Palladium Books® – Press Release – September 26, 2008
Palladium fights to hold line on prices
while industry-wide increases surge 20%
Fantasy Flight Games and Steve Jackson Games are a couple of the latest game companies to announce price increases of TWENTY PERCENT (20%) of the cost of their games. And they aren’t alone. It seems like most of the industry is raising prices by 20%. They cite the rising cost of paper (up 10-12% this year) and the high cost of gasoline which is passed along to manufacturers by shipping companies (UPS to common carrier trucking), to increased utility bills and even trash pickup.
The increased costs are real, but Palladium Books® will NOT be raising the prices of its books in 2008.
We know that EVERYONE is feeling the cash crunch, the high price of gas, and rising cost of food, goods and heating everywhere. We understand what it means to have to stretch your dollar. We’ve struggled through our own Crisis of Treachery and the problems born of it. It’s hard, but Palladium Books® will hold the line on role-playing game prices through 2008 and into 2009, for as long as we can.
Palladium will revisit the issue of increasing cover prices at the start of the new year, but we hope to keep our current price structure or only raise the cost of our RPG books a dollar or two. However, we don’t know what the future holds, so you may want to get the books you’ve been thinking about before they might go up in price. Also take advantage of Palladium’s special offers.
Final September Sale Spectaculars
The sales last only three nights from Friday to midnight Sunday and this is the last one.
Think Christmas, birthday gifts, and other special occasions coming up to take advantage of these incredible offers.
To make your life easy, order the one item and the bonus item is shipped with it automatically. No extra paperwork for you to fill out.
THIS WEEKEND! September 26, 27 & 28 Sale Spectaculars
- Order Rifts® World Book 11: Coalition War Campaign™, Cat. No. 821 and get Coalition Wars®: Final Siege™ FREE! (224 pages, $22.95 retail. Note: This book is filled with data, villains and characters useful in ANY campaign before, during or after the fall of Tolkeen – 42 NPCs, TW Weapons, the City of Tolkeen mapped, Space & Time Gone Mad Table, Spell Backlash Table, Random Dimensional Anomalies Table, and more!) We call this our Coalition at War Package.
- Order After the Bomb® RPG, Cat. No. 503 and get the RECON® RPG (224 pages, $20.95 retail) FREE. We call this our Erick Wujcik Remembered Package.
- Order Rifts® Machinations of Doom™, Cat. No. 871 and get Rifts® and the Megaverse®, the Art of John Zeleznik (128 pages, color, $22.95 retail) FREE. We call this our Art Lover’s Package.
UPDATE:
Kevin Siembieda
Kevin, Wayne, and Alex have been busy working on three books simultaneously: Dead Reign™ (Zombie RPG), Robotech® The Masters Saga and The Rifter® #44, as well as lining up our next batch of books: Dyval™, Dimensional Outbreak™, Heroes of the Megaverse®, Mysteries of Magic™, Nightbane® sourcebook and Warpath: Urban Jungle™. Also prepping for GallowsCon, October 11, 2008.
UPDATE:
Robotech® Macross Saga™ Sourcebook
All the writing for the Macross Saga™ sourcebook is DONE.
We are waiting for approvals and changes from Harmony Gold. As soon as we get those text files back, we can layout and send the book in for printing! Still shooting for an October release. Next week, hard working Jason Marker gets back to work on the Masters Saga.
UPDATE:
Dead Reign™ RPG – The Zombie Apocalypse – October, 2008
From what we’ve seen of the artwork (wow!), have heard from Kevin (more wow), and the text we’ve seen . . . Dead Reign™ is going to be epic, terrifying, surprising and a blast to play. Talk about it being the Zombie Apocalypse!
The interior artwork is finished, the cover is fantastic, and 60% of the book is written and going through final edit. Barring any unexpected delays, this book will be out in time for Halloween. We should have a proof copy to see (or sell?) at GallowsCon and we suspect one the games Kevin is running will be Dead Reign™.
Dead Reign™ RPG
The Zombie Apocalypse – October, 2008
The dead have risen and it would seem to be the end of the world.
Civilization crumbles in a matter of days as hundreds of millions of people die and rise as the walking dead. The hundreds of millions of people who fall to the zombies also rise to join the growing legions of undead. Then the world goes silent.
You are on your own. The army is MIA. There is no government. No television, radio or Internet. No media, cell phones or communications of any kind. Cities and towns have gone dark, and zombies fill the streets.
Death cults have risen promising protection from the walking dead. Retro-Savages have forsaken technology and sacrifice the living to the zombies in hopes of bringing an end to the nightmare.
Brave human survivors refuse to lie down and die! They struggle to forge safe havens away from the cities, rescue other survivors and battle the walking dead without respite. And the risen dead? The zombies? For now, at least the planet is theirs. The dead reign.
Six Apocalyptic Characters Classes (O.C.C.s), including the Reaper, Shepard of the Damned, Hound Master, Apocalyptic Soldier, and Ordinary People.
Seven types of zombies plus the Half-Living.
Secrets of the Dead: Everything you need to know about zombies and need to ask.
Death Cults, their Priests, power over zombies and goals.
Random tables galore.
Strong setting, world overview 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.
192-224 pages – $22.95 retail – Cat. No. 230.
A complete role-playing game.
October release! Should be available for Halloween.
Robotech® Macross Saga™ Sourcebook – October
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.
Veritech Fighters.
Destroids.
Aircraft and other vehicles galore.
Zentraedi mecha & select spacecraft.
Zentraedi warriors and their culture.
Key anime characters statted out as NPCs.
Detailed illustrations, comprehensive stats and information.
Manga size for easy portability (5x7½ inches).
Written by Kevin Siembieda and Jason Marker.
Cover by Apollo Okamura.
Interior art by Brian & Allen Manning, Mike Majestic and others.
192 pages – $15.95 retail – Cat. No. 551.
Ships October. In final production.
Robotech®: The Masters Saga™ Sourcebook – November
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.
The Armies of the Southern Cross™ – Earth’s defenders.
Hover Tanks, AJAX, Logan and other human mecha.
Never before seen mecha and power armor for the Armies of the Southern Cross.
The Robotech Masters, Bioroids, spaceships and weapons.
Other vehicles and weapons.
Manga size for easy portability (5x7½ inches).
Written by Jason Marker.
Cover by Apollo Okamura.
Interior art by Brian & Allen Manning and Mike Majestic.
192 pages – $15.95 retail – Cat. No. 552.
Ships end of October. In production.
The Rifter® #44
October Horror Special – ships October
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.
About a dozen or so giant monsters that threaten the world from across the Megaverse®. Written and drawn by various monster-crazy freelance writers and artists.
Telekinesis and Ectoplasm by Mark Hall.
More information about Wormwood™ by Braden Campbell.
Beyond the Supernatural™ and more.
The latest chapter of Hammer of the Forge™, fiction.
News, conventions, coming attractions and more.
Cover by Chuck Walton.
$10.95 retail – 96 pages – Cat. No. 144.
Ships October, 2008. In final production.
Robotech®: The Shadow Chronicles® RPG
– 8½ x 11 Deluxe Hardcover Edition – Available Now!
You can’t play the Macross or Masters Saga sourcebooks without this core rule book.
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.
New, large illustrations throughout.
Some additional text for a few new weapons and vehicles.
New, text on Haydonite and UEEF spacecraft.
Spaceship combat rules.
Veritech Fighters, Cyclones, Bioroid Interceptor and more.
Invid mecha and adventure ideas.
Haydonites, the Wraith, Infiltrator and spaceships.
Fast character creation, skills and options.
Superior quality paper and reproduction.
A complete role-playing game. Everything you need to play.
8½ x 11 full book size, hardcover, core rules.
224 pages – $30.95 retail – Cat. No. 550HC – Available now.
Note: The manga-size edition is also available; Cat. No. 550.
Robotech®: The Shadow Chronicles® RPG
– Signed & Numbered, “Gold” Hardcover Edition – Available Now!
Undoubtedly destined to be a collector’s item.
The 8½ x 11, Collector’s “Gold” Hardcover Edition of Robotech® looks fantastic! Kevin Siembieda has personally glued in all of the signed and numbered, color signature sheets himself. The cover is rich, classy and impressive. Everyone who has seen it, wants one!
Only 500 signed and numbered copies. Sold on a first come, first served basis.
Black leatherette and embossed gold foil cover.
Color signature sheet signed by Tommy Yune, Kevin Siembieda, Jason Marker, Brian Manning, Allen Manning, Wayne Smith, Julius Rosenstein and Alex Marciniszyn. Eight signatures, total.
8½ x 11 full book size, hardcover, core rules.
224 pages – $70.00 retail – Cat. No. 5500HC – available ONLY from Palladium Books. Available now!
A complete role-playing game. Everything you need to play. Makes a great gift.
Product Checklist
The Rifter® #43 – Swimsuit & Wujcik Tribute Issue – Available now.
Rifts® Anthology: Tales of the Chi-Town ‘Burbs™ – Available now.
Robotech® The Shadow Chronicles® RPG “Manga Edition” – Available now.
Robotech® The Shadow Chronicles® RPG “Deluxe Hardcover” – Available now.
Robotech® The Shadow Chronicles® RPG “Gold Edition” – Available now.
Coming Soon
Robotech® Macross Saga™ Sourcebook – October
Dead Reign™ (Zombie) RPG – October
The Rifter® #44 – Monster Extravaganza – October
Robotech® The Masters Saga™ Sourcebook – November
Rifts® Dimension Book™ 11: Dyval™, Hell Unleashed (Minion War™) – Fall
Rifts® Dimension Book™ 12: Dimensional Outbreak™ (Minion War™) – Fall
Rifts® Heroes of the Megaverse® (Minion War™) – Fall
Heroes Unlimited™/Rifts®: Armageddon Unlimited™ (Minion War™) – Fall or Winter
Mysteries of Magic™ – Fall or Winter
Nightbane® sourcebook – Fall or Winter
Rifts® Megaverse® in Flames™ – Winter
And More . . .
2008 Palladium Convention Appearances
GallowsCon™ – Saturday, October 11, 2008
The Best One Day of Fun in Gaming
You might be wondering, is it really worth going to a one day event? The answer is a resounding YES, when it’s GallowsCon!
Last year’s GallowsCon was one of the most fun conventions Palladium has ever attended! Yes, that’s EVER ATTENDED. The atmosphere is friendly and warm. The events are fun. The people are silly and kind. In fact, the atmosphere and pure gaming fun factor very much reminded us of Palladium’s very own Open House.
This year, Palladium hopes to make GallowsCon even more fun by bringing more Palladium guests, running more Palladium gaming events and kicking up the gaming action several notches.
In fact, Kevin Siembieda hopes to make GallowsCon our surrogate 2008 Palladium Open House. A taste of the fun you can expect at our place in 2009. That means Kevin will be running games at GallowsCon, chatting with fans, signing books, selling stuff, and bringing a bunch of “Palladium Guys” to also run games and have fun. We hope a lot of Palladium fans come and join the festivities. Heck, it’s the only convention in 2008 where Kevin will be running games.
- Kevin Siembieda – Publisher, Writer, Game Designer, will be Game Mastering 2-3 RPG events. He’s kicking around several different ideas and hasn’t decided if all his gaming events will be the same or each different. All will be fun.
- Wayne Smith – Editor of The Rifter®.
- James Brown – Game Master Supreme running 2 events.
- Lonnie Langston – Game Master running 2 events.
- Glen Evans – Freelance Writer (tentative guest).
- Brandon Aten – Freelance Writer & G.M. (tentative guest).
- Taylor White – Freelance Writer (tentative guest).
- And we hope to add several others to the list. How about it, ladies and gents? Make us look good. They actually think having Palladium creators as guests will attract more gamers. Help!
Other GallowsCon Events:
- A super-cool charity raffle. And I mean super-cool. Last year’s raffle had something like 40 really great prizes, from swords, toys, model kits and game items to Palladium gold editions (which we’ll be donating again). Not one clunker in the batch, and the proceeds all go to a good cause.
- Miniature gaming.
- Board games.
- CCG games.
Everyone in the Chicago, Fort Wayne, Valparaiso, and Indianapolis area should join the fun! Please pre-register so we know how many folks we need to accommodate with gaming events. And tell ‘em Palladium sent ya.
Seriously, GallowsCon is an undiscovered gem. Total fun. Please join us for gaming fun, one-on-one conversation, autographs, photo-ops and more. Start making plans now and order soon!
Location: FLC Banquet Hall, 7950 Marshall Street, Merrillville, Indiana, 46410
Admission Price: $15 Pre-Registration (without a T-shirt).
Hours: 9:30 A.M. till 11:00 P.M. Non-stop gaming.
Contact/To Pre-Reg Go To: gallowscon.com
Youmacon™ 2008 – Anime Convention
October 30-November 2, 2008
Michigan’s biggest anime convention is Youmacon, and Palladium Books will be there represented by Kevin, Alex, Julius, Wayne and probably others. We’ll be available to chat and visit with fans, sign books, and offer Robotech® RPGs, sourcebooks and select other RPG titles and anime artwork for sale.
This anime celebration has grown from an already impressive 1,200 attendees to nearly 4,000 in only three years!
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
Preregistration before Sept. 30th:
3-Days: $40
Platinum 3-Days: $100 (special privileges, priority seating, etc.)
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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