Weekly Crowdfunding Roundup: December 3 2023
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
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Sorted by number of backers
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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:
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No DnD books
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No zines
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No 3D printing
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No dice sets
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No magazines
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No shirts
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No playmats
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No furniture
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No events
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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.
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(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
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Sorted by number of backers
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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).
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Gamefound projects launched in the last 7 days and passed the filters (see above).
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(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 Peru/Canada/Colombia/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 my coffee is cold!
Indeed, this fine piece of code runs purely on not green M&M's, so anything can happen. Leave a comment and I'll see what I can do.
Ending soon (23)
| Name | Description | Backers | Pledged | Ends | Information | Tags | BGG |
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| [KELP - Shark vs Octopus | 2-player asymmetrical game](https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/wonderbowgames/kelp-shark-vs-octopus-2-player-asymmetrical-game) | Hide and seek meets bluffing and manipulation. Deck builder meets dice bag builder. A dedicated 2-player game of Shark vs. Octopus. | 16315 | €1,115,402.86 (11154%) in 26 days | 2023-12-05 | 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2 players 👶 12+ ⏱️ 45-60 min. | 🎉💰🔥 |
| Undergrove designed by Elizabeth Hargrave & Mark Wootton | Get back to your roots. | 8013 | $492,708.46 (4927%) in 26 days | 2023-12-09 | 💸 Kickstarter | 🎉💰🔥🌳 | |
| Horizon Forbidden West: Seeds of Rebellion | Experience untold stories of the Forbidden West in this 1-4 player cooperative board game, inspired by the acclaimed video game | 5173 | £819,682.50 (683%) in 12 days | 2023-12-05 | 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑4 players 👶 14+ | 🎉💰🔥🌳 | BGG |
| Nocturne | An award-winning puzzly game of fox mystics in a magical forest illustrated by Beth Sobel! From the team that brought you Cascadia! | 4804 | $137,070.00 (1713%) in 41 days | 2023-12-09 | 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑4 players 👶 10+ ⏱️ 30-45 min. | 🎉💰🌳 | BGG |
| Ring of Chaos | A competitive fantasy card and board game where parties of heroes and monsters fight to gain control of the legendary Ring of Chaos. | 3953 | $385,633.00 (1543%) in 26 days | 2023-12-06 | 💸 Kickstarter 👥 3‑6 players 👶 13+ ⏱️ 60-120 min. | 🎉💰 | BGG |
| Food Chain Magnate: Special Edition | A one-off special edition of the award-winning strategy game with incredible deluxe components. | 3834 | €975,244.69 (1300%) in 12 days | 2023-12-08 | 💸 Gamefound 👥 2‑5 players ⏱️ 180 min. | 💰🔥🌳 | |
| It's a WHALE of an Expansion - Ahoy: New Horizons! | The sea is vast, and there’s always more to discover beyond the horizon. New factions, treasure, and creatures fill the waters in this expansion for Ahoy! | 2937 | $187,437.00 (375%) in 20 days | 2023-12-05 | 💸 Backerkit | 💰 | |
| Bullet Universe | Feline and artistic heroines join the award-winning, real-time, SHMUP-inspired, puzzle-battle game. | 2106 | $145,949.00 (324%) in 19 days | 2023-12-07 | 💸 Kickstarter | 🎉💰🌳 | |
| Firefighters on Duty Board Game | A thrilling real-time, co-operative board game where teamwork sparks victory! | 1758 | $127,724.00 (639%) in 14 days | 2023-12-07 | 💸 Kickstarter | 🎉💰🌳 | |
| Wasabi: A Game of Raw Skill | Become a master sushi chef and complete your recipes with style in this 30 min. game for 1-4 players! | 1588 | CA$96,452.29 (254%) in 20 days | 2023-12-08 | 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑4 players 👶 8+ ⏱️ 30-60 min. | 🎉💰🌳 | BGG |
| Evil Dead 2: The Board Game Deluxe Edition | Back from the dead(ites)! A board game of mayhem and fun returns with a second printing, now with co-op/solo play and groovy dice. | 1516 | CA$157,327.29 (350%) in 24 days | 2023-12-09 | 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑6 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 60-120 min. | 💰🌳 | BGG |
| Singularity.exe | Welcome to a vibrant, digital universe where humans have abandoned physical reality and fight for control of a legendary program called the Singularity. Singularity.exe is a deterministic card game that empowers endless creativity with absolutely no randomness. | 1103 | $179,396.27 (342%) in 20 days | 2023-12-08 | 💸 Gamefound 👥 1‑4 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 30-60 min. Card Game Deck Building Cooperative | 💰🌱 | BGG |
| Holotype: Mesozoic Europe | New expansions for the strategy board game Holotype! European dinos and formations, crocs, bone beds and new mechanics! | 737 | $29,110.00 (582%) in 27 days | 2023-12-05 | 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑5 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 40-100 min. | 💰 | BGG |
| Eschaton: Iconoclasm | A brutal cooperative expansion for the cult strategy deck-building game. | 711 | $56,364.66 (846%) in 12 days | 2023-12-08 | 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑6 players ⏱️ 60-180 min. | 💰🌳 | BGG |
| Wizards of the Grimoire: Shifting Sands | The stand-alone expansion to the hit 2-player strategy card game. Experience 70 unique spells and a powerful new spell type- relics! | 553 | CA$43,628.29 (145%) in 26 days | 2023-12-07 | 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2 players 👶 10+ ⏱️ 20-40 min. | 💰 | BGG |
| Cargo Empire — Dominate Logistics with only One Action | Trade, Transport, and Triumph! A board game with only one action, yet packed with meaningful decisions all the way. | 447 | $25,552.00 (256%) in 34 days | 2023-12-08 | 💸 Kickstarter | 🎉💰🌳 | |
| MACHINES TO THE SKY | The end of the world is near! Forge innovative tech and flee the dying Earth in this dystopian strategy board game. | 386 | $17,438.00 (388%) in 27 days | 2023-12-06 | 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑4 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 15-50 min. | 💰🌳 | BGG |
| Mythic Gems | Traverse the environments, collect the Mythic Gems, and overcome the hidden perils in this tabletop adventure. | 242 | $13,210.00 (88%) in 27 days | 2023-12-06 | 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑5 players 👶 8+ ⏱️ 30-90 min. | 🎉🌱 | BGG |
| Expect Delays | A 2-player, head-to-head, strategy game about your underfunded and overcrowded transit system. | 228 | $9,594.00 (101%) in 27 days | 2023-12-07 | 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2 players 👶 13+ ⏱️ 20-30 min. | 🎉💰🌳 | BGG |
| Fable's End Core Set 2023 | A head to head, expandable card game of fairy tale combat | 201 | $20,638.00 (103%) in 26 days | 2023-12-07 | 💸 Kickstarter | 🎉💰🌱 | |
| Colossi | A beautiful 2-4 player card game where you craft clever hands to outwit your opponents. | 189 | $10,301.00 (103%) in 27 days | 2023-12-07 | 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑4 players 👶 10+ ⏱️ 25-50 min. | 💰🌱 | BGG |
| Apothecary: Plague Doctors | The Black Death is coming! Take on the role of rival apothecary shop owners from the renaissance period in Apothecary: Plague Doctors.In this 2-4 player card game you’ll draft ingredients and actions to help you complete orders, hinder your opponents, and distract the guards (if you’re planning on… | 150 | $5,177.40 (207%) in 33 days | 2023-12-05 | 💸 Gamefound 👥 2‑4 players 👶 13+ ⏱️ 20-40 min. Card Game | 💰🌱 | BGG |
| Snille & Skrivkramp | Att publicera sant är stort, att publicera först är större! | 128 | SEK 70,509.71 (101%) in 40 days | 2023-12-09 | 💸 Kickstarter | 💰 |
New this week (15)
| Name | Description | Backers | Pledged | Ends | Information | Tags | BGG |
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| Moonrollers + Darkmatter: A Moonrakers Double Feature | 🚀 The Moonrakers universe is expanding. 🌑 Dark Matter is a mini-expansion that introduces a new gameplay mechanic. 🎲 Moonrollers is an entirely new standalone push-your-luck dice game full of familiar faces and themes. | 4273 | $356,523.00 (1426%) in 6 days | 2023-12-11 | 💸 Backerkit 👥 2‑5 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 30-45 min. | 💰🔥 | BGG |
| Star Realms Deluxe Colonial Collection | A beautiful, portable, ALL FOIL Star Realms Collection! | 1169 | $129,346.00 (1293%) in 5 days | 2023-12-15 | 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2 players 👶 12+ ⏱️ 20 min. | 🎉💰🔥🌳 | BGG |
| 2D6 Realm - A Classic Overland Crawler Solo Player Game | A Print and Play, Roll and Write, Overland Crawler, Solo Player Game designed by Toby Lancaster | 806 | £39,462.00 (395%) in 5 days | 2024-01-02 | 💸 Kickstarter | 💰🌳 | |
| The Other Side of the Hill - The Game | Experience World War II as never before, from The Other Side of the Hill | 566 | €34,303.00 (117%) in 5 days | 2023-12-20 | 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑4 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 180-720 min. | 💰 | BGG |
| 1793 - Patriots & Traitors | 1793: Patriots & Traitors designed by Jason St. Just recreates the chaos that tore up France in the early years of the French Revolution as it has never been done before! | 399 | €35,003.39 (233%) in 5 days | 2023-12-28 | 💸 Gamefound 👥 1‑5 players 👶 12+ ⏱️ 30-120 min. Deck Building | 💰 | BGG |
| Colorful inserts with original artworks for popular games 3 | Voidfall, Septima, White Castle, Nucleum, Machina Arcana, Stars Of Akarios, Woodcraft, Kutna Hora, Tiny Epic Cthulhu, Sword & Sorcery | 300 | €19,560.00 (196%) in 6 days | 2023-12-12 | 💸 Kickstarter | 💰🌳 | |
| Gudnak – Tactical Expandable Card Game | A fast-playing & fun-looking card game for 2 or 4 players set in a lively fantasy world (that happens to be dying 😬). | 299 | $34,977.00 (350%) in 6 days | 2023-12-29 | 💸 Kickstarter | 💰🌱 | |
| Viggo Venn - One More Vest: The Card Game | Viggo Venn invites you to a game filled with clowneries, vests and a whole lot of fun. | 196 | €8,880.00 (296%) in 6 days | 2023-12-11 | 💸 Kickstarter | 💰🌱 | |
| #DrawnTogetherGame - get it cheaper and earlier! | The first competitive strategic game about aesthetics. Take turns to colour in, ruining your opponent's picture and improving your own. | 170 | £715.00 (71500%) in 7 days | 2024-01-26 | 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2 players 👶 10+ ⏱️ 15-25 min. | 🎉💰🌳 | BGG |
| Match Trace | A Roll&Write Print and Play Sailing Game | 169 | €688.00 (688%) in 5 days | 2023-12-15 | 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑2 players 👶 8+ ⏱️ 15-25 min. | 💰🌳 | BGG |
| Not Your Average Trading District Vol. II | 102 models to use in your tabletop games, fit for any adventure. | 102 | €4,108.00 (274%) in 2 days | 2023-12-31 | 💸 Kickstarter | 💰🌳 | |
| The Enemy is at the Gates | The second installment of the Modern War series using the well-regarded Company Scale System. | 99 | $14,106.00 (564%) in 4 days | 2023-12-15 | 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑4 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 120-3000 min. | 💰🌳 | BGG |
| [Fried Potatoes Original Card Game | 2-6 Players](https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/friedpotatoes/fried-potatoes-original-card-game-2-6-players) | Fried Potatoes is a new fast card game for everybody who likes Fried Potatoes, and who doesn’t like Fried Potatoes? | 78 | €4,851.00 (97%) in 3 days | 2023-12-30 | 💸 Kickstarter | 🌱 |
| Fire Noodle Eating Champs: The Dice Game! | Face off in this portable, mint tin-sized, real-time dice battle to become the Fire Noodle Eating Champ! 🔥🍜🏆 | 70 | A$3,350.32 (335%) in 3 days | 2023-12-15 | 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2 players ⏱️ 5-10 min. | 🎉💰🌱 | BGG |
| Pangaea TCG: Dawn of a New Day | Venture back in time to a world where Dinosaurs roamed the Earth and extinction was imminent. Will you survive? | 44 | $18,749.00 (75%) in 2 days | 2023-12-31 | 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑5 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 60-120 min. | 🌱 | BGG |
Notable filtered projects (6)
| Name | Description | Backers | Pledged | Ends | Information | Tags |
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| Mythic Bastionland RPG - Before Into the Odd | Rules light roleplaying in a dreamlike world of knights and myths. Crawl hexes, rule a domain, and remember your oath. | 4427 | £232,733.00 (1939%) in 27 days | 2023-12-07 | 💸 Kickstarter | 🎉💰 |
| Amsel Suite : The Game Master's Swiss Army Knife | Software for storytelling, worldbuilding & more... | 3867 | €218,804.00 (729%) in 27 days | 2023-12-07 | 💸 Kickstarter | 🎉💰🌱 |
| Modular 3D Printer Enclosure | Modular printable enclosure for your FDM or Resin 3D Printer. | 2496 | $148,092.00 (2962%) in 7 days | 2024-01-06 | 💸 Kickstarter | 💰🔥🌱 |
| Knock! Issue Four | An Adventure Gaming Bric-a-Brac. Being A Compendium of Miscellanea for Old-School RPGs. For us OSR weirdos and curious D&D heads alike. | 2377 | €91,078.00 (1822%) in 5 days | 2023-12-22 | 💸 Kickstarter | 💰🔥🌳 |
| One HONK Before Midnight: A Goose-Based TTRPG Adventure | Goose Hijinks, Tales of "The Honk-Pocalypse", and an RPG system letting you live out all your chaotic goose-based fantasies! | 1489 | £49,340.69 (4934%) in 30 days | 2023-12-04 | 💸 Kickstarter | 💰🌳 |
| Introducing KRYDRUFI: The All-in-one Modular Art Box | Innovative DIY & Hobbies tool, designed to enhance your artistic process: All in one Box. Save your time, space and money | 1320 | HK$490,865.00 (4909%) in 18 days | 2023-12-06 | 💸 Kickstarter | 💰🌱 |
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