Another top five list, this time looking at the games that are coming up in crowdfunding that I’m most interested in. Crowdfunding is a bit slower, or was anyways, this year. I think some companies were a bit shy around how much they could make. And I think that is a fair question to ask. Crowdfunding went strong through the early part of 2020 and 2021. But as games got more delayed and prices went up, people were less likely to back. So what are the crowdfunding games I’m excited for.

Top 5 Upcoming Crowdfunding Games

Honorable Mention

The Isofarian Guard – This is an honorable mention because it’s a game that is already out. And one that if you want you can checkout my game play over on Malts and Meeples.

Note, I correct a rule mistake in future videos.

But this is a bit adventure of a game and a solo only game (though you can just make group decisions). It is played out over multiple stories that follow different members of the guard as, well, their lives change forever. It’s a fun bag building system with a little bit of a grind to it, but overall a good game.

The new crowdfunding campaign is going to give you an opportunity to pick it up again. Yes, the game price is much higher, but now you know what you’re going to get. It’s an honorable mention, though, for me because I can get an upgrade pack for it.

Stars of Akarios – Another honorable mention because I already own the game. Stars of Akarios is a fun space exploration and tactical space combat game. I compare it, story wise, to Ender’s Game meets Farscape. Which, I think works. It’s another one that you can checkout game play on Malts and Meeples.

This one is also an honorable mention because it has an upgrade pack. For me it isn’t a whole new game, it’s just what I need to hopefully tweak the game play and make it even better. But if you are just getting the game, it should be a better version of it without some of the rough edges. A game I love and highly recommend.

5. Final Girl Series 3

This one maybe could have been an honorable mention as well. But technically, each series is pretty new in what they do. Final Girl is one that I should stream because it’s a fun solo game of trying to win in a horror movie as the final girl.

And Van Ryder Games is building a very impressive collection of horror movies. This game uses a base box, which gives you some of the common pieces that you need. But then it’s about what final girl and what killer or enemy they go up against. You get some classic summer camp settings, or you might be dealing with a ghost in a house.

Finally, one nice thing about this game and the campaigns is that you can get what you want. If you get two of the “feature films” as they call them, you get 4 different combinations, you get 10, it’s 100 different combinations. So you get good combination value however you want and as much as you need.

4. DreamEscape

This one I only have higher because it’s new in terms of being a game. This, from what I can tell, is a Lovecraftian choose your own adventure style of game. I like that in terms of sounding like a story driven experience with fast time to the table and a lot of story.

What I need to see is how much it is going to cost. There are games higher on the list that I am more interested in. And if this treats itself like a big minis game in terms of cost, though doesn’t seem to have minis, or the cost to game time ratio seems off, it might not be one for me. But I like the setting and the premise, so I want to see what the whole crowdfunding campaign looks like.

3. Dragon Eclipse

Awaken Realms crowdfunding campaign is always interesting sounding. And this game is not like their normal main line Awaken Realms games. It almost feels more like that Awaken Realms Lite games, but without having that label on it. Mainly, there are minis, but it isn’t a ton of minis thus far.

Dragon Eclipse, from what I remember, is a deck building or deck management experience of a game. There is a campaign, I think, to the game, but it’s not going to be as massive and involved as other Awaken Realms titles. And I think the setting is really interesting sounding, which is why it’s so high on my list.

2. Dice Throne

We’re back to not a new game. But I love Dice Throne. And Dice Thone has been teased that something new is coming. If I had waited a little bit, it’d would have been announced as to what this is. But I know a little bit of what is coming to crowdfunding.

Firstly, new characters it seems. Is this Dice Throne Season 3? I hope so, but I’m not sure, it might be another property based thing like Marvel Dice Throne. But I think it’ll be Season 3. And also interestingly, a new way to play cooperatively.

I owned Dice Throne Adventures, but I never played it. The game system looked fine, but it also looked just fine to me. And for a game I really love with how it was originally built, just fine didn’t cut it. This time my hope is that it’ll maybe be a bit simpler and less work to get to the table so I can play those multiple different ways but without learning a whole new system.

1. Rogue Angels

This has been my #1 for a long long time. And it’s got prototypes out in the world, I’ve gotten to play it a handful of times on TTS. Rogue Angels is easily my most anticipated crowdfunding campaign coming up. And it’s coming up pretty quickly. In fact, follow it here.

This game is just amazing. It’s like Mass Effect as a board game. It’s a bit space adventure, fighting, story choices, factions that you can become friends with – or enemies, and so much more. And it’s now coming back to Kickstarter after an initial launch with more things out there, more game play and more to checkout.

I can not wait to get a copy of this game, when I do, it’ll be my top game to play. That doesn’t mean it’ll become my Number 1 game of all time, but I’m also not betting against it. Such a fun time and a campaign with enough branching and choices that it’ll be good to replay as well.

So Many Games

I honestly could have come up with more crowdfunding games to put on the list. And will I back all of these games, very possibly. But I plan on doing a “Back or Brick” article when they come out to talk through my decision process.

I’ll say this, I really can’t do justice to how excited I am for the top two. Those two I know that I love already. And more Dice Throne is amazing. Plus to finally be able to get Rogue Angels, I cannot way for that. It’s a system that I think works so well and a design that is intentional about being epic in what you can do but not bloated.

Which one of these campaigns sounds the most interesting to you and are you most likely to back?

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