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This Week We’re Underachieving to the Max, Backing ‘Care Bears: Unlock the Magic’, and More on Kickstarter

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Aug 13 2025
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This week we’re learning the art of underachieving with FLOP, joining the Care Bears, going back to Miskatonic University, and much more!

FLOP: The Masterful Art of Underachieving

 

Flopping is the masterful art of ultimate underachieving. You win by doing absolutely nothing. No card to play? No enemies to attack? Boom! You’ve flopped. And you’ve won.

Don’t you want to do less? Do nothing? Take a nap? FLOP lets you do just that, and win for it! And the design makes me sing, “my little soda pop,” in my head. Which is also a huge point in their favor.

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Abyss Echo: The Forbidden Rite

 

1925, Miskatonic University.

You weren’t supposed to remember. The fire, the name, the letter… They told you it never happened, but it did. And no you’re the only one who hears it. You’re not playing this game, the game is observing you. Every decision you make is the point your reality begins to slip.

Abyss Echo: The Forbidden Rite is an immersive narrative tabletop game. A mysterious package finds you—a notebook of lost memories. Open it, and time fractures. ONLY YOU can rewrite what comes next.

In 2025, Miskatonic University doesn’t exist. But what if it once did—and was erased by something ancient and forbidden? This is not just a game, it’s a reconstructed reality. Over three years in the making. Every item is real: letters, photos, artifacts. Not props, but evidence. This is not a character. This is your becoming.

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Abyss Echo is a story of mystery and horror told over the game. Unlock the secrets, put all of the pieces together, and get back your terrible memories to learn the truth. But the truth is coming from Miskatonic University, so it’s probably something at least a little horrible.

Camp Koala

 

Tired of boring puzzles? We were too! Vizzles fuses classic puzzling with search-and-find quests. So finishing is only the beginning.

Finish your puzzle, open your envelop and find all of the riddles, solve the riddles and locate the answers on the artwork, unlock timed challenges and discover your score!

Puzzles are fun. Riddles are fun. Competing for the highest score or lowest time is fun. Camp Koala has a little of everything. Especially if you enjoy puzzles, but want a little something more.

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Shadows Over Sol

 

Shadows Over Sol is an award-winning sci-fi horror tabletop RPG where you and your team venture into the hungry void of outer space. You’ll explore derelict spaceships, make deals with shady corporations, and try to survive the indescribable horrors encroaching upon your every move.

Two hundred years from now what should be the shining beacon of the future is instead cloaked in conspiracy and horror. Humankind has expanded throughout the solar system, and there it has discovered mysteries older than humanity.

The culture has shattered into myriad subcultures; nation-states are the hollow shells of what they once were. Corporations and other groups wage small-scale wars in the streets or in space. Bioengineered horrors left over from these conflicts stalk the hulls of ruined stations and abandoned colonies.

But for an enterprising team willing to brave the horrors, there’s always a profit to be made.

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Space is big and scary. Who knows what’s really out there. Well, in Shadows Over Sol, you just may find out what the void has in store for you. Discover things older than humanity, and maybe even make a profit on it.

Brassreach: A Floating City of Gears, Secrets, and Steam

 

High above the surface of Stillwater Lake floats Brassreach, a city of invention, ambition, and control. Built by gnome technocrats and sustained by wonders of arcane engineering, Brassreach is a marvel of the modern age.

But even marvels have cracks.

Gears grind without cause. Clockwork servants glitch. Something grows beneath the city’s shadow…

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This 5E-compatible campaign setting gives you everything you need to explore a mysterious floating city, uncover political intrigue, face sentient constructs, and tinker with powerful inventions.

This 5E compatible campaign setting will bring even more gears and steam to your next adventure. On the surface everything is gilded, beautiful, and wonderous to behold. But beneath the surface, things may be a little more than you bargained for.

Care Bears: Unlock the Magic

 

Now gamers and families can enjoy game night by entering into the world of Care-a-Lot! Care Bears: Unlock the Magic is a strategy based game for adults, but easy to play for less experienced players or children. With this easy to learn, fun and positive deckbuilding game, adult gamers can share their passion with their kids and families!

Are you feeling nostalgic for Care Bears? This deck building strategy game will have you bringing everyone you know back to Car-a-Lot and maybe even introducing a new generation as well.

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