The Mechanoid Invasion

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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.

The Mechanoid Invasion centered around 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, the game was published as a series of three comic-book sized sourcebooks:^[1] The first, The Mechanoid Invastion, 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^[2]", and the third, Homeworld, dealt with the Mechanoid homeworld itself. The first book was revised and republished in an expanded form in 1985^[3], and then all three as one compiled work in 1998^[4].

[edit] References

1. ^ Monster Robots From Outer Space - Kevin Siembieda - Rifts Sourcebook Two Mechanoids - Epinions.com
2. ^ Company Profile
3. ^ The Vortex Rifts Mechanoids
4. ^ The Palladium FAQ

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