Avatar Legends leads the pack in an exclusive club -- Kickstarters for tabletop roleplaying game products which have broken the $1M barrier! It is currently the most successful TTRPG Kickstarter in history with a funding total of nearly $10M, and over 80,000 backers.
22 TTRPG campaigns have ever achieved $1M; 8 TTRPG campaigns have done so without offering miniatures, and only 7 which aren't D&D-related. I myself nearly did it, but fell slightly short with a mere $950,000!
This list comprises Kickstarters specifically for tabletop roleplaying games or supplements which have exceeded $1M. It does not include Kickstarters for miniatures, software, dice, or other accessories.
$1M+ TTRPG Kickstarters: The Official TTRPG $1M Kickstarter Club
The average pledge level for a million-dollar campaign is about $100. This is usually reached by including add-ons and merchandizing.
22 TTRPG campaigns have ever achieved $1M; 8 TTRPG campaigns have done so without offering miniatures, and only 7 which aren't D&D-related. I myself nearly did it, but fell slightly short with a mere $950,000!
This list comprises Kickstarters specifically for tabletop roleplaying games or supplements which have exceeded $1M. It does not include Kickstarters for miniatures, software, dice, or other accessories.
- The first TTRPG Kickstarter to break $1M was 7th Sea: Second Edition (2016) by John Wick.
- The first to break $2M was Strongholds & Streaming (2018) by Matt Colville.
- The first to break $9M was Avatar Legends (2021) from Magpie Games.
- The first to break $1M on its first day was Avatar Legends (2021) from Magpie Games.
- The first (and so far only) to break $1M without physical merch addons (minis, dice, shirts, pins, etc.) is Coyote & Crow the Roleplaying Game (2021) from Connor Alexander.
- Most entries are Hit Point Press with 3 campaigns over $1M and contributor on two more; and Matt Colville with 3 campaigns over $1M.
- Ghostfire Gaming has one million-dollar campaign of their own, and is listed as contributor to three others; Hit Point Press has three million-dollar campaigns, and is listed as a contributor on two more.
$1M+ TTRPG Kickstarters: The Official TTRPG $1M Kickstarter Club
# | Kickstarter | Creator | Date Ended | Backers | Amount | First Day** | Average Pledge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Avatar Legends: The Roleplaying Game⁺ | Magpie Games | September 2021 | 81,549 | $9,533,258 | $1,150,566 (12%) | $117 |
2 | Steinhardt's Guide to the Eldritch Hunt: A 5e Supplement^⁺ | MonkeyDM | August 2022 | 19,723 | $2,692,698 | $411,135 (15%) | $137 |
3 | Fool's Gold: Into the Bellowing Wilds^*⁺ | Hit Point Press | November 2021 | 16,929 | $2,479,888 | $349,884 (14%) | $147 |
4 | Strongholds & Streaming^*⁺ | Matt Colville | March 2018 | 28,918 | $2,121,465 | $591,556 (28%) | $73 |
5 | Tanares RPG - 5e^*⁺ | Dragori Games | October 2021 | 9,403 | $2,100,242 | $993,228 (47%) | $223 |
6 | Old Gods of Appalachia Roleplaying Game⁺ | Monte Cook Games | May 2022 | 15,061 | $2,097,715 | $679,748 (32%) | $139 |
7 | "Flee, Mortals!" - The MCDM Monster Book for 5e^*⁺ | Matt Colville | May 2022 | 27,009 | $2,084,117 | $788,976 (38%) | $77 |
8 | The One Ring Roleplaying Game, Second Edition⁺ | Free League | March 2021 | 16,591 | $2,025,288 | $521,908 (26%) | $122 |
9 | Monty Python's Cocurricular Mediaeval Reenactment Programme*⁺ | Exalted Funeral | November 2022 | 15,018 | $1,933,426 | $792,724 (41%) | $129 |
10 | Heliana's Guide to Monster Hunting^⁺ | Loot Tavern (Hit Point Press) | July 2021 | 18,082 | $1,845,422 | $259,382 (14%) | $102 |
11 | BLADE RUNNER - The Roleplaying Game⁺ | Free League | May 2022 | 15,323 | $1,673,567 | $833,263 (49%) | $109 |
12 | The Seeker's Guide to Twisted Taverns^⁺ | Eldermancy (Ghostfire Gaming) | March 2021 | 17,921 | $1,650,076 | $211,563 (13%) | $92 |
13 | Mothership Sci-Fi Horror RPG 1st Edition Boxed Set⁺ | Alan Gerding | December 2021 | 15,699 | $1,405,569 | $529,134 (38%) | $90 |
14 | Kingdoms, Warfare & More Minis!^* | Matt Colville | November 2019 | 19,033 | $1,372,685 | $594,330 (43%) | $72 |
| 15 | Grim Hollow: The Monster Grimoire^*⁺ | Ghostfire Gaming | May 2021 | 15,530 | $1,348,160 | $258,640 (19%) | $87 |
16 | 7th Sea: Second Edition⁺ | John Wick | March 2016 | 11,483 | $1,316,813 | $286,290 (22%) | $115 |
| 17 | The Deck of Many Animated Spells, Tarot and More for 5e | Hit Point Press | June 2020 | 9,871 | $1,310,509 | $218,381 (16%) | $133 |
| 18 | Dungeons of Drakkenheim^*⁺ | Dungeon Dudes (Ghostfire Gaming) | August 2021 | 13,376 | $1,279,240 | $370,638 (29%) | $96 |
| 19 | Auroboros: Coils of the Serpent^*⁺ | Warchief Gaming | May 2021 | 10,218 | $1,260,863 | $493,947 (39%) | $123 |
| 20 | The Griffon's Saddlebag: Book 2^⁺ | Griffin Macaulay (Hit Point Press) | April 2022 | 11,710 | $1,237,197 | $297,192 (24%) | $106 |
21 | Coyote & Crow the Roleplaying Game | Connor Alexander | April 2021 | 16,269 | $1,073,453 | $106,515 (10%) | $66 |
22 | Sebastian Crowe's Guide to Drakkenheim^*⁺ | Dungeon Dudes (Ghostfire Gaming) | September 2022 | 8,963 | $1,025,330 | $422,376 (41%) | $114 |
| 23 | Humblewood Campaign Setting for 5e^*⁺ | Hit Point Press | April 2019 | 14,604 | $1,001,085 | $58,985 (6%) | $69 |
^D&D
*Includes miniatures
⁺Includes other non-digital merchandise (dice, bags, pins, shirts, coins, etc.)
**First day figures represent first calendar day, not first 24 hours, and are taken from Kicktraq's daily funding stats
Some unusual patterns can be seen above. Most Kickstarters follow the traditional 'U' shaped curved, with a large portion of the funding taking place in the first few and last few days of the campaign, and comparatively slower progress in the middle.*Includes miniatures
⁺Includes other non-digital merchandise (dice, bags, pins, shirts, coins, etc.)
**First day figures represent first calendar day, not first 24 hours, and are taken from Kicktraq's daily funding stats
- Tanares RPG did nearly $1M in its first day, but then support dropped off for the remaining month. This was due to a high-value giveaway to first-day backers.
- Humblewood started off slow and then got a big boost in the last 4 days. It's not clear what caused that, but an aggressive final marketing push is a good candidate--they have multiple marketing entries in their collaborators list.
The average pledge level for a million-dollar campaign is about $100. This is usually reached by including add-ons and merchandizing.
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I work with numbers for a living (forecasting trends, data analytics) and running some numbers through some a model we use in our work, I would guess it would have surpassed S&F by about $30k.
