Brandon Sanderson's Stormlight Archive TTRPG Makes $1M In Under An Hour

The highly anticipated Stormlight Archives TTRPG Kickstarter--now renamed the Cosmere RPG--broke the million dollar barrier in under an hour, joining the million dollar Kickstarter club.

Published by Brotherwise Games, the game encompasses Brandon Sanderson's entire universe of novels. It includes a world guide, a rulebook, and an adventure called Stormlight Stonewalkers. It's a new game system, based on a d20 mechanic with talent trees and skill-based magic.

The question now is whether it can beat the Avatar Legends TTRPG's almost $10M record? Avatar hit the million dollar mark after the first few hours, so--at least at this point--the Cosmere RPG is tracking ahead of it. Brandon Sanderson already holds the Kickstarter record for the most funded project ever--his novel series made over $40M on Kickstarter in 2023!

 

[Parmandur]

Aaaaaand the link for the livestream for the end of the campaign next week:

The Final Hours of the Cosmere RPG Kickstarter w/ Brandon Sanderson and the Brotherwise Team

Back the Kickstarter Now: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/brotherwise/the-stormlight-archive-rpg/descriptionJoin #1 New York Times bestselling author Br...

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[mamba]

Aaaaaand the link for the livestream for the end of the campaign next week

you need to back this already

 

[Parmandur]

you need to back this already

Hey, listen, it's a process: Journey before destination.

 

[SteveC]

I've been thinking about this one for a while now. My gaming crew has a couple of Sanderson fans who are talking about running the game on Roll20. I just have to think that it is going to fall into the Avatar category.

Avatar isn't a bad game. The Knights of Last Call group has done a video on it that makes it seem like a fun PbtA game with a really interesting take on those rules. And yet, almost no one is playing it. Will this game just be a bigger version of that game? Don't know.

If I were a bigger Sanderson fan (at this point I've read the first two Stormlight books and it's fresh on mind) I think I would back it for the lore alone. But I'm just not. The game seems fine, but not that novel or exciting. Maybe I'll regret this when it's the next big thing, but if that's really the case, I can get it then.

 

[Parmandur]

This has cruised past Avatar Legends, headed towards $10 million Sunday or Monday now.

Interview from GenCon with one of the writers:

 

[Parmandur]

Johnny O'Neal has an interesting thread on Twitter discussing his mixed feelings on pulling ahead of Avatar Legends, as a fan of Avatar and the Cisnere who had lost out on a board game license for Avatar because of...Avatar Legends, a game he likes.

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