Weekly Crowdfunding Roundup: February 18 2024
Weekly Crowdfunding Roundup: February 18 2024
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Weekly Crowdfunding Roundup: February 18 2024
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/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 there's cheese dust all over my cards!
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 (20)
| Name | Description | Backers | Pledged | Ends | Information | Tags | BGG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Song of Ice & Fire: Tactics - A Tabletop Miniatures Skirmish Game | Dive into the heart of Westeros with 'A Song of Ice and Fire: Tactics,' our exhilarating new skirmish game set in George R.R. Martin's iconic universe. Take command of legendary characters from different factions, strategically navigating the battlefield to claim victory.Unleash the power of your … | 4262 | $974,421.13 (325%) in 10 days | 2024-02-23 | 💸 Gamefound 👥 2 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 30-60 min. Wargame | 💰🔥 | BGG |
| TOKYO HIGHWAY Rainbow City | A colorful new board game expansion for TOKYO HIGHWAY! With new pieces and new ways to play, it's better than ever. | 4232 | ¥31,192,996 (6239%) in 26 days | 2024-02-22 | 💸 Kickstarter | 🎉💰 | |
| CRYPTIC NATURE: Discover and Protect the Legendary Creatures | A medium-weight competitive board game about finding and saving legendary creatures | 3797 | €321,332.00 (3213%) in 25 days | 2024-02-21 | 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑4 players 👶 10+ ⏱️ 60 min. | 💰🌳 | BGG |
| Last Light 2nd Edition & New Alien Pack - 4X in under an hour! | A true 4X space experience that can be played in an hour! Seriously. | 3129 | $368,805.92 (738%) in 19 days | 2024-02-23 | 💸 Gamefound 👥 2‑8 players ⏱️ 60 min. | 💰🌳 | |
| EVE: War for New Eden | Board Game adaptation of the iconic EVE Online MMO. The table is set for the grand game of cosmic chess. Make your first move today! | 2380 | €490,250.00 (981%) in 25 days | 2024-02-21 | 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑4 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 90-180 min. | 🎉💰🌳 | BGG |
| Photo Tour: North America Board Game | Become a travel photographer in this 1-5 players strategy game. Take stunning photos in USA and Canada and collect them in your journal | 1563 | CA$145,093.00 (1451%) in 24 days | 2024-02-23 | 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑5 players 👶 8+ ⏱️ 40-60 min. | 💰 | BGG |
| Enigma Puzzle Gamebooks | A new Gloom solo adventure and more! | 907 | $53,998.00 (1080%) in 26 days | 2024-02-23 | 💸 Kickstarter | 💰🌳 | |
| Heart of Crown's 10th Anniversary | Heart of Crown 2.0 and a new digital version - let's celebrate 10 years of Heart of Crown! | 865 | $100,699.00 (403%) in 12 days | 2024-02-23 | 💸 Kickstarter | 🎉💰🌳 | |
| Nature Games Trio: Sunrise, Snowfall, & Floriferous | Create beautiful pottery, wander through the woods, and enjoy your garden with our relaxing games! | 801 | $46,391.00 (232%) in 12 days | 2024-02-24 | 💸 Kickstarter | 💰🌳 | |
| 25th Century Games 2024 Import Collection | Travel around the world of gaming without leaving home. New editions, updates, and fresh printings of hard to find fun games. | 585 | $36,976.00 (740%) in 12 days | 2024-02-24 | 💸 Kickstarter | 💰🌳 | |
| Ruination: Blood Sworn | Return to the blood-stained sands and lead your tribe to victory. | 475 | $31,995.00 (320%) in 19 days | 2024-02-20 | 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑4 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 60-120 min. | 💰🌳 | BGG |
| Food Fight! - True Tabletop Minis | Are you feeling hungry?! Food Fight miniatures are here!! | 423 | €10,273.00 (10273%) in 24 days | 2024-02-24 | 💸 Kickstarter 👶 10+ ⏱️ 5 min. | 💰🌱 | BGG |
| Pocket Air War - Definitive edition | Pocket Air War is a fast game of aerial combat in WWII you can play anywhere you want. | 336 | €21,746.00 (1087%) in 12 days | 2024-02-24 | 💸 Kickstarter | 💰 | |
| Atlantic Sentinels | A tactical, solitaire game that puts you in charge of an escort to protect convoys in the N. Atlantic from German U-boats. | 312 | $31,059.00 (1242%) in 9 days | 2024-02-21 | 💸 Kickstarter | 💰🌳 | |
| The Infection: Roll, Write & Fight [Print and Play] | Embark on a strategic puzzle/problem solving journey, explore various locations, gather resources, combat the Turned and Survive. | 302 | PLN 7,920.00 (1584%) in 12 days | 2024-02-22 | 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑100 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 35-55 min. | 💰 | BGG |
| Squirrels The Card Game | Fast, fun, and easy-to-learn game where players battle to get the lowest score. Each game is challenging, unpredictable, and exciting. | 288 | $11,806.00 (1181%) in 26 days | 2024-02-22 | 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑8 players 👶 6+ ⏱️ 15-45 min. | 🎉💰🌳 | BGG |
| Knight: Second Edition | Will you ride into legend? | 244 | A$10,309.00 (515%) in 18 days | 2024-02-21 | 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑4 players 👶 12+ ⏱️ 40-60 min. | 💰 | BGG |
| FUTURE HEROES: Fast-Paced, Trick-Taking Board Game | Lead your team of gladiators into the arena, arm them with weapons and magic, and ensure eternal glory in a dystopian future. | 211 | $8,343.00 (209%) in 26 days | ⚠️ 2024-02-18 | 💸 Kickstarter | 💰🌱 | |
| Conquest Princess: Night of the Necropede | Dress up, team up, and save the galaxy again! An expansion deck for Conquest Princess: Fashion is Power co-op board game. | 141 | $9,524.00 (298%) in 12 days | 2024-02-23 | 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑4 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 40-75 min. | 🎉💰🌳 | BGG |
| Be Kind. Rewind: A $1 Video Store Journaling Game | Revisit a time when renting movies was a ritual and video stores ruled the strip malls of the world! | 132 | $1,386.00 (1109%) in 12 days | 2024-02-22 | 💸 Kickstarter | 🎉💰 |
New this week (23)
| Name | Description | Backers | Pledged | Ends | Information | Tags | BGG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aeon's End: The Descent | Aeon’s End: The Descent is a standalone experience within the exciting world of Aeon’s End, utilizing the familiar shuffle-free deck-building game system with a replayable narrative experience about the founding of Gravehold! Discover new Mages and Nemeses, along with the all-new Friends & Foes mo… | 1989 | $275,309.20 (2753%) in 5 days | 2024-03-01 | 💸 Gamefound 👥 1‑4 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 60 min. Card Game | 💰🔥🌱 | BGG |
| EPIC WARPATH™: The Game of Sci-Fi Mass Battles | Command vast armies of aliens and humankind on distant worlds in the new epic scale miniatures game by Matt Gilbert & Alessio Cavatore. | 1219 | £156,003.00 (520%) in 4 days | 2024-03-01 | 💸 Kickstarter | 💰🔥🌳 | |
| Steam Power | A new train game by Martin Wallace, with a quick setup and play time, yet offering satisfying depth. Build the smartest network and reap the rewards. | 1060 | $114,264.08 (127%) in 5 days | 2024-03-05 | 💸 Gamefound 👥 1‑5 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 45-90 min. Area Control | 💰🔥 | BGG |
| Ace of Aces: Powerhouse Series Deluxe Edition | WWI France: You're in the cockpit patrolling the skies over the trenches, can you find and shoot down your enemy? | 1046 | $62,867.00 (419%) in 5 days | 2024-03-13 | 💸 Kickstarter | 💰🔥🌳 | |
| Philharmonix: Space Orchestra Management Board Game | Become a space orchestra manager and perform magnificent concerts across the galaxy in this unique 1-4 player worker placement game. | 997 | A$125,389.00 (410%) in 5 days | 2024-03-12 | 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑4 players 👶 13+ ⏱️ 60-150 min. | 🎉💰🌳 | BGG |
| Dieson Crusoe | Shipwrecked and stranded, you must outwit, outlast, and overcome the dangers of a mysterious island to escape its clutches in this thrilling, dice placement solo game! | 825 | $18,691.25 (374%) in 5 days | 2024-03-01 | 💸 Gamefound 👥 1 player ⏱️ 30 min. Dice Game | 💰🌳 | |
| Sea Dragons | Protect the island from the pirates and gain control over the seas. | A game from Simone Luciani, Pini Shekhter & Yaniv Kahana | 699 | $30,883.00 (309%) in 5 days | 2024-02-29 | 💸 Kickstarter | 💰🌱 |
| Pulp Invasion X4: The Galactic Map | Find Allies through Planets on the Galactic Rim map for the Intergalactic Council. Visit the Rim Sectors with your Space Cruiser! | 514 | $10,527.00 (211%) in 5 days | 2024-02-29 | 💸 Kickstarter | 💰🌳 | |
| Lovestruck - A game about finding love on reality TV | A social deduction board game where you compete on a reality dating show. Are you here for the "right" reasons? | 486 | $15,468.00 (309%) in 4 days | 2024-03-06 | 💸 Kickstarter | 🎉💰 | |
| Everstone: Discovering Ignis | A 1-4 player engine-building board game with multi-use cards set in a whimsical world. | 439 | $23,560.00 (94%) in 5 days | 2024-03-14 | 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑4 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 40-120 min. | 🌱 | BGG |
| Forks: 2nd Edition | A reprint and retheme of the acclaimed card game Forks, now for 2-6 players. | 401 | £4,694.00 (361%) in 6 days | 2024-02-29 | 💸 Kickstarter | 💰 | |
| Don't Get Stabbed! Second Edition | The cult-hit, horror card game is back with a brand-new look and plushie. Free U.S. shipping. | 302 | $12,434.00 (622%) in 5 days | 2024-03-14 | 💸 Kickstarter | 💰 | |
| Rocket Ranchers Herding Cats in Space! | A grid-drafting set-collection card game for 1 to 6 players. Collect alien livestock. Watch out for Space Cats ... or don't! | 266 | $12,233.00 (245%) in 5 days | 2024-03-05 | 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑6 players 👶 8+ ⏱️ 30-45 min. | 🎉💰🌱 | BGG |
| [Etherium | Experience Victory in a 3D Realm of Strategy!](https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/crapaudceleste/etherium-board-game) | Dive into Etherium’s world with a 3D board and deep strategic gameplay. Program your actions and command your faction to gather Ether! | 162 | €12,276.00 (49%) in 5 days | 2024-02-27 | 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑4 players 👶 8+ ⏱️ 45-60 min. | |
| Louisbourg 1758 | A 2 player block game on the British and French fight for Louisbourg during the French & Indian War. Plays in 1 hour. | 150 | $13,869.00 (789%) in 4 days | 2024-03-02 | 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 60-90 min. | 💰🌳 | BGG |
| Hurt Party: A Game of Bad Apologies | A party game that pokes fun at all of the terrible ways we say we're sorry. | 113 | $4,711.00 (47%) in 5 days | 2024-03-16 | 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑7 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 10-20 min. | 🎉🌳 | BGG |
| Mythos - The Divine Card Game | Fulfill the prophecy as you harness the deities and myths from around the world in this party-building strategy card game. | 105 | $8,867.00 (89%) in 2 days | 2024-03-17 | 💸 Kickstarter | 🌱 | |
| Champions of the Hundred Halls: A Coop Strategy Card Game | Harness your magic. An asymmetrical cooperative game for 1-4 Players with Increasing Levels of Difficulty and Endless Replayability. | 95 | $5,647.00 (56%) in 5 days | 2024-03-15 | 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑4 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 50-90 min. | 🎉🌳 | BGG |
| Burned | Burned is a quick, aggressive, game of cat-and-mouse for 2 players. Do you have what it takes to survive in Neon City? | 92 | $3,860.00 (26%) in 5 days | 2024-03-14 | 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2 players 👶 10+ ⏱️ 10-20 min. | 🌳 | BGG |
| Widgets n' Digits | Be the CEO of game night in this board game of wacky economic strategy! | 54 | $3,482.00 (50%) in 2 days | 2024-03-08 | 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑4 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 30-60 min. | 🌱 | BGG |
| SKUNK'D | 35 years in the making, from our family to yours, the SCENTsational dice and card game -- silly yet cerebral, where YOU make the rules! | 53 | $5,439.00 (78%) in 2 days | 2024-03-18 | 💸 Kickstarter | 🌱 | |
| Mole Park: Whack & Win | A carnival-themed party game for 2-8 players where you Whack moles and Win prizes! | 38 | $2,686.00 (66%) in 2 days | 2024-03-27 | 💸 Kickstarter | 🌱 | |
| Earth Matters Game - Seeds for Earthy Action | Inspire lively conversations about our awe-inspiring home, planet Earth, with this unique board game. | 14 | $1,058.00 (46%) in 5 days | 2024-03-24 | 💸 Kickstarter | 🎉 |
Notable filtered projects (2)
| Name | Description | Backers | Pledged | Ends | Information | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tainted Grail TTRPG: Song of a Dying World | Dive into the new chapter of the Tainted Grail saga by Awaken Realms, produced by Studio Agate, the most awarded French TTRPG studio. | 1910 | €241,036.55 (482%) in 5 days | 2024-03-08 | 💸 Gamefound 👥 2‑6 players ⏱️ 120 min. | 💰🔥 |
| Sentai & Sensibility RPG | As part of the Regency elite you have many obligations, but your top one is to save the world with your team of heroes! | 1251 | $33,650.00 (1858%) in 19 days | 2024-02-22 | 💸 Kickstarter | 🎉💰🌳 |