Palladium Books® – Weekly Update – April 14, 2022

One game system – every genre – countless worlds – endless adventure

By Kevin Siembieda

The past few weeks have been an exciting blur. We have been crazy busy sending a slew of new products to numerous printers for releases starting the end of April and into May, June, and beyond. All the while working on the next several books and getting ready for the Palladium Open House – April 21-24.

The POH is a ton of work, but we have two milestones to celebrate – Palladium’s 40th anniversary and Rifts® 30th – so I want to make this celebration extra special. Not just for those coming to the POH but for you as well. That means a whole lot of products for the rest of you AFTER the Open House as the full orders of these many items begin to arrive throughout May.

I also think we need a little relief from the stinkin’ pandemic, and a weekend of Palladium gaming with fellow Megaversal Maniacs fits the bill. Btw, those of you who decide to join the fun at the last minute can pay at the door. Of course we are taking health precautions, like requiring the wearing of masks, plus we’ll have hand sanitizer, wipes, etc. available for people to use as needed, and have implemented social distancing where we can.

 

Open House – April 21 – VIP Thursday. Doors are open at noon, but most people don’t start arriving till after 3:00 PM. Dinner will be served around 5:30 or 6:00 PM. Followed by Opening Ceremonies, Q&A and a night of gaming!

April 22-24 – Games start at 9:20 AM Friday, Saturday and Sunday mornings. Sign up is first come, first served. Doors open at 8:30 AM. Additional games are spaced throughout the day, with slots allotted for panel talks and times to eat. Remember, between games you can chat with and get autographs from our 30+ artists, writers, and staff members. We close down around midnight or so.

Game Masters! It is NOT too late to run games and get on our schedule. There are also tables for open gaming. G.M.s, you can contact us by telephone (734-721-2903) or better yet, send your game descriptions and info to us by email at palladium-gm{at}palladiumbooks.com.

 

UPDATE: Palladium Open House (POH) – April 21-24 – POH 3-Day Weekend and single day tickets remain available. You can also pay at the door. The Palladium Open House enables you to game with the people who make the games you love. Meet the Palladium staff and an array of freelance writers and artists, get a zillion autographs, and meet fellow gamers from across the land for a fun-filled weekend you will never forget.

 

COMING in April & May – 14 New Product Releases of various kinds! We hope to have advance copies of all 14 new products coming your way over the next 6 weeks! 4 new sourcebooks, 5 new miniatures, 3 new T-shirts, and 2 new pens (oh, and a commemorative poster/print). While we could not get enough of these books and products to ship before the Open House (some will not be available till May despite promises of April deliveries by our many printers), we should get 100-200 advance copies of all of those listed below. We’ll have to hustle, because most should arrive only a day or two before the POH. A couple might even arrive as late as VIP night. The balance of these books and items will arrive to us over the next few weeks, and as soon as we get them we will announce them and immediately ship pre-orders. Note: Everything is not yet available as pre-orders, but they will be over the next few weeks as they come in.

• Rifts® Coalition Manhunters™ sourcebook – epic – Cat. No. 894
• The Rifter® #85 – also epic – Cat. No. 185
• Lopan™ (Fantasy) Raw Edition Sneak Preview – Cat. No. 476-RAW
• Land of the South Winds™ (Fantasy) Raw Edition Sneak Preview – Cat. No. 477-RAW
• T-Shirt: Rifts® – harkening back to the very beginning.
• T-shirt: Palladium Fantasy® – fun
• T-shirt: Game Master – powerful and fun
• Rifts® 32 mm miniature: CS Dead Boy with Missile Launcher
• Rifts® 32 mm miniature: Coalition Officer
• Rifts® 32 mm miniature: Ley Line Walker
• Rifts® 32 mm miniature: Triax Cyborg
• Rifts® 32 mm miniature: Chainsaw Glitter Boy & Pilot
• New Pen with Stylus – Rifts® Explore the Megaverse® – Red & Gold Pen
• New Pen with Stylus – Palladium Books® 40 Years of Adventure – Black & Gold Commemorative Pen

 

Meanwhile, Sean is working on Rifts® Titan Robotics™ and I’m working on BTS Creature Feature AND we have a whole lot of other books and products in development, Rifts® Bestiary Volume 2 and a couple of Fantasy titles among them. Our goal is to give you many of the titles you have been waiting for, throughout 2022 and 2023. Plus, the return of a few old favorites and surprises.

 

Available for pre-order now with more to come

With the print industry in upheaval it is fairly impossible to guarantee an exact release date. For example, we were promised The Rifter® #85 by April 15, but the printer couldn’t do it. They are now saying first week of May, but that is tentative. That said, four new books, plus miniatures and pens will all be available early May. A few maybe a bit sooner. All will be available by the end of May. Ordering Note: You can “pre-order” the 4 books described below, but while we hope to have advance copies for the Palladium Open House, the remaining balance of these products are likely to arrive at intervals the last week of April and throughout the month of May. They will ship as soon as we have them in the warehouse. Some items, like the T-shirts, will not be made available in the Palladium online store until after the POH when they arrive from the printer. Important Note: If you pre-order any of the items below with other books and products available now – your order will NOT SHIP until the last of these pre-order items arrives. So you may want to place pre-order items batched as an order separate from product available now.

 

NEW! Rifts® Coalition Manhunters™, Secrets of the Coalition States™ – at the printer. An epic, big, 224 page sourcebook with new insight and ideas packed into every page. Um, not to mention 9 CS Manhunters, 80+ new psionic abilities and fun reveals that should get your hearts pumping. See the full description elsewhere in this Update or in the Palladium Online Store.

 

NEW! The Rifter® #85 – at the printer! This is our first big, 224 page annual and you are going to love it. It’s one of those issues that truly spans the Palladium Megaverse® with material for Rifts®, Palladium Fantasy RPG®, Heroes Unlimited™, Nightbane®, Beyond the Supernatural™, and more. Note: We are looking for your contributions for The Rifter® #86 coming out Autumn 2022, so start sending them in (we have the greatest need for material other than Rifts®). Another fun, Megaversal masterpiece. See the full description elsewhere in this Update or in the Palladium Online Store.

 

NEW! Lopan™ (Fantasy) Raw Preview Edition – ships April 26, 2022. Order yours now. Raw Editions are limited to around 350 copies and becoming something of a collector’s item. This is a big, 184 page tome written by Glen Evans. Your first look. See the full description elsewhere in this Update or in the Palladium Online Store. 184 pages. Cat. No. 476-RAW.

 

NEW! Land of the South Winds™ (Fantasy) Raw Preview Edition – at the Printer. Order yours now. Raw Editions are limited to around 350 copies and becoming something of a collector’s item. This is a massive, 224 page tome written by John Klinkel. Your first look. See the full description elsewhere in this Update or in the Palladium Online Store. 224 pages. Cat. No. 477-RAW.

 

BACK IN STOCK: Chaos Earth® Bonus Hardcover and it’s a beauty. Nightbane® Bonus Hardcover is also back in stock. You didn’t know it, but we were down to six copies when the resupply showed up at our warehouse unannounced. We were glad to see it.

 

UPDATE: BTS Creature Feature™ – I have started to edit and rewrite it and will give it my full attention after the Open House. If all goes well this could be a June release.

 

UPDATE: Rifts® Titan Robotics™ – This is Sean’s current project. He was telling me his plans for some tweaks and additions and I wholeheartedly approve. We have also been assigning out new artwork for it – all of it beautiful and dynamic. This is going to be another great book. I will be assisting and contributing as necessary, but I think Sean has this one covered. The original manuscript is written by Matthew Clements (Northern Gun 1 & 2, Garden of the Gods, etc.). The book is another power armor, robots, and gear toy box that also explores Titan Robotics and the secrets of the machine god Archie Three. Unknown to the world, Archie Three is the secret owner and mastermind behind Titan Robotics. Additional text and concepts by me and Sean. Spring or summer release.

 

UPDATE: Rifts® Bestiary Vol. 2 is Sean’s next project and we’ve already been talking about it. Some Fantasy, Rifts®, and other good stuff to follow.

 

NEW! Lopan^™ (Fantasy) Raw Preview Edition – Collector’s item – Ships April 26 – pre-order now

Get your first glimpse of Lopan with the Lopan™ Raw Preview Edition. Lopan is the often overlooked gem of the North. Nestled in the middle of the inland sea, it is near the center of the known world, yet Lopan is isolated from much of the rest of the world’s nations. This has kept it a calm, peaceful domain largely free from war and conflict. The creation and clever marketing of the (Olympic-like) Lopanic Games and the Garden of the Gods have brought Lopan international notoriety and increased trade from the rest of the civilized world.

Like the rest of the Palladium World, Lopan has a long, rich history, much of it forgotten. A history which harbors ancient secrets and forgotten magicks, such as Mosaic Magic. Meanwhile, though it seems grand, its future is not entirely certain. As a home to Elvenkind, these long-lived people, alone, bring with them a checkered past and a certain amount of drama that can be good or bad for Lopan’s future.

Glen Evans’ Lopan world book explores the present politics, people, and places, as well as a few of its secrets and history. Lopan is a safe environment where visitors do not have to worry about war, throngs of thieves and cutthroats, or monsters. That makes it a resource and staging ground for expeditions into any of the many lands around the island nation. Lopan serves as a place for adventurers and mercenaries to resupply, sell and trade treasure and loot, buy weapons and gear, acquire magic, find clues and information about new quests, and rest in between missions. Of course, the Lopanic Games offer the chance for fame and riches, while the Garden of the Gods may provide inspiration, visions, quests, and just causes to champion.

• Your first glimpse of Lopan in its “raw” manuscript form.
• Kingdom of Lopan overview and notable history.
• Key cities and places.
• New character classes.
• Notable people.
• New Mosaic Magic.
• Magic items and gear.
• Many paths to adventure and ideas for more.
• Only 350 copies of this limited collector’s item are available.
• Sold on a first come, first served basis, while supplies last.
• Written by Glen Evans.
• 184 pages – $28.99 retail – Cat. No. 476-RAW.
• At the printer – ships April 26, 2022. Place your orders now.
• What is a Raw Preview Edition? It is the unfinished, unedited, advance manuscript subject to rewrites and expansion. It gets a limited print run of around 200-350 copies and is fun for collectors to have something rare and unique, and is especially handy for writers and game designers (and curious gamers) because they get a glimpse into the development process at Palladium when they compare what is in the Raw Preview and what sees print in the final book, what gets expanded, dropped out, etc. In this case, writer Glen Evans has presented an overview of Lopan based on conversations and notes from Kevin Siembieda. Kevin will be tweaking and adding material to make the final book even more compelling and full of adventure hooks. And of course, this is the perfect companion for Garden of the Gods and if all goes well, it should be followed by a sourcebook about the fabled Lopanic Games (and how your characters can participate in them).

 

 

NEW! Land of the South Winds^™ (Fantasy) Raw Preview Edition – Collector’s item – Ships April 26 – pre-order now

Get your first glimpse of the Land of the South Winds with the Land of the South Winds™ Raw Preview. Also known as the Land of 10,000 Cults, the Land of the South Winds is a sweltering pit of secrets, mysteries and opportunity for those bold enough to seize it. From its farmland to its dense coastal cities, the region is infested with Ratlings, jungle people, death cults, jungle cults, strange religions, believers in forgotten and ancient gods, dark magic, foreign spies, smugglers, pirates, mercenaries, thieves, assassins, nonhumans, adventurers, and fortune seekers of every type. Political corruption abounds and intrigue and opportunity of all sorts, there and abroad, are available for those bold (or foolish) enough to seize the moment. In short, it is a great place for adventure!

• Your first glimpse of the Land of the South Winds in its “raw” manuscript form before it is split into two books.
• Land of the South Winds overview and notable history.
• Key cities and places.
• 11 new O.C.C.s and 7 R.C.C.s.
• The secret history of Ratlings and Dwarvlings.
• New Monsters and more about the Yema and other creatures.
• 30+ notable locations.
• Notable people and forgotten gods.
• Many cults, plots, and skullduggery.
• Countless paths to adventure and ideas for more.
• Only 350 copies of this limited collector’s item are available.
• Sold on a first come, first served basis, while supplies last.
• Written by John Klinkel.
• 224 pages – $28.99 retail – Cat. No. 477-RAW.
• At the printer – Ships April 26, 2022. Place your orders now.
• What is a Raw Preview Edition? It is the unfinished, unedited, advance manuscript subject to rewrites and expansion. It gets a limited print run of around 200-350 copies and is fun for collectors to have something rare and unique, and is especially handy for writers and game designers (and curious gamers) because they get a glimpse into the development process at Palladium when they compare what is in the Raw Preview and what sees print in the final book, what gets expanded, dropped out, etc. In this case, writer John Klinkel has been helping to manifest the exotic Lands of the South Winds with Kevin Siembieda. This manuscript is likely to be split into 2-3 books with additional material by Kevin and another writer. All of it filled with even more mystery and intrigue and adventure opportunities than you see here. The Raw Preview is 224 pages all by itself.

 

NEW! The Rifter^® #85 Annual – at the Printer – May Release

The Rifter®, your favorite player and G.M. portal to the Palladium Books® Megaverse®, is back as a super-sized annual. And this one is packed with epic adventures, O.C.C.s, toys, magic, settings, and source material. A little something for almost everyone. The Rifter® is all about new ideas, pushing the envelope, trying new things and alternative methods, rules and approaches to create epic adventure! There is no one way to look at things. Open your mind to the infinite possibilities. Remember, adventures and source material for one game setting can also be adapted to other world settings with some easy and obvious modifications. Most of all, have fun.

Rifter® #85 Highlights:

• Rifts®: Soul in Flames – A town, Skelebots, dinosaurs, and adventure.
• Rifts®: Glitter Boy™ Revisited – New variant Glitter Boys, weapons, ammo, upgrades, and material to leave players and Game Masters drooling. Easily adaptable to Chaos Earth® and Phase World® settings.
• Rifts®: The State of Rapid City – Setting and adventure ideas.
• Phase World® – Naruni civil war and 8 adventure hooks.
• Palladium Fantasy RPG® – 40 new magic items suitable for Rifts®, Chaos Earth®, Phase World®, Heroes Unlimited™, and any setting with magic.
• Palladium Fantasy RPG® Relics of the Elven Empire – Notable surviving Elven cities and source material.
• Palladium Fantasy RPG®: The Colony of Gonarn – A sweeping new location and adventure.
• Heroes Unlimited™ – 3 new Hardware O.C.C.s, Archaic Genius, Gadgeteer, Static Genius and adventure.
• Heroes Unlimited™ tribute by comic book artist Freddie E. Williams II.
• Dead Reign® – Adventure and danger. Don’t trust anyone.
• Dead Reign® – 25 Vehicle Encounter Tables including condition, loot, and adventure hooks. Adaptable to Chaos Earth®, After the Bomb®, BTS™, Systems Failure™, Rifts®, and any post-apocalyptic setting.
• Beyond the Supernatural™: Beyond Midnight – A combination of story, creature feature, and plot hooks that includes adventure seeds that span nine different Palladium RPG settings!
• Nightbane®: The Redeemer – A compelling new O.C.C.
• Short stories, news, coming attractions, product descriptions.
• 224 pages – $26.99 retail – Cat. No. 185 – at the printer – expected to ship in May.
• SEEKING submissions for The Rifter® #86 – Fall 2022. We get many submissions for Rifts®, and are sitting on some for The Rifter® #86, so you will have a greater chance of getting accepted and published in the next Rifter if you send material for Nightbane®, Dead Reign®, Chaos Earth®, Heroes Unlimited, Ninjas & Superspies, After the Bomb®, Palladium Fantasy® and other Palladium settings. Any size submission from 4-25 manuscript pages is acceptable. We prefer game material, but short stories (the shorter the better) are also considered.

 

New! Rifts^® Coalition Manhunters – Secrets of the Coalition States – at the Printer – Ships May

The Rifts® Coalition Manhunters Sourcebook has turned into an essential psionics sourcebook in a similar vein to the Rifts® Bionics Sourcebook, only in this case the focus is on psychics, psionic abilities, and the new villains you will love to hate: The CS Manhunters. This information-packed sourcebook includes the CS Manhunters, who are a super-secret league of assassins and enforcers that answer only to Emperor Prosek; the secret “thought police” of Psi-Ops; re-visitation and clarifications about select psionic abilities; Dog Boys and Kill Hounds; 50+ new psionic powers that are fun and intuitive; and insight about life in the Coalition States, CS psychics, Psi-Stalkers, the Minion War, CS citizens, and Emperor Prosek as well as some gadgets, implants, and surprises. This book has it all. An instant classic all Rifts® fans will want to own.

• 50+ new psionic abilities and revisits of some favorites. Powers available to most psychic O.C.C.s.
• 9 CS Manhunter O.C.C.s, their orientation and areas of specialty. Each with unique, exclusive psionic powers and abilities.
• CS Manhunter background, operations, special ops, and more.
• Dog Boy O.C.C. revisited.
• CS Kill Hound O.C.C. revisited.
• Some of Emperor Prosek’s secrets revealed.
• Insight about the Coalition States and its citizens.
• Deciphering the Seven Dangers Prophecy (101 P.A. and appearing in Rifts® Sourcebook 2: Mechanoid Invasion).
• Secrets of Psi-Ops Division and insight about Coalition psychics.
• The impact of the demon plagues unleashed by the Minion War.
• A comic strip with art by Nick Bradshaw and written by Kevin Siembieda, presenting new insight about CS operations and Psi-Hounds.
• Player Characters, new psionics, NPCs, CS history and never-before-revealed information, adventure ideas galore, and more for both players and Game Masters alike.
• 224 pages – $26.99 retail – Cat. No. 894 – at the printer – ships in May.

 

UPDATE: Creature Feature^™, a Beyond the Supernatural^™ sourcebook – Ships June (tentative)

This is going to be another fun adventure sourcebook. The manuscript will go into editing and rewrites as soon as I finish CS Manhunters and most of the artwork is done. Though I may add a few illustrations and already have artists lined up. Creature Feature™ builds on material that has appeared in various issues of The Rifter® but there is a ton of new material and information useful to both Game Masters and players.

• A gallery of supernatural creatures. Some new. Some familiar, updated and expanded. All terrifying.
• Rules clarifications and errata.
• Game Master source material and advice on rules, psychic abilities, proximity and threat levels, I.S.P. multipliers, and more.
• Advice about running modern horror RPGs and using supernatural creatures in your games.
• Lots of adventure ideas, including an updated and expanded full adventure, “The Squatter.”
• New background and setting information for the BTS setting and a few surprises.
• Written by Steven Dawes, Kevin Siembieda, and others.
• Art by Steven Cummings, Nick Bradshaw and others.
• 192 pages – $26.99 – Cat. No. 704 – spring release.

 

UPDATE: Rifts^® Titan Robotics^™

Here it is, the reveal of the new cover. I hope you like it. I love that it presents the iconic Titan Robotics Combat Robot with a new big gun that hints at what else awaits you inside the book. I also enjoy the combat scene, smoke, and haze of war. Like Northern Gun and the Manistique Imperium, Titan Robotics sells freely to adventurers, mercenaries, and anyone who has the cash. Hence, the owners of these big ‘bots clashing with Coalition Forces.

This is why I call Rifts® Titan Robotics™ a high-tech toy box filled with many new types of Titan Robotics power armors, giant robots, vehicles, weapons, and gear. Some are big bruisers while others are small and sleek. As fun as these new tech toys are, Rifts® Titan Robotics™ delves into the company’s many secrets, including ARCHIE-3’s plans and program to monitor and manipulate the outside world. Learn about Archie’s androids that run Titan Robotics and his current schemes and plans for the future. All of which provides fodder for adventure.

• New Giant Robots.
• New Power Armor, equipment and accessories.
• 30+ power armors and robots, plus other equipment.
• New weapons, gear and vehicles.
• Titan Robotics Corporation and structure.
• Archie’s secret kingdom and plans for the future.
• New O.C.C.s and key Non-Player Characters (NPCs).
• Android executives, security and much more.
• Wellington Industries, campaign prompts and more.
• Art by Walton, Cummings, Atkins, and others.
• Written by Matthew Clements and Kevin Siembieda. Cover by Mike Majestic.
• 160-192 pages – $22.99 or $26.99 depending on final size – Cat. No. 899. Release date not yet determined.

 

UPDATE: Rifts^® Bestiary^™ Volume Two

The second big, “monster book” reference for Rifts® of what we anticipate to be three volumes in the series, more if we decide to make ghosts, spirits and Entities and/or Creatures of Magic part of the Bestiary series. Much like Volume One, Rifts® Bestiary™ Volume Two collects 70-100 monsters and animals plus 12-24 new beasts found across Rifts North America. The anticipated page count is 224-256 pages.

All volumes of the Rifts® Bestiary™ series are a great resource for players and Game Masters alike. Each description is updated, expanded, and highly detailed to present players with exotic and alien creatures as pets, guardians and riding animals, as well as slobbering monsters to battle and fierce beasts for Game Masters to throw at their players. Designed to offer adventure ideas, plus notes on young, adult, male and female creatures, and all provide plenty of ways to enhance your characters and spice up adventures. Each is accompanied by a map that shows at a glance where the beast can be encountered. Ah, but the presence of Rifts and magic means any of the creatures may appear anywhere in the world, so be on your toes.

• Monsters and animals of Rifts North America organized into big, easy to use sourcebooks.
• Updated and expanded descriptions and information for each existing monster.
• Updated and uniform stat blocks.
• New exotic creatures – predators, exotic riding animals, beasts of burden, alien horrors, giant insects, and more.
• A map for every creature showing where it is found.
• Easily adapted to any Palladium setting – Palladium Fantasy®, Chaos Earth®, Splicers®, Phase World®, the Three Galaxies™, The Mechanoids®, Heroes Unlimited™/Aliens Unlimited™, and others.
• Basic S.D.C. stats included with each creature description.
• Fully illustrated, with art by Charles Walton II, Ramon Perez, Robert Atkins, and many others. Written by Kevin Siembieda.
• 256 pages each volume – $28.99 – Cat. No. 897 (Volume Two). Release date not yet determined.

 

Back in Stock! Chaos Earth^® RPG “Bonus” Edition Hardcover

The Great Cataclysm as it unfolds! The Golden Age of Science and human civilization is shattered with the return of magic and the Coming of the Rifts. Humanity struggles to survive against impossible odds as ley lines appear and Rifts tear open the fabric of space and time to unleash all manner of alien invaders, demonic horrors, and monsters. Natural disasters – storms, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, tidal waves – topple cities and create panic and chaos on a global scale.

You play survivors or the heroes of NEMA (the Northern Eagle Military Alliance) as you battle against the elements, madness, the demonic, the alien, the monstrous, and the magical amidst the devastation. You are equipped with Chromium Guardsmen (Glitter Boys), Silver Eagles (SAMAS), and a host of giant robots, power armor and advanced technology, but is it enough to stand against a rising tide of enemies and invading horrors from other worlds?

You and other survivors are humanity’s last and only hope to survive the apocalypse that will become known as the Great Cataclysm. These are the heroes you play in an ever-changing, nightmare world that can only be described as Chaos Earth.

• A complete RPG and the origins of Rifts® Earth.
• Overview of the Great Cataclysm as it unfolds.
• Introduction to NEMA and its weapons and resources.
• 11 different character classes, including robot pilots, the Para-Arcane, Demon and Witch Hunters, Chromium Guardsmen & more.
• Robots, power armor, vehicles, weapons, and equipment.
• Monsters, chaos and adventure. Written by Kevin Siembieda.
• 30 pages of “bonus” material gathered from The Rifter®.
• 192 pages – $36.99 retail – Cat. No. 660HC. Also available as a 160 page softcover RPG ($20.95 retail – Cat. No. 660).

 

UPDATED List of RPG Hardcovers Available Now

• Back in Stock! Chaos Earth® RPG “Bonus” Edition Hardcover – 192 pages – $36.99 – Cat. No. 660HC – 30 extra pages of bonus material – available now!
• NEW! “Original” Palladium Fantasy RPG® Commemorative “Bonus” Foil Hardcover (1st Edition rules) – It is the original 1st Edition Rules RPG including Tombs of Gersidi and the first Fantasy sourcebook: The Arms of Nargash-Tor. The cover is a classy crimson foil image, imprinted on black faux leatherette to replicate the original red and black RPG fans love. 320 pages – $55 retail – Cat. No. 449HC – available now.
• NEW! Splicers® RPG “Bonus” Edition Hardcover – The Splicers® RPG plus 50 pages of extra material gathered from The Rifter®. 280 pages – $44.99 – Cat. No. 200HC – available now.
• “Original” Rifts® RPG 30th Anniversary Commemorative Hardcover – available now! This collector’s item sports the original Parkinson cover, additional 32 page color section, history of Rifts®, unpublished concept art, gallery of all Rifts® covers through 2020, and more. Can be used with ALL Rifts® supplements – 288 pages – $49.99 – Cat. No. 800HC30 – Available now.
• Ninjas & Superspies™ RPG “Bonus” Hardcover – available now – BACK in stock – 224 pages – $36.99 – Cat. No. 525HC – includes bonus material – available now.
• After the Bomb® RPG “Bonus” Hardcover – available now– BACK in stock – 296 pages – $39.99 – Cat. No. 503HC – includes bonus material – available now.
• Rifts® Book of Magic Hardcover – available now – BACK in stock – 352 pages – $39.99 – Cat. No. 848HC – available now.
• Nightbane® RPG “Bonus” Edition Hardcover – available now – 304 pages – $39.99 – Cat. No. 730HC – 60 extra pages of bonus material – available now.
• Dead Reign® RPG (Zombie Apocalypse) Hardcover – available now – BACK in stock – 224 pages – $36.99 – Cat. No. 230HC – available now.
• Beyond the Supernatural™ RPG, 2nd Edition Hardcover – 224 pages – $36.99 – Cat. No. 700HC.
• Palladium Fantasy RPG®, 2nd Edition Hardcover – 336 pages – $39.99 – Cat. No. 450HC – Our second best selling new hardcover after the Rifts® 30th Anniversary edition.
• Heroes Unlimited™ RPG, 2nd Edition Hardcover – 352 pages – $39.99 – Cat. No. 500HC.
• Rifts® Ultimate Edition RPG Hardcover – 376 pages – $44.99 – Cat. No. 800HC – epic.
• Rifts® Ultimate Edition “Softcover” is a new format. RUE has only ever been available as a hardcover, and it still is, but it is now also available as a softcover – 376 pages – $34.99 – Cat. No. 800SE.
• Rifts® Game Master Guide Hardcover – 352 pages – $39.99 – Cat. No. 845HC.
• Rifts® Adventure Guide Hardcover – 192 pages – $36.99 – Cat. No. 849HC.

 

SAINTs & Synners RPG crowdfunding by a pal ends April 29 – check it out

This great looking RPG is the brainchild of a gent named Brandon Verhalen, one of Palladium’s many new resources for creative talent. Brandon’s a good guy and will be at the Palladium Open House. Anyway, he has just launched his new RPG SAINTs & Synners via crowdfunding and I wanted to give him a plug. The special offer runs thru April 29. Check it out.

SAINTs & Synners is a complete roleplaying game with all the rules needed to play in the core rule book, estimated to be 200 pages. At the special early bird PDF price of $14.99 for a full color, 200+ page RPG it is a steal. Take a chance, we think you will be pleased with the final product. The SAINTs & Synners RPG has just launched on GallantFunding – a webstore based “crowdfunding” program from Gallant Knight Games. Just click the link below to learn more about SAINTs & Synners RPG.

https://shop.gallantknightgames.com/collections/gallantfunding/products/saints-synners-tinyd6

The damaged and battered body of the galaxy has been infected. The wounds caused by the Armageddon War left a place for darkness to grow.

In the SAINTs & Synners roleplaying game, you get to experience a high-action, cinematic science fiction universe created by Brandon Verhalen and presented in full color with gorgeous artwork.

The galaxy is recovering from a brutal, devastating war. In the ashes of this conflict, criminal organizations are running rampant. The Syndicate, warlords, and remnants of the invading Nagatha have taken root in the outer edges of the galaxy.

You can play a SAINT, a member of a task force dedicated to bringing down the criminal Syndicate – or – you can play a Synner, a member of the Syndicate, out for profit. In the alternative, you can be a Star Marine helping to secure the future of the galaxy or create a character separate from all of that, out only for yourself! The Star Marines, the SAINT task force, and others seek to restore law and bring peace to the chaos, but they are the few against the many.

Are you SAINT or Synner? Choose before the galaxy chooses for you.

 

2022 Palladium Open House – April 22-24, 2022 (April 21 for VIP ticket holders) – Celebrate 40 Years of RPG fun from Palladium Books^®

Weekend tickets and individual days remain available, so please join the fun. You will not be disappointed. See complete details in the lengthier store description.

 

Highlights Include:

* Celebrate Palladium’s landmark 40 Year Anniversary with us.

* Price of admission pays for all events!

* 100+ Gaming Events:

* Meet 30+ Notable Palladium personalities, artists, writers, staff.

• Kevin Siembieda – (Founder, writer, & G.M.) – confirmed
• Sean Owen Roberson – (Creative Director, writer, G.M., staff) – confirmed
• Julius Rosenstein (editor, G.M., Defiler & staff) – confirmed
• Wayne Smith (editor-in-chief & staff) – confirmed
• Alex Marciniszyn (editor, Defiler, & staff) – confirmed
• Kathy Simmons (Goddess & staff) – confirmed
• Crystal Willard (Lord of the Warehouse & staff) – confirmed

• Ramon Perez (artist) – confirmed
• Amy L. Ashbaugh (artist) – confirmed
• Nick Bradshaw (artist) – confirmed
• Mike Majestic (artist) – confirmed
• Brian Manning (artist) – wants to, thinking about it
• Allen Manning (artist) – wants to, thinking about it
• Mike Mumah (artist) – confirmed
• Benjamin Rodriguez (artist) – confirmed
• Phil Stone (artist) – confirmed

• Brandon Aten (writer, musician & G.M.) – tentative
• Matthew Balent (writer & G.M.) – confirmed
• Matthew Clements (writer, screenwriter) – confirmed
• Steven Dawes (writer & G.M.) – confirmed
• Greg Diaczyk (writer & G.M.) – confirmed
• Glen Evans (writer & G.M.) – confirmed
• Dan Frederick (writer & G.M.) – confirmed
• John Klinkel (writer & G.M.) – confirmed
• Madman Mike Leonard (artist, G.M. & helper) – confirmed
• Mark Oberle (writer & G.M.) – confirmed

• James Brown (Game Master Supreme) – confirmed
• Joe Bergmans (friend & helper) – confirmed
• Chris Guertin (friend & helper) – confirmed
• Doug Lamberson (friend & helper) – tentative
• Ryan McDaniel (G.M. & consultant) – confirmed
• Mike Silva (friend, G.M. & helper) – confirmed

 

* Unprecedented Availability to Personalities: Most Palladium creators are available to chat, sign books, sell art and prints, for most of the day, every day, not just an hour here or an hour there.

* Get your books signed by dozens of Palladium creators.

* The Live Auction Saturday Night is going to be epic! Kevin has dug out a lot of rare, out of print, first printing signed books, hardcovers, original artwork, proofreader photocopies of books like early TMNT®, Robotech®, Palladium Fantasy®, Rifts®, and other items we think folks will go crazy over.

* 100+ Palladium gaming events.

* Play in games run by Kevin Siembieda & other Palladium creators.

* Enjoy panel talks and many question & answer chats.

* Bring your favorite game books to get signed.

* Meet Kevin Siembieda and the Palladium staff.

* Meet Sean Roberson, Palladium’s Creative Director, G.M., and chief writer behind Rifts® Savage Worlds®.

* Meet Ramon K. Perez, Marvel Comics artist – Spider-Man and many other comics, and artist in many Palladium World Books.

* Meet 30+ other Palladium creators and personalities like Matthew Clements, Glen Evans, Amy Ashbaugh, Mike Mumah, Nick Bradshaw, Matthew Balent, and many others – the largest gathering of Palladium creators in the world! Most available every day, the entire day, for the entire POH.

* Meet fellow gamers from across the USA and around the world – Canada, England, Germany, Spain, Uruguay, Brazil, etc.

* Special Event (Saturday): Live Auction – offering rare collectibles and original art from Palladium’s and Kevin Siembieda’s archives.

* Get new releases, back stock items, and Palladium collectibles.

* Get original artwork and limited edition prints.

* Get rare collector items, first printings, and signed books.

* Be the first to get some of the newest releases debuting at the POH.

* Get new and old T-shirts and specialty items before anyone at home.

* Commission select artists to draw your favorite character.

* “Live” Auction with rare collectibles and unique items.

* “Live” panel talks and interviews.

* “Open gaming” area at the warehouse. Sorry, no game room at hotels.

* Get the latest news and other insider info.

* Intimate setting, unlike big conventions.

* Family reunion and party atmosphere.

* Join the fun and make memories to last a lifetime.

* Hours: 9:00 A.M. to 12:30 A.M. (possibly longer).

* Location: The Palladium Books warehouse – 39074 Webb Court, Westland, Michigan (MI) 48185 – 15-20 minutes from the airport.

* Palladium has limited space, so order your admissions now in case we sell out!

* You MUST make hotel reservations by March 31, 2022 to guarantee getting a room and at the special Group Rate, but rooms are sold on a first-come, first served basis and are starting to sell quick now.

* Mask Wearing Required: Everyone participating in the Palladium Open House — including all attendees, exhibitors, Game Masters, event organizers, and event staff — will be required to wear a mask in all indoor spaces AT ALL TIMES, unless actively eating or drinking in “designated areas” or “outdoors.”

 

Price of Admission

Price of admission covers all events. Being accepted into a game event is on a first-come, first served basis. Dates: April 21 (VIP Thursday a separate cost), April 22, 23, 24.

SOLD OUT! $117 for “VIP Day” – Thursday, April 21, 2022 – but get on the VIP Cancellations Waiting List. A few folks have gotten VIP tickets due to cancellations already. VIP catered dinner limited to around 100 VIP gamers. A more intimate chance to talk with Palladium staff, artists and writers, and first crack at rare collectibles, prints and original art.

$60 for 3 Day Weekend Pass (April 22, 23, 24 – Friday, Saturday & Sunday). $60 at the door, but ONLY if space is available. 9:00 AM till closing.

$30 for Friday, single day, April 22, 9:00 AM till closing. $30 at the door, but only if space is available.

$30 for Saturday, single day, April 23, 9:00 AM till closing (about midnight). $30 at the door, but ONLY if space is available. The Live Auction is held on Saturday.

$10 for Sunday, single day, April 24, 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM. $10 at the door, and there is usually space available on Sunday.

See complete details in the lengthier store description.

Palladium accepts Visa, MasterCard, American Express and most credit cards. All Credit Card orders must include: Credit Card Number – Name on the card – Address of the Credit Cardholder – Expiration Date – Telephone Number of the cardholder and CVV code on the back of the card and the name of EACH person you are getting tickets for.

Order Online in the Palladium store or by Telephone: Call 734-721-2903 – have your credit card information ready and the name of each person in your group.

 

POH Hotel Reservations – Must be made by March 31, 2022 – rooms going fast now

2022 POH Dates – April 21 (VIP Thursday), 22, 23, and 24 (Sunday). NOTE: Both hotels have agreed to allow people to get the Palladium Group Rate Discount if you arrive a day or two before the POH or stay a day or two after the POH dates. This is especially helpful for our volunteers and friends who like to show up to help a couple days before the Open House and stay till the Monday or Tuesday after the event. Tell the hotel you are “coming to the Palladium Open House” to get the special rates below. Note: The hotel does not charge your credit card till just before you arrive. Please spread the word, bring a friend, and have the time of your life.

 

Comfort Inn Plymouth-West Livonia – $99 per night – MUST reserve room by April 9, 2022

MUST reserve by April 9, 2022 to get the “Group Rate,” but we suggest reserving your room as soon as possible! We will see if we can extend that date, but do not count on it.

40455 Ann Arbor Road
Plymouth, MI 48170
Phone: 734-455-8100 and ask for the Palladium Books Group Block

 

Red Roof Inn #016 (Plymouth) – $50-55 per night – MUST reserve room by March 31, 2022

39700 Ann Arbor Road
Plymouth, MI 48170
734-459-3300 and ask for the Palladium Books Group Block

See complete details in the lengthier store description.

 

POH Game Masters NEEDED

– Open House Game Masters can earn a free T-Shirt and 30% Discount

G.M. Rewards! Run three or more games – that is only one game a day – and get a FREE special G.M. T-shirt unveiled for the first time at the POH and a 30% Game Master Supreme discount on most of Palladium’s RPG books, T-shirts, and many other items. (Sorry, EXCLUDES original art, auction items, limited editions, art prints, and convention exclusive products.)

See the complete description of exactly what we need in the POH store description.

Contact us by telephone (734-721-2903) or by email at palladium-gm{at}palladiumbooks.com. Please contact us as SOON as possible. We want to post a schedule well in advance.

 

Please tell others about the Palladium Open House – April 21-24

Many Palladium fans don’t know anything about the Palladium Open House, so please tell them about this awesome event so they can join the fun and share the experience. The more the merrier. There is nothing like a Palladium Open House.

 

DriveThruRPG.com – Discover the Palladium Megaverse^® at PDF prices – 300+ titles

– Rifts® titles. Rifts® is the ultimate setting in which you can combine any number of genres and play any style of gaming you may desire: science fiction, fantasy, supernatural horror, heroic adventure, dimensional travel, modern knights, cyborgs, giant robots, dinosaur taming, sleuthing, magic, monsters, heroes and legends. Or combine them all. There has never been a game quite like Rifts®.

– Rifts® Chaos Earth® titles. Live through the Great Cataclysm and the Coming of the Rifts. Rifts® Chaos Earth® RPG, Creatures of Chaos™, Rise of Magic™, and Chaos Earth® Resurrection™ are all available.

– The Rifter® #1-84. Each issue is a wealth of source material and ideas for Rifts® and 3-5 other Palladium game settings. Most are easily adapted to ANY Palladium game setting. Each issue is a gem. 8,500 pages of source material and ideas for heroes, villains, monsters, magic, gear, and adventure. Many issues are sold out and only available in digital form.

– Palladium Fantasy RPG® titles. This is a rich, original setting in which you can play humans or any number of nonhuman species of people in a world of magic, heroes and wonder. A world with 100,000 years of history. Some of it quite dark. All of it epic.

– Dead Reign® RPG and sourcebooks. The Zombie Apocalypse unleashed. Play ordinary people or post-apocalyptic O.C.C.s or Masked Lunatic heroes. A great introductory RPG that is surprisingly uplifting, fun, fast, and easy to learn.

– Heroes Unlimited™ RPG Second Edition titles. Create any type of superhuman you can imagine to build your own super-hero universe or those of your favorite comic books. Heroes Unlimited™ RPG first edition rule book and sourcebooks too.

– After the Bomb® RPG and sourcebooks. Create and play anthropomorphic, intelligent, mutant animals in a comic book world of crime-fighting mutants and super-heroes, or in a crumbling post-apocalyptic Earth where humans teeter on the edge of extinction and mutant animals are becoming the noble survivors to inherit our world.

– Ninjas & Superspies™ RPG and the Mystic China™ sourcebook by Erick Wujcik. Think James Bond meets Enter the Dragon. 41 types of martial arts, ninjas, and super-spies with gadgets, gizmos and advanced weapons.

– Nightbane® RPG and sourcebooks. You are the monsters … and the heroes. Embark on a quest of self-discovery and empowerment while locked in a secret war against the Nightlords and their demonic and human minions. Monsters only you, the Nightbane, can see, but only when you transform into your inhuman Morphus. A supernatural and monstrous alter-ego that can see the invading monsters and possesses the power to destroy them. That’s why the Night Princes have been assigned to hunt down and either turn or destroy every last one of the Nightbane. Trust no one. Even your parents, teachers, or friends might be wicked Dopplegangers in league with the Nightlords.

– Beyond the Supernatural™ RPG and sourcebooks. Your first step into the realm of modern horror. The RPG provides 14 character classes and 42 occupations for “ordinary people,” 100+ psychic abilities, 16 monsters, the Lazlo Agency, world setting and rules.

– The Mechanoid Invasion® Trilogy RPG is a long time, cult favorite with a fatalistic worldview of humans vs aliens with superior technology.

– Splicers® RPG is like Iron Man meets Game of Thrones with elements of Terminator – except this army of Iron Men are clad in living body armor and wield living, organic weapons and devices. Created in 2004 by writer and game designer Carmen Bellaire, Splicers® was nominated for an Inquest Gamer Magazine Fan Awards Game of the Year, and has since developed a rabid fan base. Science fiction and horror where humans are forced to use genetically engineered, living weapons and organic war machines to battle an insane Artificial Intelligence and her robot legions. Unlike anything you have ever played before!

– Systems Failure RPG. A one-shot post-apocalyptic setting where humans fight and hide from enslaving alien invaders known as “The Bugs.”

– The Palladium Ancient Weapons Series of real world weapons, armor and castles throughout history. Designed for use with ANY game system.

– RECON® Deluxe & Revised – by Erick Wujcik and others. Vietnam era RPG and more.

– Erick Wujcik’s “Lost first RPG” Sector 57. It is Erick Wujcik’s very first RPG (1980, self-published) – a tournament game, actually. I played it way back when with Erick and it was fun. I think you will enjoy it, and it is a fun piece of history. ALL proceeds go directly to the Wujcik estate and probably toward the education of Erick’s beloved grandchild, Tristan. As most of you know, Erick would go on to write the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness RPG, Ninjas & Superspies RPG, Amber Diceless, and contribute to a number of other RPGs and sourcebooks.

– 300+ Palladium titles in all, plus G.M. kits, paper miniatures and more. Palladium Books has settings for every genre: Fantasy RPG, science fiction (Rifts®, Splicers®, and The Mechanoids®), super-heroes (Heroes Unlimited and After the Bomb), superhero horror (Nightbane®), modern horror (Dead Reign® and Beyond the Supernatural), plus The Rifter® sourcebook series (by fans like you), novels, paper minis, and more. And more to come in the weeks ahead.

 

Palladium Collectibles, one-of-a-kind Negatives, original artwork, other collectibles and toys are always available in Kevin’s Online Toy & Collectibles eBay Store along with other good things

My eBay store is one of the few places where you can find original artwork by me (Kevin Siembieda), Kevin Long, Charles Walton, and others, as well as one-of-a-kind negatives from classic Rifts® and other Palladium RPG books (they look awesome framed!), rare Palladium collector hardcovers, signed books, one-of-a-kind proofreader copies, other Palladium memorabilia, as well as toys and other collectibles from my personal collection. Yeah, I used to be a crazy toy and art collector. Alex and I will try to post new items on a regular basis, so check in every few weeks to see what’s new.

Other one-of-a-kind original artwork available by me (Kevin Siembieda), Kevin Long, Charles Walton II and other artists, as well as collectible negatives, prints, limited edition hardcovers, proofreader copies, out of print items, Star Wars toys, Marvel toys and many other toys and collectibles from my personal collection. Alex and I will keep adding items as our busy schedules allow, but we have a lot of fun collectibles available now and coming soon. Hundreds of items. Take a look every weekend for new additions.

Available now: One-of-a-kind book negatives. Negatives are always very popular items at the Palladium Open House and Gen Con. Truly unique, attractive, and fun.

Negatives are unique and attractive, one-of-a-kind (on rare occasions two-of-a-kind if a page or section of pages were replaced or a second edition was made) works of art that resemble woodcut art and are very dynamic conversation pieces. Before digital printing, pages of a book were laid out by hand on a board, and each page was photographed. The plastic film negatives were then “ganged” on a massive sheet of Mylar 16 pages per big sheet, and the printing plates were made from the negatives – everything white, printing black.

When our printer, McNaughton and Gunn was going to discard them, Palladium acquired many (not all) of the old negatives. I am only keeping a few books for myself and make majority of the rest available to you. I sign each negative in silver and each comes with a Certificate of Authenticity. The negative comes on a white board inside a plastic magazine bag and looks fabulous framed! Fits in an 8×10 inch matt opening in a frame (each neg is roughly 8½ x 11 inches). But don’t miss the other collectibles as well.

http://stores.ebay.com/kevinstoys-artandcollectibles

 

Closing Thoughts

– Why this Open House is so important to us

This Palladium Open House is especially important to me and the staff this year. We are celebrating Palladium Books’ 40th Anniversary and Rifts® 30th. Two milestones many companies never experience. Moreover, I can count on one hand how many RPG companies have been around that long and are still owned and run by its founder, and have fingers leftover. That’s pretty amazing. We’ve had our share of struggles and hardship, but we have made it to 40 years and that is something to celebrate!

It’s also important because, honestly, the original crew is getting up there in years and we don’t know who may be around for the next one, whenever that might be. Julius is the Palladium elder at 73 years old and retiring soon. Kathy and Alex have health issues, so do I for that matter, though I feel good and I’m my usual energetic self, at least for now. However, if the pandemic showed us anything, it is how unpredictable and fragile life can be for us all. We lost a number of gaming friends over the past few years, some to Covid, some to other maladies. Many of these loved ones were younger than us, like Dave Watkins for one. And though dear ones like Dave Watkins and Erick Wujcik will not be with us in body, they will be in spirit. Kept alive in our hearts and minds.

So this Open House is a celebration of 40 years of triumph and friendship, fun and creativity through thick and thin. And we’ll be celebrating with some of the multitude of Palladium fans who have helped us reach these two milestones. But thank you to all of you. We wouldn’t be here producing more games and sourcebooks if it were not for all of you, and you will all be in our thoughts and minds next week. Every last one of you.

It is also a milestone in a different way, it is the beginning of a new era as I begin to transition Palladium Books into the hands of carefully handpicked, creative powerhouses like Sean Owen Roberson and other creators to continue the Palladium legacy. Good, creative people who understand what Sean calls Palladium’s “secret sauce.” Let me stop any rumors right now. I’m not going anywhere. God willing, I’ll be here for another decade or two, writing books and guiding our new crew of creators and staff as we rebuild the company and take Palladium Books to new heights for generations to come. Think Marvel Comics or the Walt Disney Company. That is what we are working toward, but without ever losing our love and appreciation for you, our extended family of gamers.

That’s it for now. Sunday is Easter, so for those of you who celebrate Easter or Passover, may they be sunny and joyful gatherings with family. For the rest of you, please enjoy your weekend, take care, and game on!

– Kevin Siembieda, Publisher, Writer, Friend

 

NEW! “Original” Palladium Fantasy RPG^® “Bonus” Edition Commemorative Hardcover, 1st Edition Rules – Available now

This deluxe, foil stamped edition presents the original, First Edition rules, expanded with the inclusion of the Arms of Nargash-Tor adventure sourcebook. The Original Fantasy Edition includes Erick Wujcik’s popular Tombs of Gersidi adventure left out of the 2nd Edition rule book, and all the original illustrations. The cover is a recreation of the original, famous red and black cover of the original RPG. We sold more than 120,000 copies of the first edition rule book back in the day, so we know a lot of people have fond memories of it. Hence, the request for Palladium to offer it again in some form. We hope you enjoy the deluxe First Edition Fantasy hardcover. It sure brought back memories for many of us.

• The complete, original RPG – the game that started Palladium Books.
• First Edition rules are easily adaptable to current Fantasy titles.
• Includes The Tombs of Gersidi adventure and setting (ancient vampires and dark magic) written by Erick Wujcik. Maps by Erick Wujcik. Easily adapted to current rules.
• Depictions of Eastern, Western, Northern, and Old Kingdom coins.
• Fan favorite artwork by Kevin Siembieda and Michael Kucharski.
• The Arms of Nargash-Tor adventure sourcebook included as “bonus” material back in print form for the first time in 35 years.
• Deluxe hardcover edition. Probably limited to fewer than 1,000 copies.
• Recreation of the original cover with red foil stamping into a black faux leatherette hardcover. It should look beautiful.
• 320 pages total with “bonus” material – $55 retail – Cat. No. 449HC – available now while supplies last.

 

NEW! Splicers^® RPG “Bonus” Edition Hardcover – Available now

The Splicers® RPG “Bonus” Edition Hardcover includes 50 pages of Splicers® material from The Rifter® #30, #32, and #51 offering War Mounts, The Wasteland, and Living Weapons like the Swarm Lord, Hive insects, etc., written by Chris Kluge.

Splicers® is a unique science fiction RPG unlike anything else on the market. It might be thought of as The Terminator meets Guyver. Human beings (on a far future Earth or is it a distant space colony?) are forced to hide and turn to bio-engineered, living weapons, armor and war steeds in their ongoing struggles against “The Machine.” A Super-Artificial Intelligence originally designed to help and protect human beings, but now hunts and destroys or enslaves them for their own welfare. It is a battle for survival that varies for each House of Splicers and the different regions controlled by the different personalities of the insane AI.

• The complete Splicers RPG written and created by Carmen Bellaire.
• 50 bonus pages of source material written by Chris Kluge.
• 280 pages – $44.99 retail – Cat. No. 200HC – available now while supplies last.

 

“Original” Rifts^® RPG – 30th Anniversary Commemorative Hardcover – available now

Yep, the RPG many of you know and love and first cut your teeth on when you discovered RPGs. The “original” Rifts® RPG is available for a limited time as a deluxe hardcover. Still only $49.99 despite rising paper and printing costs, especially for a book of its caliber. It is absolutely gorgeous and guaranteed to bring back fond memories. 48 pages of color, high quality paper, beautiful print quality throughout, and 32 pages of additional content.

• The cover is the iconic, fan favorite, Keith Parkinson painting depicting a Splugorth Slaver and Blind Warrior Women riding a Splugorth Slave Barge.
• 32 page color section presenting never before seen or talked about art and information.
• The making of Rifts®.
• Behind the scenes stories involving Kevin Siembieda, Erick Wujcik, Keith Parkinson, Kevin Long, others, and their contributions to Rifts®.
• Never before seen concept art and sketches.
• A gallery of every Rifts® cover through 2021. More than 160 of them. The perfect reference for collectors.
• The Rifts® RPG first edition rules work perfectly with ALL current Rifts® World Books, Sourcebooks, and Dimension Books, making it a functioning core rule book, not just an awesome collector’s item.
• 288 pages – $49.99 retail – Cat. No. 800HC30 – available now.

 

Still Hot! Rifts^® Automated Character Sheet for EXCEL

The next step in character data collection! This EXCEL template provides automation to your Rifts® character creation process. Done in Microsoft Excel, this character template will allow you to build your character with substantial ease and speed. Ideal for the new gamer who doesn’t know all of the Palladium Books® rules just yet, it’s also a highly effective tool for Game Masters and advanced players alike who make multiple characters, NPCs or just like to min/max or theory craft characters between games.

• Dice Roller: A simple dice roller is on the main page of the character sheet to help with character creation or in-game dice rolling needs.
• Automated Attributes and Stat Block: All the bonuses and features from attributes are presented in a large stat block allowing you to easily see your bonus to save vs Psionics, Mind Control, etc. You can pick your strength type (Normal, Augmented, Robotic or Supernatural) to determine your carrying and lifting capacity and even your M.D. punch damage if your strength is high enough and of the right type.
• Automated Combat Stats: The main page holds a section where you can pull up data for your various combat stats, from hand to hand abilities such as Strike, Parry, Dodge and Disarm, to W.P. bonuses including those of the W.P. Sharpshooting variety. This section draws upon all of your character’s selection of skills and abilities and even offers customization from odd O.C.C. or racial abilities.
• Automated Psionics: All psionics from Rifts® Ultimate Edition, Rifts® World Book 12: Psyscape™ and Rifts® World Book 32: Lemuria can be selected from a dropdown menu that then populates tables with the information on psionics for your character. Each psionic ability’s data including damage, M.D.C. and range also automatically increases based on the character’s level of experience.
• Automated Spells: All Common Invocations, Necromancy, Ocean Magic and Biomancy spells (yes, all the Lemurian Biomancer spells too!) can be selected from a dropdown menu that then populates tables with the information on spells for your character. Each spell’s data including damage, M.D.C. and range also automatically increases based on the character’s level of experience.
• Automated Skills: All skills from the Rifts® Ultimate Edition, Rifts® World Book 25: China 2 – Heroes of the Celestial Court™ and Rifts® World Book 32: Lemuria can be selected and then automatically add bonuses from prerequisites and related skills. Physical skills that provide bonuses also add those bonuses directly to attributes and combat stats. Bonuses that require dice rolls are denoted and can then be manually rolled and added to the character sheet. Custom percent bonuses such as O.C.C. bonuses can also be added to individual skills.
• Automated Cybernetics & Bionics: All cybernetics and bionics from Rifts® Ultimate Edition along with some favorites from other books can be selected from dropdown menus which then tabulate bonuses and add them to your combat stats. Prices also sum up so an enterprising Headhunter can keep track of his hardware and upgrades. Simple cybernetic body part diagrams even allow players to allocate the locations of their various cybernetic and bionic components.
• Freeform O.C.C. and Racial Power Section: A section for non-standard powers, special O.C.C. or racial abilities allows the player to add custom skills and powers that can be linked to those features to draw upon the character’s level of experience, I.Q. bonus or other stats so powers grow as the character advances.
• Character Building Section: On the main page of the document is a section to help you build your character, from customizing attributes, to adding non-standard bonuses from O.C.C. or racial abilities, to an optional point buy system for attributes.
• Helpful Hints and Suggestions: Red triangular tabs appear throughout the document. Hovering over the red tab with the mouse cursor will reveal useful data from sourcebooks, hints, suggestions and other information, such as what a particular stat means, how it’s used in the game and what things can add bonuses or affect it. There is also a page with overview instructions on how to use the sheet, and a number of instructional videos will be posted via Palladium TV on the ins and outs of the character sheet. The first can be found here: http://youtu.be/a89XzAV37sE
• Portrait: A special sheet is set up so you can add an image to the document for a custom portrait for your character. That image is then displayed on the main page and is protected from accidental movement or deletion from the main page.
• Password Protected: Several pages of the document are password protected so players won’t accidently delete formulas and ruin the character sheet’s automated features. The password is provided so players can customize the sheet to their liking then protect the sheet again so they don’t undo all their hard work.
• Note: The file is best used in Microsoft EXCEL 2016 or above. Some data may be lost if not using Microsoft EXCEL, such as when using similar products like Open Office.
• Available from PalladiumBooks.com AND DriveThruRPG.com – make them characters!

 

Palladium Fantasy® Interactive Character Sheet

Also still hot – the Palladium Fantasy Interactive Character Sheet which is equally helpful in managing Palladium Fantasy RPG characters. Created by Travis Guerrero.

 

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