el magico -- darklorddc wrote:Tiree wrote:Latest Murmur has Kevin lining up a Freelancer for the RT Line. I wonder who it is that is going to be working on it? (and no it's not me... even though I would love to do the work!)
Me. For those of you who don't know me, I've co-authored the Nightbane Survival Guide, had art in Fleets of the Three Galaxies, had several Rifter articles, am a professional journalist, CG artist, and, as you can tell by my
webpage, I've always had an eye on Palladium's space properties and I've been a Robotech fan since the very first day it aired in the U.S. I'm also a huge Macross, (original universe) Gundam, Appleseed and Bubblegum Crisis fan.
While Robotech the New Generation is going to be true to the material, we're putting in some stuff that is really keyed toward making the Invid-dominated earth a more three-dimensional playground beyond Bernard and Co.'s trek from South America to Reflex Point. I think that the New Generation setting lends itself to role-playing campaigns just about better than any of the other settings, because of the ragtag freedom fighter set-up, where people can come from varied backgrounds and have access to a wide variety of skills and equipment. I've run two campaigns myself based off the old Invid invasion and REF books and have also created some hybrid settings as well, one of which is on my site.
See below for some hints of what we've got planned.
Sincerely,
Irvin Jackson
Robotech® New Generation™ Sourcebook
The Robotech® core sourcebook you’ve been waiting for . . . only it’s going to be more than you imagine.
* Rules for using mecha, power armor and technology from all four eras of Robotech.
* Kit-bashed mecha and rules for jury-rigging and combining parts from different generations of mecha.
* Freedom Fighter O.C.C.s and resistance organizations.
* Rogues and misfits from the three Robotech Wars.
* New weapons, vehicles, mecha and more.
* Villains, traitors, bandits, Invid henchmen, adventure and adventure ideas galore.
* Written by Kevin Siembieda and
Irvin Jackson.
* 224+ pages – manga size – $16.95 retail – Cat. No. 554. Ships June or July.