Palladium Books® – Press Release – August 8, 2008
See you at Gen Con® Indy 2008 – August 14-17, 2008
Palladium Books – Booth 501
Free copy of The Rifter® (while supplies last).
Free RPG game events and demos at the Palladium Booth (#501).
Free autographs.
Special give-away with purchase (while supplies last).
Rifts® Tales of the Chi-Town ‘Burbs™ – anthology collection.
Robotech® The Shadow Chronicles® Deluxe Hardcover.
Robotech® The Shadow Chronicles® “Gold” Collector’s Edition.
Robotech® The Shadow Chronicles® “Manga” edition (soft cover).
Sneak peek at Robotech® The Macross Saga™ Sourcebook.
Pick Jason Marker’s brain about upcoming Robotech® books.
The Rifter® #43 – Swimsuit and Erick Wujcik tribute issue.
Rifts® and the Megaverse® Masterwork edition.
Backstock titles including most of The Rifter® #1-13.
Rare out of print books and gold editions.
Select T-shirts.
Prints and original artwork.
Special Guests include:
James Brown (Megaversal Ambassador) – confirmed
Paul Deckert (associate) – confirmed
Carl Gleba (writer; tentative)
Josh Hilden (writer) – confirmed
Jason Marker (writer) – confirmed
Mark Oberle (writer) – confirmed
Apollo Okamura (artist) – confirmed
Jason Richards (writer) – confirmed
Kevin Siembieda (publisher, writer, artist) – confirmed
Wayne Smith (editor) – confirmed
Zachary Houghton (Megaversal Ambassador) – confirmed
And others . . .
The Palladium Books booth is located at the front of Aisle 500 and near Upper Deck.
For more information, check out the Gen Con Indy website.
Product Checklist
The Rifter® #43 – Swimsuit & Wujcik Tribute Issue – Available now
Rifts® Anthology: Tales of the Chi-Town ‘Burbs™ – Available now
Robotech® The Shadow Chronicles® RPG “Manga Edition” – Available now.
Robotech® The Shadow Chronicles® RPG “Deluxe Hardcover” – Available now.
Robotech® The Shadow Chronicles® RPG “Gold” Edition” – Available now.
Coming Soon
Robotech® The Macross Saga™ Sourcebook – September
Robotech® The Masters Saga™ Sourcebook – October
The Rifter® #44 – Monster Extravaganza – October
Dead Reign™ (Zombie) RPG – October
Rifts® Dimension Book™ 11: Dyval™, Hell Unleashed (Minion War™) – Fall
Rifts® Dimension Book™ 12: Dimensional Outbreak™ (Minion War™) – Fall
Rifts® Heroes of the Megaverse® (Minion War™) – Fall
Heroes Unlimited™/Rifts®: Armageddon Unlimited™ (Minion War™) – Fall or Winter
Mysteries of Magic™ – Fall or Winter
Nightbane® sourcebook – Fall or Winter
Rifts® Megaverse® in Flames™ – Winter
And More . . .
Sales are up and excitement runs high
Now that Palladium is finally releasing new product, sales are up. Way up. Cool. We think you will love the new Robotech® hardcover editions (Tommy Yune was impressed and said “the Gold Edition is suitable as a coffee table book.” We agree, it’s gorgeous). Rifts® Tales of the Chi-Town ‘Burbs™ is 224 pages of one interesting story after another (Julius Rosenstein says, “This should be required reading for anyone running a Rifts® game set in North America.”) All of a sudden, Rifts® and the Megaverse®: The Art of John Zeleznik hardcover art books are selling. We sold three of the $50 hardcovers (limited to 300 signed copies; signed by John Zeleznik and Kevin Siembieda), and two copies of the “Masterwork” Edition of Rifts® and the Megaverse® in just the last two days.(The Masterworks Edition is limited to 199 copies and comes with an original concept drawing signed by Zeleznik and Siembieda, glued into the book). Meanwhile, anticipation for Dead Reign™, Dyval™, Dimensional Outbreak™, Mysteries of Magic™, Robotech®: The Macross Saga™ and Robotech®: The Masters Saga™, is intense.
Rifts® Tales of the Chi-Town ‘Burbs™ – Available Now!
The Rifts® anthology book arrived and shipped out Thursday, August 7. It looks fantastic and has been selling at a rapid pace.
Juicers, Cyber-Snatchers, Combat Cyborgs, Dead Boys, Dog Boys, Erin Tarn, Chi-Town, the ‘Burbs, parents, siblings, bartenders, comedians, monsters, dark magic, tragic endings, happy endings, and new beginnings are some of the things you’ll read about in this collection of new and original Rifts® short stories created special for this book. Each written by one of Palladium’s premiere writers.
The ‘Burbs are a collection of people waiting for admission into one of the fortified city havens of the Coalition States. They do not officially exist, and therefore have no formal government or laws. Refugees, D-Bees, fugitives, adventurers, outlaws and dreamers of every stripe make their home in the ‘Burbs or visit to sell their wares, get a little R&R, or cause some trouble. This also attracts opportunists and criminals who prey upon the innocent and the gullible.
Trade paperback size (6 x 9 inches).
Erin Tarn’s unique view of the ‘Burbs and the good they serve.
Stories written by Kevin Siembieda, Jason Marker, Braden Campbell, Carl Gleba, Josh Hilden, Mark Oberle, Jason Richards, Jeffry Scott Hansen, Josh Sinsapaugh, John Philpott, and Taylor White.
$12.95 retail – 224 pages – Cat. No. 304. Available now.
Robotech®: The Shadow Chronicles® RPG
– 8½ x 11 Deluxe Hardcover Edition – Available Now!
The Deluxe Hardcover and Gold editions of Robotech®: The Shadow Chronicles® RPG have arrived at the Palladium warehouse available now. We think the books look great.
The Deluxe Edition has been completely redone and laid out as if it were a new title to best suit the larger size. It is filled with additional artwork throughout, offers superior reproduction of toned artwork, better paper stock, larger type-face, and some additional text, including two Haydonite spaceships, three UEEF ships, space combat rules and a handful of additional vehicles. Some of you requested a larger, hardcover edition of the core rule book and we’re happy to comply.
New, large illustrations throughout.
Some additional text for a few new weapons and vehicles.
New, text on Haydonite and UEEF spacecraft.
Spaceship combat rules.
Veritech Fighters, Cyclones, Bioroid Interceptor and more.
Invid mecha and adventure ideas.
Haydonites, the Wraith, Infiltrator and spaceships.
Fast character creation, skills and options.
Superior quality paper and reproduction.
A complete role-playing game. Everything you need to play.
8½ x 11 full book size, hardcover, core rules.
224 pages – $30.95 retail – Cat. No. 550HC – Available now.
Robotech®: The Shadow Chronicles® RPG
– Signed & Numbered, “Gold” Hardcover Edition – Available Now!
The 8½ x 11, Collector’s “Gold” Hardcover Edition of Robotech® looks fantastic! Kevin Siembieda has personally glued in all of the signed and numbered, color signature sheet himself. The cover is rich, classy and impressive. Everyone who has seen it, wants one!
Only 500 signed and numbered copies. Sold on a first come, first served basis.
Black leatherette and embossed gold foil cover.
Color signature sheet signed by Tommy Yune, Kevin Siembieda, Jason Marker, Brian Manning, Allen Manning, Wayne Smith, Julius Rosenstein and Alex Marciniszyn. Eight signatures, total.
8½ x 11 full book size, hardcover, core rules.
224 pages – $70.00 retail – Cat. No. 5500HC – available ONLY from Palladium Books. Available now!
A complete role-playing game. Everything you need to play.
Robotech®: Macross Saga™ Sourcebook – September
In final production! The mecha, vehicles, weapons and characters that made Robotech® famous. Giant mecha, alien invaders, heroes, villains and fun. Looking fantastic.
Veritech Fighters.
Destroids.
The Zentraedi enemy, their mecha & select spacecraft.
Detailed illustrations, comprehensive stats and information.
Manga size for easy portability (5x7½ inches).
Written by Kevin Siembieda and Jason Marker.
Cover by Apollo Okamura.
Interior art by Brian & Allen Manning, Mike Majestic and others.
192 pages – $15.95 retail – Cat. No. 551.
Ships early September. In final production.
Robotech®: The Masters Saga™ Sourcebook – October
Never before revealed mecha designs, stats and information about Earth’s fighting forces and the invading Robotech Masters. Artwork has been assigned and writing is half done.
The Armies of the Southern Cross – Earth’s defenders.
Hovertanks, AJAX, Logan and other human mecha.
Revealed for the first time: The Mecha of the Southern Cross.
Additional vehicles and weapons.
The Robotech Masters, Bioroids, spaceships and weapons.
Manga size for easy portability (5x7½ inches).
Written by Jason Marker.
Cover by Apollo Okamura.
Interior art by Brian & Allen Manning and Mike Majestic.
192 pages – $15.95 retail – Cat. No. 552.
Ships end of September or early October. In production.
The Rifter® #44 – Horror Special – October
The Rifter® is your doorway to unlimited imagination and numerous Palladium role-playing worlds. It offers new heroes, powers, weapons, magic and adventure for your games. It presents new villains, monsters and dangers to battle, and new ideas to consider.
A dozen or more monsters from across the Megaverse®.
Adventures and source material with a horror twist.
Adventure/source material for Wormwood™.
Adventure/source material for Nightbane® and Beyond the Supernatural™.
The latest chapter of Hammer of the Forge™, fiction.
News, coming attractions and more.
$10.95 retail – 96 pages – Cat. No. 144.
Ships early October. In production.
Dead Reign™ RPG
– The Zombie Apocalypse – October, 2008
Dead Reign™ is a game of survival, rescue and revenge. Player characters are both the hunted and the hunters as they battle the creeping doom that is the living dead and pray for salvation.
S.D.C. setting.
Zombies have taken over the world.
Zombies control the cities. Humans hide in remote wilderness areas.
Zombies capture, keep and breed humans in food pens.
Several different types of zombies.
Humankind fights to rescue those they can, and destroy as many of the zombie abominations as they can.
Player characters are ordinary people fighting for their very existence or bent on revenge.
Is this the end of the world as we know it? Can Earth be reclaimed by humanity?
Cover by E.M. Gist.
Art by Nick Bradshaw and Amy L. Ashbaugh.
Written by Josh Hilden and Joshua Sanford. Additional text, rules and ideas by Kevin Siembieda. Coming this October.
Exact size and price yet to be determined. Probably around 224-256 pages, at a price range of $22.95 to $24.95 retail. Cat. No. 230.
Rifts® Dimension Book™ 11: Dyval™, Hell Unleashed
Kevin Siembieda and Jason Marker will soon get back to finishing Dyval™ and Dimensional Outbreak™ for Fall release.
Dyval™ is as dangerous as Hades and a whole lot stranger. It is the second book in the Minion War™ series, and is every bit as fantastic as Hades. The Deevil Host, evil monsters and minions, Deevil society, monstrous War Steeds, magic, adventure settings and more will make this another welcomed addition to the Palladium Megaverse®. Suitable for use with The Palladium Fantasy RPG®, HU2, Nightbane®, BTS-2, Phase World® and Rifts®.
The hellish dimension of Dyval mapped and described.
New Lesser and Greater Deevils along with all your old faves.
Inhuman minions who serve as the Host.
Magic weapons and horrific war beasts.
World information and adventure ideas.
A stand-alone Dimension Book that is also the second step in an epic, five book adventure that spills across the Palladium Megaverse®.
Companion to Hades and the next chapter in the Minion War™.
Artwork by Nick Bradshaw, Mike Wilson, Mike Mumah, and others.
Cover painting by John Zeleznik.
Written by Carl Gleba and Kevin Siembieda.
192 pages – Cat. No. 873 – $22.95 retail. A Fall release.
Rifts® Dimension Book™ 12: Dimensional Outbreak™
The Minion War™ spills into Phase World®, the city of Center and the Three Galaxies™. The epic scale of the Minion War just got bigger and even the Worlds of Warlock, the Splugorth and Naruni are involved.
Phase World’s Center described and mapped. Four new levels, including the Gateland, Central Station, the Spaceport, Repo-Yards, Free Trade Zone, Warlock Market, notable merchants and places of business, and much more.
Demon Knights, Star Slayers, demonic legions and more.
Demonic spaceships, magic weapons and new horrors.
Deevil fortifications and defenses.
Space spell magic (new).
Spaceships, power armor and other gear.
The plot for conquering the Three Galaxies.
A stand-alone Dimension Book that is also the third step in an epic, five book crossover that spills across the Palladium Megaverse®.
Artwork by Apollo Okamura, Mike Mumah, and others.
John Zeleznik cover painting.
Written by Carl Gleba.
192 pages – Cat. No. 875 – $22.95 retail. A Fall, 2008 release.
Rifts® and the Megaverse®: The Art of John Zeleznik
– Collector’s Masterwork Edition
To our knowledge, no publisher of any kind, anywhere in the world, has ever offered an original piece of art in a collector’s edition.
Each original work of art is a concept drawing (pencil or ink, a few are in watercolor!) used in the actual creation of one of the works of art presented in the art book.
Each drawing is different; all by John Zeleznik.
Limited to 199 copies (only around 80 remain).
Color hardcover, different cover than the soft cover edition.
Numbered and signed by John Zeleznik and Kevin Siembieda.
128 pages – quality reproduction and color.
Cat. No. 2510-CML – available only from Palladium Books and only while supplies last.
$125.00 each, plus $15 for shipping in the USA, $20 to Canada, and $35 to all other countries for shipping. MUST be sent UPS, Priority Mail/Certified or some other way it can be tracked and is insured to arrive.
Rifts® and the Megaverse®: The Art of John Zeleznik
– “Hardcover” Edition –
The wonderful hardcover without the original artwork, but it still includes a signature sheet signed by John Zeleznik and Kevin Siembieda.
Limited to 300 copies.
Signature sheet signed by John Zeleznik & Kevin Siembieda.
128 pages – quality reproduction and color.
Cat. No. 2510-HC – available only from Palladium Books and only while supplies last.
$50.00 each, plus $9 for shipping in the USA, $12 to Canada, and $22 to all other countries for shipping. MUST be sent UPS, Priority Mail/Certified or some other way it can be tracked and is insured to arrive.
Rifts® and the Megaverse®
The Art of John Zeleznik – “Softcover” Edition
See, firsthand, the inner workings of an artist’s mind. Quality, glossy paper stock, color throughout.
15 years of artwork for Rifts® and other Palladium titles.
50+ Zeleznik paintings, plus dozens of color preliminary paintings.
200+ sketches and concept drawings.
High quality paper and reproduction.
Paintings, artwork, design and layout, all by John Zeleznik.
Foreword by Kevin Siembieda. Introduction by Zeleznik.
Softbound, 8 ½ x 11 inches. Color cover, glossy paper stock.
$22.95 retail – 128 pages of full color – Cat. No. 2510.
2009 Palladium Open House – May 1, 2 & 3
– V.I.P. Thursday is Sold Out –
Weekend and Single Day Tickets are going fast
Approximately 180 Weekend 2009 Palladium Open House tickets are still available, as are individual day admission tickets, but we have a feeling attendance will be high in 2009, and we may have to limit the number of people who can attend (we can accommodate approximately 350 gamers), so you probably want to reserve your Open House admissions before February to guarantee you attendance. Hotel rooms are going fast too – with approximately half of the Double rooms already reserved (Kings and Queens are also available).
2009 Palladium Open House
Dates: May 1, 2 & 3, 2009.
Time: 9:30 A.M. till midnight (or later; all night gaming at hotel).
Attendance: Limited to around 320 or so gamers.
Cost: $40 per person for the weekend (Friday, Saturday & Sunday), or $16 per day for Friday and Saturday, $12 for Sunday. Available on a first come, first served basis.
V.I.P. Tickets: Sold out in 13 hours. Sorry.
Open House Hotel – $69.95 per night
Reserve your room as soon as possible
Space is limited and Palladium may need to book rooms in a second hotel, so book your room NOW to get this great price and location.
Hotel information:
$69.95 plus tax per Double or King room.
Clean, comfortable rooms – Double beds or a single king-size bed.
Free continental breakfast from 5:30 A.M. to 9:30 A.M.
Exercise room open 24 hours.
Executive meeting room for all-night gaming; provided a Palladium agent is present in the room.
Large meeting room with tables and chairs for six additional games for all-night gaming; provided a Palladium agent is present in the room.
Plenty of places to eat just down the road (Denny’s, Wendy’s, McDonald’s, Bennigan’s, and many others).
TO MAKE A RESERVATION at the $69.95 price you MUST tell them you want a room in the Block Reserved for Palladium Books. 734-455-8100 tel.
Comfort Inn Plymouth Clocktower
40455 Ann Arbor Road (right off of I-275)
Plymouth, MI 48170
Call 734-455-8100 to make hotel reservations.
Palladium Open House Dates: V.I.P. Thursday is April 30. Open House for all is May 1, 2 & 3, 2009.
2009 Palladium Open House Guests already lined up
– May 1-3, 2009 (not counting V.I.P. Thursday, April 30) –
Kevin Siembieda – publisher, writer, artist & game designer
Wayne Smith – editor-in-chief of The Rifter®
Alex Marciniszyn – editor, writer and researcher
Jason Marker – writer, editor, and freelancer coordinator
Julius Rosenstein – writer, proofreader and Game Master
Kathy Simmons – sales, marketing and cook extraordinaire
Josh Hilden – writer and co-creator of Dead Reign RPG
Brandon Aten – writer (tentative)
Carmen Bellaire – writer
Braden Campbell – writer (tentative)
Matthew Daye – writer & podcast host of Gateway to the Megaverse®
Carl Gleba – writer
Jeffry Scott Hansen – writer
Mark Oberle – writer
Chris Perrin – writer & podcast host of Echos from the Rifts®
John C. Philpott – writer
Jason Richards – writer
Joshua Sanford – writer and co-creator of Dead Reign RPG
Josh Sinsapaugh – writer
Taylor White – writer (tentative)
Nick Bradshaw – artist
Kent Burles – artist
Mark Dudley – artist
Mark Evans – artist/cover painter (tentative)
Mike Majestic – artist
Allen Manning – artist
Brian Manning – artist
Apollo Okamura – artist/cover painter
Chuck Walton – artist
And more to be announced . . .
40+ Palladium creators (estimated) gathered under one roof available to you to autograph books, chat, sell prints and original art, clown around, game and have fun. And many of the artists are willing to draw character sketches at reasonable prices, or sell prints and original artwork. That’s more Palladium guests than at any convention anywhere in the world! And it happens right at the Palladium offices and warehouse!
Costume competition!
Auction of game books and collectibles.
Dealer’s area with Palladium back stock, new titles, out of print collectibles and Open House specials.
Costume competition, panel discussions and more.
Meet fellow gamers from around the world! Gamers come from across North America, coast to coast and everywhere in-between. Some even come from as far away as Germany, England and Australia!
The Palladium Open House is unlike any convention you’ve ever attended. We call this gaming event the Palladium Open House, because we are inviting you into our home away from home, and into our hearts.
In this intimate and fun setting you get to meet ALL the guests and staff, be the first to hear our new ideas, ask questions and have fun, face to face, one on one. It’s awesome.
Four days of fun. Our first two Open Houses were only Saturday and Sunday (plus V.I.P. Friday), but so many fans have asked us to expand the days of gaming, that in 2009, Palladium will host three full days of gaming – Friday, Saturday and Sunday – plus V.I.P. Thursday!
To order tickets, click here: Weekend - Friday - Saturday - Sunday
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