Million Dollar TTRPG Kickstarter Club

Brandon Sanderson’s Cosmere RPG is currently the most successful TTRPG crowdfunder in history!

Brandon Sanderson's Cosmere RPG leads the pack in an exclusive club -- crowdfunders for tabletop roleplaying game products which have broken the $1M barrier! It is currently the most successful TTRPG crowdfunder in history with a funding total of over $10M, and over 30,000 backers (and also the third biggest crowdfunded of any kind!)

[Update--Kickstarter integrated 'late pledges' in May 2024. The totals on this table are the totals at the time the campaign officially ended and do not include late pledges or additional pledges from pledge managers.]


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This list comprises crowdfunders specifically for tabletop roleplaying games or supplements which have exceeded $1M. It does not include crowdfunders which are primarily for miniatures, software, dice, or other accessories.

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$1M+ TTRPG Crowdfunders: The Official TTRPG $1M Crowdfunder Club

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Project
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D&D 5E​
Additions**​
Creator​
Date EndedBackersAmountFirst Day***Average Pledge
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Brotherwise GamesAugust 202452,652$14,557,439$4,380,024 (30%)$276
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Avatar Legends: The Roleplaying Game
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September 202181,549$9,533,258$1,150,566 (12%)$117
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Gloomhaven Grand Festival
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July 202334,691$5,053,380$1,339,942 (27%)$146
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The MCDM RPG
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MCDM Productions (Matt Colville)​
January 202430,177$4,600,529$1,985,398 (43%))$152
5​
The Crooked Moon: Folk Horror in 5E by Legends of Aavantris
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Legends of AvantrisNovember 202321,793$4,020,234$1,225,460 (30%)$184
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Ryoko's Guide to the Yokai Realms - A 5e Tome
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DnD Shorts (Loot Tavern)October 202326,376$3,327,204$712,290 (21%)$126
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Steinhardt's Guide to the Eldritch Hunt: A 5e Supplement
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MonkeyDM(Loot Tavern)August 202219,723$2,692,698$411,135 (15%)$137
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Obojima Tales From The Tall Grass: A 5E Campaign Setting
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1985 GamesAugust 202323,416$2,610,869$380,679 (15%)$111
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Fool's Gold: Into the Bellowing Wilds
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Hit Point PressNovember 202116,929$2,479,888$349,884 (14%)$147
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The Dungeon CoachJuly 202420,685$2,245,231$415,127 (19%)$108
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Strongholds & Streaming
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Matt ColvilleMarch 201828,918$2,121,465$591,556 (28%)$73
12​
Tanares RPG - 5e
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Dragori GamesOctober 20219,403$2,100,242$993,228 (47%)$223
13​
Old Gods of Appalachia Roleplaying Game
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May 202215,061$2,097,715$679,748 (32%)$679,748 (32%)
14​
"Flee, Mortals!" - The MCDM Monster Book for 5e
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Matt ColvilleMay 202227,009$2,084,117$788,976 (38%)$77
15​
The Magnus Archives Roleplaying Game
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September 202311,622$2,027,997$794,798 (39%)$174
16​
The One Ring Roleplaying Game, Second Edition
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March 202116,591$2,025,288$521,908 (26%)$122
17​
Monty Python's Cocurricular Mediaeval Reenactment Programme
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November 202215,018$1,933,426$792,724 (41%)$129
18​
Heliana's Guide to Monster Hunting
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Loot Tavern(Hit Point Press)July 202118,082$1,845,422$259,382 (14%)$102
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BLADE RUNNER - The Roleplaying Game
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May 202215,323$1,673,567$833,263 (49%)$109
20​
The Seeker's Guide to Twisted Taverns
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Eldermancy
(Ghostfire Gaming)
March 202117,921$1,650,076$211,563 (13%)$92
21​
Adventure Time: The Roleplaying Game
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May 20247,334$1,568,387$238,556 (15%)$214
22​
Mothership Sci-Fi Horror RPG 1st Edition Boxed Set
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Alan GerdingDecember 202115,699$1,405,569$529,134 (38%)$90
23​
Dolmenwood Tabletop RPG
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Exalted FuneralSeptember 202310,862$1,389,313$639,002 (46%)$128
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Kingdoms, Warfare & More Minis!
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Matt ColvilleNovember 201919,033$1,372,685$594,330 (43%)$72
25​
Shadowdark RPG: Old School Gaming, Modernized
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The Arcane LibraryMarch 202313,249$1,365,923$299,898 (22%)$103
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Grim Hollow: The Monster Grimoire
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Ghostfire GamingMay 202115,530$1,348,160$258,640 (19%)$87
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7th Sea: Second Edition
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John Wick (Chaosium)March 201611,483$1,316,813$286,290 (22%)$115
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The Deck of Many Animated Spells, Tarot and More for 5e
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Hit Point PressJune 20209,871$1,310,509$218,381 (16%)$133
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Dungeons of Drakkenheim
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Dungeon Dudes
(Ghostfire Gaming)
August 202113,376$1,279,240$370,638 (29%)$96
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Other Strangeness
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Palladium BooksNovember 20238,383$1,277,498$359,895 (28%)$152
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Auroboros: Coils of the Serpent
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Warchief GamingMay 202110,218$1,260,863$493,947 (39%)$123
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The Griffon's Saddlebag: Book 2
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Griffin Macaulay
(Hit Point Press)
April 202211,710$1,237,197$297,192 (24%)$106
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Erevan's Guide to Death and Beyond - A 5e Tome
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Archvillain GamesJune 20246,826$1,236,738$336,253 (27%)$181
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Moria - Through the Doors of Durin for The One Ring RPG
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September 202313,009$1,198,575$619,890 (52%)$92
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Tales of the Valiant RPG: Launching Black Flag Roleplaying
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Kobold PressJune 202310,057$1,151,914$487,329 (42%)$115
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The Field Guide to Floral Dragons
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Hit Point PressMay 202412,532$1,110,056$297,687 (27%)$89
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Coyote & Crow the Roleplaying Game
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Connor AlexanderApril 202116,269$1,073,453$106,515 (10%)$66
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Monsters of Drakkenheim - 5E Monsters with Lores Lairs & Loot
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Dungeon Dudes
(Ghostfire Gaming)
April 20248,078$1,065,710$459,295 (43%)$132
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Sebastian Crowe's Guide to Drakkenheim
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Dungeon Dudes
(Ghostfire Gaming)
September 20228,963$1,025,330$422,376 (41%)$114
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Humblewood Campaign Setting for 5e
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Hit Point PressApril 201914,604$1,001,085$58,985 (6%)$69
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ModiphiusNovember 2024TBATBA$671,187 (TBA%)TBA
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*Licensed or based on an existing IP (movie, novel, video game, board game, comic book, previous game edition, etc.)
**Merch means pins, shirts, dice trays, etc. Stuff which isn't the actual game.
***First day figures represent first calendar day, not first 24 hours, and are taken from Kicktraq's daily funding stats for Kickstarter or Backer Tracker for Backerkit.
Some unusual patterns can be seen above. Most crowdfunders 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.
  • 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.​
A crowdfunder which does well will tend to mean later campaigns also do well, as those backers are notified when new crowdfunders by the same creator are launched.

What Does A Million Dollar Campaign Look Like?
Look at the above campaigns, we can paint a picture of a million dollar TTRPG campaign.
  • 22/40 include minis
  • 36/40 include merchandise (pins, t-shirts, dice trays, etc.)
  • 31/40 include dice
  • 25/40 are D&D 5E related--but the top 4 are all non-D&D.
  • 12/40 are based on an existing IP (movie, book, older game edition, etc.)
  • The average pledge level is in the region of $115
  • The average campaign does 26% of its funding in the first day unless there are early bird rewards in which case it can be in the mid-40%s
  • The average campaign has 18.5K backers, with the lowest about 9K backers
Multiple Entries
The following creators have two or more entries in the chart. These 6 creators comprise nearly 50% of the chart with a total of 18 entries.

Creator
Entries​
MCDM Productions / Matt Colville
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Hit Point Press
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Dungeon Dudes
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Free League
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Monte Cook Games
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Exalted Funeral
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Some creators are also listed as contributors to other projects.
  • Loot Tavern (1 entry) is also listed as contributor to DnD Shorts and MonkeyDM.
  • Hit Point Press (4 entries) is also listed as contributor to Loot Tavern and Griffin Macaulay.
  • Ghostfire Gaming (1 entry) is also listed as contributor to Eldermancy and Dungeon Dudes (x3).
 

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Parmandur

Book-Friend, he/him
Whether it manages to cross 11M is less certain however, that will probably be a close call
One of the posters in the Kickstarter comments always runs numbers in Sanderson crowdfunders, and at this point with a stabilizing middle of the campaign trend estimates ~$10,161,512.42 at the 48 hour mark when they will start sending out regular notice emails and that last two day marketing push comes in. $11 million seems probable, could go pretty high.
 

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mamba

Legend
One of the posters in the Kickstarter comments always runs numbers in Sanderson crowdfunders, and at this point with a stabilizing middle of the campaign trend estimates ~$10,161,512.42 at the 48 hour mark when they will start sending out regular notice emails and that last two day marketing push comes in. $11 million seems probable, could go pretty high.
how accurate are they usually? Going by their number and the 48 hour mark they basically would need the last two days to be about equal to days 3 and 4, that would certainly not be impossible.

Personally I think it will end up pretty close to that and I am not sure whether over or under, but a surprise finish can certainly get them over that line easily
 

Parmandur

Book-Friend, he/him
how accurate are they usually? Going by their number and the 48 hour mark they basically would need the last two days to be about equal to days 3 and 4, that would certainly not be impossible.

Personally I think it will end up pretty close to that and I am not sure whether over or under, but a surprise finish can certainly get them over that line easily
I think at this point the first few days still skew his numbers, frankly, but pushing to around 10 million by the 48 hour mark is not out of the picture.
 

Eyes of Nine

Everything's Fine
Anyone run numbers on these $1M kickstarters for things like average value per backer; number of backers; median pledge level. Things like that?
 





Morrus

Well, that was fun
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