Epic Slant Press is pleased to announce that The Guild Leader’s Companion 2nd Edition Kickstarter is now under way! Kickstarter offers fans and content creators the unique opportunity to collaborate on projects that they are excited about. Anyone that supports the GLC2e will receive special rewards that will not be available in any other venue. These rewards are also only going to be around for a limited time (40 days to be exact). Epic Slant Press has created some unique and exciting rewards for the GLC2e project that we hope the community will be excited about!
You can find The Guild Leader’s Companion 2nd edition project on Kickstarter!
What is the Guild Leader’s Companion 2e?
The GLC2e is the latest book by Adam “Ferrel” Trzonkowski. It is an expansion on his first book The Guild Leader’s Companion and is a collection of knowledge and experiences from Ferrel’s career as a guild leader. The GLC contains a detailed account of the numerous intricacies that go into running a player organization and strategies for dealing with the day to day challenges a leader may face. The second edition has been reformatted, reworked, and massively expanded in content. It has been significantly refined and contains 30% more content! Within the pages of The Guild Leader’s Companion 2e fans will find the same great information as before and a whole lot extra!
You can find more details about The Guild Leader’s Companion on its Epic Slant Press product page.
The Rewards
Pledge $5 or more
Ferrel will sing your praises and raise awareness of your blog, project, Kickstarter, or website via a Tweet, Facebook post, and Google+ comment. Three bumps for the price of one!
Pledge $10 or more
The above reward plus… Epic Slant Press will permanently add your name and/or your blog, project, or website* to the supporters section of The Guild Leader’s Companion 2e product page (120 character limit) and send you the ePub (eBook readers) version of the book. *Some restrictions may apply (IE no adult content or link farms).
Pledge $20 or more
The above rewards plus… Epic Slant Press will send you an autographed copy of The Guild Leader’s Companion 2e paperback. Supporters outside North America please add an additional $10 for shipping.
Pledge $30 or more
The above rewards plus… Silver Supporter status: Epic Slant Press will add your name and/or blog, website, or project to the silver supporter’s page inside The Guild Leader’s Companion 2e (30 character limit). Supporters outside North America please remember to add an additional $10 for shipping the paperback.
Pledge $50 or more
The $5 & $10 rewards plus… Silver Supporter status: Epic Slant Press will send you an autographed copy of The Guild Leader’s Companion 2e hardback and add your name and/or blog, website, or project to the silver supporter’s page inside the book (30 character limit). Supporters outside North America please add an additional $15 for shipping.
Pledge $65 or more
The $5, $10, & $50 rewards plus… Gold Supporter status: Epic Slant Press will add your name and/or blog, website, or project to the gold supporter’s page inside The Guild Leader’s Companion 2e (60 character limit). Supporters outside North America please remember to add an additional $15 for shipping the hardback.
Pledge $100 or more
The $5, $10, & $50 rewards plus… Gold Supporter status: Epic Slant Press will add your name and/or blog, website, or project to the gold supporter’s page inside The Guild Leader’s Companion 2e (60 character limit) and send a second autographed copy of The GLC2e hardcover to anyone you like (we’ll even put that person in the silver supporter section). Supporters outside North America please remember to add an additional $30 for shipping the hardbacks.
Pledge $275 or more
The $5, $10, $50, & $65 rewards plus… Gold Supporter status: Epic Slant Press’s Amanda Martin will draw a black and white image of a character of your choice to be included in The Guild Leader’s Companion 2e. You’ll also receive a glossy print of your image in your rewards package. Supporters outside North America please remember to add an additional $15 for shipping the hardback.
Pledge $500 or more
The $5, $10, $50, $65, & $250 rewards plus… Platinum Supporter status: Epic Slant Press will immortalize your player organization (ie: guild, clan, corp, kinship, etc) inside The Guild Leader’s Companion 2e. Ferrel will come visit you and your friends via voice chat to talk about who you are, what your organization does, and what you’d like the world to know about it. Your name and/or blog, website, or project, will be added to the platinum supporter’s page inside the GLC2e. Your player organization will receive a full page in the appendix that details what Ferrel learned about it during the interview and information on how other players can find it.
Pledge $3000 or more
The $5, $10, $50, $65, $250, & $500 rewards plus… Diamond Supporter status: Spend a convention with Ferrel and Epic Slant Press*! Each year ESP attends two conventions and you can be a part of the excitement! You will receive accommodations in one of the convention’s sponsor hotels, a full show ticket, meals with Ferrel, and your very own monogramed Epic Slant Press golf shirt. In addition to the convention package Ferrel will dedicate The Guild Leader’s Companion 2e to you as the sole diamond supporter. The convention offer is valid for three years and you can choose to attend any one convention that Epic Slant Press is attending with advanced notice. The sponsor is responsible for their transportation to and from the convention.
What is Kickstarter?
Kickstarter is a funding platform for content creators that allows them to directly receive support from their fans. Fans will receive special rewards from the content creators in exchange for their support. In many ways Kickstarter is like a “pre-purchase” system with the key difference being that the items supporters receive will likely never be available anywhere else.
Kickstarter projects are created with a financial goal in mind. This goal is set by the content creator and is based on what is necessary to bring their work to market successfully. The project is also given a set duration and must reach its financial goal within that time frame. When an individual pledges to support a project no money is exchanged. Money will only be exchanged if the project has successfully met its goal by the end of the time frame that is set. If the project does not succeed no money is ever exchanged.