To all 1,266 of you, thanks a million! Literally! Mothership Month as a whole made 1mcr, it's incredible!
I am very thrilled that so many folk made such a show out for my humble 32 page zine! Like I said before, it's very invigorating to see my creative efforts hit the right vein for folks into Mothership RPG. So again, thank you all!
Visiting new worlds every month.
If you'd like to keep up to date on other projects I'm working on, I run a monthly newsletter called 5 Million Worlds: Rokaner Reports. I chat game design, interview other creators, and release small games/supplements in support of my upcoming space adventure game, 5 Million Worlds RPG (hence 5MW Press, hah). In 2025, the newsletter schedule is bumping up by one day to release on the 28th of every month.
BackerKit State of Affairs
A whopping 97% of pledges went through just fine. BUT if you are one of those 46 people whose payment transaction failed (like mine did for two projects; my bank did NOT like all those transactions coming at once, haha), you have until December 26th, 10 AM PST to correct your credit card information. Perhaps you may have to communicate with your bank to explain what BackerKit is, like I had to, and ask them not to block transactions.
Backerkit will attempt the transaction again on December 19th and December 26th. If you miss this window, you won't lose your place, but you will have to wait until the Pledge Manager is set up to correct the information and make your pledge payments.
The Pledge Manager will only open shortly before shipping and fulfillment is ready to go. At that point, you'll be able to adjust your pledges and shop through the add-ons from the RV Games catalogue.
Not Enough Scoundrels project progress
I have not been idle this month! Today, I'm turning the latest revision of the manuscript over to Josh Domanski of Liminal Horror RPG fame. Josh was part of a writer's workshop Christian Sorrell ran in early 2024. He was an early feedback reader of Twisting Unseen (forthcoming) and When in Rome, the latter he also served on as proofreader. Josh has a precise critical eye and a great skill of giving actionable feedback, so I am eager to read his thoughts on the spacecrawl, new ship types, and receive punch-up notes for the many tables.
During the holidays, I'll be finalizing the art briefs to hand over to Carly A-F and Lur Noise to kick off the New Year. I've already turned in art briefs to Tim Zygor, and I should be able to share some of those ship sketches in January, if not samples from all three artists!
Plan on hearing from me once a month. I want to keep these updates regular without spamming y'all. When the project starts hitting fulfillment, though, you'll hear from me a bit more often to communicate pledge manager set-up, shipping information, payment and shipping dates, all that.
That's all for now. Take care folks, and happy holidays.
