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I’m in for Alpha Bandits, Musee, and the new Alhambra expansion. Other than that, I’m enjoying the new breathing room in my budget.

Not just you, Granny. It’s been a slow week for KS games (guess everyone is waiting until after Gen Con?) Nothing new to add here, either.

Seems like a good day to break out Hanabi…

My carryovers: Ghosts Love Candy, Penny Press, The Captain is Dead, Historia, Antidote, and Through the Ages.

Still debating on Tiny Epic Defenders (though for that price, it’s not much of a risk) and Dungeon Lords.

Nothing new caught me this week – first time that’s happened since I joined Kickstarter a few months ago.

@Jared – I am intrigued! Looks like it was just released (not widely available yet), but I am going to do some digging around on Bedpans + Broomsticks. Thanks for the heads-up!

Currently on KS:

Ghosts Love Candy
I’m very excited about this Halloween-themed card game from 5th Street Games. If you’re interested in light, family-friendly games, I encourage you to take a look at this one. The art looks great (very playful); and all the kid cards are unique (both artwork and their powers). With so many kid cards different kid cards (that will interact differently depending on where they are positioned), every game will be a little different. Plays 2-6 players in about 30 minutes. It’s already fully funded – they’re just working on stretch goals to add more expansions. I’m hoping they make it to at least $17K to add the “Kids Love Candy” co-op mode.

Penny Press
I love the theme here; looks like a fun & original game.

The Captain is Dead
I think several people have already mentioned this one. The amazing artwork drew me in; the cooperative gameplay sold me. (I’m always looking for new co-op games to appeal to my group).

Antidote
A quick deduction-based card-game. You’ve all been poisoned – which vial contains the antidote? Like Clue, boiled down to the best parts: taking what you know and trying to read the other players to figure out the solution (and trying not to let them read you).

A few other ones on my watch list, but as they’re mostly all funded several times over, don’t need much help from me:

Historia and Through the Ages
I like the civilization games, but I need to do some more research on these to see if they are substantively different enough from Sid Meier’s Civilization, or how they stack against Progress: Evolution of Technology (recently funded on KS) to make it worth the investment.

Tiny Epic Defenders
The follow-up to Tiny Epic Kingdoms (which I missed out on). A co-op game for only $16 ($24)? Seems almost too good a deal.

Dungeon Lords Anniversary Edition
I’m a little wary based on the reviews I’ve read of Dungeon Lords – seems like it may be a little too complicated for my group. (I’ve got one heavy gamer; the rest prefer light-medium games, so this may be too much). But I remember playing the Dungeon Keeper PC game and I love the theme, so I’m a little torn.

Escape: Zombie City
Like @Paladin, I originally wanted to back this one, but ultimately decided not to. I just backed the Escape Big Box from Queen Games, and after I’m not sure this adds enough new/different to justify the extra money right now for what feels like just a new skin (especially when I don’t have any big zombie fans in my group).

On the road for a work conference this week; I’ll be limited to games on iOS, probably TTR and Carcassonne.

Does anyone know anything about Chicago Express? I like several of Queen Games’ other games, but don’t know much about this one. There doesn’t seem to be a game profile page for it here.

I just picked up Farmageddon this week, hoping to give that a try this weekend.

My carryovers this week are Copper Country; 12 Realms: Ancestors Legacy (although my final pledge level will depend on where it ends up on stretch goals); Evolution; and Hollywood.

I’m very excited about Progress: Evolution of Technology. Just from watching Rahdo’s run-through, I’m already excited about 2 planned expansions (adding the 4th, 5th & 6th ages, and adding political & military advancements).

I also like Ghosts Love Candy as a fun, quick game. Waggle Dance is on my watch list.