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
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]
Trading of CMON Ltd was halted on April 1, 2020, after having audit issues.[9][10]
Kickstarter activity
CoolMiniOrNot has used Kickstarter with relative success occupying several places in the Most Funded Tabletop Games category.[11] The total amount raised thus far is $38,112,581, and the company actively pursues a strategy of Kickstarter to create new products.[12]
CoolMiniOrNot's Kickstarter projects[13]
| Total USD |
Project name |
% funded |
Backers |
Closing date
|
| 3,310,872 |
Zombicide: Undead or Alive |
2,207 |
21,160 |
2021-03-11
|
| 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
|
| 634,782 |
Project: Elite |
635 |
5,367 |
2018-11-12
|
| 935,956 |
Starcadia Quest |
468 |
6,503 |
2018-09-11
|
| 2,412,286 |
Cthulhu: Death May Die |
1,206 |
15,831 |
2018-07-24
|
| 316,018 |
Arcadia Quest: Riders |
1,053 |
5,272 |
2018-05-25
|
| 3,352,208 |
Zombicide: Invader |
1,340 |
18,486 |
2018-05-03
|
| 1,469,489 |
HATE |
734 |
10,227 |
2018-02-07
|
| 1,690,466 |
A Song of Ice and Fire: Tabletop Miniatures Game |
563 |
9,040 |
2017-08-15
|
| 5,004,614 |
Zombicide: Green Horde |
1,668 |
27,236 |
2017-06-27
|
| 4,228,060 |
Rising Sun |
1,409 |
31,262 |
2017-04-04
|
| 1,174,130 |
The World of SMOG: Rise of Moloch |
1,677 |
7,892 |
2017-02-03
|
| 3,560,643 |
Massive Darkness |
1,780 |
22,361 |
2016-07-07
|
| 917,864 |
Rum & Bones: Second Tide |
1,147 |
5,794 |
2016-04-28
|
| 1,010,959 |
Masmorra: Dungeons of Arcadia |
1,684 |
10,862 |
2016-03-08
|
| 383,407 |
XenoShyft: Dreadmire |
1,278 |
4,398 |
2016-01-31
|
| 1,710,714 |
Arcadia Quest:Inferno |
1,710 |
9,991 |
2015-12-08
|
| 1,464,489 |
The Others: 7 sins |
1,464 |
10,136 |
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 |
12,011 |
2014-07-28
|
| 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[14] |
2,329 |
2,464 |
2013-02-04
|
| 116,938 |
Guilds of Cadwallon[15] |
2,338 |
2,955 |
2012-12-22
|
| 909,537 |
Relic Knights [16] |
4,547 |
3,459 |
2012-09-09
|
| 951,254 |
Sedition Wars: Battle for Alabaster [17] |
4,756 |
4,278 |
2012-06-30
|
| 781,597 |
Zombicide |
3,907 |
5,258 |
2012-05-06
|
| 101,351 |
The World of Smog |
405 |
1,770 |
2014-11-09
|
| 2,866,358 |
Marvel United |
1,910 |
21,291 |
2020-03-05
|
| 3,813,274 |
Massive Darkness 2: Hellscape |
1,270 |
21,763 |
2020-08-26
|
| 3,320,196 |
Ankh |
1,107 |
23,386 |
2020-05-05
|
| 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
|
| 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
|
Other activity
Tabletopgamingnews.com
CoolMiniOrNot acquired Tabletopgamingnews.com in 2011[18] 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%.
