This week’s Kickstarter Spotlight is Visions, a game about a family troubled by a curse which the players, as ‘visionaries’, must resolve by connecting elements of the families past to gain the mental influence to overcome it. Players collect sets of time cards and play them on the board in order to link the family cards around it to the centre of the playing area. Doing so allows them to claim rewards that increase visionary energy, which opens up one-time bonuses such as playing fewer time cards, and vision stones, which are used to complete personal and master visions.

While I’m not a huge fan of the overall aesthetic and the manual certainly needs some work on the translation, the interesting theme and unique but simple game play mechanics are certainly very attractive as is the play mat that comes with the deluxe edition.

Well worth checking out!

Here’s the pledge video:

Check out Visions on Kickstarter HERE, on Board Game Geek HERE and on the official site HERE.

 

I get my tiny epic space game on with my first solo try of the expansion to Tiny Epic Galaxies, Beyond The Black!

This week’s Kickstarter Spotlight caught my attention by featuring an interesting new mechanic twist to the standard deck building template. Star Scrappers: Cave-in calls itself a discard building game, where the cards you play stay in front of you throughout other player’s turns. The power displayed on the top card takes effect when your next turn starts. Since stealing cards from other players’ discard piles is part of the game, anticipating your opponents’ moves and determining which of their powers will take effect is key. I’ll certainly be backing this one!

Here’s the pledge video:

Check out Star Scrappers: Cave-in on Kickstarter HERE, on Board Game Geek HERE and on the official site HERE.