Final Overstock Sale!
Over the two years since its release, various items from the 50 Years of Text Games crowdfunding campaign have made their way back to me. Some were overstock from my initial orders, or shipped back from my fulfillment partner’s warehouse; some were returned or never claimed; some were held back because of minor cosmetic damage or against a rainy day. Eventually these odds and ends grew to fill half of a closet.
Well, I need that closet space back, so I'm going to be putting up the last of the 50 Years swag for sale on Sunday May 25th at 9am PT (Pacific time) on the Aaron A. Reed web store. I wanted to give an advance heads-up about this because most of these items have been completely sold out and unavailable these last two years, and I know a few of you have really wanted them!
What will be available? A handful of copies of both the Slipcase Hardcovers (the “Collector’s Edition” from the crowdfunding campaign) as well as a few of the offset-printed hardcovers and softcovers. I also have a very small number of complete Ultimate Collector's Edition boxes left over, as well as some of the specific items from those boxes, available for individual purchase for the first (and last) time ever. If you didn't want to spring for the full UCE a few years back but really had your eye on one of those replica Adventureland cassette tapes, say, now's your chance to snag one. More info on all of these items at this link.
Here’s what will go up on the site on Sunday May 25th. NOTE that most of these items (with the exception of the posters) are in extremely small quantities, some just 2 or 3 items, so they’re likely to go fast.
Slipcase Hardcovers (the original “Collector's Edition”)
Slipcase Hardcovers with minor cosmetic damage (at significantly reduced price)
Hardcovers (the fancy black textured cover, offset print editions)
Softcovers (offset printed)
Ultimate Collector's Box, Complete
Ultimate Collector's Box, Missing Paper Punch Tape Only
Ultimate Collector Box, Just The Box (nothing inside; nice for storing smallish items)
The 50 Years of Text Game Hint Book + Secret Decoder Wand
The 50 Years Commemorative Floppy Disk
Replica “Adventureland / Pirate Adventure” Cassette Tape
Dwarf Fortress Map
Choose Your Own Adventure Map
Mind Forever Voyaging Map
A note on logistics: once you add an item to your cart, it will be held for you for 20 minutes, so need to rush through completing the transaction once you’ve got something in your cart. Also, note that these items will ship from the United States: because of my country’s idiotic posturing on tariffs, this might mean a possibility of unpredictable import duties if you have a shipping address outside the country. Note that any such duties would be in addition to the listed shipping cost, which is already fairly high for some reasons: please make any purchase decisions accordingly. (I’m sorry, and I wish this situation were different.)
There are also items from my other crowdfunding projects available (right now) on the store, including copies of my unique-for-every-reader novel Subcutanean, and swag from my most recent crowdfunding campaign (for the tabletop roleplaying game Downcrawl).
And finally: if you just want an easily accessible copy of 50 Years, rather than these specialty items, you can get the print-on-demand or digital editions right now, or read the original blog series (which remains freely available to all).
I'll send out another update once the store is live if anything remains in stock; I'd love to sell out of everything and get my closet back! Thanks for being a fan, and until next time,
--Aaron