Happy Equinox Scoundrels,

It’s been a slow month for Not Enough Scoundrels, so this is a quick update, folks.

Development notes from Josh

I got the Josh’s final notes back late last week. Most were small adjustments here and there, and the one big piece to look at boosting is the Reputation system.

Initially, the Reputation Score was a one-dimensional range, similar to how reputation works in Hull Breach, Vol. 1. Josh pointed out a simple multitrack system for Reputation that I’m going to have a go at porting into Not Enough Scoundrels. What excites me about multitrack Reputation is that this creates more dynamic stakes, and the repercussions could be utilized as tools by the players.

I’m confident I’ll have this new lil revamped section finished by the end of the week, and pass the manuscript to Marx Shepherd by March 31st at the latest! Then, it’s layout time.

Crossover Frenzy

Including Wages of Sin‘s Bounty Levels (BL) and courtroom charges, I’ve managed to collaborate with creators from every Mothership Month project. I’m excited that Not Enough Scoundrels includes NPCs, items, factions, and other Easter Egg references to these projects. Other than fun copyediting formatting (read: not fun), checking the manuscript for all 20 references (actually fun) is one of the last steps for the manuscript before copyediting!

Speaking of last steps…

Immortalized Scoundrels

After my early March call out to our ten top level backers. I heard back from three people, and was able to meet with two to create Scoundrels for the 1d100 Scoundrels table. Meet Void Atlas and Thunder:

Void Atlas. He/they. Brick house. All black wool turtleneck, pilled and worn, puffs his black beard over pinchable cheeks and missing earlobe. “I got the latest Outer Rimming boxes in. Slip ’em ’tween the Super Neutron comix.” Winks.

Thunder. He/they. Brows furrow under strong widow’s peak. Straight black hair like silk drapes falls over this large lad’s shoulders. “Triple pay, no bullshit. But ONLY if you bring me a cryopod. With a tasty treat inside.” Licks teeth.

Me being on Paris time—a six hour difference from EST, and nine hours from the west coast—does not make my calendar very appealing to most folk, hah, so I think I’ll likely have to wake up in the middle of the night to work out these other Scoundrels.

Immortalizers, keep an eye on your email and let’s get this manuscript to Marx, :)

Timeline

Copyediting is next up, then it’s the fun task of throwing the text into layout. Layout comes with its own rounds of edits, too. There’s always a sentence too long here, or a dangling word that needs to be pulled up. Like I’ve mentioned before, I have a character limit for each table entry I need to stick to. It’s a laborious process, but pretty fun and very satisfying.

Again, here’s an update to the Project Timeline:

April 2025: Copyediting & Layout
May 2025: Layout & Digital Assets
June 2025: Proofreading
July 2025: Print tests
August 2025: Fulfillment Begins

Next Update

The next update for Not Enough Scoundrels is coming your way on April 21st. I’m looking forward to sharing pre-proofread example spreads next month! Images make the updates a bit more exciting, eh?

All best,

Chris Airiau

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