Kevin Siembieda – guest on Gateway to the Megaverse® – Live podcast, Monday, November 10, 2008 – starts 6:00 PM EST. Will talk more about Palladium’s release schedule and the latest news.
Dead Reign™ RPG – The Zombie Apocalypse – ships November 14. The cover and interior pages were approved this week and the book is on schedule to ship November 14, 2008 – that’s just next Friday, folks. We are jazzed about this new game.
The Rifter® #44 – Horror Special – ships November 24. The Rifter® #44 is in final production even as you read this, and should go to the printer by Tuesday. It is a fun, monster-filled horror issue. This is only the second time in 11 years that The Rifter® has been late by more than a couple of weeks. Our apologies for the delay.
The Rifter® #45 will ship in January, 2009, as usual. However, the cover price is going up one dollar (retail price will be $11.95 per issue) starting with #45. Those of you who subscribe will continue to get The Rifter® at the usual subscription price and escape the price increase.
Rifts® Dimension Book™ 11: Dyval™, Hell Unleashed – December Release. Kevin Siembieda dives back into the final editing and rewriting of Dyval™ starting this weekend, and vows he will not stop until it is finished and at the printer. We don’t know if we can make the December 8 release date, but Kevin and company will do EVERYTHING they can to get Dyval™ out before Christmas! Dimensional Outbreak™ and Heroes of the Megaverse® will quickly follow within the first three months of 2009. We are dedicated to you, our fans, and getting out the books we’ve promised you!
Robotech®: The Masters Saga™ Sourcebook – December or January Release. Please don’t groan. This book is going to be epic. All new art and a ton of new, never-before-seen material – new mecha, new power armor, new weapons, new gear, new data and all the rest that you know and love. Epicness takes time and dedication. After a production meeting between Jason Marker and Kevin Siembieda, and after talking with the four main artists, we do not think we can get the Masters Saga out before Christmas. At least not without rushing the art and writing, and this is one book we do NOT want to rush. We are still shooting to get it done as fast as possible. In fact, we are still shooting for a December release, but it seems unlikely. We’ll see. Fear not, you will love this sourcebook.
Coming in 2009: Mysteries of Magic™ (Palladium Fantasy), Shemarrian Nation™, a Dead Reign™ sourcebook, Dimensional Outbreak™, Heroes of the Megaverse®, Armageddon Unlimited™, Megaverse® in Flames, Fleets of the Three Galaxies™, a Nightbane® sourcebook, Triax™ 2, Warpath™: Urban Jungle™ RPG (we hope, in time for the Palladium Open House!!), Robotech®: New Generation sourcebook, and a heck of a lot more. You ain’t seen nothing yet. If this economic downturn doesn’t crush Palladium’s sales (and so far it has not), we have one amazing book after another planned for you. Best of all, 80% of the titles listed above are already written and awaiting final editing, rewrites and production.
Zombie-mania hits a fever pitch as pre-orders for Dead Reign™ have been pouring in like crazy. We are confident you will NOT be disappointed. Editor, Alex Marciniszyn, says it could be Palladium’s next big hit! Let’s hope he’s right!!! We can hardly wait to see what you think of the game. Sourcebooks are already in the planning stage.
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.
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. Our apologies for this issue being late.
Dyval™ is another plane of Hell 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®. In final production right now!
This book is going to be epic!
The first batches of new artwork are in and look great! Apollo Okamura is working on the cover design and 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.
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.
The Manga Edition is the Robotech® The Shadow Chronicles® RPG “core rule book” as a 336 page, portable, manga-sized book. It has all the information a player needs to start a Robotech® game and it is necessary to play the Robotech® Macross Saga Sourcebook.
An expanded hardcover “core rule book,” and it or the Manga-Size Edition is needed to play the Robotech® Macross Saga Sourcebook.
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.
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.
There are still deals to be had and rare items to snap up, but it all ends tomorrow, November 8.
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).
- The Mechanoid Invasion® RPG – First Printing, 1981 – signed.
- The Journey – First Printing – signed.
- Homeworld – First Printing – signed.
- Nokia Rifts® N-Gage Videogame Promotional Kit – 1995 – only 35 produced – signed in several places by Kevin Siembieda – comes with the game.
- Detroit Gaming Center Newsletters (1981) – by Wujcik, Siembieda.
- 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.
Auction ends November 8, 2008 Click here for more details.
Publisher, writer and game designer Kevin Siembieda is this Monday’s guest on the Gateway to the Megaverse® podcast. Kevin is happy to answer your questions, live, about Dead Reign™, Robotech®, Dyval™, the Minion War™ series, and other books in development for the rest of this year and the beginning of 2009.
Remember, if you can’t make the show live (it starts at 6:00 PM EST, November 10) you can download it and listen to it at your convenience.
The economy is in the toilet, but you can still come out ahead with Palladium Books role-playing games thanks to the Christmas Surprise Package offer.
Don’t miss out on this great offer. For complete details click here.
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