FREE PAMPHLET + Constant Downpour Preorders Open!!
NPCs Connecting Orbital Debris, Knights of Lazarus, and Familiar Faces
Hi, Family!
It’s gray, and drizzling here. But I have some sad looking pampas grass and crunched-up maple leaves outside my window that look very bright and golden to keep the mood up. I’ve always loved how bright ordinary outdoor colors become when contrasted against a gray sky.
I finally found the time to format and make art for this pamphlet, Spicy Tie-Ins 1! I wrote the NPCs for Spicy Tie-Ins to tie together Orbital Debris, Familiar Faces, and Knights of Lazarus in early fall and have been stoked to make them available to you through The Guac. No better timing than our 10th newsletter! More about the NPC pamphlet after the docket.
The other major announcement is Constant Downpour Remastered is now available for Preorder on Backerkit. If you missed the campaign for any reason, now is the chance to pick up Constant Downpour + 3 Free Zines unlocked during the campaign (Save $18). Some other highlights like the Planet Design Book and Planet Builder Patch can be ordered together or separately from Constant Downpour. More below.
The Guac 010 Docket
Spicy Tie-Ins 1: OD, FFV1, KOL Intro + Download
Constant Downpour PreOrder Store Highlights!
Incorporated Vol.1 Update
Other Mothership Projects On Kickstarter Now!
Spicy Tie-Ins 1: OD, FFV1, KOL Intro + Download
One goal for Spicy Tuna is to keep modules interconnected. So far, all of our Mothership modules have stayed true to this (Yucatan Tech Co. Familiar Faces Vol.1, Knights of Lazarus, and Constant Downpour Remastered).
Now, Orbital Debris is being tied into the Tunaverse! Spicy Tuna didn’t publish OD, but I was one of 13 creators that brought OD to life, and I’m excited to provide more content for the Junky Moon here!
What is Spicy Tie-Ins?
Spicy Tie-Ins is a way for us to continue providing new ways to use and connect Spicy Tuna (and related) modules. Sometimes it’ll be NPCs, sometimes maps, in-game artifacts, transmissions, etc. Really no limits, except each Spicy Tie-In will feature new content that is easily imported into at least 2 Spicy Tuna modules + helps provide hooks to bring the crew from one to the other.
Spicy Tie-Ins 1 is a pamphlet collection of 4 NPCs, split into two pairs. One pair of NPCs connects Orbital Debris with Knights of Lazarus. The other Orbital Debris with Familiar Faces Vol.1.
Spicy Tie-Ins 1 provides desperate revenge, separated companionship, access to a fully mapped Junky Moon, connections with the mysterious Zoya from Familiar Faces, a Wall-E-esque robot, close access to the Knights of Lazarus, and a new major NPC for the Reclaimers in Orbital Debris. All of this provides great hooks to and from any of the three modules!
“Spicy Tie-Ins 1” Download here
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hoWt7VHVXQkULmXj8RWVMNc_InztaB9t/view?usp=sharing
Constant Downpour Remastered PreOrders Now Live
https://constant-downpour.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders
Constant Downpour Remastered is a 104-pg Hardcover module for Mothership 1E. The crew was sent to die, and must claw their way through a deadly Venus 3. Suffering through shared hallucinations, battles with deadly beasts, and the local Venusians who wish to kill every human on their planet, players must make strategic choices as they navigate where to search for refuge from the relentless rain.
We unlocked 3 Free Physical Zines during the campaign that you get with every preorder of Constant Downpour Remastered. $18 of free zines with the $27 discounted Hardcover + digital solo rules by Alfred Valley and digital sound bytes that work as in-game findings.
All of our products are available including some bundles like the Planet Design Book bundle
And all of our 2022 zines discounted as a group. I’ve been really excited to see Planet Builder and the Planet Design Book get more love! Planet Builder is the #2 bought add-on during the CDR Kickstarter and Backerkit stores. Planet Design Book wasn’t available during the CDR Kickstarter, but is already going out to 30+ people since the Backerkit store has been open! Thank you to everyone picking up these system neutral / notebook gems :)
Lastly, I wanted to showcase the Constant Downpour Remastered’s Original Soundtrack again. Created by Blake Suarez, this soundtrack utilizes classic synths and takes inspiration from Stranger Things and Metroid Prime. Available in digital for $6 and physical CD for $8. If you haven’t, check out the preview
Incorporated Vol.1 Update
Small update here. We got Joel Hines writing through editing and that closes out all 4 of the hired-out corporations! Joel’s corporation is The Juicy Family Co-Op “a worker-owned produce company that produces high-quality fruit and vegetables.” I’m really excited about this one! It has a lot of depth and is unique in the Mothership world.
As a recap, the corporations are ripe for plug-n-play and built to be long-standing recurring corporations for any Mothership game. Each corp is around 3000 words and contains one or more storylines to play through. We’re also hiring 2 adventures to be written that each incorporate at least 2 of the corporations that will be ready to play out of the box.
Excited to share more when we start branding all these corporations!
A Couple of Mothership Projects On Kickstarter Now!
Speaking of Joel, the first highlight is Joel Hines’ highly anticipated Tide World of Mani! I wanted to highlight Joel’s project because he’s fantastic to work with and has been an amazing colleague to talk over some publishing details - especially with hardcover printer providers.
Joel’s extremely talented at building sandboxes, and this is the spiritual successor to - from my experience - the most discussed 3rd party module ever printed, Desert Moon of Karth. Prelaunch sign-up is available now.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/joello/tide-world-of-mani?ref=discovery
The second is Turbulence by Green Moon Games! I wanted to highlight this project because Arcvein (David Simons) is illustrating it. You might know Arcvein’s work in Knights of Lazarus and Constant Downpour Remastered from Spicy Tuna.
Arcvein’s work is amazing and I’m happy to see him doing more TTRPG modules. Aside from Arcvein’s art, the module sounds fresh and fun to play through. It’s a big book too! Check it out here
That’s it for our 10th Guac Newsletter! Thank you for reading and much love Fam,
Marco / Spicy Tuna RPG
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Thanks for the shout out Marco! I wish you the best with your Backerkit :)