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<blockquote data-quote="Morrus" data-source="post: 9834122" data-attributes="member: 1"><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]426715[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Matt Colville's <strong>MCDM</strong> was the first TTRPG crowdfunder to break $2M back in 2018 with <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mattcolville/strongholds-and-streaming" target="_blank">Strongholds & Streaming</a>, a supplement for D&D along with a livestream of a D&D campaign. That wasn't the end of the company's record-breaking run, though!</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/mcdm-productions/draw-steel-crack-the-sun" target="_blank">Draw Steel: Crack the Sun</a> finished its crowdfunding run this week with a funding total of $2,617,323, making it the 5th million-dollar Kickstarter from MCDM. <em>Crack the Sun</em> is an official adventure path for the company's <strong>Draw Steel TTRPG</strong>, which raised $4.6M in 2024.</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mattcolville/strongholds-and-streaming" target="_blank">Strongholds & Streaming</a> (March 2018) raised <strong>$2,121,465</strong>.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mattcolville/kingdoms-warfare-and-more-minis" target="_blank">Kingdoms, Warfare & More Minis!</a> (November 2019) raised <strong>$1,372,685</strong>.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mattcolville/mcdm-monster-book" target="_blank">"Flee, Mortals!" - The MCDM Monster Book for 5e</a> (May 2022) raised <strong>$2,084,117</strong>.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/mcdm-productions/mcdm-rpg" target="_blank">The MCDM RPG</a> (January 2024) raised <strong>$4,600,539</strong>.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/mcdm-productions/draw-steel-crack-the-sun" target="_blank">Draw Steel: Crack the Sun</a> (January 2026) raised <strong>$2,617,323</strong>.</li> </ul><p>Not only does this make MCDM the most prolific member of the <a href="https://www.enworld.org/threads/million-dollar-ttrpg-kickstarter-club.678540/" target="_blank">Million Dollar Kickstarter Club</a> with a record-breaking 5 entries (closely followed by Hit Point Press and Free League with 4 entries apiece), it is also the second most successful TTRPG crowdfunding creator ever with a combined total of <strong>$<strong><strong><strong>12,796,129</strong></strong></strong></strong>! This whopping total is surpassed only by <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/brotherwise/the-stormlight-archive-rpg" target="_blank">Brandon Sanderson's Cosmere RPG</a> which raised an eye-watering<strong> $14,557,439</strong> in just one single campaign.</p><p></p><p>2025 saw a slight decline in million-dollar crowdfunders with 7 in total (compared to a high of 11, mid-pandemic in 2021).</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]426716[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Morrus, post: 9834122, member: 1"] [CENTER][ATTACH type="full" alt="5toz2e4uasd8djltt98lfjhdploa.jpeg"]426715[/ATTACH][/CENTER] Matt Colville's [B]MCDM[/B] was the first TTRPG crowdfunder to break $2M back in 2018 with [URL='https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mattcolville/strongholds-and-streaming']Strongholds & Streaming[/URL], a supplement for D&D along with a livestream of a D&D campaign. That wasn't the end of the company's record-breaking run, though! [URL='https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/mcdm-productions/draw-steel-crack-the-sun']Draw Steel: Crack the Sun[/URL] finished its crowdfunding run this week with a funding total of $2,617,323, making it the 5th million-dollar Kickstarter from MCDM. [I]Crack the Sun[/I] is an official adventure path for the company's [B]Draw Steel TTRPG[/B], which raised $4.6M in 2024. [LIST] [*][URL='https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mattcolville/strongholds-and-streaming']Strongholds & Streaming[/URL] (March 2018) raised [B]$2,121,465[/B]. [*][URL='https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mattcolville/kingdoms-warfare-and-more-minis']Kingdoms, Warfare & More Minis![/URL] (November 2019) raised [B]$1,372,685[/B]. [*][URL='https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mattcolville/mcdm-monster-book']"Flee, Mortals!" - The MCDM Monster Book for 5e[/URL] (May 2022) raised [B]$2,084,117[/B]. [*][URL='https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/mcdm-productions/mcdm-rpg']The MCDM RPG[/URL] (January 2024) raised [B]$4,600,539[/B]. [*][URL='https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/mcdm-productions/draw-steel-crack-the-sun']Draw Steel: Crack the Sun[/URL] (January 2026) raised [B]$2,617,323[/B]. [/LIST] Not only does this make MCDM the most prolific member of the [URL='https://www.enworld.org/threads/million-dollar-ttrpg-kickstarter-club.678540/']Million Dollar Kickstarter Club[/URL] with a record-breaking 5 entries (closely followed by Hit Point Press and Free League with 4 entries apiece), it is also the second most successful TTRPG crowdfunding creator ever with a combined total of [B]$[B][B][B]12,796,129[/B][/B][/B][/B]! This whopping total is surpassed only by [URL='https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/brotherwise/the-stormlight-archive-rpg']Brandon Sanderson's Cosmere RPG[/URL] which raised an eye-watering[B] $14,557,439[/B] in just one single campaign. 2025 saw a slight decline in million-dollar crowdfunders with 7 in total (compared to a high of 11, mid-pandemic in 2021). [CENTER][ATTACH type="full" alt="Crowdfunders (4).png"]426716[/ATTACH][/CENTER] [/QUOTE]
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