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.

 

[darjr]

2nd place is great!

 

[darjr]

 

[Ibrandul]

2nd place is great!

Of course! It's a fantastic success.

 

[darjr]

Of course! It's a fantastic success.

And I do want it to break the record.

 

[Nikosandros]

I want to add some add-ons (those cloth maps). Do I have to wait for the pledge manager afterwards? I can't figure out how to do it.

You can either add the money now or add it later in the pledge manager.

 

[Wolfram stout]

And I do want it to break the record.

I normally hate looking at conditionals, but they pointed out in the KS comments, that this will be the highest standalone TTRPG. So that is pretty cool.

I have been amazed at the number of people in the comments saying they have never played an RPG before pledging for this. That is why I am super glad for them (and a little for myself) that the Solo mode unlocked.

 

[Morrus]

I normally hate looking at conditionals, but they pointed out in the KS comments, that this will be the highest standalone TTRPG. So that is pretty cool.

Yeah, plenty of Kickstarters mix and match stuff. Matt Colville did minis and a book, TOR has cloth maps and dice and stuff; as long as it's primarily an RPG product, I don't quibble. I mean, you could include Reaper Bones, which is minis, too. I guess everybody gets to No True Scotsman the list themselves.

 

[Morrus]

$2M with 45 minutes to spare! Looks like a comfortable 2nd place.

 

[SageMinerve]

I have been amazed at the number of people in the comments saying they have never played an RPG before pledging for this. That is why I am super glad for them (and a little for myself) that the Solo mode unlocked.

This.

The number of potential new RPGers alone makes this Kickstarter campaign an incredibly great event for our hobby!

 

[CleverNickName]

Almost one year to the day since I pledged, and I've received my copy of the game. I pledged at the SEK 798 tier (about $97), which meant that I paid to get all this stuff:

(Plus all of the unlocked digital content and stretch goals.) The double-sided map is beautiful. I've only barely thumbed through the books, but I have to say: the quality of the artwork is impeccable. Probably the best that I've ever seen in a tabletop RPG, and I've seen lots.

Last month, they sent me an e-mail to let me know that there was a quality issue with the custom "feat dice" that were shipped with the Starter Set. Rather than delay the shipping even further because of the misprint, they shipped them as-is and will send error-free reprints to all backers at no extra cost (or a personal voucher for SEK 100 in the Free League webshop, if we prefer.)

My misprinted dice were pretty minor: all of them looked fine except for one of the d12s. On that particular die, one of the frames around one of the numbers was off-center and didn't fit on the face:

My set of black "Sauronic" dice were fine. I think I can probably live with this minor misprint, so I'll likely take that webstore credit (SEK 100 ~ 11 USD) if they've got some sweet adventure sor something.

Anyway. I'm gonna give it a good once-over with my wife tonight, get a feel for the new rules and the new system. It was a bummer having to wait a solid year for a game, but I'm really pleased so far.