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 Jamaica/Canada/Honduras/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 energy bill is too high!
Indeed, this fine piece of code runs purely on luck, so anything can happen. Leave a comment and I’ll see what I can do.
Ending soon (14)
| Name | Description | Backers | Pledged | Ends | Information | Tags | BGG |
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| MONTY PYTHON and the HOLY GRAIL board game | Beware of flying cows & the unstoppable Black Knight, this is the officially licensed quest for the Holy Grail! | 4514 | $249,164.00 (498%) in 27 days | 2024-02-08 | 💸 Backerkit 👥 2‑5 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 40-60 min. | 💰 | BGG |
| Explorers of Navoria | An immersive tableau building and worker placement game set in a rich fantasy world | 3502 | £171,132.00 (1369%) in 28 days | 2024-02-08 | 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑5 players 👶 12+ ⏱️ 40-80 min. | 🎉💰🌳 | BGG |
| Silver Collector’s Edition | The Ultimate Werewolf universe comes to the tabletop. Purge werewolves from the town of Silver with clever card play and deduction. | 1524 | $190,234.00 (3805%) in 27 days | 2024-02-08 | 💸 Kickstarter | 💰🌳 | |
| Metrorunner | Hack into a gritty cyberpunk city filled with challenging puzzles and underworld contracts in this strategy board game for 1-5 players. | 1167 | $62,777.00 (209%) in 20 days | 2024-02-07 | 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑5 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 30-90 min. | 💰🌳 | BGG |
| GAMMN: A Backgammon Board Built to Go Anywhere. | GAMMN is a lightweight, durable backgammon board. Travel friendly, full of thoughtful details, and built to last a lifetime. | 632 | $52,875.00 (529%) in 27 days | 2024-02-08 | 💸 Kickstarter | 💰🌱 | |
| Jewels for the Emperor Penguin | Join your Penguin Guild to scale icy cliffs and satisfy the Emperor’s love of all things shiny! | 449 | $28,895.00 (289%) in 20 days | 2024-02-10 | 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑5 players 👶 9+ ⏱️ 30-45 min. | 💰🌳 | BGG |
| Half Tilt | Smash opposing jousting halflings from their ponies in this tabletop miniature game. | 309 | £27,398.00 (685%) in 11 days | 2024-02-05 | 💸 Kickstarter | 💰🌳 | |
| Essence of Eternity | A card game for 2-6 players. Battle monsters, collect runes, outwit your opponents, and race to unlock the secret to eternal life. | 266 | $10,601.00 (265%) in 19 days | 2024-02-07 | 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑6 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 30-120 min. | 💰 | BGG |
| Make 100 Quintessential Quibbles expansion sets | A set of 3 cute expansion modules for the Quaintly Quirky Quibbles card game successfully launched in 2023 | 253 | €4,585.00 (917%) in 27 days | 2024-02-06 | 💸 Kickstarter | 🎉💰🌳 | |
| Good Cop Bad Cop 4th Edition and Zombies Expansion | The classic social deduction game has been perfected in this 4th Edition. The Zombies expansion removes player elimination. | 194 | $10,550.00 (211%) in 13 days | 2024-02-10 | 💸 Kickstarter | 💰🌳 | |
| DARK BLACK - Dai Tō-A Sensō | Expansions for Black and Orange Swan | 175 | €13,686.00 (342%) in 20 days | 2024-02-08 | 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑5 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 90 min. | 💰🌳 | BGG |
| DVG - Vikings! | The Solitaire Game of Viking Raiders! | 150 | $14,040.00 (140%) in 19 days | 2024-02-08 | 💸 Kickstarter | 💰🌳 | |
| Magical Quizz Game and Pins | Un jeux de plateau créé par et pour les Disneyfans ! Répondez à plus de 3000 questions sur vos films favoris ! Avec plein de goodies ! | 146 | €12,499.00 (625%) in 26 days | 2024-02-07 | 💸 Kickstarter | 💰🌳 | |
| Zero Day War | Card-based Computer Hacking Game in the Space-Faring Future | 140 | $10,251.00 (103%) in 20 days | 2024-02-11 | 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑4 players 👶 10+ ⏱️ 30-60 min. | 🎉💰🌳 | BGG |
New this week (16)
| Name | Description | Backers | Pledged | Ends | Information | Tags | BGG |
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| Altered TCG | Explore the unexpected. For fans of trading card games, Altered could very well be a dream come true. | 5408 | €1,760,330.00 (3521%) in 5 days | 2024-02-29 | 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2 players ⏱️ 10-40 min. | 🎉💰🔥🌱 | BGG |
| Trash Cult | Collect food, make snackrifices, unleash chaos, and lead your cult of trash animals to victory in this family-friendly card game. | 841 | $16,725.00 (478%) in 6 days | 2024-02-29 | 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑4 players 👶 8+ ⏱️ 20-40 min. | 💰🌱 | BGG |
| The Bird Oracle | A keepsake journalling game about fortune telling, multi-level marketing schemes, and becoming a bird. | 697 | $69,597.00 (348%) in 5 days | 2024-03-01 | 💸 Backerkit | 💰 | |
| TRIUMPH | Turn the Roman Republic from a small city into a vast empire! | 540 | £46,999.00 (188%) in 6 days | 2024-02-15 | 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑5 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 60 min. | 🎉💰🌳 | BGG |
| Ruination: Blood Sworn | Return to the blood-stained sands and lead your tribe to victory. | 345 | $24,047.00 (240%) in 6 days | 2024-02-20 | 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑4 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 60-120 min. | 💰🌳 | BGG |
| Pacific War 1942 / War of 1812 Solitaire Travel War Games | Get both Pacific War 1942 and War of 1812 war games, plus WWII Replica Chess set. These are travel size and play in 30 minutes. | 278 | $15,758.00 (15758%) in 5 days | 2024-02-13 | 💸 Kickstarter | 💰🌳 | |
| Ninjas Unleashed: Multi, Team & Solo modes, all in one game! | A ruthless, competitive, strategy, tableau deck-building game set in a parallel world of super ninjas for casual and serious gamers. | 240 | A$37,545.00 (494%) in 6 days | 2024-02-29 | 💸 Kickstarter | 🎉💰🌱 | |
| Atomic Kaiju | A deck-building card game where you race to hatch giant beasts and destroy enemy cities with military and monstrous might! | 173 | $7,641.00 (96%) in 6 days | 2024-02-29 | 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2 players 👶 12+ ⏱️ 30-45 min. | BGG | |
| Knight: Second Edition | Will you ride into legend? | 153 | A$7,053.00 (353%) in 4 days | 2024-02-21 | 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑4 players 👶 12+ ⏱️ 40-60 min. | 💰 | BGG |
| Life-Paths ~ A Shadowdark Supplement | A narrative-designed, choice-driven, dice-rolling approach to add further boons and banes to your Shadowdark characters. | 136 | A$2,318.00 (464%) in 4 days | 2024-02-15 | 💸 Kickstarter | 💰🌳 | |
| Apeirons Hexa: Meet The Future Of Digital Board Games | Embark on a Revolutionary Gaming Journey Where Infinite Possibilities, Unparalleled Customization, and Seamless Integration Await! | 135 | €20,036.00 (10%) in 6 days | 2024-02-29 | 💸 Kickstarter | ||
| Dice Raiders | Unravel the secrets of the past with Dice Raiders, print and play roll and write board game that will test your strategy skills! | 128 | €1,443.00 (1443%) in 6 days | 2024-02-12 | 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑4 players 👶 8+ ⏱️ 20-45 min. | 💰🌳 | BGG |
| Iron Resolve | Refreshing and challenging tactical gameplay in an impeccable WW1 setting | 101 | €7,830.00 (104%) in 2 days | 2024-03-04 | 💸 Kickstarter | 💰🌱 | |
| The Battle for THOR’S CLIFF 2 - A Norse Mythology Board Game | 1st EXPANSION / 4 new Heroes, 3 new Chapters, 1 new Variant for the Base Game / Area Control, Pick Up & Deliver, Character Development | 96 | €13,302.00 (53%) in 4 days | 2024-03-01 | 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑4 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 70-140 min. | BGG | |
| Hidden Ark: Deep Sea Expedition | Explore the ocean depths with new opportunities to help deep sea species! | 66 | €2,433.00 (122%) in 3 days | 2024-03-01 | 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑5 players 👶 10+ ⏱️ 90-120 min. | 💰🌳 | BGG |
| Adventuring Letty | Every day’s an adventure in this hand management game about Letty, a rescue pup from Chicago. In this game players compete for Letty’s attention through everyday adventures. The player who has Letty’s attention when any player runs out of cards wins! | 40 | $1,576.00 (16%) in 4 days | 2024-03-01 | 💸 Backerkit |
Notable filtered projects (3)
| Name | Description | Backers | Pledged | Ends | Information | Tags |
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| The Terrain Set - 2 RPG battle map books with scenery decals | Construct your own bespoke RPG maps! Two Books of Battle Mats featuring terrain maps which include reusable scenery stickers. | 1643 | $102,897.00 (2058%) in 6 days | 2024-02-29 | 💸 Kickstarter | 💰🔥🌳 |
| Veil of the Eternal Night: Dark Fantasy for 5e and MythCraft | Massive D&D 5e and MythCraft Tome + Campaign. Tabletop Roleplaying Gothic Horror & Vampire Hunting inspired by Dark Fantasy Legends. | 1616 | $295,444.00 (1477%) in 6 days | 2024-03-01 | 💸 Kickstarter | 🎉💰🔥 |
| D100 Events Lists | 1200+ Events and situations for your RPG games. dnd 5e compatible! | 1335 | £7,297.00 (7297%) in 41 days | 2024-02-05 | 💸 Kickstarter | 💰🌳 |