MCDM Joins Million Dollar Crowdfunder Club... For The 5th Time!

Morrus · Jan 8, 2026

Parmandur said:
Then they got big enough that Backerkit realized they could cut Kickstarter out of the equation, so now there are pure BackerKit campaigns, start to finish.

And vice versa—in response, Kickstarter now has its own integrated pledge manager. Which if they’d done a few years ago when everybody asked for it, Backerkit would not exist.

mamba · Jan 8, 2026

definiteFreakyFishGuy said:
So based on that list, the only crowdfunders from MCDM that didn't hit 1 million are Draw Steel, Roll Power, DICE! ($317,178) and "Where Evil Lives" - The MCDM Book of Boss Battles for 5E ($344,651).

I am surprised there was a separate Boss Battle KS, I got that book from the Flee Mortals one

Parmandur · Jan 8, 2026

Morrus said:
And vice versa—in response, Kickstarter now has its own integrated pledge manager. Which if they’d done a few years ago when everybody asked for it, Backerkit would not exist.

As a casual observer, it is pretty shocking that Kickstarter did not help more with the back end side much earlier.

Morrus · Jan 8, 2026

Parmandur said:
As a casual observer, it is pretty shocking that Kickstarter did not help more with the back end side much earlier.

This is why competition is good for the consumer.

TolkienThePiss · Jan 8, 2026

mamba said:
I am surprised there was a separate Boss Battle KS, I got that book from the Flee Mortals one

If you backed Flee Mortals you got the PDF of Where Evil Lives. The later Backerkit campaign was for hardcovers of the lair book.

CommodoreKong · Jan 8, 2026

definiteFreakyFishGuy said:
was secretly hoping that if we added all the sub million crowd funders, MCDM would over take Cosmere).

I guess you’ll have to wait for the Crows or the Draw Steel 2027 product slate crowdfunders for that.

Parmandur · Jan 8, 2026

CommodoreKong said:
I guess you’ll have to wait for the Crows or the Draw Steel 2027 product slate crowdfunders for that.

Brotherwise has a Plotweaver Kickstarter dropping next year, though it is hard to imagine that will go to Cosmere levels...it could be another Million dollar campaign, since it will add tools the Cosmere GMs can use for homebrew.

...m... · Saturday at 2:11 AM

...i appreciate discounting late pledges, which are essentially preorders and thus a fundamentally different metric from crowdfunding support, but overtime mode (i.e. soft endings) absolutely skews the timing of crowdfunding support and i think should be included within core campaign totals for the purpose of comparison...

Doctor Futurity · 2026-01-14T22:11:11+0000

This is making me realize that there is a big component to this hobby that I have no real comprehension of. MCDM and their output is a mystery to me, and I wonder why I have never seen any of their products on game shelves....are they online only? I guess I should investigate instead of just demonstrating my ignorance here.

...m... · 2026-01-14T22:42:32+0000

...two reasons: firstly, yes, there is a substantial direct-to-consumer market which largely bypasses brick-and-mortar distribution, and secondly, a lot of new games developed in the wake of the OGL fiasco have only recently come to market with their first printings quickly sold out...

...there's reasonable postulation that our current surfeit of outstanding tabletop RPGs may thusly manifest an unsustainable bubble...

MCDM Joins Million Dollar Crowdfunder Club... For The 5th Time!

Morrus

Well, that was fun

mamba

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Parmandur

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Morrus

Well, that was fun

TolkienThePiss

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CommodoreKong

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Parmandur

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...m...

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Doctor Futurity

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...m...

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