So, Any Announcements?

Preacher · Unread post by **Preacher** » Mon May 08, 2006 7:11 pm

Any announcements made at open house that can be discussed or disclosed to us poor fanboys who were unable to attend?

Warwolf · Unread post by **Warwolf** » Tue May 09, 2006 9:14 pm

Sooooooooo many... I can't even count. However, I don't know which I'm allowed to talk about and which I'm not (TGK swore me to secrecy about Madhaven). So I'm afraid that I can't be of much service in this regard (I know a few of the freelancers that would hunt me down if I revealed what they are working on, but there is a LOT of really cool stuff in the works). However, since someone already posted about it, Kevin is examining the possibility of a Rifts manga.

Marrowlight · Unread post by **Marrowlight** » Tue May 09, 2006 10:49 pm

Warwolf wrote:Sooooooooo many... I can't even count. However, I don't know which I'm allowed to talk about and which I'm not (TGK swore me to secrecy about Madhaven). So I'm afraid that I can't be of much service in this regard (I know a few of the freelancers that would hunt me down if I revealed what they are working on, but there is a LOT of really cool stuff in the works). However, since someone already posted about it, Kevin is examining the possibility of a Rifts manga.

Preacher prolly means stuff discussed at panels, not secret things you wormed out of writers when you had them liquored up and tied to a sheep.

The Galactus Kid · Tue May 09, 2006 10:56 pm

No THAT was a secret that I disclosed willingly considering Warwolf has preordered the book and will be getting it soon enough. YOU DON'T EVEN WANT TO KNOW the secrets I gave up while tied to that sheep... :oops:

Brian Manning · Tue May 09, 2006 10:56 pm

I don't know how much of this was already known, but from the panels and talking with freelancers, I gathered a couple of tidbits: The Galactus kid mentioned a Sovietski sourcebook he was working on after Triax 2. Todd Yoho is tackling Rifts: India. DLDC seems to have made some more progress with Rifts: Middle East, as well as his Coalition of Magic (which sounds awesome). Jason Richards is working on some CE stuff, and Mark Dudley and Kevin were talking about the Rifts manga mentioned above.

I know there's a great freelancer collaboration on the horizon for the 25th anniversary that Levi came up with, and Kevin seems to like, but that I'm sure, is supposed to be a surprise for the fans.

The Galactus Kid · Tue May 09, 2006 11:00 pm

Jaguar Wong is right. My section of the freelancer collaboration is almost done too. It was a great idea that really got me thinking.

Unread post by **NMI** » Tue May 09, 2006 11:03 pm

Mark Dudley wants to do the art for Warpath: Urban Jungle

The Galactus Kid · Tue May 09, 2006 11:05 pm

Mark Dudley wants to do the art for everything. :lol:

Marrowlight · Unread post by **Marrowlight** » Tue May 09, 2006 11:18 pm

Jaguar Wong wrote:I don't know how much of this was already known, but from the panels and talking with freelancers, I gathered a couple of tidbits: The Galactus kid mentioned a Sovietski sourcebook he was working on after Triax 2. Todd Yoho is tackling Rifts: India. DLDC seems to have made some more progress with Rifts: Middle East, as well as his Coalition of Magic (which sounds awesome). Jason Richards is working on some CE stuff, and Mark Dudley and Kevin were talking about the Rifts manga mentioned above.

I know there's a great freelancer collaboration on the horizon for the 25th anniversary that Levi came up with, and Kevin seems to like, but that I'm sure, is supposed to be a surprise for the fans.

Wow, if DLDC got KS to even left Rifts: Middle East show up in a Rifter, that'd be both a shock and the news of the month.

Warwolf · Unread post by **Warwolf** » Wed May 10, 2006 12:07 am

Marrowlight wrote:Wow, if DLDC got KS to even left Rifts: Middle East show up in a Rifter, that'd be both a shock and the news of the month.

Yeah, well Kevin seemed genuinely interested. Me and DLDC have a couple things in the works ourselves, but I don't know where they will end up (Rifter, part of a book, books themselves). Hopefully now you all will be seeing some of my work along with that of DLDC (c'mon I'm not going to ride his coattails, I have to gain some credit for myself). I will also say Jason's second book is something I've wanted to see since the inception of CE (he, rerollmuch?, and I even kicked aroud some ideas about Psychic Storm while at Denny's). Carmen has a SLEW of stuff in the works as well (but when does he not).

Oh, and the sheep was child's play. You should have seen what happened when the goat came out! :demon:

Joseph Kerr · Unread post by **Joseph Kerr** » Wed May 10, 2006 1:15 am

Shadow_otm wrote:There was made mention, during the freelancer panel, that they do have plans for the west coast of Rifts' north america.

I believe it was Carmen Bellaire who wanted to do this, in which it was titled "Shining California" or some such, in which CA is now the grounds for Hollywood. Which has survived and continues to produce movies and survives on high-tech holograms and other such machines and gimicks. How much of this is true? Dunno. That's what i heard though. He seemed fairly serious.

The Galactus Kid · Wed May 10, 2006 12:24 pm

Play nice rae. hahahaha

RoadWarriorFWaNK · Wed May 10, 2006 2:06 pm

I mentioned some things about Mechanoid Space to Brandon.

Preacher · Unread post by **Preacher** » Wed May 10, 2006 5:16 pm

Rae --*DLDC's girl* wrote:Actually, we got a pretty thorough rundown on everything Palladium plans on doing for the next 7 or 8 years, but we were all sworn to secrecy. Sorry 'bout your bad luck. Maybe next time, huh?

Nah, not really. I know stuff half the time before pretty much anyone but can't discuss it lest a horde of raging lawyers decend on me.

Unread post by **NMI** » Wed May 10, 2006 7:35 pm

Kevin mentioned he still wants to do Mechanoid Space, just wants to find the time to do it right.
Still has ideas for Void Runners which he went into a litte more depth.

The Galactus Kid · Wed May 10, 2006 8:26 pm

There are alot of ideas about the future of splicers. Carmen has alot on his plate right now, but is still tossing alot around.

Hannibal · Unread post by **Hannibal** » Wed May 10, 2006 9:27 pm

Carmen indicated that he's got a heavt schedule but that good Splicers manuscripts from some other interested writers could be a possibility in the future. He also indicated that he will be doing the Lazlo books when he finishes with his personal writing project, and the Lazlo series will likely be a set of three books.

Benito Pulatso · Wed May 10, 2006 9:41 pm

Hannibal wrote:Carmen indicated that he's got a heavt schedule but that good Splicers manuscripts from some other interested writers could be a possibility in the future. He also indicated that he will be doing the Lazlo books when he finishes with his personal writing project, and the Lazlo series will likely be a set of three books.

Three books...this means only the first two are going to get published, right?

I keed, I keed.

Marrowlight · Unread post by **Marrowlight** » Wed May 10, 2006 10:57 pm

Benito Pulatso wrote:
Hannibal wrote:Carmen indicated that he's got a heavt schedule but that good Splicers manuscripts from some other interested writers could be a possibility in the future. He also indicated that he will be doing the Lazlo books when he finishes with his personal writing project, and the Lazlo series will likely be a set of three books.

Three books...this means only the first two are going to get published, right?

I keed, I keed.

Them grapes, they taste sour eh?

Brian Manning · Thu May 11, 2006 1:51 am

HOLY CRAP!! I can't believe I forgot this! Allen and I were talking to Todd Yoho and we got the skinny on some new stuff he's planning on bringing into Rifts (perhaps a rifter, but this is so good it needs to be released as like a 12 page source book or something).

Dragon's wearing Glitterboys with boomguns that fire Dragons wearing Glitterboys. Truly awesome!! I know he said he was feeling a bit under the weather, but that obviously didn't stop him from really dropping some serious ideas on the table while we ate pizza. Tell me that isn't awesome.

Plus someone asked Apollo to draw a redneck ley line walker, and we just sat around and built on a redneck mage concept (Ley line walker, or Techno Wizard) complete with pickup truck with dimensional room in the bed to haul anything, with a gunrack for the rifles of course.

Todd Yoho · Unread post by **Todd Yoho** » Thu May 11, 2006 8:46 am

Jaguar Wong wrote:HOLY CRAP!! I can't believe I forgot this! Allen and I were talking to Todd Yoho and we got the skinny on some new stuff he's planning on bringing into Rifts (perhaps a rifter, but this is so good it needs to be released as like a 12 page source book or something).

Dragon's wearing Glitterboys with boomguns that fire Dragons wearing Glitterboys. Truly awesome!! I know he said he was feeling a bit under the weather, but that obviously didn't stop him from really dropping some serious ideas on the table while we ate pizza. Tell me that isn't awesome.

Plus someone asked Apollo to draw a redneck ley line walker, and we just sat around and built on a redneck mage concept (Ley line walker, or Techno Wizard) complete with pickup truck with dimensional room in the bed to haul anything, with a gunrack for the rifles of course.

We really need another Rifter 9 and 1/2. :wink:

Benito Pulatso · Thu May 11, 2006 1:01 pm

Marrowlight wrote:
Benito Pulatso wrote:
Hannibal wrote:Carmen indicated that he's got a heavt schedule but that good Splicers manuscripts from some other interested writers could be a possibility in the future. He also indicated that he will be doing the Lazlo books when he finishes with his personal writing project, and the Lazlo series will likely be a set of three books.

Three books...this means only the first two are going to get published, right?

I keed, I keed.

Them grapes, they taste sour eh?

Fist-shakingly so!

*shakes fist*