Vital Lacerda has done it again. The Great Library, the latest brain-melter from the designer of Lisboa and On Mars, has rocketed past $385,000 on Gamefound with more than 3,400 backers and 16 days still on the clock. Eagle-Gryphon set a $100,000 goal; the campaign cleared that on day one.
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See how it worksThe pitch is delicious for fans of heavy euros. You play a chief librarian at the Mouseion of Alexandria in third-century BC Egypt, racing to translate manuscripts, train scribes, research great works and lure top scholars from across the Mediterranean. It is a 100-180 minute worker placement and tile-laying game for 1-4 players, and the artwork is by Ian O'Toole, the long-time Lacerda collaborator whose work on Kanban EV and Weather Machine has become as much a draw as the rules.
For context, Lacerda's back catalogue averages around 8.0 on BGG, and Lisboa, his big Portuguese masterpiece, sits at 8.2 with over 16,000 ratings. He is one of a handful of designers who reliably attract a five-figure backer count on Gamefound without any licensed IP attached, and The Great Library is already on track to be one of his biggest crowdfunds yet.
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Find events near youUK backers should pay attention to fulfilment fees, which Eagle-Gryphon has historically kept reasonable through European warehouses. Delivery is targeted for September 2026, with an early-August option for backers willing to pay extra. If you fancy the kind of game where you spend an hour planning your second action, this is the Gamefound campaign to bookmark before it closes.
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