Weekly Crowdfunding Roundup October 1 2023 What is this? This is a weekly crowdfunding roundup of new projects launched last week and projects that end the coming week, originally posted on the /r/boardgames subreddit by me, /u/perkelton. This document is offered as an alternative for those who ...

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