Another day, another part of my top 10 Kickstarters list! This will be the final post in my 2015
Kickstater interests list. This post
will focus on my games 1-5 of the top 10 and these are some great looking
games! If you haven’t seen my previous
two posts (which are on my honorable mentions and my games 6-10 of my top 10)
just click on the links that I’ll provide below if you are so inclined. Again, remember that these are only games that
haven’t shipped to backers; it doesn’t matter when the campaign was or even if
it has even happened yet. And here are
the promised links!
Okay, now we move on to the meat of my post, the top 5
game interests from Kickstarter. These
are all games that I am extremely interested in. Of these 5 games I have backed 2 of them and
another I have as the top game on my Christmas list. Let’s get this started.
#5 – Gloomhaven (Cephalofair Games)
Gloomhaven is a co-operative, grid movement, and hand
management game designed by Isaac Childres (who just recently finished and
shipped his first Kickstarter for Forge War) and will be released by
Cephalofair games. This game is still
currently funding and is at (during the time of this post) 2,841 backers and
has made $221,626 thus far. Gloomhaven
is a game that takes the idea of a dungeon crawler and turns it on its
head. This game uses two part cards as
its primary mechanism. You take your
hand of cards (which is completely different for all the classes) and you get
to use 2 of them on your turn. You just
have to decide which card you will use the top portion for and which you’ll use
the bottom portion for. This game also
has a “legacy” style in that it grows with you as you continue to level up and
move through the game. This allows the
world to change and grow instead of stagnating.
I am very much looking forward to this game but I will hold off until it
hits retail so I can get a better idea of the game as a whole.
#4 – The Networks (Formal Ferret Games)
The Networks is a card drafting game designed by Gil Hova
and will be released by Formal Ferret Games.
This game is still currently funding and is at (during the time of this
post) 1,498 backers and has made $55,220 thus far. The Networks looks like an awesome medium/light
weight game that we’ll be able to break out will new gamers and seasoned gamers
alike. It really looks like fun as you
draft cards in order to place them on your board to attempt to score the most
viewers possible. This game has a wit
and elegance to it and the campaign is being impeccably run by Hova. This game is one that I will back (I haven’t
currently but will in the next couple of days) along with one other in my top
5. This is a game that I think will
appeal to such a large amount of gamers and I’m glad it is doing so well. Another plus for this game is that it plays
solo as well as up to five people. I
love the player count!
#3 – New Bedford (Dice Hate Me/Greater Than Games)
New Bedford is a worker placement and city building game
designed by Nathaniel Levan and will be released by the Dice Hate Me imprint of
Greater Than Gamers. This game was
funded by 2,316 backers and made $109,343 during its run on Kickstarter. This game was one that I had my eye on about
9 months ago or so when it was originally on in December of 2014. They ended up cancelling the project as they
decided they could do an even better campaign and improve the game in the
meantime. I really respect this decision
as what they have created is a beautiful worker placement game with and
absolutely original theme that centers on whaling in the town of New
Bedford. This game was an insta-back for
me and I can’t wait till it hits my door sometime next year. Also, this was another of the impeccably run
Kickstarters that you’ll find on my list.
As a bonus you could buy a second game called Nantucket for only $6 and
no difference in shipping.
#2 – Scythe (Stonemaier Games)
Scythe is an area control, territory building, and
economic game designed by Jamey Stegmaier and will be released by his company
Stonemaier Games. This game hasn’t yet
going onto Kickstarter for its run but will start on October 13th,
2015. This is going to be one of the
hottest releases of the year and I think that it will do very well in its run. This game has been (loosely) likened to a
mixture of Agricola and Kemet in that you use/harvest resources and use
deterministic combat in order to control parts of the board. I love that Stegmaier came up with this idea
when he ran across the artist, Jakub Rozalski’s, work. This is a blend of steampunk and of World War
I imagery which is both stark and beautiful at the same time. Stonemaier Games runs some of the best
Kickstarter campaigns in the business and I think that this one will be their
most popular to date. This is another
game that’s price point will be high enough that I can’t afford to back it now,
but when it hits retail it will be mine, oh yes, it will be mine!
#1 – The Gallerist (Eagle-Gryphon Games)
The Gallerist is a worker placement, set collection and
economic game designed by the fabulous Vital Lacerda (of CO2, Vinhos, and
Kanban: Automotive Revolution, fame) and will be released by Eagle-Gryphon
Games. This game was funded by 1,089
backers and made 83,212 during its run on Kickstarter. This game has one of the coolest themes I’ve
ever seen in a boardgame. You take
control of a burgeoning art gallery and use your workers in order to go out and
find new artists. You can then go
further into the game to try to control the popularity of said artists in order
to resell their works of art for an even larger amount of money. The artwork and the graphic design of this
game are absolutely on point.
Eagle-Gryphon did a great job in the production of this game, as it looks
absolutely gorgeous. This game will be
the top game on my Christmas list this year.
I truly hope to have it under the tree waiting for me on Christmas
morning!
Well there you have it.
Three separate posts listing my top 10 Kickstarter interests, my
honorable mentions, and a few more just for fun! This series was a ton of fun to write and I
hope you all enjoyed reading them. As
always, if you have any questions or comments please post below. Until next time, game on!
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