The Complete "The Oracle"AD&D fanzine reprint, 1982-1983
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A bound reprint of a delightful AD&D fanzine almost single-handedly created by a teenager in the 1980s.
Backers: 331
Average Pledge Per Backer: $33
Funded: $10,886 of $1,500
Dates: Aug 18th -> Sep 17th (30 days)
Project By: tim hutchings
Backers: 331
Average Pledge Per Backer: $33
Funded: $10,886 of $1,500
Dates: Aug 18th -> Sep 17th (30 days)
Project By: tim hutchings
$10,886
current pledge level
Last Updated: September 17 @ 17:45 -0400 GMT
725%
of goal
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Latest News
Done, now we finish it. 
September 17th - via: kickstarter.com
A phenomenal success! I'll post a proper update Monday, and will keep you folks apprised of progress and invite your opinions when I have doubts. Thank you all, Tim H (Read More)
Last 24 hours, stretch goals, add-ons
September 16th - via: kickstarter.com
So we are approaching the last 24 hours of The Oracle reprint Kickstarter and, wow, this has gone very well. Thank you all. Take a moment, if you like, to share with your friends and interested parties and maybe we'll bump up another stretch goal... (Read More)
No Patreon-based Stretch Goals!
September 12th - via: kickstarter.com
Folks, I messed up and come before you shame-faced: Patreon-based Kickstarter goals are not allowed. This is lumped under the category of "Offering rewards through any other method, such as contests, is prohibited." Alas. So this Kickstarter in... (Read More)
Stretch Goal Update: The Patreon Goal now includes Sandy Petersen
September 9th - via: kickstarter.com
I'm pleased as punch to let you all know that Sandy Petersen of Chaosium fame will be joining us in recreating the imagined sixth issue of The Oracle, but only IF we make this rascally stretch goal. (Read More)
A new Stretch Goal, an amazing opportunity, EROL OTUS!
September 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
So spoke the fifth issue of The Oracle, full of hope for the future. Alas, this sixth issue never came to be. Until now. Maybe. If you help us out. Backer Sniderman made the wonderful suggestion that a difficult Stretch Goal be set with... (Read More)
Staff Picked!
September 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
According to Kickstarter we've just been declared a "Staff Pick"! That's pretty exciting. I think that we were chosen because we followed the rule that states "Don’t cover your images with badges, banners, or stamps." I'm going to celebrate by... (Read More)
Canadian Shipping
August 26th - via: kickstarter.com
I was unfamiliar with the new Kickstarter backer reward setup and I failed to turn on Canadian shipping options. Sorry about that, we are happy to ship to Canada. Use the US setting and pledge three or four extra bucks, if you don't mind, and... (Read More)
If you back ONE Kickstarter, back the Marmoreal Tomb. If you back two...
August 26th - via: kickstarter.com
So we have closed the first week of this Kickstarter with triple our goal raised - this isn't just a success for the project, it's a giant feather in the cap of the PlaGMaDA.org project. I'll confess that I was using this book project to gauge... (Read More)
The Electric Wizard cover mock-up
August 24th - via: kickstarter.com
"The Electric Wizard" is an unfinished, unreleased adventure module which was going to be released under the Eldritch Enterprises imprint - a later Bigelow publishing project. Here's a mock-up Bigelow made for the book. This, along with the... (Read More)
Tenkar's Tavern teaser! Let's find some more reviewers out there!
August 21st - via: kickstarter.com
Erik Tenkar over at Tenkar's Tavern wrote a nice little reaction to his first perusal of a PDF of The Complete The Oracle. OSR folks should be reading his blog anyways, but go over there today to see his take on the project. I like this bit the... (Read More)
Doubled the goal in less than 48 hours!
August 20th - via: kickstarter.com
I should have just asked for a thousand, that way we would have TRIPLED the goal. Or maybe I should have asked for 50k so now we'd have 100k? You are hereby rewarded with a part of the Eldritch Enterprises appendix. Jon Peterson from Playing... (Read More)
New Stretch Goals
August 20th - via: kickstarter.com
So I've introduced two new stretch goals: $3500 - I will include an appendix of high school gaming artwork, character sheets, and notes from people of a similar social background to the author. This will include work from contemporary artists Peter... (Read More)
That went fast!
August 19th - via: kickstarter.com
Clearly I need to put more stretch between the stretch goals. We blazed right past the "let's help out collecting institutions" goal and walloped the next. A new Backer Reward has been created, offering five books at a reduced rate for folks with... (Read More)
Funded in less than twenty-four hours!
August 19th - via: kickstarter.com
Wow! Funded in less than 24 hours, that's fantastic. Thank you all! Now I do the bit where I go on about stretch goals, encouraging you to pressgang your friends into some sort of super-funder gang dedicated to nothing but ensuring the world is... (Read More)
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