Pied Piper Publishing Product Sponsorship



Dear Prospective Sponsor:

Pied Piper Publishing is seeking sponsors for its upcoming product line which will consist of AD&Dâ„¢ compatible adventures and source books. Its first adventure release, "Cairn of the Skeleton King," will see publication within the next 60 days and this is the most current product which PPP is soliciting sponsorship for.

Product/Program Details: The 48 page adventure will be written by myself in the OLD SCHOOL style and will have color cover art and black and white interior illustrations rendered by Jim Holloway, who has produced many excellent illustrations for TSR and other fine game publishers. These will be signed and numbered limited editions and the expected print run will be no more than 500 copies. Each copy will be individually wrapped and closed with a special seal. Every level except Bronze will come with a special certificate. All participants, and at what levels they participated, will be listed in the front matter of the product under "Friends of Pied Piper Publishing." Participants may opt not to be listed. There will be no reprints of this special edition.
The sponsorship packages will be mailed as soon as the books come off the press. Details of the project's completion and the expected date of issue will be posted on all participating sites and at WWW.Pied-Piper-Publishing.com.

Thank You For Your Patronage!

Sincerely,

Robert J. Kuntz
Pied Piper Publishing


Sponsorship levels ($14.95 per copy + Shipping & Handling)

2 copies: Bronze Level, SUBSCRIBER. This carries no certificate, but includes the signed and numbered copies.

3 or 4 copies: Silver Level, SPONSOR. This includes a SILVER DRAGON Certificate signed and numbered by the author.

5 or more copies: Gold Level, PATRON. This includes a GOLD DRAGON Certificate signed and numbered by the author.

Additionally, there will be 26 RUNIC copies issued lettered A through Z and purchasable in sets of 2, 3, 4 or 5 copies:

2 copies + 20.00 additional pledge ($14.95 x2 +20.00)
3 copies +30.00 additional pledge ($14.95 x3 +30.00)
4 copies +40.00 additional pledge ($14.95 x4 +40.00)
5 copies + 50.00 additional pledge ($14.95 x5 +50.00)

This is the full FELLOWSHIP Level and comes with a GREEN DRAGON certificate.

Shipping & Handling

Domestic Mail (U.S.):
First Class Mail: 1 copy P&H-- $3.00
--for each additional copy in same order, postage-- + $1.00

Canada:
Air Mail: 1 copy P&H-- $3.00
--for each additional copy in same order, postage-- + $1.25

Overseas (All Countries):
Air Mail: 1 copy P&H-- $6.50 P&H
--for each additional copy in same order, postage-- + $1.50

(These postal rates are subject to change by the USPS)

Please query for different shipping options, but it becomes very expensive to mail to Canada or overseas when one goes above Airmail.

Reserve Issues: There will be no reserving of numbers, but I will maintain a ledger and mark each as "issued" and to whom on a first come first serve basis.

Mail Your pledges to:

Robert J. Kuntz
3704 W. Burnham St., UPPER
Milwaukee, WI 53215 USA

Electronic orders are encouraged for overseas participants. Use the
following PayPal link: [email protected]. Please note in the "notes field" your sponsorship level and current mailing address.

All orders should include your e-mail contact information.
For Inquiries: [email protected]

Pied Piper Publishing
Pathways to Enchantmentâ„¢

AD&Dâ„¢ is a registered trademark of Wizards of the Coast.

obiter wrote:I'm in.

i've already ordered and paid

UPDATE:

All special Runic Copies have been accounted for! They are sold out and we are not accepting anymore orders for them!

Sorry if you have missed out on this opportunity!!

mbassoc2003 wrote:

Deogolf wrote:UPDATE:

All special Runic Copies have been accounted for! They are sold out and we are not accepting anymore orders for them!

Sorry if you have missed out on this opportunity!!

There's always the next one. Any idea what's next?

Rob has mentioned a couple of things, but nothing really specific. That man's brain is going a mile a minute it seems!!  

There are plenty copies of the regular special signed edition still available for pre-order though!

killjoy32 wrote:

mbassoc2003 wrote:

Deogolf wrote:UPDATE:

All special Runic Copies have been accounted for! They are sold out and we are not accepting anymore orders for them!

Sorry if you have missed out on this opportunity!!

There's always the next one. Any idea what's next?

i think the way this is being done is a fab idea. everyone likes limited editions and realistically, with it being someone like Rob, and the "old school" element, youre guaranteed a success from a target source you cant go wrong with imo.

great stuff - cant wait for the next one.

Al

I just paid for my copies.  Wish I could have gotten more, but things area bit tight right now.  I'm surprised this hasn't been done before, anyone remember the discussion we had several months ago about the classic D&D artists like Otus, Roslof, Dee, Holloway, etc selling limited editions of their stuff to fanboys like us and making a bundle?  Looks like Rob has taken the plunge and I hope it pans out for him.  Can't wait for these to be completed...

Mike B .

Yep; and the various plusses from the sponsor copies give the whole start-up process a bit more oomph for small print runs.
Beats digging too deeply into one's own pockets. Nicely done.

Anyhow; so far, so good, and v.m. looking forward to seeing what Rob, Jim and Peter come up with in the final product.


(Oh, and I agree; thanks, Brian, for nudging things along with that poll request and continued pressure... erm, support ^^)

The two are not mutually exclusive. ^^

=
As I understand, Rob's project needs to get to around 300 pre-orders first; though I wouldn't have seen any particular harm in opening that to single copy pre-orders, too (other than that this first wave encourages people who might've just bought one to go for two...).
Maybe this needed to be clarified a bit further in the text, above?

Makes more business sense that way than sinking in enough money to buy a handful of woodgrains without any promise of a break-even, far less a small surplus.

If somehow the entire 500 max. gets blocked-up in twos & above (extremely unlikely) and there's no single copy pre-order at this point, give me a shout and I'll break off a copy.
(People in the UK and rest of Europe would save a bit of money collaborating on transatlantic postage, anyhow... Gone are the days, tho', of GW & co. putting in bulk orders to save us on that for low print-run material...).

Clarification incoming?

Nice to see quality rpg stuff still being produced in WI (especially my home city!!).

MShipley88 wrote:I'm ready to jump in on this...but what am I supposed to do?

Do I just send a PayPal payment to the address given?

Are single copy purchasers of the first 500 still going to get a signed copy?

Mark  

The single copies are signed and numbered. I just used PayPal to 'send money' to the '[email protected]' e-mail address. I e-mailed RJK to confirm my order and payment, and he confirmed it back to me.