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• The other Almes title is Loop Inc. from Eagle-Gryphon Games, a time-travel themed game in which players work at a time-travel agency and try to bring customers back in time to certain historical events. In the game, you run through the same day three times, encountering your past self in the process, which in game terms means that the actions you take during your first pass through the day are still with you for passes two and three — and if you don't use these actions, you're punished. I played a prototype in April 2014 and provide more details in that write-up. (KS link)
• Gomora: Down Town from Yorgo Manis, Antonio Zax and Storyception Games might have a tough climb through the funding forest as I know the first thing that comes to my mind when I hear the name is that it's a new Doomtown: Reloaded spin-off and the second thing is a game about kaiju. Instead you're a detective solving cases in a neo-noir setting. (KS link)
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• Italian publisher Giochix.it typically releases a few involved strategy games each year, but the 45-60 playing time on Stefano Castelli's Bomarzo seems shorter than I'd expect given the look and description of the game, which has players exploring the mystery of the Bomarzo Sacred Grove in 16th century Italy. (KS link) (Giochistarter link)
• Interesting to note that 12 Realms: Bedtime Story, which I included in the June 20, 2015 c.f. round-up for its appearance on Kickstarter, is also funding on Giochistarter and on Spieleschmiede. The Italian publishers cover all the bases!
• GAME-O-GAMI hit Kickstarter in early June 2015 with David Luis Sanhueza' Immortal, a strategy game of warring mythologies, but then quickly pulled it and has now relaunched. Warring mythologies-huh! What is it good for? Absolutely nothing unless this style of game appeals to your tastes. (KS link)
• This post is something of a tease given that nearly all of the available product has been claimed, but saiqlo dice are odd-looing handmade d6 dice from Japan. (KS link)
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• Galgor's self-published €uro Crisis is "a satirical board game about the economic and political development in Europe". (Startnext link)
• Patrick Lysaght's Commissioned from Chara Games is a co-op deck-builder in which players are early Christian Apostles who want to strengthen their faith decks. (KS link)
• The third edition of Dawn of the Zeds from Hermann Luttmann and Victory Point Games fulfills the zombie obligation quotient in this post. (KS link)
• Brent Ellison Howland's self-published press-your-luck dice and card game Jailbreakers: Plan Your Escape has players trying to do pretty much what it says in the title. (KS link)
• Civicus Dice Game from Elree Ellis and Playco Games is "a civilization-themed, strategic area-control game of thoughtful settlement placement and fateful dice rolls" — or so says the publisher. (KS link)
• Blood Oath: The Beginning from Imperia Games pitches itself as a three-player conflict between vampires, slayers and lycans. (KS link)
• Did you know about the Japanese crowdfunding site Campfire, which has its own section for game-related projects? The site's not that active, but there it is.
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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