GenderSelectScreen fucked around with this message at 21:42 on Jul 22, 2016

• Creative Differences: A Game Dev Story looks like Game Dev Tycoon turned into a card game. You choose a Studio card, draw from an Employee deck and a Milestone deck and try to garner up Victory Points to win. I guess you have to use a phone app to actually total up points or something (it also looks like the app is where you actually see your "game"). The design looks neat, but the gameplay doesn't sound too fun, especially if you need an app to play. I'm fine with an app for boardgames, as long as they're more for convenience and not a requirement. The developers are based in the UK, and have Ł2,189 of their Ł2,660 goal ($2,912 of $3,539) with 10 days to go.
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• Roots of Mali is a boardgame that uses dice as the characters, rather than rolling them. Game looks really simple, players strategically place their dice on the gameboard and try to kill their opponent's creatures, earning points based the creature's power level (ie, a level 3 creature earns you 3 points); first person to 10 points is the winner. They have another game, Light of Dragons, that they've released, so you might be able to pick that up if you're in Europe (and can read German I believe, not sure if Roots of Mali is the only one with English rules) if you want to give it a try. You can also print out and play Roots of Mali if you don't want to shell out the money right now. The developers are based in Switzerland, and have Fr 6,182 of their Fr 25,000 goal ($6,287 of $25,426) with 21 days to go.
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• Fire of Eidolon looks like Betrayal at the House on the Hill with a 16-bit RPG motif. Like Betrayal, you explore a dungeon by placing tiles, effectively making each game unique. Unlike Betrayal, there aren't 100 different events that happen once you reach a threshold, you simply explore the dungeon and try to pass the four obstacles in your way to the MacGuffin: the Fire of Eidolon. Collect that and return to the entrance to win. I've talked a little bit about Fires of Eidolon a post or two ago, so I'll try to not repeat myself. The developers are based in the US, and have $21,013 of their $12,500 goal with 19 days to go.
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• Warage is a card game where you create a hero and battle your opponent's hero, using different spells and equipment along the way. Looks a little complicated, and then you see that the gameboard is a Kickstarter-exclusive, , and the fact that there are going to be over 1,040 cards made for most backers gives me Pirate World concerns that they've bitten off more than they can chew. The company has been doing this for 5 years now, so maybe they're equipped to do this, I don't know. The developers are based in Italy, and have €25,995 of their €15,000 goal ($29,084 of $16,667) with 3 days to go.
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• Super Powered Smash Masters is another card game that boasts deck-building and family fun. The artwork is nice, and gameplay seems less complicated than Warage, but I'm really not digging the "you get booster packs" for pledges. I already shell out enough cash on Magic the Gathering and Kickstarters, I don't need to combine the two. An inability to even get all the cards as a pledge tier is also annoying. Packs of random assortments of cards should probably not be your first run at a game, hell, you probably shouldn't try to compete against Magic in the first place, but that's just me. The developers are based in the US, and have $3,633 of their $30,000 goal with 25 days to go.
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