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 [2] that features user submitted images of their painted models for voting.

CMON Limited
TypePublic Corporation
SEHK: 1792
ISINKYG223911093 
IndustryMiniature wargaming and Board game publisher
Founded2001
Headquarters
Singapore
Key people
Chern Ann Ng (CEO), David Doust (co-founder)
RevenueUS$17 million [1] (2015)
SubsidiariesCMON Inc
Websitewww.cmon.com

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 USDProject name% fundedBackersClosing date
4,013,731Bloodborne: The Board Game2,00723,9862019-05-14
1,492,714Trudvang: Legends74611,8082019-07-15
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 Wars[14]2,3292,4642013-02-04
116,938Guilds of Cadwallon[15]2,3382,9552012-12-22
909,537Relic Knights [16]4,5473,4592012-09-09
951,254Sedition Wars: Battle for Alabaster [17]4,7564,2782012-06-30
781,597Zombicide3,9075,2582012-05-06
101,351The World of Smog4051,7702014-11-09
2,866,358Marvel United1,91021,2912020-03-05
3,813,274Massive Darkness 2: Hellscape1,27021,7632020-08-26
3,320,196Ankh1,10723,3862020-05-05
3,410,084Zombicide: 2nd Edition1,36321,7352019-11-06
430,154Night of the Living Dead: A Zombicide Game6,318

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%.

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. Milton Griepp (April 10, 2020). "Annual Report Delayed, Trading Suspended in CMON". icv2.
  10. "Suspension of Trading" (PDF). SEHK. January 4, 2020.
  11. Kickstarter Tabletop Games / Most Funded retrieved June 13, 2015
  12. ICV2 interview with David Doust
  13. Kickstarter project list for CMON Retrieved June 13th, 2017
  14. Boardgamegeek Rivet Wars listing
  15. Boardgamegeek Guilds of Cadwallon listing
  16. Boardgamegeek Relic Knights listing
  17. Boardgamegeek Sedition Wars listing
  18. Tabletopgamingnews.com Acquisition announcement retrieved May 3rd 2013
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