New board games are starting to be crowdfunded again this week, including on Kickstarter. Contrary to what the headline suggests, the highlight of the sixth week of the year is on Gamefound: Lucky Duck Games' Kingdom Rush - Elemental Uprising, a stand-alone board game for cooperative tower defense games for up to four players. Not less exciting this week: the meditative board game “ZENTiles”, otherwise things are rather quiet on the crowdfunding platform, even if, as always, further launches are to be expected that are not on the list.
February got off to a leisurely start – and is now even calmer. In addition to the roleplaying game "Descending the Stars", which will celebrate its launch on Kickstarter on February 10, there are comparatively few board games available in whose crowdfunding campaigns fans can sink their money.
SPOTLIGHT: Kingdom Rush - Elemental Uprising
The highlight of the week should be the cooperative stand-alone board game Kingdom Rush - Elemental Uprising, which Lucky Duck Games will finance from February 9th via Gamefound. The title is based on a tower defense concept and is aimed at up to four players, but you can also choose to play Kingdom Rush - Elemental Uprising in a solo mode.
The highlight: There are various asymmetrical heroes whose armor you slip on to defend the kingdoms against the monster hordes. The gameplay closely follows what is known from digital - but other appropriately implemented tower defense board games: You build towers, kill monsters and use the resources you collect to build new towers and improvements. This is necessary because monsters have a number of special skills that can make life difficult for players.
The title addition "Elemental Uprising" already indicates what is newly built into the basic concept: namely elementary hazards. In the course of the game, players are confronted with different catastrophic events, including volcanic eruptions or storms. This, in turn, has a direct impact on gameplay. Various playable scenarios are available in Kingdom Rush - Elemental Uprising, which can be played individually over and over again; plus an evolving campaign with challenges and boss fights. The game can be played at different levels of difficulty, the basic set of rules is easy to learn.
THESE KICKSTARTER BOARD GAMES START IN THE CALENDAR WEEK:
- Kingdom Rush: Elemental Uprising - New stuff from Lucky Duck: from February 9st
- ZENtile basic - Soothing game concept from Chaga Chaga Games: from February 9st
- Forest of Radgost - Self-published co-op story board game: from February 10st
Source: Kickstarter / Kicktraq
