I remember picking it up at the comic store around the corner when it first came out. Other than the Robotech info, it was one of the worst games I ever bought. Brett M. Quote from: brettmb; MrAndrewJ Newbie Posts: This was my absolute favorite Mech RPG, despite very limited experience to the shows it was based off of. Nothing else has ever felt the same to me.
I found a paper copy dirt cheap in a used bookstore 2 years ago. This is still good to have a backup copy and possibly even more sourcebooks. Video Audio icon An illustration of an audio speaker. Audio Software icon An illustration of a 3. Software Images icon An illustration of two photographs. Images Donate icon An illustration of a heart shape Donate Ellipses icon An illustration of text ellipses. Sign up Log in. Web icon An illustration of a computer application window Wayback Machine Texts icon An illustration of an open book.
Books Video icon An illustration of two cells of a film strip. Video Audio icon An illustration of an audio speaker. If you are from the Palladium days, change your thinking, this is a new era, a new way to play. January 18, am UTC. Would love to start an ongoing campaign of this game but I have no one to play it with yet, any advice? If you're still wondering, go to Strange Machine Games' website and check out their community dropdown.
They have a link to their Discord where you can find others who actively play the game. We received the pdf here and asked if someone was willing to run a one-shot for us on Discord. We were able to play the same day through Roll20 with an amazing GM. Are there any plans to sell the physical books on Drivethru rpg as well? Or just the PDF file? So, I think it's really cool that one of the creators of this new Robotech RPG is active in answering questions on here.
Shows their willingness to help with any confusion. To be honest, from what I read in the first dozen or so pages of the redacted PDF for this new game it is a far different experience than the Palladium one.
However, the Palladium one wasn't without flaws and they were far too many to be counted herein. What I will say is that I'm curious to read more and see if this is something worth throwing any money down on. It's incredibly hard to find players for Robotech these days and one has to go to www. I've mentioned this version and the Savage Worlds one to the game group I play with on there. We're using the first edition Robotech rules and it's obvious the rules are incredibly dated.
In fact, we tried to do the Lancer's Rockers module with the music angle and half of the group were for it and the other half against. I think the Palladium system just lent itself Anyways, this brings me to the point of this message.
So, if you're planning on releasing a slew of Macross-related material, I think I'll just pass entirely on this. It strikes me as beneficial to hit up the three main stories of Robotech and then go back to add the expansions to whatever version is most popular this usually being Macross or Mospeada.
They are apparently next on the list to come out. I preordered the physical book from the SMG website. A beautiful full color book with some deep cuts for mecha, vehicles and ships that have never seen print in an official Robotech RPG before. A great addition for any hardcore Robotech fan. I actually ran a game with this system a horror game set in the robotech universe.
It was really intense, and by the end of it the players all first time players had a base understanding of the system and really started using the different aspects of the core mechanics in very creative ways.
Are there any plans to develop sourcebooks for the other parts of the Robotech series? Southern Cross and Invid Invasion? Thanks for working on this and looking forward to taking a look at the redacted preview! Yes, We have started writing the next book which we plan to have both cover the Masters and New Generation Sagas.
I wrote a separate message in this thread, but didn't catch that you had already begun to address this concern. I guess from the sounds of it you're doing both the Masters and the New Generation Sagas in one book.
I sure hope you don't skimp on the Southern Cross. I'm going to hold off on any purchase until I've seen this next sourcebook. If it's apparent no real through was put into the Southern Cross or it was a half-hearted attempt, I'll just return to the Palladium version of the game world.
Though, they did no better for Southern Cross, frankly. The second edition of the Masters sourcebook was an immense improvement over the first, but I just had lost all interest by that point. I basically want to try something new, but with the same story. That would include the following: Dana, Bowie, Angelo, If you throw in Emerson and Leonard, I'd call that gravy.
Palladium got all the characters for Macross and New Generation, but only gave a few characters from Southern Cross, which was a crying shame and the second edition gave nothing whatsoever in the way of statistics for anyone. Anyways, I am curious how the game runs in real-time and if you could link a YouTube video that would be great.
I went on YouTube and didn't find anything specific about it. I think you'd be doing yourself a lot of credit by creating a group and playing it through a medium like roll It was because of videos on YouTube and roll It really helped me and I'm assuming others would benefit get a grasp on how the game played before making the financial plunge.
Thanks for your time and willingness to answer questions! What you are referring to is the Savage Worlds version. We published two versions of the book do players could have two experiences. We didn't anticipate the confusion from so many. Rules light SW versions are not a new thing. This Robotech product is a complete standalone game using a new system. Choose what you prefer more. The core book gives you the basic game rules and the supplement modifies those rules and adds specific flavor.
I just didn't understand where this fit in with that particular version. Will you continue to support the SW version? And thanks for the answer. One stupid question from a Macross fan who is not a Robotech fan : Will this book include a chapter exlaining the differences between the japanese original and the american version? We didn't do that. We know that Macross fans are avid and vocal, but we created a product with Robotech information.
That said, we watched Macross and took the roleplaying concepts an inserted them into the book. We tried to provide Macross fans a macross experience, however we didn't create a disparate ruleset for the Macross universe.
Too bad, but atleast this book is Macross Saga only, so it should still be usable for a pure Macross campaign.
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