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
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Computing
* SUPER (computer program), or Simplified Universal Player Encoder & Renderer, a video converter / player
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in 2011 and
Zombicide
''Zombicide'', is a collaborative adventure board game with a modern zombie theme, created by Guillotine Games. It was launched on Kickstarter by publisher CoolMiniOrNot and raised $781,597 from 5,258 backers.
In the game, each player controls ...
in 2012.
Some of its games are critically acclaimed, with three games (Xenoshyft, Rum and Bones and Blood Rage) making
The Dice Tower
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'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
Kickstarter is an American public benefit corporation based in Brooklyn, New York, that maintains a global crowdfunding platform focused on creativity. The company's stated mission is to "help bring creative projects to life". As of July 2021, ...
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.
Other activity
Tabletopgamingnews.com
CoolMiniOrNot acquired Tabletopgamingnews.com in 2011
Tabletopgamingnews.com Acquisition announcement retrieved May 3rd 2013
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Ravage USA
CoolMiniOrNot publishes the English language edition of Ravage magazine.
Crystal Brush painting competition
The company also organizes an annual miniature figure painting
Figure painting, or miniature painting, is the hobby of painting Miniature figure (gaming), miniature figures and/or model figures, either as a standalone activity or as a part of another activity that uses models, such as role-playing games, Wa ...
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
External links
* {{Official website, www.cmon.com
Tabletopgamingnews.com
Ravage USA
Crystal Brush official site
KA , Board Game News
Companies based in Fulton County, Georgia
Gaming miniatures companies
Board game publishing companies
Internet properties established in 2001