The following books have a street date of October 13, 2009:
CAT21000 Eclipse Phase (Core Rulebook) ($49.99)
CAT23002 CthuhluTech: Mortal Remains ($39.99)
CAT35240 BattleTech: Masters & Minions ($44.99)
CAT25700 BattleTech: 25 Years of Art & Fiction ($64.99)
Remember to support your local game store!
It seems that, historically, the only place to buy a PDF was from the manufacturer (or a select few online websites). If you wanted both a PDF and physical book, you were limited to what was available from the manufacturer. Retail stores that serve the player with play space, selection, and knowledge just could not offer a player a PDF and a book. We at Catalyst Game Labs have been working hard to change that.
Therefore we’re proud to announce the creation of Catalyst RED, our new Retailer Electronic Delivery system. With RED, retailers will be able to sell you copies of the core book PDFs along with your hard copies right at the store simply by providing your email address. And should you for some reason lose your PDF, you can easily request another download of the file, just like a online customer. We feel that Catalyst RED will finally allow that next step in customer satisfaction that you and the owners of your friendly local game store have been asking for.
Currently the system is in Alpha testing at select game stores across the country, and we plan to have the system available at more retailers later this year. For a list of retailers who currently offer Catalyst RED purchases see below:
Adventure Game Store
6967 Stirling Rd
Davie, FL 33314
Black Diamond Games
1950 Market St Suite E
Concord, CA 94520
Castle Perilous
207 West Main Street
Carbondale, IL 62901
EndGame
921 Washington
Oakland, CA 94607
Le Valet d’Coeur
4408 St-Denis, Montreal
Quebec, Canada, H2J 2L1
Modern Myths
34 Bridge St #4
Northampton, MA 01060
Myriad Games
8 Stiles Rd.
Salem, NH 03079
Rainy Day Games
18105 SW TV HWY
Aloha, OR 97006
The Danger Room
2213 S. Scatterfield Rd
Anderson, IN 46016
We’ve got two announcements which we think are over the top cool (and that’s from our over the top coolness already!).
Catalyst Game Labs Publishes “Beta Release PDF” of A Time of War
Catalyst Game Labs is pleased to announce the Beta release of the fifth core BattleTech rulebook: A Time of War: The BattleTech RPG.
“BattleTech has an amazing community,” said Randall N. Bills, Managing Developer. “Their attention to detail is phenomenal, enabling us to publish better books at every step. That dedication to helping create the highest quality books deserves attention.”
With that in mind we’re formalizing the process, releasing A Time of War: The BattleTech RPG in a “Beta Release” PDF (players will notice there’s no index yet, for example). We’ve started a fan inputthread on the BattleTech forumsforums. Until the 15th of October [end of day, PST] we’ll be watching the thread to see what problems the community discovers. At that point we’ll address those issues that need work and the book will ship to the printers. Keep in mind, though, that there’s a difference between “error/broken” and “don’t like it that way” when it comes to the rules; the prior is what well be addressing, not the latter.
To help thank players for all they’ve done over the years–and for the help in ensuring the highest quality RPG for BattleTech–we’d like to invite all players to submit adventure seeds for potential publication. Once you’ve bought and downloaded the PDF, take a look at pages 347-348. You’ll notice two adventure seeds there and then most of a blank page waiting to be filled with a few more dynamic adventure seeds. Anyone interested in getting an adventure seed published should generate a seed using the two in the PDF as a format guide and posting them to the Adventure Seeds thread we’ve started on the BattleTech forums at (when you post your seeds, please include your name as you wish it to potentially appear in the book if yours is accepted). Catalyst will review those adventure seeds they find most unique and fitting and will publish two or three in the book (tweaking and editing as appropriate to fit our publication style).
In order to ensure maximum exposure, Catalyst Game Labs is releasing the PDF at $10 for a limited time. Once a street date for the book is determined (i.e. it’s in our warehouse), Catalyst Game Labs will release the final version of the PDF, with the price returning to the standard price of $25. Anyone that previously purchased the PDF at $10 will automatically receive a free upgrade to the final PDF.
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