The 7th Continent – What Goes Up, Must Come Down finished north of $7 million today, bumping Conan by Monolith Board Games off the chart and raising the threshold another $131, 407 to break into the chart.
Serious Poulp’s Bruno Sautter told ICv2 via email that due to prohibitive manufacturing costs for the huge, intricate game, it isn’t financially feasible to use the retail distribution chain. Adam Poots, maker of Kingdom Death: Monster 1.5, a "boutique nightmare horror tabletop game project," described similar limitations in producing his game. "A game this size could not feasibly be made without the community of supportive backers we found on Kickstarter. It's too expensive to produce and too vivid for distribution," he wrote in the Kickstarter description. Monolith Board Games, publishers of the Conan board game (see "Rolling for Initiative--Monolith and the Retail Channel"), have stated that their Batman: The Board Game Kickstarter in February 2018 will be exclusive to the crowdfunding platform as well.
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Top 10 Tabletop Game Kickstarter Projects as of October 19, 2017 |
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Rank |
Title |
Total $ Raised |
Date Funded |
Backers |
Dollars/ Backer |
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1 |
Kingdom Death: Monster 1.5 by Kingdom Death |
$12,393,139 |
1/7/2017 |
19,264 |
$643.33 |
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2 |
Exploding Kittens by Elan Lee |
$8,782,571 |
2/19/2015 |
219,382 |
$40.03 |
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3 |
The 7th Continent – What Goes Up, Must Come Down by Serious Poulp |
$7,072,628 |
10/19/17 |
43,732 |
$161.73 |
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4 |
Dark Souls – The Board Game by Steamforged Games |
$5,469,392 |
5/16/2016 |
31,178 |
$175.42 |
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5 |
Zombicide: Green Horde by CMON Ltd |
$5,004,374 |
6/27/17 |
27,234 |
$183.75 |
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6 |
Rising Sun by CMON Ltd |
$4,228,060 |
4/3/2017 |
31,262 |
$135.25 |
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7 |
Zombicide: Black Plague by CoolMiniOrNot |
$4,078,954 |
6/7/2015 |
20,913 |
$195.04 |
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8 |
Gloomhaven by Cephalofair Games |
$3,999,795 |
5/1/2017 |
40,642 |
$98.42 |
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9 |
Massive Darkness by CoolMiniOrNot |
$3,560,642 |
7/7/2016 |
22,361 |
$159.23 |
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10 |
Dark Heaven: Bones minis by Reaper Miniatures |
$3,429,235 |
8/25/2012 |
17,744 |
$193.26 |
The last game to join the Top 10 chart was Zombicide: Green Horde in June, the lated game in CMON’s expansive horror saga (see "'Zombicide: Green Horde' Shambles onto Top 10 Tabletop Kickstarter Chart.")
