Ladies and Gentleman, kids of all ages, welcome again to another weekly edition of the Kickstarter Spotlight! Today, we illuminate four freshly planted projects, each striving to grow and blossom into something wonderful.

Waggle Dance

by Henry Jasper

Waggle Dance
noun
a series of patterned movements performed by a scouting bee, communicating to other bees of the colony the direction and distance of a food source or hive site.

It’s also the name of a new worker(-bee) placement game from Grublin Games! A strategic game for 2-4 players, you must strive to develop your hive through several day / night cycles, collecting pollen and growing the colony’s population with the end goal of producing honey!

As interesting as that sounds, (and I do love me some Myrmes!) I have to mention that in the interests of removing card text and making the action cards easy to visually read, they’ve stripped every iota of theme from the artwork. The action cards explicitly visualize what they do, which is good, but they do so in terms of cubes and arrows and dice, making it generic and bland.

If you can look past that, then it seems this may be a worthwhile game to try!

Drakerys

by Don’t Panic Games

Drakerys, The Miniature Game is a new, scenario-driven skirmish level wargame, featuring a fresh line of 32mm figures. Two pre-assembled armies of Orcs and Humans are available in the starter set, while the Dwarves and Elves are waiting in the wings for additional funding.

One of the key elements of this game is the Time Path system, which tracks player order throughout the game. Every move that you take will cost Action Points, moving you ahead on the track, while the active turn then passes to the player farthest back on the track. You may take a powerful, time-costly action, allowing your opponents to counter with multiple quick actions in the meantime.

The old world is about to crumble. It’s a time of heroes. Will you be the king of tomorrow? Find out with Drakerys!

Galaxy Defenders – The Earth Strikes Back

by Ares Games

Adding to last years’ successfully Kickstarted game, Galaxy Defenders, Ares Games are offering two! boxed expansions in their latest project. Both Operation: Strikeback and Extinction Protocol allow you to take the fight to the stars, having rebuffed the initial invasion of Earth.

In Galaxy Defenders up to five players fight together – each taking control of one or more agents with unique powers – to defend the planet from an alien invasion. The Aliens are controlled by a sophisticated, card-driven artificial intelligence system. The battle against the aliens develops in a series of missions, organized in a story-driven campaign.

Gods’ Gambit

by Analog Games

What’s this, a new game from designer Seiji Kanai? Sign me up!

Gods’ Gambit is a card game for 2 to 6 players, representing fallen Gods who must solve problems in the world, completing quests and performing good acts in order to be allowed to return to the High Heavens.

In the course of this competition, many Gods will stray from the path of righteousness. Healing the lands will not suffice to outperform the others. Those who succumb to their darker nature will call upon apocalypses and favors from Fallen beings to sabotage the other Gods. To them, the only goal even worth considering is to return to the High Heavens, doing so by any means necessary.

Who will be the victor of this horrible story? Which God will finally be able to return to the heavens?