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.

 

[Paragon Lost]

I went all in for the collector's edition plus tossing in money for a standard book, extra dice and the GM screen. All stretch goals have been fully blown through also.

 

[Morrus]

As I'm watching it, fully mesmerized, it's doing about £1000 every 20-30 seconds or so. It's quite hypnotic!

 

[jerryrice4949]

I only have time to play one system so I am going to pass. A me with more time would be interested.

 

[Paragon Lost]

As I'm watching it, mesmerized, it's doing about £1000 ever 20-30 seconds or so.

Yeah it's crazy as I was doing the numbers (exchanging SEK to USD) for what I needed to put in to cover the highest tier, plus GM Screen, extra dice and extra standard book plus shipping the numbers flew by.

 

[Umbran]

It is probably very cool. But, I don't have a group of players who are going to want to play it, so I don't expect to go in on this one.

 

[darjr]

One of the best games I ever ran was The One Ring. I know I could have players.

This is amazing. And the marketing is spot on, it is like the one ring of RPGs, coveted!

 

[jerryrice4949]

It is probably very cool. But, I don't have a group of players who are going to want to play it, so I don't expect to go in on this one.

I am in the same boat. My players have made it clear they want to stick with one system given their limited free time. Really I am in the same boat. I miss the days where we tried everything like Warhammer, Shadowrun, GURPS and even Rifts but with busy family and work lives sticking to one system has worked best.

 

[Datactingguy]

I’m surprised they aren’t offering supplement books as well during this campaign. But maybe they’re saving that for later, I don’t know.

 

[TheSword]

I’ve played AIME but never One Ring. Is it a good system? Any recommendations based on the first edition?

I played MERP believe it or not many many years ago after getting their boxed set as a Xmas present back in the last century.

After all our discussions about trying new systems I thought maybe I should branch out a bit!