CMON Limited

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CMON Limited
Company type Public Corporation
SEHK:  1792
ISIN KYG223911093  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Industry Miniature wargaming and Board game publisher
Founded2001;24 years ago (2001)
Headquarters
Singapore
Key people
Chern Ann Ng (CEO), David Doust (co-founder)
RevenueUS$17 million [1]  (2015)
Subsidiaries CMON Inc
Website www.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.

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History

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

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

Total USDProject name % fundedBackersClosing date
781,597Zombicide3,9075,2582012-05-06
951,254Sedition Wars: Battle for Alabaster [11] 4,7564,2782012-06-30
909,537Relic Knights [12] 4,5473,4592012-09-09
116,938Guilds of Cadwallon [13] 2,3382,9552012-12-22
582,316Rivet Wars [14] 2,3292,4642013-02-04
2,225,018Zombicide: Season 29,0208,8442013-03-31
356,752Kaosball1,8961,4272013-06-30
718,152Wrath of Kings1,4353,7562013-09-15
774,222Arcadia Quest1,5484,8852014-03-16
66,703Dogs of War2661,1392014-05-10
242,832XenoShyft Onslaught9713,3672014-06-19
2,849,064Zombicide: Season 32,84912,0112014-07-28
101,351The World of Smog4051,7702014-11-09
739,513Rum & Bones1,4794,4172014-12-29
905,682Blood Rage18119,8252015-03-18
567,350B-Sieged: Sons of the Abyss1,1344,7442015-05-25
4,078,954Zombicide: Black Plague3,26320,9132015-07-06
1,464,489The Others: 7 sins1,46410,1362015-10-06
1,710,714Arcadia Quest:Inferno1,7109,9912015-12-08
383,407XenoShyft: Dreadmire1,2784,3982016-01-31
1,010,959Masmorra: Dungeons of Arcadia1,68410,8622016-03-08
917,864Rum & Bones: Second Tide1,1475,7942016-04-28
3,560,643Massive Darkness1,78022,3612016-07-07
1,174,130The World of SMOG: Rise of Moloch1,6777,8922017-02-03
4,228,060Rising Sun1,40931,2622017-04-04
5,004,614Zombicide: Green Horde1,66827,2362017-06-27
1,690,466A Song of Ice and Fire: Tabletop Miniatures Game5639,0402017-08-15
1,469,489HATE73410,2272018-02-07
3,352,208Zombicide: Invader1,34018,4862018-05-03
316,018Arcadia Quest: Riders1,0535,2722018-05-25
2,412,286Cthulhu: Death May Die1,20615,8312018-07-24
935,956Starcadia Quest4686,5032018-09-11
634,782Project: Elite6355,3672018-11-12
4,013,731Bloodborne: The Board Game2,00723,9862019-05-14
1,492,714Trudvang: Legends74611,8082019-07-15
3,410,084Zombicide: 2nd Edition1,36321,7352019-11-06
430,154Night of the Living Dead: A Zombicide Game2,1506,3182019-12-18
2,866,358Marvel United1,91021,2912020-03-05
3,320,196Ankh1,10723,3862020-05-05
3,813,274Massive Darkness 2: Hellscape1,27021,7632020-08-26
3,310,872Zombicide: Undead or Alive2,20721,1602021-03-11
5,988,089Marvel United: X-Men1,99525,4042021-05-05
2,046,517Masters of the Universe: The Board Game - Clash For Eternia1,0238,1662021-10-01
9,032,583Marvel Zombies - A Zombicide Game1,80728,9742022-02-03
886,783Cyberpunk 2077: Gangs of Night City - The Board Game8876,3452022-07-06
1,334,501Dune: War for Arrakis1,33511,4492022-09-22
3,426,673Cthulhu: Death May Die - Fear of the Unknown1,71321,3372022-11-09
4,787,626Marvel United: Multiverse2,39420,8862023-02-08
3,839,614Zombicide: White Death1,92019,3032023-04-26
2,564,789DCeased85512,7872023-12-01

Gamefound Campaigns

Total USDProject name % fundedBackersClosing date
1,886,510A Song of Ice & Fire: Tactics - A Tabletop Miniatures Skirmish Game6296,4062024-02-22
832,945God of War: The Board Game5554,3882024-05-02
339,743Degenesis: Clan Wars3401,2322024-06-07
4,478,990DC Super Heroes United2,23914,0402024-07-31

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. 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