All of us at Palladium are pumped up for the release of Robotech® The Shadow Chronicles® Role-Playing Game, and based on the pre-orders pouring in and distributor interest, so are the fans. Pre-orders by individuals hit a new record high weeks ago. Now the orders continue to come in ever increasing and impressive numbers. Even before the game is released we know it is a hit.
“It’s fun, exciting and vindicating,” said Publisher, Kevin Siembieda. “Some critics had contended Robotech® was old, forgotten and unwanted. I knew that was complete nonsense, which is why we snapped up the license again. It’s sweet to be part of Robotech’s re-emergence into the mainstream and a blast to be writing the books again. I think fans are going to love the new approach, new information and new size.”
Robotech® The Shadow Chronicles® Role-Playing Game picks up where the DVD movie begins. The return of the United Earth Expeditionary Force (UEEF), 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®.
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®.
We’ve been blown away by the number of people who seem to be planning on coming to help us move.
Many are even coming from the surrounding States: Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, even Missouri, Kansas and California! Kevin has tried to talk some of these maniacs out of it, but no doing. We don’t want people to have to spend their hard earned money to help us, but we won’t turn away help if they insist.
We just want to make sure that, um, geez guys, you do know this is moving hundreds of boxes of books, desks and furniture, physical labor, NOT the 2008 Palladium Open House, right?
Seriously, thank you everyone!
Hey, we know some of you plan on just showing up and surprising us, but we want to give everyone who helps a special, super-limited (i.e. only those who helped us move) gift, but we NEED to know you are coming to help, when, and your T-shirt size or you might miss out!
The physical move will take place March 28, 29 and 30 (the last Friday, Saturday and Sunday of March), but we have, literally, tons of prep to do BEFORE the big move: Books to box, paintings to wrap, furniture and equipment to dismantle, skids to load, boxes and stuff to load on skids, and more.
We’re looking for friendly local fan volunteers to give us a hand doing the prep work March 17-27. If you’re in the area and want to help, please contact us soon to let us know the days and hours you can come over.
Contact Palladium with your info:
- Call (734) 946-1156 our order and help line.
- Email us at rifter@palladiumbooks.com.
- Or send Kevin a Private Message (though he says he seems to have gotten very few PMs in the past week or so and wonders if he’s getting them at all, so e-mail or phone calls may be the way to go).
Please include your name, telephone number, the days and times you can help, and other pertinent contact info. Thank you.
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? So come on down, but call to let us know first so we can coordinate teams at both places.
We only do a subscription special once a year, and this one ends in two weeks!
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!
- Robotech® The Shadow Chronicles® RPG – March, 2008. At the printer.
- The Rifter® #42 – April, 2008.
- Rifts® Dimension Book 11: Dyval™, Hell Unleashed – April release, 2008. In final production.
- Rifts® Dimension Book 12: Dimensional Outbreak™ – May release. In production.
- Heroes of the Megaverse® (Minion War™ – tentative) – May or June 2008.
- Dead Reign™ RPG (Zombie RPG – tentative) – May or June, 2008.
- A new Robotech® sourcebook (tentative) – Summer 2008.
- The Rifter® #43 – July, 2008.
- And much more.
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