French game publisher Monolith stated before the Kickstarter that the game would not receive a trade release (see "Rolling for Initiative--Monolith and the Retail Channel"), bringing to four the total titles in the Top 10 not eventually available for retail release. Retailers will have to be content with Spanish publisher Knight Models’ Batman Miniature Game, a skirmish game which recently launched its second edition (see "Harley Quinn, Green Arrow, Ras Al Ghul, Shazam, More").
With the perennially popular Batman license, Monolith raised over $4.4 million from around 19,300 backers to land at #6 on the Top 10 Tabletop Game Kickstarter Projects chart. It pushes CMON’s Massive Darkness out of the Top 10 and raises the bar by $439,153 to nearly $4 million to even earn a spot. Its $228.11 per backer is the second highest of the games in the Top 10, demonstrating a high level of commitment from the game’s backers.
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Top 10 Tabletop Game Kickstarter Projects as of March 31, 2018 |
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Rank |
Title |
Total $ |
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 |
|
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 |
10/19/2017 |
43,732 |
$161.73 |
|
4 |
Dark Souls – The Board Game by Steamforged Games |
$5,469,392 |
5/16/2016 |
31,178 |
$175.42 |
|
5 |
Zombicide: Green Horde by CMON Ltd |
$5,004,374 |
6/27/2017 |
27,234 |
$183.75 |
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6 |
Batman: Gotham City Chronicles by Monolith Board Games LLC |
$4,403,022 |
3/31/2018 |
19,302 |
$228.11 |
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7 |
Nemesis by Awaken Realms |
$4,277,983 |
2/7/2018 |
30,553 |
$140.02 |
|
8 |
Rising Sun by CMON Ltd |
$4,228,060 |
4/3/2017 |
31,262 |
$135.25 |
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9 |
Zombicide: Black Plague by CoolMiniOrNot |
$4,078,954 |
6/7/2015 |
20,913 |
$195.04 |
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10 |
Gloomhaven by Cephalofair Games |
$3,999,795 |
5/1/2017 |
40,642 |
$98.42 |
The last change to the chart happened back in February (see "'Nemesis' Breaks into Top 10 Tabletop Kickstarter Chart").