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HISTORY Beginning Their first game was '' The Mechanoid Invasion '' in 1981 , followed by the '' Palladium Fantasy Role-Playing Game '' in 1983 and '' Heroes Unlimited '' in 1984 . Other popular titles included the role playing game adaptations of '' Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles '' ( 1985 ) and the Japanese animated series '' Robotech ''. Palladium was also one of the major distributors of ''Robotech'' merchandise for several years. Between the late 1990s and early 2000s, all of Palladium's licenses lapsed and were not pursued for renewal. Palladium has recently (September 2007) finalized negotiations on an RPG based on Robotech's Shadow Chronicles. Palladium enjoys the support of a small but dedicated fanbase, who applaud what they feel are the company's innovative settings and their games' high levels of adaptability to various personal preferences, play styles and power levels. Palladium states1 that it was the first publisher in the industry to adopt the very sturdy and durable Perfect Bindings on its books, a move that has since been emulated by many other companies in the role-playing industry. Palladium also publishes most of its releases in paperback, whereas most other major role-playing publishers now publish mostly hardbacks. This format choice has allowed Palladium to provide full sourcebooks at lower prices than many other game lines. Palladium is aggressive in preventing wide distribution of fan-made conversions of their games to other systems (such as the D20 System ), and also discourages converting the intellectual property of others into their system; while they cannot prevent it, doing so is not allowed in spaces owned by Palladium Books. Palladium Books also threatens legal action against fans who distribute conversions in other spaces. When asked why Palladium was so much stricter in regard to conversions than other game companies, Siembieda stated that the policy had been adopted due to advice from Palladium's lawyers, to shield Palladium from liability for conversions of other parties' intellectual property. 2 Licensed properties Palladium Books has licensed some of their . |
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