The dust has settled: Next Steps for Not Enough Scoundrels
Hello folks,
To all 1,266 of you, thanks a million! Literally! Mothership Month as a whole made 1mcr, it's incredible!
I am very thrilled that so many folk made such a sh...
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Chris Airiau (5MW Press)
9 days ago
24hrs left, Final Stretch Goal Hit! + MoSh Madness GRAND FINAL
Hey you buncha lovable scoundrels!
Thank you all SO MUCH for making this modest Mothership supplement such a success! I am beyond thrilled that, having been Warden to...
Heya folks,
Mothership Month is entering its final 48 hours! After that, the Backer Train comes into effect!
As long as one person backs one of the 21 Mothersh...
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Chris Airiau (5MW Press)
12 days ago
MoSh Madness Loser's Bracket 2
Hey folks,
First Loser's Bracket put Snake Plissken into the finals with Han Solo and Amos Burton!
The next one-day round starts now to see who the last of the...
Hello folks,
If you missed it, I have been releasing interviews with Mothership Month creators:
• R.A. Creedon & Elliot Norwood
• Julius Karajos, Andre...
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Chris Airiau (5MW Press)
17 days ago
MoSh Madness Semi-Finals, East Bracket
Hey folks,
We have our first Scoundrel finalist, Spike!
I must say, this whole tournament has been one surprise after another for me! If there was a betting p...
To all 1,266 of you, thanks a million! Literally! Mothership Month as a whole made 1mcr, it's incredible!
I am very thrilled that so many folk made such a show out for my humble 32 page zine! Like I said before, it's very invigorating to see my creative efforts hit the right vein for folks into Mothership RPG. So again, thank you all!
Visiting new worlds every month.
If you'd like to keep up to date on other projects I'm working on, I run a monthly newsletter called 5 Million Worlds: Rokaner Reports. I chat game design, interview other creators, and release small games/supplements in support of my upcoming space adventure game, 5 Million Worlds RPG (hence 5MW Press, hah). In 2025, the newsletter schedule is bumping up by one day to release on the 28th of every month.
BackerKit State of Affairs
A whopping 97% of pledges went through just fine. BUT if you are one of those 46 people whose payment transaction failed (like mine did for two projects; my bank did NOT like all those transactions coming at once, haha), you have until December 26th, 10 AM PST to correct your credit card information. Perhaps you may have to communicate with your bank to explain what BackerKit is, like I had to, and ask them not to block transactions.
Backerkit will attempt the transaction again on December 19th and December 26th. If you miss this window, you won't lose your place, but you will have to wait until the Pledge Manager is set up to correct the information and make your pledge payments.
The Pledge Manager will only open shortly before shipping and fulfillment is ready to go. At that point, you'll be able to adjust your pledges and shop through the add-ons from the RV Games catalogue.
Not Enough Scoundrels project progress
I have not been idle this month! Today, I'm turning the latest revision of the manuscript over to Josh Domanski of Liminal Horror RPG fame. Josh was part of a writer's workshop Christian Sorrell ran in early 2024. He was an early feedback reader of Twisting Unseen (forthcoming) and When in Rome, the latter he also served on as proofreader. Josh has a precise critical eye and a great skill of giving actionable feedback, so I am eager to read his thoughts on the spacecrawl, new ship types, and receive punch-up notes for the many tables.
During the holidays, I'll be finalizing the art briefs to hand over to Carly A-F and Lur Noise to kick off the New Year. I've already turned in art briefs to Tim Zygor, and I should be able to share some of those ship sketches in January, if not samples from all three artists!
Plan on hearing from me once a month. I want to keep these updates regular without spamming y'all. When the project starts hitting fulfillment, though, you'll hear from me a bit more often to communicate pledge manager set-up, shipping information, payment and shipping dates, all that.
That's all for now. Take care folks, and happy holidays.
Thank you all SO MUCH for making this modest Mothership supplement such a success! I am beyond thrilled that, having been Warden to 100+ sessions Mothership 1E, y'all value my campaign insights in this zine so much. This zine has a lil of something for every table, I think, and makes bridged connections to other modules, both first party TKG games and the third party publishers all that much smoother, :)
So again, Thank You!!
Stretch Goals
With ~24 hours left in the campaign, we have hit the final stretch goal! All physical zines will receive anti-scuff matte lamination. Just check out all these stretch goals we've hit!
Also, if you back Devil's Due at the physical level, our campaigns have freebies for all physical backers of both projects. Now's the time to upgrade your pledge from digital, if you're on the fence!
MoSh Madness Tourney
Well, trusty ol' Han Solo swept the Loser's Bracket Finals to take the title of Mothership Month 24 Favorite Sci-Fi Underdog.
Now the final vote is on for the Mothership Month 24 Favorite Sci-Fi Scoundrel CHAMP between Spike Spiegel and Mal Reynolds! Who's gonna take the Mosh Madness tourney?
Mothership Month is entering its final 48 hours! After that, the Backer Train comes into effect!
For example, above, there's 33 seconds before the Backer Train derails!
As long as one person backs one of the 21 Mothership Month projects within 10 minutes of the previous backer, the Backer Train keeps growing and all 21 Mothership Month campaigns keep going! Also if current backers increase their pledge, or add an Add-on to their pledge, Backer Train keeps chuggin' along!
Recent ttrpg project The Between broke the record for longest Backer Train with 1300 new backers over 48 hours after the campaign's "official" end. I think Mothership fans can break this record, but as we've seen with my MoSh Madness Tourney, perhaps I'm lucky I'm not a betting man, hahah.
MoSh Madness Loser's Bracket Underdog Champ Vote!
And with our nasty pal Zeephod Beeblebrox taking the second loser's round, we're off to the Underdog Finals!
Another close one!
Now, on to the finals for vote for the Sci-Fi Scoundrel Underdog!
