LISTEN UP, MAGGOT!

You wander into my system, into MY planetary space, and try to get by saying "You got lost", and "Our jump drive failed", and "the captain sacrificed himself so we didn't get eaten by a space jellyfish"?

BULLSHIT! Sounds like deserter-talk to me!

Get your rifles, sack up, and get ready to drop. You're in the army now!

FOR SYSTEMICALLY-EARNED DEMOCRACY! FOR VILANTIS!

Welcome to Sector 86, the bloodiest in the Mid-Worlds! Your crew has wandered here after a jump gone wrong, or by thinking you could finally get your asses out of the Outer Rim. The problem is that the only viable way back towards Earth (or Terra, if you're a Soltist) is Sector 86, a collection of systems under constant turmoil and war both within and without. Meet some of the people you'll be killing or joining!

Vilantis - The most militarized planet Rimward of Earth. Vilantis has been under constant siege for decades, and despite its paradisaic appearance, its crust is brimming with barracks, bunkers, and bombardment apparatuses.

Halg - A planet of former humans that have adapted to their new planet of choice, growing strong, squat, and authoritarian, the Halgian Ghasts despise Terra and Vilantis, and will fight tooth and nail to gain freedom...or die trying.

Takolm - A rock of a world nestled far to the edge of Sector 86 and mostly forgotten, a lost mining fleet alerted Vilantis - too late - to its subterranean dangers. Now, the Bugs on en route, looking to spread their interplanetary hive to the most fertile world around.

Rhuk - A fungal world of intertwined mycelium species, from this primordial jungle come parasitic fungi that have enslaved the world's creatures as hosts for their future interstellar empire. They are the Rhukali, and they are coming. The only thing standing in their way: billions of human hosts for them to claim.

Starships & Soldiers is meant to be a toolkit for creating battlefields either to observe or be thrown into. Without a linear narrative within, the zine serves as the ultimate toolkit for Wardens, filled with:

The zine is heavily influenced by Starship Troopers (movie and book), Helldivers 2, Warhammer 40k, Killzone, Halo, and Gears of War.

Some say war is hell, but how does it compare to the awful terrors of the Outer Rim? Only one way to find out!

Below are some of the rewards you can earn by pledging to this campaign:
- Digital Edition - Includes the PDF and all Digital Stretch Goals
- Physical Edition - Includes everything in the Digital Edition and the Physical Zine

- Deluxe Edition - Includes everything from the Digital and Physical Pledges, plus a patch, mass-combat rules pamphlet written by Violet Ballard, and an 11" x 17" hexmap for dropping your players into battlefields with physical minis!


[ART INCOMING BY HODAGRPG]


- Stargods Bundle - Get EVERYTHING, AND a copy of Graveyard of the Gods, a zine of Gnostic and Cosmic Horror!

$8000 CAD - Get ready to drop, because y'all are going to the front!

$10,000 CAD - The Planetary System Generator in Part II of the book gets an overhaul and enough tables to make GURPS and Traveler sweat.

$13,000 CAD - More Battlefield stuff! More tables, more ways to kill, more airstrikes, more DEATH FROM ABOVE!

$16,000 CAD - We will add another alien race for you to kill: the Slin! Think discount T'au!

$20,000 CAD - The Poster will be laminated and double-sided with more HodagRPG art on one side, and the hexmap on the other!

$50,000 CAD - I will show up to your houses and forcibly conscript you all into a space militia.

Pledge Tier
Zine
| U.S. | $12 USD, Sales Tax Charged for CA via BackerKit, Nothing Due on Arrival.
| CA | $17 CAD, 5% GST (Price of Order and Shipping) charged via BackerKit, Nothing Due on Arrival.
| UK | 10£, $0 VAT, Packages Arrive Delivery Duty Paid, Nothing Due on Arrival, Add-Ons that Include Physical Products (Dice, etc.) include a 25% (Price of Order) Fee, Fee is incorporated in the cost of shipping these add-ons.
| EU | 12€, 25% (Price of Order) Fee, Packages Arrive Delivery Duty Paid, Nothing Due on Arrival, Fee Covers VAT, Duties, Fees, and Administration for International Orders, Fee is charged as a tax in BackerKit.
| AUS | $18 AUD, 25% (Price of Order) Fee, Packages Arrive Delivery Duty Paid, Nothing Due on Arrival, Fee Covers VAT, Duties, Fees, and Administration for International Orders, Fee is charged as a tax in BackerKit.
| Rest of World | $15 USD, 25% (Price of Order) Fee, Packages Arrive Delivery Duty Paid, Nothing Due on Arrival
Fee Covers VAT, Duties, Fees, and Administration for International Orders, Fee is incorporated in the cost of shipping for your pledge level and for add-ons


Deluxe Edition
| U.S. | $17 USD, Sales Tax Charged for CA via BackerKit, Nothing Due on Arrival.
| CA | $24 CAD, 5% GST (Price of Order and Shipping) charged via BackerKit, Nothing Due on Arrival.
| UK | 13£, $0 VAT, Packages Arrive Delivery Duty Paid, Nothing Due on Arrival, Add-Ons that Include Physical Products (Dice, etc.) include a 25% (Price of Order) Fee, Fee is incorporated in the cost of shipping these add-ons.
| EU | 17€, 25% (Price of Order) Fee, Packages Arrive Delivery Duty Paid, Nothing Due on Arrival, Fee Covers VAT, Duties, Fees, and Administration for International Orders, Fee is charged as a tax in BackerKit.
| AUS | $25 AUD, 25% (Price of Order) Fee, Packages Arrive Delivery Duty Paid, Nothing Due on Arrival, Fee Covers VAT, Duties, Fees, and Administration for International Orders, Fee is charged as a tax in BackerKit.
| Rest of World | $17 USD, 25% (Price of Order) Fee, Packages Arrive Delivery Duty Paid, Nothing Due on Arrival
Fee Covers VAT, Duties, Fees, and Administration for International Orders, Fee is incorporated in the cost of shipping for your pledge level and for add-ons

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.

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.