An indie tabletop role-playing game (TTRPG) from veteran designer Matt Colville has raised $4.6 million on BackerKit, and intends to offer an experience that's "unburdened" by the legacy of Dungeons & Dragons (D&D). The crowdfunding effort substantially exceeded its initial goal of $800,000.
Led by Colville, developer MCDM Productions' project is currently titled The MCDM RPG and promises a "heroic fantasy RPG" experience. Dispensing with the usual twenty-sided dice for which D&D is famous, The MCDM RPG promises modern innovations. Though very much still in development, Colville has revealed that the game does away with attacks that can miss antiquated initiative rules. Instead, every attack hits, and players decide for themselves the order in which their characters act in battle. This is intended to foster a sense of teamwork and drama, without "wasted turns."
