Palladium Books® – Press Release – September 5, 2008
September Weekend Sale Spectaculars
Palladium Books’ September Sale Spectaculars start this weekend. Each subsequent weekend in September will offer a new and different special.
All sales will be cool, fun and offer mind-blowing FREE books, but each one will only last three nights from Friday evening to midnight Sunday.
Think Christmas, birthday gifts, and other special occasions coming up to take advantage of these incredible offers.
To make your life easy, order the one item and the bonus item is shipped with it automatically. No extra paperwork for you to fill out.
THIS WEEK! September 5, 6 & 7 Sale Spectaculars
- Order Robotech® The Shadow Chronicles® RPG Hardcover, Cat. No. 550HC and get the Splicers® RPG (224 pages, $23.95 retail) FREE. We call this our Alien Technology Package.
- Order the Rifts® Ultimate Edition, Cat. No. 800HC and get Rifts® Adventure Guide (192 pages, $22.95 retail) FREE. We call this our Rifts® Game Night Package.
- Order Beyond the Supernatural™ RPG, Cat. No. 700 and get the Mystic China™ RPG (208 pages, $19.95 retail) FREE. We call this our Mystic World Package.
In the coming weeks. . .
NOTE: FREE items are available only during the weekend listed! These are very limited time offers, with something new every weekend to bring spice to your September.
September 12, 13 & 14 Sale Spectaculars
- Order Tales of the Chi-Town ‘Burbs™ anthology book, Cat. No. 304, and get Rifts® Machinations of Doom™ (128 pages, graphic novel and sourcebook, $18.95 retail) FREE. We call this our Fiction Lover’s Package.
- Order Heroes Unlimited™ Sourcebook: Gramercy Island™, Cat. No. 518 and get Rifts® Dimension Book 4: Skraypers™ (160 pages, $16.95 retail) FREE. We call this our Super-Worlds Package.
- Order a “six pack” of Palladium Greeting Cards (six of the same card per set), Cat. No. 2517, 2519, 2521, 2523, 2525, or 2527 to get a Mixed Set of Greeting Cards (six different cards: Rifts® Ultimate Christmas, A Ley Line Christmas, a Super Birthday, Glitter Boy Birthday, Thinking of You, and Faerie Folk Greetings) FREE. We call this our Seasons Greetings Package. Order multiple sets and get one “mixed card set” with each.
Note: Christmas is just around the corner and there are two awesome Rifts® Christmas Card sets (Cat. No. 2517 Rifts® Ultimate and Cat. No. 2519 Ley Line Christmas, both are humorous and fun). Perfect for any gamer who has even heard of Rifts®. Other cards in the mixed set are suitable for gamers and non-gamers alike, especially folks into science fiction and fantasy. Take advantage of this offer!
September 19, 20 & 21 Sale Spectaculars
- Order Rifts® World Book 10: Juicer Uprising™, Cat. No. 820 and get Naruni Wave Two™ (96 pages, $14.95 retail) FREE. We call this our Rifts® Weapons of War Package.
- Order Rifts® Sourcebook One, Cat. No. 801 and get Rifts® Adventures in Dinosaur Swamp™ (160 pages, $18.95 retail) FREE. We call this our Rifts® Adventure Package.
- Order Heroes Unlimited™ G.M.’s Guide™, Cat. No. 516, and get Powers Unlimited™ One (96 pages, $14.95 retail) and Mutants in Orbit™ (120 pages, $11.95 retail) FREE. We call this our Super-Trifecta Package.
September 26, 27 & 28 Sale Spectaculars
- Order Rifts® World Book 11: Coalition War Campaign™, Cat. No. 821 and get Coalition Wars®: Final Siege™ (224 pages, $22.95 retail) FREE. We call this our Coalition at War Package.
- Order After the Bomb® RPG, Cat. No. 503 and get the RECON® RPG (224 pages, $20.95 retail) FREE. We call this our Erick Wujcik Remembered Package.
- Order Rifts® Machinations of Doom™, Cat. No. 871 and get Rifts® and the Megaverse®, the Art of John Zeleznik (128 pages, color, $22.95 retail) FREE. We call this our Art Lover’s Package.
UPDATE
Kevin Siembieda
Kevin Siembieda is still fighting a nasty, upper respiratory infection. Despite the lingering bug, on September 1, Kevin gave a two hour and 40 minute podcast about Role-Playing Game Design on Gateway to the Megaverse® that some listeners have called insightful, inspiring and entertaining. The podcast is available for free download.
Kevin spent most of the week catching up on business and working on Robotech®: The Macross™ Saga. He pushed himself too far the first few days of the week and had to take Thursday off to sleep and rest, but he was back today, working away. He insists he’s feeling better and plans to work through part of the weekend.
UPDATE:
Robotech® Macross Saga™ Sourcebook
The first batches of text are done with final editing and have been submitted to Harmony Gold for approval. Kevin Siembieda continues to work on editing and writing his part of the book while Jason Marker finishes up his Macross work (he’s putting the finishing touches on Non-Player Characters – Rick and crew – right now).
Depending on how quickly approvals come in from Harmony Gold, the Robotech® Macross Saga™ Sourcebook could still be released by the end of September. Any delays should only be a week or two.
The Macross Saga™ sourcebook is almost done! The mecha, vehicles, weapons and characters that made Robotech® famous. Giant mecha, alien invaders, heroes, villains and fun. Looking fantastic.
Veritech Fighters.
Destroids.
Aircraft and other vehicles galore.
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 end of September. In final production.
UPDATE:
Robotech®: The Masters Saga™ Sourcebook – October
The first batches of new art have the Palladium staff giddy with excitement. All of Palladium’s artists have been busy working on the entirely new art for The Masters Saga sourcebook. Everything is moving along nicely on that front.
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 October. In production.
UPDATE:
Dead Reign™ RPG – The Zombie Apocalypse – October, 2008
The cover, new art, additional writing/text and final edit are underway on what we think you will find to be the ultimate zombie book . . . Palladium style! Now available for pre-order.
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, Joshua Sanford and Kevin Siembieda. Coming this October.
192-224 pages – $22.95 retail – Cat. No. 230.
October release! Exact date not yet determined, but Halloween seems appropriate.
Rifts® Tales of the Chi-Town ‘Burbs™ – Available Now!
If you haven’t gotten the Rifts® anthology book yet, you may want to give it a try. After only reading half the book, podcast host Matthew Daye wrote in an email:
“I have an addendum to Julius' comment about it being required reading for the ‘Burbs. It should be required reading for anything in North America. The story I was just talking about (Love and Remembrance) had enough insight on Rifts history to make it a great read for people wanting the feel of Rifts.”
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.
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 Edition has been completely redone and laid out as if it were a new title. 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.
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!
Undoubtedly destined to be a collector’s item.
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 sheets 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.
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® Macross Saga™ Sourcebook – September or October
Robotech® The Masters Saga™ Sourcebook – October
Dead Reign™ (Zombie) RPG – October
The Rifter® #44 – Monster Extravaganza – 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 . . .
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