Backers pledged $137.77 million to tabletop game projects on Kickstarter in 2017, the company told Polygon. That’s up 36% from the 2016 total of $101.2 million.
That money was raised for 2,016 successful tabletop game Kickstarter projects, up from 1,710 tabletop game Kickstarters in 2016, an 18% increase. Dollars/project were up to $65,418 in 2017, from $59,181 in 2016.
The growth rate must have declined a little in the second half of the year, as ICO Partners reported nearly $70 million raised through the end of June (see "Tabletop Games Driving 2017 Kickstarter Growth"), which would mean slightly less was raised in the second half of the year.
The chart of the Top 10 Tabletop Game Kickstarter Projects tells the story (see "Two of Top Three Tabletop Game Kickstarters Have No Trade Release"): five of the top ten tabletop game Kickstarter projects of all time occurred in 2017, including the record-setting Kingdom Death: Monster 1.5, which raised $12.4 million on its own.

In 2017
Posted by Milton Griepp on January 23, 2018 @ 2:44 am CT

MORE GAMES
New Clone Troopers Sets and Jedi General and Knight Set
July 15, 2025
Atomic Mass Games announced four new Star Wars: Legion miniatures expansion packs, for release into retail.
Scheme and Strategy Rules Receive an Update
July 15, 2025
Wyrd Games will release Malifaux 4E: Core Book for the popular horror miniatures game.
MORE NEWS
'Heroes of the Borderlands'
July 15, 2025
Wizards of the Coast announced that Heroes of the Borderlands , a new Dungeons & Dragons Starter Set, has hit preorder.
At Heritage's Recent 'Tapping into the Many Worlds of Magic: The Gathering' Auction
July 15, 2025
Older cards hammered at slightly cheaper prices than average.