Catalyst Game Labs has formed a new imprint, Catalyst Press, in preparation to fully launch its novel program in 2011. The first offering under this imprint will be Star Challengers: Moonbase Crises, an all new young-adult science fiction series, currently available for pre-order and will be in stores this fall.

For the perennial Shadowrun and BattleTech properties, a pair of anthologies will publish this fall: Spells & Chrome and First Strike: BattleCorps Anthology Vol 2 (advance copies of these two trade-paperbacks will be available at Gen Con). A great prelude to the long-awaited return of full print fiction lines for both fantastic universes.

Catalyst Game Labs will be at the 2010 Gen Con Game Fair at our usual spot right in front of the main doors. Next week, come check out the latest and greatest for BattleTech and Shadowrun. You can also take a look at our growing casual game line–such as Merchants, High School Drama, and Ergo–as well as grabbing demos of our coming games in Leviathans, Balance of Power and Hex-A-Gon.

For those playing in Catalyst-sponsored events, below is a link to a PDF you can download showing the complete schedule for BattleTech, Shadowrun, and our casual games. You can also learn how to play Leviathans, a new miniatures game under development.

Catalyst Game Labs Gen Con Events

We’ve also got a host of authors and artists scheduled for signing at the booth (we’ll have a detailed schedule of days and times at our booth).

Artists

Klaus Scherwinski

Alex Iglesias

Echo Chernik

John E. Kauffman

Authors

Michael Stackpole

Steven Mohan

Blaine Lee Pardoe

Randall Bills

Jason Schmetzer

Loren Coleman

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Also, don’t forget to stop by the booth and check out these ENnie Award Nominees!

Shadowrun 20th Anniversary Edition

BattleTech: 25 Years of Art and Fiction

See you in 3 days!

The following product has a Street Date of August 4th, 2010:

HEXPACK: LAKES AND RIVERS ($24.99)

HexPack: Lakes and Rivers is a flexible map system aid for the BattleTech game system. Designed for use in conjunction with other pre-printed mapsheets (such as those from the Introductory Box Set), the system’s flexibility allows for easy modifications to existing mapsheets, increasing the enjoyment of a given scenario as players quickly change the terrain to bring new excitement to each game they play! A booklet contains two ready-to-play scenarios, which include expanded play options.

Contents:

• One 18” x 22” full-color gameboard-quality mapsheet, with a different map printed on either side.
• Four punch-out-and-ready-to-play gameboard-quality HexTile sheets.
• Sixteen page booklet

Below are some photos of the contents of the HexPack (the Nova Cat OmniMech not included…)

And don’t forget that Shadowrun Corporate Guide ($29.99) has a Street Date of July 21st (tomorrow)!