This Week We’re Backing a DOOM Board Game and More on Kickstarter

SHIFT is an all-ages pick-up-and-play roleplaying game system that offers diverse options for the Game Masters and players alike. It’s easy-to-use ruleset contains everything you need to facilitate exciting character-driven stories with your players. SHIFT allows you to build the worlds you want to explore quickly and easily – even as you play!

DOOM | Arena Board Game is a fast-paced PvP miniatures board game where one player takes control of the Doom Slayer and faces off against an opponent commanding the hordes of Hell! Low complexity, high mortality.

DOOM | Arena Board Game offers strategic depth through engaging, brutal gameplay. Like heavy metal chess, it’s simple to learn, yet hard to master, with each piece commanding a unique style of movement and attack that demands clever tactical positioning to achieve victory.

Houdini’s Great Escape is the First Light-Powered puzzle box by Puzzle Potato, inspired by the legendary escape artist Harry Houdini. We’ve combined intricate mechanics with hidden electronics and software to create a one-of-a-kind puzzle experience that blends illusion, engineering, and mystery. The box charges by drawing energy seemingly out of thin air — even in dimly lit rooms.

Cluebox Houdini’s Magic Escape is more than just a puzzle box — it is inspired by the ingenious magic tricks of Houdini’s era. As you work through its secrets, you will not only solve puzzles but also gain insight into the principles behind classic illusions, exploring how such mysteries were brought to life on stage. Every mechanism inside is based on tricks that Houdini himself could have used during his time, allowing you to experience the wonder of illusion through his eyes.

There are 22 complete games in The Dealer’s Tarot. In addition to the main games, 65 variants allow you to play with different player counts, cooperatively, as partnerships, and with alternate wild cards.

Despite the ubiquity of modern tarot decks, and that the deck has been in print for over five centuries, there are very few modern games that have been designed for this deck.

The Dealer’s Tarot aims to bring these beautiful card decks to the table for game nights with family and friends.

The Dawn of Pangaea is a deeply thematic, medium-weight strategy boardgame for 1-4 players, set in the ancient world of Pangaea. As players, you take on the role of the first spirits, growing trees, performing rituals, and bringing the first creatures to the world. The enchanting artwork and carefully crafted wooden components take you on a magical journey of rivalry and harmony. Expand your forest and ascend the sacred mountain — and gain the high blessing of Gaia!

The Wild Woods expansion perfectly complements the gameplay of The Dawn of Pangaea by adding an additional layer of — height! The 24 wooden treetops, 4 player boards and new rules increase the strategic possibilities and depth.

Founded in Perugia, the Company of Grifoni has become one of the most respected mercenary forces in Italy. Legendary men and women have fought under their banner. Valerio, Sofia, Rebecca, Vincenzo, and Luca, names already familiar to those who know the chronicles of the Nova Aetas Renaissance.

In an era of unstable alliances and cities fighting for survival, becoming a mercenary is often the only way to earn a decent living or a reputable name. Mary smaller companies choose to join the Grifoni because of their reputation and the promise of better pay.

Money is scarce, the streets are dangerous, and competition is fierce. And yet, this is where stories worth telling are forged.