Kickstarter Corner

[NeikeDjour]

Linkage is competitive card game with game play based accurately on a few simple genetics concepts (more specifically - for the geek in all of us - DNA Transcription!). Linkage is simple to learn, yet offers a great amount of hand management strategy, fun player-to-player "take-that" game play and lots of replay-ability for 2 to 4 players. (Up to 8 players with two decks of cards!)

DNA cards are randomly aligned side-by-side creating a template strand of DNA cards. Players compete to build the most accurate RNA copy of this DNA Template by connecting their own RNA Cards side-by-side to accurately match the DNA Template. Players are awarded points based upon the number of RNA Cards in their strand that correctly pair with the DNA template.

Along the way, players look to outwit the plans of their opponents by cleverly playing mutation cards to damage opposing players' RNA strands while strategically utilizing Chaperone Cards to fix their own.

The game can be played in as little 10 or 15 minutes, while points can be awarded over multiple rounds for a longer, more in-depth game.

[Lori]

A new one:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1746391996/albions-legacy/?ref=kicktraq

[NeikeDjour]

Albion's Legacy is a cooperative adventure board game for 1-4 players in the CORE set and 3-6 players with the DELUXE Set. The game allows players to be one of their favourite Arthurian characters from the wizard Merlin, the famous Lady of the Lake, from the brave Sir Lancelot to King Arthur himself. These heroes will champion all that is good in 90 minutes as the players travel across the realm of Albion and face dangerous roaming threats, mythical beasts and deadly encounters. Collect famous relics, artifacts, weapons and special awards under a heated deadline while solving some of the Arthurian legends most famous historical and mythical chronicles.

This game will challenge you, excite you, educate you and if you're not careful it will take you down (your character that is...)  Everything you need is provided at the gaming table, just bring your friends, your love of Arthurian lore (knowledge of Arthurian lore optional) and your thirst for adventure! Onward! The Kingdom needs YOU!

A few stats for the game:
- 1-4 players (expandable to 6 players)
- Modular Adventure (A board to play on that you can walk off and continue play by exploring random realm tiles. This makes every games exploration different every time!)
- 100% cooperative play.
- Collect items and artifacts, face of against famous enemies and walk through fantastic realms that are tailored to both historical and mythical Arthurian Lore.
- Play your favourite Arthurian Characters including Sir Mordred, Nimue, the Lady of the Lake and Queen Gwenivere.
- Use special 'Fate' Dice with unique icons to determine combat and other special mechanics.

[NeikeDjour]

Light and fun, this abstract board game strikes a perfect balance of luck and strategy that all gamers will really enjoy.Stratagem™ is a simple game perfect for family fun night, but also substantial enough to be a fun filler game mixed into a heavier game night.

Players take turns moving their pawns around the board, claiming each contiguous space they enter with hexagon tiles. Points are scored for each claimed space that survives a round and is converted to a controlled space. Action cards may be played during the game to a player's advantage.One of Stratagem's more interesting traits is just how simple it is to understand. There are very few rules to learn and the graphic design is clean and efficient. This is why Stratagem has such a broad appeal. Stratagem also lends itself very well to "house" rules and even includes a few variant rules.

Turn Steps
When making a turn, a player will perform each of the following phases, in order, skipping the phases that are not applicable during the turn. Forexample, a player would not yet have any tiles on the game board during their first turn, so the Clear and Control phases should be skipped.

Action Cards
The Action Cards deck will contain 54 cards which provide special actions players can use to alter die rolls, movement and battle outcomes.

Each player is dealt three action cards before the start of the game and will receive an additional card each time they control one of the six "action card" spaces, one of the six spaces marked "5" or the center space marked "10" during play.

On each player's turn, all players are allowed to play one card from their hand if they wish. The bottom of each card explains when during a player's turn the card may be played. For example, after a die has been rolled or during a claim phase.

Action cards are used to help or hinder any player's game. For example, one card may add +1 to a die roll while another may send a player back to their home space.

Game Mechanics
Prefer Skill Over Luck? Strategy gamers may prefer a more strategic rule-set, one that relies more heavily on the player's skill than the luck of a die roll. The rule book contains a few variant rules that put the player's fate in their own hands.

[A.J]

Hello, just saw this on beasts of war. Has a good store pledge too they said, might be something to check.
Weird War II https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/duststudio/dust-operation-babylon?ref=discovery

[Lori]

This caught my eye today, especially since Praetor is an add-on option.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/nskn-ludibooster/progress-evolution-of-technology


It's a short 2 week run and already funded today.

[NeikeDjour]

Sorry guys. Just been busy lately. I'll update those for ya.

[NeikeDjour]

April 1947. When the Blutkreuz Korps unearthed records of an ancient alien energy source hidden in Mesopotamia, they started working on plans to recover it. Now their plans are coming to fruition.

Operation Babylon thrusts the Neue Deutches Afrikakorps (NDAK), the New German Africa Corps, into Allied territory in central Iraq. Opposing them are the elite 4th Marine Division of the United States Marine Corps and the Spetsnaz special forces of the Sino-Soviet Union (SSU). raid both sides, intent on setting the region ablaze.

One of the most famous military formations on the planet, the Neue Deutsches Afrikakorps (NDAK) is well known for its tenacity and unconventional tactics.

Operating from the relative safety of the secret hideouts, the Spetsnaz launch pinpoint raids against Axis and Allied forces, destroying or capturing materiel, gathering intelligence and increasing tension between the two rival blocs.

Veterans of Zverograd, the 4th Marine Division finds itself in the front line again. The 'can-do' attitude of the Marines has transformed the Division into a formidable motorized force in record time.

Dust models are unique; they bridge the gap between wargaming miniatures and highly detailed plastic model kits. Each Dust model is expertly pre-assembled and spray-primed in a single faction-specific undercoat colour. Even if you don't like to paint, the models are ready straight out of the box.

The Premium Edition range of models are individually painted by Dust Studio's in-house team of experts to exactly match the master-painted studio models featured in the Dust books, cards and promotional materials.

[NeikeDjour]

Technologies emerged in the very early stages of human history as an expression of the evolution of the human mind. Sir Arthur C. Clarke said that "any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic" and yet here we stand, a civilization built on the knowledge and technologies of our predecessors.

This is your chance to experience a walk through mankind's history of progress. You will forge your nation's path not through magic, but through technology.
Progress: Evolution of Technology is a card driven civilization game with focus on the development of technologies from the ancient times to the first industrial revolution.

Each player guides his nation's research efforts through a maze of technologies from the earliest signs of human development, moving progressively through the Antiquity, the Middle Ages and the Renaissance until the first sparks of the Industrial Revolution.

[NeikeDjour]

XenoShyft Onslaught players take on the role of a commander in the NorTec Corporation. You're tasked with defending your division of the NorTec base as wave after wave of horrific aliens attempt to destroy the base and end NorTec's strip mining operation.

XenoShyft Onslaugt is a base defense deck-building game for 1 to 4 players. Using a wide array of troops, weapons, armors, and technology cards, players must last 9 rounds as the alien hordes bombard the NorTec base in increasingly difficult waves.

XenoShyft Onsluaght has many deck-building elements, but plays more like a table top version of the base-defense game genre made popular on mobile devices.

Gameplay Features
    1 - 4 players - Single player compatible, fully cooperative gameplay.
    Strong focus on coordination and strategic planning - to overcome the game's intense difficulty players will need to work together.
    60 Minute game Length
    Base-Defense with deck-building elements
    Incredible art - Illustrated by three amazing artists, XenoShyft features beautiful and consistent art. All of which creates one cohesive and frightening universe.
    Inventive and exciting armor and weapon upgrade cards - You'll need to outfit your troops with the best equipment if you hope to survive.

With XenoShyft CoolMiniOrNot wanted to create a deck-building style game that task players with working together rather than defeating one another. This goal lead to the development of an outstandingly brutal card-based game that played more like a tower defense game then your standard deck builder. Furthermore this focus made the game not only a great cooperative experience, but also allows Xenoshyft Onslaught  to function as a single player game.