CMON Limited


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 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.
It later began publishing board games and miniature games, notable titles include Super Dungeon Explore in 2011 and Zombicide in 2012.
Some of its games are critically acclaimed, with three games making The Dice Tower's top 10 games of 2015.
On December 2, 2016, CMON Limited began publicly trading on the GEM board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
Trading of CMON Ltd was halted on April 1, 2020 after having audit issues.

Kickstarter activity

CoolMiniOrNot has used Kickstarter with relative success occupying several places in the Most Funded Tabletop Games category. The total amount raised thus far is $38,112,581, and the company actively pursues a strategy of Kickstarter to create new products.
Total USDProject name% fundedBackersClosing date
1,492,714Trudvang Legends74611,8082019-07-15
4,013,731Bloodborne: The Board Game2,00723,9862019-05-14
634,782Project: Elite6355,3672018-11-12
935,956Starcadia Quest4686,5032018-09-11
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 Wars2,3292,4642013-02-04
116,938Guilds of Cadwallon2,3382,9552012-12-22
909,537Relic Knights4,5473,4592012-09-09
951,254Sedition Wars: Battle for Alabaster4,7564,2782012-06-30
781,597Zombicide3,9075,2582012-05-06
101,351The World of Smog4051,7702014-11-09
2,866,358Marvel United191021,2912020-03-05

Other activity

Tabletopgamingnews.com

CoolMiniOrNot acquired Tabletopgamingnews.com in 2011 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%.