Five new books in production

[Kevin]

Five new books in production

You’ll get full details in Friday’s Press Release, but here is the short version of what's going on.

Robotech Masters® is at the printer. The March 16 ship date has been confirmed. Pre-orders have skyrocketed and should break the 200 copy mark tonight! You will NOT be disappointed.

As for the 5 new books in production:

1. Dyval™ is in final production

Writing and editing is coming along a bit slower than we would like but it’s coming along well. We hope to start layout this weekend and take Dyval in on Monday or Tuesday.

I lost some time coordinating, assigning artwork and doing contracts for the rest of the books in this list.

2. Shemarrian Nation™ is next

Apollo Okamura is doing the cover. Mike Mumah, Mark Dudley and the Manning Brothers are doing the interior art. All art has been assigned.

A preliminary edit and reworking was done by Jason Marker, and I’ve done my first scan of the material and done a few tweaks. Final editing will start as soon as Dyval™ is at the printer.

3. Nightbane® Survival Guide™

Mark Evans is doing the cover. Amy Ashbaugh and Stephen Fox are doing interior art. I’ve done my preliminary review and a little preliminary editing. Final editing will start as soon as Shemarrian Nation™ is at the printer.

4. The Rifter® #46

Wayne is working on it right now. The articles have been selected. And they sound cool, including some extra Dyval™ source material that could not fit in the actual book. Art will be assigned shortly. Trying to figure out who should do the cover.

5. Dead Reign™ Sourcebook: Civilization Gone

This 64-96 page sourcebook will include Random Tables, more on surviving the zombie apocalypse, insanity, maniacs and psychopaths, and zombies. Interior art has already been assigned to Bradshaw, Mumah, Dudley and Burles. I have 20 pages of notes, an introduction section partially written and a lot of ideas.

Coming After the Five

- Mysteries of Magic™ sourcebook
- Dimensional Outbreak™ (Minion War™)
- Heroes of the Megaverse (Minion War™)
- Armaggedon Unlimited™ (Minion War™)
- Warpath™: Urban Jungle™
- More Dead Reign™ sourcebooks
- More Robotech® sourcebooks
- More Rifts® sourcebooks and some surprises

Plus we are working on getting select titles back in print.

Rifts® Vampire Kingdoms, Anvil Galaxy™ and Coalition Overkill™ should all be available in the online store as special (limited printing) editions by the end of March! Other out of print titles will follow.

Don’t forget The Rifter® Subscription offer ends this month! And get your Palladium Open House tickets. The event is only 8 weeks away!

Keep the faith. Books are coming and you are gonna love ‘em.

It might be a while before I post a Murmur again. I have a lot of work to do over the next 6 weeks. Long hours and no weekends off.

Sincerely,
Kevin Siembieda
Publisher, Writer, & Game Designer

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