MCDM's New Tactical TTRPG Hits $1M Crowdfunding On First Day!

Matt Colville's MCDM is no stranger to crowdfunding, with three million dollar Kickstarters already under its belt. With the launch of The MCDM RPG, that makes four!

This new game is not a D&D variant or a supplement for D&D, which is what MCDM has focussed on so far. This is an all-new game which concentrates on tactical play, with a fulfilment goal of July 2025. It comes in two books--a 400-page 'Heroes' book and a 'Monsters' book which is an adaption of the existing Flee, Mortals!

The MCDM RPG: Draw Steel

Whether you’re a group of local heroes sent to investigate mysterious goings-on in the nearby haunted wood, or famous mercenaries plotting and scheming in the big city, the MCDM RPG makes building adventures and fighting monsters fun.

www.backerkit.com

The game takes aim at traditional d20 fantasy gaming, referring to the burden of 'sacred cows from the 1970s', but point out that it's not a dungeon crawling or exploration game--its core activity is fighting monsters. The system is geared towards tactical combat--you roll 2d6, add an attribute, and do that damage; there's no separate attack roll.

At $40 for the base Heroes PDF and $70 for the hardcover (though there are discounts for both books if you buy them together), it's not a cheap buy-in, but with over 4,000 backers already that's not deterring anybody!

Even more ambitiously, one of the stretch goals is a Virtual Tabletop (VTT). There's already a working prototype of it.

 

[Nightfly]

The second set of boxes are all spoken for.

Good lord. At this rate, Colville is gonna buy Twitter.

 

[mamba]

Looks like they are only supporting thier own vtt, other vtts can use the open rules and do thier own implementation

I thought they said they will also create modules for other VTTs, it's just that theirs is likely to offer the best support?

 

[mamba]

And titles you can only get if you die.

Martyr?

 

[mamba]

Not sure how else they will charge for it.

So become a patron? Cause they have locked prices for existing patrons in the past.

I assume you can subscribe without patreon, it's just that your patreon subscription takes care of the VTT too, which should limit the VTT subscription fee

 

[darjr]

they

I assume you can subscribe without patreon, it's just that your patreon subscription takes care of the VTT too, which should limit the VTT subscription fee

haven't actually decided yet. Could be they decide you have to go via patreon. I wouldn't blame them. Though I'd think there has to be less expensive ways for them by then.

 

[mamba]

Here's the raw text:

I concur, illegible. If it is all like that, I'd give up after a few pages

 

[darjr]

I thought they said they will also create modules for other VTTs, it's just that theirs is likely to offer the best support?

In the end I think that's where they are at. I have a later message. I'm not sure what Matt means. It certainly sounds like he's saying they can do their own with the open system, but if he directly sells things on the VTT I'm sure he'll be helping to cover those costs one way or another.

I dunno.

 

[Nikosandros]

In the end I think that's where they are at. I have a later message. I'm not sure what Matt means. It certainly sounds like he's saying they can do their own with the open system, but if he directly sells things on the VTT I'm sure he'll be helping to cover those costs one way or another.

I dunno.

I easily might have misunderstood, but what I got was that they do not currently plant to implement themselves support for other VTTs, but they will be OK if someone else does the coding.

 

[darjr]

A podcast covering MCDM.

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[Maxperson]

Good lord. At this rate, Colville is gonna buy Twitter.

X marks the spot.