The Mechanoid Invasion
|
Front cover of The Mechanoid Invasion core rulebook, illustrated by Kevin Siembieda | |
| Designer(s) | Kevin Siembieda |
|---|---|
| Illustrator(s) | Kevin Siembieda, Michael Gustovich, William Messner-Loebs, James A. Osten |
| Publisher(s) | Palladium Books |
| Publication date | April 1981 |
| Years active | 1981–1988 |
| Genre(s) | Science fiction |
| Language(s) | English |
| Website |
palladiumbooks |
The Mechanoid Invasion (and its source books, supplements and sequels) was the first role-playing game from Palladium Books, conceived and written by Kevin Siembieda, with contributions from Erick Wujcik.[1]
The Mechanoid Invasion centered on a powerful, malevolent, and numerous race of bio-driven machines that had come to invade a planet called Gideon E that was colonized by humans. In its original edition, published in 1981,[2] the game was published as a series of three comic-book sized sourcebooks:[3]
- the first, The Mechanoid Invasion, dealt with the eponymous invasion of Gideon E
- the second, Journey, dealt with human survivors living within a mechanoid mothership after the destruction of the Gideon E colony and introduced "minor magic and some psionics",[4]
- the third, Homeworld, dealt with the Mechanoid homeworld itself.
The first book was revised and republished in an expanded form in 1985.[5]
In Spring 1991 Caliber Comics also produced a 3-book series called "The Mechanoids" which adapted the RPG into comic book stories.[6]
In the early 90s "Sourcebook Two" of Rifts (role-playing game) was released, titled The Mechanoids, and it included MDC conversions for the Mechanoids for use in a Rifts Earth setting, along with a storyline on how they got there.[7]
In Winter 1998 a Collected Mechanoids RPG was released.[8] By 2001 all 3 books were compiled as the Mechanoid Invasion Trilogy[9] which is still available.[10]
Mechanoids Space, a complete RPG first announced in 1993 for release the following year, was last promised for publication in December 2002 as late as September 2002.[8] As of 2016 it is still available in the store labelled "coming soon".[11]
References
- ↑ article: Talking Roleplaying and Computing Careers with Erick Wujcik
- ↑ REVIEW OF THE MECHANOID INVASION TRILOGY
- ↑ Monster Robots From Outer Space - Kevin Siembieda - Rifts Sourcebook Two Mechanoids - Epinions.com.
- ↑ Company Profile, palladiumbooks.com.
- ↑ The Vortex Rifts Mechanoids.
- ↑ History of Caliber
- ↑ Rifts Sourcebook 2 retrieved 20 June 2015
- 1 2 The Palladium FAQ Version 4.00: September 1, 2002 Section 11: The Mechanoids on Stan Bundy's Website retrieved 20 June 2015: 11.02. When is the Mechanoids RPG going to be reprinted?
- ↑ 9 April 2001 archive of Invasion Trilogy for sale
- ↑ Palladium Books description of the Trilogy compilation
- ↑ Mechanoids Space retrieved 12 February 2016
External links
- The Mechanoid Invasion official discussion board at Palladium Books Forums of the Megaverse
- The Mechanoid Invasion at RPG Geek Database
- The Mechanoid Invasion at RPGnet Game Index