The Mechanoid Invasion
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The Mechanoid Invasion was the first role-playing game
from Palladium Books
, conceived and written by Kevin Siembieda
, with contributions from Erick Wujcik
.
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, published in 1981, the game was published as a series of three comic-book sized sourcebooks: 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", and the third, Homeworld, dealt with the Mechanoid homeworld itself. The first book was revised and republished in an expanded form in 1985, and then all three as one compiled work in 1998.
Role-playing game
A role-playing game is a game in which players assume the roles of characters in a fictional setting. Players take responsibility for acting out these roles within a narrative, either through literal acting, or through a process of structured decision-making or character development...
from Palladium Books
Palladium Books
Palladium Books is a publisher of role-playing games perhaps best known for its popular, expansive Rifts series . Palladium was founded April 1981 in Detroit, Michigan by current president and lead game designer Kevin Siembieda, and is presently based in Westland, Michigan...
, conceived and written by Kevin Siembieda
Kevin Siembieda
Kevin Siembieda is an American artist, writer, designer, and publisher of role-playing games, and the co-founder and president of Palladium Books....
, with contributions from Erick Wujcik
Erick Wujcik
Erick Wujcik was an American designer of both pen-and-paper and computer role-playing games, and co-founder of Palladium Books.- Gaming career :...
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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, published in 1981, the game was published as a series of three comic-book sized sourcebooks: 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", and the third, Homeworld, dealt with the Mechanoid homeworld itself. The first book was revised and republished in an expanded form in 1985, and then all three as one compiled work in 1998.