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.

 

[Ethawyn]

Sounds great! Thanks for the detailed overview of what makes it special. Close to pulling the trigger.

Do it! Help us get Tom Bombadil!

 

[CleverNickName]

The stretch goals are going crazy! It was getting hard for me to keep track of it all, so I listed it all out as best I could from their Kickstarter page and the various Updates e-mails I've been getting. I pledged the "Fellowship" tier, so I'm getting a physical and PDF copies of the core rules and the boxed set, plus all physical and electronic stretch goals. So as far as I can tell, for ~$97+shipping I will receive:

Physical Rewards:
The Core Rules (hardcover) expanded with:

Additional Monsters​

Additional Magic Items​

Ribbon Markers​

At least one additional Patron​

The Starter Set (full-color printed boxed set)
Map of the Shire (720mm x 558mm poster)
6 Additional Stance Cards
Journey Role Cards
2 Sets of Custom Dice
3 Additional Pregen Characters (softcover)
Shire Compendium (softcover)
Adventure: "Into the Red Hills" (softcover)

Electronic Rewards (PDF):
The Core Rules*

Additional Monsters​

Additional Magic Items​

Ribbon Markers​

At least one additional Patron​

Core Rules Alpha (early release)
The Starter Set
Map of the Shire
PDF Art Collection
6 Additional Stance Cards
Journey Role Cards
3 Additional Pregen Characters
Shire Compendium
Adventure: "Into the Red Hills"
"Fog Over Tharbad" Compendium
"A Gathering Storm" Compendium
The One Ring 1E Conversion Guide
"Into the Lone Lands" Compendium
"Old Castles Built by Wicked People" Compendium
"Here Was Once a Realm of Men" Compendium
"The Clouds Break" Compendium

Dang. That's a lot of merchandise for a hundred bucks.

 

[Charles Dunwoody]

The stretch goals are going crazy! It was getting hard for me to keep track of it all, so I listed it all out as best I could from their Kickstarter page and the various Updates e-mails I've been getting. I pledged the "Fellowship" tier, so I'm getting a physical and PDF copies of the core rules and the boxed set, plus all physical and electronic stretch goals. So as far as I can tell, for ~$97+shipping I will receive:

Physical Rewards:
The Core Rules (hardcover) expanded with:

Additional Monsters​

Additional Magic Items​

Ribbon Markers​

At least one additional Patron​

The Starter Set (full-color printed boxed set)
Map of the Shire (720mm x 558mm poster)
6 Additional Stance Cards
Journey Role Cards
2 Sets of Custom Dice
3 Additional Pregen Characters (softcover)
Shire Compendium (softcover)
Adventure: "Into the Red Hills" (softcover)

Electronic Rewards (PDF):
The Core Rules*

Additional Monsters​

Additional Magic Items​

Ribbon Markers​

At least one additional Patron​

Core Rules Alpha (early release)
The Starter Set
Map of the Shire
PDF Art Collection
6 Additional Stance Cards
Journey Role Cards
3 Additional Pregen Characters
Shire Compendium
Adventure: "Into the Red Hills"
"Fog Over Tharbad" Compendium
"A Gathering Storm" Compendium
The One Ring 1E Conversion Guide
"Into the Lone Lands" Compendium
"Old Castles Built by Wicked People" Compendium
"Here Was Once a Realm of Men" Compendium
"The Clouds Break" Compendium

Dang. That's a lot of merchandise for a hundred bucks.

You are getting a bit more:

STRETCH GOAL 8: ERIADOR MAP – UNLOCKED!​

We will include a huge full-color map of Eriador on the back side of the Shire map, also drawn by Francesco Mattioli. This stretch goal is both PDF and physical.

 

[Morrus]

We will include a huge full-color map of Eriador on the back side of the Shire map, also drawn by Francesco Mattioli. This stretch goal is both PDF and physical.

On the backside? But I want to display them both!

 

[CleverNickName]

You are getting more:

STRETCH GOAL 8: ERIADOR MAP – UNLOCKED!​

We will include a huge full-color map of Eriador on the back side of the Shire map, also drawn by Francesco Mattioli. This stretch goal is both PDF and physical.

Hooray! I told you I was having trouble keeping track of it all.

I guess technically it's just one map, but it's a double-sided print. But that's not a bad thing! I'm not gonna have a lot of shelf space at this rate...

 

[Charles Dunwoody]

On the backside? But I want to display them both!

Hopefully the One Ring team figures out a solution. They added a bonus d12 to the stretch goals because of suggestions made by backers. Or if you're a big spender:

THE ONE RING STARTER SET – 398 SEK​

An additional copy of the The One Ring boxed Starter Set. The contents of this set will expand if stretch goals are unlocked. A full PDF is included.

 

[Aldarc]

On the backside? But I want to display them both!

I guess that's just people experimenting with Kickstarter for you.

@CleverNickName, the Rivendell book may also be included as a pdf due to an initial mistake they made with the stretch goals. There's some talk about it in the Comments section.

 

[darjr]

On the backside? But I want to display them both!

I’ll print one for you! Just swing by and pick it up..... oh.

 

[MNblockhead]

I've been good about not spending money on Kickstarters and buying games I'll not have time to play. Until now. This will be a fine addition to my bookshelf and I'll enjoy reading through it. Maybe when I retire, I'll actually get to play it.

I went with the standard cover. Even if the price was the same I'd like get the standard cover and certainly didn't find the limited-edition cover worth an extra $45. Perhaps the collectors edition is more durable, but I generally don't abuse my books and I'll be getting the PDFs.

Mostly, I just really like the standard cover.

 

[doctorbadwolf]

The stretch goals are going crazy! It was getting hard for me to keep track of it all, so I listed it all out as best I could from their Kickstarter page and the various Updates e-mails I've been getting. I pledged the "Fellowship" tier, so I'm getting a physical and PDF copies of the core rules and the boxed set, plus all physical and electronic stretch goals. So as far as I can tell, for ~$97+shipping I will receive:

Physical Rewards:
The Core Rules (hardcover) expanded with:

Additional Monsters​

Additional Magic Items​

Ribbon Markers​

At least one additional Patron​

The Starter Set (full-color printed boxed set)
Map of the Shire (720mm x 558mm poster)
6 Additional Stance Cards
Journey Role Cards
2 Sets of Custom Dice
3 Additional Pregen Characters (softcover)
Shire Compendium (softcover)
Adventure: "Into the Red Hills" (softcover)

Electronic Rewards (PDF):
The Core Rules*

Additional Monsters​

Additional Magic Items​

Ribbon Markers​

At least one additional Patron​

Core Rules Alpha (early release)
The Starter Set
Map of the Shire
PDF Art Collection
6 Additional Stance Cards
Journey Role Cards
3 Additional Pregen Characters
Shire Compendium
Adventure: "Into the Red Hills"
"Fog Over Tharbad" Compendium
"A Gathering Storm" Compendium
The One Ring 1E Conversion Guide
"Into the Lone Lands" Compendium
"Old Castles Built by Wicked People" Compendium
"Here Was Once a Realm of Men" Compendium
"The Clouds Break" Compendium

Dang. That's a lot of merchandise for a hundred bucks.

That value has me very tempted.

The one downside to being polyamorous is...my partners both have birthdays upcoming...I don’t think I can afford $100 on game stuff!