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• Mouse Guard: Swords & Strongholds is a two-player game from Luke Crane that's based on the Mouse Guard comic series by David Petersen. (KS link) Details on the gameplay are scant — each player controls four mice on a small game board and they use cards that come in three types: Swords, Strongholds, and Diplomacy — but the KS project is already well-funded, so apparently the comic has more than a few fans.
• And speaking of comics, Layman Kingsford and Cheeky Dingo Games are funding the ElfQuest Adventure Game, a 1-4 co-operative game that covers 1.5 issues of the original storyline along with a few other plot lines. (KS link) As might be expected, the artwork is by Wendy Pini.
• The quarterly magazine Casual Game Insider, overseen by Stratus Games' Chris James and supported by many game publishers, is trying to expand its reach in order to be available on newsstands in the U.S. (KS link)
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• New Dawn is a thematic sequel to Among the Stars from designers Konstantinos Kokkinis and Sotirios Tsantilas and publisher Artipia Games, and the project has already spiked its funding goal with many, many, many add-ons and other games being listed. (KS link)
• David Okum's Darkfast Dungeons tics off the "dungeon" portion of this c.f. round-up, but what does the game offer that makes it stand out from other dungeon-related game? The description on BGG doesn't help: "Darkfast Dungeons is a print-and-play tabletop game designed to provide a robust dungeon crawl experience in a couple of hours. There are many ways to play Darkfast Dungeons with rules and scenarios for co-operative games, competitive games and solo play." Wait — this is funding for a print-and-play game? That's a new one for me. (KS link)
• For the fighting and videogame portion of this round-up, we have Chris Solis' Terrene Odyssey, a "competitive 1v1 and 2v2, all-inclusive battle card game modeled after the battle systems of 1990s video game RPGs". (KS link) Pick your characters, assign them items, try to give them terrain advantage and level up while fighting enemy characters to win XP equal to their levels.
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Right away you're getting grilled about your politics, your relationship, your job prospects, and every other sore point that your family is so good at exploiting. Each turn presents its own "Trauma", while only some turns provide "Coping Mechanisms" to soften the blow.
Meanwhile, your family is mercilessly targeting your unique "Characteristics". Depending on what personality traits you've been dealt, the wrong question at the wrong time could utterly destroy you. Relationship troubles? ("When are you going to find someone and settle down?") Job loss? ("Why don't you ask your sister, I'm sure she can find something for you at her company.") Secret lifestyle? ("What on earth is a fur con?") The only limits to the torment are the vagaries of fate and the depths of your imagination!
Perfect for, you guessed it, family gatherings so that you can get a meta-buzz during the game while passive-aggressively confronting people with all the stuff that you dislike about them.Meanwhile, your family is mercilessly targeting your unique "Characteristics". Depending on what personality traits you've been dealt, the wrong question at the wrong time could utterly destroy you. Relationship troubles? ("When are you going to find someone and settle down?") Job loss? ("Why don't you ask your sister, I'm sure she can find something for you at her company.") Secret lifestyle? ("What on earth is a fur con?") The only limits to the torment are the vagaries of fate and the depths of your imagination!
Editor's note: Please don't post links to other Kickstarter projects in the comments section. Write to me via the email address in the header, and I'll consider them for inclusion in a future crowdfunding round-up. Thanks! —WEM
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