ENShook wrote:Got out a large number of the remaining back log of orders... [snip]Will complete the rest Sunday, with some of the most recent orders being processed on Thursday, making Pied Piper entirely caught up, but for the out of stock product.
dcas wrote:You know, the AD&D trademark has actually lapsed . . . so wouldn't it be cool to create an OSRIC knockoff called Accidental Death & Dismemberment, so that products could be called "AD&D compatible"?
Deogolf wrote:Talked to Rob and Allan yesterday while attending Mr. Gygax's funeral. Sounds like they shipped approximately 50 orders yesterday. So, hopefully, this will all be wrapped up soon.
sauromatian wrote:Wow, sounds like a something out of The Godfather. Scene One: Aging mafiosos meet at a funeral. They spend a few moments introducing grandkids, but then turn in hushed tones to business, holding a sit-down to get some things sorted out while ethnic music plays in the background [for gamers this should probably be Rush rather than opera].Scene Two: Cut to a delivery truck filled with copies of Bottle City being ambushed by tommy-gun wielding thugs. The music from Scene One continues to a Neil Peart-driven crescendo as the driver's body is riddled with bullets.Scene Three: Intrepid but mild-mannered reporters for The Daily Acaeum type furiously as superimposed headlines spin in view. "There's something about all this which just doesn't add up, Muffy," one reporter says portentously to the other. Scene Three: A dice bag filled with anchovies is dropped on a table. "It's an old gamer gesture," says the crusty & wizened DM. "It means that Bottle City sleeps with the Kuo-Toa."
Deogolf wrote:Thug #1: "Hey, Boss! I tink deese guys are onta us!"Thug#2: "You knoze whatcha gotta do!"
Geoffrey wrote:Since the trademark on AD&D has lapsed, then what is to prevent anyone from publishing products that boldly state right on the front cover "for use with AD&D"?
Aneoth wrote:Still later we learned that PPP was being run by one person; Rob, with no one else having any control as far as delivery of the product. Later on we learned that none of the customers was personally contacted by Rob or anyone else at PPP as to the status of the PAID for product. All such news was through fan sites and RPG web Forums.
bclarkie wrote:Yep, mine came today as well. Suprisingly enough it has a post mark date of March 8th....Thanks for the help Eric getting this stuff out.
burntwire brothers wrote:Well we finally received our LE copies today. There was obviously a printing error on the SEs because they also state a price of $150 on the back cover.
Blackmoor wrote:So what was the difference between the LE and SE?