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Robotech pen-and-paper role-playing games, based on the Robotech and Sentinels series, were published by Palladium Books from 1986 to 2001. A new revised line began in 2008 with a role-playing game based on Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles.
Core books
- Robotech RPG Book One: Macross
- Robotech RPG Book Two: RDF Manual
- Robotech RPG Book Three: Zentraedi
- Robotech RPG Book Four: Southern Cross
- Robotech RPG Book Five: Invid Invasion
- Robotech II RPG: The Sentinels
- Robotech II RPG: REF Field Guide
- Robotech RPG Book Six: Return of the Masters
- Robotech RPG Book Seven: New World Order
- Robotech RPG Book Eight: Strike Force
Adventure/scenario books
- Robotech RPG Adventures: Lancer's Rockers
- Robotech RPG Adventures: Zentraedi Breakout
- Robotech RPG Adventures: Ghost Ship
- Robotech RPG Adventures: RDF Accelerated Training Program
The original Robotech RPG line by and large followed the TV series storyline, attempting in its own way to fill in gaps just as the Robotech novelizations by Jack McKinney did. Several of the sourcebooks covered different parts of the world during or shortly after the Macross era, where there was the most room for expansion. However, the RPG diverged from the McKinney stories after the events covered in the Robotech series ended. Where McKinney followed Scott Bernard and the others in their search for Admiral Rick Hunter, leaving behind a peaceful planet earth, Palladium posited the Invid returning to earth a few months after they were driven away.
The books Return of the Masters and Lancer's Rockers were set during this second Invid invasion, and introduced concepts and events not suggested by the original material. Return of the Masters, set in Asia, features a system of gladiatorial mecha martial arts combat called Mecha Su-Dai; Lancer's Rockers concerns a network of travelling performers following in the footsteps of New Generation rock star Lancer/Yellow Dancer, carrying protoculture-powered musical instruments that double as powerful weapons (reminiscent of, but unrelated to, similar developments in the Macross sequel Macross 7).
The Sentinels RPG also diverged in some respects from the story covered in the Sentinels novels and comic books, having been developed independently based on the same incomplete source material provided by Harmony Gold. The two primary differences are the idea that the SDF-3 left with an entire fleet of REF ships accompanying them, and that the REF and the Sentinels joined in a protracted war against the Invid Regent. The game also suggested that members of the Sentinels' races would openly join the REF.
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