Palladium Books® – Press Release – October 30, 2008

Okay, this is another simple, to the point press release.

Dead Reign RPG – The Zombie Apocalypse
Finished and at the Printer – Ships November 14

The book is done and at the printer! Dead Reign™ may be the most frightening, compelling and fun to play role-playing game setting Palladium has ever produced. Another epic RPG you need to put on your “check it out list,” “buy list,” or “Christmas list.” If zombies are your thing, we think you will fall in love with this game.

Brave human survivors refuse to lie down and die! They battle the walking dead on all fronts, watch each other’s backs, struggle to forge safe havens away from the cities, rescue other survivors and fight without respite.

  • Six Apocalyptic Character Classes (O.C.C.s), including the Reaper, Shepherd of the Damned, Hound Master, Apocalyptic Soldier, Scrounger and Ordinary People (40+ occupations to choose from).
  • Seven types of zombies plus the Half-Living.
  • Secrets of the Dead: Everything you need to know about zombies if you want to live!
  • Tips on fighting zombies and point-blank zombie combat rules.
  • Terror Cults: Survivor refugees or Hell on Earth?
  • Death Cults, their Priests, power over zombies and goals.
  • Retro-Savages and why they feed people to zombies.
  • Resources, vehicles and equipment.
  • 101 Random Scenarios, Encounters and Settings.
  • 100 Random Corpse Searches and other tables.
  • Quick Roll Character Creation tables.
  • A powerful setting and many adventure ideas.
  • Cover by E.M. Gist.
  • Art by Amy L. Ashbaugh, Nick Bradshaw, Mark Dudley, and Mike Mumah.
  • Written by Josh Hilden, Joshua Sanford and Kevin Siembieda.
  • 224 pages – $22.95 retail – Cat. No. 230.
  • A complete role-playing game.
  • November 14th is the confirmed shipping date. Publisher, Kevin Siembieda, spoke to the printer this morning.

    Robotech® Macross® Saga Sourcebook
    – Available now

    If you love Robotech®, the Macross® Saga, and/or Palladium’s Robotech® RPGs, you want to get this book. It is gorgeous, packed with information and provides endless hours of gaming fun. At least put it on your Christmas list.

    The Macross® sourcebook is a toy chest packed with the mecha, vehicles, weapons and characters that made Robotech® famous. Valkyries, Destroids, ground vehicles, aircraft, spacecraft, weapons, Zentraedi soldiers, Zentraedi mecha, alien invaders, heroes, villains and more. There are no plans to reprint this title in a larger format.

  • Veritech Fighters & Destroids.
  • 14 aircraft and aerospace vehicles.
  • 13 ground vehicles, plus weapons and equipment.
  • Zentraedi mecha & select spacecraft.
  • Zentraedi warriors and their culture.
  • Quick Roll Tables for Macross characters.
  • Ordinary People O.C.C., new skills and more.
  • Notable anime characters statted out as NPCs.
  • Detailed illustrations, comprehensive stats and information.
  • Manga size for easy portability (5x7½ inches).
  • Written by Jason Marker & Kevin Siembieda.
  • Cover by Apollo Okamura.
  • Interior art by Brian & Allen Manning, Mike Majestic and others.
  • 256 pages (64 more pages than originally advertised!).
  • $15.95 retail – Cat. No. 551. Available now.

    What’s next from Palladium Books . . .

    The Rifter® #44 – Horror Special

  • $10.95 retail – 96 pages – Cat. No. 144.
  • Ships mid-November, 2008.

    Robotech®: The Masters Saga Sourcebook

  • The Armies of the Southern Cross™ – Earth’s defenders.
  • Never before seen mecha and power armor for the Armies of the Southern Cross.
  • And much, much more. It’s going to be epic.
  • 192 pages – $15.95 retail – Cat. No. 552.
  • Ships end of November or early December. In production.

    Rifts® Dimension Book 11: Dyval, Hell Unleashed

  • The hellish dimension of Dyval mapped and described.
  • New Lesser and Greater Deevils along with all your old faves.
  • Companion to Hades and the next chapter in the Minion War™.
  • Written by Carl Gleba and Kevin Siembieda.
  • 192 pages – Cat. No. 873 – $22.95 retail. Shooting for a November release, might slip into December.

    2008 Christmas Surprise Package – Spread the word

    $70-$80 worth of Palladium product for only $35 plus shipping. Role-playing games, sourcebooks, prints, greeting cards and other products hand picked by Kevin Siembieda from the “wish list” YOU send us. Autographs too.

    Don’t miss out on this great offer. For complete details click here.

    Spread the word

    Please spread the word about Palladium’s Christmas Surprise Package. What a great way for somebody thinking about playing a particular Palladium role-playing game to get started. They could get the core rules and 2-3 sourcebooks for around the cost of just the core book!

    We only advertise the Palladium Christmas Surprise Package on our website and in The Rifter®. It is our way of giving back to our fans, but it might also be a great way to get those gamers sitting on the fence about Palladium’s games to give us a try. YOU know who they are, so tell ‘em about the Grab Bags and get them to give us a try.

    We need your help getting new Palladium Customers. Advertising is tricky these days. There are hardly any pen and paper magazines to advertise in anymore (that don’t cost an arm and a leg). We are looking into online advertising venues, but that’s a new area for us.

    One great form of advertising is word of mouth, so please, talk about your gaming experiences and fun playing Palladium RPGs. Talk about new sourcebooks and RPGs you are excited about, and similar. Tell your gaming buddies and ex-gaming pals, and chat online.

    Actually, we have been seeing a good number of first time Grab Baggers, as well as first time players and gamers coming back to Palladium RPGs after getting out of gaming for a few years. That’s excellent. Welcome one and all. Spread the word. Thanks.

    Palladium/Erick Wujcik Collectibles Auction
    – Starts Saturday – November 1, 2008.

    The majority of the items being offered were all products owned, often written by, and signed by the late, great, Erick Wujcik, game designer supreme and one of Palladium’s dearest friends. Erick was always thinking about others, so he gave Palladium a couple boxes of books and came to the Palladium office in January 2008 to sign stacks of Palladium RPG product. Why? So Palladium could sell them and use the money to help keep the company on its feet. That’s just the wonderful person Erick Wujcik was.

    So here you go. Many of these items belonged to, and were used by, Erick, so some are worn, others are near mint. We list only some of the highlights, there are more items in the actual auction. MOST ITEMS ARE SIGNED – this may be one of your last chances to get memorabilia signed by Erick Wujcik (and often Kevin Siembieda and Palladium staff).

    - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles® RPG – First Printing – signed.
    - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles® RPG – Later Printing – signed.
    - TMNT Sourcebooks written by Erick – signed.
    - Transdimensional TMNT sourcebook – signed – rare.
    - After the Bomb® set – signed.
    - Amber Diceless RPG – signed.
    - Amberzine #2 – super-rare – signed.
    - Amberzine #3 – super-rare – signed.
    - Amberzine #5 – super-rare – signed.
    - Amberzine #6 – super-rare – signed.
    - Amberzine #11 – super-rare.
    - Amberzine #12-15 – super-rare.
    - Rifts® Gold #69 – the “original” Rifts® Gold that sells for $400-$500 online, if you can find it!
    - Rifts® Ultimate Gold – “Printer Proof”.
    - All three of the original Mechanoid Invasion® books (signed by Kevin and Erick), belonged to Erick Wujcik.
    - Rifts® Vampire Kingdoms print – #2, super-rare, limited to only 10 prints. Signed by Kevin Long. Was a gift to Erick from artist, Kevin Long.
    - Rifts® Conversion Book One print – #2, super-rare, limited to only 20 prints. Was a gift to Erick from artist, Kevin Long.
    - Other Palladium titles, dice bags (the last) and prints.
    - Other books and collectibles owned by Erick Wujcik.

    Starts November 1 and Ends November 8, 2008. Remember, Christmas is just around the corner.

    Click here for more details.

    Youmacon 2008 – Anime Convention
    October 30-November 2, 2008

    This weekend is Youmacon (and Halloween). Palladium Books will be there to sell a bunch of product and have some fun.

    Michigan’s biggest anime convention is Youmacon, which expects 4000 people to attend, and offers great costumes, cosplay, Royal Masquerade Ball, videogame tournament, anime guests, panel discussions, anime shown around the clock, dealers’ room, parties and fun, fun, fun.

    Location: Hyatt Regency Dearborn – special room rate $97 per night.
    Dates: October 30-November 2, 2008
    At the Door:
    3-Day Registration: $45
    Friday or Sunday: $20
    Saturday Only: $25
    Contact: registration@youmacon.com
    Website: www.youmacon.com

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