"Operation Golden Cut" is a sci-fi horror adventure for Mothership RPG. Navigate a war-torn mining moon, steal valuable cache of gold amidst brutal corporate conflict, and survive the horrors of human greed and warfare.
Welcome to Operation Golden Cut, a military heist sci-fi horror adventure for the Mothership RPG. The war-torn moon of Bonaccio is a nightmare of violence and betrayal, with two mega-corporations locked in a deadly conflict over a mysterious metal simillar to gold, "FiboGold," which, due to its unique molecular structure, is valued way more then the old shiny metal itself.
You and your crew are not here to choose sides and be pawns in corporal chess; you're here to steal as much of it possible and get out safely.
It will be a brutal horror showcasing human suffering and greed amidst war-torn scenes with a lust for riches. It will be an action anti-war drama combined with a heist twist.
The Setting
Bonaccio is no ordinary battlefield. The moon's surface is a desolate wasteland of black obsidian and molten gold rivers, constantly bombarded by golden lightning from miles-high storm clouds. The air is toxic, and death lurks around every corner. Both the Lás Medulas family corporation and the mercenary forces of CFL wage a brutal war, fighting for control of this precious resource amidst the chaos, without any remorse for human suffering.
Operation Golden Cut is a military heist scenario and it contains a lot to offer to make this an action driven, problem solving cacophony of human greed, suffering and occasional heroism an unforgetable experience.
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The module is a softcover saddle-stitched zine, US half letter size (5.5×8.5 inches) with 30+ pages, which will contain:
🎖️ Expanded character options to create a proper miliatry unit from your rag-tag group of greenhons. Multi-use military equipment, survival tools and of course, list of 🏵️mercenary patches to give you that spark of inspiration to create your own badass.
Dynamic battlefield on military themed 🗺️ map with 25 keyed locations, which changes itself as the unit progresess along the map into enemy teritory and with the time passed on their way.
🏭 Factory-dungeon with six levels/rooms to act as a centerpiece for finale and to change the scenery from obsidian bomb-teared fields to machine filled death trap.
Evolving ⛖ Random encounter table which propels this explosive soldier sandbox to action. With additional 🌆 Atmospheric background table to make each encounter unique.
⚔️ Random unit generator complete with their structure, gear, character, names and portraits. And not to overlook innocent bystanders, there are also 👫 20 non-soldier NPCs to give color to adventure and provide you with an opportunity to paint the moon red.
Three extra tables to give you more tools to your arsenal. One gives you ten 💣 unique Grenades, each with its own creative ways to use. Next one is simillar, but about some 🏗️ scifi mining equipment and machines to exploit in unexpected ways. And last one is giving you 💥 gruesome inspiration on how to show us, humans, how cruel and evil we can be, if given a chance and tools of death.
Operation Golden Cut and The Iron Hive are teaming in a Cross-Collab to bring even more content to our shared backers! If both campaigns reach their funding goals, anyone who backs both projects will receive exclusive bonus content at no extra cost.
Backers will get 3 index-card-sized, plug-n-play extras featuring content designed to integrate elements from The Iron Hive into Operation Golden Cut. You can use these extras as intended or incorporate them wherever you like!
Initially, this reward will be available in Digital form. However, once we reach a combined total of 150 backers, it will be upgraded to a Physical reward! We both have several concepts available and it will be up to you, cross-collab backers, to decide which you want to see! The voting will be run through the campaign.
Digital Only ( 13 USD | 11.96 EUR | 138.84 SEK | 10.01 GPB | 19.76 AUS | 18.07 CAD)
This version will include PDF of the Zine and all unlocked Stretch Goals. If you are aplicable for Early Bird and Collective Reward, you will get them in png/pdf version.
Print version (19 USD | 17.48 EUR | 202.92 SEK | 14.63 GPB | 28.88 AUS | 26.41 CAD) This is the Zine in print and in PDF. It will include all unlocked Stretch Goals. If you are aplicable for Early Bird and Collective Reward, you will get them both in png/pdf version and Physical.
Deluxe version (33 USD | 30.36 EUR | 352.44 SEK | 25.41 GPB | 50.16 AUS | 45.87 CAD) This is a Deluxe verison of the Zine. It will include all items from Print version and: + big print of the map + patch "Operation Golden Cut" + in-game pamphlet giving more background about Mercenary corp CFL, with extra gameable material (hooks, equipment, etc.)
10 military vehicles with stats This will be an addition to the zine with 5-10 pages of Military vehicles (example: Gun truck, Armored car, remote Gun platform, Spider tank, Self-propelled Artillery, etc.) with stats for Mothership and maybe some Upgrade options/Weapon choices.
Pre-made soldier NPCs in addition to Soldier generator Four (or six) pre-made NPC (two pages added to zine) with names, motivations, side-queste and portraits to spice up the game in style of Gradient Descent/A Pound of Flesh modules.
Soundtrack Isiolia, creator for music for trailer, will create more atmospheric music for the adventure. And I will also commision several other musicians, to create a full OST for the module.
In-Universe References To help build an interconnected universe for Wardens to dive into, Syndicate Wastrels and a number of other campaigns are inserting cross-references and easter eggs into their random tables and side content that will allow you to organically (or accidentally!) link between products. Check them out below!
Worldwide shipping will be organized by RV Games via ShipBob.
The following table shows estimated shipping rates. These are only estimates and can change between now and fulfillment.
Shipping fees will be collected after the campaign through the Pledge Manager.
Shipping Estimates for Operation Golden Cut
Pledge Manager
RV Games will be using BackerKit as a pledge manager once the campaign is complete. We will be using a feature called Auto-lock and Charge that will lock your order and charge you for shipping and add-ons when you complete your survey. For this reason, you will end up receiving your survey a little later than you may be used to, surveys will go out once products have arrived at the warehouse.
Add-Ons
After the campaign, you will be able to purchase add-ons from RV Games back catalog, a selection of third party ttrpg zines and books, and a small selection of gaming accessories. Add-ons that contain more than just print material will need to pay VAT in the UK. Shipping is included in the price of the add-ons purchased through BackerKit except for heavier items. These heavier add-ons have a $5 USD (55 SEK, $7 CAD, 4£ GBP, 5€ EUR, $8 AUS) shipping surcharge.
I expect to have the module done, printed and at your place in maximum 8 months. This is also with some extra time for unexpected delays. So, there is a high propability that it will be even sooner.
Operation Golden Cut is fully written and now is going through playtests and editing. Cover art is done, internal art by me is half-way done.
Most of stretch goals are 50-80% done, so that should not impact the schedule too much.
After the campaign I will work on layout, but main composition is done.
The RV Games are quite skilled in fullfilling, so no delays are expected in that also.
So, there is little risk for any delays in general.
Writing and Illustrations: Julius "kin" Karajos from Krakenhund studio: Small time creator and big fan of rpg´s and horror in general. https://krakenhund-studio.itch.io/ @krakenhund-studios.bsky.social
Distribution and Fulfillment: RV Games
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