Salvage Union Starter Set - What's in the box?

Posted by Panayiotis Lines on August 14, 2024

We're excited today to reveal more details on what's in the Salvage Union Starter Set Box.

You can follow the Salvage Union Starter Set on Backerkit here.

The Salvage Union Starter Set is designed as the perfect introduction to playing Salvage Union, a post-apocalyptic Mech tabletop RPG where you play as salvager Mech pilots scouring the wastes for scrap.

One of our key goals when designing Salvage Union was to make the game as accessible, and new player friendly as possible, and we're designing the Starter Set to onboard new players and game mediators to the world.

It includes a brand new intro campaign set in the burning hot Central Wastes, designed to guide new pilots from Tech 1 to 3, and to show Game Mediators in detail how a campaign is structured and designed. It will also include all of the rules you need to play split into several booklets, as well as multiple quality of life features such as pre-made Mechs and Pilots, reference sheets, and handouts, to make getting the game to the table as simple as possible.

You can find the full details of the set below.

The Salvage Union Starter Set contains everything you need to start playing Salvage Union.

It includes:

An introductory Salvage Union campaign set within the Central Wastes, taking your fledgling band of salvagers and their Union Crawler from the 1st to 3rd Tech Level of the game.
A fully illustrated campaign map of the Central Wastes containing 10+ areas to explore.
All of the rules you need to play the game split into four booklets
- The Core Rules booklet detailing everything you need to start playing Salvage Union.
- The Campaign booklet detailing the areas, factions, and adversaries Pilots will encounter in the Central Wastes campaign, as well as guidance for The Mediator running the game, on how to create an engaging experience for the players.
- The Pilot Handbook detailing the game’s six Pilot Classes and their abilities as well as Pilot Equipment, including new options for the Starter Set.
- The Salvagers Weekly detailing all of the Mech Chassis, Systems, and Modules you can find, including brand new options for the Starter Set.
A set of Salvage Union d20 die unique to the Starter Set.
Pre-made Pilot, Mech and Union Crawler sheets to quickly get you and your group into the wastes.
Blank Pilot and Mech Sheets for crafting new Mechs and creating new Pilots.
A collection of handouts and quick reference sheets for the players.

We're really excited for the Salvage Union Starter Set in both growing the Salvage Union community and providing a new campaign and lots of useful content for existing players.

You can follow the Salvage Union Starter Set on Backerkit here to be alerted when it goes live.

FAQ

We've already had a lot of questions from the community about the Salvage Union Starter Set and we wanted to answer some of them here.

What else are you including in the box?

On top of all of this we are planning multiple stretch goals to include several extras in the set. We are hoping to fund additional adventures, tokens, standees, new patches, pins, cards, and more! We're still open to suggestions too at this stage so if you have anything you think would be awesome to include in the box please let us know.

Is there any new content in the set?

Yes! We'll be including new Mechs, Systems, Modules, Pilot Equipment, Bio-Titans, and other Denizens of the Wastes in the Starter Set.

We'll also be including new art from Hamish Frater, Francesco Silva, and Alex Connolly.

Will you be including digital content?

Yes! We'll be including a digital only pledge in the campaign which will include the Digital Edition (PDF) of all the Starter Set content. All physical backers will receive all digital content for free as part of their pledge.

What if I already have the Salvage Union Core Book?

The Starter Set contains a brand new Salvage Union campaign set in the Central Wastes, that is designed to take pilots from Tech 1 to Tech 3. The campaign map will be fully detailed with 10+ areas to explore, guiding players and Game Mediators through exploring the world. It will also include new Mechs, Systems, Modules, Pilot Equipment, Bio-Titans, and other Denizens of the Wastes!

The campaign will also be designed to segue into the three currently released Adventure Modules, We Were Here First!, False Flag, and Rainmaker, making it an excellent entry point into the world that can expand into the other adventures.

The Starter Set splits the rules into several easily accessible booklets, covering the first two Tech Levels of play, making them easier for players to leaf through. We're also including lots of useful quality of life add-ons such as high quality reference sheets, handouts, and pre-made Mech and Pilot sheets. We're also including and a brand new set of dice unique to the starter set. We hope this is enough to at least tempt you to pick it up, however if you have the Salvage Union Core Book you everything you need to play the game already.

Will we be able to back the Salvage Union Core Book and Adventures on the campaign?

Yes! Backers will be able to add the newly reprinted Salvage Union Core Book, and all Adventure Modules to their pledges in the campaign. These physical reprints have been updated to version 2.0a with various errors fixed from the previous print run.

Why BackerKit?

We have moved from Kickstarter to BackerKit due to concerns over the lenient AI policy of Kickstarter and it's damaging impact upon creators, and the quality of tabletop products being crowdfunded on the site. BackerKit has a strong anti-AI policy which makes us confident as creators to use the platform.

Will you have customs friendly shipping?

Shipping to the UK, US, Canada, and the EU will be customs friendly in the Salvage Union Starter Set campaign.

Are you including any VTT features?

As a stretch goal for the campaign we'll be including a full conversion of the Salvage Union Starter Set, as well as Core Book, and adventure modules, on Roll20, as well as Foundry.

Will you be running any Salvage Union Starter Set games?

Yes! We'll be running a Salvage Union Starter Set Open Campaign, ran by Panayiotis Lines, one of the lead designers on the game, on the Salvage Union Discord. You can join the discord here, and we'll be posting further details on how you can join the campaign in the coming weeks.

I have another question!

Please get in touch, you can e-mail us at hello@leyline.press, tag us @salvageunion on Twitter, or join the Salvage Union Discord to ask us questions directly and get support from the community.