Gaming Kickstarters That Are Too Good To Miss

Dogtag is the casual party game set in a world where dogs seek online fame by posting to their social media app Dogtag. In the 2-5 player game, you play picture and comment cards in the right combinations on a mission to achieve status as the hottest dog in the game. A splash of pop culture here, and a bucketload of dog puns there, and this is what we get: a fun satire packaged into a heckin’ cute card game.

Hi! My name is Trent. I'm the designer/producer of the game Last Stand. Chris McCoy, the Safely Endangered comic author, did the art. We thought we could make something awesome together.

We were right!

Last Stand is a simple board game for 2-4 players with three axes of strategy.

How players arrange their cards on the boardHow you attack other players with diceHow and when to use cards

The novel mechanic of this game is that, by getting attacked, you get more cards to make you more powerful to come back. It's outrageously fun and addictive! Plus it got reviewed at 96/100.

For 2-4 players, ages 8 and up. 10-30 minutes playtime. 

In Shoudo, two players face off across the battlefield of the Sengoku Jidai -- the Japanese Civil War. Take control of one of four great clans -- Uesugi, Mori, Tokugawa, or Shimazu. Command your armies, put your opponent's lands to the torch, and seize his Daimyo's castle. But be careful; the field of battle is never the same twice.

Grow your settlement in a charming world of lively forest critters in this elegant worker placement/tableau building board game.

Red Falls. Darkrock. Two towns on opposite ends of the mesa. Two towns in the middle of God's own nowhere. You step off of the train and feel yer boots hit the red dirt as you pound the dust from yer coat. You only have iron on yer hip and a few bucks to yer name. But that doesn't mean folks should go underestimatin' ya. The only question to answer now is how will you make them remember yer name?

Western Legends is an open-world sandbox tabletop adventure for 2-6 players set in the American Wild West designed by talented newcomer Hervé Lemaître. Players assume the roles of historical figures of the era, earning their legendary status in a variety of ways. Gamble, drive cattle, prospect for gold, rob the bank, fight bandits, pursue stories, become an outlaw, keep the peace... the possibilities are darn near endless. How will you build your legend?

4 for the Money is an indie retro action/platformer that revolves around colors!  Play single-player or cooperatively as 4 unique characters using varying skills in heist theme.  The innovative color system makes each level different depending on which character you're playing.

4 for the Money features difficulty customization, allowing players to make the game easy for casual or ultra-challenging.  With essentially infinite difficulty settings, 4 for the Money will provide hours and hours of replay through varying environments and hundreds of enemies.

Call some friends and get your gadgets around. You've got a big job tonight...

This card game is centered on a betrayal of trust, keeps you searching through to find out who is the cause of your failed mission. You will fall out with your friends who are also part of the crew, with their own tricky gameplay, but your main aim is to get the bad egg secretly out of the crew.

The suspicion and suspense that hangs over the crew, make the game engaging. Though you can't trust anyone, to make it to safety, you have to be smart in carrying out your secret plan of betraying your crew or exposing the other player, a hunt that makes the game enjoyable.