Januar y 9th update

[Jaymz]

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By Kevin Siembieda

It’s the New Year and Palladium has hit the ground running with reprints, a special Heroes Unlimited™ 30th Anniversary Hardcover Edition and plans for a wide range of new sourcebooks. Not to mention the hotly anticipated Robotech® RPG Tactics™. Many of these are already works-in-progress.

In short, 2014 is going to be an exciting year for all of us, starting right now. There is much to talk about, including the fact that the 2013 Surprise Package offer ENDS THIS WEEKEND, so we are presenting the Weekly Update as early as we can to give people more time to see it, read it, digest everything and spread the word.

The emphasis of 2014 will be on product releases, fun and excitement all year long. In fact, if all goes well, we should have a number of surprise releases and hopefully exceed expectations. Read on and enjoy.


LAST WEEKEND to get a Christmas Surprise Package – Offer Ends Midnight, January 12, 2014


BACK IN PRINT – Heroes Unlimited™ RPG, Revised Second Edition


EW! Heroes Unlimited™ Special 30th Anniversary Hardcover Edition – only $40 while supplies last – taking pre-orders now


BACK IN PRINT – Dragons and Gods™ – for Rifts® & Palladium Fantasy® – Available now


BACK IN PRINT – Rifts® Mystic Russia™ – Available now


BACK IN PRINT – The Rifter® #50 – Special Anniversary Issue – Available now


UPDATE: The Rifter® #65 – Ships end of January

We are working full speed on it right now. Chuck just dropped off his cover today, Alex and Wayne are busy editing articles, artists are arting, and I’m writing my contributions to this issue. Should ship around January 27, 2014. See the full description later in this Update.

Writers and G.M.s: Palladium wants Rifter® articles and adventures for Heroes Unlimited™. Please send submissions as short as 6 pages and no larger than 26 pages for possible publication in The Rifter®. We are always in need of source material (adventures, characters, villains, monsters, powers, magic, gear, and setting info) for HU2, Palladium Fantasy®, Beyond the Supernatural™, Nightbane®, Splicers®, Chaos Earth® and Rifts®, too. Gaming material is most sought after. Short stories are less desirable and should be kept ‘short’ – 4-10 pages. Come on, write something and send it in.


UPDATE: Rifts® Northern Gun™ Two

I’ll be assigning the last of the artwork for this title very soon. Chuck is wrapping up his contributions. Another great book. Now I just need to block out the time to finish the rewrites and edits. February release.
UPDATE: Phone Call from Kevin Siembieda to Top NG-1 Insiders

I owe the top 16 NG-1 Megaverse® Insiders a 20 minute telephone call. You are NOT forgotten. I was unable to start calls last weekend, but they will be coming.


UPDATE: Fear the Reaper™ – Available now – and what’s creeping down the pipeline

Fear the Reaper™ has been well received. Matthew Clements is already working on his next Dead Reign™ sourcebook, Graveyard Earth. And I have zombie artist supreme E.M. Gist working on the new cover painting for it. If you haven’t tried the Dead Reign™ RPG, you really should think about it. This is a dynamic gaming setting. If you enjoy zombie-based TV shows, movies, comic books and novels, the Dead Reign™ RPG series is for you.


Palladium Collectibles Available in Kevin’s Online Toy & Collectibles Store


UPDATE: Robotech® RPG Tactics™

[Adam of The Old Kingdom]

NEW! Robotech®: Expeditionary Force Marines Sourcebook One

– Name changed from UEEF Marines

Robotech®: Expeditionary Force Marines is a sourcebook that we know will wow and please Robotech® fans.

New mecha and weapons.
Aliens and space adventure.
Written by Irvin Jackson.
160 pages – Cat. No. 553 – $20.95 – April release (tentative).

[Jaymz]

I'll believe it'll be out in April...when it actually happens...Otherwise, I'll be happy if it's out by next christmas....

[ninjabunny]

I don't understand why he has to rewrite everything.

[Josh Hilden]

Because he is afraid to put his name/company name behind anything which has not gone through his meat grinder.

[ninjabunny]

Jan 10, 2014 2:56:36 GMT Josh Hilden said:

Because he is afraid to put his name/company name behind anything which has not gone through his meat grinder.

he is afraid of being upstaged.

[Adam of The Old Kingdom]

because the dozens of hours talking to the writer some how did not get him what he wanted.

[joshuagoliath]

*cough* Or the 1 hour he spent, in which he mentally changed everything the writer said, and envisioned something omepletely different, but failed to communicate that to the writer? (according to other peoples accounts)

[Adam of The Old Kingdom]

I think he has a table and some pecentiles that he rolls for each phone call.

"lets see, I tell the writer.... he's doing great and his ideas are right on the money."
he has a similar table he rolls on during and after conversations

there is also a 2% chance he does not actually know what he wants and a further 2% chance he does not know what the person on the phone is talking about. and a furthe 2% chance that the person on the phone is actually not a writer at all but a telemarketer.