Palladium Books® Weekly Update – Nov. 8, 2013

By Kevin Siembieda

Somehow this was a strange and rather wild, up and down week. Good stuff happened, not so good stuff happened. One exciting opportunity crumbled, a new one appeared. I got a flat tire and had to get a new tire thanks to the metal spike plunged into it. At least a friend had a can of Fix a Flat to get me to the local tire repair place. Wayne, Jeff and Matt all got sick one after another (hope I am not next), while I missed friends and family who have passed away and reveled in cherished memories with other friends. Grab Bags got pulled and shipped early, while deadlines on books continue to stretch. We lost heat in the warehouse, but our imaginations and creative energies have never burned hotter. We are working like maniacs all the darn time, but there never seems to be enough hours in the day to get it all done. Whew. Details follow.

Basically, this.

A plague . . . of sorts

Some kind of head cold or bug has been plaguing the office staff. First Wayne caught it, then Jeff, and most recently, Matt. It involves fever, sore throat, and sinus issues. Hoping I manage to escape it.

A fond farewell

My own energy levels have been up and down. Not because I've been sick, but because I've been thinking about the passing of my dear friend Kathyrn Kozora. This, of course, brought about memories and emotions about Erick Wujcik, who died in 2008 (Kate and Erick were sweethearts for as long as I've known them), as well as my father, who passed away in October of 2010. It also reminded me of all the loved ones I've lost to cancer. Besides the above, there has been my beautiful mother, grandmother, Keith Parkinson and too many others. Some of those memories were bittersweet and made me melancholy, and interfered with my focus and writing. Some of that made me feel warm and fuzzy and inspired me to write. I met with friends Paul Deckert and Sarah Yurich (Kay’s granddaughter in town for the week) and we spent the evening together laughing, crying and romping down memory lane. We’ll miss you Kay, Erick, Dad, Mom and all the rest, but you made our lives fuller and richer for having been in them, even if it was all too short.

Christmas Surprise Packages are shipped

We LOVE doing the Christmas Surprise Package offer for you guys and gals. It’s our way of showing our appreciation. You are crazy not to take advantage of it and buy at least one. It is so worthwhile.

But man oh man, are they a ton of work. We did a bunch of prep-work for it. We made dozens and dozens of boxes for shipping, rearranged table space, and the staff signed 600 or 700 books.

- Chuck Walton came by on Tuesday to drop off his gorgeous Rifter® #64 cover and signed a few hundred books for Surprise Packages.

- Mark Dudley came by on Wednesday to sign a couple hundred books and promised to return soon to sign more.

- Carmen Bellaire dropped by too, but for reasons that we do not understand, he hates to sign books, so he snuck out of the office without signing a single one. Coward. :)

Though we said we probably wouldn't ship the first Surprise Packages out until Monday, November 11, I was so excited to send them off that I had the first 50 Surprise Packages packed up and shipped out by Thursday. They are on their way to many of you right now! Enjoy. The rest of you, get your orders in!

Christmas Surprise Package Sentimental Offer

Erick Wujcik was a game designing genius and one of my closest friends. You know his work from such titles as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles®, Ninjas and Superspies™, Mystic China™, After the Bomb®, Rifts® China One and Two, his contributions to Palladium Fantasy®, Rifts®, Dragons and Gods™ and the original Beyond the Supernatural, as well as his own Amber Diceless RPG, Ambercon and other achievements. With the passing of his beloved Kate, we’ve all been thinking and talking about her and Erick. I know many of you knew and loved Erick personally, and many more via his body of RPG works.

Wujcik keepsake upon request. I have been able to make special arrangements to give those of you who request it, a memento/keepsake of Erick Wujcik in the 2013 Christmas Surprise Package. I have something like 100 paperback books and 100 issues of various magazines from the 1990s like Locus, Analog and Asimov, that belonged to Erick, were read by Erick and were part of his personal collection. Some of the magazines even have the address sticker with Erick’s name and address. Erick was a voracious reader and loved books, especially science fiction. You can request an Erick Wujcik keepsake in your Wish List or Comments section. Everyone who asks will get one. I have about 200 items. Available while supplies last. When I run out, I will try to see if I can get more. I can’t promise whether the Erick Wujcik keepsake you get will be a paperback novel or a magazine. EACH will either be stamped as the “Property of Erick Wujcik” or come with a super-simple statement of origin. NOTE: This is a sentimental memento. The items sent have little to no value other than being a fun read and having been owned and read by legendary game designer Erick Wujcik. Just a little something from Erick, Kay and the Palladium family during a season of joy and kinship. Only people who request a Wujcik keepsake will get one.

UPDATE: Rifts^® Northern Gun^™ One – Available now!

Rifts® Northern Gun™ One is selling like crazy and people are loving it. No word from the printer on when the NG-1 Hardcover editions will arrive, but it should be soon.

Rifts^® Northern Gun^™ One Sneak Preview – available now on DriveThruRPG.com

Wayne has posted a FREE Sneak Preview of Rifts® Northern Gun™ One available on DriveThruRPG.com right now for your enjoyment. There are also previews available for the Rifts® Vampires Sourcebook, Rifts® Vampire Kingdoms™ (Revised Edition), Rifts® Black Market, Rifts® Lemuria, Dead Reign™ RPG, Endless Dead™ sourcebook and others. The original Rifts® Vampire Kingdoms World Book is also available as a PDF on DriveThruRPG, for those of you who may be interested.

More than 90 other Palladium titles can be found on DriveThruRPG.com as PDFs, including Splicers®, Rifts® RPG (the edition before RUE), The Rifter® #1-52, and first edition rule books and sourcebooks for Palladium Fantasy RPG®, Heroes Unlimited™, The Mechanoid Invasion® Trilogy, Beyond the Supernatural™ and lots of other good titles. DriveThruRPG.com also offers the Rifts® and Palladium Fantasy® Game Master Kits ($5 each; both written by Carl Gleba and complete with maps, combat matrix, character sheets, spell list, and 20 pre-rolled characters created by Julius Rosenstein). Check it all out.

UPDATE: The Rifter^® #64 – November Release

This is another fine issue of The Rifter®, but it has not yet gone to the printer due to illness. Sorry, should be sent to the printer next week. It has material for Rifts®, Dead Reign™, Nightbane®, Palladium Fantasy® and other good stuff. Including official stats and background for the characters on the cover: A new type of dragon known as the Winter Serpent, plus the more savage cousins of the Bearmen of the North, the Ice Bearmen. Both conceived by Chuck Walton, developed by me (Kevin Siembieda) and written by Matthew Clements. See the cover and the whole description elsewhere in this Update.

UPDATE: Dead Reign^™ Sourcebook 4: Fear the Reaper^™ – November Release

Same story. With half the office sick, progress on books this week has been sloooow. As I've said before, this book is fun and exciting. Matthew Clements has outdone himself on this sourcebook. Fear the Reaper™ will present in-depth background, info and character material on the zombie hunters known as the Road Reapers. See the complete description for it elsewhere in this Update.

UPDATE: Rifts^® Northern Gun^™ Two – December Release

Nothing got done on NG-2 this week, but that will change very soon. Chuck is working away on art. See the full description for it later in this Update.

UPDATE: Robotech^® UEEF Marines^™ Sourcebook One

How about that cover (see below)? Nice, eh? More to come. This will be a hot, early 2014 release.

Back to work

It has been an exhausting week. I’ll be working over the weekend. If Wayne is up to it, he’ll be working part of it, too. Our top priority is books. Enjoy the Christmas Surprise Package and keep those imaginations burning bright.

– Kevin Siembieda, Publisher, Writer and Game Designer

Christmas Surprise Packages – Available NOW!

Christmas Surprise Packages or Grab Bags are a long running holiday tradition in which you can get several RPG titles at a substantial discount. It is our way to say thank you to our many fans for being so kind and patient, and for your years of support. You are appreciated more than you may know.

Christmas Surprise Packages are not just for Christmas. Whether you celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, or the Winter Solstice, or you’re looking for a gift for a birthday, anniversary, Valentine’s Day, or other special occasion that falls between now and February, a Surprise Package may be the ideal way to go. You get a ton of stuff on the cheap, you can get a bunch of autographs, and you look like you spent a fortune.

This is also a great way to try that game setting you’ve wondered about (Splicers®, Dead Reign™, Chaos Earth®, Palladium Fantasy®, Nightbane®, etc.), or to get something for your favorite Game Master, or perhaps to get your player group to consider a new game or setting.

The Palladium Surprise Packages are designed to simulate the fun, joy and surprise of the Christmas Season of Giving. In this case, Santa Kevin (yeah, that’s me) has you submit a list of 10-12 Palladium products (or more) that you would like to receive in your Christmas Surprise Package. This list of 8-12 (or more) items is critical, because you will not know which items you’ll be getting. That makes it just like a Christmas gift because it’s a surprise! Plus, Santa Kevin, who personally handpicks every item for every Grab Bag, may toss in something extra like a limited edition print or T-shirt, or issue of The Rifter®, or something else he thinks you’ll enjoy.

Autographed books. For those of you who want them (which are most people), the available members of the Palladium staff, and any freelancers we can lasso at the time, are happy to autograph each and every book in your Surprise Package. This is the only way many fans, especially those in other countries, can EVER get signed books.

Send us your brief comments. There is a special form and format to fill out for Christmas Surprise Packages, including a place where you can offer your brief comments, suggestions, greetings and salutations.

It only costs $40 plus shipping to get $80-$90 worth of Palladium product! First-timers are always nervous until they see the great value in their first Surprise Package. A typical Grab Bag has $85-$90 worth of product, sometimes more. Many people order 2-3. Some order 4-6, and some maniacs order even more! It makes sense, because it is a great way to fill holes in your own collection, treat yourself, get autographs, try new games and settings, and get your gaming pals gifts.

Click here to get the entire Surprise Package description.

Happy Holidays from the Palladium crew. May they be filled with laughter, joy and gaming.

Surprise Package comments from fans like you

Every year there is a section where the customer can offer comments and suggestions with his or her Surprise Package order. Every year, in acknowledgment of our fans, and because they are fun to read, we offer a sampling in the Weekly Updates. Our heartfelt thanks to all of you who have stuck with Palladium through thick and thin. Keep those imaginations burning bright, have a joyous holiday season and game on.

You have no idea how much your comments and support mean to all of us. Everyone at Palladium enjoys reading your brief comments. They always brighten our day. Thank you.

A.C. in Mesa, Arizona, writes: Thank you for providing this fine service. My nephew (and many others, of course) looks forward to it every year!

J.W. in Fort Belvoir, Virginia, writes: Thank you for producing such enjoyable titles for us all year long, and offering this Surprise Package every year. I faithfully remain your customer for life.

T.R. in Mustang, Oregon, writes: Thanks guys. This is a great way to finish off my Rifts® collection.

M.M. in Round Rock, Texas, writes: I look forward to the next Robotech® Kickstarter! Thank ya’ll for good books.

D.A. in Spokane, Washington, writes: I’m such a huge fan of Rifts®. I love to get lost reading the books and enjoying an occasional Friday night campaign. Keep up the great work.

S.S. in Clearfield, Utah, writes (in part): I am so looking forward to Beyond the Supernatural books next year.

D.L. in San Francisco, California, writes: Thanks for all the amazing work you put into your products.

C.L. in White Sulphur Springs, Montana, writes: Hope you all have a very happy Thanksgiving and a Merry Christmas! Keep up the fantastic work!

Much more next Weekly Update.

Rifts^® World Book 33: Northern Gun^™ One – Available Now!

Rifts® Northern Gun™ One is the most tech-filled World Book Palladium has ever produced. In addition to world information, background and O.C.C.s for the Northern Gun corporation and Ishpeming, there are 27 robots, 70+ weapons and all kinds of dynamic information and gaming resources. Courtesy of the largest arms dealer and independent manufacturer on the continent: Northern Gun™.

Northern Gun™ is the most famous arms manufacture in North America. Outside of the Coalition States, one could argue, no other kingdom is as powerful or influential, at least when it comes to technology and weapons. The manufacture and sale of Northern Gun weapons and vehicles has given virtually every kingdom, town, colony of settlers and adventurer group a chance to survive and prosper. Located in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, NG has been the premier outfitter of mercenaries, adventurers and upstart kingdoms for generations. Now, for the first time ever, learn Northern Gun’s history, goals and plans for the future. Of course, that means new weapons, robots, power armor, vehicles and gear.

• In-depth look at Northern Gun, its robots, stores, politics and operations.
• 70+ NG weapons; old and new.
• 27 NG giant combat and exploration robots. Described in detail.
• Many new robot weapon systems and features, including alternative power supplies, anti-monster gear and experimental weapons.
• Northern Gun freighter ships and hovertrains. Random Cargo tables too.
• Notable cities and people of the Ishpeming Republic/Northern Gun.
• NG O.C.C.s, police, specialists and NG Mercenary army.
• The NG Mercenary army and police.
• The NG Bounty Board, the largest collection of bounties and mercenary contracts anywhere on Rifts Earth.
• Key locations, people and dangers around Northern Gun.
• NG mercenary defenders, groups and pirates.
• Northern Gun’s relationship with the CS and other nations.
• Interior Artwork by Chuck Walton, Mark Dudley, Amy Ashbaugh, and others.
• Wraparound cover by Chuck Walton.
• Written by Matthew Clements, Kevin Siembieda and others.
• 224 pages – $24.95 retail – Cat. No. 887 – Softcover Edition.
• Softcover edition is available NOW!
• Deluxe Hardcover and Collectors’ Hardcover Editions ship in November to crowdfunders. Only a few dozen will be made available to the open market at steep prices and in the Palladium Christmas Surprise Package offer.
• Check out the new FREE Sneak Preview on DriveThruRPG.com!

The Rifter^® #64 – Ships November

The Rifter® #64 presents optional source material for Rifts®, Dead Reign™ (zombies), Nightbane®, Palladium Fantasy RPG® and more. Each and every issue of The Rifter® is an idea factory that provides useful, ready to use, source material gamers can just drop into their ongoing games.

The Rifter® Number 64 includes:

• Rifts® – The Black-Malice Legacy, Part II – by Matt Olfson and Will Hunter. Source material about the Coalition States’ psionic operatives and technology, including squad formation and new psychic martial art classes for special operatives in CS Psi-Battalion.
• Rifts® Short Story – A Cold Night, Dead Past by Brett Caron.
• Dead Reign™ source material by Jeff Duncan. New Survivor Occupations and related skills set in the Zombie Apocalypse.
• Nightbane® source material by Bryant Telfer. A new class of mystical wanderer and Nightbane.
• Palladium Fantasy® Adventure by Michael Osborne. Play Giant characters or pint-sized humans who invade the lairs of Trolls and evil beings in control of dark magic.
• Palladium Fantasy® Winter Serpent and Ice Bearmen by Matthew Clements, Chuck Walton and Kevin Siembieda. “Official” Fantasy source material.
• News, coming attractions, product descriptions and more.
• In final production.
• 96 pages – $11.95 retail – Cat. No. 164. November release.
• Reminder, The Rifter® #63 included a Robotech® RPG Tactics™ eight page photo spread showing dozens and dozens of the mecha figures coming in that series.

NEW! Dead Reign^™ Sourcebook 4: Fear the Reaper^™ – Ships November

Join the legendary Road Reapers as the struggle for survival pits bikers against zombies out on the highways and streets of a world stalked by the walking dead. Like knights mounted on motorcycles, they travel the wasteland that Earth has become, searching for survivors, fighting zombies and waging war against the Death Cults that threaten all mankind.

• Comprehensive background on the Road Reapers.
• The Road Reaper Way of Life: Living and fighting on the road.
• Road Reaper missions, strategy and tactics.
• Structure and organization of Road Reaper units.
• Different types of Road Reapers like Off-Roaders and Former Highway Patrol.
• The Road Reapers’ war against Death Cults and Raiders.
• Random Road Reaper Creation Tables.
• Road Reaper Specializations like the Ex-Con, Road Captain and Fix-It Man.
• Notable Road Reaper leaders and captains.
• More background information and zombie-killing advice from Brad Ashley, the notorious leader of the Road Reapers and author of the Road Reapers’ Survival Guide.
• Written by Matthew Clements.
• 48 pages – $12.95 retail – Cat. No. 234. November release.

Rifts^® World Book 34: Northern Gun^™ Two

In production! Expanded to 192-224 pages and filled with all kinds of adventuring gear: New environmental body armor, power armor, hovercycles, robot drones, robot haulers, combat vehicles, other vehicles, robot gladiators and much more. More information about the weapons, vehicles and practices of Northern Gun, including the new rage of robot gladiatorial combat. Expanded page count. Epic adventure.

• NG robot haulers and drones.
• NG power armor suits; an expansive range.
• NG M.D.C. body armor, and combat gear.
• NG bionics, cybernetic services and other equipment.
• NG hovercycles, land vehicles and combat vehicles.
• NG jet packs and aircraft.
• NG boats, ships and submarines.
• NG Robot Gladiatorial Arena.
• Robot Gladiator O.C.C. and robot gladiators.
• Pirates and more.
• Written by Matthew Clements and Kevin Siembieda.
• Interior Artwork by Chuck Walton, Nick Bradshaw, and others.
• Wraparound cover by John Zeleznik.
• 192-224 pages – $24.95 retail – Cat. No. 888. December, 2013 remains our target date and seems doable at this stage (tentative).

Rifts^® World Book 35: Megaverse^® in Flames^™

The Minion War spills across Rifts Earth, where demons and infernals hope to recruit allies and use the Rifts as gateways of destruction. Their influence shakes things up across the planet, especially at locations where demons and Deevils already have a strong presence. Demons, Deevils and supernatural beings run rampant and wreak havoc across the world.

• Demon plagues and mystic blights.
• Soulmancy and Blood Magic revealed.
• Magical and demonic weapons and war machines.
• Demonic armies, strongholds and places of evil.
• Hell Pits and Rune Forges.
• Many Demon Lords, their minions and plans.
• Calgary, the Kingdom of Monsters; in detail.
• Ciudad de Diablo, Harpies’ Island and other notable Hell holes on Earth.
• Lord Doom, Pain and other demonic leaders.
• Horune treachery, Dimension Stormers and other villains.
• Notable demonic generals, mercenaries, people and places.
• Battleground: Earth – as demons and infernals amass their legions.
• Global chaos and the places most dramatically affected by the Demon Plagues.
• Epic battles and adventure ideas galore.
• Written by Carl Gleba. Part of the Minion War “Crossover” series.
• 192 pages – $24.95 retail – Cat. No. 876. January/February release.

Robotech^® UEEF Marines Sourcebook One

This is another book that is guaranteed to wow and please Robotech® fans.

• New mecha and weapons.
• Aliens and space adventure.
• Written by Irvin Jackson.
• 160 pages – Cat. No. 553 – $20.95 – Shooting for a quick release, but early 2014 seems realistic.

UPDATE: Robotech^® RPG Tactics^™

The only product people are more excited about than the two Rifts® Northern Gun releases is Robotech® RPG Tactics™. Momentum is building to a fever pitch. Fans will not be disappointed. Demos at the Alliance Trade Show got nothing but big, toothy smiles and positive reviews. Here’s are some details.

● Flexible Date of Release: An exact release date is yet to be determined, but it is looking like some time in February, 2014. Ninja Division’s original projections had product delivery at October or November, but we were all a bit too optimistic. In order to make this game line everything it can be, there have been delays. As a result, the game has yet to be sent into manufacturing. That said, 98% of the work is completed, the game pieces look incredible, and Ninja Division is wrapping up on final packaging, layout and tweaks. We expect to get final approval from licensor Harmony Gold in two or three weeks. At which point, Robotech® RPG Tactics™ goes into manufacturing. Factoring in manufacturing time, shipping from China and other factors, it is looking more and like a February 2014 release. We’ll see. Note: As stated in the past, we will ship product to the Kickstarter supporters before we ship to distributors.

● Plastic game pieces. All of the 1/285th game pieces in the box set and expansion packs are plastic. (Special editions and limited releases for conventions and the Kickstarter may be in resin and/or metal.)

● Expansions released in waves. Palladium plans to release Robotech® RPG Tactics™ products in waves. The core box game and first six expansion packs will be the initial release. 4-6 additional expansion packs of mecha game pieces will ship approximately every three months thereafter.

● Robotech® RPG products – available now. Don’t forget that Robotech® RPG products are available now. They include the Robotech® Shadow Chronicles® core rule book available as a $30.95 hardcover (Cat. No. 550HC) and as a $16.95 manga-sized RPG paperback (Cat. No. 550), and the Macross® Saga Sourcebook (Cat. No. 551) which is the same setting as the Robotech® RPG Tactics™ game. Each book is a wealth of background information about Robotech® and fun to read and play. With excitement growing for Robotech® RPG Tactics™, there is renewed interest in the Robotech® role-playing game line.

● New Robotech® RPG products coming in 2014. Palladium has three new Robotech® sourcebooks in development. UEEF Marines Sourcebook One, UEEF Marines Sourcebook Two and The Zentraedi Protectorate Sourcebook are all slated for release before Summer 2014. Additional Robotech® sourcebooks are on the drawing board.

● Palladium is working with Harmony Gold to expand the scope of its license to provide you with an even greater range of Robotech® products.

Robotech^® RPG Tactics^™ – Game Description

This is the game Robotech® fans have wanted for decades.

Robotech® RPG Tactics™ is a fast-paced, tabletop combat game that captures the action and adventure of the Robotech® anime. Two or more players can engage in small squad skirmishes or scale up to massive battles. Relive the clashes of the First Robotech War, engage in stand-alone tactical games, or use the dynamic game pieces to enhance your Robotech® RPG experience. Or simply collect your favorite mecha from an expanding range of top-notch game pieces.

Mecha vs Mecha. Take command of the fighting forces of the United Earth Defense Force (UEDF) valiantly defending Earth from alien annihilation. Or lead the massive clone armies of the Zentraedi Armada to recover an alien artifact of immense power and enslave humankind.

Robotech^® RPG Tactics^™ Box Set

• Brought to you by Palladium Books®, created with Ninja Division (the creative minds behind Soda Pop Miniatures and Cipher Studios).
• Rules by Alessio Cavatore, David Freeman and Carmen Bellaire.
• Full color, softcover rule book; wraparound cover and lots of new, color artwork.
• 24 Battle Dice, 12 UEDF and 12 Zentraedi.
• 40 color game cards (unit cards, etc.).
• 4x VF-1A Valkyries (in Fighter, Guardian, and Battloid modes).
• 1x VF-1J "Officer" in all three modes.
• 4x Destroids: 2 Tomahawks and 2 Defenders.
• 12x Regult Zentraedi Battlepods.
• 1x Glaug Officer's Battlepod.
• 1x Quel-Regult Recon Battlepod.
• 1x Quel-Gulnau Recovery Pod.
• 1/285th scale, high quality, multi-pose plastic game pieces (40mm to 70mm tall). World-class sculpts from sculptors around the world.
• Game rules use D6.
• Turn-based system of play.
• Scalable from small squad skirmishes to mass battles. Can accommodate two to several players.
• Combat is fast and designed to emulate the anime action.
• Measuring tape required to determine targets and distance.
• Small parts and some assembly required. Game pieces come unpainted.
• Release Date: Barring any further delays, the Robotech® RPG Tactics™ box game and initial expansion sets ship February 2014 (tentative).
• $90 retail price (tentative). The price of the final box set is not yet determined, but we want to hold it around $90.
• Cat. No. 55100 (Main Boxed Game).

The First Six Robotech^® Expansion Packs

The initial expansion packs will also ship at the same time as the main box game. All prices listed are likely, but still tentative. We want most packs to fall in the $25-$35 price range.

• UEDF Valkyrie Wing (2x each, Fighter, Guardian, Battloid) – Cat. No. 55201 – $30.00 retail (tentative).
• UEDF Destroid Pack (2x Tomahawks, 2x Defenders) – Cat. No. 55202 – $30.00 (tentative).
• UEDF Spartan Pack (2x Spartans, 2x Phalanxes), Cat. No. 55203 – $30.00 (tentative).
• Zentraedi Regult Battlepod Squadron (6x Regults) – Cat. No. 55401 – $30.00 (tentative).
• Zentraedi Support Battlepods (4x Artillery Battlepods) – Cat. No. 55402 – $30.00 (tentative).
• Zentraedi Command Pack (1x Glaug, 1x Quel-Regult, 1x Quel-Gulnau) – Cat. No. 55403 – $35.00 (tentative).
• Additional expansion packs to be released in waves every few months, 4-8 at a time, throughout 2014. More will follow.
• Palladium plans to release the mecha and settings for ALL eras of Robotech®. Many other details are still in development.
• Tournament play support is planned. Ninja Division will help Palladium to develop and launch the program.

Robotech^® Macross^® Saga Sourcebook – New Size

Available now – 8½ x 11 size

All the famous mecha and action of Robotech® starts here with the Macross® Saga when an alien armada enters Earth orbit. They have come to reclaim a lost spacecraft that crash-landed on Earth 10 years earlier. A space fortress that Earth’s protectors have rebuilt into their own flagship against alien invasion. The resulting conflict gives birth to heroes and becomes the stuff of legend, but the Earth will never be the same. Robotech® The Macross® Saga Sourcebook is now available as an 8½ x 11 inch sourcebook.

Note: This is the setting for Robotech® RPG Tactics™, so if you’re looking for more information about the mecha, Earth’s defenders, the Zentraedi invaders, and the Macross Saga setting, this is the book for you. Epic adventure awaits.

A Robotech® Role-Playing Game Sourcebook:

• Transformable Veritech Fighters known as Valkyries take to the sky to defend the Earth.
• Destroids, giant walking tanks, are among Earth’s front-line defenders.
• The SDF-1 and Earth air, ground and space combat vehicles.
• Zentraedi mecha, powered armor suits, and select spacecraft.
• The Zentraedi warriors, their war machines and culture.
• Notable characters from the TV series statted out.
• Quick Character Creation Tables enable you to make Macross characters in 15 minutes or less.
• New skills and M.O.S. skill bundles.
• The Robotech® The Shadow Chronicles® RPG “rule book” is needed to play (Cat. No. 550 or 550HC).
• 128 pages – $16.95 – Cat. No. 551 – standard 8½ x 11 size – Available now.

BACK IN PRINT

Rifts^® Ultimate Edition

Imagine a world setting that is Earth 300 years after an apocalypse that results in the return of magic. Now imagine a world where magic and super-science collide. Where cyborgs and men clad in power armor and giant robots clash with demons, dragons and sorcerers.

Now imagine lines of blue, magic energy rippling across the land. Where two or more of those lines cross, there is a tear in the fabric of space and time. A Rift to infinite worlds and realities that have unleashed an endless cavalcade of aliens, mutants and monsters into our world. Some are adventurers like you, others are invaders, some are slaves or prisoners, and still others are demonic nightmares and gods from ancient myths. All now make Earth their home or hunting ground. Welcome to Rifts®.

Rifts® combines the genres of science fiction, fantasy, horror and post-apocalypse (among others) in a plausible setting where adventure is limited only by your imagination and the possibilities are truly infinite.

• 33 O.C.C.s – Bursters, Crazies, Cyber-Knights, Dog Boys, Glitter Boys, Juicers, Ley Line Walkers, Mind Melters, Psi-Stalkers, dragons, mutants & more.
• The Coalition States – heroes or villains?
• Coalition O.C.C.s, gear and States described.
• Psionic powers and characters.
• Magic spells and Techno-Wizardry.
• Techno-Wizard device construction rules.
• World information and background to set the stage for adventure.
• All the info you need to play is contained in this core rule book.
• Color end sheets painted by John Zeleznik. Cover by Scott Johnson.
• 24 pages of color, 75+ color images; great art throughout.
• Created and written by Kevin Siembieda.
• 90+ sourcebooks to expand your Rifts® adventures.
• 376 pages – Cat. No. 800HC – $39.95 – Hardcover.

BACK IN PRINT: Chi-Town Pencil

Do Not Remove — Property of the Chi-Town Library

They’re fun and silly, and Rifts® gamers love them, so we pressed a new batch of Chi-Town Library pencils. They look great on the gaming table.

• Printed on each are the words: Do Not Remove — Property of the Chi-Town Library.
• 50 cents each – Cat. No. 2561 – No. 2 pencil. Available now.

BACK IN PRINT: Villains Unlimited^™

More than 80 villains with complete stats, background and motives for trouble. And lots of other epic source material.

• 80+ villains.
• Rules for designing your own super-organization.
• S.C.R.E.T. – Superbeing Control Retrieval and Elimnation Team.
• The Jury – are they heroes or villains?
• Fabricators Inc. – the weapons and armor suppliers to the criminal underworld.
• Magic Tattoos and more.
• All of the above serve as catalysts for adventure.
• Written by Kevin Siembieda and Kevin Long.
• 224 pages – $24.95 – Cat. No. 501 – Available now.

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