Crowdfunding Round-up: Rockwell, Council of Verona, Kaosball, Kremlin, Cthulhu Wars & More

Each player represents a mining company drilling the Earth to get resources – but drilling often requires the help of other players (forced or not). Each one therefore moves four drills on the arcs stratum of the planet to successfully implement his mines and extract maximum resources. Fame points are acquired by spending materials, filling objectives, and having majorities of material and money at the end of the game.

The citizens of Verona have grown tired of the constant quarrel between the houses of Capulet and Montague. As ruler of the region, Prince Escalus has formed a council to help mediate the conflict and bring lasting peace to Verona.

In Council of Verona, players take on the role of influential citizens of Verona and act to use their influence to either add characters to the council or cast them into exile. Through thoughtful hand management of their cards and clever placement of influence tokens, players gain victory points based upon the agendas of the characters at the end of the game. The player with the most victory points wins!

We've all heard the story of Romeo and Juliet – now is your chance to steer the story and determine who will rule Verona once and for all!

Kremlin is a game of political intrigue set in the Soviet Politburo. Players secretly influence politicians, using them to exile other players' politicians to Siberia, promote their own, or wheel and deal. The player who successfully gets his controlled Party Chief to wave three times at the May Day parade wins the game; otherwise the senior surviving politician in the event of a blood-bath occurring or the last turn being reached, gives victory to its owner.

Cthulhu Wars is a strategy boardgame in which the players take the part of alien races and gods taken from the Cthulhu mythos created by H. P. Lovecraft.

The game takes place on a map of Earth. Each player takes the part of one of four factions. At the start of a turn, players Gather Power, then during a series of Action Rounds, they spend this Power to accomplish various tasks, such as moving units, engaging in battle, summoning monsters, building Gates, casting spells, and Awakening their Great Old One. When all players run out of Power, the Action phase ends and the next turn begins. Victory is determined by accumulating points on the Doom Track; the first player to 20 is the lone victor.

Driving the strategy are a player's wish to expand his power base and his need to accomplish six tasks to acquire his faction's spellbooks. Each faction has a unique set of monsters, spellbooks, and special abilities, and has different requirements to acquire its spellbooks. All factions have multiple strategies open to them.