Weekly Crowdfunding Roundup: January 19, 2025 | 8 ending soon ("Batman: Gotham City Chronicles - RPG : Skyline Edition") & 19 new ("Darwin's Journey: Oceania", "Everdell Silverfrost", "Master of Orion: Ad Astra")
What is this?
This is a weekly roundup of board game crowdfunding projects, featuring new launches from the past week and campaigns ending in the coming week. The information is sourced from Kickstarter, Gamefound, and Backerkit.
The list is curated through a combination of automated data collection and manual review, so occasional errors or omissions may occur. If you notice a missing project, feel free to mention it in the comments. Only projects meeting the selection criteria outlined below are included.
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Selection Criteria
Projects must meet the following conditions to be included:
- Timing: The project was either launched in the last week or will end in the coming week.
- Relevance: The project is directly related to board games.
- Excludes: Accessories not strongly related to board games, furniture, RPGs (e.g., D&D, Pathfinder), video games, STLs, painting tools, events, podcasts, and magazines.
- Exception: Projects offering promos or similar content for board games are eligible.
- Backers: The project is expected to reach at least 100 backers by the end of the campaign.
- Funding Status:
- The project is expected to reach at least 90% of its funding goal.
- The project has already achieved at least 20% of its funding goal.
In addition to the main lists, I include a separate section for noteworthy projects that don’t strictly qualify as board games. These projects are included based on a single criterion:
1. Backers: The project currently has more than 1,000 backers.
Crowdfunding is not a store
Crowdfunding is not a guarantee. Projects may face delays, incur additional shipping costs, or fail to deliver entirely. Creators are not obligated to fulfill their promises. While many excellent games are funded this way, the risks are real—only back projects with money you can afford to lose.
Be wary of creators who use FoMO (Fear of Missing Out) tactics to drive pledges. Don’t let the pressure get to you. If you miss a campaign, there will always be others. There's no shortage of excellent board games to enjoy.
Tags
Each project is tagged with one or more of the following categories:
- 🌱 Creator's First Project
- 🌳 Creator with more than 5 projects
- 🌟 Featured Project (e.g. Kickstarter "Staff Pick")
- 💰 Fully funded
- 🔥 More than 200 daily backers
- 🤝 Offers refunds (e.g. Stable Pledge)
Ending Soon (8)
| Name | Description | Backers | Pledged | Ends | Information | Tags | BGG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batman: Gotham City Chronicles - RPG : Skyline Edition | An investigator. A cop. A thug. A vigilante. A metahuman. A Villain. Play whoever you want and roam Gotham City in this official Gotham City Tabletop RPG! | 2,579 | €473.2k (473.2%) in 12 days | 2025-01-21 | 💸 Gamefound 👤 Monolith Boar… 👥 2‑10 🤝 Cooperative 📜 Campaign | 🌳💰🔥 | |
| Bare Bones: The Dice Game that Thinks it's a Card Game | A deck building and dice drafting game that combines minimalist art with novel gameplay mechanics and endless replay. | 350 | $21.7k (124.3%) in 26 days | 2025-01-24 | 💸 Kickstarter 👤 West Coast Bi… | 🌱💰 | |
| NEXUS: Alone In Your Room Expansion | It’s the ultimate solo arena combat experience that keeps you coming back for more, providing satisfaction that’s hard to beat. | 213 | $15.1k (1507.2%) in 54 days | 2025-01-25 | 💸 Gamefound 👤 D‑Verse Publi… 👥 2 👶 7+ ⏱️ 20min 🎲 Dice 🏆 Competitive 🏛️ Legacy | 💰🤝 | BGG |
| Gettysburg Solitaire Boardgame plus In Magnificent Style | Get the new Gettysburg Solitaire boardgame, In Magnificent Style, neoprene's and more! Refight Gettysburg July 1 - 3. | 210 | $23.3k (596.3%) in 8 days | 2025-01-22 | 💸 Kickstarter 👤 Worthington P… 👥 1‑2 👶 10+ ⏱️ 60‑90min | 🌳💰 | BGG |
| Magnate - The Anarcho-Capitalist Card Game | Magnate is a 3-6 player card game of two phases: players must take down the government and then fight to be the last Magnate standing. | 179 | £5.5k (162.8%) in 30 days | 2025-01-20 | 💸 Kickstarter 👤 Revolutionary… 👥 3‑6 👶 18+ ⏱️ 45‑90min | 🌱💰 | BGG |
| Famous: Stage I | Become the most famous band your town has ever seen – in this super-thematic, tabletop garage-band strategy game | 131 | CA$15k (249.7%) in 30 days | ⚠️ 2025-01-19 | 💸 Kickstarter 👤 Jared Lutes | 💰 | |
| BURMA & CHACO | Remakes of the original Game Designers Workshop designs from the 1970's. | 114 | $10.8k (432.6%) in 9 days | 2025-01-22 | 💸 Kickstarter 👤 Compass Games | 🌳💰 | |
| Golem Run - Race, bet, fix and win | A competitive race-betting game with a trick-taking mechanic. | 66 | $2.3k (76.7%) in 12 days | 2025-01-26 | 💸 Kickstarter 👤 Dragon Dawn P… 👥 3‑5 👶 9+ | 🌳 | BGG |
New Projects (19)
| Name | Description | Backers | Pledged | Ends | Information | Tags | BGG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darwin's Journey: Oceania | Retrace Darwin’s final voyage in Oceania, where profound challenges and discoveries inspired the creation of the Origin of Species. | 4,696 | €294.3k (980.9%) in 5 days | 2025-02-05 | 💸 Kickstarter 👤 Gonzalo Aguir… 👥 1‑4 👶 14+ ⏱️ 60‑120min | 🌳🌟💰🔥 | BGG |
| Everdell Silverfrost | A new standalone game in the World of Everdell. Put on your snowshoes, light the beacons, and explore Silverfrost. | 3,844 | $430.1k (2867.1%) in 5 days | 2025-01-31 | 💸 Kickstarter 👤 Starling Game… 👥 1‑4 👶 10+ ⏱️ 30‑120min | 🌳💰🔥 | BGG |
| Master of Orion: Ad Astra | Master of Orion: Ad Astra is an epic 4X space strategy where you command one of six distinct and powerful races. As the leader of a burgeoning space empire, your journey begins with the exploration of uncharted star systems, the colonization of distant worlds, and the relentless pursuit of advanced … | 3,594 | $774.1k (1935.1%) in 5 days | 2025-01-29 | 💸 Gamefound 👤 Archon Studio 👥 2‑4 👶 14+ ⏱️ 120‑240min 🌌 4X 🔀 Asymmetric | 🌳💰🔥 | BGG |
| La Pâtisserie Rococo | The Next Evolution of Classic Rococo by Louis & Stefan Malz | 959 | $49.6k (992.5%) in 3 days | 2025-01-31 | 💸 Kickstarter 👤 Eagle Games 👥 1‑5 👶 14+ ⏱️ 60‑150min | 🌳💰🔥 | BGG |
| Pass the Stones! A Gallbladder-Themed Party Game | From the creator of OrganATTACK! Save your Gallbladder by quickly removing stones and passing them to your opponents. | 771 | $39.9k (159.5%) in 5 days | 2025-02-13 | 💸 Kickstarter 👤 Nick Seluk | 🌳💰 | |
| 25th Century Games 2025 Import Collection | Bringing games from around the world to your tables. 11 games to mix and match, building your own custom bundle tailored just for you. | 620 | $36.1k (722.7%) in 5 days | 2025-02-01 | 💸 Kickstarter 👤 Chad Elkins | 🌳💰 | |
| Know Thyself - The Game of Self Discovery | A 2-to-4 player psychological and reflective board game that combines introspection, strategy, and deep social connection | 592 | $41.6k (831.1%) in 5 days | 2025-02-14 | 💸 Kickstarter 👤 Phil Parkinso… | 🌱💰 | |
| Action Packed Double Feature [Solo Game of the Month] | Two great solo games in one box! | 529 | $16k (319.9%) in 4 days | 2025-02-01 | 💸 Gamefound 👤 Gabe‑Barrett 👥 2‑4 👶 10+ ⏱️ 60‑90min 🃏 Card Game | 🌳💰 | BGG |
| Yomi 2 | Yomi 2 is a fighting game in card form. Learn your character, practice combos, and read the opponent's tendencies. It’s a strategic, turn-based card battler that lets you experience the nuances of fighting games like Street Fighter and Fantasy Strike by a lead designer who worked on both.Includes so… | 330 | $85.6k (171.1%) in 6 days | 2025-02-13 | 💸 Gamefound 👤 Sirlin Games 👥 1‑2 👶 13+ ⏱️ 30min 🃏 Card Game 🤝 Cooperative 🏆 Competitive 🔀 Asymmetric | 🌱💰🤝 | BGG |
| Click A Tree - The new Uwe Rosenberg game | The fabulous new game by star designer Uwe Rosenberg combines pattern building with clever tile placement. | 325 | €16.5k (548.5%) in 5 days | 2025-02-04 | 💸 Kickstarter 👤 Skellig Games… | 🌟💰 | |
| Where am I? Alice in a Mad Tea Party... Expanded! | Where am I? Alice in a Mad Tea Party is a delightfully topsy-turvy party game of hidden identities and deduction, set at none other than the Mad Hatter's tea party! | 297 | $30.5k (304.7%) in 6 days | 2025-02-04 | 💸 Backerkit 👤 Japanime Game… | 💰 | |
| Lead Tense Firefights on the Streets of Stalingrad! | The Old School Tactical V1 2ed expansion, Stalingrad, returns tense, squad-level combat to the streets of the famous city. | 282 | $29.5k (368.3%) in 3 days | 2025-01-30 | 💸 Kickstarter 👤 Mark H. Walke… | 🌳💰 | |
| Yonmoque Hex | Four in a row on a hex board wins, but theres a twist! Claim one of 100 signed limited-edition sets—only for early backers! | 104 | ¥806.8k (806.8%) in 5 days | 2025-01-31 | 💸 Kickstarter 👤 Mitsuo Yamamo… 👥 2 | 🌳💰 | BGG |
| Deckay the Game | Deckay is a multiplayer action card game where you can challenge your friends anywhere and prove who is the leader of the city! | 88 | €4k (79.4%) in 5 days | 2025-02-14 | 💸 Gamefound 👤 Ingravidos st… 👥 2‑7 👶 12+ ⏱️ 30min 🃏 Card Game 🤝 Cooperative 🏆 Competitive | 🌱🤝 | |
| The Wayfarer | Journey across the world in this roll and write exploration game. | 87 | €1.2k (1210%) in 3 days | 2025-01-29 | 💸 Kickstarter 👤 DiceTiki 👥 1‑99 👶 10+ ⏱️ 20‑30min | 🌳💰 | BGG |
| Gourmet Kitchen vs. Stakes Royale | Gem Blenders TCG returns with all-new starter decks featuring fresh themes, powerful effects, and stunning guest artist illustrations! | 70 | $7.1k (714%) in 1 day | 2025-02-17 | 💸 Kickstarter 👤 Steve Sekula | 🌟💰 | |
| 1811: Albuera Second Edition | This famous Napoleonic battle is depicted in lavish historical details using the second edition of the innovative "Fix Bayonets!" tactical system. This is a hexagons & counters, battalion-level, combat simulation. | 68 | $3.7k (30.9%) in 2 days | 2025-02-22 | 💸 Gamefound 👤 Tactical Work… 👥 1‑2 👶 12+ ⏱️ 120‑480min ⚔️ Wargame | 🌱🤝 | BGG |
| Make 100: In Memory Of | A storytelling game about a fictional loved one who passed away. | 46 | $891 (89.1%) in 5 days | 2025-02-04 | 💸 Kickstarter 👤 Tony Tran | 🌱 | |
| Tripwire: A Board Game of Spies, Stealth, and Cool Gadgets | A tile-laying game of capturing objectives while avoiding the base's very active defenses and the shenanigans of other players. | 24 | $1.2k (41.6%) in 5 days | 2025-02-13 | 💸 Kickstarter 👤 Lloyd Brown |
Noteworthy filtered projects (14)
| Name | Description | Backers | Pledged | Ends | Information | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monster Vault 2: Deadly Creatures for 5E D&D and TOV | More than 300 all-new monsters, including dangerous demons and horrifying new undead. The monster book your players fear! | 2,857 | $203.9k (271.9%) in 12 days | 2025-02-06 | 💸 Kickstarter 👤 Kobold Press | 🌳🌟💰🔥 |
| A Time Traveler's Guide to Dinosaur Hunting | Face colossal dinos, mutated monsters, and alien horrors in the largest dinosaur bestiary & adventure collection ever released for 5e! | 1,394 | $205.5k (2054.6%) in 5 days | 2025-02-14 | 💸 Kickstarter 👤 Darryl Jones | 🌳🌟💰🔥 |
| Redgrass R9 SOLO Desk Lamp: Perfect Color, Compact, Portable | Miniature painting, art, and craft: an LED light designed to reveal true colors for artists, hobbyists, and casual creatives alike. | 1,322 | CHF 199.5k (950.1%) in 5 days | 2025-02-04 | 💸 Kickstarter 👤 Redgrass | 🌳💰🔥 |
| The Dice Tower Gamefound 2025 | It's 2025, and the Dice Tower is entering its 23rd year! We invite you to join us in a brand-new season! Our goal for this Gamefound is to raise funds so we can continue creating content about games and the people who play them. | 1,271 | $113.3k (41.2%) in 3 days | 2025-02-01 | 💸 Gamefound 👤 Dice Tower 👥 1 | 🔥 |
| Lewd Dungeon Adventures: A Date to the Grand Ball | A must-have dating sim for this TTRPG for couples. Expands on Hadel, opening trading opportunities between adventures! | 1,082 | $36k (1200.2%) in 5 days | 2025-02-13 | 💸 Kickstarter 👤 Phoenix Grey | 🌳🌟💰🔥 |
| Pixels and Polygons | Create your video game masterpiece. | 319 | €13.5k (96.1%) in 3 days | 2025-01-30 | 💸 Gamefound 👤 BD Games 👥 1‑4 👶 14+ ⏱️ 120min 🃏 Card Game 🏆 Competitive | 🤝 |
| Drybrushes for Miniatures, Models, and Terrain | Enhance your miniatures with dry brushing and stippling techniques! | 315 | $15.1k (83.7%) in 4 days | 2025-02-14 | 💸 Kickstarter 👤 Dungeon Lair | 🌳 |
| To the Rescue! | A grim adventure for Dragonbane / Drakar och Demoner set in Windheim, but playable in any world setting. | 246 | SEK 61.7k (6172.9%) in 3 days | 2025-01-30 | 💸 Kickstarter 👤 Nordic Skalds | 💰 |
| Bekir's Battlers - A New Era of Wooden Minis. | Two sets of wooden minis by Mustafa Bekir for all your favorite fantasy games- Goblin Horde of the Underdeep and Heroes of Yore. | 114 | $2.5k (616.5%) in 12 days | 2025-01-22 | 💸 Kickstarter 👤 Crumbling Kee… | 🌳🌟💰 |
| Let the Games Begin - Xcrawl Olympics | Xcrawl has gone worldwide as live dungeon crawling comes to the Olympic Games. | 88 | $3.5k (345.1%) in 12 days | 2025-01-26 | 💸 Kickstarter 👤 Ed Stanek | 💰 |
| Grim Tales #1: The Blood Debt | Discover new subclasses, magic items, lore and a gothic horror adventure spanning levels 1 to 3. Face the shadows of the Mourning Vale. | 77 | €2.2k (447.6%) in 5 days | 2025-02-04 | 💸 Kickstarter 👤 Yellowbyte Wo… | 🌟💰 |
| Teardrop Dice | The teardrop design and engraved numbers make them stand out from traditional cubic dice. | 63 | €2.8k (472.8%) in 7 days | 2025-02-04 | 💸 Kickstarter 👤 ARTHUN | 🌳💰 |
| Instant Adventures | A collection of over 100 D20 tables for the overworked GM. | 58 | £364 (1213.3%) in 4 days | 2025-02-14 | 💸 Kickstarter 👤 Adventure Squ… | 🌳💰 |
| Make 100: Handmade Custom Dice with Origami Dragons 2025 | Custom handmade dice with hand-folded origami dragons. Full Sets and Singles. With some fun gaming accessories joining the mix! | 45 | CA$5k (622.9%) in 4 days | 2025-02-15 | 💸 Kickstarter 👤 Blue Crystal … | 🌳💰 |