Robotech Role-Playing Game

The only reason why I'm writing this is because of a particularly biased review that I happened to come across, one that disturbed me greatly. (It may or may not be there, but you might notice it.) Well anyway, this book is actually quite good for any GM or player who's interested in a futuristic campangne setting, more-so if you happen to like Robotech (Macross). Also, this was the first RPG that I actually really got to play and I found the rules to be easy to understand yet in-depth enougth to keep me playing it with my friends several years later. Also, most of the information in the book is pretty much accurate there are a few mistakes but there all small, insignificant ones. It's a shame that Palladium Books didn't renew the licence this past year.

Even if you do not roleplay, any fan of Robotech should pick this up just do to the artwork. The book is full of stunning drawings of all of our favorite mecha.

This book is the first in the RPG series and is the base for all the other books. The others are only supplements to this one. You need at least this to play.

If you can only buy one Robotech RPG book then this is it. It is not the best in the series, but it provides information on playing that can only be found in a select few books. It tells you how to make a character, what the terms mean, how to play that character, how to GM (gamemaster), and is the basis for all of the scourcebooks that come afterwards. Even if you don't play the game it provides excelent information on the show, albeit some of the info is so far off that you wonder what Seimbeida was doing during the 200 hours spent going over the animation. Never-the-less this is one of the best books and gives information on weapons and items not found in any other book, believe me i've looked. The artwork is awesome, some of kevin Long's best. This is not a book to go without.

This has got to be the best futuristic role playing game out there! It is a very good starting book and you will need to buy the sequel books to get the most out of it!