Hiya folks,

As a few of you noticed, yesterday Devil's Due and Not Enough Scoundrels launched mid-campaign cross-collab freebies! All physical backers of both projects get a 100% embroidered iron-on patch from 5 Million Worlds Press (that's me), and ten die-cut stickers from The Azimuth Gang (that's Devil's Due).

Algernon Astronautics is the shipyard corporation responsible for odd, novelty ship types such as the Pelican-X2 Trade Scout in Not Enough Scoundrels, a sorta pelican-looking spaceship. They're also the manufacturer behind The Six-Shooter and The Big Top, each stolen by two different pirate crews in Devil's Due. I'll let you guess what those look like, haha!

The mask stickers are ballo in maschera Venetian Carnevale masks worn by the pirate crew Dark Arcana, recently featured in an Actual Play on The Weekly Scroll (coming soon YT). Each one has its own exciting specialties, if players are (un)lucky enough to come across one.

That means if you already have backed both at the physical level, you'll get these! If you'd like to pledge or upgrade, you can do that on the Devil's Due page or the Not Enough Scoundrels page!

Well, I feel bad for Allison Reilly, but I should have expected that. (It's a great book, if you get the chance to snag it. I'm a huge fan of C.J. Cherryh, and this book takes in the years following The Company Wars!)

This poll ends the first round, and then we'll enter the Semi-Finals! After those, we'll hit the Loser's Bracket, pitting the 2nd place Scoundrels against each other to find the Underdog Champ.

Oh! And I'll be at Dragonmeet this Saturday, over at The Lost Bay Studio booth, B6/C6 on the first floor. If you're in London, come say hi, :)

All best,
Chris Airiau