I've got a pre-print PDF for you! Check the link in the Backer Exclusive Content at the end of the Update, :)
This is a "Full Document" screencap from last week, before it was filled with the rest of the pre-final art!
Marx delivered the edited manuscript on April 25th (the Friday after the last Update), and I generally finished the zine layout by May 6th. Less than an hour ago, Tim sent the final ship art!
What's nice too is that proofreading is finished! The Does Makes the Poison author Andrew C. Mason hopped on to proofread, and as a work trade, I'll soon be proofreading his zine, as well.
Another placeholder is the Juicy Family Co-op logo (pg. 5), a collaboration with SpicyTuna RPG's The Hands That Feed. Marco Serrano's working on that one!
To the two remaining Immortalizers: This is your last chance to work in your NPCs! I've sent multiple emails, please check your spam, :)
For the moment, I've popped in three new Scoundrels, one of which is 100% a placeholder while that Immortalizer and I work out a good time for our meeting (I'm still waiting to hear back from them. Tt's not easy, this timezone difference, lessons learned!).
Digital Assets
I've also finished the postcards, as well as digital & printable assets for Not Enough Scoundrels. The tokens look pretty good, I think, and I'm happy to get more out of Lur Noise's incredible art.
21 NPC Tokens!
The maps have three digital versions. The "maximum" player info version, with numerated layout, the layout-only version, and hull only. The printable PDFs are one 24pg packet of map variations, and set for US Letter page size (despite my A4/A5 heart, haha). The MAX version is what player crewmembers ought to be able to figure out with a scan of the ship, and is the version that appears on the postcards. There's a lil procedure in one portion of the Void Events that asks Wardens to use these maps.
Example of the printables shows highest info amount to least.
Printing Soooon
With Tim's final art in hand, I will order the test print (right after my . Unfortunately, this is a sloooooooooow process (US Printing + shipping to France) at an estimated 3 weeks. Once I have it in hand, I need to check for any necessary changes before pressing the big scary PRINT button for over 1000 zines.
When I hit the print button (maybe late June?), Violet from RV Games will open up the backer surveys. I'll provide more detail before the surveys go out, but our goal is to collect for shipping during this initial survey. In addition, you'll be able to upgrade your pledge and slap on more add-ons from the 5MW Press and RV Games catalogues.
Timeline
Blocking out the layout prior to editing really helped move this project ahead. I actually managed to gain some time on this, so we didn't fall behind at all.
As usual, here’s your monthly update to the Project Timeline:
June 2025: Print test checks & fixes
July 2025: BackerKit Surveys for shipping collections
August 2025: Fulfillment Begins
If we're lucky with the prints, we may even be able to start surveys early and begin fulfillment in July. In any case, we're definitely in the good window to stay on schedule for August fulfillment—barring catastrophe (which who knows, with this continued tariff BS).
Expect the next update, at the latest, Monday, June 23rd.
