We’ve included Kickstarter’s full response below. Instead, she deferred to Kickstarter’s senior director of communications Kate Bernyk who responded to Polygon’s questions via email. Founder Marcin Świerkot tells Polygon his platform, which includes a robust post-launch pledge manager, should exit beta in February or March.Ĭombs declined to comment on the move to the blockchain. Meanwhile, Polish upstart Gamefound could represent another outlet for dissatisfied users. Founder Jay Dragon will take future campaigns to IndieGoGo instead. Several - including Possum Creek - have made plans to use other platforms going forward. Dozens of creators publicly lambasted the company for its decision, which many feel is an unsustainable drain on global resources that will contribute to global warming. Kickstarter’s planned pivot to blockchain technology, announced in early December, caught nearly everyone in the tabletop games industry by surprise. (PLEASE READ THE WHOLE ANNOUNCEMENT!)- jay Dragon has the chronic January 20, 2022 Or why we’re making the scariest choice possum creek has ever had to make. You can exist in a world where it’s like, ‘I’m going to play Kids on Bikes for a couple of hours and I’m going to figure out what this weird alien is that landed in this small town in Indiana that I’ve created, because I just had the opportunity to do that and create a world that feels safe to me versus the world outside that’s terrifying.’” “I think indie RPGs kind of give you that opportunity to exist in a world that you kind of get to curate in the way that you want to with people in a space that is safe,” Combs said, “where you don’t have to jump on Twitter and read about CDC things or politics or anything like that. Cy_Borg, from Stockholm Kartell, was also successful to the tune of more than $444,000. Tuesday Knight Games chose Kickstarter to fund the first edition of the well-regarded Mothership in 2021, earning more than $1.4 million. For example, Possum Creek Games’ Wanderhome, which was successfully funded in late 2020, came out to rave reviews in 2021. Dungeon Alchemist showed a promising way to create virtual tabletop terrain on the fly, raking in more than $2.9 million.Īnother big storyline on Kickstarter in 2021 was the success of the many independent TTRPG creators it has helped over the years. Magpie Games’ campaign for a game based on Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra broke all existing records for a TTRPG on the platform, raising more than $9.5 million. The list of 2021’s top 10 highest-earning tabletop game projects includes several notable tabletop role-playing game (TTRPG) campaigns. Most-funded Tabletop Kickstarters, 2021 NameĮverdell: Newleaf, Mistwood, and The Complete Collection Video games, by contrast, were down slightly, dropping from $22.9 million in 2020 to $21.8 million in 2021. That’s down from a 32% increase the year before, but still heading in the right direction. Kickstarter’s own data shows the category was up more than 14% over 2020 to a total of $270 million earned for tabletop projects. Combs was happy to report that it didn’t slow down crowdfunding all that much. Origins, Gen Con, and PAX Unplugged all managed to proceed, although with greatly diminished attendance. Pre-pandemic, these in-person events formed major waypoints on the tabletop crowdfunding calendar. Not just industry-wise, but are we going to have a Gen Con? Are we going to have a PAX ? Are we going to have an Origins ? And what are those going to look like?” “I think there was a lot of uncertainty going into it. “2021 was a year - for all of us,” said Kickstarter’s director of games, Anya Combs, with a laugh. Polygon spoke with the Brooklyn-based technology company about its 2021 results and the year ahead. But competition is increasing in the tabletop crowdfunding space, and Kickstarter is doing itself no favors with its very public and very confusing transition to the blockchain. Tabletop games continue to represent a significant portion - as much as one third - of Kickstarter’s total annual revenue.
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