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Board game crowdfunding this autumn: Plants vs. Zombies ends on 5 November, Arkham Horror Remastered and Die Dänen
Mantic’s Plants vs. Zombies runs on Kickstarter until 5 November, Fantasy Flight reissues Arkham Horror, Feuerland is funding Die Dänen. An overview.
Besides Nemesis: Legacy, several big board game campaigns are running in autumn 2026. An overview, sorted by urgency.
Plants vs. Zombies: The Board Game (Kickstarter, until 5 November)
Mantic Games is turning the video game into a cooperative board game for 1 to 4 players. The Kickstarter campaign ends on 5 November. According to the tracking service Kicktraq, it has raised over £960,000 against a £25,000 goal from around 7,000 backers. According to GeekDad, the core game starts at $52.
Arkham Horror: Remastered (Gamefound)
Fantasy Flight Games is running its first-ever crowdfunding campaign. It reissues the 2nd edition of Arkham Horror with refreshed graphics, clearer rules text and small quality-of-life changes; the game itself stays the same. The campaign has been running on Gamefound since 21 October and, according to Brettspielbox, had passed €2.7 million on 1 November.
Other running campaigns
- Die Dänen (Feuerland Spiele, Gamefound): a standalone sequel to A Feast for Odin, at almost €800,000 according to Brettspielbox.
- Satisfactory: The Board Game (MOOD Publishing, Gamefound): over €2 million according to Brettspielbox.
We could not access the Kickstarter and Gamefound campaign pages directly, so the totals come from the sources listed and may change daily.
Update 3 November 2026: Arkham Horror ends overnight into Thursday
According to Brettspiel-News, Arkham Horror: Remastered stood at $3,663,162 from 9,003 backers on 3 November. The campaign ends on Thursday 5 November at 2am German time. According to the campaign page, delivery is expected in December 2027.
Update 4 November 2026: Plants vs. Zombies nearly done, Dice Throne Nexus finished
According to Kicktraq, Plants vs. Zombies stood at over £1.08 million from around 7,860 backers on 4 November and ends on 5 November. Dice Throne Nexus ended on 3 November: $2.2 million from 15,321 backers against a $50,000 goal. Stormlight: War for Roshar ends on 6 November at 5:59 am CET, most recently with over $3.1 million.
Update 5 November 2026: final totals
- Plants vs. Zombies: The Board Game: ended with £1,270,175 from 9,306 backers according to Kicktraq, against a £25,000 goal.
- Arkham Horror: Remastered: ended. According to the tracking service Tabletop Analytics, the campaign ended with $5,376,075 from 12,972 backers against a $300,000 goal (as of 6 Nov). There is no final total from Fantasy Flight Games itself yet.
- Die Dänen: the campaign ended on 5 November at noon. The evening before, it stood at €933,757 from 8,530 backers according to Brettspiel-News. We do not yet have a final total from a source we could check. Delivery is due to start in Asia from the third quarter of 2027, with all copies shipped by the end of 2027.
- Stormlight: War for Roshar: ended on 6 November with $3,598,781 from 14,907 backers according to Kicktraq.
Sources
- Fantasy Flight Games (Start der ersten Crowdfunding-Kampagne)
- Kicktraq (Plants vs. Zombies: The Board Game)
- GeekDad (Plants vs. Zombies, November 2026)
- Brettspielbox (Crowdfunding-News KW 44, 01.11.2026)
- Brettspiel-News (Arkham Horror Remastered, 03.11.2026)
- Kicktraq (Dice Throne Nexus)
- Kicktraq (Plants vs. Zombies, Endstand)
- Tabletop Analytics (Auswertung von Crowdfunding-Kampagnen)
- Brettspiel-News (Die Dänen, 04.11.2026)
- Kicktraq (Stormlight, Endstand)