Matt Colville’s MCDM was the first TTRPG crowdfunder to break $2M back in 2018 with Strongholds & Streaming, a supplement for D&D along with a livestream of a D&D campaign. That wasn’t the end of the company’s record-breaking run, though!
Draw Steel: Crack the Sun finished its crowdfunding run this week with a funding total of $2,617,323, making it the 5th million-dollar Kickstarter from MCDM. Crack the Sun is an official adventure path for the company’s Draw Steel TTRPG, which raised $4.6M in 2024.
- Strongholds & Streaming (March 2018) raised $2,121,465.
- Kingdoms, Warfare & More Minis! (November 2019) raised $1,372,685.
- “Flee, Mortals!” – The MCDM Monster Book for 5e (May 2022) raised $2,084,117.
- The MCDM RPG (January 2024) raised $4,600,539.
- Draw Steel: Crack the Sun (January 2026) raised $2,617,323.
Not only does this make MCDM the most prolific member of the Million Dollar Kickstarter Club with a record-breaking 5 entries (closely followed by Hit Point Press and Free League with 4 entries apiece), it is also the second most successful TTRPG crowdfunding creator ever with a combined total of $10,178,796! This whopping total is surpassed only by Brandon Sanderson’s Cosmere RPG which raised an eye-watering $14,557,439 in just one single campaign.
2025 saw a slight decline in million-dollar crowdfunders with 7 in total (compared to a high of 11, mid-pandemic in 2021).
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