Is The One Ring 2E Kickstarter going to break the records?

At over $140K in the first half hour and shooting quickly past the $200K mark before the first hour was up, the numbers on Free League's Kickstarter for the 2nd Edition of The One Ring are whizzing up faster than the eye can see!

THE ONE RING™ Roleplaying Game, Second Edition

A new edition of the roleplaying game set in the world of The Lord of the Rings™ by J.R.R. Tolkien, designed by Francesco Nepitello.

www.kickstarter.com

The record for a TTRPG Kickstarter is Matt Colville, at over $2M for his Strongholds & Followers project (and a followup $1.3M campaign). The next highest was John Wick's 7th Sea at about $1.2M.

There were over 6,000 people who were following the pre-launch page for this Kickstarter, which runs for three weeks.

 

[Pagansexy]

Currently THE ONE RING™ Roleplaying Game, Second Edition by Free League 10,677 backers and $1,319,078


So 3rd place with 6 days to go.

 

[Pagansexy]

2nd PLACE!
$1,372,690

 

[Morrus]

This was its competition for a while. Two $1M+ TTRPG Kickstarters running at the same time.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/415994272/the-seekers-guide-to-twisted-taverns

It's at $1.1M, so The One Ring has pulled ahead. But it also has two more days to go than TOR! Exciting!

 

[Skywalker]

Cool. I hadn't even heard of that other Kickstarter

 

[darjr]

Free League TTRPG Designer on the Daily Live Chat Revivified #221

 

[Marc_C]

TOR : 1,700,00$ and rising. 29 hours to go.

 

[Morrus]

Can it do 2M? With the last 48 hours rush, it might be possible...

 

[innerdude]

Looks like they're going to go at least $300k, probably $400k beyond my initial estimate.

Wow.

I wasn't expecting "solo" rules as a stretch goal, but the fact that they brought Shawn Tompkin onboard to do them if they hit the goal is pretty awesome.

 

[Laurefindel]

I've got to say, the second Edition of TOR making it this far is really impressive.

But the Twisted Tavern project heading for 1.5 million? That blows my mind!

 

[Reynard]

I finally pulled the trigger. I just can't resist that glorious collector's edition.

I have a personal policy that I value entertainment at $5 an hour (roughly what you pay to go see a movie in America these days). If I enjoyed my time, then it was worth the investment. For TOR2 that is going to be about 32 table hours, or 8 4-hour sessions. Which I think is doable.