Robotech® The Shadow Chronicles® RPG is in final production.
The writing is done.
Artwork is done.
We are simply waiting on the last few approvals and changes from Harmony Gold. We expect to get those over the weekend (thanks gents), start laying out the book, and send it to the printer next week.
Whew. It’s been a lot of work and a lot of fun. We think you are going to love it. Especially the updated material, the quick roll character generation, the M.O.S. skill sets, the character sheet, the artwork, a few surprises, the cover, the format . . . well, everything.
We can hardly wait to get it into your hands and get fan reaction!
We’re also dying to start work on the first couple of Robotech sourcebooks!
There are a lot of nice items and good deals to be had. Check it out.
Erick has donated a hunk of his personal art collection, TMNT® RPG books and other role-playing game items for us to sell. One of Erick’s goals is to see Palladium get completely on its feet. We’re getting there, but he knows February through April are slow sales months and that Palladium will have big moving expenses in March. The incredible friend and wonderful person that he is, Erick is still doing whatever he can to help Palladium Books®.
So with Erick’s blessing and our appreciation, here is your opportunity to purchase Amber items, original artwork, rare RPG books and odds and ends from Erick Wujcik’s personal collection.
- Amber limited edition print, by Mike Kucharski, #5 of 5.
– Amber original artwork.
- Amberzine #11 & #12.
- Uncut Amberzine covers.
- Michael Kucharski original art; Palladium and Amber.
- Kevin Long Robotech art – three beautiful illustrations.
- Kevin Long original art, other.
– Old promotional signs/photocopies and photostats promoting Amber Diceless, plus some uncut Amberzine covers.
- Kevin Siembieda Robotech art – unpublished Robotech illustration.
– An old Kevin Siembieda fantasy print that even Kevin forgot ever existed.
- A Palladium Fantasy® print of the fabled Defilers – #5 of 50.
- Ninja Turtles® RPG and Sourcebook Set, signed by Erick Wujcik and Kevin Siembieda (from Erick’s own archives).
- Transdimensional TMNT® – the rarest sourcebook of the TMNT sourcebooks, signed by Wujcik & Siembieda.
- Transdimensional TMNT Giant Color Print – 1 of 2 – made special, one for Erick and one for Kevin Siembieda. Gorgeous, suitable for framing and comes with a signed copy of the actual, rare, Trans-D sourcebook.
- TMNT® Adventures poster and sourcebook, both signed by Wujcik & Siembieda.
– Erick’s copy of RiftsworkZ art portfolio – #25 of 2000.
- Plus other items.
Note: All items come with a certificate of Origin and Orignality that they are from Erick’s private collection.
From Kevin Siembieda’s Collection:
- Heroes Unlimited Hardcover – #7 of 500.
- Rifts® Ultimate Gold – #675 of 1500.
- Plus a few items from Kevin Siembieda’s or Palladium’s archives.
This is a rare opportunity to get art, prints and books from the impressive personal collections of Erick Wujcik and Kevin Siembieda. Comes with a certificate of origin and authenticity.
Note: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles® & Other Strangeness RPG is becoming scarce. Palladium had none to sell until Erick gave us the two dozen he had in storage. See the Wujcik & Palladium Collectibles Auction for other rare, out of print, signed TMNT® items, artwork and other items.
For those of you who didn’t know. Palladium Books is MOVING.
We’ll miss the place on Universal Drive. It is big, roomy, and has been home for a little more than 15 years (since 1992). The building is just more than we need these days (5,000 square feet of office, 17,000 feet of warehouse). So we’ll be moving into a smaller place (2,100 square feet of office, 13,000 feet of warehouse) for about half the current rent.
The moving date had been previously announced as March 22 and 23, but we didn’t realize that was EASTER WEEKEND. So we’ve pushed the move back a week to March 28, 29 & 30.
Want to help Palladium move? A number of wonderful, crazy friends and fans volunteered a few months ago and they convinced us we should solicit fans living in the area to help us move. After thinking about it, we figured, why not?
Most of the heavy lifting will be done with a forklift. We estimate approximately 160 skids of books and stuff will be handled by a forklift and loaded onto a semi-truck and trailer. But we still need people to shrink warp the skids, move shelves and office furniture, wipe down and vacuum the office so we can get our deposit back, and help us unpack and reorganize at the new office 26 miles away.
We are moving from Taylor, Michigan to Westland, Michigan.
If you live in the area and want to give us a hand on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, March 28, 29, & 30 (Saturday and Sunday being the busiest days), PLEASE contact us so we can arrange to have you help. We’ll need people at both locations.
We will also need help the entire week of March 24 to help us pack, box, stack skids, and move some things early. We can also use help before that too, taking apart units and pre-packing, so let us know when you might be available to help any time in March, and we’ll try to make good use of your time.
For those of you who live in the area and are willing to lend us your muscles, time and organizational skills, you’ll earn our undying gratitude, get discount on product you might want (assuming we can get to it), and be supplied with bottled water, soft drinks, some amount of food, and a gift we want to keep secret as a token of our appreciation. The gift is nothing amazing, but we think it’s cool, and only the people who help us move will get one.
Contact Palladium Books if you can help. You can send Private Messages to me, but please include your real name, telephone number, e-mail address, and best time to call you. Or send emails (with the same info) to rifter@palladiumbooks.com. Or call (734) 946-1156.
We appreciate any help we can get, but please do NOT feel obligated and come prepared to WORK.
Palladium moves to 39074 Webb Court, Westland, MI 48185 on March 28, 29, & 30 (Friday - Sunday).
This illustration is classic, funny and fantastic. Ships next week.
This is one of those secret projects we’ve been talking about. We went wild over it, and we think you will too. Funny, beautifully rendered, a must for Rifts® fans everywhere!
A quiet night of fun, cheating and cards for a pack of Psi-Hounds at a Coalition Army barracks. A Psi-Stalker Pack Leader brings a bone and can of dog food. A poster of Emperor Prosek hangs from the wall. Epic.
It has been talked about for years and will finally see print later in 2008, the Mysteries of Magic™ sourcebook for The Palladium Fantasty RPG®, by Mark Hall. But you can own the limited edition print of the ominous cover right now! This was another one of our secret projects.
She’s beautiful and mysterious and in the midst of casting a spell of dark magic.
Available now. Back orders shipped last week. Get yours today. Wolfen Empire™ is one of the most popular of the Palladium Fantasy RPG® sourcebooks.
Robotech® role-playing games are back, and it all starts with The Shadow Chronicles® RPG – spread the word.
The Shadow Chronicles® role-playing game picks up where the DVD movie begins. The return of the Robotech Expeditionary Force (REF), the separation of the SDF-3 from the rest of the fleet, the battle of Reflex Point, space combat, treachery and everything else that is part of Robotech® The Shadow Chronicles®.
Palladium has not seen so much anticipation for a new role-playing game release since the debut of Rifts® in 1990.
Robotech® The Shadow Chronicles® is a NEW role-playing game, not a rehashed, retooled printing of the original RPG from the 1980s. Furthermore, the release of the Robotech® The Shadow Chronicles® DVD Movie, the release of the Deluxe DVD, Shadow Chronicles® Art Book, and the announcement of a Robotech® Movie in development at Warner Bros. Pictures has ramped up interest and excitement for Robotech®.
This new RPG should appeal to role-players and Robotech® fans of all generations.
Kevin Siembieda expects to be back to work on Dyval by the end of next week.
Dyval™ is another dimension of Hell, the next book in the Minion War™ series, and is every bit as fantastic as the first, Hades.
Dyval is a hellish dimension very different from Hades, but just as exotic, dangerous and horrible. The Deevil Host, evil monsters and minions, Deevil society, monstrous War Steeds, magic, adventure settings and more. Interest among Palladium fans is high.
- Robotech®: The Shadow Chronicles® RPG – March, 2008. In production.
- Rifts® Dimension Book 11: Dyval™, Hell Unleashed – March, 2008. In final production.
- Rifts® Dimension Book 12: Dimensional Outbreak™ – March or April 2008. In production.
- The Rifter® #42 – April, 2008.
- A new Robotech® sourcebook (tentative) – May or June 2008.
- Heroes of the Megaverse® (Minion War™ – tentative) – April or May 2008.
- Dead Reign™ RPG (Zombie RPG – tentative) – May, 2008.
- The Rifter® #43 – July, 2008.
Note: Additional titles may be added to the line up above.
Just some of the other books in development
- Armageddon Unlimited™ (Minion War™)
- Fleets of the Three Galaxies™
- Rifts® Shemarrian Nation™
- Rifts® Lemuria
- Rifts® Delta Blues™
- Rifts® Dark Woods™
- Rifts® Voodoo
- Rifts® Triax™ 2 (World Book)
- Mysteries of Magic™ (Fantasy)
- Monsters & Magic™ (Fantasy)
- Nightbane® Survival Guide (Nightbane®)
- Atorian Empire™ (HU2)
- Robotech® sourcebooks.
- Deluxe Robotech® RPG (8˝ x 11) – Summer.
- Rifts® Anthology Book.
- Chaos Earth novel.
- A variety of new products available only online directly from Palladium Books.
- And a lot more.
The Rifter® #35 sold out last week, and several other issues are quickly following suit. The Rifter 19, 20, 21 (special reprint), 28, 31, and 38 all have fewer than 100 copies in stock, some have less than 40 copies. The Rifter® just keeps getting better and better, and more and more desirable as a collectible. If you don’t want to miss out on any issue, subscribe today!
Right now you can get a subscription to The Rifter® at a special price and walk away with a FREE GIFT worth $22-$31 (and US subscribers, we’ll even pay the cost to ship your Rifter® to your doorstep)! So what are you waiting for? Subscribe!
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