All pre-orders will close on Monday 11th of September! This is your last chance to pre-order Salvage Union and secure your copy of the game at the cheaper pre-order price.
Salvage Union is a post-apocalyptic Mech tabletop roleplaying game, with accessible and easy to learn mechanics.
You'll instantly receive a copy of the Salvage Union Core Book PDF with your pre-order of the Core Book. You'll also instantly receive a Digital copy of False Flag and We Were Here First! if you pre-order them.
Estimated Delivery on all physical items is Q3 2023.
All shipping is tracked and Tax & Customs Friendly with no fees for anyone in the United States, EU and UK.
Latest Updates from Our Project:
Salvage Union August Update
8 months ago
– Fri, Sep 01, 2023 at 07:30:59 AM
Hello Salvagers,
We hope you've been enjoying your summer. Here's our progress on Salvage Union this month.
Core Book Fulfilment
Good news everybody! We've received word from our printers that the Salvage Union Core Book printing has been completed! Assuming no further delays, we expect to receive them at our studio in the United Kingdom in September, with copies being sent to our distributor in the United States for October.
We will be fulfilling the Salvage Union Core Books as soon as we receive them. This means if you've placed an order for just the Salvage Union Core Book we will be shipping them within the next 1-2 months. We understand this does mean that some of you who have supported us by buying more, will be getting things a bit later, unfortunately this project has been delayed longer than we expected, and at this stage if we have books we can send out we want to get them out to backers as soon as possible.
We are working hard on fulfilling the rest of the project, and as noted in previous updates have secured a printer locally who will be able to turn the adventure modules around in a much quicker time than the printing for the Salvage Union Core Book, so we don't expect a significant delay between the Adventure Modules being ready and the Core Book being ready to distribute.
We will also be releasing the final 1.2 Salvage Union Core Book Digital Edition within the next month to coincide with fulfilment of the project. This will be identical to the print edition with all of the edits we have made to the text thanks to your amazing community feedback and our own internal edits. This will also include bookmarks, and additional printer friendly reference sheets and character sheets.
Adventure Module Fulfilment
We Were Here First! and False Flag
You should now all have received Digital Editions of False Flag and We Were Here First! if you backed or pre-ordered them via Kickstarter or BackerKit. If you haven't received your copy please get in touch with us at [email protected] to resolve this for you.
We're currently working on our final edits based on our internal and community feedback which we really appreciate. We should have these out to print by next month assuming no unforeseen delays.
Thankyou for all your feedback on We Were Here First! and False Flag so far. If you have any more thoughts or feedback please use the forms below, there's still some time to catch any potential issues before print.
We now pushing ahead on the final layout of Rainmaker to get it ready for print, we expect to have the Digital Edition finished in September and will be sending the final version to print with all of the other Adventure Modules. As with the previous Modules there will be a small window of editing to get your feedback before it goes to print.
Here's some concept sketches for the Ravager and Agares Mechs, which will both be unique Mechs within the adventure. Art by Peter Lee
Magpie STL
The Magpie STL is nearly ready for distribution to all Kickstarter backers only. We're taking some time to do a test print of it in our studio to make sure the tolerances of the parts are good. We'll also get a Magpie Miniature out of it which we're looking forward to having on our desks! You can view a sample video and an images below:
The Dice and Salvage Union Patches are all ready and with us for distribution. The poster is also ready to print alongside the Adventure Modules and will all be distributed together. You should have also received the Digital Soundtrack of Salvage Union if you backed the project on Kickstarter. If you haven't please get in touch, otherwise we hope you're enjoying the tunes!
BackerKit Order and Address changes
The majority of you have filled in your BackerKit surveys, though not everyone has. This is your last chance to do so if you haven't to secure your copy on release so please do so. Orders are currently locked, but if you want to make any final changes to your orders let us know by contacting [email protected] and we can adjust them. This will be the final window to do so. When we have confirmed receipt of the Salvage Union Core Book we'll be updating to lock addresses so now is your last chance to make any address changes as well.
Salvage Union Backer Games
If you supported us at any of the pledge tiers that included a custom game of Salvage Union with you and your group run by the designers, we've already been in touch to arrange that. Please get in touch if you haven't already for more details.
Thanks for reading!
That wraps the update up. Thanks for your support and patience with the project. We feel incredibly close to the finish line now, and can't wait to get the books in your hands! If you have any questions please don't hesitate to get in touch.
False Flag Adventure Module has landed!
8 months ago
– Wed, Aug 23, 2023 at 06:41:52 AM
Hello Salvagers,
We're delighted to be sending you all today the Salvage Union Adventure False Flag! You should now have received the PDF via BackerKit if you are a Kickstarter backer or pre-ordered the Adventure Module via BackerKit.
False Flag has been created by Aled Lawlor and Panayiotis Lines of Leyline Press, with art by Peter Lee (@fullmechajacket) and Mykell Pledger(@mykellpledger). It's the first adventure module that we've worked on entirely in house and we're incredibly proud of it.
We look forward to hearing your thoughts, feedback and play reports of the adventure.
If you have any direct feedback please let us know via this feedback form so we can catch any errors before it goes to print.
Alternatively join the Salvage Union Discord here and let us know your feedback within the #false-editing-feedback channel.
Here's some more details about the Adventure!
False Flag Synopsis
False Flag Cover
An inky black void sweeps across frozen lands, consuming everything in its path like a relentless tidal wave of nothingness. This phenomenon is known as the Vornaya Event, an anomaly that heralds the emergence of the Meld—an intelligent, otherworldly, nanite, hive entity.
Meld Nanites possess both danger and tremendous value. They serve as a conduit to unlock new realms of research, boasting the ability to mend and even reshape themselves into any conceivable form of technology.
Amidst the chaos, a Cold War ignites between DronTek and the Stefanus Corporation, each vying fiercely for control over the bountiful resource of Meld Nanites. The hardworking populace of Vornaya finds themselves ensnared in the crossfire, reduced to mere pawns in this escalating power struggle.
As seasoned Salvagers, you navigate a region immersed in the midst of this intense battle for supremacy—an environment ripe for an array of unsavoury tasks. However, as the smoke clears and the dust settles, will you still recognize the reflection staring back at you in the mirror?
FALSE FLAG IS AN ADVENTURE MODULE FOR SALVAGE UNION, A POST-APOCALYPTIC, MECH TABLETOP ROLEPLAYING GAME. THIS MODULE CONTAINS A PLETHORA OF CONTENT, INCLUDING:
An intricate Salvage Union adventure spanning 5 regions, detailing the Northern Wastes and Frozen Gulf, developed to run for 10-15 immersive gaming sessions and designed with multiple potential endings.
An expansive sandbox environment, with dozens of jobs on offer, populated by three deeply detailed factions and numerous mercenary groups, all contending for supremacy.
A cast of unique characters for players to interact with, all with their own goals and motivations.
Rules for crafting Nanite-Tech and piloting Nanite-Mechs.
6 new Mech Chassis, including Nanite-Chassis.
Fresh Systems, Modules, and Pilot Equipment—among them the new Nanite-Tech
False Flag Spreads
Vornaya
Meld Chassis
Ice Caves
Vornaya Council
Ostfjord
Kelpie
Salvage Union Project Progress
We'll be doing a full update at the end of the month as usual with the rest of the progress on the project, we're really happy to have reached this milestone as the project grows ever closer to being fully fulfilled. For now we hope you enjoy reading through False Flag.
Salvage Union July Update - We Were Here First! has launched.
9 months ago
– Mon, Jul 31, 2023 at 09:16:44 AM
Hello Salvagers!
We're really excited to be making this update as we get to show you We Were Here First! The first of the 3 Salvage Union Adventure Modules in the Kickstarter Campaign. Without further ado here's the update.
We Were Here First!
We Were Here First Cover Art
We're delighted to announce that the Salvage Union Adventure Module We Were Here First! is finished and has been digitally distributed to all Kickstarter and pre-order backers. You should now have received the Digital Edition (PDF) of We Were Here First if you backed on the Kickstarter or Pre-Ordered. If you haven't received your copy please get in touch with us at [email protected] and we can help.
We're incredibly proud of this Salvage Union Module, with writing by the ENnie Award winning author Diogo Nogueira(@diogo_oldskull), layout by ENnie award winning tabletop game designer Chris Bissette(@pangalactic) and art by the highly talented Franceso Silva(@francescolobo). As well as writing, editing, art and layout contributions by Panayiotis Lines (@panny_lines) and Aled Lawlor(@aledlawlor) of Leyline Press.
The module is set within Gehenna, a region within the Arid Steppes that is experiencing a extra-terrastial phenomena known as a Chimerium Meteor shower. These meteors hold a rare and valuable resource known as Chimerium which can mutate organic matter and act as a potent energy source.
An eclectic mix of factions including the ruthless Bolza Corporation, the all consuming Trash Locusts and the eclectic Chimerium Cult have descended on Gehenna to claim the rich salvage of the meteors.
Your Salvage Crew is one of those factions, but with environmental threats, factions vying for power and a dark secret lurking at the heart of Gehenna will your crew make it out alive?
We Were Here First contains a full Salvage Union adventure, with 19 unique areas and 8 different factions all vying for power and control, providing an excellent sandbox to run games of Salvage Union within. You can easily slot it into your existing game or run it as your first foray into Salvage Union.
Here's some more spreads from the book!
Chimerium Cult
Eroded Hills
Scuttler Bio-Chassis
We Were Here First! Editing
The PDF is complete and in it's final proofing stage before printing. As with the Core Book we'd appreciate all your editing feedback on the adventure.
Finally you can e-mail us directly at [email protected] if those other two options don't work for you.
The feedback we received on the Core Book was amazing and really helped us get it into a clean state for print and we'd appreciate any editing feedback on We Were Here First for the same reason.
Purchasing We Were Here First!
If you haven't purchased a copy of We Were Here First, you can still pre-order via BackerKit or update your pledge to include it and will immediately receive the PDF of the Adventure Module. If you're having trouble doing this please get in touch with [email protected] and we can help.
Salvage Union Core Book
The Salvage Union Core Book and Special Edition are still currently at the printers. We'll update when it's finished and ready for distribution, there have been some delays with the printing but we're hoping they will be ready within the next few months.
False Flag and Rainmaker
Both False Flag and Rainmaker are currently in layout. With We Were Here First! finished we are hoping to have these completed and ready to distribute within the next few months as well.
We're going to be using a faster method to print all of the modules so are hoping to coordinate everything together to be distributed at the same time.
Dice, Patches and Posters
The Dice and Patches are all ready for distribution and the posters are in layout ready for print which we will coordinate with the adventure modules.
Here's some pics of the Patches and Dice!
Salvage Union d20 Dice Set
Salvage Union Patches
Salvage Union Open Campaign
We've now finished the Salvage Union Open Campaign. We wanted to thank everyone who participated, it was a lot of fun to run Salvage Union over multiple sessions and get to play with such a wide range of the community.
If you're still interested in playing Salvage Union you can join the Discord. We will be running some one shot sessions of the adventure modules starting with We Were Here First. We'll update with more info on that shortly.
Get in touch!
Thankyou all so much for your continued support on this project, we're so happy to be able to get another adventure module to you all and can't wait to hear what you think of We Were Here First! and to hear about the games you play with it.
If you have any questions please don't hesistate to get in touch.
Salvage Union June Update
10 months ago
– Mon, Jul 03, 2023 at 02:42:24 AM
Hi Salvagers,
We hope you're enjoying the summer! Here's the June update.
Core Book
The Salvage Union Core Book is currently at the printers. We have had some back and forth in finalising the print proof and catching all of the errors in the text, which has added a bit more time than we expected to the process but we are still looking at 1-2 months for the books to be printed and ready for distribution.
You should now all have access to the Salvage Union 1.1 PDF. We will within the next1-2 months release the final '1.2' PDF which will be identical to the print version, factoring in all the edits and changes. We wanted to thank you all again for your edit suggestions which have really helped get the book into a clean state for print.
Adventure Modules
Unfortunately the Salvage Union Modules are still delayed. We are working hard on them, but have had numerous internal and external factors contributing to them being a lot slower than we expected. This is partly as we may have been too optimistic about our deadlines, this project has been a big learning process for us on production. We are also adding a lot more content to the Adventure Modules, in respect to both writing and art, they're currently close to 60 pages each from our initial plan of 48. This reflects us also expanding the Salvage Union Core Book from 200 page A5 to 340 page B5 book.
At this stage we aren't going to promise a date on them as we don't want to continue to disappoint you with deadlines we can't meet. We are going to continue to update with our progress on them and release them when we feel they're ready. This should still roughly align with the time the print editions are ready for distribution.
We are genuinely trying to make the Adventure Modules as good as possible. Salvage Union is a project we always wanted to support beyond it's initial release, our goal being to create a game that will endure rather than one that fades away. The Adventure Modules are part of that support, each a full campaign that explores a unique aspect of the Salvage Union world, and provides additional rules, and content. This includes new Mechs, Systems and Modules for you to use in play. As a result we really want to make the Adventure Modules as good as they can be, as they provide a basis to show you the variety of different ways you can play Salvage Union, which is particularly valuable considering how many elements of Salvage Union may be unfamiliar for players. Therefore, it is essential for us to ensure that the Adventure Modules demonstrate the game in practice as effectively as possible, which has taken us additional time in terms of editing and layout in particular. We hope you can understand this and appreciate your patience and support.
As noted in the last update we're now also working with Chris Bissette to support us with the layout of the adventure modules. We've also commissioned a lot of additional artwork for all of the adventure modules in order to bring them line with the high level of art and production value we have put into the core book. You can view some of the new spreads by Chris of We Were Here First below.
We Were Here First Spreads
WWHF Spread
Stormterror Mech
Cranium Mech
Impaler Mech
False Flag Art
You can also see some of the additional art we've comissioned for False Flag showing off the areas of Vornaya and Ostfjord. These pieces are by Peter Lee (@fullmechajacket)
Vornaya
Ostfjord Port
Dice
We've received the Salvage Union dice from our supplier and you can find a picture below! We're really happy with how they turned out and would love to know your thoughts.
Salvage Union Dice
Reminders
The majority of you have filled in BackerKit but not everyone has yet, we are soon approaching the deadline so please fill it in if you haven't already so you can get your games. You should also all have received both the Salvage Union PDF 1.1 and the Salvage Union OST via BackerKit. If you have not please get in touch and we can support.
Salvage Union Kickstarter Games
If you backed Salvage Union at the Corpo or Corpo Elite Tier we're going to be running a custom game of Salvage Union for you and your friends. We've sent you a message with more details and if you have any questions please get in touch.
Salvage Union Open Table Game Sign Up
To celebrate the launch of the Salvage Union Panny is running two open table games of Salvage Union on the Salvage Union Discord. (https://discord.com/invite/kMwD2bWgtC)
The games will be hosted weekly at two different times and will require voice chat.
Thursday from 7 PM BST - 10 PM BST
Sunday from 3 PM BST - 6 PM BST
The games are scheduled to begin in June on the following dates. We are aiming to run them through the summer, until around September.
Thursday 15th June - 7 PM BST - 10 PM BST
Sunday 18th June - 3 PM BST - 6 PM BST
In the games you'll play as salvagers of one of two different Union Crawlers, depending on which day you're signed up for, as they explore the wastelands, searching for scrap and tackling with corpos, raiders, meld, bio-titans and more. These games will integrate the upcoming Salvage Union Modules as well as lots of freeform exploration and play.
They are open, 'West Marches' style games, meaning anyone can join the game at any point, with drop in and drop out play welcome. There's no obligation to stay but your character will persist through the game and the Union Crawler will be upgraded as the group salvages in the wasteland.
We're taking sign ups now and will be going through Union Crawler, Mech and Pilot creation for those who sign up. You may only sign up for one of the games.
If you missed the Salvage Union Kickstarter there's still time to pre-order the game here. You'll receive the Core Book PDF immediately on a pre-order.
Salvage Union May Update
11 months ago
– Wed, May 31, 2023 at 08:26:14 AM
Hello Salvagers!
An update on our progress on Salvage Union
Salvage Union Core Book PDF
The Salvage Union PDF has been distributed to all backers and pre-order supporters at the Digital Tier and higher. If you are a backer or pre-order supporter who has not received your Core Book PDF yet please get in touch with us and we'll get your copy of the game to you.
If you missed out on the campaign you can still pre-order here and get immediate access to the Salvage Union Core Book PDF.
Print Progress and Distribution
The Salvage Union Core Book was sent to the printers early this month. It's still currently in the printing process and we're expecting it to be ready by the end of June though this is only an estimate. Once printed we'll be getting it ready for distribution. If you have not yet confirmed your order and added your address detail we are fast approaching the deadline for all addresses to be locked. Please get in touch if you are having any issues in this regard.
Salvage Union OST
We're excited to announce the Salvage Union OST by Greg Illidge has now been sent to all Kickstarter backers. This was our top £100k stretch goal on the Kickstarter Campaign and it's awesome to be able to send it to you all for your amazing support on the campaign. We'd love to hear your thoughts on the soundtrack which makes for excellent easy listening and a great background track for any games of Salvage Union you're running!
Adventure Modules
We're hard at work getting all three Adventure Modules finished. (We Were Here First, Rainmaker and False Flag) We are still hoping to have PDF's ready for next month. We are happy to announce we're now working with ENnie-nominated TTRPG designer Chris Bissette who is creating the layout for False Flag and We Were Here First! We've brought Chris in due to his extended experience in tabletop RPG design to help get the Modules out in good time at a quality we can be proud of.
You can have a look at some sample spreads of We Were Here First and Rainmaker below.
WWHF Spread
WWHF Fleshripper Spread
Rainmaker Spread
Salvage Union 'Bootleg' Edition and UKGE
The Salvage Union 'Bootleg' Edition is here!
Salvage Union 'Bootleg' Edition
We locally printed a small run of these as preview copies for UK Games Expo this upcoming weekend from 2-4 June. We then gave them the 'ol salvage treatment to make them appear authentically wasteland ready. It's an incredibly feeling seeing the game in print after years of work and we're really proud to be able to hold it in our hands.
If you're at the convention come and say hello! We'll be in Hall 2 at Stand 1128. You'll be able to see a copy of Salvage Union in the flesh. If you haven't secured your copy of Salvage Union yet you can also pre-order with us on the day.
We'll be running games of Salvage Union with games on demand at UKGE if you want to play some Salvage Union.
We wanted to emphasise these versions of the Core Book are not for sale, they're custom previews for customers and retailers, they'll also look a bit different to the main print run which will have some additional detailing.
Salvage Union Open Table Game Sign Up
To celebrate the launch of the Salvage Union Panny will be running two open table games of Salvage Union on the Salvage Union Discord. (https://discord.com/invite/kMwD2bWgtC)
The games will be hosted weekly at two different times and will require voice chat.
Thursday from 7 PM BST - 10 PM BST
Sunday from 3 PM BST - 6 PM BST
The games are scheduled to begin in June on the following dates. We are aiming to run them through the summer, until around September.
Thursday 15th June - 7 PM BST - 10 PM BST
Sunday 18th June - 3 PM BST - 6 PM BST
In the games you'll play as salvagers of one of two different Union Crawlers, depending on which day you're signed up for, as they explore the wastelands, searching for scrap and tackling with corpos, raiders, meld, bio-titans and more. These games will integrate the upcoming Salvage Union Modules as well as lots of freeform exploration and play.
They are open, 'West Marches' style games, meaning anyone can join the game at any point, with drop in and drop out play welcome. There's no obligation to stay but your character will persist through the game and the Union Crawler will be upgraded as the group salvages in the wasteland.
We're taking sign ups now and will be going through Union Crawler, Mech and Pilot creation for those who sign up. You may only sign up for one of the games.
If you backed Salvage Union at the Corpo or Corpo Elite Tier we're going to be running a custom game of Salvage Union for you and your friends. We've sent you a message with more details and if you have any questions please get in touch.
Thanks so much for all your support and as always if you have any questions please let us know.
