Death Pays All Debts - A Heist set on Prospero's Dream for the Mothership RPG

Death Pays All Debts - A Heist set on Prospero's Dream for the Mothership RPG

Death Pays All Debts adds a new tower in the depths of Prospero’s Dream loaded with loot and danger. Enterprising crews robbing the tower can walk away made for life. Unlucky ones will perish in the attempt… or worse.
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This project is part of MOTHERSHIP MONTH 👽, which runs from November 12th - December 11th 2024. Learn more →

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A heist on Prospero's Dream. Death Pays All Debts. $28 Deluxe: Zine, Patch, Poster. $18 Physical: Zine. $13 Digital: PDF. 20 Floors of treasure, terror, and secrets. Get rich or die trying.
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Introduction


Death Pays All Debts adds a new location in the depths of Prospero’s Dream loaded with loot and danger. This product is a 3rd party supplement that requires Tuesday Knight Games' A Pound of Flesh. 


Cover Mockup
Cover Mockup


Harpy Tower is the former headquarters of Ferdinand Financial Holdings located deep within the Choke. Now it is a vault and stash house run by the Golyanovo II Bratva underboss Radmir the Wolf and his crew the Wolf’s Grin to hide their ill gotten gains.

Now you’re going to rob it.

A 40+ page zine including:
  • Twenty floors of towers with maps and descriptions.
  • Allied and rival factions to help or hinder your heist.
  • New loot: valuable goods, weapons, drugs and more.
  • Threats from the Grinner guards and more monstrous sources.
  • A secret criminal operation involving modified mind scans.
  • Complete network map for use with the Hacker's handbook.

Pull off the heist and walk away made for life, or enough to get a few jumps away in any case. Fail, and find out if it is true that Death Pays All Debts.

Interior Mockup, work in progress
Work in Progress interior layout and text. Subject to change in final version.


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Made by humans


This work is AI-Free. It does not include content or media that was AI or Machine Generated. Supporting this work means supporting real people. 
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Pledge Levels

Digital Edition

  • Death Pays All Debts (PDF)
  • Any other digital assets created for the module

Physical Edition 

  • Death Pays All Debts (print + PDF) 

Deluxe 

  • Death Pays All Debts (print + PDF) 
  • Patch: Slice
  • Network Map fold out poster (Final design TBD)

Slice patch. Deluxe Set Patch Mockup
Deluxe Set Patch Mockup, work in progress

Planning Phase

  • Still planning your heist? Pledge at this level to hold your spot for post-campaign upgrades. This tier offers no rewards. 
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Promos

All Mothership Month Projects Funded (ACHIEVED!)
All projects have funded so all backers will receive a bonus pamphlet adventure, related to the main zine. Physical backers will receive a physical copy, digital backers a digital copy. More details forthcoming!
Bonus Pamphlet
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Shipping


Shipping
  • Worldwide shipping will be organized by RV Games via ShipBob.
  • The following table shows estimated shipping rates. These are only estimates and can change between now and fulfillment.

Estimated Shipping Costs

ZINE:
United States: $12 USD
Canada: $17 CAD 
United Kingdom: 10£
European Union: 12€
Australia: $18 AUD
Rest of the World: $15 USD

DELUXE EDITION:
United States: $17 USD
Canada: $24 CAD
United Kingdom: 13£
European Union: 17€
Australia: $25 AUD
Rest of the World: $17 USD

U.S. Sales Tax
  • Sales Tax Charged for CA via BackerKit

Canadian GST
  • 5% GST (Price of Order and Shipping) charged via BackerKit

U.K. Delivery Duty Paid (DDP)
  • There will not be any duties or fees due upon arrival for UK shipments since we are working with a U.K. fulfillment provider. 

EU Tax and Import
  • 25% (Price of Order) Fee

AUS Tax and Import
  • 25% (Price of Order) Fee

Rest of the World Tax and Import
  • 25% (Price of Order) Fee

Pledge Manager
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.

Add-Ons
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.
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Timeline


The adventure draft is written. A successful campaign will allow me to hire an editor for developmental editing and final proofing, as well as an artist for interior illustrations. The following is an estimated timeline for final delivery:

November 12th - December 11th: Crowdfunding Campaign
December-February 2025:  Developmental Editing
March-April 2025: Layout
May 2025: Final Proofing and Physical Production
June 2025: Fulfillment 
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The Team




Octopus Ink Games


Elliot Norwood (Octopus Ink Games): Writing and Design, Layout, Cover and Map art. 

Elliot Norwood has written several modules for Mothership, including the Black Dog and the View at the End of Time.

Website | Twitter | Bluesky | Itch



Meatcastle Gameware


Christian Sorrell: Developmental and Copy Editing. 

Christian Sorrell, known online as MeatCastle GameWare, is the creator of a variety of Mothership modules like There is a Goblin on the Loose in Icarus Station and The Bloodfields on Blackstar Station. Beyond Mothership, they have expanded into creating games such as Tacticians of Ahm and Firedrop, as well as supplements for Mork Borg, Liminal Horror, and other indie TTRPGs. Additionally, Christian does a variety of TTRPG freelance adventure writing, editing, and game development.

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Chaoclypse


Chaoclypse (Brandon Yu): Interior Illustrations. 

Brandon Yu is a prolific illustrator providing art for Ronin, Forbidden Psalm and Runecairn, as well as When in Rome, a Mothership adventure.

Twitter | Bluesky | Itch | Youtube


RV Games

RV Games: Fulfillment and Shipping. 

RV Games is a Queer publisher of auteur tabletop games.

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Warning

This module contains descriptions of violence, body horror, torture, kidnapping, loss of autonomy, mental manipulation, potential animal harm, and drug use.




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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! 👽
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