CoolMiniOrNot

CMON Inc
Corporation
Industry Miniature wargaming and Board game publisher
Founded 2001
Headquarters 1290 Old Alpharetta Road, Alpharetta, Georgia, USA
Key people
 David Doust, Chern Ann Ng
Website CoolMiniOrNot

CoolMiniOrNot is a miniatures and board game publisher. It also operates a highly trafficked miniatures related site[1] at its homepage that features user submitted images of their painted models for voting.

History

CoolMiniOrNot was originally founded as a community site for posting images of painted miniatures, inspired by Hot Or Not style dating sites.[2][3]

It later began publishing board games and miniature games, notable titles include Super Dungeon Explore[4] in 2011 and Zombicide[5] in 2012.

Some of its games are critically acclaimed, such as 3 games (Xenoshyft, Rum and Bones and Blood Rage) making The Dice Tower's top 10 games of 2015.[6]

Kickstarter activity

CoolMiniOrNot has used Kickstarter with relative success occupying several places in the Most Funded Tabletop Games category.[7] Zombicide: Black Plague, the 4th installment in the Zombicide series, is the highest funded Tabletop Game Kickstarter ever as of 16 December 2015.[8] The total amount raised thus far is $20,142,438, and the company actively pursues a strategy of Kickstarter to create new products.[9]

CoolMiniOrNot's Kickstarter projects[10]
Total USD Project name % funded Backers Closing date
1,710,714 Arcadia Quest:Inferno 1,710 9991 2015-12-08
1,464,489 The Others: 7 sins 1,464 10136 2015-10-06
4,078,954 Zombicide: Black Plague 3,263 20,913 2015-07-06
567,350 B-Sieged: Sons of the Abyss 1,134 4,744 2015-05-25
905,682 Blood Rage 1811 9,825 2015-03-18
739,513 Rum & Bones 1,479 4,417 2014-12-29
2,849,064 Zombicide: Season 3 2,849 12,0112014-07-28
242,832 XenoShyft Onslaught 971 3,367 2014-06-19
66,703 Dogs of War 266 1,139 2014-05-10
774,222 Arcadia Quest 1,548 4,885 2014-03-16
718,152 Wrath of Kings 1,435 3,756 2013-09-15
356,752 Kaosball 1,896 1,427 2013-06-30
2,225,018 Zombicide: Season 2 9,020 8,844 2013-03-31
582,316 Rivet Wars[11] 2,329 2,464 2013-02-04
116,938 Guilds of Cadwallon[12] 2,338 2,955 2012-12-22
909,537 Relic Knights [13] 4,547 3,459 2012-09-09
951,254 Sedition Wars: Battle for Alabaster [14] 4,756 4,278 2012-06-30
781,597 Zombicide 3,907 5,258 2012-05-06
101,351 The World of Smog 405 1770 2014-11-09

Other activity

Tabletopgamingnews.com

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

Ravage USA

CoolMiniOrNot publishes the English language edition of Ravage magazine.

Crystal Brush painting competition

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

  1. ↑ 6th in the world in the Gaming/Miniatures category according to Similarweb as of May 3rd, 2013
  2. ↑ WAMP interview with Chern Ann Ng, retrieved May 3rd, 2013
  3. ↑ Wayback Machine Archive of coolminiornot.com July 20th, 2001 retrieved May 3rd, 2013
  4. ↑ Boardgamegeek Super Dungeon Explore listing
  5. ↑ Boardgamegeek Zombicide listing
  6. ↑
  7. ↑ Kickstarter Tabletop Games / Most Funded retrieved June 13, 2015
  8. ↑ Kickstarter Tabletop Games category sorted by most funded retrieved 16 December 2015
  9. ↑ ICV2 interview with David Doust
  10. ↑ Kickstarter project list for CoolMiniOrNot Retrieved May 3rd, 2013
  11. ↑ Boardgamegeek Rivet Wars listing
  12. ↑ Boardgamegeek Guilds of Cadwallon listing
  13. ↑ Boardgamegeek Relic Knights listing
  14. ↑ Boardgamegeek Sedition Wars listing
  15. ↑ Tabletopgamingnews.com Acquisition announcement retrieved May 3rd 2013

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