CMON Limited

CMON Limited
Public Corporation
Traded as SEHK: 8278
Industry Miniature wargaming and Board game publisher
Founded 2001
Headquarters Singapore
Key people
 Chern Ann Ng (CEO), David Doust (co-founder)
Revenue US$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.

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]

Kickstarter activity

CoolMiniOrNot has used Kickstarter with relative success occupying several places in the Most Funded Tabletop Games category.[9] The total amount raised thus far is $38,112,581, and the company actively pursues a strategy of Kickstarter to create new products.[10]

CoolMiniOrNot's Kickstarter projects[11]
Total USDProject name% fundedBackersClosing date
2,412,286Cthulhu: Death May Die1,20615,8312018-07-24
316,018Arcadia Quest: Riders1,0535,2722018-05-25
3,352,208Zombicide: Invader1,34018,4862018-05-03
1,469,489HATE73410,2272018-02-07
1,690,466A Song of Ice and Fire: Tabletop Miniatures Game5639,0402017-08-15
5,004,614Zombicide: Green Horde1,66827,2362017-06-27
4,228,060Rising Sun1,40931,2622017-04-04
1,174,130The World of SMOG: Rise of Moloch1,6777,8922017-02-03
3,560,643Massive Darkness1,78022,3612016-07-07
917,864Rum & Bones: Second Tide1,1475,7942016-04-28
1,010,959Masmorra: Dungeons of Arcadia1,68410,8622016-03-08
383,407XenoShyft: Dreadmire1,2784,3982016-01-31
1,710,714Arcadia Quest:Inferno1,7109,9912015-12-08
1,464,489The Others: 7 sins1,46410,1362015-10-06
4,078,954Zombicide: Black Plague3,26320,9132015-07-06
567,350B-Sieged: Sons of the Abyss1,1344,7442015-05-25
905,682Blood Rage18119,8252015-03-18
739,513Rum & Bones1,4794,4172014-12-29
2,849,064Zombicide: Season 32,84912,0112014-07-28
242,832XenoShyft Onslaught9713,3672014-06-19
66,703Dogs of War2661,1392014-05-10
774,222Arcadia Quest1,5484,8852014-03-16
718,152Wrath of Kings1,4353,7562013-09-15
356,752Kaosball1,8961,4272013-06-30
2,225,018Zombicide: Season 29,0208,8442013-03-31
582,316Rivet Wars[12]2,3292,4642013-02-04
116,938Guilds of Cadwallon[13]2,3382,9552012-12-22
909,537Relic Knights [14]4,5473,4592012-09-09
951,254Sedition Wars: Battle for Alabaster [15]4,7564,2782012-06-30
781,597Zombicide3,9075,2582012-05-06
101,351The World of Smog4051,7702014-11-09

Other activity

Tabletopgamingnews.com

CoolMiniOrNot acquired Tabletopgamingnews.com in 2011[16] 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.
  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. ↑ ICV2 interview with David Doust
  11. ↑ Kickstarter project list for CMON Retrieved June 13th, 2017
  12. ↑ Boardgamegeek Rivet Wars listing
  13. ↑ Boardgamegeek Guilds of Cadwallon listing
  14. ↑ Boardgamegeek Relic Knights listing
  15. ↑ Boardgamegeek Sedition Wars listing
  16. ↑ Tabletopgamingnews.com Acquisition announcement retrieved May 3rd 2013
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