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CMON Limited

{{Short description|Chinese miniatures and board game company}}

{{Infobox company

| name = CMON Limited

| type = Public Corporation

| industry = Miniature wargaming and Board game publisher

| subsid = CMON Inc

| foundation = {{Start date and age|2001}}

| hq_location_country = Singapore

| key_people = Chern Ann Ng (CEO), David Doust (co-founder)

| products =

| homepage = {{URL|www.cmon.com}}

| footnotes =

| revenue = US$17 million {{cite web |url=http://gem.ednews.hk/listedco/listconews/GEM/2016/1125/GLN20161125003.pdf |title=CMON Limited Prospectus |author=CMON Limited |date=December 2, 2016 |publisher=Hong Kong Stock Exchange |access-date=December 21, 2016 |archive-date=December 27, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161227014714/http://gem.ednews.hk/listedco/listconews/GEM/2016/1125/GLN20161125003.pdf |url-status=dead }}

| revenue_year = 2015

| logo = File:Logo_CMON.png

| traded_as = {{SEHK|1792}}

}}

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 [http://www.similarweb.com/website/coolminiornot.com 6th in the world in the Gaming/Miniatures category according to Similarweb as of May 3rd, 2013] that features user submitted images of their painted models for voting.

History

CoolMiniOrNot was founded as a community site for posting images of painted miniatures, inspired by Hot or Not style dating sites.[http://www.wampforum.com/content.php?r=260-Interview-with-Chern-Ann Interview WAMP interview with Chern Ann Ng, retrieved May 3rd, 2013][https://web.archive.org/web/20010720071441/http://www.coolminiornot.com/ Wayback Machine Archive of coolminiornot.com July 20th, 2001 retrieved May 3rd, 2013]

It later began publishing board games and miniature games, notable titles include Super Dungeon Explore[http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/92190/super-dungeon-explore Boardgamegeek Super Dungeon Explore listing] in 2011 and Zombicide[http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/113924/zombicide Boardgamegeek Zombicide listing] 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.{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3FB_oqfo1o |title=Top 10 Games of 2015 |author=The Dice Tower |date=December 15, 2015 |publisher=YouTube }}

On December 2, 2016, CMON Limited began publicly trading on the GEM board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.{{cite web |url=https://www.hkex.com.hk/eng/market/partcir/hkscc/2016/Documents/ce301_2016.pdf |title=Stock Admission - New Listing of Securities |author=CMON Limited |date=December 2, 2016 |publisher=Hong Kong Securities Clearing Company Limited }}

Crowdsourcing activity

CoolMiniOrNot had used Kickstarter with relative success occupying several places in the Most Funded Tabletop Games category.[https://www.kickstarter.com/discover/advanced?state=successful&category_id=34&sort=most_funded Kickstarter Tabletop Games / Most Funded retrieved June 13, 2015] The total amount raised through Kickstarter was $108,628,027. In 2024, the company moved its crowdsourcing platform exclusively to the Gamefound platform.{{cite web |last1=Hall |first1=Charles |title=CMON leaves Kickstarter, will bring its board games exclusively to Gamefound |url=https://www.polygon.com/24074262/cmon-gamefound-exclusivity-agreement |website=Polygon |access-date=10 July 2024}}

Kickstarter Campaigns

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! Total USD !! Project name !! % funded !! Backers !! Closing date

style="text-align:right; padding-right:8px;"| 781,597Zombicidestyle="text-align:right;" |3,907style="text-align:right;" |5,258style="text-align:center;" |2012-05-06
style="text-align:right; padding-right:8px;"| 951,254Sedition Wars: Battle for Alabaster [http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/125326/sedition-wars-battle-for-alabaster Boardgamegeek Sedition Wars listing]style="text-align:right;" |4,756style="text-align:right;" |4,278style="text-align:center;" |2012-06-30
style="text-align:right; padding-right:8px;"| 909,537Relic Knights [http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/129031/relic-knights-dark-space-calamity Boardgamegeek Relic Knights listing]style="text-align:right;" |4,547style="text-align:right;" |3,459style="text-align:center;" |2012-09-09
style="text-align:right; padding-right:8px;"| 116,938Guilds of Cadwallon[http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/134711/guilds-of-cadwallon Boardgamegeek Guilds of Cadwallon listing]style="text-align:right;" |2,338style="text-align:right;" |2,955style="text-align:center;" |2012-12-22
style="text-align:right; padding-right:8px;"| 582,316Rivet Wars[http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/136000/rivet-wars Boardgamegeek Rivet Wars listing]style="text-align:right;" | 2,329style="text-align:right;" |2,464style="text-align:center;" | 2013-02-04
style="text-align:right; padding-right:8px;"| 2,225,018Zombicide: Season 2style="text-align:right;" | 9,020style="text-align:right;" |8,844style="text-align:center;" | 2013-03-31
style="text-align:right; padding-right:8px;"| 356,752Kaosballstyle="text-align:right;" | 1,896style="text-align:right;" |1,427style="text-align:center;" | 2013-06-30
style="text-align:right; padding-right:8px;"| 718,152Wrath of Kingsstyle="text-align:right;" | 1,435style="text-align:right;" |3,756style="text-align:center;" | 2013-09-15
style="text-align:right; padding-right:8px;"| 774,222Arcadia Queststyle="text-align:right;" | 1,548style="text-align:right;" |4,885style="text-align:center;" | 2014-03-16
style="text-align:right; padding-right:8px;"| 66,703Dogs of Warstyle="text-align:right;" | 266style="text-align:right;" |1,139style="text-align:center;" | 2014-05-10
style="text-align:right; padding-right:8px;"| 242,832XenoShyft Onslaughtstyle="text-align:right;" | 971style="text-align:right;" |3,367style="text-align:center;" | 2014-06-19
style="text-align:right; padding-right:8px;"| 2,849,064Zombicide: Season 3style="text-align:right;" | 2,849style="text-align:right;" |12,011style="text-align:center;" | 2014-07-28
style="text-align:right; padding-right:8px;"| 101,351The World of Smogstyle="text-align:right;" | 405style="text-align:right;" |1,770style="text-align:center;" | 2014-11-09
style="text-align:right; padding-right:8px;"| 739,513Rum & Bonesstyle="text-align:right;" | 1,479style="text-align:right;" |4,417style="text-align:center;" | 2014-12-29
style="text-align:right; padding-right:8px;"| 905,682Blood Ragestyle="text-align:right;" | 1811style="text-align:right;" |9,825style="text-align:center;" | 2015-03-18
style="text-align:right; padding-right:8px;"| 567,350B-Sieged: Sons of the Abyssstyle="text-align:right;" | 1,134style="text-align:right;" | 4,744style="text-align:center;" | 2015-05-25
style="text-align:right; padding-right:8px;"| 4,078,954Zombicide: Black Plaguestyle="text-align:right;" | 3,263style="text-align:right;" |20,913style="text-align:center;" | 2015-07-06
style="text-align:right; padding-right:8px;"| 1,464,489The Others: 7 sinsstyle="text-align:right;" | 1,464style="text-align:right;" |10,136style="text-align:center;" | 2015-10-06
style="text-align:right; padding-right:8px;"| 1,710,714Arcadia Quest:Infernostyle="text-align:right;" | 1,710style="text-align:right;" |9,991style="text-align:center;" | 2015-12-08
style="text-align:right; padding-right:8px;"| 383,407XenoShyft: Dreadmirestyle="text-align:right;" | 1,278style="text-align:right;" |4,398style="text-align:center;" | 2016-01-31
style="text-align:right; padding-right:8px;"| 1,010,959Masmorra: Dungeons of Arcadiastyle="text-align:right;" | 1,684style="text-align:right;" |10,862style="text-align:center;" | 2016-03-08
style="text-align:right; padding-right:8px;"| 917,864Rum & Bones: Second Tidestyle="text-align:right;" | 1,147style="text-align:right;" |5,794style="text-align:center;" | 2016-04-28
style="text-align:right; padding-right:8px;"| 3,560,643Massive Darknessstyle="text-align:right;" | 1,780style="text-align:right;" |22,361style="text-align:center;" | 2016-07-07
style="text-align:right; padding-right:8px;"| 1,174,130The World of SMOG: Rise of Molochstyle="text-align:right;" | 1,677style="text-align:right;" | 7,892style="text-align:center;" |2017-02-03
style="text-align:right; padding-right:8px;"| 4,228,060Rising Sunstyle="text-align:right;" | 1,409style="text-align:right;" |31,262style="text-align:center;" | 2017-04-04
style="text-align:right; padding-right:8px;"| 5,004,614Zombicide: Green Hordestyle="text-align:right;" | 1,668style="text-align:right;" |27,236style="text-align:center;" | 2017-06-27
style="text-align:right; padding-right:8px;"| 1,690,466A Song of Ice and Fire: Tabletop Miniatures Gamestyle="text-align:right;" | 563style="text-align:right;" |9,040style="text-align:center;" | 2017-08-15
style="text-align:right; padding-right:8px;"| 1,469,489HATEstyle="text-align:right;" | 734style="text-align:right;" |10,227style="text-align:center;" | 2018-02-07
style="text-align:right; padding-right:8px;"| 3,352,208Zombicide: Invaderstyle="text-align:right;" | 1,340style="text-align:right;" |18,486style="text-align:center;" | 2018-05-03
style="text-align:right; padding-right:8px;"| 316,018Arcadia Quest: Ridersstyle="text-align:right;" | 1,053style="text-align:right;" | 5,272style="text-align:center;" |2018-05-25
style="text-align:right; padding-right:8px;"| 2,412,286Cthulhu: Death May Diestyle="text-align:right;" | 1,206style="text-align:right;" | 15,831style="text-align:center;" | 2018-07-24
style="text-align:right; padding-right:8px;"| 935,956Starcadia Queststyle="text-align:right;" | 468style="text-align:right;" | 6,503style="text-align:center;" | 2018-09-11
style="text-align:right; padding-right:8px;"| 634,782Project: Elitestyle="text-align:right;" | 635style="text-align:right;" |5,367style="text-align:center;" | 2018-11-12
style="text-align:right; padding-right:8px;"| 4,013,731Bloodborne: The Board Gamestyle="text-align:right;" | 2,007style="text-align:right;" |23,986style="text-align:center;" | 2019-05-14
style="text-align:right; padding-right:8px;"| 1,492,714Trudvang: Legendsstyle="text-align:right;" | 746style="text-align:right;" |11,808style="text-align:center;" | 2019-07-15
style="text-align:right; padding-right:8px;"| 3,410,084Zombicide: 2nd Editionstyle="text-align:right;" | 1,363style="text-align:right;" |21,735style="text-align:center;" | 2019-11-06
style="text-align:right; padding-right:8px;"| 430,154Night of the Living Dead: A Zombicide Gamestyle="text-align:right;" | 2,150style="text-align:right;" |6,318style="text-align:center;" | 2019-12-18
style="text-align:right; padding-right:8px;"| 2,866,358Marvel Unitedstyle="text-align:right;" | 1,910style="text-align:right;" |21,291style="text-align:center;" | 2020-03-05
style="text-align:right; padding-right:8px;"| 3,320,196Ankhstyle="text-align:right;" | 1,107style="text-align:right;" |23,386style="text-align:center;"| 2020-05-05
style="text-align:right; padding-right:8px;"| 3,813,274Massive Darkness 2: Hellscapestyle="text-align:right;" | 1,270style="text-align:right;" |21,763style="text-align:center;" | 2020-08-26
style="text-align:right; padding-right:8px;"| 3,310,872Zombicide: Undead or Alivestyle="text-align:right;" | 2,207style="text-align:right;" |21,160style="text-align:center;" | 2021-03-11
style="text-align:right; padding-right:8px;"| 5,988,089Marvel United: X-Menstyle="text-align:right;" | 1,995style="text-align:right;" |25,404style="text-align:center;"| 2021-05-05
style="text-align:right; padding-right:8px;"| 2,046,517Masters of the Universe: The Board Game - Clash For Eterniastyle="text-align:right;" | 1,023style="text-align:right;" |8,166style="text-align:center;"| 2021-10-01
style="text-align:right; padding-right:8px;"| 9,032,583Marvel Zombies - A Zombicide Gamestyle="text-align:right;" | 1,807style="text-align:right;" |28,974style="text-align:center;"| 2022-02-03
style="text-align:right; padding-right:8px;"| 886,783Cyberpunk 2077: Gangs of Night City - The Board Gamestyle="text-align:right;" | 887style="text-align:right;" |6,345style="text-align:center;"| 2022-07-06
style="text-align:right; padding-right:8px;"| 1,334,501Dune: War for Arrakisstyle="text-align:right;" | 1,335style="text-align:right;" |11,449style="text-align:center;"| 2022-09-22
style="text-align:right; padding-right:8px;"| 3,426,673Cthulhu: Death May Die - Fear of the Unknownstyle="text-align:right;" | 1,713style="text-align:right;" |21,337style="text-align:center;"| 2022-11-09
style="text-align:right; padding-right:8px;"| 4,787,626Marvel United: Multiversestyle="text-align:right;" | 2,394style="text-align:right;" |20,886style="text-align:center;"| 2023-02-08
style="text-align:right; padding-right:8px;"| 3,839,614Zombicide: White Deathstyle="text-align:right;" | 1,920style="text-align:right;" |19,303style="text-align:center;"| 2023-04-26
style="text-align: right;" |669,976

|Mordred

| style="text-align: right;" |670

| style="text-align: right;" |5,687

| style="text-align: center;" |2023-07-27

style="text-align:right; padding-right:8px;"| 2,564,789DCeasedstyle="text-align:right;" | 855style="text-align:right;" |12,787style="text-align:center;"| 2023-12-01

Gamefound Campaigns

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! Total USD !! Project name !! % funded !! Backers !! Closing date

style="text-align:right; padding-right:8px;"| 1,886,510A Song of Ice & Fire: Tactics - A Tabletop Miniatures Skirmish Gamestyle="text-align:right;" |629style="text-align:right;" |6,406style="text-align:center;" |2024-02-22
style="text-align:right; padding-right:8px;"| 832,945God of War: The Board Gamestyle="text-align:right;" |555style="text-align:right;" |4,388style="text-align:center;" |2024-05-02
style="text-align:right; padding-right:8px;"| 339,743Degenesis: Clan Warsstyle="text-align:right;" |340style="text-align:right;" |1,232style="text-align:center;" |2024-06-07
style="text-align:right; padding-right:8px;"| 4,478,990DC Super Heroes Unitedstyle="text-align:right;" |2,239style="text-align:right;" |14,040style="text-align:center;" |2024-07-31
style="text-align: right;" |3,756,395

|Massive Darkness: Dungeons of Shadowreach

| style="text-align: right;" |1,142

| style="text-align: right;" |10,598

| style="text-align: center;" |2025-02-22

style="text-align: right;" |3,912,410

|Cthulhu: Death May Die - Forbidden Reaches

| style="text-align: right;" |1,304

| style="text-align: right;" |13,152

| style="text-align: center;" |2025-04-14

Other activity

=Tabletopgamingnews.com=

CoolMiniOrNot acquired Tabletopgamingnews.com in 2011[http://www.coolminiornot.com/articles/6525-tabletop-gaming-news-now-one-of-us!Tabletopgamingnews.com Tabletopgamingnews.com Acquisition announcement retrieved May 3rd 2013] 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

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • {{Official website|www.cmon.com}}
  • [http://www.tabletopgamingnews.com Tabletopgamingnews.com]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20130507130200/http://ravageusa.com/ Ravage USA]
  • [http://www.crystalbrush.com Crystal Brush official site]
  • [https://kick.agency/news KA | Board Game News]

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