A neon noir murder mystery on a rogue planet, drifting into the dark between the stars. Intrigue, danger, and conspiracy lurk among the tarnished dreams of Interloper.
Interloper, a rogue planet once hailed as a utopia, drifts toward its frozen doom between the stars. It was built up by media tycoon Thomas Forsythe as a haven for art and creation with the best of a hundred worlds. Now Interloper is just another unfinished and abandoned dream after a corporate coup. The sun is fading, and eternal winter comes for half constructed monuments to ambition and the few still living in their shadow.
Now, Forsythe has been murdered, and your crew is press-ganged by his sister to solve the mystery! Descend into the decaying grandeur of Interloper, uncover its secrets, and find the killer—before the blame is pinned on the PCs. Try to survive Interlopers' hidden dangers, solve the crime, or save its eccentric inhabitants—you'll be lucky to pull off one of them.
An investigative mystery sandbox book that provides a web of interconnected clues allowing PC's to choose the leads they want to follow up on or catch the next podway and go off on a wild hunch.
8 peculiar Persons of Interest with varied motivations, opportunities, relationships to each other, secrets and jobs to offer.
25 varied locations across the five completed themed pavilions of the planned Hundred Worlds Festival- desert bound Karth, the waterworld of Mani, the mausoleum settlement of Lost Light, the impossible woodlands of Acadia, and the shining center of Interloper Hub.
3+ detailed and mapped dungeon locations from the submerged Underdome, to the dying Omega Tree, to the industrial Forsythe Bot Repair Bay.
A ticking clock pushing the investigators forward as dangerous developments loom over their closing time window of four days.
NEW: ‘Til Death Do Us Part is a brand new space southern gothic horror zine by Josh Domanski for Silverarm. Dive into Enoch’s Landing, an observatory and manor- once a shining symbol of progress, now fallen into decay. Within, your crew will be entangled in the desperate plans of the station’s last matriarch. Will they bring forth the salvation she craves or fall victim to the perils within? Check out a preview and an actual play on The Weekly Scroll.
Shipping will be collected after the campaign via Pledge Manager once the book is printed and ready for fulfillment. Due to possible changes in global shipping expenses these may shift but these numbers are based on informed estimates and should be close to final shipping fees. Space Penguin Ink will be handling fulfillment.
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Current Estimated Shipping Costs: US: $13 Canada: $22 UK: $22 EU: $22 Rest of World: $35
Excluded Countries: We are unfortunately not able to ship to the following countries: Afghanistan, Belarus, Bhutan, Brazil, Brunei, Central African Republic, Chad, Cuba, French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Iran, Israel, Laos, Liberia, Libya, Mayotte, Miquelon, Mongolia, Niue, North Korea, Papua New Guinea, Reunion (Bourbon), Russia, Saint Pierre, Samoa, Sierra Leone, South Africa, South Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Yemen.
Timeline:
Q4 2024: Crowdfunding Campaign. Q1 2025: Final Manuscript and Editing. Q2 2025: Layout and Illustration. Early Q3 2025: Printing and Fulfillment.
Writing- Joel Hines is the founder of Silverarm and writer of critically acclaimed Mothership modules like Desert Moon of Karth, Abilities Considered Unnatural, Tide World of Mani, A Fistful of Spore Pods, Circle the Flame, and several modules in Hull Breach including Vibechete! . A big fan of sandbox player agency, karaoke, tapas, and doomed utopias. https://shop.silverarmpress.com/ https://silverarmpress.com/
Illustration- Jacob Fleming lives in Northwest Arkansas where works as an illustrator, specializing in traditional media. Originally a lighting technician for film and television, Jacob moved from California where he grew up to pursue illustration and self publishing. https://gelatinouscubism.com/
Layout- Meredith Silver (junkgolem) is a graphic designer with a focus on crafting layouts for TTRPG publications. She has worked on a number of projects, including The Shrike,Hull Breach Vol. 1, and Longshot City. She has also contributed her design skills to a number of major TTRPG Kickstarter campaigns. She lives in the U.S. with her patient wife and spends her free time herding their three cats. https://junkgolem.itch.io/
Editing- Jarrett Crader has helped edit and develop and write and design and help bring into the world over 600 rpg books/modules/systems/pamphlets/pdfs/what-have-yous and keeps working on more all the time! He loves playing games and talking about games and thinking about games and making games and GAMES GAMES GAMES!!! When not GAMES!!! he can be found chilling with his partner and their cats and running Space Penguin Ink. https://spacepenguin.ink/
Cartography- Glynn Seal is an ENnie award-winning cartographer, picking up two gold medals and two nominations at the 2022, 2021, 2019, and 2018 awards at GenCon for Best Cartography. He creates his own products over at MonkeyBlood Design & Publishing and also does freelance writing, art and layout for TTRPG projects. He has worked on projects for Chaosium, Modiphius, Monolith, Necrotic Gnome, Lamentations of the Flame Princess, Steamforged Games, Northwind Adventures, Blackoath Entertainment, Open Ended Games, Pulp Hummock Press, Magpie Games, and many more, and has over 300 credited products on DriveThruRPG. monkeyblooddesign.co.uk/store
Interloper Map- Guy Pradel, freelance illustrator, cartoonist and zine maker based in Strasbourg, France. Graduated from the Strasbourg school of Fine Art (HEAR) illustration workshop in 2014. https://guypradel.fr/
As a Mothership Month bonus, Magnum Galaxy Games is teaming up with Silverarm to make both our books even better. Since both projects funded, Dave will create a d100 table of unique Robot Personalities you could meet on Interloper, while Joel will expand The Smuggler’s Guide to 1365 with a d100 table of Lost and Legendary Treasures.
Because all 21 Mothership Month projects have also successfully funded, all backers of physical tiers will also receive this bonus Forsythe Bot patch for free.
Brace yourself for Mothership Month—a group-collab project led by Tuesday Knight Games featuring some of the brightest stars from the Mothership third-party publishing (3PP) community. Each 👩🚀 creator has launched a brand new adventure filled with criminals, smugglers, and rimspace pirates.
Mothership Month Supply Pods
🚀 Back 5+ projects at the physical level and gain access to the SUPPLY PODS. All Supply Pods are now unlocked, so backing just 5 projects will get you all of the below:
🌟 Supply Pod 1 (Unlocked!): 1 pack of Mothership CHARACTER CARDS. Each pack contains 13 pre-made character cards ready for use as pre-gen characters or NPCs. Each pack comes with at least one FOIL card.
🌟 Supply Pod 2 (Unlocked!): +1 pack of Mothership CHARACTER CARDS, 5 foil campaign project stickers.
🌟 Supply Pod 3 (Unlocked!): +1 pack of Mothership CHARACTER CARDS, +5 foil campaign project stickers, and an exclusive Mothership Month 24 pin!
🌟 Supply Pod 4 (Unlocked!): +1 pack of Mothership CHARACTER CARDS,+11 foil campaign project stickers, and Shadow of a Doubt a brand new "reverse murder mystery" pamphlet adventure by Ian Yusem (Hull Breach, The Drain).
All in: if you back 5+ projects you're getting 4 Character Card packs (an entire deck of cards), 21 foil project stickers, an exclusive Mothership Month 24 pin, and a brand new adventure pamphlet.
Are there more Supply Pods to come? We're looking into it now!
Streams, Interviews, and more!
All month long, we're diving into the void with daily streams, unsettling interviews, and exclusive, heart-pounding reveals. Whether you're a veteran spacer or new to the Mothership, join us in celebrating the universe’s bravest survivors…and those who didn’t make it back.
Thanks for joining us on our first ever Mothership Month! 👽
