌱 BGG
Paper Apps™ GOLF A pocket-sized solo golfing game with procedurally generated holes. Each notebook is unique! 481 $13,619.00 (1135%) in 11 days 2023-09-15 💸 Kickstarter 💰
ETER Players fight a duel creating a playing field during the game. They may use the ability of mages or power of 4 elements! 397 €11,088.00 (139%) in 31 days ⚠️ 2023-09-10 💸 Kickstarter 💰🌱
Cosmic Cow Collectors, Pátzcuaro, & Neuroriders Three great board games, from Latin American designers. Abduct cattle as an alien empire in Cosmic Cow Collectors. Retrieve lost memories from a deteriorated mind in Neuroriders. Build the most beautiful family altar for day of the dead in Pátzcuaro. 387 $19,325.00 (387%) in 13 days 2023-09-15 💸 Backerkit 💰
DardaCats: A Fun Family Game for Managing Big Messy Feelings Sing, act & tell stories to help DardaCat manage big feelings, and understand your child better along the way. 374 $29,319.00 (586%) in 26 days 2023-09-15 💸 Kickstarter 💰🌱
Galaxy Postman - A Space Adventure A fun "pick up OR deliver game" in an ever expanding galaxy. Upgrade your shuttle and deliver those packages! 344 €24,123.00 (138%) in 13 days 2023-09-11 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑4 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 45-60 min. 💰 BGG
Castles of Aragon Shape the land of Aragon as you please in this print and play, roll and write board game. 322 €2,586.00 (2586%) in 16 days ⚠️ 2023-09-10 💸 Kickstarter 💰
Deck building board game "HAM-FARM" / デッキ構築型ボードゲーム『ハムファーム』 Beginners and families can enjoy the cute and fun at the same time! / 初心者の方も、家族とでも、かわいさと面白さを同時に楽しめる!ハムスターの魅力もたくさん! 306 ¥3,084,329 (771%) in 32 days ⚠️ 2023-09-10 💸 Kickstarter 💰🌱
DVG - Warfighter Vietnam DVG's Warfighter Solitaire Game System Charges into the Jungles of Vietnam! 304 $54,536.00 (273%) in 19 days 2023-09-13 💸 Kickstarter 💰🌳
Another Christmas Romance Movie It's Christmas and love is in the air... again! All the endless fun of seasonal romance movies on your table any day of the year. 262 $11,463.00 (573%) in 25 days 2023-09-15 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑6 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 30-60 min. 💰🌱 BGG
Feud - Shape your fate A one-page Print and Play game; two houses against each other, one kingdom to conquer! 250 €1,065.00 (1065%) in 12 days 2023-09-14 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑4 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 60-120 min. 💰 BGG
Skyjacks: Courier's Call - Season 3 The award-winning all-ages actual play Skyjacks: Courier's Call is back for season 3! 233 $15,556.00 (130%) in 26 days 2023-09-16 💸 Kickstarter 💰🌳
Bilge: A Mapping Game of Fear and Flesh A body horror tabletop mapping game for 1-4 players. Dig deep into the viscera of a space leviathan and battle disgusting horrors. 202 £4,152.00 (231%) in 28 days 2023-09-12 💸 Kickstarter 💰🌳
GRIM REAPER PRESCHOOL / 死神プリスクール A new kind of trick-taking game from the Land of Grim Reapers!/ 死神の国による新感覚のトリックテイキングゲーム! 198 ¥932,321 (155%) in 32 days 2023-09-13 💸 Kickstarter 💰🌱
Favor: Gods of Oethera Explore uncharted lands, find powerful Relics, & fight for the Favor of the Gods in this tile placement, action-adventure board game! 130 $16,772.00 (112%) in 26 days 2023-09-14 💸 Kickstarter 👥 3‑6 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 45-90 min. 💰🌱 BGG
Small-Time Heroes: The Print and Play Edition A cooperative roguelike deck builder for 1-2 players. 126 $1,023.00 (2046%) in 19 days 2023-09-12 💸 Kickstarter 💰🌱
Champions of Hyperborea Savage rules and miniatures for fights in the arenas of Hyperborea! 103 $6,714.00 (671%) in 12 days ⚠️ 2023-09-10 💸 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. 37 £303.76 (434%) in 49 days ⚠️ 2023-09-10 💸 Gamefound 👥 1‑5 players ⏱️ 40 min. Dice Game 💰

New this week (22)

Name Description Backers Pledged Ends Information Tags BGG
More Terraforming Mars! Prelude 2, Milestones & Awards, The Automa Solo Experience, Neoprene Game Boards and Seasonal Promos 8273 $929,887.00 (9299%) in 5 days 2023-09-22 💸 Kickstarter 🎉💰🔥🌳
The Isofarian Guard Second Printing The Isofarian Guard returns with new and updated content. Explore this 1-2 player narrative driven boardgame featuring a fully voice acted storyline and musical score powered by Forteller! 3602 $448,780.97 (831%) in 5 days 2023-09-30 💸 Gamefound 👥 1‑2 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 45-90 min. Cooperative 💰🔥 BGG
Barrage: New Lands Explore new possibilities for the game you love! Get two original expansions including one dedicated for 2-player games! 3475 €94,075.00 (940750%) in 5 days 2023-09-26 💸 Kickstarter 🎉💰🔥🌳
[Mycelia The Strategic Mushroom Game](https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/splitstonegames/mycelia-the-strategic-mushroom-board-game) A dynamic competition for space and resources to create your own mushroom kingdom. 2626 £144,262.00 (1603%) in 4 days 2023-10-08 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑4 players 👶 9+ ⏱️ 45 min. 💰🔥🌱
Unreliable Wizard You are an apprentice wizard tasked by the King with destroying the Demon Lord and thus saving the Princess. This card based solo game has you advancing along the map fighting enemy minions and gathering new magic and traveling companions to assist along the way. 1695 €39,493.00 (790%) in 5 days 2023-10-04 💸 Gamefound 👥 1 player ⏱️ 20 min. Card Game 💰🔥
Battlecrest: Year Two The 18 card skirmish game is back with new heroes and a new map. It's standalone & expandable with a free solo expansion! Only $12. 1099 $36,038.00 (1802%) in 5 days 2023-09-16 💸 Kickstarter 🎉💰🔥🌳
Rogue Angels A cooperative (1-4) sci-fi adventure crawler with multiple paths, player-driven solutions, evolving characters and intertwined stories. 1054 €77,340.84 (168%) in 6 days 2023-10-01 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑4 players 👶 16+ ⏱️ 60-120 min. 💰🌳 BGG
Railways of the Lost Atlas An endlessly replayable railroad strategy game. 865 $55,322.00 (111%) in 5 days 2023-09-29 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑5 players 👶 10+ ⏱️ 120-300 min. 🎉💰🌱 BGG
Everdell Cozy Critters Blankets + Plushies Celebrate the world of Everdell with adorable fleece blankets and plush critters to keep us all cozy. 585 $50,406.00 (1008%) in 5 days 2023-09-22 💸 Kickstarter 💰🌳
Dark Domains: Second Edition A competitive worker placement game for 2-5 players that combines classic euro-mechanics with a strong dark fantasy theme 535 $26,474.00 (265%) in 5 days 2023-09-23 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑5 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 90-120 min. 💰 BGG
World of Midgard: Two entirely new Viking adventures Two brand new completely different stand-alone games set in the Midgard universe that play in about an hour. 490 $25,756.00 (172%) in 5 days 2023-09-29 💸 Kickstarter 💰🌳
Gold Nugget The raven's left the forest for a few days, leaving its precious gold nugget unguarded. Which woodland creature will successfully raid the nest in this unique bluffing and deduction game? 407 €14,692.46 (147%) in 5 days 2023-10-11 💸 Gamefound 👥 2‑5 players 👶 10+ ⏱️ 15-25 min. Card Game 💰 BGG
Tantrum House • Season 10 • Board Game Media We're gearing up for our biggest season yet—Tantrum House Season 10! Check out all of the awesome rewards and show your support! 356 $12,918.00 (86%) in 5 days 2023-09-23 💸 Kickstarter 🌳
[Ivion Season 3: Crossroads](https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ivionherocrafter/ivion-season-3-crossroads) Journey to a land of milk and honey corrupted from within. Craft your hero and rob the rich! 348 $47,108.84 (471%) in 5 days 2023-09-29 💸 Kickstarter 💰
Vitreum Roll and write game where you are stained glass glaziers. Create the most beautiful piece of work in this print and play board game. 224 €1,013.00 (1013%) in 7 days 2023-09-18 💸 Kickstarter 💰🌳
And That's How I Died - The Card Game Worthy of Valhalla Play as the ghosts of Vikings who died in epic ways. Tell your stories combining unique Adventure cards and powerful effects! 148 $4,650.00 (465%) in 6 days 2023-10-05 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑6 players 👶 10+ ⏱️ 15-45 min. 💰 BGG
Bloodsport Gambler A tabletop game where 1 or 2 players risk it all to survive the desperate world of high‑stakes gambling 143 $6,791.00 (266%) in 6 days 2023-10-05 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑2 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 60-120 min. 💰🌱 BGG
Imperial Twing Become the Vice Archmage of the Empire in this family friendly, fast paced strategic card and dice game https://imperialtwing.com 86 CHF 7,347.00 (41%) in 6 days 2023-10-05 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑4 players 👶 8+ ⏱️ 25-90 min. 🎉 BGG
The Strange Forgeries Of Mr. S.C.Rheber This is a drawing game like no other. Deduce the Secret Rule that shapes the Strange Art Forgeries of Mister S. C. Rheber in a world of dark, twisted characters. 59 €4,393.00 (44%) in 6 days 2023-10-09 💸 Gamefound 👥 3‑7 players 👶 12+ ⏱️ 45-60 min. 🌱 BGG
Morgan's Escapes - Play-at-home puzzling mysteries. You receive a letter from a friend asking for your help to release evidence of a cover-up. You must use all your puzzle solving skills to unlock the online safe which holds the evidence. It is then up to you what you do with the information you unlock! 34 £689.00 (23%) in 6 days 2023-10-03 💸 Backerkit
SPORTSBALL! This is a fast paced card and dice game for people who love sports and people who love to hate sports! 19 $947.00 (189%) in 3 days 2023-10-07 💸 Backerkit 💰
Tomes of Arkham Tomes of Arkham is a set collecting card game set in the dark world of H. P. Lovecraft. Amass the greatest collection of Tomes on Earth! 10 £358.40 (4%) in 4 days 2023-10-11 💸 Gamefound 👥 2‑4 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 30-75 min. Card Game 🌱 BGG

Notable filtered projects (8)

Name Description Backers Pledged Ends Information Tags
Moria™ – Through the Doors of Durin for The One Ring™ RPG An epic campaign module delving into the depths of Khazad-dûm, for The One Ring™ RPG and The Lord of the Rings™ Roleplaying (5E) 10843 SEK 10,784,361.71 (4314%) in 11 days 2023-09-14 💸 Kickstarter 🎉💰🔥🌳
EAT THE REICH The year is 1943. You are a team of crack vampire commandos with one mission: drink all of Hitler's blood. 7336 £263,843.50 (1319%) in 24 days 2023-09-14 💸 Kickstarter 🎉💰🔥🌳
Painting Pack II: Techlon Tiger Drybrushes & Brush Set Premium Round + Flat Drybrushes, Texture Palettes & Painting Handles to help you slay any grey miniature prey from DND to Warhammer! 2918 A$427,220.32 (5340%) in 19 days 2023-09-15 💸 Kickstarter 🎉💰🌳
Campaign Builder: Castles & Crowns for 5th Edition D&D TOV Rule your realm! Build and grow kingdoms for your campaign, with toolkits for realms, noble families, and campaign planning. 2091 $152,366.00 (508%) in 5 days 2023-10-05 💸 Kickstarter 💰🔥🌳
Ultimate Bestiary: Secrets of the Fey for 5th Edition! Over 130 new fey creatures to add to your 5th Edition game! Intrigue and challenge your party at any level! 1997 $121,204.00 (1212%) in 26 days 2023-09-14 💸 Kickstarter 🎉💰🌳
Wilderfeast A tabletop RPG about monster hunting and campfire cuisine. There is only One Law in the One Land: YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT. 1334 €106,176.00 (531%) in 5 days 2023-09-26 💸 Kickstarter 🎉💰🔥🌳
Brambletrek - A GM-Less RPG Adventure Gamebook Play as a Gnawborn, a small but valiant creature from the forests of Hyhill in the world of Akeroth. Tired of your quiet life, you've decided to embark on an epic journey. Your path is fraught with danger, wonder, and self-discovery. 1296 £43,010.00 (4301%) in 6 days 2023-09-28 💸 Backerkit 💰🔥
Waifu RPG: The Complete Waifu Handbook The Ultimate RPG Book for Weebs. Compatible with 5e, Pathfinder 1, and Pathfinder 2e 1109 $61,969.00 (516%) in 5 days 2023-10-05 💸 Kickstarter 💰🔥
 

What is this?

This is a weekly crowdfunding roundup of new projects launched last week and projects that end the coming week.

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:### Ending soon

  • Sorted by number of backers

  • 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:

    • No DnD books

    • No zines

    • No 3D printing

    • No dice sets

    • No magazines

    • No shirts

    • No playmats

    • No furniture

    • No events

  • 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.

  • (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

  • Sorted by number of backers

  • 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).

  • Gamefound projects launched in the last 7 days and passed the filters (see above).

  • (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 Niue/Canada/Haiti/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 Chrome is eating all my RAM!

Indeed, this fine piece of code runs purely on the misery of others, so anything can happen. Leave a comment and I'll see what I can do.

Changes since last week

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Name Description Backers Pledged Ends Information Tags BGG
Dungeon Kart Race against your evil rivals in this fast paced board game for 2-8 players, featuring the villainous bosses of Boss Monster! 3272 $247,724.00 (708%) in 12 days 2023-09-08 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑6 players 👶 10+ ⏱️ 30-60 min. 🎉💰🔥🌳 BGG
Perch Keep your feathered friends close and your enemies closer in Perch - a battle of the birds for 2-5 players! 2936 CA$153,691.29 (337%) in 19 days 2023-09-06 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑5 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 30-60 min. 🎉💰🌳 BGG
Algomancy A competitive card game with deep, strategic gameplay. Draft with other players out of the box or create custom decks 2835 $259,910.15 (1733%) in 26 days 2023-09-07 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑10 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 30-180 min. 💰🌱 BGG
Spectral & a Trailblazers Expansion Two puzzly games with strong player interaction by Ryan Courtney. 1750 $100,924.00 (673%) in 19 days 2023-09-08 💸 Kickstarter 🎉💰
JOYRIDE: Survival of the Fastest Crash, blast, and race your way to victory around customisable tracks in the adrenaline-fueled frenzy of JOYRIDE! 1092 £70,049.00 (350%) in 19 days 2023-09-07 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑4 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 30-60 min. 💰 BGG
Snow planner/スノープランナー 雪山の旅館をあなた好みに経営しましょう 成長する従業員をダイスに見立てた 中~重量級ダイスプレイメント ボードゲーム / Be a great snow planner. Medium to heavy weight dice placement boardgame. 499 ¥5,806,173 (1161%) in 21 days 2023-09-07 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑4 players 👶 12+ ⏱️ 40 min. 🎉💰🌱 BGG
ETER Players fight a duel creating a playing field during the game. They may use the ability of mages or power of 4 elements! 340 €9,456.00 (118%) in 24 days 2023-09-10 💸 Kickstarter 💰🌱
Change My Mind Explode into ludicrous debates and absurd chaos as you try to have the last word! 294 $14,197.50 (142%) in 26 days 2023-09-10 💸 Kickstarter 👥 3‑8 players 👶 17+ ⏱️ 30-90 min. 🎉💰🌱 BGG
Paperback, le célèbre jeu de lettres, débarque en français ! Paperback est un jeu de deckbuilding qui se joue de 2 à 5 joueurs dans lequel vous allez incarner des romanciers en quête de célébrité. 255 $13,068.00 (174%) in 19 days 2023-09-05 💸 Kickstarter 💰🌳
Christmas Puzzle Cards A gift set of Christmas cards with escape room puzzles. Each card is a charming game waiting to be solved. 247 CA$17,088.29 (684%) in 13 days 2023-09-06 💸 Kickstarter 💰
Deck building board game "HAM-FARM" / デッキ構築型ボードゲーム『ハムファーム』 Beginners and families can enjoy the cute and fun at the same time! / 初心者の方も、家族とでも、かわいさと面白さを同時に楽しめる!ハムスターの魅力もたくさん! 228 ¥2,302,229 (576%) in 25 days 2023-09-10 💸 Kickstarter 💰🌱
Castles of Aragon Shape the land of Aragon as you please in this print and play, roll and write board game. 189 €1,418.00 (1418%) in 9 days 2023-09-10 💸 Kickstarter 💰
[Catharsis Divine Wrath - Solo & Cooperative Board Game](https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cyberwizardgames/divine-wrath) Epic 1 to 5 player true solo & cooperative dice rolling board game. Battle monsters, traps & events. Catharsis standalone expansion 176 $34,162.00 (137%) in 19 days 2023-09-07 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑5 players 👶 12+ ⏱️ 45-90 min. 💰
THOSE. DAMN. HUMANS. Do you hate people as much as I do? If so, this game is for you! Amass and command an army of animals and dethrone Those. Damn. Humans. 134 $6,616.00 (83%) in 24 days 2023-09-10 💸 Kickstarter 🎉🌱
Eco Quest: The Planet Is Counting on You! An educational board game empowering children aged 6-12 to make sustainable choices–for kids, by kids. 110 $5,719.00 (114%) in 26 days 2023-09-07 💸 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. 31 £263.05 (376%) in 42 days 2023-09-10 💸 Gamefound 👥 1‑5 players ⏱️ 40 min. Dice Game 💰

New this week (34)

Name Description Backers Pledged Ends Information Tags BGG
Worms™: The Board Game Hilarious Worms™ gameplay on your table: grab your friends and unleash classic weapons, sneaky tactics and all-out multiplayer mayhem! 2978 £285,303.00 (1141%) in 5 days 2023-09-15 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑6 players 👶 10+ ⏱️ 40-60 min. 🎉💰🔥🌳 BGG
Harvest - A Farming Game Salutations, neighbor and welcome to Furroughfield, The Commonwealth of Free Beasts! 2694 $277,689.00 (1111%) in 5 days 2023-09-15 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑4 players 👶 10+ ⏱️ 30-60 min. 🎉💰🔥🌳 BGG
Colossal Cat in the Box 2 new expansions and larger-than-life deluxe components - everything you need to play Cat in the Box! 2019 $136,405.00 (2728%) in 5 days 2023-09-27 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑5 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 20-40 min. 🎉💰🔥🌳 BGG
Body of Evidence Tabletop murder mystery, with a twist! Examine evidence, scrutinize suspects, and perform a full forensic autopsy on a paper-craft cad 1314 CA$96,617.29 (386%) in 3 days 2023-09-21 💸 Kickstarter 🎉💰🔥
Chants for the Old Ones Raise your cult and summon the Old Ones in this new horror strategy game from Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos. 557 €60,154.00 (602%) in 5 days 2023-09-29 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑4 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 60-90 min. 🎉💰🌳 BGG
Potions of Azerland Forage for resources, brew potions to fulfill visitor requests, or drink for special powers! 450 $41,500.00 (167%) in 5 days 2023-09-29 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑4 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 45-90 min. 🎉💰🌱 BGG
Blood & Crowns Miniature wargame for skirmishes set in the period of the Hundred Years War in Europe 403 $36,487.00 (365%) in 4 days 2023-09-29 💸 Kickstarter 💰🌳
Paper Apps™ GOLF A pocket-sized solo golfing game with procedurally generated holes. Each notebook is unique! 388 $10,907.00 (909%) in 4 days 2023-09-15 💸 Kickstarter 💰
Cosmic Cow Collectors, Pátzcuaro, & Neuroriders Three great board games, from Latin American designers. Abduct cattle as an alien empire in Cosmic Cow Collectors. Retrieve lost memories from a deteriorated mind in Neuroriders. Build the most beautiful family altar for day of the dead in Pátzcuaro. 342 $16,869.00 (337%) in 6 days 2023-09-15 💸 Backerkit 💰
BUILD WAR Tension of war created by a new draw system and modulated action phases. A deck-building card game with deep strategy and fun to play. 317 ¥3,910,309 (782%) in 2 days 2023-09-18 💸 Kickstarter 💰
SCOPE Panzer & Trilogy SCOPE Panzer is a tank combat card game set in the European theater of WWII. One player leads a squad of American tanks, which faces a squad of German tanks commanded by the other player, in a battle of ambush tactics and close-range encounters. 308 €10,474.00 (349%) in 5 days 2023-09-29 💸 Gamefound 👥 2 players ⏱️ 15 min. Card Game Wargame 💰🌱
Lands of the Mesozoic A game 66 million years in the making. Manage an ever evolving ecosystem in the time of dinosaurs. 1 to 4 gamers. 90 - 120 min. 290 $19,953.00 (399%) in 5 days 2023-10-07 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑4 players 👶 12+ ⏱️ 20-90 min. 💰🌱 BGG
Galaxy Postman - A Space Adventure Deliver your packages on time and watch out for aliens who want a ride home. Make it count! 287 €20,539.00 (117%) in 6 days 2023-09-11 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑4 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 45-60 min. 💰 BGG
Tic Tac Slash Tic Tac Slash is an 18-card, two-player game that takes the classic game of Tic-Tac-Toe and revamps it in a new and exciting way. 281 $6,042.50 (1209%) in 5 days 2023-09-13 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2 players 👶 12+ ⏱️ 15-30 min. 💰🌱 BGG
Tycoon: India 1981 - The Board Game Industrialists take part in Nation Building in a post-colonial India. Will you emerge as the next Tycoon of the country? 277 $17,146.00 (171%) in 5 days 2023-09-28 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑4 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 60-180 min. 💰🌱 BGG
Four Horsemen: An apocalyptic co-op game Prepare for the final stand against evil in this epic deck-upgrading and resource management game for 1-4 legendary heroes. 268 $41,868.00 (233%) in 5 days 2023-09-18 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑4 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 60-120 min. 💰🌱 BGG
Lumberjack Games with Flapjacks, Sasquatches, Rockets & More An all-new Flapjacks & Sasquatches dice game alongside a take-that card game about Lumberjacks with Rocket Launchers. And more! 220 $14,938.00 (112%) in 5 days 2023-09-27 💸 Kickstarter 💰🌳
Burger Battle 2 & Burger Battle Reprint New Burgers, new Battle Cards, same great game! Build your Burger to completion and sabotage friends in this highly anticipated sequel. 190 $9,015.00 (36%) in 6 days 2023-09-27 💸 Kickstarter 🎉
💎 Heroes of Xhandar - A Trick-Taking Duel Game 💎 Choose a unique brick hero and fight 1-4 friends with sneaky actions & hero skills. A new twist to the trick-taking genre, MtG-style. 186 €15,151.00 (113%) in 5 days 2023-09-20 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑5 players 👶 10+ ⏱️ 30-45 min. 🎉💰🌱 BGG
Feud: The Seer's Prophecy Engine Building Viking duel game for 2 players 172 €10,351.00 (65%) in 4 days 2023-09-29 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 40 min. 🎉 BGG
Feud - Shape thy fate A one-page Print and Play epic clash between two houses fighting for the throne. 167 €684.00 (684%) in 5 days 2023-09-14 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑4 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 60-120 min. 💰 BGG
CHAINS: Disc Golf Board Game Carve your way through the forest with incredible flight mechanics Wind, ricochets, putting, custom maps...this game has it all. 131 CA$13,208.29 (41%) in 5 days 2023-09-28 💸 Kickstarter 🌱
Akora TCG: Eternal Echoes - Collector's Edition Join Akora for an exciting limited edition release of Eternal Echoes! Available exclusively on Kickstarter, Sept 2, 2023 @ 12pm EST! 111 £52,351.00 (524%) in 1 days 2023-10-02 💸 Kickstarter 💰
RUN! The Card Game The card game that simulates fleeing from a hungry grizzly bear. It's survival of the quickest! 105 $4,071.00 (41%) in 6 days 2023-09-28 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 10-30 min. BGG
Tetralchemia - a 1 to 4 players card game - A roll & draw card game for 1 to 4 players. ENG + ITA rules included. 104 €732.00 (732%) in 4 days 2023-09-27 💸 Kickstarter 💰🌳
タワーチェス Tower Chess コマを重ねる、戦略が広がる「タワーチェス」Layering Pieces, Expanding Strategies, "Tower Chess" 95 ¥714,399 (58%) in 6 days 2023-09-28 💸 Kickstarter 🎉
Pioneers on Mars: a Roll and Write Dice Battle Carve your legacy on Mars in this riveting, shared-sheet roll & write duel! 95 €445.00 (445%) in 2 days 2023-09-18 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑2 players 👶 8+ ⏱️ 25-40 min. 💰 BGG
Objective Control Tabletop Game Aids High-quality affordable objective markers, terrain footprints and game aids for tabletop gaming. 84 $7,370.00 (49%) in 3 days 2023-10-01 💸 Kickstarter 🌱
Napoleon's Eagles 2 Napoleon’s Eagles: The Hundred Days, is the second game by designer and artist Christopher Moeller in this Napoleonic series. 49 $4,002.00 (160%) in 2 days 2023-09-11 💸 Kickstarter 💰🌳
Fleet of Foxes a roll and write game of dueling space fleets 38 $205.00 (205%) in 2 days 2023-09-16 💸 Kickstarter 💰🌳
For The Crown A snappy dueling card game full of wits, timing, and misdirection. 35 $1,855.00 (37%) in 1 days 2023-09-22 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2 players 👶 7+ ⏱️ 2-8 min. 🌱 BGG
Rise of the Trackers: A Fireflies Trilogy Game Track down compatible humans to create alien hosts in this cooperative 2-6 player game based on the bestselling Fireflies Trilogy. 14 $610.00 (4%) in 3 days 2023-10-01 💸 Kickstarter 🎉🌱
Crystalline Wars Embark on a magical journey with Crystalline Wars - a thrilling card game that transports you into a realm of wizardry and elemental crystals. Carefully fuse your elemental crystals, unleash spellbinding abilities, and outmaneuver your opponents in this battle of wits and strategy. With each turn, t… 13 £277.86 (5%) in 3 days 2023-09-30 💸 Gamefound 👥 2‑6 players ⏱️ 25 min. Card Game 🌱
Within Walls: Infiltration Within Walls: Infiltration is a paranoia-driven hidden traitor board game with social deduction elements in an early 20th-century horror setting!Take your place in the struggle for knowledge between the Agency and the Cult! 8 €560.00 (28%) in 4 days 2023-10-04 💸 Gamefound 👥 2‑8 players 👶 16+ ⏱️ 45-75 min. Card Game Cooperative 🌱 BGG

Notable filtered projects (9)

Name Description Backers Pledged Ends Information Tags
Moria™ – Through the Doors of Durin for The One Ring™ RPG An epic campaign module delving into the depths of Khazad-dûm, for The One Ring™ RPG and The Lord of the Rings™ Roleplaying (5E) 9469 SEK 8,808,144.71 (3523%) in 4 days 2023-09-14 💸 Kickstarter 🎉💰🔥🌳
Dolmenwood Tabletop RPG A lavishly detailed fantasy world inspired by the fairy tales and eerie folklore of the British Isles. 9304 $1,228,904.63 (614%) in 25 days 2023-09-09 💸 Kickstarter 🎉💰🔥🌳
The Magnus Archives Roleplaying Game The tabletop roleplaying game based on the hit horror podcast The Magnus Archives. 7103 $1,263,038.00 (1263%) in 6 days 2023-09-22 💸 Backerkit 💰🔥
Omni 2 - Modular Storage Case 3D Printable Modular Storage Cases for Miniatures, Board Games, Collectibles and More! 4557 $311,365.00 (6227%) in 5 days 2023-09-28 💸 Kickstarter 🎉💰🔥🌳
The Secret Art of Game Mastery Bring new life to your tabletop RPG with decades' worth of game master experience at your fingertips. 4067 $293,783.00 (2938%) in 26 days 2023-09-07 💸 Kickstarter 🎉💰
Shadow of the Weird Wizard Enter a magical realm darkened by the Shadow of the Weird Wizard using an evolution of the rules from Shadow of the Demon Lord 3377 $338,450.00 (1128%) in 26 days 2023-09-07 💸 Kickstarter 💰🌳
Creed's Codex: Legends of the Psionics (D&D 5E) The highly anticipated standalone sequel adds a psionic class, feats, magic items, spells, lore & more for your D&D 5E games! 1453 $75,897.00 (759%) in 54 days 2023-09-09 💸 Kickstarter 💰
BBEG An inspiring array of epic villains to unsettle your world and fuel your heroes' journey. 1210 $55,281.00 (1843%) in 58 days 2023-09-05 💸 Kickstarter 💰🌳
TitanCraft: Medieval & Legendary Expansions Design your own miniatures with unlimited creative freedom. Introducing 2 new asset packs and 3 new customizable monsters! 1101 $76,780.00 (640%) in 19 days 2023-09-05 💸 Kickstarter 💰🌳
 

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This is a weekly crowdfunding roundup of new projects launched last week and projects that end the coming week.

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The criteria for the lists are as follows:### Ending soon

  • Sorted by number of backers

  • 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:

    • No DnD books

    • No zines

    • No 3D printing

    • No dice sets

    • No magazines

    • No shirts

    • No playmats

    • No furniture

    • No events

  • 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.

  • (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

  • Sorted by number of backers

  • 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).

  • Gamefound projects launched in the last 7 days and passed the filters (see above).

  • (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 Honduras/Canada/Nicaragua/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 my computer is making a weird noise!

Indeed, this fine piece of code runs purely on dQw4w9WgXcQ, so anything can happen. Leave a comment and I'll see what I can do.

Ending soon (19)

Name Description Backers Pledged Ends Information Tags 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. 10758 $667,870.99 (6679%) in 30 days 2023-08-28 Kickstarter 2‑4 players age 13+ 40-80 min. 🎉💰🔥🌱 BGG
Bear Mountain Camping Adventure: A Race To The Top Embark on a remarkable journey in Bear Mountain Camping Adventure: the ultimate camping board game for 1 to 4 explorers. 7141 $692,679.00 (13854%) in 27 days 2023-09-01 Kickstarter 1‑4 players age 14+ 90-120 min. 🎉💰🔥🌱 BGG
Fighting Fantasy Adventures: The Warlock of Firetop Mountain and Other Stories Solo and Co-op adventure game based on the iconic books. Skilfully adapted by Martin Wallace. 2585 $111,732.12 (372%) in 20 days 2023-08-30  Gamefound 1‑4 players age 14+ 60-180 min. Card Game Dice Game Cooperative 💰 BGG
Hideous Abomination: Second Edition The vile tile-laying game is back by monstrous demand! Build hideous creatures from 200+ unique parts with ever-evolving objectives! 2574 £56,841.00 (874%) in 27 days 2023-08-29 Kickstarter 2‑5 players age 8+ 10-30 min. 🎉💰 BGG
Mistwind Navigate through the Mistwind Islands while building outposts, connecting networks and delivering cargo with flying transport whales. 2555 CA$278,122.29 (690%) in 20 days 2023-09-01 Kickstarter 1‑5 players age 14+ 75-120 min. 🎉💰🌳 BGG
Ascendancy The Ultimate 4x Fantasy Meets Worker Placement Board Game Experience. 2440 $359,351.00 (1797%) in 20 days 2023-08-31 Kickstarter 1‑4 players age 12+ 90-480 min. 🎉💰🌱 BGG
Tiny Laser Heist: A Hilariously Awkward 3D Heist Game Cooperate with Tiny Hands to steal jewels! Outwit your opponents. Don't hit the lasers. 2335 $165,624.00 (1656%) in 26 days 2023-09-02 Kickstarter 3‑6 players age 8+ 30-90 min. 🎉💰 BGG
Marrakesh - Camels & Nomads This Expansion for Marrakesh includes 6 new Modules and the Solo Mode! 1415 $159,378.00 (1594%) in 13 days 2023-08-29 Kickstarter 1‑4 players age 14+ 120 min. 💰🌳 BGG
Kreel Manor: Citadel of Horrors, The Dungeon Crawl Card Game All new epic fantasy adventures in the Kilforth universe, for 1-3 cooperative players (up to 4 with expansion) 1011 £85,334.00 (533%) in 19 days 2023-08-31 Kickstarter 🎉💰🌳
Crumbs! The Sandwich Filler Game Stack ingredients to make sandwiches efficiently and satisfy your customers before your actions run out in this solo/coop microgame! 994 £16,469.00 (823%) in 20 days 2023-08-31 Kickstarter 1‑2 players age 14+ 10-20 min. 💰 BGG
Shadowrun: TakeDown Rise as a legend or succumb to darkness. The city's destiny hangs in the balance, and it's in your hands. Shadowrun Takedown awaits. 927 $100,889.00 (1009%) in 25 days 2023-09-02 Kickstarter 2‑4 players age 14+ 60-90 min. 🎉💰🌳 BGG
Alphabet Stoop A turn-based word building game. Deliver your packages before your rival companies to secure your victory! 594 $17,212.00 (172%) in 27 days 2023-08-28 Kickstarter 2‑5 players age 6+ 20 min. 💰 BGG
Small City Deluxe Edition: Spring and Summer Expansions TWO new Expansions for Small City Deluxe Edition with more than 25 new expansions for a level of simulation probably never reached! 499 $54,097.00 (187%) in 20 days 2023-08-31 Kickstarter 1‑4 players age 14+ 60-180 min. 💰🌳 BGG
Aethermon: Collect Join Rika, Haru, BEB0, and Followoof on a set-collecting adventure with ‘Aethermon: Collect’. This easy-to-learn and fast-paced game features both competitive and co-operative modes, making it a perfect fit for any gaming group. Behind every card, players will uncover the mysteries and rich lore of … 281 A$15,233.65 (3047%) in 27 days 2023-08-30  Gamefound 1‑4 players age 14+ 10-20 min. Card Game Cooperative 💰🌱 BGG
Cyber-city and Chick maze Cyber-city and Chick maze are roll and write maze games. The games are print and play. 222 €2,361.00 (2361%) in 25 days 2023-09-02 Kickstarter 💰🌳
Mushrooms, Magic and More A fast paced, fun, and easy to play card game featuring mind-bending and immersive border to border art. 136 $10,655.00 (107%) in 26 days 2023-08-31 Kickstarter 💰🌱
Liberté, Broadside: Empires of Steel Adding the French and Ottoman Navies to the tabletop naval game, Broadside: Empires of Steel. 122 A$13,607.32 (170%) in 27 days 2023-08-29 Kickstarter 💰🌳
Fall of Tobruk Fall of Tobruk is a recreation of the Axis attack on the heavily fortified Gazala-Bir-Hachiem line in May-June 1942. 114 $13,132.00 (525%) in 10 days 2023-08-30 Kickstarter 1‑2 players age 12+ 480-600 min. 💰🌳 BGG
I felt... An Emotionally-themed cooperative game. Discovering unknown feelings of your good friends! 114 ¥580,434 (116%) in 33 days 2023-09-02 Kickstarter 🎉💰🌱

New this week (13)

Name Description Backers Pledged Ends Information Tags BGG
Dungeon Kart Race against your evil rivals in this fast paced board game for 2-8 players, featuring the villainous bosses of Boss Monster! 2406 $184,536.00 (527%) in 6 days 2023-09-08 Kickstarter 2‑6 players age 10+ 30-60 min. 🎉💰🔥🌳 BGG
Guilty Gear™ -Strive-: The Board Game The hit fighting game comes to tabletop in this glorious collector's edition! Heaven or Hell — Let's Rock! 1210 $221,368.84 (148%) in 6 days 2023-09-12 Kickstarter 2 players age 14+ 15 min. 💰🔥🌳 BGG
Peacemakers: Horrors of War Stop wars between animalfolk nations! This co-operative game for 1 to 4 players features six unique scenarios, brimming with variety and replay value. 824 €55,505.55 (111%) in 6 days 2023-09-21  Gamefound 1‑4 players age 14+ 60-120 min. Cooperative 💰 BGG
DVG - Warfighter Vietnam DVG's Warfighter Solitaire Game System Charges into the Jungles of Vietnam! 246 $44,157.00 (221%) in 5 days 2023-09-13 Kickstarter 💰🌳
We Have Goats! Outsmart chaos, reclaim goats, conquer twists Navigate land shifts, outsmart foes & use magical G.O.A.T. powers to round up mischievous goats. An epic adventure of strategy & luck. 201 $9,670.50 (215%) in 6 days 2023-09-22 Kickstarter 💰
Christmas Puzzle Cards A gift set of Christmas cards with escape room puzzles. Each card is a charming game waiting to be solved. 162 CA$11,005.29 (440%) in 7 days 2023-09-06 Kickstarter 💰
VOID- The Cooperative Card Game Work with your crew to stave off disaster and make your way home. 118 $8,346.00 (93%) in 5 days 2023-09-21 Kickstarter
The Wilderness The Wilderness is a cooperative adventure experience for 1-6 players. Set in a beautiful dystopic world where nature has reclaimed the cities. The Survivors will have to fight a giant Beast while avoiding a horde of wolves to create a safe haven amidst this chaos. 115 $25,737.83 (74%) in 6 days 2023-09-15  Gamefound 1‑6 players age 14+ 45-150 min. Cooperative 🌱 BGG
Small-Time Heroes: The Print and Play Edition A cooperative roguelike deck builder for 1-2 players. 101 $843.00 (1686%) in 6 days 2023-09-12 Kickstarter 💰🌱
Castles of Aragon Shape the land of Aragon as you please in this print and play, roll and write game. 89 €593.00 (593%) in 3 days 2023-09-10 Kickstarter 💰
Age of Swords: Epic strategy board game print and play Age of Swords: The epic medieval strategy board game. Conquer the Kingdom with cunning and skill. Support our crowdfunding. 29 €61.00 (31%) in 1 days 2023-09-25 Kickstarter 🌱
Astra: Vestiges of Deep Space Somewhere in the farthest reach of space, warring factions ruthlessly pursue the wisdom of lost ages-- otherwise known as vestiges. 26 $797.97 (27%) in 4 days 2023-09-25  Gamefound 2 players 30 min. Card Game 🌱
Sci-Fi Plot Hooks - A Concept Cards Deck A deck of playing cards that double as inspiration tools for Sci-Fi GMs and storytellers. 16 £337.00 (17%) in 1 days 2023-09-27 Kickstarter 🌳

Notable filtered projects (4)

Name Description Backers Pledged Ends Information Tags
Obojima Tales From The Tall Grass: A 5E Campaign Setting A Studio Ghibli & Legend of Zelda-inspired campaign setting for D&D 5E. Create your own unforgettable narrative in this familiar world. 16254 $1,829,725.69 (18297%) in 27 days 2023-08-31 Kickstarter 🎉💰🔥🌳
Painting Pack II: Techlon Tiger Drybrushes & Brush Set Premium Round + Flat Drybrushes, Texture Palettes & Painting Handles to help you slay any grey miniature prey from DND to Warhammer! 2518 A$378,318.32 (4729%) in 6 days 2023-09-15 Kickstarter 🎉💰🔥🌳
Historica Arcanum: Era of the Crusades (5E+) 5th Edition's Historical Fantasy Universe has returned: Uncover Two Grand Sourcebooks & Explore Jerusalem and Cairo of the Crusade Era! 2344 $289,201.99 (964%) in 6 days 2023-09-22 Kickstarter 🎉💰🔥
Unnatural Selection: A Supplement for use with Shadowdark A supplement of classes, ancestries, adventures and more for use with the Shadowdark RPG 1050 $64,659.00 (1293%) in 6 days 2023-09-21  Backerkit 💰
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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Perry@kbin.social to c/boardgames@feddit.de
 

What is this?

This is a weekly crowdfunding roundup of new projects launched last week and projects that end the coming week.

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:

Ending soon

  • Sorted by number of backers

  • 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:

    • No DnD books

    • No zines

    • No 3D printing

    • No dice sets

    • No magazines

    • No shirts

    • No playmats

    • No furniture

    • No events

  • 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.

  • (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

  • Sorted by number of backers

  • 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).

  • Gamefound projects launched in the last 7 days and passed the filters (see above).

  • (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 Bahamas/Canada/Honduras/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 my browser history is full of sexy stuff!

Indeed, this fine piece of code runs purely on faith, trust and pixie dust, so anything can happen. Leave a comment and I'll see what I can do.

Ending soon (13)

Name Description Backers Pledged Ends Information Tags BGG
Call of Duty: The Board Game A competitive, action-packed shootout based on the critically acclaimed video game franchise. 1358 $194,929.00 (260%) in 19 days 2023-08-22 Kickstarter 2 players age 17+ 45-90 min. 💰 BGG
FLIGHT PLAN - Own an Empire, Ground the Competition The Ultimate Board Game for Travel Enthusiasts, Airline Aficionados, or Aspiring Moguls 954 $43,616.00 (727%) in 26 days 2023-08-24 Kickstarter 2‑6 players age 14+ 60-90 min. 💰🌱 BGG
Kaikoro Kingdoms A new euro-style roll and write game where you'll build your own kingdom, and defend it from fearsome Kaijus. 627 MX$87,641.80 (2191%) in 19 days 2023-08-22 Kickstarter 1‑100 players age 10+ 20-60 min. 💰🌳 BGG
Netherus - Rats and Goblins for Fantasy Football Revamp your Fantasy Football team with our exclusive Ratmen, Underworld & Goblins Teams! 525 €76,460.00 (3823%) in 5 days 2023-08-22 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。 229 ¥2,254,929 (225%) in 24 days 2023-08-27 Kickstarter 🎉💰
REAPER CAT: The Card Game A catty game of COLLECTING souls, ATTACKING friends and getting REVENGE! 204 $14,039.00 (140%) in 19 days 2023-08-22 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" 185 $7,797.00 (156%) in 26 days 2023-08-26 Kickstarter 🎉💰🌱
Reign Absolute: Umbrous Edition The compact streamlined version of the ultimate Rapid Strategic Fantasy. 169 $5,760.00 (384%) in 26 days 2023-08-25 Kickstarter 2 players 💰 BGG
Lucky Cat Cute dice game! 1-7 players. Includes rogue-like Solo/Duel campaign! 141 $7,227.00 (241%) in 20 days 2023-08-27 Kickstarter 2‑4 players age 5+ 10-20 min. 💰🌱 BGG
Pentaquest ~ printed edition ~ The printed version of your stress-free solo and multiplayer card game. 139 €551.00 (551%) in 18 days 2023-08-22 Kickstarter 💰🌳
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! 127 €6,984.00 (698%) in 23 days 2023-08-25 Kickstarter 1‑4 players age 14+ 90-120 min. 🎉💰🌳 BGG
Loot&Roll Roll and write game for brave adventurers seeking loot and fame in a form of print and play game. 111 €1,039.00 (1039%) in 13 days 2023-08-21 Kickstarter 1‑4 players age 8+ 15-30 min. 💰 BGG
Chronicles of Arcane TCG A new trading card game set in a mystical world of arcane magic, printed by WJPC. 109 $27,008.00 (216%) in 30 days ⚠️ 2023-08-20 Kickstarter 💰🌱

New this week (19)

Name Description Backers Pledged Ends Information Tags BGG
Perch Keep your feathered friends close and your enemies closer in Perch - a battle of the birds for 2-5 players! 2234 CA$119,018.29 (261%) in 5 days 2023-09-06 Kickstarter 2‑5 players age 14+ 30-60 min. 🎉💰🔥🌳 BGG
To the Moon: Bestest Memories The official 'To the Moon' series card game! 2-5 players race to capture memories of a lifetime. 1735 CA$190,023.29 (380%) in 5 days 2023-09-14 Kickstarter 2‑5 players age 10+ 15-30 min. 💰🔥🌱 BGG
Spectral & a Trailblazers Expansion Two puzzly games with strong player interaction by Ryan Courtney. 1324 $75,075.00 (501%) in 5 days 2023-09-08 Kickstarter 🎉💰🔥
Marrakesh - Camels & Nomads This Expansion for Marrakesh includes 6 new Modules and the Solo Mode! 1162 $133,809.00 (1338%) in 5 days 2023-08-29 Kickstarter 1‑4 players age 14+ 120 min. 💰🔥🌳 BGG
⚔️ Midhalla ⚔️ 100% skill-based coop Dungeoncrawl Boardgame Master combat without randomness & experience the extensive Viking lore behind Midhallas evolving campaign system. No luck, just skill! 1112 €106,866.00 (541%) in 6 days 2023-09-13 Kickstarter 🎉💰🌱
JOYRIDE: Survival of the Fastest Crash, blast, and race your way to victory around customisable tracks in the adrenaline-fueled frenzy of JOYRIDE! 930 £60,506.00 (303%) in 5 days 2023-09-07 Kickstarter 2‑4 players age 14+ 30-60 min. 💰 BGG
DOMINATE & DELEGATE 🦾 A strategic Wargame with Resources & Base-building. A 60 hours 4X Campaign & an epic Skirmish Mode awaits. Inspired by C&C video games. 670 €46,231.00 (312%) in 5 days 2023-09-14 Kickstarter 2‑4 players age 14+ 60-90 min. 🎉💰🌱 BGG
Netherus - Rats and Goblins for Fantasy Football Revamp your Fantasy Football team with our exclusive Ratmen, Underworld & Goblins Teams! 525 €76,460.00 (3823%) in 5 days 2023-08-22 Kickstarter 💰🌳
Soundtrack Trivia - A Party Game for Movie Lovers Can you identify the movie by hearing a song clip from its soundtrack? A movie trivia game for all ages! 519 $31,119.00 (622%) in 5 days 2023-09-16 Kickstarter 1‑12 players age 8+ 45-120 min. 🎉💰🌱 BGG
Snow planner/スノープランナー 雪山の旅館をあなた好みに経営しましょう 成長する従業員をダイスに見立てた 中~重量級ダイスプレイメント ボードゲーム / Be a great snow planner. Medium to heavy weight dice placement boardgame. 333 ¥3,758,623 (752%) in 7 days 2023-09-07 Kickstarter 2‑4 players age 12+ 40 min. 🎉💰🌱 BGG
DardaCats: A Fun Family Game for Managing Big Messy Feelings Sing, act & tell stories to help DardaCat manage big feelings, and understand your child better along the way. 242 $17,812.00 (356%) in 5 days 2023-09-15 Kickstarter 💰🌱
AcadeCon 2023. Dayton's own 3-day Tabletop Convention AcadeCon 11 168 $11,495.00 (92%) in 5 days 2023-09-21 Kickstarter 🌳
Skyjacks: Courier's Call - Season 3 The award-winning all-ages actual play Skyjacks: Courier's Call is back for season 3! 162 $12,273.00 (102%) in 5 days 2023-09-16 Kickstarter 💰🌳
Paperback, le célèbre jeu de lettres, débarque en français ! Paperback est un jeu de deckbuilding qui se joue de 2 à 5 joueurs dans lequel vous allez incarner des romanciers en quête de célébrité. 147 $7,578.00 (101%) in 5 days 2023-09-05 Kickstarter 💰🌳
Bilge: A Mapping Game of Fear and Flesh A body horror tabletop mapping game for 1-4 players. Dig deep into the viscera of a space leviathan and battle disgusting horrors. 146 £3,139.00 (174%) in 7 days 2023-09-12 Kickstarter 💰🌳
Divine Wrath - Solo & Cooperative Dice Rolling Board Game A divine aura has engulfed the world, tainting the once wondrous beauties of its fragile being. A sequel to the Catharsis board game 140 $27,183.00 (109%) in 5 days 2023-09-07 Kickstarter 1‑5 players age 12+ 45-90 min. 💰 BGG
Fall of Tobruk Fall of Tobruk is a recreation of the Axis attack on the heavily fortified Gazala-Bir-Hachiem line in May-June 1942. 73 $8,374.00 (335%) in 3 days 2023-08-30 Kickstarter 1‑2 players age 12+ 480-600 min. 💰🌳 BGG
THE VEIL: Resurrected (Seasons 1, 2, and 3 Reprint) This dark fantasy deck building card game can be played solo, vs, teams, campaigns, and cooperatively in our dungeon crawl expansion. 70 $12,711.00 (254%) in 4 days 2023-10-15 Kickstarter 💰
H.Y.S.T. - How You Steal Things - A Boardgame Outwit Your Friends in a Race to Steal the Diamond and Become the Ultimate Thief 33 $3,331.00 (28%) in 1 days 2023-09-19 Kickstarter 🌱

Notable filtered projects (3)

Name Description Backers Pledged Ends Information Tags
EAT THE REICH The year is 1943. You are a team of crack vampire commandos with one mission: drink all of Hitler's blood. 3798 £139,085.00 (695%) in 3 days 2023-09-14 Kickstarter 🎉💰🔥🌳
Ultimate Bestiary: Secrets of the Fey for 5th Edition! Over 130 new fey creatures to add to your 5th Edition game! Intrigue and challenge your party at any level! 1613 $95,033.00 (950%) in 5 days 2023-09-14 Kickstarter 🎉💰🔥🌳
Perils & Princesses A Gritty and Pretty Fairy Tale TTRPG. 1444 $49,233.00 (3517%) in 26 days 2023-08-24 Kickstarter 💰🌱
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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Perry@kbin.social to c/boardgames@feddit.de
 

What is this?

This is a weekly crowdfunding roundup of new projects launched last week and projects that end the coming week.

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

  • Sorted by number of backers

  • 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:

    • No DnD books

    • No zines

    • No 3D printing

    • No dice sets

    • No magazines

    • No shirts

    • No playmats

    • No furniture

    • No events

  • 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.

  • (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

  • Sorted by number of backers

  • 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).

  • Gamefound projects launched in the last 7 days and passed the filters (see above).

  • (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 Belize/Canada/Bolivia/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 Microsoft support won't take my calls anymore!

Indeed, this fine piece of code runs purely on WAAAGH!, so anything can happen. Leave a comment and I'll see what I can do.

Ending soon (10)

Name Description Backers Pledged Ends Information Tags BGG
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! 1156 $75,468.00 (755%) in 18 days 2023-08-16 Kickstarter 💰🌳
Starship Scavengers Solo play space exploration game. 584 £19,399.50 (3880%) in 30 days 2023-08-15 Kickstarter 💰🌳
Pocket Samurai A fast paced drafting card game that's easy to learn, but has a depth of play that allows skilled players to truly excel. 484 $10,234.00 (341%) in 24 days 2023-08-19 Kickstarter 2 players age 13+ 5-15 min. 💰🌱 BGG
License to Grill Get ready to step into the sizzling world of backyard barbecues, mouthwatering marinades, and epic grilling showdowns with the exhilarating board game that will fire up your competitive spirit: "License to Grill"! 376 $21,314.00 (107%) in 27 days 2023-08-17  Backerkit 3‑5 players 💰 BGG
Beers of Ballard - The Board Game Beers of Ballard is a brewery-hopping board game inspired by the Ballard beer scene in Seattle, Washington. 254 $9,360.00 (138%) in 25 days 2023-08-18 Kickstarter 3‑4 players 20-50 min. 🎉💰🌱 BGG
ZOMBIE CHICKENS Game - Prepare for the Bok-Bok-Alypse! Build defenses during the day to protect your farm from zombie chickens at night! Card game playable as Competitive, Solo, and Co-Op! 249 $13,699.00 (274%) in 26 days 2023-08-17 Kickstarter 💰🌱
Fortitude - A WW2-themed Solo Trick-Taking & Write 16 months before D-Day. Can you keep Germany from uncovering the Allied plan to invade Normandy? Find out in this solo trick-taker! 242 $738.00 (246%) in 24 days 2023-08-14 Kickstarter 1 player age 12+ 20-40 min. 💰 BGG
Bouquets Bouquets is a 1-4 player strategic puzzle game featuring colorful & dynamic pattern creation to test your visual perception! 💐💐 203 $7,835.00 (157%) in 26 days 2023-08-18 Kickstarter 💰🌱
Shut Up, Cat! Board Game A push-your-luck dice allocation game where players compete to get a full night's sleep, despite a very noisy night-time cat. 199 $10,431.00 (104%) in 26 days 2023-08-16 Kickstarter 💰
AnARKey Trading Card Game A whole new Trading card game experience that YOU can be a part of! Join Danny Trejo and other Awesome people in the Wasteland today! 175 $30,967.00 (107%) in 43 days 2023-08-15 Kickstarter 2‑4 players age 14+ 50-120 min. 💰 BGG

New this week (12)

Name Description Backers Pledged Ends Information Tags BGG
Mistwind Navigate through the Mistwind Islands while building outposts, connecting networks and delivering cargo with flying transport whales. 2133 CA$235,995.29 (586%) in 5 days 2023-09-01 Kickstarter 1‑5 players age 14+ 75-120 min. 🎉💰🔥🌳 BGG
Ascendancy The Ultimate 4x Fantasy Meets Worker Placement Board Game Experience. 1481 $222,895.00 (1114%) in 5 days 2023-08-31 Kickstarter 1‑4 players age 12+ 90-480 min. 🎉💰🔥🌱 BGG
Algomancy A competitive card game with deep, strategic gameplay. Draft with other players out of the box or create custom decks 1385 $137,047.00 (914%) in 5 days 2023-09-07 Kickstarter 2‑10 players age 14+ 30-180 min. 💰🔥🌱 BGG
Kreel Manor: Citadel of Horrors, The Dungeon Crawl Card Game All new epic fantasy adventures in the Kilforth universe, for 1-3 cooperative players (up to 4 with expansion) 817 £69,916.00 (437%) in 5 days 2023-08-31 Kickstarter 🎉💰🌳
FIRE & ICE THE MINIATURES BOARD GAME The Groundbreaking Fantasy Adventure of Fire & Ice Can Be Yours To Play In This Collectors Edition Board Game! 723 $63,681.00 (127%) in 3 days 2023-09-13 Kickstarter 🎉💰🔥🌳
Crumbs! The Sandwich Filler Game Stack ingredients to make sandwiches efficiently and satisfy your customers before your actions run out in this solo/coop microgame! 662 £11,242.00 (562%) in 6 days 2023-08-31 Kickstarter 1‑2 players age 14+ 10-20 min. 💰 BGG
Small City Deluxe Edition: Spring and Summer Expansions TWO new Expansions for Small City Deluxe Edition with more than 25 new expansions for a level of simulation probably never reached! 393 $41,647.00 (144%) in 6 days 2023-08-31 Kickstarter 1‑4 players age 14+ 60-180 min. 💰🌳 BGG
ETER Players fight a duel creating a playing field during the game. They may use the ability of mages or power of 4 elements! 199 €4,430.00 (55%) in 3 days 2023-09-10 Kickstarter 🌱
Change My Mind Explode into ludicrous debates and absurd chaos as you try to have the last word! 193 $10,980.50 (110%) in 5 days 2023-09-10 Kickstarter 3‑8 players age 17+ 30-90 min. 🎉💰🌱 BGG
Deck building board game "HAM-FARM" / デッキ構築型ボードゲーム『ハムファーム』 Beginners and families can enjoy the cute and fun at the same time! / 初心者の方も、家族とでも、かわいさと面白さを同時に楽しめる!ハムスターの魅力もたくさん! 109 ¥1,057,009 (264%) in 4 days 2023-09-10 Kickstarter 💰🌱
GRIM REAPER PRESCHOOL / 死神プリスクール A new kind of trick-taking game from the Land of Grim Reapers!/ 死神の国による新感覚のトリックテイキングゲーム! 97 ¥423,005 (71%) in 4 days 2023-09-13 Kickstarter 🌱
Eco Quest: The Planet Is Counting on You! An educational board game empowering children aged 6-12 to make sustainable choices–for kids, by kids. 88 $3,781.00 (76%) in 5 days 2023-09-07 Kickstarter 🌱

Notable filtered projects (7)

Name Description Backers Pledged Ends Information Tags
"Where Evil Lives" - The MCDM Book of Boss Battles for 5E Game prep just got easier, and game night just got a whole lot more fun. Get 22 drop-in dungeons with dynamic combat encounters for 5e! 10918 $285,912.00 (191%) in 13 days 2023-08-14  Backerkit 💰🔥
Dolmenwood Tabletop RPG A lavishly detailed fantasy world inspired by the fairy tales and eerie folklore of the British Isles. 7148 $981,055.13 (491%) in 5 days 2023-09-09 Kickstarter 💰🔥🌳
The Secret Art of Game Mastery Bring new life to your tabletop RPG with decades' worth of game master experience at your fingertips. 2812 $212,746.00 (2127%) in 5 days 2023-09-07 Kickstarter 🎉💰🔥
Shadow of the Weird Wizard Enter a magical realm darkened by the Shadow of the Weird Wizard using an evolution of the rules from Shadow of the Demon Lord 2515 $254,803.00 (849%) in 6 days 2023-09-07 Kickstarter 💰🔥🌳
Thunderstone Quest Uncharted Waters by AEG Two new Quests featuring a new Exploration System and a new Totem System 1852 $107,016.00 (214%) in 5 days 2023-08-19 Kickstarter 💰🔥🌳
Wind Wraith Build your ship and explore endless horizons in a dark fantasy wavecrawl - for Old School Essentials 1245 €60,177.55 (860%) in 27 days 2023-08-17 Kickstarter 💰🌳
World of Battlezoo: Indigo Isles for Pathfinder 2e and 5e Over 280 pages of new ancestries/races, dragons, magic items, PC options, towns, NPCs, and more for your 5E and Pathfinder 2e games! 1107 $74,692.00 (747%) in 27 days 2023-08-19 Kickstarter 🎉💰
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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Perry@kbin.social to c/boardgames@feddit.de
 

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 username /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

  • Sorted by number of backers

  • 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:

    • No DnD books

    • No zines

    • No 3D printing

    • No dice sets

    • No magazines

    • No shirts

    • No playmats

    • No furniture

    • No events

  • 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.

  • (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

  • Sorted by number of backers

  • 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).

  • Gamefound projects launched in the last 7 days and passed the filters (see above).

  • (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 El Salvador/Canada/Guatemala/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 Microsoft support won't take my calls anymore!

Indeed, this fine piece of code runs purely on faith, trust and pixie dust, so anything can happen. Leave a comment and I'll see what I can do.

Ending soon (14)

Name Description Backers Pledged Ends Information Tags BGG
🔱Cyclades Legendary Edition Join the Ultimate evolution of this famous development, territory control and auction board game by Bruno Cathala and Ludovic Maublanc. 8174 €916,623.00 (611%) in 39 days 2023-08-08 Kickstarter 2‑6 players age 13+ 60-90 min. 🎉💰🔥 BGG
Avant Carde The avant-garde art collection deckbuilding game! Collect art and get favors from patrons in this 30 minute card game for 1-5 players 1719 $44,875.00 (321%) in 20 days 2023-08-12 Kickstarter 1‑5 players age 8+ 30-45 min. 🎉💰🌳 BGG
Wolves A Semi-Cooperative Game for 3-6 Players About Community Survival From Indigenous Creators 1521 $98,911.55 (396%) in 27 days 2023-08-08 Kickstarter 3‑6 players age 15+ 45-90 min. 🎉💰🌱 BGG
Picky Eaters A strategic card game for 2-6 players about planning a dinner party for picky guests. 1244 $59,587.00 (1192%) in 26 days 2023-08-11 Kickstarter 2‑6 players age 8+ 20-40 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! 885 £23,456.00 (267%) in 13 days 2023-08-09 Kickstarter 2‑4 players age 12+ 30-60 min. 💰🌳 BGG
yama (山) Make 4-in-a-row when viewed from one of 3 perspectives to win! A classic abstract strategy game with a whole new spin. 394 A$41,268.32 (666%) in 27 days 2023-08-09 Kickstarter 2 players age 8+ 15-30 min. 💰 BGG
Tasty Card Game: Cooking Noodles 2-4 players card game. Noodles, Ingredients, and Chinese specialty Seasonings to choose from. Create your favorite noodle combinations. 314 SGD 5,602.00 (280%) in 27 days 2023-08-10 Kickstarter 💰
Killer Bunnies: Jupiter A stand-alone Space Bunnies adventure for 2 - 6 players. 302 $34,595.00 (494%) in 19 days 2023-08-11 Kickstarter 💰🌱
Make It To Monday A gay board game that combines chance, strategy and a little bit of shade. 287 €13,512.00 (113%) in 27 days 2023-08-10 Kickstarter 3‑8 players age 18+ 30-70 min. 💰🌱 BGG
Crazy Canteen Be the manager of the craziest canteen in the city in this roll&write game. 267 €839.00 (682%) in 36 days 2023-08-07 Kickstarter 1‑99 players age 10+ 30-45 min. 💰🌱 BGG
BLITZ IN THE EAST: The Russian Campaign 1941-45 Relive the Russian Campaign. Blitz as the Axis to quickly defeat the Soviets! Hold on as the Soviets and slowly overwhelm the Axis! 179 €26,343.00 (132%) in 11 days 2023-08-10 Kickstarter 1‑2 players age 14+ 120-300 min. 💰🌳 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! 169 $7,743.00 (103%) in 13 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! 158 $5,787.00 (231%) in 10 days 2023-08-10 Kickstarter 💰🌳
Honey Hop You are the queen of your hive. Your loyal bees must work together to collect nectar from the flowers in the garden and produce honey. 121 $9,538.00 (191%) in 33 days 2023-08-09 Kickstarter 2‑4 players age 10+ 40-60 min. 💰 BGG

New this week (14)

Name Description Backers Pledged Ends Information Tags BGG
Bear Mountain Camping Adventure: A Race To The Top Embark on a remarkable journey in Bear Mountain Camping Adventure: the ultimate camping board game for 1 to 4 explorers. 4209 $387,925.00 (7758%) in 5 days 2023-09-01 Kickstarter 1‑4 players age 14+ 90-120 min. 🎉💰🔥🌱 BGG
Call of Duty: The Board Game A competitive, action-packed shootout based on the critically acclaimed video game franchise. 1046 $146,199.00 (195%) in 5 days 2023-08-22 Kickstarter 2 players age 17+ 45-90 min. 💰🔥 BGG
Hideous Abomination: Second Edition The vile tile-laying game is back by monstrous demand! Build hideous creatures from 200+ unique parts with ever-evolving objectives! 921 £19,687.00 (303%) in 6 days 2023-08-29 Kickstarter 2‑5 players age 8+ 10-30 min. 🎉💰 BGG
Tiny Laser Heist: A 3D Game of Finesse, Wits, and Tiny Hands An awkwardly cooperative heist game! Steal jewels with tiny hands. Backstab your opponents. Don't hit the lasers. 869 $61,840.00 (618%) in 4 days 2023-09-02 Kickstarter 3‑6 players age 8+ 30-90 min. 💰🔥 BGG
Shadowrun: TakeDown Rise as a legend or succumb to darkness. The city's destiny hangs in the balance, and it's in your hands. Shadowrun Takedown awaits. 560 $61,471.00 (615%) in 3 days 2023-09-02 Kickstarter 2‑4 players age 14+ 60-90 min. 🎉💰🌳 BGG
Kaikoro Kingdoms A new euro-style roll and write game where you'll build your own kingdom, and defend it from fearsome Kaijus. 505 MX$63,162.80 (1579%) in 5 days 2023-08-22 Kickstarter 1‑100 players age 10+ 20-60 min. 💰🌳 BGG
Alphabet Stoop A turn-based word building game. Deliver your packages before your rival companies to secure your victory! 333 $9,785.00 (98%) in 6 days 2023-08-28 Kickstarter 2‑5 players age 6+ 20 min. BGG
Silent War 2.0 Including IJN 2.0, this is a completely new and improved edition of the original Silent War/IJN released in 2005! 272 $28,921.00 (1157%) in 4 days 2023-08-14 Kickstarter 💰🌳
REAPER CAT: The Card Game A catty game of COLLECTING souls, ATTACKING friends and getting REVENGE! 151 $10,746.00 (107%) in 5 days 2023-08-22 Kickstarter 💰🌳
Liberté, Broadside: Empires of Steel Adding the French and Ottoman Navies to the tabletop naval game, Broadside: Empires of Steel. 114 A$11,834.32 (148%) in 6 days 2023-08-29 Kickstarter 💰🌳
Cyber-city and Chick maze Cyber-city and Chick maze are roll and write maze games. The games are print and play. 95 €848.00 (848%) in 3 days 2023-09-02 Kickstarter 💰🌳
Pentaquest ~ printed edition ~ The printed version of your stress-free solo and multiplayer card game. 89 €353.00 (353%) in 4 days 2023-08-22 Kickstarter 💰🌳
Mushrooms, Magic and More A fast paced, fun, and easy to play card game featuring mind-bending and immersive border to border art. 86 $6,138.00 (61%) in 5 days 2023-08-31 Kickstarter 🌱
Moratia Card Quest Game Collect Spoils, challenge Quests and collect Renown to become the Most Renown Adventurer in the world of Moratia! 73 $8,222.00 (103%) in 4 days 2023-09-02 Kickstarter 💰🌱

Notable filtered projects (6)

Name Description Backers Pledged Ends Information Tags
"Where Evil Lives" - The MCDM Book of Boss Battles for 5E Game prep just got easier, and game night just got a whole lot more fun. Get 22 drop-in dungeons with dynamic combat encounters for 5e! 8575 $221,522.00 (148%) in 6 days 2023-08-14  Backerkit 💰🔥
Obojima Tales From The Tall Grass: A 5E Campaign Setting A Studio Ghibli & Legend of Zelda-inspired campaign setting for D&D 5E. Create your own unforgettable narrative in this familiar world. 7163 $802,935.00 (8029%) in 5 days 2023-08-31 Kickstarter 🎉💰🔥🌳
The Crystals of Z'leth: A 5e Survival Solo Adventure Uncover the mysteries of a hidden city and live to tell the tale. No DM or party required. 2807 CA$104,114.00 (694%) in 25 days 2023-08-11 Kickstarter 💰
Dungeon Scribe's Magical Oddities—Item Tome for D&D 5e & BFR +500 carefully crafted & illustrated magic items for 5e DnD & BFR. Designed for quick reference & easy reading. Feed your Loot Goblins! 2066 $183,490.00 (1835%) in 26 days 2023-08-10 Kickstarter 🎉💰
Spectacular Shops & Services (5e) Drop-in ready inns, taverns, shops and services for D&D 5e with new NPCs, items, quests and more! Compatible with Phaylen's Journal. 1688 CA$121,789.29 (902%) in 26 days 2023-08-10 Kickstarter 🎉💰
Xcrawl Classics TTRPG Core Rulebook The big crawl streams live tonight! Commercial breaks, corporate sponsorships and fabulous prizes! Tune in to run your favorite team! 1436 $217,470.00 (2175%) in 25 days 2023-08-11 Kickstarter 🎉💰🌳
[–] Perry@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

ActivityPub is very likely about complying with the EU DMA and future development of it. The Fediverse community by itself is practically irrelevant.

[–] Perry@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I know that is a popular narrative in the Fediverse community right now, but I honestly find it unreasonable. Google and Meta didn't kill XMPP, they abandoned it and without them it went right back to where it was originally: barely used whatsoever. The Fediverse already has a small, but relatively healthy user base. Meta can abandon ActivityPub or twist it into something unacceptable, but all that will do is bring us back to where we are right now.

All that is irrelevant, though, because the difference is that Meta is legally required to incorporate interoperability with other services and that's why they are going with ActivityPub. Not from the good of their hearts, but because they need to and is in their own self interest to keep alive.

Right now, they are early adopters of ActivityPub and have a very early strong position there. When they federate they will be by several magnitudes the largest instance on the network. Whether we like it or not, they will inevitably be a major player in dictating the future of ActivityPub. Thus, they want to keep ActivityPub alive because they want to make sure that becomes the future EU mandated industry standard for SoMe. Otherwise, some other technology will be chosen, one that might not be lead by Meta, but by Google, Apple or ByteDance.

Note, that I'm not arguing whether this is good or bad, but only what I predict is happening.

[–] Perry@kbin.social 15 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Interestingly it seems like the main reason is not the enormous data gathering list that has been posted a few times, but rather the connection to Instagram and whether the two services are allowed to share user data.

Meta is also using Threads as a test bench for the Digital Markets Act, so they are probably holding off the launch until they can get federation going.

[–] Perry@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

Meta has several billion active users across their platforms. 30M is nothing to them.

Also don’t forget that we’re talking about a microblog, so it will inherently generate a large amount of individual posts, much more so than e.g Instagram. The quality is however likely very low initially and a lot of users are probably just trying out the current talk of the day.

I do suspect that Threads will probably grow to a few hundred million users before the end of the year; anything less would probably be regarded as a colossal failure for Meta.

[–] Perry@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

We migrated to Matomo, which has very similar functionality as GA, but can be self hosted and is GDPR compatible. It can even be configured to run without consent since it doesn’t build a third party ad profile, which should actually improve the data coverage a bit.

The tracking API is a little different than GA so we had to redo some things to get all the events to trigger properly (especially for e-commerce), but for basic usage statistics it’s relatively plug and play in the tag manager.

https://matomo.org/

[–] Perry@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh, it seems like there might actually have been a Firefox issue. Or rather, me apparently not knowing how to use fetch() properly.

See if it works better now: https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/469139-kbin-subscriptions-panel

You can click on the cog icon in the upper right to see if you have the current version installed (2.6)

[–] Perry@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

like this alternative sidebar which I unfortunately couldn't get to work as intended.

Oh, what problems did you run into? I haven't pushed that many updates lately because I thought it was fairly stable, but perhaps there are still some bugs for certain configurations?

Thinking out loud, there might be some compatibility issues with Greasemonkey specifically. I'm personally using Tampermonkey, but I know that Greasemonkey have a tendency of being a bit troublesome sometimes. I did have to fix a few bugs related to Greasemonkey for the Kbin Usability Pack a while ago.

Anyway, please give me a shout and I'll see if I can get a fix out.

[–] Perry@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

I'm guessing it's a poorly worded way to say that Threads will reach 1 billion users before Twitter. Otherwise, I don't know. Facebook has almost 3 billion users.

[–] Perry@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

You use an Instagram account to register a Threads account, but they are two different services. After the Threads account is linked, there is however no way to remove that account without also removing the Instagram account.

Just for comparison, there are something like 2.3 BILLION Instagram accounts.

[–] Perry@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I don't want a Meta account, but I want to communicate with the billions of people who do, including all of my family and friends.

But that is the power of the Fediverse. There is room for both small isolated instances as well as those that are part the larger "main" network, and everything in-between.

[–] Perry@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Just to put it in perspective, there are about 15 million users total in the entire Fediverse, of which ~9 million are on Mastodon.

[–] Perry@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

There are probably several reasons, many not entirely clear to any one of us now, but one can guess.

I think not an insignificant reason for this is the coming expansion of the EU Digital Markets Act where Meta among a few other tech giants are labeled as gatekeepers. As always, while the EU might be one of the earlier ones, other markets will likely follow in the coming decade.

Meta will going forward be forced to open up their platforms and incorporate interoperability with other services. It starts with messages, but knowing the EU, that is probably just the first stepping stone.

If Meta have to do it anyways, they will probably want to make sure that they are the first one in establish a strong presence in the technology that every other tech giant will also need to embrace.

I don't think they care even a little about the present Fediverse community, what they do care about is the technology that Apple, Microsoft, Google, TikTok and so on will agree on to use going forward. By embracing ActivityPub early, they are betting on having already a strong position when these companies are inevitably going to have to try to agree on a common standard.

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