As mentioned on the campaign page (and in previous updates), The cut-off date for completing your survey and paying your shipping is coming up very soon.
If you don't complete your survey and pay for you shipping by August 10 2025, you'll be partially refunded, and your zine will be put up for general sale. They can't collect dust on my shelves forever.
New Project(s)
I'm happy to announce one of my next campaigns, Eight Short of a Dozen, as part of Mausritter Month. Give the teaser page a peep, and (if you're so inclined) perhaps even a follow.
If you're unfamiliar with Mausritter, it's a pint-sized fantasy game where you play as mouse-adventurers. It shares a lot of the same play philosophy as Mothership, and the full rulebook is free, so give it a look! Mausritter was one of the the first games to get me into this hobby, and the first system I ever wrote an adventure for, so it has my Norgad stamp of approval.
Creep through less-than-abandoned mineshafts, seek a seer atop a sombre gravestone, flee a treetop tea party without becoming cinders, and get caught in the crossfire of a raid upon a bomb-turned-vault in this bundle of mouse-sized adventures!
On top of that — and please keep this a secret — I may or may not be working on another project as well, for a certain Mothership-related Month. More info on this soon, so keep your eyes peeled ;)
Shipping Check-In
All the physical zines should have arrived by now. If your zine hasn't arrived yet, please fill out the form linked in the backers-only section of this update (at the bottom) and I'll get in touch to sort things out. The form closes on August 9, 2025.
I've sent out the first wave of zines (about 360 envelopes)! That was a LOT of packing!!
The packing team hard at work.
If you haven't filled out your survey, or haven't paid your shipping, be sure to get onto that ASAP!
As a reminder, if you don't send through your shipping info within the next two months, I'll need to refund your zine (they can't live at my house forever). Please check the timeline section of the campaign page for more information.
Zines should take 2–4 weeks to arrive, depending on where you live. If you like, leave a comment when your zine arrives, to let people know if the zines are getting close to their country/state.
Digital Keys
Digital files have also been sent out, check your emails (and spam folder) if you haven't found yours yet.
If you've already given the module a read-through and thought it was good (or bad), be sure to share the word, leave a comment on the itch.io page, or perhaps even write a review? (Nova from Playful Void has already recorded her thoughts about Brackish on her blog, check it out).
Anyway, that's all from me for the next wee while. Thanks again for backing Brackish, and I hope to see you again soon for Mothership Month and Mausritter Month. Big stuff in the pipeline.
Everything's arrived and ready, time to pack and ship everything. If you haven't filled out your survey and successfully had your card charged by now, you've missed first wave shipping. Once all of wave 1 is shipped, I'll ship any further orders that trickle in in one-week groups.
P.S. Check your emails, I've just sent through all the download keys. Brackish will go up for digital sale tomorrow when I wake up (so in like, 12ish hours). If you like the module, please leave a comment on the itch.io page.
I've just gotten the second round of proofs back from the printer (the first proofs were evil and freaky); I'm happy with the new proof and have signed off on the full print run of everything.
What mysteries could this tome hold?
All going according to plan, I'll be locking addressees and charging cards today, then shipping everything out this weekend (June 14–15).
What you need to do now ‼️🚨🫡
If you backed at the digital level:
You don't need to do anything. You will receive your download codes via email this weekend.
If you backed at any of the physical levels:
Double check your survey is filled out: even if you think you already did it, it may have just been a dream. If you don't fill out your survey, I can't send you your zine(s). There are still 19 of you in this category 😠
Make sure your card is ready for the shipping charge (this probably only applies to people using debit cards). Be ready for a 7NZD (~4.25 USD) charge.
You will receive your download codes via email this weekend, and your physical zines in a 2–4 weeks time.
As a reminder, if you don't send through your shipping info within the next two months, I'll need to refund your zine (they can't live at my house forever). Please check the timeline section of the campaign page for more information.
Thanks again for backing, I'm excited to get everything packed and sent (and hear what you guys think of the module).
I've just sent out the smoke test. If you're unfamiliar with what this is, here's the normal length explanation:
To make sure I've set up the surveys correctly, I've sent surveys to 5% of you; if everything goes smoothly for those lucky few, then every soon after, I'll send out surveys to the remaining 95% of you. Either you have a survey in your inbox right now, or you've got one coming in the next few days.
Fill out your surveys as soon as you can, it's all systems go here and I don't want you to miss the main wave of shipping (or forget to send me your shipping address at all 😨)
Status Report 📋
Pretty similar to the previous update, everything's ready to rumble. I'll have the test prints back on Monday, then I'll put the full print order in later in the week. I've been setting up the itch.io page so that you can marvel at my CSS skills when you download the files.
That's it from me, see ya in a week or so when I show off the test prints.
