Matt Colville’s MCDM was the primary TTRPG crowdfunder to interrupt $2M again in 2018 with Strongholds & Streaming, a complement for D&D together with a livestream of a D&D marketing campaign. That wasn’t the tip of the corporate’s record-breaking run, although!
Draw Metal: Crack the Solar completed its crowdfunding run this week with a funding complete of $2,617,323, making it the fifth million-dollar Kickstarter from MCDM. Crack the Solar is an official journey path for the corporate’s Draw Metal TTRPG, which raised $4.6M in 2024.
- Strongholds & Streaming (March 2018) raised $2,121,465.
- Kingdoms, Warfare & Extra Minis! (November 2019) raised $1,372,685.
- “Flee, Mortals!” – The MCDM Monster Ebook for 5e (Could 2022) raised $2,084,117.
- The MCDM RPG (January 2024) raised $4,600,539.
- Draw Metal: Crack the Solar (January 2026) raised $2,617,323.
Not solely does this make MCDM essentially the most prolific member of the Million Greenback Kickstarter Membership with a record-breaking 5 entries (intently adopted by Hit Level Press and Free League with 4 entries apiece), additionally it is the second most profitable TTRPG crowdfunding creator ever with a mixed complete of $12,796,129! This whopping complete is surpassed solely by Brandon Sanderson’s Cosmere RPG which raised an eye-watering $14,557,439 in only one single marketing campaign.
2025 noticed a slight decline in million-dollar crowdfunders with 7 in complete (in comparison with a excessive of 11, mid-pandemic in 2021).
