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Though I know that it was already mentioned earlier in another thread, I wanted to make a personal mention of something starting today...
Back up a few years and it is 2010 and Steve Russell of Rite Publishing is asking me if I wanted to write up some material for inclusion in this little project called Coliseum Morpheuon, an adventure and campaign setting combined. Due to one thing or another, the project had reached an impasse and Steve needed the adventure finished and finished quickly. I said sure and then received the files that were, to that point, done for the book.
What I received was a hodge-podge of essays, locales, some new rules, and a plethora of high-powered, gonzo NPCs that had already been created. The actual adventure was, at that point, only the barest of outlines. Fast forward a couple of days and I had gone from volunteering to writing some filler, to taking over the project and agreeing to finish the book. I started out doing editorial work on the campaign world, cleaning up what was there, arranging it in a sensible order, and filling in what was missing. When that was done, I turned my attention to the actual adventure writing. For a couple of months, work on Coliseum Morpheuon occupied all of my free time, but, in the end, it was a blast to write and a privilege to have been entrusted with the completion of the end product. If I were to never work on any other adventure, I could point to Coliseum Morpheuon and say, “I have been told its one of the best adventures ever written for high level play.” (Not that the field is that huge mind you, but being king of a small pond is still rather nice.)
Well, to make a long story shorter, Coliseum Morpheuon continues to live on still today, and not just as an adventure. There was the anthology of short fiction that Steve published for it and I was privileged to have the first story in that collection. More than that, Ben McFarland, Clinton Boomer (whose idea the whole thing was in the first place), and Matt Banach all collaborated together on a supplemental adventure for the setting, “The Rabbit Hole;” and Matt Banach has also worked with Justin Sluder to write about 27 (!) more gonzo NPCs for use with Coliseum in their “Faces of the Tarnished Souk” series.
We now come to the next step in Coliseum's journey.
That's right! A whole novel set in the dreamlands, the realm of the Coliseum. On a personal level it is very gratifying to know that a world I helped fashion is going to have its own novel and I think it goes without saying that I'm going to be supporting it here very soon. But personal feelings aside, it's fantastic whenever there are well written novels that tie in with our hobby and I think it would be great to see all of you also supporting this endeavor also. I know that there are a lot of kickstarters going on, and more everyday, and that money is tight for many of us. But this project is special to Rite Publishing; it's kinda' novel (heh) for a kickstarter, and Steve and Matt aren't looking for millions in funding . I am confident that Matt is going to produce a story that is fun to read and opens up the world of dream just a little bit more for all of us. So please chip in something if you can.
Thanks!
Off to a very nice start!
In our first full day we hit 33% of our goal with $845 (goal of $2,500)with 31 days still to go.
Oh and Matt posted a teaser of Chapter 2.
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"And that's when I noticed Jax approaching on the fire-breathing plesiosaur."
Lost In Dream: a Kickstarter novel set on the Plane of Dreams, is now 45% of goal after only 4 full days ($1,140 of $2,500) with 27 days still to go.
Being the lover of fiction that I am, I am VERY excited about this one!!
-Aaron
Thanks, Itchy
Lost In Dream: a Kickstarter novel based on our work with Colsieum Morpheuon and Faces of the Tarnished Souk, is now 49% to goal after only 5 full days ($1,225 of $2,500) with 27 days still to go.
Don't forget to check out the full-sized preview chapter.
Being the lover of fiction that I am, I am VERY excited about this one!!
-Aaron
Thanks Itchy! And I just checked - we're up to 50%! Now just to get that second half...
Lost In Dream: a Kickstarter novel, is now 50% to goal! Woot! Happy Dance of joy! $1,260 of $2,500 with 26 days still to go.
A question for the board, what makes you interested or disinterested in singing up for our first novel?
Lost In Dream: a Kickstarter novel, is now 50% to goal! Woot! Happy Dance of joy! $1,260 of $2,500 with 26 days still to go.
A question for the board, what makes you interested or disinterested in singing up for our first novel?
Happy Dance of joy? Singing up for your first novel? Is this novel a musical? Or are there plans for a musical in the works? I hope that we don't have to sing to get the book!
Seriously, though, you asked, "what makes you interested in signing up for our first novel.
First, the fact that you are calling this your first novel. Implying that if it does well, there could be more in the future. I am a Pathfinder Tales subscriber because I want to support quality fantasy novel publishers, and I'm willing to put my money where my mouth is. I am signing up because if I don't and the book doesn't happen, there won't be any future books and that would make me sad.
Second, I was given a copy of Coliseum Morpheuon by my players to run when the party gets to a high enough level. I have truly enjoyed reading that book. I love that GM's are encouraged to play with the realm of dreams. Put blue squirrels in the forests. Have a room where gravity is reversed, but things still fall up to the floor when the PC's drop them. Do other weird stuff to mess with the PC's heads. This leads to my next reason:
ANYTHING can happen in the realm of dreams, and this creates a unique place where a writer can have literally anything happen in his/her story, even without bringing magic into the picture.
Third, I'm a nice guy and I like books.
If I think of any more good reasons, I'll post more later.
-Aaron
Lost In Dream: a Kickstarter novel, is now 52% to goal!! $1,290 of $2,500 with 21 days still to go. We have doing the hard part now making are way the doldrums between the first 7 days and the last 7 days, so I will be doing some fun stuff this week to promote it.
Lost In Dream: a Kickstarter novel, is now 54% to goal!! $1,340 of $2,500 with 20 days still to go. The next person to sign up at the escapist level ($25.00) or higher gets a free Rite Publishing PDF of their choice
Lost In Dream: a Kickstarter novel, is now 54% to goal!! $1,340 of $2,500 with 20 days still to go. The next person to sign up at the escapist level ($25.00) or higher gets a free Rite Publishing PDF of their choice
I'd love to! But I'm already signed up. I want to see this book!
-Aaron
Still looking for more backers for our first novel based on our products Coliseum Morpheuon and Faces of the Tarnished Souk. We are 55% to goal with 13 days to go.
Check out the full Sized preview and our promotional video.
Hey fiction fans! This Kickstarter is at 57% with 11 days to go. Let's make this novel novel happen!
-Aaron
Lost in Dream: A Kickstarter novel is 59% to goal with 10 days left to go (out of the original 30 days)!
Thanks for the help itchy.
Sadly the print options are a bit on the expensive side even without international shipping. But I'm in for pdf, and hope that this gets funded.
Glad to see you on board, [b]Thanael]/b]! I too, hope that this one funds.
Obliquely related story:
I just finished reading Alice in Wonderland to my three year old. He enjoyed it, though much of it was over his head. One of the things I have always loved about that book is how wacky everything is, and the large number of puns and plays on words throughout the book.
Just about anything can, and does happen. The Cheshire Cat vanishes and reappears. When Alice tells him, " I wish you wouldn't keep appearing and vanishing so suddenly: you make one quite giddy." He instead vanishes slowly, starting at the tail. Awesome! Lewis Carroll would have made a great GM.
All that to say that based on today's update, it looks like this book has the potential to have just as much wackiness, which I think is a good thing.
-Aaron
Lost In Dream Kickstarter Bonus Content: Any one who pledges at least $10.00 will get a free complimentary PDF copy of Five Room Dungeon: The Rabbit Hole
This adventure is written by Clinton Boomer, Ben McFarland and Matt Banach with cartography by Jonathan Roberts of Fantastic Maps.
I basically call this adventure Inception in 5 rooms.
More Bonus Content for the Lost in Dream Kicstarter: Anyone who pledges at least $10.00 will get free complimentary PDF copies of all the Fantastic Maps for the Coliseum Morpheuon by Cartographer Jonathan Roberts which includes The Clockwork Maze, Arena of Fire, Glass Ships and Icebergs and The Stepped Pyramid.
So now for $10.00 you get the Ebook, PDF adventure, and these 5 battle maps. Lost In Dream: a Kickstarter novel, is now 69% to goal!! $1,726 of $2,500 with 4 days to go
Check it out HERE
Lost in Dream Kickstarter Even more bonus content: Anyone who pledges at least $10.00 will get a free complimentary PDF copy of Paper Minis Coliseum Morpheuon and anyone who pledges at least $50.00 will get a complimentary PDF copy of Adventure Quarterly #3 (with an adventure by Lost in Dream author Matt Banach).
So now for just a $10.00 pledge you get a ebook copy of the novel, a pdf adventure, 2 pdf supplementa for the Faces of the Tarnished Souk series, printable paper minis, and 4 printable battlemaps.
For a $50.00 pledge you get all that plus a limited edition, hardcover of Lost in Dream. A PDF copy of the Coliseum Morpheuon (PFRPG) adventure/campaign setting, plus the ebook (PDF, ePub, and Kindle formats) of Coliseum Morpheuon Anthology of Dreams, a PDF copy of Adventure Quarterly #3, and your name in the special thanks credits.
Almost there.
Pitched in what I can to help, plus the bonus material is simply voluminous.
97% just $74.00 to go.
And funded!
Woo Hoo!!
I look forward to seeing this when it arrives. The bonus content doesn't hurt, either. :)
-Aaron
It all ends at noon EST tomorrow, but we have one last bonus.
Bonus Content #5: As a final bit of bonus content anyone who pledges at least $10.00 will get free complimentary PDF copies of Faces of the Tarnished Souk: Nameless Nil, the Beggar of Self which had a honorable mention for the best of 2012 by reviewer Endzeitgeist and Faces of the Tarnished Souk: Smiles-Under-the-Bed which was written entirely by author Matt Banach.
Lost in dreams is 103% to goal! But we still have just over 24 hours to go!
So now for just a $10.00 pledge you get a ebook copy of the novel, a pdf adventure, 4 pdf supplements for the Faces of the Tarnished Souk series, printable paper minis, and 4 printable battlemaps.
For a $50.00 pledge you get all that plus a limited edition, hardcover of Lost in Dream. A PDF copy of the Coliseum Morpheuon (PFRPG) adventure/campaign setting, plus the ebook (PDF, ePub, and Kindle formats) of Coliseum Morpheuon Anthology of Dreams, a PDF copy of Adventure Quarterly #3, and your name in the special thanks credits.
Successfully Funded!
I want to thank every single backer who joined us on this project.
I want to thank Matt Banach for agreeing to be the author on this,
Perry Grosshans for being the Editor (both of these guys did a great deal of work getting the sample chapter together),
I want to thank Jason Rainville for agreeing to do the cover art.
I also want to thank Andrew Betts for getting the ebook layout together for us (.mobi and epub versions).
We ended up with a 110% of our goal. I want to give some time for amazon to process backer payments. once those have all gone through I will start handing out the bonus content, probably on Monday via download links using the Kickstarter messenger service.
Steven D. Russell.
Rite Publishing