Hi all! Excited to announce that Death Pays All Debts has arrived at the warehouses for shipping to UK/EU/Europe/Africa and are shipping now, meaning we are shipping to everywhere by this point.
If you have any questions about shipments please don't hesitate to reach out.
Along that line, as we wrap up this project we'll be closing the Pledge Manager after next Sunday, 12/14, so please make sure you fill out your surveys before then.
Thank you again to everyone for the success we had with this project, I look forward to providing future Mothership adventures!
Hi all, just a quick update here. Death Pays All Debts has arrived and is all kitted together at RV Games. They are planning on starting shipping to US backers next week! International orders will be following shortly, they must be shipped to international warehouses for re-distribution.
Excited to finally get the print copies in everyone's hands!
Mothership Month '25
Mothership Month 25 is ongoing with lots of great looking projects! There is also opportunity to unlock better supply pods by completing achievements. Current achievements are to run games and blog about Mothership. Details are found in the Mothership Discord server.
Over/Under
As part of Mothership Month, Sam Sorensen is running a massive play-by-post game called Over/Under, set in Prospero's Dream. I'm having a blast seeing all the wild creativity and interactions going on, and it's only been a couple of days. It is a real-time month of play-by-post play in a discord server with factional conflict and general shenanigans. Join us!
Patches, bonus pamphlets, and posters have arrived at RV Games. The zine prints shipped Friday, so should be arriving by the end of the week. After about a week to kit things together, they can start being shipped out to backers!
Mothership Month '25
Mothership month is returning this year starting October 14th. This year's theme is all around Prospero's Dream and the A Pound of Flesh module from Tuesday Knight Games (I guess I was a little ahead of the curve on that one). I'm excited to be contributing to one of the zines launching during this event: Flatline on the Blocks, a detailed district of the Dream with new locations, factions, and horrors. I'm honored to be joining a ton of awesome creators on the project!
We’ve heard from our digital EU backers about the fee included for VAT and VAT compliance. This is a change from when rates were originally estimated a year ago, and we understand how that was surprising, so we’ve removed the fee and refunded the 16 people affected. We’ll reconsider how we communicate and go about handling digital VAT for the EU for future projects, so we’re just eliminating any fee from this project for rn.
Thank you to everyone who completed their Smoke Test last week. We found a couple small issues that we have fixed related to taxes and shipping fees for the EU. Here are the changes:
Since we charge a flat fee for VAT, duties, and administration, our 25% international fee now includes the tax charged for shipping, so shipping is not taxed within BackerKit for EU backers.
The "shipping" cost to cover VAT for digital items in the EU has been slightly tweaked to better align with VAT rates and what our smoke test backers were charged.
Nothing else has changed since the last update. We're thinking about ways we can make this BackerKit setup less convoluted for future campaigns, but international taxes are inherently convoluted. I've attached a poll here for international backers to ask about how you would prefer to be charged for the extra costs involved with international sales.
Surveys and Final Digital Files
Immediately after posting this update, we will be sending out surveys for everyone. We already have the final digital files ready, so as soon as you complete your survey, you will have access to the full zip file for Death Pays All Debts. You will then get these later via Shopify, DTRPG, and Itch.io, but we will be using BackerKit to give you access while printing finishes and fulfillment commences.
This is a fulfillment update from RV Games. With Death Pays All Debts away at the printers, we are now ready to start sending out surveys. We will be sending out our smoke test today, and we will send out the rest of the surveys on Monday morning.
Death Pays All Debts Hard Copy Proofs
We have some nitty gritty fulfillment details to give here now. International taxes and fulfillment are complex and have a lot of moving pieces for implementation within BackerKit.
Late Pledges
Late Pledges will stay open all the way until we complete fulfillment and close the pledge manager.
Auto-Lock and Charge
Once you complete your survey, your order will be locked, and you will be immediately charged. We send out surveys closer to fulfillment, so we do not need to perform these as separate steps. However, you will get a shipping address confirmation email before we start shipping out orders.
Pledge Level Shipping, Administration Fee, and Taxes
Our international fee and taxes will be included in pledge levels as follows. This does not include information for add-ons.
California: Folks ordering from California will be charged California sales tax. This is listed as a tax in BackerKit. You are not taxed on your shipping costs.
CA: Canadian backers will be charged GST/HST/PST. This is listed as a tax in BackerKit. You are not taxed on your shipping costs.
UK: UK backers will not be charged a tax or fee since printed material is zero rated for VAT.
EU: EU backers are charged the 25% international fee that covers VAT, duties, and administration, which is listed as a tax in BackerKit. This only applies to physical items. This fee is also charged for your shipping cost since we need to charge VAT for shipping within the EU.
EU: For digital items being sent to the EU, since we are IOSS and OSS registered as an international company, we do also need to collect our fee for VAT and administration for EU backers. Our international fee is built into the "shipping cost" that will be charged for digital backers when they complete their survey, so they will not be included in the tax amount listed on BackerKit. Many people do not collect this tax, but it is something that we do need to collect for EU compliance.
Rest of World: All other backers of physical tiers (including Australia) have the 25% international fee included in the shipping price rather than being listed as a separate tax in BackerKit. There is no fee for the digital pledge level.
Shipping, Administration Fee, and Taxes for Add-Ons
Shipping, fees, and taxes are handled as follows:
Global: Most add-ons ship for free after paying your base pledge level shipping (prices have not changed since the rates listed in the initial campaign), but larger add-ons have a shipping fee added due to the guaranteed extra weight. Outside of the EU, there are no taxes for digital items.
UK: Add-ons from the UK that include dice have their VAT rate included in the shipping cost since they are not zero rated for VAT like print materials.
EU: Physical add-ons from the EU are charged our international fee as a tax within BackerKit. For digital add-ons from the EU, a "shipping" cost is added to cover the digital goods VAT and administration fee.
Rest of World: Countries from outside US/CA/UK/EU have their international fee included in the shipping costs for physical add-ons.
Fulfillment
Once Death Pays All Debts arrives at the ShipBob warehouse, we will start kitting all of the products, and by the time things are kitted and folks have had to time to take their surveys, we will be pushing out orders daily.
International/EU: Everything will be shipped out Delivery Duty Paid, and orders to the EU will go through the streamlined IOSS process. Other than a couple exceptions, everyone will receive their orders without having to pay any customs upon arrival.
US/Central and South America/Asia/Rest of World: We will immediately ship out orders to the US, Central and South America, Asia, and the rest of the world not listed below.
UK/EU/Africa/The Rest of Europe: We will ship orders to the UK for distribution to UK/EU/Africa/The Rest of Europe, so these will most likely get shipped out after the orders are shipped to backers in the US.
CA: We will ship orders to Canada for Canadian distribution. These orders will also most likely get shipped out after US orders.
Digital Distribution
We will be sending out digital files via Shopify when we push out orders for fulfillment. You will receive a direct download of the files, and you will receive codes for adding Death Pays All Debts to add it to your DrivethruRPG or Itch.io library.
We do need to collect your shipping address since Shopify at minimum needs a name entered into your order for digital fulfillment. You don't have to provide a real address if you don't want to, we just need something in the shipping name field.
Once Octopus Ink Games have finished putting together the final zip file, we will be posting this to BackerKit for you, so you will have access to the final digital version of Death Pays All Debts after you answer your survey and while you wait for fulfillment to complete.
Support
If you have any issues with your survey, our first line of support is handled by BackerKit, so you should email [email protected]. If it's an issue they can't handle, they'll then forward it onto Curious Friend, who handles support for RV Games.
Phew! That's a lot!
We're excited to get Death Pays All Debts to you! Octopus Ink Games has done a fabulous job, and we look forward to seeing their upcoming projects come to fruition!
Similar to others, I've got a tracking number that had a label created in late October 2025, though nothing has been shipped. Any assistance is appreciated
What is going on with fulfillment? My product supposedly shipped over 3 months ago from RV Studios and I've received nothing.
Multiple other backers have posted similar things. Where is the product that I ordered?
Like the title says, I'm still waiting to get my books.
I have emailed RV games in December and January. Looking to see if there's any other action I should be taking.
I'm in the UK and before xmas I saw a notification saying pledge was being delivered but I've not seen anything yet. I thought it could have been holiday related delays but seems to have been too long for that now.
My package says it shipped via FedEx, however, it's still listed as label created. It's been close to 90 days since then. Any idea what's going on with RV Games?
