Well, it seems that maybe the Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles RPG Book will come in fall. However, there just doesn't seem to be a real official date yet. Palladium books is known for this and the more time they have, often the better. So, I wouldn't be concerned.
"Robotech® RPG: The Shadow Chronicles® – Fall (tentative), to be followed by sourcebooks. "
"They do report however: "Can we really get all these books out in 2007?
Probably not. Exactly how many are published will depend largely on the sales of recent releases, online products, and books released throughout the Summer.
While Palladium is doing much, much better than a year ago, we are not out of the woods nor working at full capacity.
Cash flow issues (translation: not enough money) continue to dog us, which is why the first 10 titles on the list, above, are tentative even though the manuscripts are sitting on my shelf. Likewise, there are a dozen key titles that need reprinting, but we don’t yet have the cash to print them.
February through May are always slow sales months for everyone in the RPG business. We’re hoping Summer (and Fall) sales rock, including the sale of specialty items offered only online (T-shirts, prints, greeting cards, etc.). If they sell, we can offer more product and do more reprints. The more we publish, the more money we make and the stronger we get, and that means we can publish more books. "
Read the full article here: http://www.palladiumbooks.com/press/press2007-05.html
Thanks Captain JLS
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It's sad. I hope I can spark some discussion, here, but this is really gonna hurt The Shadow Chronicles' chances of being the 'reinvigorating' effort we all hoped it would be after so many years. By missing the RPG market (especially the non-gamer, which obviously Palladium is aiming-for with the 'manga'-sized format), Robotech loses yet another chance to gain some fans due to corporate blundering.
Sure, Palladium's a small company and so is Harmony Gold, but there really aren't any excuses except for mishandling when it comes to this stuff. Stronger companies would find some way to churn it out in a cooperative manner.
Yours in the protoculture,
Khyron_Prime
Praise Haydon!
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