We’re releasing the Wages of Sin Backer Draft v0.1 today! You should be receiving an e-mail shortly, otherwise just login to your backerkit account and you'll find it. This version contains all content everything except the ODC Prison Complex section at the end of the book. A few diagrams and maps are still in progress, but the rest of the book is ready for your eyes. I'm gonna pass things over to our Creative Director, Adam, who can explain more about the draft:
Hi backers! I’m Adam, Creative Director at TKG and first off I’ve got to thank y’all. The success of Wages & Mothership Month is what helped Sean and Alan feel confident enough to bring me on full-time, so cheers to all of you. I’m super excited for you to get your hands on this (and to see what we have coming…)
Wages is a beast. When the manuscript was handed off to me at the beginning of the year, I knew I had something incredible in my hands. We thought it might be a 200-page book at first. Nope! At 320+ pages (and counting), Wages of Sin has nearly as many pages as the entire Mothership catalog combined, and definitely has more NPCs and location maps.
As mentioned in a previous update, you'll see some elements in this draft that are marked "scan incomplete", etc. Sean and I will be tag-teaming the remaining visuals throughout the rest of the month, but we wanted to get the majority of the content in your hands in the meantime. Just in time for your traditional 4th of July Mothership-by-fireworks sessions.
Additionally, and critically, the book has not gone through PDF remediation yet. So the final version will have hyperlinks and be optimized for PDF readers, etc.
Where do I find the download?
You'll receive an e-mail link, but if you don't, then you should check your Backerkit Survey. To find that you can search your e-mail, or click on your profile picture on the Backerkit website > Your pledges & Surveys > Your Surveys > Mothership: Wages of Sin > Go to page: Digital Downloads > Wages of Sin Backer Draft > Download. If you have trouble, be sure to e-mail Tyler for support.
Inside front cover, featuring all the bounties in the book.
Feedback
Okay so! We’re sharing this draft now so you can start reading and send us any feedback, notes, or proofreading catches you may have.
We’ve set up a Google Form to collect all your notes in one place. That’s the best place to leave your thoughts—not in the comments, Discord, or via email—since we’ll be reviewing all responses together and organizing them for final edits.
We're getting close to the end now, so we’ll update the Backer Draft file with the ODC content once it’s finalized, and send another update when that’s ready.
Thanks again for your support, and as always, reach out to Tyler at [email protected] if you need anything.
Looks like I rolled poorly on the Port Event table (pg. 13); the shipment of the Hyperlane Logistics Union patches were delayed due to error on the manufacturers part, and are set to arrive next week (July 29) at the RV Games warehouse. We are still set to hit the campaign promise of fulfillment in August, though I gotta admit I'm quite bummed to lose 2d5 weeks between the late test print and patches.
The good news is that the surveys are coming this week. Backers will be able to upgrade their pledges (including those without rewards in the $1 tier), and grab add-ons.
You must complete the survey to get your rewards, including the final digital files. Please keep an eye out for the email this week. Once we hit 80-90% in survey responses, we'll send out the final digital files, including the bookmarked & hyperlinked PDF, digital asset folders, and a lil secret bonus, ;)
Updates will now start occurring more often. Next one will be later this week, around the same time as you receive the surveys. Talk soon!
All best, Chris Airiau
P.S. Oh, it was my birthday this weekend, and I have a 39% off digital bday sale still going on over at itch on my Mothership backlog through Monday til midnight (EST), if you're interested in nabbing some digital modules. When in Rome, BioCryo, and Unseen City will also be available physically in the survey add-ons.
Ever wondered what 2,000 Johnsons look like, all in one place?
yes I know, I got these shelving units from a warehouse clearance and the height of the shelves is whack and they need rearranging
Last weekend, the Johnson crew got together to handle 850 orders and get them ready for shipping.
Me, and the two writers of Johnson Squared: Sam and Josh, in the Peregrine Coast Press studio
We're glad to say that we handed over 850 orders last week (at least those who filled in their surveys by the 2nd of July) so lucky UK folks might start receiving them as soon as today! The others will be travelling over sacred and terrible air and arriving in your respective countries over the next few weeks.
Customer Service Bits To account for delays and customs and whatnot, please only send us an email if your book hasn't arrived within 30 days after today. If your book arrives and it's dinged up, we got your order wrong, or you want to send us a photo of your Johnson in your hands, please get in touch at [email protected] and either Jamila or myself will get back to you.
You can join our Discord via the link: https://discord.gg/apbfB5AUw2 and we're on most social media under Peregrine Coast Press. We're really excited to see books arriving with folks so please do tag us in any posts on social media!
Addendum As is always the case with projects like this, you only ever notice mistakes once it's too late to do anything about them. Just as a heads up: the book mentions that there's an access card system on the station. Each NPC has an access card listed in their description, but we accidentally left out the access level needed to access each part of the station. It's mostly set dressing as the Crewmembers immediately get an all-access card when they take the job on so this accidental omission shouldn't have a huge effect on your game, but we'll be releasing a fix in the PDF version soon just in case.
Thanks, and chat soon, Eryk and the Johnson Squared team
Just a quick one from me to say that the book is meant to look like that! I've had a few emails from folks asking if the printing is defective and I wanted to clarify that we printed the book using what's known as Swiss Binding. Because our page count is higher than staples can tolerate, I made the call to use swiss binding - it means the book can lay flat and you get to see the cool blue thread we used for the stitching. I thought that was a better option than perfect binding, which can be a bit of a pain to keep open when using at the table.
Really happy to see more and more books arriving with you!
Hey folks, Ryan apologizes profusely, but there is more bookkeeping on our end before charging for shipping. We'll give you 48 hours' notice. As way of apology, we have a little somethin-somethin special for the backers to check out.
Some of you may have already heard that ARKYVR has been nominated for Best Supplement at the ENNIES this year. It's such an honor to be recognized by my peers and hold the same category alongside several titans of the industry. I won't lie, Alewood Games is a tiny publishing company and the chance of actually winning is majorly stacked against us.
That being said... it would be pretty neat to win. So, I'm letting ya'll know that voting has officially opened today and will go until July 20th.
Timing works out great as I'm putting the final touches on the OMENDROME zine and I will be sending out both ARKYVR and OMENDROME PDFs this weekend! I've sent in for a 2nd printing of ARKYVR and made a few tiny cosmetic fixes, so you all will be getting the PDF of the newest version of ARKYVR.
Thanks again to everyone for supporting my games, I'll post again very soon when we begin locking shipping addresses and shipping fees. Stay safe and happy gaming!
Digital rewards are out and available to all backers who locked their orders AND paid any outstanding add-on/tier fees. All ARKYVR supporting documents are free and can be found on the itch page here: https://alewoodgames.itch.io/arkyvr
I'll start locking addresses and charging for shipping by the end of this week, of course, I'll be sending 24 hour notifications before this begins. Have a great weekend!
