Welcome to another update in what's going on in the world of the gaming Kickstarter campaigns.
As always I'll start you off with a summary of what's happened to previously covered projects since last I typed up one of my updates. Most campaigns are in their midpoints right now but a few have begun to wind down or already have done.
We'll start off with our sole campaign in the last week that has a distance to make up, and that's VR experience Null of Hope - a project that combined retro gaming feel with the upcoming new VR trend. It has a week to go, but is currently far short of its target and will probably not reach its goal in time unless a lot of promotion is pushed towards a big audience who would back it.
Doing better are both A Place for the Unwilling, a game set within a city that takes cues from Sunless Sea among other games, and MachiaVillain, a haunted house builder and management game. Both have little time to go but also are close to reaching their targets. Seeing as how Kickstarter campaigns usually get a boost in their last few days, there is a good chance both of these projects could see their targets met.
Finally we have some really good news in that Which Friend - which is probably one of the nicer card games I've found and covered - has finished its campaign having met target. This was the card game that enabled you to ask which friend of a group would be most likely to do the thing on the card and was aimed at promoting conversation and allowing the group to recall good times spent together so I'm really happy that it met its target.
Also, one more thing to note before we go into this week's projects - this week is a card/tabletop special. Enjoy!
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Make a Mess
First up is a board game. About being a cat and making a mess. What could be better?
Taking inspiration from comic Catass, Make a Mess sees you playing as the titular cat of the series as you run around and create the biggest mess you can - without getting caught. The last person standing wins over all and the game can support 2-6 players. There are cat tokens, parent tokens, a die, cards and more included within the game. Give it a go if you've ever fancied causing havoc without getting in trouble... at least not with a real person.
Make a Mess has 26 days to go to reach a €10,000 target.
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Grifters
Next up is a card game set within a dystopian universe.
Grafters is described as a "hand-building game for 2-4 players of daring heists and corporate swindles set on the fringes of the Dystopian Universe." Your goal is to steal as much money from the corrupt government and your fellow players as possible. Each player will start with a hand of 6 'Specialist' cards, and their aim is to use them to recruit more criminals, steal money and protect yourself from theft.
Grafters has a $5,000 target and 16 days to go.
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Mythical Might
Thirdly we have a tabletop roleplaying game, that the creators aim to have as a free game. Sounds good.
Set within an original universe and with "simple rules that most people can learn" Mythical Might will be an app-based game adventure for Android and iPhone users. Set within a universe that's seen multiple realities clashing into one, it will be an interactive e-book style game with settings crafted by a Quest Master for people to play.
Mythical Might has a $25,000 goal of which it has made $35 and there are 59 days more to go.
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GAME OVER - The 17+ Strategy Card Game
Finally we have a card game for young adults, but one that doesn't seem centred around drinking for once. Makes a change.
The basic point of GAME OVER is to win by being the last person not to draw a GAME OVER card. The game is played by having the deck of cards face down and drawing until one player is left, while performing the actions on the cards. The game has been finished already, so this Kickstarter is just to enable it can be printed.
GAME OVER has a target of $1,145 CAD with 39 days to go. It has yet to be backed.