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| | Palladium Books® – Weekly Update – February 14, 2025 |
| Happy Valentine’s Day. Share the love and camaraderie with your fellow gamers and loved ones. I love you – our fans – you are the greatest. Now start running a game people will love. We have a new sale of hardcovers and select sourcebooks to give you a helping hand.
NEW Sale! Don’t miss it. Most Hardcovers are on sale along with an accompanying sourcebook or two. A great way to try a new setting and big savings. See all the details below.
Game Masters needed to run Palladium Game events at Gen Con. Please help if you can and earn free Gen Con admission with a GM’s badge and discounts on Palladium products. See all the details below.
NEWS! A new 48 page, color Catalog of Palladium Books is coming. We’ll have it in time for the GAMA Trade Show at the end of the month. That may not sound like a big deal, but it is for us. The catalog is attractive, features the TMNT & Other Strangeness RPG Redux on the cover, and was fun putting it together. A fun reminder of all the great books we have created.
GAMA Trade Show – February 24-27 – Visit Palladium Books at Booth #1176. If you are attending, please visit me (Kevin Siembieda) and Wayne Smith at Booth #1176 to get more information about TMNT & Other Strangeness RPG Redux edition, see samples, and ask questions about it and other 2025 releases. Both individuals and retailers can place orders right now by going to the TMNT & Other Strangeness RPG Pre-Order Store and get superior savings, because the final retail price will be $5-$10 higher than the current pre-order prices. Retailer Packages are located at the bottom of the page. You must be able to prove you are a brick and mortar store to qualify. |
| | | NEWS! A new episode of the Official History of Palladium Books has been posted! More about the Palladium Fantasy RPG line with a focus on the first sourcebook, The Arms of Nargash-Tor. Every episode is fun, friendly, and reveals the back story behind a particular product or game line. Watch for a new episode every other week and enjoy.
NEWS! Live chat with Kevin Siembieda on Legion of Myth – Sunday, February 16, 2025. We will discuss how to use and expand Palladium’s Hook, Line and Sinker adventure outlines into a full blown adventure or series of adventures. I’m sure there will be a lot of talk about building and running adventures in general. Please join me, MaxLiao, and Heathdog for a spirited discussion. The chat starts at 2:00 PM and runs till about 4:00 PM, but the show is also recorded and made available after the live broadcast.
NEWS! What’s hot this week at Palladium? I’d say Rifts®, Palladium Fantasy, After the Bomb® and Dead Reign® have been hot this week.
NEWS! Here is a zombie Kickstarter Campaign you might find interesting – Dead Flesh RPG. It is a zombie game written by Palladium Books freelance writer Dan Frederick with art by Big Nick Bradshaw (Dead Reign® RPG series). As the name suggests, this is an RPG that deals with the zombie apocalypse. It sounds fun so check it out. Palladium gamers who already play Dead Reign® may find additional zombies, resources, and adventure ideas to fuel their current Dead Reign campaign. |
| |  | Hardcover Sale – Save 25% |
| This sale offers many hardcover RPGs and one or a few sourcebooks to go along with them. This is a bigger savings on hardcovers than you may think. As much as Palladium has held the line on the price of our books, we will be increasing the cover price of many titles over the months ahead. That starts with the hardcovers, which will be increasing $5-$10. Hardcovers currently selling for $36.99, like Dead Reign® RPG and Chaos Earth® RPG, will soon sell for $44.99. So get them now at sale prices based on the current, low retail price (while supplies last). That’s a significant savings when you buy before the prices increase. Get ‘em while you can and save.
Rifts® Ultimate Edition Hardcover Rifts® 30th Anniversary Commemorative Hardcover, 1st Edition Rules (the original RPG with bonus material) Rifts® Juicer Uprising World Book (Juicer variants, gear, adventures, and more) Rifts® Coalition Manhunters Sourcebook (50+ new psionics, CS psychics and more) Rifts® Titan Robotics Sourcebook (secrets of Titan and ARCHIE revealed) Rifts® Game Master Guide Hardcover (hundreds of weapons, vehicles, and more) Rifts® Book of Magic Hardcover (900+ magic spells, magic items and more) Rifts® Federation of Magic World Book (the Federation, TW weapons, automatons, and more) Rifts® Adventure Guide Hardcover Naruni Wave 2 Dimension Book (weapons, gear and adventure)
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| | | Game Masters Needed to Run Palladium Gen Con Game Events – we need YOU |
| Palladium is looking for experienced Game Masters to run Palladium RPG events at Gen Con. That can be any of our game worlds using our rules as well as Rifts® for Savage Worlds. If you were thinking about running games at Gen Con or want to help out Palladium, please coordinate with Palladium Books in order to get a dedicated room and other perks like a free Game Master badge, and discounts on your purchases at the Palladium Books booth.
To earn a free GM badge, all you need to do is run 4 games with 6 or more players in each game, 4 hours each. This will earn you enough credits with Gen Con to earn a GM badge – $155 value!
We hope to add to our usual crew of Gen Con Game Masters to run Palladium game events for any Palladium setting:
We need your commitment, game description and info by February 28. Send to Jeff Ruiz, aka NMI, via email at nmi {at} thedeificnmi.com
Game Masters and Game Event Descriptions NEEDED by February 28, 2024. (See Gen Con’s website for details about the info needed for each game listing; G.M.’s name, number of players, length of time, name of game, difficulty level, etc.). This enables Palladium to coordinate and submit them as a batch to Gen Con and guarantees to have your event listed in the onsite Gen Con Program Book. Being listed onsite is very important to have full attendance for your event. This date gives us enough time to compile and send Gen Con everything they need. Thank you!
Prospective Game Masters, please contact Jeff Ruiz, aka NMI, via email at nmi {at} thedeificnmi.com |
| | COMING SOON! Nightbane®: Survival Guide – Audiobook Crowdfunder – February 27 (tentative) |
| AudioRPG is cranking out the audiobooks and will be offering the Nightbane®: Survival Guide sourcebook (one of my personal favorites) in a few weeks. They are tentatively looking to launch it on February 27, but that date could change.
We have been blown away by the quality production and that listening to the audiobook makes the sourcebook feel brand new. It’s a whole new experience. I love ‘em, check it out. The buy-in is only around $25.
An RPG audiobook may sound crazy, but it won’t after you listen to the samples presented in this Nightbane® Survival Guide Audiobook crowdfunder taking place on Backerkit by one of Palladium’s new licensing partners. It sounds amazing! We were all blown away by the quality. Fun to listen to. Relaxing game prep. Professional narration. Convenient for the busy G.M. Hearing the words spoken by a professional narrator makes the book come to life in a whole new way and feel brand new. Hearing it also makes you notice game and adventure details you may have missed reading it yourself. EVERYONE at Palladium endorses this product 100%. Go to the page and listen for yourself. You’ll be as pleased as we are. Dive into the thrilling Urban Fantasy world of Nightbane® with Nightbane Survival Guide. Your new adventure starts here when you listen to the Nightbane Survival Guide filled with details about surviving in the world as a Nightbane, the Becoming (the first time they transform into something inhuman), transformation rules, how to make allies and contacts, the hidden war, the Nightbane underground railroad, more on Factions and rules for creating them, adventures, and adventure hooks. Fun for players and Game Masters. The audiobook is perfect for enhancing your Nightbane campaign or exploring its lore on the go. The project crowdfunding happens on Backerkit and tentatively begins Thursday, February 27, 2025. (Note: I think the next offering in March will be the Nightbane® RPG, but I may be mistaken on that.)
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| |  | 300+ RPG products on DriveThru – a dozen unique world settings – one game system – endless possibilities. No other game company offers game worlds for so many different genres. Best of all, learn to play one Palladium RPG and you can play them all, because each uses the same basic core rules and combat. There are differences, but the fundamentals are the same. This also means you can bring characters, villains, monsters, powers, magic, weapons, gear, and adventure ideas from one setting into another or mash them together!
In addition to PDF titles for entire game lines like Rifts®, Palladium Fantasy®, Heroes Unlimited™, Ninjas & Superspies™, After the Bomb®, Beyond the Supernatural™, Dead Reign® (zombies), Nightbane® (Urban Fantasy), Rifts Chaos Earth®, Systems Failure™, Splicers®, RECON®, The Rifter® #1-85, and others, there are Game Master and player aids, character generators, paper minis, map packs, and FREE Previews of books like Creature Feature™, Dead Reign, Coalition Manhunters, Titan Robotics™, Rifts Bestiary Volume One, World Books, Dimension Books, and more to give you a glimpse of what’s in the book. Enjoy endless adventures across the Megaverse®.
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| | | Palladium Collectibles – at Kevin’s Online Toy & Collectibles eBay Store |
| I am adding new collectibles of all kinds to my Ebay store in time for the holiday season. Some are Palladium negatives, rare and out of print books, original Palladium artwork, prints, posters, as well as other collectible toys, action figures, Nightmare Before Christmas items, one-of-a-kind proofreader copies, books, and other good stuff – including Erick Wujcik’s rare and sought after Amberzine #12-15. Check in every week or so to see what’s new. All items come from Kevin Siembieda’s personal collection.
One-of-a-kind Palladium Books negatives (special and rare collectibles). Negatives are always very popular items at the Palladium Open House, Gen Con, and conventions, and are catching on as rare collectibles, unique in and of themselves. Before digital printing, pages of a book were laid out by hand on a board, and each page was photographed. Each negative is truly unique, attractive, and fun to have. Own a piece of Palladium Books and RPG history you will treasure. Each was used to print the very book you may have in your collection (1981-2004). Each is signed in silver ink by Kevin Siembieda and comes with a Certificate of Authenticity. Each negative is a one-of-a-kind work of art (on rare occasions, two-of-a-kind if a page or section of pages were replaced or a second edition was made). Looks great matted or framed! Fits an 8×10 inch matt opening. Each neg is roughly 8 ½ x 11 inches. Prices vary depending on the title, the art, and quality of the negative. Note: Many have scratches, or blemishes, and/or an opaque medium on the negative. Still, they look great and are a piece of RPG history. We recommend you carefully examine the photographs of each item to avoid disappointment. The negatives of many books are sold out or were never available.
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| | | | You are appreciated
We love and appreciate you and your continued support on all fronts. I think some of that affection shows in the sales we offer throughout the year (a hardcover sale starts today!) and in our increasing number of YouTube videos and online interviews. Every book we write and publish is a labor of love.
That should be abundantly clear when you see the TMNT & Other Strangeness Redux editions and Kickstarter exclusives shipping this spring. We pulled out all the stops to make them truly special. Books you’ll cherish and probably use for years running TMNT and mutant animal games. I can assure you that Sean, me, Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird, Sophie Campbell, Mike Majestic, Freddie E. Williams II, Jeremy Colwell, Louis Antonio Delgado, and all the contributors poured their hearts and souls into these books. And they look amazing. The poker decks, dice, and all of it looks great. You will love them all. Everything should be going into manufacturing in the weeks ahead. A Kickstarter report or two should also be coming over the next month.
We also have several non-Turtles titles in various stages of development. YIn-Sloth Expeditions should be the first new release of the year, followed by Rifts Bestiary Volume 2 and Rifts Antarctica, among others. We are very excited about this year’s releases. This is in addition to other projects like TMNT & Other Strangeness Redux editions and things yet to be announced.
Please plan to visit the Palladium Books Booth at Gen Con. All of the above titles should be available and hopefully others. Plus Sean Owen Roberson, Wayne Smith, Mark Oberle, Glen Evans, Mike Leonard, John Klinkel, me, and possibly others will be at the booth to chat and sign books. Other conventions we’ll be attending include the GAMA Trade Show, Alliance Open House, and Granite State Comic Con. Wherever we are, we are always happy to sign books and chat for a spell, so come on over.
I think that’s it for now. So much to do: GAMA prep, Gen Con prep, final TMNT & Other Strangeness tweaks and edits, business stuff, etc. Happy Valentine’s Day, enjoy the sale, and game on.
– Kevin Siembieda, Publisher, Game Designer, Writer and Friend |
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