Watch your Back: Week April 22 - 28
The weekly overviews are back by public demand! But in a new format that I haven’t fully decided on, so, we’ll see how it goes. After today “Watch Your Back” will be posted on Sunday or Monday, as before, and will probably look something like this. I'm open for suggestions. 🙂
Monday
Black Sonata: Strange Shadows (1-2 players), expansion to the hidden movement solo game Black Sonata. Live on Kickstarter.
Our announcement post: O cunning Love! with tears thou keep'st me blind
Earth: Abundance (1-5 players), expansion to the ecological tableau and engine builder Earth. Live on Kickstarter.
Our announcement post: A Seedy World of Plenty
Treasures Lost (1-99 players), exploration and adventure roll & write PnP game. Live on Kickstarter.
Tuesday
Apistocracy (1-4 players), worker placement and trick-taking game set in Victorian London. Live on Kickstarter.
Biohazard (1-4 players), resource management area control game. Live on Kickstarter.
Corps of Discovery: A Game Set in the World of Manifest Destiny (1-4 players), cooperative exploration and deduction game by the makers of Mind MGMT. Live on Kickstarter.
Our announcement post: Go West
Firesiege: A Feralis Story (1-4 players), scenario based cooperative tower defense game (relaunch). Will launch on Kickstarter.
Park Life (1-5 players), trick-taking game where you try to sell your wares for the lowest price. Live on Kickstarter.
Project L: Square One (1-4 players), tile placement, puzzly engine builder – follow up to Project L. Live on Kickstarter.
Wednesday
The Sixth Realm (1-4 players), heavy euro game by the designers of Merchants Cove and The Guild of Merchant Explorers. Will launch on Kickstarter.
Personal Opinion
From the games in this list Corps of Discovery has the most interesting theme and it got me curious for the graphic novel it's based on. I may back Black Sonata and its expansions as I think it's a cool game to play once in a while.
So the idea is to have an overview with just a few details at the start of the week (it will never be complete as games tend to pop up unannounced), and then highlight a few of them in daily posts. Zerbique suggested this and I think it's the best way forward.
I am not sure yet what info to include in Watch Your Back, I can't go into the rules there or give my opinion on every single one of them. That task is too overwhelming. I also don't know if I need to include links to BoardGameGeek and/or crowdfunding pages. We'll see.