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CMON Limited

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CMON Limited
Company typePublic Corporation
SEHK1792
ISINKYG223911093 Edit this on Wikidata
IndustryMiniature wargaming and Board game publisher
Founded2001
Headquarters
Singapore
Key people
Chern Ann Ng (CEO), David Doust (co-founder)
RevenueUS$17 million [1] (2015)
SubsidiariesCMON Inc
Websitewww.cmon.com

CMON Limited, formerly known as CoolMiniOrNot is a publicly listed miniatures and board game publisher, trading on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. It also operates a miniatures related site coolminiornot.com [2] that features user submitted images of their painted models for voting.

History

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CoolMiniOrNot was founded as a community site for posting images of painted miniatures, inspired by Hot or Not style dating sites.[3][4]

It later began publishing board games and miniature games, notable titles include Super Dungeon Explore[5] in 2011 and Zombicide[6] in 2012.

Some of its games are critically acclaimed, with three games (Xenoshyft, Rum and Bones and Blood Rage) making The Dice Tower's top 10 games of 2015.[7]

On December 2, 2016, CMON Limited began publicly trading on the GEM board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.[8]

Crowdsourcing activity

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CoolMiniOrNot had used Kickstarter with relative success occupying several places in the Most Funded Tabletop Games category.[9] The total amount raised through Kickstarter was $108,628,027. In 2024, the company moved its crowdsourcing platform exclusively to the Gamefound platform.[10]

Kickstarter Campaigns

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Total USD Project name % funded Backers Closing date
781,597 Zombicide 3,907 5,258 2012-05-06
951,254 Sedition Wars: Battle for Alabaster [11] 4,756 4,278 2012-06-30
909,537 Relic Knights [12] 4,547 3,459 2012-09-09
116,938 Guilds of Cadwallon[13] 2,338 2,955 2012-12-22
582,316 Rivet Wars[14] 2,329 2,464 2013-02-04
2,225,018 Zombicide: Season 2 9,020 8,844 2013-03-31
356,752 Kaosball 1,896 1,427 2013-06-30
718,152 Wrath of Kings 1,435 3,756 2013-09-15
774,222 Arcadia Quest 1,548 4,885 2014-03-16
66,703 Dogs of War 266 1,139 2014-05-10
242,832 XenoShyft Onslaught 971 3,367 2014-06-19
2,849,064 Zombicide: Season 3 2,849 12,011 2014-07-28
101,351 The World of Smog 405 1,770 2014-11-09
739,513 Rum & Bones 1,479 4,417 2014-12-29
905,682 Blood Rage 1811 9,825 2015-03-18
567,350 B-Sieged: Sons of the Abyss 1,134 4,744 2015-05-25
4,078,954 Zombicide: Black Plague 3,263 20,913 2015-07-06
1,464,489 The Others: 7 sins 1,464 10,136 2015-10-06
1,710,714 Arcadia Quest:Inferno 1,710 9,991 2015-12-08
383,407 XenoShyft: Dreadmire 1,278 4,398 2016-01-31
1,010,959 Masmorra: Dungeons of Arcadia 1,684 10,862 2016-03-08
917,864 Rum & Bones: Second Tide 1,147 5,794 2016-04-28
3,560,643 Massive Darkness 1,780 22,361 2016-07-07
1,174,130 The World of SMOG: Rise of Moloch 1,677 7,892 2017-02-03
4,228,060 Rising Sun 1,409 31,262 2017-04-04
5,004,614 Zombicide: Green Horde 1,668 27,236 2017-06-27
1,690,466 A Song of Ice and Fire: Tabletop Miniatures Game 563 9,040 2017-08-15
1,469,489 HATE 734 10,227 2018-02-07
3,352,208 Zombicide: Invader 1,340 18,486 2018-05-03
316,018 Arcadia Quest: Riders 1,053 5,272 2018-05-25
2,412,286 Cthulhu: Death May Die 1,206 15,831 2018-07-24
935,956 Starcadia Quest 468 6,503 2018-09-11
634,782 Project: Elite 635 5,367 2018-11-12
4,013,731 Bloodborne: The Board Game 2,007 23,986 2019-05-14
1,492,714 Trudvang: Legends 746 11,808 2019-07-15
3,410,084 Zombicide: 2nd Edition 1,363 21,735 2019-11-06
430,154 Night of the Living Dead: A Zombicide Game 2,150 6,318 2019-12-18
2,866,358 Marvel United 1,910 21,291 2020-03-05
3,320,196 Ankh 1,107 23,386 2020-05-05
3,813,274 Massive Darkness 2: Hellscape 1,270 21,763 2020-08-26
3,310,872 Zombicide: Undead or Alive 2,207 21,160 2021-03-11
5,988,089 Marvel United: X-Men 1,995 25,404 2021-05-05
2,046,517 Masters of the Universe: The Board Game - Clash For Eternia 1,023 8,166 2021-10-01
9,032,583 Marvel Zombies - A Zombicide Game 1,807 28,974 2022-02-03
886,783 Cyberpunk 2077: Gangs of Night City - The Board Game 887 6,345 2022-07-06
1,334,501 Dune: War for Arrakis 1,335 11,449 2022-09-22
3,426,673 Cthulhu: Death May Die - Fear of the Unknown 1,713 21,337 2022-11-09
4,787,626 Marvel United: Multiverse 2,394 20,886 2023-02-08
3,839,614 Zombicide: White Death 1,920 19,303 2023-04-26
2,564,789 DCeased 855 12,787 2023-12-01

Gamefound Campaigns

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Total USD Project name % funded Backers Closing date
1,886,510 A Song of Ice & Fire: Tactics - A Tabletop Miniatures Skirmish Game 629 6,406 2024-02-22
832,945 God of War: The Board Game 555 4,388 2024-05-02
339,743 Degenesis: Clan Wars 340 1,232 2024-06-07
4,478,990 DC Super Heroes United 2,239 14,040 2024-07-31

Other activity

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Tabletopgamingnews.com

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CoolMiniOrNot acquired Tabletopgamingnews.com in 2011[15] and currently operates it.

Ravage USA

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CoolMiniOrNot publishes the English language edition of Ravage magazine.

Crystal Brush painting competition

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The company also organizes an annual miniature figure painting competition with a cash purse of $10,000, $2,000 and $1,000 for the overall winners. The competition has guest judges which account for 50% of the total score, with a 12-hour Internet vote making up the remaining 50%.

References

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  1. ^ CMON Limited (December 2, 2016). "CMON Limited Prospectus" (PDF). Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 27, 2016. Retrieved December 21, 2016.
  2. ^ 6th in the world in the Gaming/Miniatures category according to Similarweb as of May 3rd, 2013
  3. ^ Interview WAMP interview with Chern Ann Ng, retrieved May 3rd, 2013
  4. ^ Wayback Machine Archive of coolminiornot.com July 20th, 2001 retrieved May 3rd, 2013
  5. ^ Boardgamegeek Super Dungeon Explore listing
  6. ^ Boardgamegeek Zombicide listing
  7. ^ The Dice Tower (December 15, 2015). "Top 10 Games of 2015". YouTube.
  8. ^ CMON Limited (December 2, 2016). "Stock Admission - New Listing of Securities" (PDF). Hong Kong Securities Clearing Company Limited.
  9. ^ Kickstarter Tabletop Games / Most Funded retrieved June 13, 2015
  10. ^ Hall, Charles. "CMON leaves Kickstarter, will bring its board games exclusively to Gamefound". Polygon. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  11. ^ Boardgamegeek Sedition Wars listing
  12. ^ Boardgamegeek Relic Knights listing
  13. ^ Boardgamegeek Guilds of Cadwallon listing
  14. ^ Boardgamegeek Rivet Wars listing
  15. ^ Tabletopgamingnews.com Acquisition announcement retrieved May 3rd 2013
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