BackerKit and Preorders finalizing June 5th!
11 months ago – Sat, Jun 03, 2023 at 03:58:31 PM

Howdy Rifters,

We've been in touch with our printers and printing is going pretty much as scheduled, though there were some minor delays (and a few respectful words exchanged), we should be receiving the new books and cards in the next three weeks. This part always makes me nervous since it is completely out of my control, and we are working with some new vendors, but I've got my fingers crossed.

As we wait for the full print run of the Titan Robotics books and poker cards to come in, we are staging everything else — art prints, pawn sets, map sets, miniatures, books, etc. — to ship out ASAP! Palladium is stocked with tons of extra boxes and packing material, too, so rest assured we are ready and raring to go. The remaining digital rewards are also in final stages of production and should be sent out around the time physical product is being delivered.

We will be finalizing your Kickstarter pledges and BackerKit preorders on Monday June 5th via BackerKit (we added an extra weekend). All but a few of you have done your BackerKit survey and are ready to go. If you know someone who backed please remind them to get everything finalized on BackerKit NOW!

Please take the time to look over your BackerKit page and ensure you haven’t forgotten anything, make your final selections, and double-check that we have your correct shipping info. If you have ANY issues, please contact us via BackerKit. And don't forget, in a pinch you can always call our offices during normal business hours.

Once again, thanks for all of your enthusiasm and support. The entire Palladium team is pleased with your warm reception of the Titan Robotics PDF and the remastered Cyberworks Collection PDFs. I personally can't wait to get the new books in my hands and show them off. 

Cheers,

Sean Owen Roberson 

Today is Your Final Day for Savage Rifts Add-Ons!
12 months ago – Wed, May 10, 2023 at 08:32:02 AM

Greetings, backers!

Today, May 10, is your final day to add the Rifts Pawn Set 1 and Rifts Map Bundle add-ons in BackerKit. So if you wanted to pick those up, log into BackerKit RIGHT NOW and do it, because you won’t be able to do it tomorrow.

While you’re at it, look over your selections and make sure you haven’t missed anything, because the BackerKit pledge manager and pre-order store will be closing on June 2nd, which is coming up fast. Make your final selections, and please make sure we have your correct shipping info.

Thank you!

It's the FINAL COUNTDOWN!
12 months ago – Wed, May 03, 2023 at 03:01:51 PM

Greetings Syntharoids!

The PDF previews and remasters are uploaded, the books are at the printers, the card decks are being updated for mass printing, the art prints are ready to ship, the rules conversions are nearing completion, and the intro adventure is being finalized! Your rewards are coming along right on schedule :)

As we make our last minute preparations to ensure everything goes as smoothly as possible with the Titan Robotics crowdfunding and pre-order fulfillment please take note:

• BackerKit Survey: If you haven't done it, DO IT NOW - enter your Kickstarter email to begin.
• Finalize Savage Rifts Add-Ons: We will be finalizing orders on the Rifts Pawn Set 1 and the Rifts Map Bundle (an AWESOME deal) next week so that we can get everything shipped to and staged at the Palladium warehouse in preparation for the final print books. SO, if you are interested in those items please add them via BackerKit ASAP. I must say, I led the art direction on these personally in tandem with the wonderful illustrators at Sigil Entertainment, and these beautiful maps and paper minis look great and are built to last. The updated map of North America is my favorite, and canon, too!
• BackerKit Pre-Order Bundles: Due to your feedback, we added options for Pre-Order Customers to be able to bundle books and PDFs together, and still receive the Titan Robotics and Cyberworks Savage Rifts conversion documents. This is primarily for customers who completely missed the Kickstarter. If you backed this Kickstarter then you already have access to the best deals available, and can still upgrade your pledge level now. Please message us if you have any questions or issues that come up.
• Tidy Up Your BackerKit: While we will leave the Titan Robotics BackerKit pledge manager open as long as possible, we will be locking it down around the time the print books arrive (mid June is what our printers are projecting). Please get all your ducks in a row so that we can avoid as many last-minute changes as possible and get everyone all the awesome goodies they want. Also, please be ready to finalize shipping details and associated payments at that time.

I know I say it every update, but everyone at Palladium appreciates your support as we tread new ground and work hard to raise the bar a little more each day. Kevin and I are listening and would love to hear any feedback you might have so please contact us through the helpdesk on our website, call the office during business hours (9:30 to 5:30 Monday thru Friday), or drop on by the studio to get the tour from me or Kevin and chat all things Palladium (please call first to confirm we won't be in meetings or running errands). 

The same goes doubly if you have any issues via Kickstarter or BackerKit. We are a small team so we rely on email alerts to keep tabs on things. Sometimes that doesn't work perfectly or quickly, so please don't forget that you can call us directly here at the office -- you won't deal with some answering service staffed overseas, you will talk to a real live Palladium staff member who will personally help you or get you to one of us who can.  They might even be nice. These days, that's pretty rare.

Sincerely,

Sean Owen Roberson

Titan Robotics has GONE GOLD — it's at the printers!
almost 1 year ago – Wed, Apr 19, 2023 at 02:31:14 PM

Titan Robotics™ and Cyberworks™ Collection are GOLD

To steal an old video game term, going "Gold" means that the master copy of a game is finished and has been sent to the printers to be produced on physical disks like floppies, CDs, etc.

Actually, we sent Titan Robotics™ and the Cyberworks™ Collection to our printers on Monday so I am pleased to inform you that we are solidly on-track to begin fulfillment in June! Hopefully everything continues to go smoothly with our printers here in the USA, their supply chain, shipping, etc. I'm a pretty optimistic guy, but as a military veteran I've learned to plan for the worst while only secretly hoping for the best. Oh, and we sent out updated digital PDFs yesterday via DriveThruRPG to all of our backers, including any of you who recently upgraded your pledge, so enjoy those files. If anyone reading this hasn't yet done their BackerKit Survey yet, PLEASE do it now via this link - just enter your Kickstarter email to begin! 

The progress on this crowdfunding campaign has me doubly excited because the three big Rifts® for Savage Worlds® products that I led development on are also making great headway -- backer review files are being released by Pinnacle Entertainment Group. Please see the crowdfunding campaign here if you'd like to check it out. It includes the Rifts® South America: Land of a Thousand Islands worldbook with 109 PA canon updates for the factions in the region, the FIRST EVER Rifts® campaign boxed set Terror on the Dark Frontier that takes place along the Coalition Frontier in the New West, Rifts® Pawn Set 2  (a second massive box of premium paper miniatures), a beautiful canon poster map of South America circa 109 PA, Rifts® battle maps, and more. It really is pretty cool stuff, I hear nothing but glowing feedback, and I'm proud to have worked with so many talented writers and artists to help make it happen. 

In fact, key members of the Savage Rifts® writing team that I built and trained — my dark side apprentices??? — are pulling double duty working on the Savage Worlds Adventure Edition (SWADE) conversion docs for Titan Robotics and the Cyberworks Collection. This means that the Savage Worlds conversions are shaping up to be top notch for those of you who enjoy gaming in that system, and will include rules for playing Aberrant Mechanoids using the Intelligent Construct character creation system that I wrote for Empires of Humanity. Yeah, I'm hyped too! 

The Cyberworks Poker Deck and Titan Courier Team intro adventure are also coming along well, with more to show off on that front soon.

Once again, my humblest and most sincere thanks to every single one of you for supporting this project. We are a small team and working hard, so if you need anything please message us via BackerKit, that really helps us coordinate the information flow — thanks! If somehow that fails (like when we had a server meltdown last month) please feel free to call our office.

I'm off to write the Palladium Books weekly update, so check back at that link tomorrow evening (Thursday, April 20th) if you'd like to read more of my thoughts.

Cheers,

Sean Owen Roberson

Shemarrian Nation Remastered and PDF delivery update
about 1 year ago – Tue, Apr 11, 2023 at 02:51:16 PM

Howdy Rifters, 

Shemarrian Nation Remastered

This is a short update to let you know that the remastered Shemarrian Nation PDF is done and is being delivered today. For those of you who backed at a level containing the Cyberworks Collection (Cyber-Knight and above), you should be receiving your file(s). For those who already owned this PDF on DriveThruRPG, your file should be updated to the new remastered edition; NOTE that you may not see a an email or notification but if you re-download the file it will be the remastered edition that includes a fresh layout, PDF bookmarks, a back Index, as well as spelling and grammar corrections, page links, etc. 

Pledge Level Upgrades

If you have recently upgraded your pledge level, we have to sort through and send DriveThruRPG rewards manually, they aren't delivered automagically. So, with this update we are sending all three of the remastered Cyberworks Collection PDFs to everyone who has backed at that level (Cyber-Knight and above) even as of today, so you should be receiving your files - if you you can't download them through DriveThruRPG please message us through BackerKit! In addition, a new near final preview of Titan Robotics has been uploaded, so if you'd like to check that out please re-download your copy - I've added an introduction after the backer list (Hardcore Fan and above).

Other Rewards

• The Savage Rifts Conversion Documents: These are in progress. The Cyberworks Collection material is complete, and the Titan Robotics material is being converted in earnest now that the book is final. Once all of that process is done (quite a bit of material), it will go into layout. There are some cool options for Savage Rifts fans being included, so I think everyone will really enjoy the final output.
• The Courier Team Introductory Adventure: Is coming along very well, I really liked the the manuscript so in progress is polish, quick stats, pregens, etc.
• The Titan Robotics Card Deck: We have been coordinating with a new, high quality printer, and getting files updated and lined up for their production needs. Sounds boring, but it's worth it even though it has taken some back and forth. Hopefully I will have an improved print proof to show off in a couple of weeks.

As always, thanks for your support. It has been great hearing all of the awesome feedback about how much you are loving the improved functionality of the remastered editions, we will definitely be doing more of those in the future thanks to your very positive reception. Also, I'm so glad everyone is having a blast with Titan Robotics, I hope you enjoy the new introduction.

Cheers,

Sean Owen Roberson

PS: If you have any more feedback or corrections, please post them to the Palladium Books Forums or right here in the comments section.