Halifax-based game maker Vesuvius Media’s crowdfunding campaign for its latest board game has drawn US$118,563 in commitments, making it the top-grossing tabletop game on Kickstarter over the holiday season.

Vesuvius said in a statement Thursday that the campaign for the game Dwar7s Winter ended Jan. 15 with 1,689 backers. The original goal for the campaign had been US$15,000.

The statement said TabletopAnalytics.com rated Dwar7s Winter as the top-rated board game on the crowdfunding site over the Christmas period. The game also ranked in the top 10 of Kicktraq's Hot List, which includes all Kickstarter projects, during the same period, said the release.

“This is amazing!” Luis Brueh, the designer and illustrator of Dwar7s Winter, said in the statement. “We had so much fun with this campaign. We received great character ideas from backers. I loved sketching them out and bringing them to life.”

The second game in a series, Dwar7s Winter is a hand-building, worker-placement, resource-management game with tower defence elements for one to four players.

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In the first game of the series, Dwar7s Fall, players prepared for the harsh Winter while defending their kingdoms against ogres. In Dwar7s Winter, players work to survive against the elements and battle scary monsters.

“Dwar7s Fall is our most popular board game, so there was a lot of anticipation for the next season in the Dwar7s series,” said Konstantinos Manos, Vesuvius Media's CEO and Lead Game Designer. “We have a lot of work ahead of us, but we couldn't be happier.”

Dwar7s Winter was successfully funded in the first 10 hours of its crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter. Late pledges are available for a limited time in the Vesuvius Media Web Shop. Production is scheduled to start within the next few months and games are estimated to be delivered in August.

Much like Dwar7s Fall 2nd edition, Dwar7s Winter is text-free and the rulebook will be available in several languages. Players eager to get a sneak peek can play the game online on Tabletopia.com. A seven-minute quick start tutorial is available on YouTube by the Cardboard Stacker.

In December 2016, Dwar7s Fall surpassed its crowdfunding goal with 1,622 backers worldwide pledging US$82,479 during a three-week Kickstarter campaign. A third print run is now in production as it has been picked up by distributors in the United States, Brazil, France, Russia, Greece, and China.

The third and fourth games in the series, Dwar7s Spring and Dwar7s Summer, are in development.