MCDM's New Tactical TTRPG Hits $1M Crowdfunding On First Day!

Matt Colville's MCDM is no stranger to crowdfunding, with three million dollar Kickstarters already under its belt. With the launch of The MCDM RPG, that makes four!

This new game is not a D&D variant or a supplement for D&D, which is what MCDM has focussed on so far. This is an all-new game which concentrates on tactical play, with a fulfilment goal of July 2025. It comes in two books--a 400-page 'Heroes' book and a 'Monsters' book which is an adaption of the existing Flee, Mortals!

The MCDM RPG

Whether you’re a group of local heroes sent to investigate mysterious goings-on in the nearby haunted wood, or famous mercenaries plotting and scheming in the big city, the MCDM RPG makes building adventures and fighting monsters fun.

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The game takes aim at traditional d20 fantasy gaming, referring to the burden of 'sacred cows from the 1970s', but point out that it's not a dungeon crawling or exploration game--its core activity is fighting monsters. The system is geared towards tactical combat--you roll 2d6, add an attribute, and do that damage; there's no separate attack roll.

At $40 for the base Heroes PDF and $70 for the hardcover (though there are discounts for both books if you buy them together), it's not a cheap buy-in, but with over 4,000 backers already that's not deterring anybody!

Even more ambitiously, one of the stretch goals is a Virtual Tabletop (VTT). There's already a working prototype of it.

 

[This Effin’ GM]

Not surprised in the least and I can’t wait to get the funds to back as well

 

[JohnnyZemo]

I'm very curious about this game, but a little sad to see that it seems to be all d6-based. Guess I'm going to have to create my own d12-based game.

 

[Reynard]

Man that is a long way off... I am not sure the pledge is worth playtest access...

 

[overgeeked]

I'm very curious about this game, but a little sad to see that it seems to be all d6-based. Guess I'm going to have to create my own d12-based game.

Critical Role’s Daggerheart will be 2d12 based.

 

[Twiggly the Gnome]

I suspect this will be too grid-and-marker bothering for my taste, but bringing back the idea of kits is interesting.

 

[The Soloist]

It looks like Colville wants to redo 4e but without the D&D baggage. I applaud they are going for 2d6. Daggerheart is 2d12 and Fantasy AGE 3d6. Glad developers are moving away from d20.

 

[John R Davis]

Yup
Anti Shadowdark
I wrote a game a decade ago where attack roll also generated damage, using 2d6.
So 2d6 L, H, S and D for lowest dice, highest dice, sum of dice, difference in dice.
I might back this.

 

[Nightfly]

To all the people who said, "4th Edition isn't even really D&D," Matt Colville says, "I'll show you 4e that isn't D&D, baby."

 

[SteveC]

This looks really exciting. I loved some of the things he said in the video (especially talking about paying the people working on the game!) and if they are able to get VTT support for the game, I would actually be able to play it. It honestly seems like a no-brainer for me to back at the PDF level.