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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness Role-Playing Game is Back!

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October 13, 2023

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness Role-Playing Game is Back!

Westland, MI – October 13, 2023 – Palladium Books and Paramount Consumer Products have joined forces to reissue the ever-popular role-playing game Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness.

The beloved, out-of-print Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles role-playing game and its sourcebooks are sought-after collector items that have enthralled generations since its release in 1985 as one of the first licensed TMNT products. They are returning to print as two deluxe hardcover collections of the RPG and sourcebooks. Each is being completely remastered by industry veteran Sean Owen Roberson and presented in full color, and Kevin Eastman, co-creator of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, will also provide a new painted cover.

Bonus material includes an array of new artwork, never before seen behind-the-scenes info and art, plus remembrances and tributes by renowned comic book and RPG creators including Eastman, Peter Laird, Freddie E. Williams II, Steven Cummings, Sophie Campbell, David Petersen and many more.

“This is incredibly exciting! I am 1000% onboard to help bring this historic and original TMNT Role Playing Game series back in a truly deluxe collector’s edition that will thrill original fans and open the door for new ones,” said Eastman. “I’ve made all my archives available for expanded behind-the-scenes content as well as a few top secret surprises you need to be part of. Stay tuned!”

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness Kickstarter

The Kickstarter campaign, launching October 31, 2023, will offer a host of mind-blowing Kickstarter exclusives: TMNT miniatures based on the role-playing game, dice sets, variant book covers, art prints by legacy TMNT creatives, a card deck, and more, including special stretch goals to entice role-playing fans and TMNT fans alike. All products ship in 2024. To be among the first to hear about the entire exciting slate of releases, creators, exclusives and stretch goals to be unlocked with your support, be sure to go to the Kickstarter page and subscribe for updates.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/palladiumbooks/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-and-other-strangeness

About Palladium Books®

Palladium Books was established in 1981 by visionary game designer Kevin Siembieda, renowned for his world-building. Together he and Erick Wujcik created one of the best-selling and most beloved RPGs of all time, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness. Other popular Palladium RPG titles over the years include Rifts, Robotech, Heroes Unlimited, Ninjas & Superspies, Palladium Fantasy RPG, Nightbane, and Dead Reign, among many others.

For more information visit the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness Kickstarter starting October 31 or www.palladiumbooks.com

About Paramount Consumer Products

Paramount Consumer Products oversees all licensing and merchandising for Paramount (Nasdaq: PARA, PARAA), a leading global media and entertainment company that creates premium content and experiences for audiences worldwide. Driven by iconic consumer brands, Paramount Consumer Products’ portfolio includes a diverse slate of brands and content from BET, CBS (including CBS Television Studios and CBS Television Distribution), Comedy Central, MTV, Nickelodeon, Paramount Pictures and SHOWTIME®. With properties spanning animation, live-action, preschool, youth and adult, Paramount Consumer Products is committed to creating the highest quality product for some of the world’s most beloved, iconic franchises. To view our range of consumer products and Paramount branded apparel, visit ParamountShop.com.

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Palladium Books® is a Registered Trademark of Palladium Books Inc.

Palladium Books® – Weekly Update – October 6, 2023

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

By Kevin Siembieda and Sean Owen Roberson

I hope you are all doing well. We have been shorthanded since Wayne took a dive off a roof and smashed up his knee. He cannot put any pressure on his leg and is hobbling along on crutches. He’s been doing some work remotely and sees a doctor next week. Our fingers are crossed that it is less serious than what the emergency room doctor suspects.

We are so busy we could not get to this Weekly Update until today, Friday. I’m happy to say it is a good busy, full of excitement and fun as we build to the announcement of our next Kickstarter. Sean and I have been getting a kick out of your speculation on what that Kickstarter could possibly be. We hope to announce it next week, so you should not have much longer to wait. The announcement may come as a separate email, so watch for it, and we will talk more about it in subsequent emails. We think a lot of you will go wild over it. The tiny handful in the know sure have. One fan-friend said, “I need to start saving my money now, because I want everything!”

Speaking of going wild, many of you went bonkers over last week’s Rifts® Sale and its epic savings. Thank you for your support. Enjoy those books! More fun and savings are coming in the weeks ahead.

Creature Feature PDF on DriveThruRPG

NEW! Creature Feature™ PDF book on DriveThruRPG.com – due to popular request, this epic Beyond the Supernatural(BTS) sourcebook is now available on DriveThru for your digital enjoyment. It offers 15 detailed supernatural horrors, creature encounter table, tips on making better creatures, rules clarifications, player and G.M. tips, BTS world information, numerous adventure hooks, NPCs, and one full adventure.

Creature Feature™ remains available as an illustration-packed physical sourcebook from PalladiumBooks.com along with BTS 2nd Edition (softcover and hardcover), BTS RPG 1st Edition hardcover, and the Boxed Nightmares™ (1st edition rules) sourcebook; which are also available as PDF books.

Nightbane RPG Nightbane Survival Guide

NEW! FREE Nightbane® RPG digital Sneak Preview on DriveThruRPG.com – Have you been wondering what the buzz is all about for Nightbane® and Urban Fantasy? Well, now you can see for yourself with this fun Preview of the core rule book. There are also free Sneak Previews of Creature Feature™, Dead Reign®, BTS, and numerous Rifts® books and other titles, including Rifts® Manhunters™, Titan Robotics™, Northern Gun™ One and Two, Lemuria, and more.

Rifts Ultimate Edition Rifts Coalition Manhunters Rifts Northern Gun One Garden of the Gods

What’s hot from Palladium at the moment? Last week’s sale put a spotlight on Rifts® products. I was especially happy to see people discovering Rifts® Coalition Manhunters™. We sold a lot of Manhunters, Rifts® Ultimate Edition, Naruni™ Wave 2, New West™, Siege on Tolkeen™, and Northern Gun™ books. We also saw Dead Reign® and Nightbane® titles in more demand, while Palladium Fantasy® and all hardcover sales remain steady. Thank you for your support and keep those orders coming.

1st Edition Palladium Fantasy RPG Foil Hardcover

What’s on the drawing board? Fun, fun, fun – Rifts® Bestiary 2, Rifts® Antarctica, Yin-Sloth Expeditions (Fantasy), and … let’s just say a number of Fantasy, Rifts®, and other titles, as well as a few secret projects we want to surprise you with when they are announced.

COMING SOON! Palladium’s next Kickstarter should start end of October, but will be announced next week. It will blow your mind. So please watch for it. You will be thrilled and won’t want to miss out on it.

UPDATE: Titan Robotics™ Kickstarter: 1. Sean is putting the final tweaks on the digital Savage Cyberworks™ conversion document. This bonus reward should be delivered soon, if it hasn’t by the time you read this.

2. There is some sort of SNAFU for at least some of our Titan Robotics Backers in Canada being charged an unexpected delivery fee. We have notified our shipping partner, Spiral Galaxy, and they will investigate as soon as their main people return from a big game event in Germany. Palladium will NOT leave you high and dry. We have your back and will take care of you one way or another. Note to our Friends in Canada: If you experience overcharges please contact us via Backerkit and send clear photos of billing charges for your package showing the amount. [Thank you for your patience as we work to resolve this issue. – Sean]

Rifts Cyberworks Collection

NEW! Rifts® The Cyberworks Collection Hardcover – Available now

This beautifully re-mastered collection includes the Expanded Rifts® Sourcebook One (with the Republican/NEMA gear and info), Rifts® Sourcebook 2: The Mechanoids® (and Seven Dangers Prophecy), Rifts® Shemarrian Nation Sourcebook, plus key Archie, Hagan, Titan, and Shemarrian information from Rifts® Aftermath.

  • The Cyberworks Collection features must-have ARCHIE-Three™ source material gathered into one, big, easy-to-use hardcover edition.
  • “Re-mastered” means new, cleaned-up artwork, layout, editing, and tidbits of surprise material.
  • Much of the artwork feels like new. Looks great.
  • Chock full of robots, weapons, gear, and monsters.
  • Rifts® Sourcebook One, Revised & Expanded.
  • Rifts® Sourcebook Two: The Mechanoids®.
  • Rifts® Shemarrian Nation™ Sourcebook.
  • Rifts® Aftermath Archie-Three™ source material.
  • 5 page index in the back of the book.
  • Color end sheets. Fan favorite Kevin Long cover.
  • 384 pages – $49.99 retail – color cover hardcover – Cat. No. 900 – available now.

Rifts Cyberworks Collection at PalladiumBooks.com

Rifts Titan Robotics

Rifts® Titan Robotics Sourcebook – AVAILABLE NOW!

Shrouded in secrecy and rumor, the true story of Titan Robotics™ is finally revealed. Part a high-tech toy box, part Secrets of Archie Three, part adventure book with whole new ways to play, and filled with new types of Titan Robotics power armors, giant robots, vehicles, weapons, and gear. Join a Titan Robotics Courier Team and delve into the company’s many secrets, including ARCHIE-3’s plans and program to monitor and manipulate the outside world.

  • Visit the gleaming steel and metal of a Titan Robotics™ showroom, and test-drive their newest models.
  • 18 giant robots.
  • 12 power armors.
  • Weapons, gear and notable vehicles.
  • Gunny’s Depots – arms dealer and part of Titan’s hidden network.
  • Play a Syntharoid sentient human replica android.
  • Play a Titan Dispatcher and join a Titan Robotics Courier Team.
  • Discover ARCHIE and Hagan’s hidden agendas and secret operations.
  • Explore Titan’s shadowy web of informants and how it prospers and grows.
  • Explore alternative time lines, campaign prompts, adventure outlines, intrigue, espionage, and more.
  • Art by Steven Cummings, Charles Walton, and others.
  • Written by Sean Owen Roberson and Matthew Clements.
  • 192 pages – $26.99 retail – Cat. No. 899 – Softcover.

Rifts Titan Robotics at PalladiumBooks.com

Rifts Cyberworks Poker Deck

Cyberworks Poker Deck – AVAILABLE NOW!

The cover art from the original Rifts® Sourcebook One is featured on the back of each card. Color throughout. Attractive and durable.

  • 52 cards, plus red and black Jokers.
  • Face cards feature iconic Rifts® Cyberworks/Archie 3 artwork (Spades: Cyberworks, Hearts: Shemarrians, Clubs: Mechanoids, Diamonds: Titan Robotics).
  • Number cards feature a color energy swirl in the suit and a circuit board pattern.
  • Textured linen cards for a nice touch and durability.
  • Professional quality playing cards.
  • 52 cards plus two Jokers – $14.99 per deck – Cat. No. 2609 – available now!

Rifts Cyberworks Poker Deck at PalladiumBooks.com

Yin-Sloth Jungles Revised

Yin-Sloth Jungles Expanded and Revised – AVAILABLE NOW

It is at the printer and we are told should arrive July 28, just in time for Gen Con – ships July 28. Yin-Sloth Jungles™ presents a setting unlike any other Fantasy RPG and it’s all fun. It opens with an overview and history of the region, followed by nuts and bolts, like skills, poison, and weapons. Players will drool over the 15 truly unique O.C.C.s ideal for jungle adventures and beyond. Players and Game Masters will love the lavishly detailed jungle people and monsters. Then you get a little taste of what’s to follow in Yin-Sloth Expeditions, making it a bit of a player’s guide and bestiary. Ah, but there is magic and strangeness, and your first hints of wild adventures across the sprawling jungle.

  • 15 O.C.C.s, all updated and expanded, making them seem brand new: Beastmaster, Holy Crusader, Jungle Fighter, Man-Catcher, the unique Tezcat and Pygmy Shamans, Spy, Undead Hunter, and Witch Hunter, among others.
  • 18 Jungle People and monsters updated and expanded, plus a few additions, also expanded so they feel like new.
  • New and expanded Shaman Chant magic.
  • New and unique Pygmy Shaman Chant magic.
  • New and expanded history of the Yin-Sloth Jungles.
  • Expanded and clarified weapons, jungle armor, poisons, & more.
  • The Orcish Empire and a few notable cities.
  • All new maps by Phil Stone.
  • Comprehensive double-page map (grayscale) by Will Erwin.
  • Deluxe color map of the region by Will Erwin to be made available separately.
  • Filled with great artwork by Peterson (ROG) and Mike Mumah.
  • Written by Kevin Siembieda, John Klinkel, and Patrick Nowak.
  • 160 pages – $24.99 retail – Cat. No. 459.

Yin-Sloth Jungles Revised at PalladiumBooks.com

Yin-Sloth Expeditions

COMING SOON for Fantasy! Yin-Sloth Expeditions

In depth world information, villains, monsters, strange gods, a lost city, ancient civilizations, dark magic, several fully fleshed out adventures and ideas for a zillion more. Ideal for players and Game Masters alike. There is no place that offers the same range of adventures as the Yin-Sloth Jungles. August or September release.

The Yin-Sloth Jungles are a hostile wilderness filled with the ruins of lost civilizations, forgotten magic, and strange creatures found nowhere else in the world. And it’s all waiting for you to explore!

Expeditions provides more details about the Yin-Sloth Jungles and notable cities, their people, NPCs, hidden dangers, and opportunities for bold adventurers. Discover strange places and exotic beings, unravel mysteries, expose conspiracies, battle unspeakable evil, recover magic artifacts, or champion one of many human and non-human fledgling kingdoms across the jungles.

The original Yin-Sloth Jungles material has all been updated, expanded, and re-mastered from start to finish with additional text, adventures, details, art, and loads of maps (all new). I had forgotten how many exotic locations and great adventures were in the original book, plus ideas for a zillion more. All re-mastered, updated, and expanded for the delight of new and long-time Palladium Fantasy® fans alike.

  • Villains, NPCs, magic items, adventures, and fun galore.
  • Find adventure or become a hired mercenary in the Orcish Empire.
  • Delve into cities like Mishala and others.
  • Retrieve relics from an ancient catacomb of Dragonwright.
  • Stop rebellion and save the city of Terellia.
  • Explore the Lost City of Kor.
  • Brave the madness at Shaldon’s Keep and save a village.
  • Confirm rumors of a kingdom of monsters forming at the Great Fire Bog.
  • Discover what evil lurks in the tomb of Gavin.
  • Investigate a sect of Sea Giants restoring the city of Freedara.
  • Unearth ancient secrets, face eldritch evil, battle the undead, fight giants and monsters, stand against a wicked dragon, and face all manner of beasts and challenges.
  • 10 adventures and countless ideas for more.
  • 30+ new maps by Phil Stone and dynamic artwork throughout.
  • Written by Kevin Siembieda, John Klinkel, and Patrick Nowak.
  • 160-192 pages – final size and price yet to be determined – Cat. No. 460 – in final editing. Goes into layout soon.

Original Palladium Fantasy 1st Edition Foil Hardcover

BACK in STOCK! “Original” Palladium Fantasy RPG® “Bonus” Edition Commemorative Hardcover, 1st Edition – Available now

The ever popular Original Palladium Fantasy RPG® Commemorative Bonus Hardcover (first edition rules) is back in print. It is a deluxe, foil stamped edition that presents the original, First Edition Fantasy rules, expanded with the inclusion of the long out-of-print Arms of Nargash-Tor adventure sourcebook and Tombs of Gersidi.

  • 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.
  • The Arms of Nargash-Tor adventure sourcebook is included as “bonus” material back in print for the first time in 35 years.
  • Easily adapted to all 2nd Edition rules and sourcebooks.
  • Deluxe hardcover edition. Probably limited to fewer than 1,000 copies.
  • 320 pages total with “bonus” material – $55 retail – Cat. No. 449HC – available now!

Original Palladium Fantasy 1st Edition Foil Hardcover

List of Palladium Books® RPG Hardcovers Available Now

Creature Feature PDF on DriveThruRPG

NEW on DriveThruRPG.com – Creature Feature sourcebook for Beyond the Supernatural

NEW! Creature Feature™ PDF book on DriveThruRPG.com – due to popular request, this epic Beyond the Supernatural(BTS) sourcebook is now available on DriveThru for you digital enjoyment.

Creature Feature is for players and Game Masters alike and a fun read for anyone.

  • 15 detailed and expansive supernatural horrors unlike any you see in most other horror games.
  • Creature encounter tables.
  • Tips on making (and playing) better creatures.
  • Rules clarifications (lots of them).
  • Player and G.M. tips.
  • BTS world information.
  • One full adventure and numerous adventure hooks.
  • Dynamic art by Steven Cummings, Phil Stone, and Siembieda.

Also available on DriveThru: The 1st and 2nd Edition Beyond the Supernatural RPG, and Boxed Nightmares sourcebook; not to mention Dead Reign® (zombies) and Nightbane® (Urban Fantasy/superhero horror). All these books, including BTS 2nd Edition (softcover and hardcover), BTS RPG 1st Edition hardcover, and the Boxed Nightmares™ (1st edition rules) are available as physical books from PalladiumBooks.com offering a Megaverse® of adventure.

NEW! FREE Nightbane® RPG digital Sneak Preview on DriveThruRPG.com – Have you been wondering what the buzz is all about for Nightbane® and Urban Fantasy? Well, now you can see for yourself with this fun Preview of the core rule book. There are also free Sneak Previews of Creature Feature™, Dead Reign®, BTS, and numerous Rifts® books and other titles, including Rifts® Manhunters™, Titan Robotics™, Northern Gun™ One and Two, Lemuria, and more.

Palladium PDFs at DriveThruRPG.com

300+ RPG titles from Palladium Books

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!

  • 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® #1-85. Each issue is a wealth of source material for Rifts® and 3-5 other Palladium game settings. More than 8,600 pages of source material and counting. Most issues are only available in digital form.
  • Palladium Fantasy RPG® titles. 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. All of it epic.
  • Dead Reign® RPG and sourcebooks. The Zombie Apocalypse unleashed. 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.
  • After the Bomb® RPG and sourcebooks. Play anthropomorphic, intelligent, mutant animals as crime-fighting mutants and super-heroes or survivors of a crumbling post-apocalyptic Earth.
  • Ninjas & Superspies™ RPG and the Mystic China™ sourcebook. 41 types of martial arts, ninjas, super-spies, gizmos, mystic powers, and magic in the main book, plus even more in Mystic China.
  • Nightbane® RPG and sourcebooks – Urban Fantasy. Only you know the truth. Only you can see the Nightlords and their demonic minions, and you have the power to stop them. But you must transform into a monster yourself in order to use your powers. Trust no one.
  • Beyond the Supernatural™ RPG and sourcebooks. Modern horror; 14 character classes, 42 occupations for “ordinary people,” 100+ psychic abilities, 16 monsters, and more.
  • 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 (Beyond the Supernatural), zombies (Dead Reign®), The Rifter® sourcebook series, novels, paper minis, and more.

Palladium PDFs at DriveThruRPG.com

FUN Podcast Adventures

These fun podcasts are created by Palladium fans like you.

Heroes Unlimited™ Christmas Special and the Cozy Caverns Beyond the Supernatural RPG adventure podcasts from the creative minds at www.realplaygamespod.com.

Coming this summer from Real Play Games Podcast: A dozen plus episodes of After the Bomb®: Purrsuit of the Heart, with other good stuff in development like a new story arc for the Beyond the Supernatural inspired Cozy Cavern Mysteries, and more.

Rifts® Live Play Podcast is available for your viewing enjoyment – Rifts®: Ghost in the Machine. It is produced and Game Mastered by none other than long-time Palladium freelance artist, Mark Dudley. You can find the first several episodes on Imaginos TV. Click on the link below.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9OKt2SBYwybo_sV8zmdOBSQ1eaJP3rj9

Palladium Collectibles – at Kevin’s Online Toy & Collectibles eBay Store

Original artMy 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 Palladium books (they look awesome framed), and other Palladium memorabilia.

Collectibles include Palladium limited edition hardcovers, out of print items, signed books, one-of-a-kind proofreader copies, art prints, posters, comic books, Star Wars toys, superhero action figures, and many other toys and items from my personal collection. Yeah, I used to be a crazy toy and art collector. Hundreds of items. Take a look every weekend or two for new additions.

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. 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. We have been cutting them loose and making them available to you. I am only keeping a few dozen pages of negatives and a few complete books for myself, the rest are all being slowly offered to you, in no particular order.

  • Each negative is truly unique and resembles woodcut art.
  • It is 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 signed in silver ink by Kevin Siembieda, the founder and owner of Palladium Books.
  • Each signed negative comes with a Certificate of Authenticity.
  • A one-of-a-kind work of art and a dynamic conversation piece.
  • Each signed negative is on a white board inside a clear plastic bag.
  • Negatives looks fabulous matted or framed! Fits in an 8×10 inch matt opening. Each neg is roughly 8½ 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, but still look awesome matted or framed.

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

Closing Thoughts – Secrets

I have never been a person who keeps secrets. I’m too much of a big kid who wants to share his secrets with everyone. That makes our next kickstarter announcement murder for me to keep quite. That said, I am proud of myself for having kept it a well-guarded secret for a long time now. [I’m proud, too. – Sean] Other than people working on the project, maybe a dozen Palladium insiders know about it. And even most of them have been looped in for only the last month or so.

I do have to admit, secrets can be kinda fun. We can’t wait to see the reaction of everyone when the project is revealed. We know it will blow minds, elate many, and impress fans old and new. I wish I could tell you all about it right now, but we have to wait, darn it. Next week sometime.

There are other secrets too. Plans for Rifts®, Palladium Fantasy®, Beyond the Supernatural, and … gosh, I can’t say. [No, you can’t! – Sean] I had a fun conversation with Francois DesRochers the other day. He asked some fun questions, but I could not reveal all the answers he wanted to hear. Sorry, my friend, thanks for understanding.

I’m happy to say I don’t have any deep dark secrets. I’m pretty much an open book. In fact, I have had business associates and attorneys tell me I reveal too much and wear my heart on my sleeve. Maybe so, but I am who I am. I like being open and honest and friendly. So it’s no secret I’m a gaming geek who truly loves his work and the fans I create it for. That actually helps me (and Sean) to create the games and sourcebooks we know you will love, because we are just like you. We enjoy the same games, movies, streaming shows, comic books, novels, etc. That also means I like to share my experiences, and what I know, and have fun getting other people as excited about the RPG hobby as I am.

For me it is a great pleasure to create worlds and make games and books that others enjoy and find inspiring. I love making people happy with our products. We all do. [That’s true. – Sean]

Silly? Corny? Maybe. But it’s a dream come true for me. A dream I have been living and loving for 42 years. A dream I am happy to share with anyone who wants to come along. Sean and I have a lot more dreaming and fun in store for you. Our next Kickstarter is a doozy, but it’s just one more step forward along our planned course.

Thank you for your support and friendship. Keep those imaginations burning bright and game on, always.

– Kevin Siembieda, Publisher, writer, and friend

© 2023 Palladium Books Inc. All rights reserved.

Rifts®, The Rifter®, RECON®, Splicers®, Powers Unlimited®, Palladium Books®, The Palladium Fantasy Role-Playing Game®, Phase World®, Nightbane®, Megaverse®, The Mechanoids®, The Mechanoid Invasion®, Coalition Wars®, Chaos Earth®, Dead Reign®, and After the Bomb® are Registered Trademarks of Palladium Books Inc.; Beyond the Supernatural, Coalition States, Garden of the Gods, Heroes Unlimited, Ninjas & Superspies, Minion War, Mysteries of Magic, Psychic Scream, SAMAS, Thundercloud Galaxy, Three Galaxies, Vampire Kingdoms, and other published book titles, names, slogans and likenesses are trademarks of Palladium Books Inc., and Kevin Siembieda.

This press release may be reprinted, reposted, linked and shared for the sole purpose of advertising, promotion and sales solicitation.

Palladium Books® – Weekly Update & Sale – September 28, 2023

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Palladium Books® – Weekly Update & Sale – September 28, 2023

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

By Kevin Siembieda and Sean Owen Roberson

Hi, everyone. Palladium Books is buzzing with activity. Our long days are filled with raw excitement as our maniacal plans and hard work behind the scenes come together on many fronts. So hang tight and prepare yourself for big news and fun on the horizon.

NEW! Rifts® Sale – epic savings the likes of which you seldom see. It’s been cool, rainy and gray here in Michigan, so I thought I would offer a surprise sale with big discounts to brighten up everyone’s weekend as we enter into October. I hope you enjoy it. See details below.

Sale Items at PalladiumBooks.com

NEW! FREE Nightbane® RPG digital Sneak Preview on DriveThruRPG.com – Have you been wondering what the buzz is all about for Nightbane® and Urban Fantasy? Well, now you can see for yourself with this fun Preview of the core rule book. There are also free Sneak Previews of Dead Reign®, BTS, and numerous Rifts® books and other titles, including Rifts® Manhunters™, Titan Robotics™, Northern Gun™ One and Two, Lemuria, Creature Feature, and more. (Pssssttt, the popular Creature Feature BTS sourcebook is coming to DriveThru soon.)

Rifts Cyberworks Collection Rifts Titan Robotics 1st Edition Palladium Fantasy RPG Foil Hardcover

What’s hot from Palladium at the moment? The usual suspects – all things Rifts® with Cyberworks™ Collection and Rifts® Titan Robotics™ at the top of the list, but we’ve also seen an increase in orders for the Rifts® western setting (Lone Star, New West, and Spirit West), and the Rifts® 30th Anniversary Hardcover. All hardcovers remain popular with the Rifts® hardcovers and two Palladium Fantasy® hardcovers (and Yin-Sloth Jungles™ Expanded softcover) selling like hot cakes on a cold day. Thank you for your support and keep those orders coming.

1st Edition Palladium Fantasy RPG Foil Hardcover at PalladiumBooks.com

What’s on the drawing board? Fun, fun, fun – Rifts® Bestiary 2, Rifts® Antarctica, Yin-Sloth Expeditions (Fantasy), and … let’s just say a number of Fantasy, Rifts®, and other titles, as well as a few secret projects we want to surprise you with when they are announced.

COMING SOON! Palladium’s next Kickstarter should start sometime in October, and it will blow your mind. So please watch for it. You will be thrilled and won’t want to miss out on it.

UPDATE: Titan Robotics™ Kickstarter: 1. As noted in the last couple of Updates, all but the Savage Cyberworks™ digital rewards shipped a while ago.

2. Sean is putting the final touches on the digital Savage Cyberworks™ conversion document. This is a bonus reward. We didn’t quite hit the dollar goal, but wanted to award it to everyone as a Christmas present FOR FREE! (please see Kickstarter update #4). To add bonus to bonus, rules for playing Aberrant Mechanoids® are included.

3. Titan Robotics™ NOW Shipping to Overseas Backers! Rewards have arrived at the Spiral Galaxy operations center in the UK (including Canada and Pacific regions) – they have the hookups with international fulfillment. Those rewards are being processed and we see that many of you are starting to receive your packages. Spiral Galaxy will be emailing Backers a more detailed delivery schedule, so check your email and spam folders.

Rifts RPG Sale

SALE! Rifts® RPG & Key Sourcebooks – 20-50% off – physical books at PDF prices

If this sale doesn’t get your heart beating faster, nothing will. Sean and I thought as the weather cools and the changing leaves tell of winter’s approach, we want gamers to have something to cheer about. Enjoy. One week only! Please tell your fellow gamers about it.

Sale Items at PalladiumBooks.com

Rifts Cyberworks Collection

NEW! Rifts® The Cyberworks Collection Hardcover – Available now

This beautifully re-mastered collection includes the Expanded Rifts® Sourcebook One (with the Republican/NEMA gear and info), Rifts® Sourcebook 2: The Mechanoids® (and Seven Dangers Prophecy), Rifts® Shemarrian Nation Sourcebook, plus key Archie, Hagan, Titan, and Shemarrian information from Rifts® Aftermath.

  • The Cyberworks Collection features must-have ARCHIE-Three™ source material gathered into one, big, easy-to-use hardcover edition.
  • “Re-mastered” means new, cleaned-up artwork, layout, editing, and tidbits of surprise material.
  • Much of the artwork feels like new. Looks great.
  • Chock full of robots, weapons, gear, and monsters.
  • Rifts® Sourcebook One, Revised & Expanded.
  • Rifts® Sourcebook Two: The Mechanoids®.
  • Rifts® Shemarrian Nation™ Sourcebook.
  • Rifts® Aftermath Archie-Three™ source material.
  • 5 page index in the back of the book.
  • Color end sheets. Fan favorite Kevin Long cover.
  • 384 pages – $49.99 retail – color cover hardcover – Cat. No. 900 – available now.

Rifts Cyberworks Collection at PalladiumBooks.com

Rifts Titan Robotics

Rifts® Titan Robotics Sourcebook – AVAILABLE NOW!

Shrouded in secrecy and rumor, the true story of Titan Robotics™ is finally revealed. Part a high-tech toy box, part Secrets of Archie Three, part adventure book with whole new ways to play, and filled with new types of Titan Robotics power armors, giant robots, vehicles, weapons, and gear. Join a Titan Robotics Courier Team and delve into the company’s many secrets, including ARCHIE-3’s plans and program to monitor and manipulate the outside world.

  • Visit the gleaming steel and metal of a Titan Robotics™ showroom, and test-drive their newest models.
  • 18 giant robots.
  • 12 power armors.
  • Weapons, gear and notable vehicles.
  • Gunny’s Depots – arms dealer and part of Titan’s hidden network.
  • Play a Syntharoid sentient human replica android.
  • Play a Titan Dispatcher and join a Titan Robotics Courier Team.
  • Discover ARCHIE and Hagan’s hidden agendas and secret operations.
  • Explore Titan’s shadowy web of informants and how it prospers and grows.
  • Explore alternative time lines, campaign prompts, adventure outlines, intrigue, espionage, and more.
  • Art by Steven Cummings, Charles Walton, and others.
  • Written by Sean Owen Roberson and Matthew Clements.
  • 192 pages – $26.99 retail – Cat. No. 899 – Softcover.

Rifts Titan Robotics at PalladiumBooks.com

Rifts Cyberworks Poker Deck

Cyberworks Poker Deck – AVAILABLE NOW!

The cover art from the original Rifts® Sourcebook One is featured on the back of each card. Color throughout. Attractive and durable.

  • 52 cards, plus red and black Jokers.
  • Face cards feature iconic Rifts® Cyberworks/Archie 3 artwork (Spades: Cyberworks, Hearts: Shemarrians, Clubs: Mechanoids, Diamonds: Titan Robotics).
  • Number cards feature a color energy swirl in the suit and a circuit board pattern.
  • Textured linen cards for a nice touch and durability.
  • Professional quality playing cards.
  • 52 cards plus two Jokers – $14.99 per deck – Cat. No. 2609 – available now!

Rifts Cyberworks Poker Deck at PalladiumBooks.com

Yin-Sloth Jungles Revised

Yin-Sloth Jungles Expanded and Revised – AVAILABLE NOW

It is at the printer and we are told should arrive July 28, just in time for Gen Con – ships July 28. Yin-Sloth Jungles™ presents a setting unlike any other Fantasy RPG and it’s all fun. It opens with an overview and history of the region, followed by nuts and bolts, like skills, poison, and weapons. Players will drool over the 15 truly unique O.C.C.s ideal for jungle adventures and beyond. Players and Game Masters will love the lavishly detailed jungle people and monsters. Then you get a little taste of what’s to follow in Yin-Sloth Expeditions, making it a bit of a player’s guide and bestiary. Ah, but there is magic and strangeness, and your first hints of wild adventures across the sprawling jungle.

  • 15 O.C.C.s, all updated and expanded, making them seem brand new: Beastmaster, Holy Crusader, Jungle Fighter, Man-Catcher, the unique Tezcat and Pygmy Shamans, Spy, Undead Hunter, and Witch Hunter, among others.
  • 18 Jungle People and monsters updated and expanded, plus a few additions, also expanded so they feel like new.
  • New and expanded Shaman Chant magic.
  • New and unique Pygmy Shaman Chant magic.
  • New and expanded history of the Yin-Sloth Jungles.
  • Expanded and clarified weapons, jungle armor, poisons, & more.
  • The Orcish Empire and a few notable cities.
  • All new maps by Phil Stone.
  • Comprehensive double-page map (grayscale) by Will Erwin.
  • Deluxe color map of the region by Will Erwin to be made available separately.
  • Filled with great artwork by Peterson (ROG) and Mike Mumah.
  • Written by Kevin Siembieda, John Klinkel, and Patrick Nowak.
  • 160 pages – $24.99 retail – Cat. No. 459.

Yin-Sloth Jungles Revised at PalladiumBooks.com

Yin-Sloth Expeditions

COMING SOON for Fantasy! Yin-Sloth Expeditions

In depth world information, villains, monsters, strange gods, a lost city, ancient civilizations, dark magic, several fully fleshed out adventures and ideas for a zillion more. Ideal for players and Game Masters alike. There is no place that offers the same range of adventures as the Yin-Sloth Jungles. August or September release.

The Yin-Sloth Jungles are a hostile wilderness filled with the ruins of lost civilizations, forgotten magic, and strange creatures found nowhere else in the world. And it’s all waiting for you to explore!

Expeditions provides more details about the Yin-Sloth Jungles and notable cities, their people, NPCs, hidden dangers, and opportunities for bold adventurers. Discover strange places and exotic beings, unravel mysteries, expose conspiracies, battle unspeakable evil, recover magic artifacts, or champion one of many human and non-human fledgling kingdoms across the jungles.

The original Yin-Sloth Jungles material has all been updated, expanded, and re-mastered from start to finish with additional text, adventures, details, art, and loads of maps (all new). I had forgotten how many exotic locations and great adventures were in the original book, plus ideas for a zillion more. All re-mastered, updated, and expanded for the delight of new and long-time Palladium Fantasy® fans alike.

  • Villains, NPCs, magic items, adventures, and fun galore.
  • Find adventure or become a hired mercenary in the Orcish Empire.
  • Delve into cities like Mishala and others.
  • Retrieve relics from an ancient catacomb of Dragonwright.
  • Stop rebellion and save the city of Terellia.
  • Explore the Lost City of Kor.
  • Brave the madness at Shaldon’s Keep and save a village.
  • Confirm rumors of a kingdom of monsters forming at the Great Fire Bog.
  • Discover what evil lurks in the tomb of Gavin.
  • Investigate a sect of Sea Giants restoring the city of Freedara.
  • Unearth ancient secrets, face eldritch evil, battle the undead, fight giants and monsters, stand against a wicked dragon, and face all manner of beasts and challenges.
  • 10 adventures and countless ideas for more.
  • 30+ new maps by Phil Stone and dynamic artwork throughout.
  • Written by Kevin Siembieda, John Klinkel, and Patrick Nowak.
  • 160-192 pages – final size and price yet to be determined – Cat. No. 460 – in final editing. Goes into layout soon.

Original Palladium Fantasy 1st Edition Foil Hardcover

BACK in STOCK! “Original” Palladium Fantasy RPG® “Bonus” Edition Commemorative Hardcover, 1st Edition – Available now

The ever popular Original Palladium Fantasy RPG® Commemorative Bonus Hardcover (first edition rules) is back in print. It is a deluxe, foil stamped edition that presents the original, First Edition Fantasy rules, expanded with the inclusion of the long out-of-print Arms of Nargash-Tor adventure sourcebook and Tombs of Gersidi.

  • 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.
  • The Arms of Nargash-Tor adventure sourcebook is included as “bonus” material back in print for the first time in 35 years.
  • Easily adapted to all 2nd Edition rules and sourcebooks.
  • Deluxe hardcover edition. Probably limited to fewer than 1,000 copies.
  • 320 pages total with “bonus” material – $55 retail – Cat. No. 449HC – available now!

Original Palladium Fantasy 1st Edition Foil Hardcover

List of Palladium Books® RPG Hardcovers Available Now

Palladium PDFs at DriveThruRPG.com

NEW Sale on DriveThruRPG.com – Rifts® RPG and key sourcebooks

Build your PDF reference library with these core Rifts® titles and key sourcebooks. Endless adventure awaits. Please spread the word about this sale and the sale of physical books happening simultaneously. One week only! Sale ends after midnight October 4.

NEW! FREE Nightbane® RPG digital Sneak Preview on DriveThruRPG.com – Have you been wondering what the buzz is all about for Nightbane® and Urban Fantasy? Well, now you can see for yourself with this fun Preview of the core rule book. There are also free Sneak Previews of Dead Reign®, BTS, and numerous Rifts® books and other titles, including Rifts® Manhunters™, Titan Robotics™, Northern Gun™ One and Two, Lemuria, Creature Feature, and more. (Pssssttt, the popular Creature Feature coming to DriveThru soon.)

Palladium PDFs at DriveThruRPG.com

300+ RPG titles from Palladium Books

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!

  • 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® #1-85. Each issue is a wealth of source material for Rifts® and 3-5 other Palladium game settings. More than 8,600 pages of source material and counting. Most issues are only available in digital form.
  • Palladium Fantasy RPG® titles. 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. All of it epic.
  • Dead Reign® RPG and sourcebooks. The Zombie Apocalypse unleashed. 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.
  • After the Bomb® RPG and sourcebooks. Play anthropomorphic, intelligent, mutant animals as crime-fighting mutants and super-heroes or survivors of a crumbling post-apocalyptic Earth.
  • Ninjas & Superspies™ RPG and the Mystic China™ sourcebook. 41 types of martial arts, ninjas, super-spies, gizmos, mystic powers, and magic in the main book, plus even more in Mystic China.
  • Nightbane® RPG and sourcebooks – Urban Fantasy. Only you know the truth. Only you can see the Nightlords and their demonic minions, and you have the power to stop them. But you must transform into a monster yourself in order to use your powers. Trust no one.
  • Beyond the Supernatural™ RPG and sourcebooks. Modern horror; 14 character classes, 42 occupations for “ordinary people,” 100+ psychic abilities, 16 monsters, and more.
  • 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 (Beyond the Supernatural), zombies (Dead Reign®), The Rifter® sourcebook series, novels, paper minis, and more.

Palladium PDFs at DriveThruRPG.com

FUN Podcast Adventures

These fun podcasts are created by Palladium fans like you.

Heroes Unlimited™ Christmas Special and the Cozy Caverns Beyond the Supernatural RPG adventure podcasts from the creative minds at www.realplaygamespod.com.

Coming this summer from Real Play Games Podcast: A dozen plus episodes of After the Bomb®: Purrsuit of the Heart, with other good stuff in development like a new story arc for the Beyond the Supernatural inspired Cozy Cavern Mysteries, and more.

Rifts® Live Play Podcast is available for your viewing enjoyment – Rifts®: Ghost in the Machine. It is produced and Game Mastered by none other than long-time Palladium freelance artist, Mark Dudley. You can find the first several episodes on Imaginos TV. Click on the link below.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9OKt2SBYwybo_sV8zmdOBSQ1eaJP3rj9

Palladium Collectibles – at Kevin’s Online Toy & Collectibles eBay Store

Original artMy 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 Palladium books (they look awesome framed), and other Palladium memorabilia.

Collectibles include Palladium limited edition hardcovers, out of print items, signed books, one-of-a-kind proofreader copies, art prints, posters, comic books, Star Wars toys, superhero action figures, and many other toys and items from my personal collection. Yeah, I used to be a crazy toy and art collector. Hundreds of items. Take a look every weekend or two for new additions.

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. 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. We have been cutting them loose and making them available to you. I am only keeping a few dozen pages of negatives and a few complete books for myself, the rest are all being slowly offered to you, in no particular order.

  • Each negative is truly unique and resembles woodcut art.
  • It is 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 signed in silver ink by Kevin Siembieda, the founder and owner of Palladium Books.
  • Each signed negative comes with a Certificate of Authenticity.
  • A one-of-a-kind work of art and a dynamic conversation piece.
  • Each signed negative is on a white board inside a clear plastic bag.
  • Negatives looks fabulous matted or framed! Fits in an 8×10 inch matt opening. Each neg is roughly 8½ 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, but still look awesome matted or framed.

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

Closing Thoughts – Endless Adventure

It may not seem like it from the outside, but all kinds of big things are brewing behind the scenes at Palladium. You will learn of one of them in October with more to follow.

For now keep playing your old favorites, and try world settings unknown to you – Systems Failure (an alien invasion different than most), Heroes Unlimited (make any hero), Palladium Fantasy® (epic), Phase World® and any Dimension Book, Nightbane® (urban fantasy/super-hero horror), Beyond the Supernatural (modern horror), Splicers®, and more! Heck, Rifts® is so expansive there are settings within the main setting like the Western Frontier, Dinosaur Swamp, Canada, Atlantis, South America, England, Germany, Japan, China, and locations across the globe. Then there are the Dimension Books for space opera and adventure across the cosmos.

Lately, I seem to be meeting people who have rediscovered Rifts®, Fantasy, Heroes Unlimited, etc., who forgot how awesome and fun these settings are. To them I say, welcome back and game on! So pick up any Palladium game or sourcebook that’s been sitting on the shelf for a while and give it a read. It is likely to set your imagination kindling with new campaign ideas and characters.

We played Palladium Fantasy with Sean’s daughter and gave her a few key books, so now she’s getting deep into the lore and setting. She found it is deeper and richer than she had imagined. I suspect we’ll be playing more Fantasy the next time she’s in town. I love seeing my games through the eyes of new players, especially youngsters.

That’s all for now. Do not miss the Rifts® Sale (one week only) to enjoy some steep savings and try new settings (or revisit old faves). Happy weekend and game on, my friends, game on.

– Kevin Siembieda, Publisher, writer, and friend

© 2023 Palladium Books Inc. All rights reserved.

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This press release may be reprinted, reposted, linked and shared for the sole purpose of advertising, promotion and sales solicitation.

Palladium Books® – Weekly Update – September 22, 2023

Update Opening Graphic

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

By Kevin Siembieda and Sean Owen Roberson

Hi, everyone. It has been truly insane with work and maniacal plans coming together here in Palladiumville. So much is happening behind the scenes, especially in regard to one of our Top Secret projects. But it’s worth the blood, sweat, and hard work. In addition, we are moving along all kinds of books and projects that will please and delight you.

 

Nightbane RPG Nightlands Beyond the Supernatural

New Sale – Big Savings – Urban Fantasy: Nightbane® and BTS SALE! Nightbane® is an RPG in which the monsters are the heroes! That’s right, if you’re a Nightbane you are completely normal looking in your Human Facade, but to use your special powers or magic, you must transform into your inhuman Nightbane Morphus. So the creatures on most of the Nightbane covers, those are the player characters! The problem: The Nightbane’s incredible metamorphosis and powers don’t come with an instruction manual; they have to be figured out on their own. See complete details below.

Sale Items at PalladiumBooks.com

 

NEW! FREE Nightbane® RPG digital Sneak Preview on DriveThruRPG.com – Have you been wondering what the buzz is all about for Nightbane® and Urban Fantasy? Well, now you can see for yourself with this fun Preview of the core rule book. There are also free Sneak Previews of Dead Reign®, BTS, and numerous Rifts® books and other titles, including Rifts® Manhunters™, Titan Robotics™, Northern Gun™ One and Two, Lemuria, Creature Feature and more.

 

* COMING SOON! Palladium’s next Kickstarter should start sometime in October, and it will blow your mind. So please watch for it. You will be thrilled and won’t want to miss it.

 

Rifts Cyberworks Collection Rifts Titan Robotics Dead Reign RPG Nightbane RPG

* What’s hot from Palladium at the moment: Rifts®, of course, and I’m happy to see gamers are discovering the Cyberworks™ Collection hardcover and still snapping up Rifts® Titan Robotics™. Heroes Unlimited™ and Palladium Fantasy® remain strong (Yin-Sloth Jungles™ continues to sell like crazy), but as Halloween quickly approaches, Nightbane® (Urban Fantasy/Horror), Dead Reign® (the Zombie Apocalypse) and Beyond the Supernatural™ sales are all ticking up. It’s always a blast to play a character who is more than human in Nightbane® (or are they “less” than human?!), battle weird zombies and fight for survival in Dead Reign® (arguably the best zombie RPG on the market), and to be among the few individuals who know the supernatural is real in Beyond the Supernatural™. All fun stuff especially as the nights grow longer.

Dead Reign RPG at PalladiumBooks.com

 

Titan Robotics™ Kickstarter Update: 1. As noted last week, all but the Savage Cyberworks™ digital rewards shipped a while ago.

2. Sean is putting the final touches on the digital Savage Cyberworks™ conversion document. This is a bonus reward. We didn’t quite hit the dollar goal, but wanted to award it to everyone as a Christmas present FOR FREE! (please see Kickstarter update #4). To add bonus to bonus, rules for playing Aberrant Mechanoids® are included.

3. Titan Robotics™ Foreign Shipping: Rewards have arrived at the Spiral Galaxy operations center in the UK (including Canada and Pacific regions) – they have the hookups with international fulfillment. Those rewards are being processed and should begin shipping any day. Spiral Galaxy will be emailing Backers a more detailed delivery schedule, so check your email and spam folders.

 

Urban Fantasy Sale

New SALE – Urban Fantasy brought to life
– Nightbane® and Beyond the Supernatural Sales

Nightbane® is an RPG in which the monsters are the heroes! That’s right, if you’re a Nightbane you are completely normal looking in your Human Facade, but to use your special powers or magic, you must transform into your inhuman Nightbane Morphus. So the creatures on most of the Nightbane covers, those are the player characters! The problem: The Nightbane’s incredible metamorphosis and powers don’t come with an instruction manual; they have to be figured out on their own.

Nightbane are both the hunters and the hunted. The malevolent Nightlords and their demonic minions have been slowly, quietly invading Earth. Their biggest obstacle are the Nightbane, who can recognize them even when shape-changed to look like ordinary people. Thus, the evil Nightlords dispatch their inhuman minions and human henchmen to identify and destroy the Nightbane. You see, the Nightbane instinctively know that the Nightlords must be destroyed or pushed back into the Nightlands; a nightmare version of Earth.

All the Nightbane® books are on sale! So are the Beyond the Supernatural books which are fun all by themselves, or you can mix the characters and creatures from both settings.

Nightbane® Urban Fantasy – The monsters are the heroes

Sale Items at PalladiumBooks.com

 

Rifts Cyberworks Collection

NEW! Rifts® The Cyberworks Collection Hardcover – Available now

This beautifully re-mastered collection includes the Expanded Rifts® Sourcebook One (with the Republican/NEMA gear and info), Rifts® Sourcebook 2: The Mechanoids® (and Seven Dangers Prophecy), Rifts® Shemarrian Nation Sourcebook, plus key Archie, Hagan, Titan, and Shemarrian information from Rifts® Aftermath.

  • The Cyberworks Collection features must-have ARCHIE-Three™ source material gathered into one, big, easy-to-use hardcover edition.
  • “Re-mastered” means new, cleaned-up artwork, layout, editing, and tidbits of surprise material.
  • Much of the artwork feels like new. Looks great.
  • Chock full of robots, weapons, gear, and monsters.
  • Rifts® Sourcebook One, Revised & Expanded.
  • Rifts® Sourcebook Two: The Mechanoids®.
  • Rifts® Shemarrian Nation™ Sourcebook.
  • Rifts® Aftermath Archie-Three™ source material.
  • 5 page index in the back of the book.
  • Color end sheets. Fan favorite Kevin Long cover.
  • 384 pages – $49.99 retail – color cover hardcover – Cat. No. 900 – available now.

Rifts Cyberworks Collection at PalladiumBooks.com

 

Rifts Titan Robotics

Rifts® Titan Robotics Sourcebook – AVAILABLE NOW!

Shrouded in secrecy and rumor, the true story of Titan Robotics™ is finally revealed. Part a high-tech toy box, part Secrets of Archie Three, part adventure book with whole new ways to play, and filled with new types of Titan Robotics power armors, giant robots, vehicles, weapons, and gear. Join a Titan Robotics Courier Team and delve into the company’s many secrets, including ARCHIE-3’s plans and program to monitor and manipulate the outside world.

  • Visit the gleaming steel and metal of a Titan Robotics™ showroom, and test-drive their newest models.
  • 18 giant robots.
  • 12 power armors.
  • Weapons, gear and notable vehicles.
  • Gunny’s Depots – arms dealer and part of Titan’s hidden network.
  • Play a Syntharoid sentient human replica android.
  • Play a Titan Dispatcher and join a Titan Robotics Courier Team.
  • Discover ARCHIE and Hagan’s hidden agendas and secret operations.
  • Explore Titan’s shadowy web of informants and how it prospers and grows.
  • Explore alternative time lines, campaign prompts, adventure outlines, intrigue, espionage, and more.
  • Art by Steven Cummings, Charles Walton, and others.
  • Written by Sean Owen Roberson and Matthew Clements.
  • 192 pages – $26.99 retail – Cat. No. 899 – Softcover.

Rifts Titan Robotics at PalladiumBooks.com

 

Rifts Cyberworks Poker Deck

Cyberworks Poker Deck – AVAILABLE NOW!

The cover art from the original Rifts® Sourcebook One is featured on the back of each card. Color throughout. Attractive and durable.

  • 52 cards, plus red and black Jokers.
  • Face cards feature iconic Rifts® Cyberworks/Archie 3 artwork (Spades: Cyberworks, Hearts: Shemarrians, Clubs: Mechanoids, Diamonds: Titan Robotics).
  • Number cards feature a color energy swirl in the suit and a circuit board pattern.
  • Textured linen cards for a nice touch and durability.
  • Professional quality playing cards.
  • 52 cards plus two Jokers – $14.99 per deck – Cat. No. 2609 – available now!

Rifts Cyberworks Poker Deck at PalladiumBooks.com

 

Yin-Sloth Jungles Revised

Yin-Sloth Jungles Expanded and Revised – AVAILABLE NOW

It is at the printer and we are told should arrive July 28, just in time for Gen Con – ships July 28. Yin-Sloth Jungles™ presents a setting unlike any other Fantasy RPG and it’s all fun. It opens with an overview and history of the region, followed by nuts and bolts, like skills, poison, and weapons. Players will drool over the 15 truly unique O.C.C.s ideal for jungle adventures and beyond. Players and Game Masters will love the lavishly detailed jungle people and monsters. Then you get a little taste of what’s to follow in Yin-Sloth Expeditions, making it a bit of a player’s guide and bestiary. Ah, but there is magic and strangeness, and your first hints of wild adventures across the sprawling jungle.

  • 15 O.C.C.s, all updated and expanded, making them seem brand new: Beastmaster, Holy Crusader, Jungle Fighter, Man-Catcher, the unique Tezcat and Pygmy Shamans, Spy, Undead Hunter, and Witch Hunter, among others.
  • 18 Jungle People and monsters updated and expanded, plus a few additions, also expanded so they feel like new.
  • New and expanded Shaman Chant magic.
  • New and unique Pygmy Shaman Chant magic.
  • New and expanded history of the Yin-Sloth Jungles.
  • Expanded and clarified weapons, jungle armor, poisons, & more.
  • The Orcish Empire and a few notable cities.
  • All new maps by Phil Stone.
  • Comprehensive double-page map (grayscale) by Will Erwin.
  • Deluxe color map of the region by Will Erwin to be made available separately.
  • Filled with great artwork by Peterson (ROG) and Mike Mumah.
  • Written by Kevin Siembieda, John Klinkel, and Patrick Nowak.
  • 160 pages – $24.99 retail – Cat. No. 459.

Yin-Sloth Jungles Revised at PalladiumBooks.com

 

Yin-Sloth Expeditions

COMING SOON for Fantasy! Yin-Sloth Expeditions

In depth world information, villains, monsters, strange gods, a lost city, ancient civilizations, dark magic, several fully fleshed out adventures and ideas for a zillion more. Ideal for players and Game Masters alike. There is no place that offers the same range of adventures as the Yin-Sloth Jungles. August or September release.

The Yin-Sloth Jungles are a hostile wilderness filled with the ruins of lost civilizations, forgotten magic, and strange creatures found nowhere else in the world. And it’s all waiting for you to explore!

Expeditions provides more details about the Yin-Sloth Jungles and notable cities, their people, NPCs, hidden dangers, and opportunities for bold adventurers. Discover strange places and exotic beings, unravel mysteries, expose conspiracies, battle unspeakable evil, recover magic artifacts, or champion one of many human and non-human fledgling kingdoms across the jungles.

The original Yin-Sloth Jungles material has all been updated, expanded, and re-mastered from start to finish with additional text, adventures, details, art, and loads of maps (all new). I had forgotten how many exotic locations and great adventures were in the original book, plus ideas for a zillion more. All re-mastered, updated, and expanded for the delight of new and long-time Palladium Fantasy® fans alike.

  • Villains, NPCs, magic items, adventures, and fun galore.
  • Find adventure or become a hired mercenary in the Orcish Empire.
  • Delve into cities like Mishala and others.
  • Retrieve relics from an ancient catacomb of Dragonwright.
  • Stop rebellion and save the city of Terellia.
  • Explore the Lost City of Kor.
  • Brave the madness at Shaldon’s Keep and save a village.
  • Confirm rumors of a kingdom of monsters forming at the Great Fire Bog.
  • Discover what evil lurks in the tomb of Gavin.
  • Investigate a sect of Sea Giants restoring the city of Freedara.
  • Unearth ancient secrets, face eldritch evil, battle the undead, fight giants and monsters, stand against a wicked dragon, and face all manner of beasts and challenges.
  • 10 adventures and countless ideas for more.
  • 30+ new maps by Phil Stone and dynamic artwork throughout.
  • Written by Kevin Siembieda, John Klinkel, and Patrick Nowak.
  • 160-192 pages – final size and price yet to be determined – Cat. No. 460 – in final editing. Goes into layout soon.

 

Original Palladium Fantasy 1st Edition Foil Hardcover

BACK in STOCK! “Original” Palladium Fantasy RPG® “Bonus” Edition Commemorative Hardcover, 1st Edition – Available now

The ever popular Original Palladium Fantasy RPG® Commemorative Bonus Hardcover (first edition rules) is back in print. It is a deluxe, foil stamped edition that presents the original, First Edition Fantasy rules, expanded with the inclusion of the long out-of-print Arms of Nargash-Tor adventure sourcebook and Tombs of Gersidi.

  • 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.
  • The Arms of Nargash-Tor adventure sourcebook is included as “bonus” material back in print for the first time in 35 years.
  • Easily adapted to all 2nd Edition rules and sourcebooks.
  • Deluxe hardcover edition. Probably limited to fewer than 1,000 copies.
  • 320 pages total with “bonus” material – $55 retail – Cat. No. 449HC – available now!

Original Palladium Fantasy 1st Edition Foil Hardcover

 

List of Palladium Books® RPG Hardcovers Available Now

 

Palladium PDFs at DriveThruRPG.com

New on DriveThruRPG.com – SALE Nightbane® Urban Fantasy

All Nightbane® and Beyond the Supernatural PDF titles are on SALE. Limited time offer.

NEW! Free Nightbane® RPG Sneak Preview. Many other RPG titles including Dead Reign, Beyond the Supernatural, Rifts® Manhunters, Rifts® Titan Robotics, Lemuria, Yin-Sloth Jungles (Fantasy), and more are also available as free sneak previews. Enjoy.

300+ RPG titles from Palladium Books

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!

  • 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® #1-85. Each issue is a wealth of source material for Rifts® and 3-5 other Palladium game settings. More than 8,600 pages of source material and counting. Most issues are only available in digital form.
  • Palladium Fantasy RPG® titles. 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. All of it epic.
  • Dead Reign® RPG and sourcebooks. The Zombie Apocalypse unleashed. 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.
  • After the Bomb® RPG and sourcebooks. Play anthropomorphic, intelligent, mutant animals as crime-fighting mutants and super-heroes or survivors of a crumbling post-apocalyptic Earth.
  • Ninjas & Superspies™ RPG and the Mystic China™ sourcebook. 41 types of martial arts, ninjas, super-spies, gizmos, mystic powers, and magic in the main book, plus even more in Mystic China.
  • Nightbane® RPG and sourcebooks – Urban Fantasy. Only you know the truth. Only you can see the Nightlords and their demonic minions, and you have the power to stop them. But you must transform into a monster yourself in order to use your powers. Trust no one.
  • Beyond the Supernatural™ RPG and sourcebooks. Modern horror; 14 character classes, 42 occupations for “ordinary people,” 100+ psychic abilities, 16 monsters, and more.
  • 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 (Beyond the Supernatural), zombies (Dead Reign®), The Rifter® sourcebook series, novels, paper minis, and more.

Palladium PDFs at DriveThruRPG.com

 

FUN Podcast Adventures

These fun podcasts are created by Palladium fans like you.

 

Heroes Unlimited™ Christmas Special and the Cozy Caverns Beyond the Supernatural RPG adventure podcasts from the creative minds at www.realplaygamespod.com.

Coming this summer from Real Play Games Podcast: A dozen plus episodes of After the Bomb®: Purrsuit of the Heart, with other good stuff in development like a new story arc for the Beyond the Supernatural inspired Cozy Cavern Mysteries, and more.

 

Rifts® Live Play Podcast is available for your viewing enjoyment – Rifts®: Ghost in the Machine. It is produced and Game Mastered by none other than long-time Palladium freelance artist, Mark Dudley. You can find the first several episodes on Imaginos TV. Click on the link below.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9OKt2SBYwybo_sV8zmdOBSQ1eaJP3rj9

 

Palladium Collectibles – at Kevin’s Online Toy & Collectibles eBay Store

Original artMy 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 Palladium books (they look awesome framed), and other Palladium memorabilia.

Collectibles include Palladium limited edition hardcovers, out of print items, signed books, one-of-a-kind proofreader copies, art prints, posters, comic books, Star Wars toys, superhero action figures, and many other toys and items from my personal collection. Yeah, I used to be a crazy toy and art collector. Hundreds of items. Take a look every weekend or two for new additions.

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. 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. We have been cutting them loose and making them available to you. I am only keeping a few dozen pages of negatives and a few complete books for myself, the rest are all being slowly offered to you, in no particular order.

  • Each negative is truly unique and resembles woodcut art.
  • It is 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 signed in silver ink by Kevin Siembieda, the founder and owner of Palladium Books.
  • Each signed negative comes with a Certificate of Authenticity.
  • A one-of-a-kind work of art and a dynamic conversation piece.
  • Each signed negative is on a white board inside a clear plastic bag.
  • Negatives looks fabulous matted or framed! Fits in an 8×10 inch matt opening. Each neg is roughly 8½ 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, but still look awesome matted or framed.

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

 

Closing Thoughts – The power of belief

It has become a bit cliche to talk about the power of belief and positivity, but I can assure you it is real and it works. Sean and I have a five year business plan to make Palladium Books an RPG powerhouse once again. That takes a lot of planning, work, and coordination fueled by the power of belief.

Belief in the Palladium Intellectual Properties (I.P.s).

Belief in our collective experience and abilities.

Belief in the power of our collective imaginations.

Belief in God and something greater than ourselves.

And belief in you, our fan base; that you’ll support us and spread the word about each new, epic game, sourcebook, and achievement.

Sean would never have moved here to Michigan from Houston, Texas, if he didn’t believe in me, Palladium Books, or that he can make a profound difference. [True story. – Sean]

I would never have invited Sean (and others) to join me in my quest to take Palladium Books and our I.P.s to new heights if I didn’t believe our goals were possible.

You know some of our plans. You have seen our enthusiasm, but you have no idea how big our plans really are. And they are all based upon and fueled by belief, positivity, experience, and our love of role-playing games and you. Sean and I are always saying things like, “The fans are going to go crazy when they see this!” And you will.

Thank you for believing in us and showing your support by purchasing our products and sending us your kind words of encouragement now and during prior difficult times. When the big stuff comes and new products begin to flow, you will not be disappointed. And you will have been party to helping us get it done thanks to your love and belief in us.

For now, enjoy the Nightbane® Urban Fantasy Sale (physical books and PDFs), keep spreading the word about Palladium’s new releases and your favorite Palladium games, and watch for the announcements coming over the next 4 weeks. One of them will be our new Kickstarter project. We hope your weekend is wonderful.

– Kevin Siembieda, Publisher, writer, and friend

 

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Palladium Books® – Weekly Update – September 14, 2023

Update Opening Graphic

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

By Kevin Siembieda and Sean Owen Roberson

Hi, everyone. If you are like many gamers, you are enjoying the last days of summer but already plotting your fall and winter role-playing campaigns.

Yin-Sloth Jungles Revised Dragons and Gods Garden of the Gods

This could be you: “Really didn’t know Palladium Fantasy® was the fantasy RPG Íve been looking for the last 12-14 years! So I’m happy.”

“I have the new Yin-Sloth Jungles to read while waiting [for Titan Robotic rewards overseas] … yeah, ordered directly from you – expensive but worth it… The book is simply amazing. Really like everything so far. Been skimming first, looking at the awesome O.C.C.s. Will order [Yin-Sloth] Expeditions when it’s available together with Dragon & Gods and Garden of Gods. Then with my [Kickstarter] add-ons I will have everything for Palladium Fantasy there is for second edition.”

Thank you, M. for the kind words. They are greatly appreciated and gratifying. These generous comments come from one of Palladium’s Titan Robotics Kickstarter customers who has also recently gotten into Palladium Fantasy. But they could be your sentiments when you give Palladium Fantasy or any of Palladium’s dozen unique world settings a try. So be brave and explore something new. The authors [myself among them – Kevin] put our heart and soul into the Yin-Sloth Expanded Edition. It’s one of our favorite settings. In fact, we love it so much, our “expansion” grew into two sourcebooks! We expect Yin-Sloth Expeditions will meet or exceed expectations as well. Working on it.

Yin-Sloth Jungles Revised at PalladiumBooks.com

Nightbane RPG Nightlands

* What’s hot from Palladium at the moment: A lot. Nightbane® (Urban Fantasy/Horror) caught the eyes of many retailers at the Alliance Open House last weekend. [And Gen Con before that. – Sean] The people most excited about Nightbane® were those familiar with the Urban Fantasy genre, but it also caught the attention of people whether they knew about urban fantasy or not. Everyone was fascinated that the “creatures” on the cover were the good guys, the Nightbane, and that player characters had to turn into monsters to fight monsters. Retailers were also drawn to new releases such as Yin-Sloth Jungles™, Titan Robotics™, The Cyberworks™ Collection and all things Rifts®, Palladium Fantasy®, and Dead Reign® (our demo game).

Nightbane RPG at PalladiumBooks.com

Heroes Unlimited RPG After the Bomb RPG Rifts Titan Robotics

Back at home, our Mutant Mayhem Sale had people snapping up Heroes Unlimited™ and After the Bomb® titles. I am always happy to see people making and playing mutant animals and comic book super-heroes. Yin-Sloth Jungles™ continues to be a top seller and bring additional sales to the Palladium Fantasy RPG® line, just as Titan Robotics™ is helping to generate Rifts® sales. One wonderful new customer bought $600+ worth of Rifts® books! Another bought a third of the Fantasy line, and another bought all the Nightbane® titles. Goes to show, quality doesn’t go out of style. [Hey, that’s my line! – Sean] Thank you, everyone. Please keep the orders coming. We need and appreciate your support.

Heroes Unlimited RPG at PalladiumBooks.com

Rifts Cyberworks Collection

* NEW! The Cyberworks™ Collection – available now – Sales of this book are really starting to pick up as word spreads about how nice it is and convenient to use. It is a big, 384 page Archie extravaganza with all the Cyberworks gear and lore leading up to Titan Robotics at your fingertips. Plus a new index and the remastered art and layout is gorgeous. It features the original Kevin Long Sourcebook One cover and as well as his Mechanoids® painting as the end sheets.

The Cyberworks Collection™ includes the Expanded Rifts® Sourcebook One (with the Republican/NEMA gear and info), Rifts® Sourcebook 2: The Mechanoids®, Rifts® Shemarrian Nation™ Sourcebook, plus key Archie, Hagan, Titan, and Shemarrian information from Rifts® Aftermath. Chock full of robots, weapons, and gear. And when we say remastered we mean high res artwork plus updated layout, editing, and tidbits of surprise material. This book is beautiful. See the full description elsewhere.

Rifts Cyberworks Collection at PalladiumBooks.com

Rifts Titan Robotics

* UPDATE: Titan Robotics™ – This book is definitely a hit as we see purchases for it (and the new Yin-Sloth Jungles) every day. Get a glimpse of what the excitement is all about via the free Sneak Preview now on DriveThruRPG.com – by the way there are free previews of Rifts® Coalition Manhunters, Northern Gun, Yin-Sloth Jungles, Creature Feature, and many other titles as well.

Rifts Titan Robotics at PalladiumBooks.com

* COMING SOON! Palladium’s next Kickstarter should start sometime in October, and it will blow your mind. So please watch for it. This will be the secret project we’ve been quietly putting together for quite some time. [Well, one of them. – Sean] You will be thrilled and don’t want to miss it.

Titan Robotics Kickstarter Update from Sean Owen Roberson

Howdy, Syntharoids. Right before we left for the Alliance trade show, last Thursday, September 7th, we stealth dropped the two remaining Kickstarter core rewards as downloadable PDFs via DriveThruRPG:

  • Savage Titan Robotics Conversion Document
  • Titan Courier Team Intro Adventure (with Pregenerated Characters as we continue provide little surprises for your enjoyment).

I finished it up so last minute, in fact, that I didn’t have time to write an update and even missed a couple of corrections. Said errors have been fixed, and the updated version of both PDFs were sent out as I wrote this Kickstarter Update on Monday. We like including the updates here as well so no backer misses them.

Savage Cyberworks™ – The last remaining item to finish up for y’all is the Savage Cyberworks™ conversion document. This is a bonus reward (we didn’t quite hit the dollar goal) that Kevin and I decided to award to everyone as a Christmas present FOR FREE! (please see Kickstarter update #4). To add bonus to bonus, the talented PK Levine went above and beyond the required to include rules for playing Aberrant Mechanoids® using the Intelligent Construct rules I wrote for Rifts® North America: Empires of Humanity. Our thanks to John Stevens, Patrick Young, and Aaron Burkett as well. They all did solid work that I am polishing up, editing as I do the Savage Cyberworks™ layout.

Titan Robotics™ Foreign Shipping Progress: To be clear, ALL foreign shipping is being handled by Spiral Galaxy in the UK (including Canada and Pacific regions) – they have the hookups with international fulfillment. While that may not always seem to make sense, that’s just how it works. Approximately now-ish (this week) all foreign packages should be finishing their transatlantic voyage and arriving at Spiral Galaxy’s distribution hub. Once they’ve processed them, Spiral Galaxy will be emailing you a more detailed delivery schedule.

– Sean Owen Roberson

Rifts Cyberworks Collection

NEW! Rifts® The Cyberworks Collection Hardcover – Available now

This beautifully re-mastered collection includes the Expanded Rifts® Sourcebook One (with the Republican/NEMA gear and info), Rifts® Sourcebook 2: The Mechanoids® (and Seven Dangers Prophecy), Rifts® Shemarrian Nation Sourcebook, plus key Archie, Hagan, Titan, and Shemarrian information from Rifts® Aftermath.

  • The Cyberworks Collection features must-have ARCHIE-Three™ source material gathered into one, big, easy-to-use hardcover edition.
  • “Re-mastered” means new, cleaned-up artwork, layout, editing, and tidbits of surprise material.
  • Much of the artwork feels like new. Looks great.
  • Chock full of robots, weapons, gear, and monsters.
  • Rifts® Sourcebook One, Revised & Expanded.
  • Rifts® Sourcebook Two: The Mechanoids®.
  • Rifts® Shemarrian Nation™ Sourcebook.
  • Rifts® Aftermath Archie-Three™ source material.
  • 5 page index in the back of the book.
  • Color end sheets. Fan favorite Kevin Long cover.
  • 384 pages – $49.99 retail – color cover hardcover – Cat. No. 900 – available now.

Rifts Cyberworks Collection at PalladiumBooks.com

Rifts Titan Robotics

Rifts® Titan Robotics Sourcebook – AVAILABLE NOW!

Shrouded in secrecy and rumor, the true story of Titan Robotics™ is finally revealed. Part a high-tech toy box, part Secrets of Archie Three, part adventure book with whole new ways to play, and filled with new types of Titan Robotics power armors, giant robots, vehicles, weapons, and gear. Join a Titan Robotics Courier Team and delve into the company’s many secrets, including ARCHIE-3’s plans and program to monitor and manipulate the outside world.

  • Visit the gleaming steel and metal of a Titan Robotics™ showroom, and test-drive their newest models.
  • 18 giant robots.
  • 12 power armors.
  • Weapons, gear and notable vehicles.
  • Gunny’s Depots – arms dealer and part of Titan’s hidden network.
  • Play a Syntharoid sentient human replica android.
  • Play a Titan Dispatcher and join a Titan Robotics Courier Team.
  • Discover ARCHIE and Hagan’s hidden agendas and secret operations.
  • Explore Titan’s shadowy web of informants and how it prospers and grows.
  • Explore alternative time lines, campaign prompts, adventure outlines, intrigue, espionage, and more.
  • Art by Steven Cummings, Charles Walton, and others.
  • Written by Sean Owen Roberson and Matthew Clements.
  • 192 pages – $26.99 retail – Cat. No. 899 – Softcover.

Rifts Titan Robotics at PalladiumBooks.com

Rifts Cyberworks Poker Deck

Cyberworks Poker Deck – AVAILABLE NOW!

The cover art from the original Rifts® Sourcebook One is featured on the back of each card. Color throughout. Attractive and durable.

  • 52 cards, plus red and black Jokers.
  • Face cards feature iconic Rifts® Cyberworks/Archie 3 artwork (Spades: Cyberworks, Hearts: Shemarrians, Clubs: Mechanoids, Diamonds: Titan Robotics).
  • Number cards feature a color energy swirl in the suit and a circuit board pattern.
  • Textured linen cards for a nice touch and durability.
  • Professional quality playing cards.
  • 52 cards plus two Jokers – $14.99 per deck – Cat. No. 2609 – available now!

Rifts Cyberworks Poker Deck at PalladiumBooks.com

Yin-Sloth Jungles Revised

Yin-Sloth Jungles Expanded and Revised – AVAILABLE NOW

It is at the printer and we are told should arrive July 28, just in time for Gen Con – ships July 28. Yin-Sloth Jungles™ presents a setting unlike any other Fantasy RPG and it’s all fun. It opens with an overview and history of the region, followed by nuts and bolts, like skills, poison, and weapons. Players will drool over the 15 truly unique O.C.C.s ideal for jungle adventures and beyond. Players and Game Masters will love the lavishly detailed jungle people and monsters. Then you get a little taste of what’s to follow in Yin-Sloth Expeditions, making it a bit of a player’s guide and bestiary. Ah, but there is magic and strangeness, and your first hints of wild adventures across the sprawling jungle.

  • 15 O.C.C.s, all updated and expanded, making them seem brand new: Beastmaster, Holy Crusader, Jungle Fighter, Man-Catcher, the unique Tezcat and Pygmy Shamans, Spy, Undead Hunter, and Witch Hunter, among others.
  • 18 Jungle People and monsters updated and expanded, plus a few additions, also expanded so they feel like new.
  • New and expanded Shaman Chant magic.
  • New and unique Pygmy Shaman Chant magic.
  • New and expanded history of the Yin-Sloth Jungles.
  • Expanded and clarified weapons, jungle armor, poisons, & more.
  • The Orcish Empire and a few notable cities.
  • All new maps by Phil Stone.
  • Comprehensive double-page map (grayscale) by Will Erwin.
  • Deluxe color map of the region by Will Erwin to be made available separately.
  • Filled with great artwork by Peterson (ROG) and Mike Mumah.
  • Written by Kevin Siembieda, John Klinkel, and Patrick Nowak.
  • 160 pages – $24.99 retail – Cat. No. 459.

Yin-Sloth Jungles Revised at PalladiumBooks.com

Yin-Sloth Expeditions

COMING SOON for Fantasy! Yin-Sloth Expeditions

In depth world information, villains, monsters, strange gods, a lost city, ancient civilizations, dark magic, several fully fleshed out adventures and ideas for a zillion more. Ideal for players and Game Masters alike. There is no place that offers the same range of adventures as the Yin-Sloth Jungles. August or September release.

The Yin-Sloth Jungles are a hostile wilderness filled with the ruins of lost civilizations, forgotten magic, and strange creatures found nowhere else in the world. And it’s all waiting for you to explore!

Expeditions provides more details about the Yin-Sloth Jungles and notable cities, their people, NPCs, hidden dangers, and opportunities for bold adventurers. Discover strange places and exotic beings, unravel mysteries, expose conspiracies, battle unspeakable evil, recover magic artifacts, or champion one of many human and non-human fledgling kingdoms across the jungles.

The original Yin-Sloth Jungles material has all been updated, expanded, and re-mastered from start to finish with additional text, adventures, details, art, and loads of maps (all new). I had forgotten how many exotic locations and great adventures were in the original book, plus ideas for a zillion more. All re-mastered, updated, and expanded for the delight of new and long-time Palladium Fantasy® fans alike.

  • Villains, NPCs, magic items, adventures, and fun galore.
  • Find adventure or become a hired mercenary in the Orcish Empire.
  • Delve into cities like Mishala and others.
  • Retrieve relics from an ancient catacomb of Dragonwright.
  • Stop rebellion and save the city of Terellia.
  • Explore the Lost City of Kor.
  • Brave the madness at Shaldon’s Keep and save a village.
  • Confirm rumors of a kingdom of monsters forming at the Great Fire Bog.
  • Discover what evil lurks in the tomb of Gavin.
  • Investigate a sect of Sea Giants restoring the city of Freedara.
  • Unearth ancient secrets, face eldritch evil, battle the undead, fight giants and monsters, stand against a wicked dragon, and face all manner of beasts and challenges.
  • 10 adventures and countless ideas for more.
  • 30+ new maps by Phil Stone and dynamic artwork throughout.
  • Written by Kevin Siembieda, John Klinkel, and Patrick Nowak.
  • 160-192 pages – final size and price yet to be determined – Cat. No. 460 – in final editing. Goes into layout soon.

Original Palladium Fantasy 1st Edition Foil Hardcover

BACK in STOCK! “Original” Palladium Fantasy RPG® “Bonus” Edition Commemorative Hardcover, 1st Edition – Available now

The ever popular Original Palladium Fantasy RPG® Commemorative Bonus Hardcover (first edition rules) is back in print. It is a deluxe, foil stamped edition that presents the original, First Edition Fantasy rules, expanded with the inclusion of the long out-of-print Arms of Nargash-Tor adventure sourcebook and Tombs of Gersidi.

  • 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.
  • The Arms of Nargash-Tor adventure sourcebook is included as “bonus” material back in print for the first time in 35 years.
  • Easily adapted to all 2nd Edition rules and sourcebooks.
  • Deluxe hardcover edition. Probably limited to fewer than 1,000 copies.
  • 320 pages total with “bonus” material – $55 retail – Cat. No. 449HC – available now!

Original Palladium Fantasy 1st Edition Foil Hardcover

List of Palladium Books® RPG Hardcovers Available Now

DriveThruRPG.com – 300+ RPG titles from Palladium Books

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!

NEW! FREE Yin-Sloth Jungles Expanded Sneak Preview is available on DriveThru for your viewing enjoyment. A fantasy setting, heroes and creatures unlike any other. And look for many other free sneak previews of Palladium titles like Rifts® Coalition Manhunters, Northern Gun, Creature Feature, Dead Reign, and others.

Coming Soon – A free preview of the Nightbane® RPG (Urban Fantasy).

  • 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® #1-85. Each issue is a wealth of source material for Rifts® and 3-5 other Palladium game settings. More than 8,600 pages of source material and counting. Most issues are only available in digital form.
  • Palladium Fantasy RPG® titles. 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. All of it epic.
  • Dead Reign® RPG and sourcebooks. The Zombie Apocalypse unleashed. 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.
  • After the Bomb® RPG and sourcebooks. Play anthropomorphic, intelligent, mutant animals as crime-fighting mutants and super-heroes or survivors of a crumbling post-apocalyptic Earth.
  • Ninjas & Superspies™ RPG and the Mystic China™ sourcebook. 41 types of martial arts, ninjas, super-spies, gizmos, mystic powers, and magic in the main book, plus even more in Mystic China.
  • Nightbane® RPG and sourcebooks – Urban Fantasy. Only you know the truth. Only you can see the Nightlords and their demonic minions, and you have the power to stop them. But you must transform into a monster yourself in order to use your powers. Trust no one.
  • Beyond the Supernatural™ RPG and sourcebooks. Modern horror; 14 character classes, 42 occupations for “ordinary people,” 100+ psychic abilities, 16 monsters, and more.
  • 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 (Beyond the Supernatural), zombies (Dead Reign®), The Rifter® sourcebook series, novels, paper minis, and more.

Palladium PDFs at DriveThruRPG.com

FUN Podcast Adventures

These fun podcasts are created by Palladium fans like you.

Heroes Unlimited™ Christmas Special and the Cozy Caverns Beyond the Supernatural RPG adventure podcasts from the creative minds at www.realplaygamespod.com.

Coming this summer from Real Play Games Podcast: A dozen plus episodes of After the Bomb®: Purrsuit of the Heart, with other good stuff in development like a new story arc for the Beyond the Supernatural inspired Cozy Cavern Mysteries, and more.

Rifts® Live Play Podcast is available for your viewing enjoyment – Rifts®: Ghost in the Machine. It is produced and Game Mastered by none other than long-time Palladium freelance artist, Mark Dudley. You can find the first several episodes on Imaginos TV. Click on the link below.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9OKt2SBYwybo_sV8zmdOBSQ1eaJP3rj9

Palladium Collectibles – at Kevin’s Online Toy & Collectibles eBay Store

Original artMy 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 Palladium books (they look awesome framed), and other Palladium memorabilia.

Collectibles include Palladium limited edition hardcovers, out of print items, signed books, one-of-a-kind proofreader copies, art prints, posters, comic books, Star Wars toys, superhero action figures, and many other toys and items from my personal collection. Yeah, I used to be a crazy toy and art collector. Hundreds of items. Take a look every weekend or two for new additions.

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. 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. We have been cutting them loose and making them available to you. I am only keeping a few dozen pages of negatives and a few complete books for myself, the rest are all being slowly offered to you, in no particular order.

  • Each negative is truly unique and resembles woodcut art.
  • It is 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 signed in silver ink by Kevin Siembieda, the founder and owner of Palladium Books.
  • Each signed negative comes with a Certificate of Authenticity.
  • A one-of-a-kind work of art and a dynamic conversation piece.
  • Each signed negative is on a white board inside a clear plastic bag.
  • Negatives looks fabulous matted or framed! Fits in an 8×10 inch matt opening. Each neg is roughly 8½ 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, but still look awesome matted or framed.

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

Closing Thoughts – Live, Love, Game On

Live every day like your last and make sure the people you love know how much they mean to you. Leave nothing unsaid. Be real. Be present. And enjoy the people and things you love and bring you joy. In the case of us crazy gamers, that includes the games we love and the wonderful people we play them with, in addition to friends and family. They may infuriate us at times, but you know you love them. Please make sure they know that you do.

This is coming from another reminder that life is precious and all too short.

Sean’s beloved Aunt Melinda – one of his mother’s sisters – passed away. This is a beautiful, close-knit family, and Melinda was precious to them all. The dear woman had been battling cancer for some time and she was in hospice with plans for her to continue hospice at home. Consequently, nobody expected her to pass quite so soon. Yes, perhaps it is true she is no longer suffering, but that doesn’t make the family’s loss and the deep hole they each now bear any less painful.

Though I never met Melinda, I feel the family’s loss as if it were my own. I feel like I know Sean’s mother Yvonne and stepfather Larry very well. They have welcomed me with open arms into their lovely home and I have welcomed them into the world of Palladium Books. They feel like members of my own family.

My heartfelt sympathy goes out to you, Sean, Yvonne, Larry, and the entire family. I’m afraid nothing I can say can assuage your pain, but I’m here for you whenever you need me. I wish I could be there with you for Melinda’s Celebration of Life this weekend, but with everything going on here, someone has to hold down the fort in Palladiumville. I am there with you in spirit.

I’m no stranger to loss, and I am reminded of the loved ones I have lost. So I want to remind you that, while it may not seem like it now, in time, the pain will soften and you’ll find that only fond memories of Melinda remain. Memories that will make you smile and feel blessed for having had her in your lives. I hope none of you feel regret. I know you were all there for her and she knew how much you all loved her. Please take care of each other and yourselves during this time of grief. And thank you for letting me into your family. I love you. [Thank you, Kev. – Sean]

That goes for everyone reading this. We love and appreciate you, our fans, friends, and family. Thank you for keeping Palladium Books alive with your patronage. Thank you for your kind words like those that opened this Update. Thank you for the support you show us in so many ways from purchases to friendly emails and Help Desk tickets, to your handshakes, hugs, and well wishes for me, Sean, and the company at conventions. Thank you, for your friendship and for being part of the Palladium family. We truly and sincerely value every one of you. You help make our lives richer and more joyful.

Please continue to enjoy our games and share our worlds of role-playing with the friends and family you love. And strangers too! I like to think we are all like Johnny Appleseed sowing the seeds of role-playing wonder to people young and old across the globe. Encouraging people to unleash their imaginations in all kinds of beautiful ways. With love and respect.

– Kevin Siembieda, Publisher, writer, and friend

© 2023 Palladium Books Inc. All rights reserved.

Rifts®, The Rifter®, RECON®, Splicers®, Powers Unlimited®, Palladium Books®, The Palladium Fantasy Role-Playing Game®, Phase World®, Nightbane®, Megaverse®, The Mechanoids®, The Mechanoid Invasion®, Coalition Wars®, Chaos Earth®, Dead Reign®, and After the Bomb® are Registered Trademarks of Palladium Books Inc.; Beyond the Supernatural, Coalition States, Garden of the Gods, Heroes Unlimited, Ninjas & Superspies, Minion War, Mysteries of Magic, Psychic Scream, SAMAS, Thundercloud Galaxy, Three Galaxies, Vampire Kingdoms, and other published book titles, names, slogans and likenesses are trademarks of Palladium Books Inc., and Kevin Siembieda.

This press release may be reprinted, reposted, linked and shared for the sole purpose of advertising, promotion and sales solicitation.

Palladium Books® – Weekly Update – September 7, 2023

Update Opening Graphic

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

By Kevin Siembieda and Sean Owen Roberson

I hope many of you enjoyed a pleasant, long Labor Day weekend. We are happy you sure enjoyed the sale. Thank you for your support and the kind words sent to us by many of you. If you liked that sale, you are gonna love our new sale, so check it out and enjoy.

After working through the weekend, Sean and Wayne unchained me from my desk. I thought it was for my daily walk or perhaps a day off, but now they are loading me in the car and we’re heading off to the Alliance Trade Show. Alliance is Palladium’s largest distributor and the event gives us a chance to meet and demo games to hundreds of retailers. It’s an excellent event we enjoy. But guys, can’t I go home and shower and shave first? What? No, because I might escape? Come on guys, I need a little break. Oof … okay, okay I’m in the car.

* NEW Sale! Palladium Mutant Mayhem Sale. Many titles half price! We saw and enjoyed the TMNT®: Mutant Mayhem movie and thought we should unleash some mayhem of our own with a new fun sale. All After the Bomb® and some Heroes Unlimited titles are on sale at unbelievable prices. Enjoy savings from 20-60% off. Now that’s good mayhem. Or is it madness? Bwahahaha. The same titles are on sale at DriveThruRPG as PDF books.

* NEW on DriveThruRPG.com – Titan Robotics™ Sneak Preview and it is FREE. Check it out.

Rifts Titan Robotics Sneak Preview at DriveThruRPG.com

* NEW! The Cyberworks Collection™ – available now – Sales on this book are really starting to pick up as word spreads about how nice it is and convenient to use. It is a big, 384 page Archie extravaganza with all the Cyberworks gear and lore leading up to Titan Robotics at your fingertips. Plus a new index and the remastered art and layout is gorgeous. It features the original Kevin Long Sourcebook One cover and as well as his Mechanoids® painting as the end sheets.

The Cyberworks Collection™ includes the Expanded Rifts® Sourcebook One (with the Republican/NEMA gear and info), Rifts® Sourcebook 2: The Mechanoids®, Rifts® Shemarrian Nation™ Sourcebook, plus key Archie, Hagan, Titan, and Shemarrian information from Rifts® Aftermath. Chock full of robots, weapons, and gear. And when we say remastered we mean high res artwork plus updated layout, editing, and tidbits of surprise material. This book is beautiful. See the full description elsewhere.

Rifts Cyberworks Collection at PalladiumBooks.com

* UPDATE: Titan Robotics™ – This book is definitely a hit as we see purchases for it (and the new Yin-Sloth Jungles) every day. Get a glimpse of what the excitement is all about via the free Sneak Preview now on DriveThruRPG.com – by the way there are free previews of Rifts® Coalition Manhunters, Northern Gun, Yin-Sloth Jungles, Creature Feature, and many other titles as well.

Rifts Titan Robotics at PalladiumBooks.com

* UPDATE: Yin-Sloth Jungles™ Expanded and Revised (Fantasy) is another one of our best-selling recent releases. That is very gratifying as we worked our tails off to make this fan favorite fantasy title everything it deserves to be. The free Sneak Previews of Yin-Sloth Jungles and other titles can be found on DriveThruRPG. The companion book, Yin-Sloth Expeditions, filled with locations, adventures and maps, is being written.

Yin-Sloth Jungles Revised at PalladiumBooks.com

* What’s hot from Palladium at the moment: Heroes Unlimited™, all the hardcover core books, Palladium Fantasy RPG®, Dead Reign® RPG, Nightbane® (Urban Fantasy/Horror), and all things Rifts®. And because Heroes Unlimited™ has suddenly heated up, we thought we’d give it more juice with the new Mutant Mayhem Sale which includes a few HU titles and all After Bomb® books. Enjoy and thank you for your support.

Rifts Titan Robotics at PalladiumBooks.com

* COMING SOON! If all goes well, Palladium’s next Kickstarter will start sometime in October, so please watch for it. This will be the secret project we’ve been quietly putting together for quite some time. [Well, one of them. – Sean] You will be thrilled and will not want to miss it.

* UPDATE: Savage Worlds Conversions for our Kickstarter Backers: Sean has been chiseling away on the Titan Robotics™ conversions (and stretch goal adventure?) which should be going out soon. The Cyberworks™ Collection conversion documents for Savage Worlds should follow in a few weeks.

Mutant Mayhem Sale

NEW! Palladium Mutant Mayhem SALE – Heroes Unlimited, After the Bomb® titles, and more – 20-60% off

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles®: Mutant Mayhem movie is a thrill ride for all ages. It inspired us to create some exciting mayhem with Palladium’s own mutants and super-heroes. A sale we’re calling Palladium Mutant Mayhem! All After the Bomb® titles and more on sale at discounts of 20-60% off. Now that’s mayhem – or is it madness? Bhawahahah.

Sale Items at PalladiumBooks.com

Rifts Cyberworks Collection

NEW! Rifts® The Cyberworks Collection Hardcover – Available now

This beautifully re-mastered collection includes the Expanded Rifts® Sourcebook One (with the Republican/NEMA gear and info), Rifts® Sourcebook 2: The Mechanoids® (and Seven Dangers Prophecy), Rifts® Shemarrian Nation Sourcebook, plus key Archie, Hagan, Titan, and Shemarrian information from Rifts® Aftermath.

  • The Cyberworks Collection features must-have ARCHIE-Three™ source material gathered into one, big, easy-to-use hardcover edition.
  • “Re-mastered” means new, cleaned-up artwork, layout, editing, and tidbits of surprise material.
  • Much of the artwork feels like new. Looks great.
  • Chock full of robots, weapons, gear, and monsters.
  • Rifts® Sourcebook One, Revised & Expanded.
  • Rifts® Sourcebook Two: The Mechanoids®.
  • Rifts® Shemarrian Nation™ Sourcebook.
  • Rifts® Aftermath Archie-Three™ source material.
  • 5 page index in the back of the book.
  • Color end sheets. Fan favorite Kevin Long cover.
  • 384 pages – $49.99 retail – color cover hardcover – Cat. No. 900 – available now.

Rifts Cyberworks Collection at PalladiumBooks.com

Rifts Titan Robotics

Rifts® Titan Robotics Sourcebook – AVAILABLE NOW!

Shrouded in secrecy and rumor, the true story of Titan Robotics™ is finally revealed. Part a high-tech toy box, part Secrets of Archie Three, part adventure book with whole new ways to play, and filled with new types of Titan Robotics power armors, giant robots, vehicles, weapons, and gear. Join a Titan Robotics Courier Team and delve into the company’s many secrets, including ARCHIE-3’s plans and program to monitor and manipulate the outside world.

  • Visit the gleaming steel and metal of a Titan Robotics™ showroom, and test-drive their newest models.
  • 18 giant robots.
  • 12 power armors.
  • Weapons, gear and notable vehicles.
  • Gunny’s Depots – arms dealer and part of Titan’s hidden network.
  • Play a Syntharoid sentient human replica android.
  • Play a Titan Dispatcher and join a Titan Robotics Courier Team.
  • Discover ARCHIE and Hagan’s hidden agendas and secret operations.
  • Explore Titan’s shadowy web of informants and how it prospers and grows.
  • Explore alternative time lines, campaign prompts, adventure outlines, intrigue, espionage, and more.
  • Art by Steven Cummings, Charles Walton, and others.
  • Written by Sean Owen Roberson and Matthew Clements.
  • 192 pages – $26.99 retail – Cat. No. 899 – Softcover.

Rifts Titan Robotics at PalladiumBooks.com

Rifts Cyberworks Poker Deck

Cyberworks Poker Deck – AVAILABLE NOW!

The cover art from the original Rifts® Sourcebook One is featured on the back of each card. Color throughout. Attractive and durable.

  • 52 cards, plus red and black Jokers.
  • Face cards feature iconic Rifts® Cyberworks/Archie 3 artwork (Spades: Cyberworks, Hearts: Shemarrians, Clubs: Mechanoids, Diamonds: Titan Robotics).
  • Number cards feature a color energy swirl in the suit and a circuit board pattern.
  • Textured linen cards for a nice touch and durability.
  • Professional quality playing cards.
  • 52 cards plus two Jokers – $14.99 per deck – Cat. No. 2609 – available now!

Rifts Cyberworks Poker Deck at PalladiumBooks.com

Yin-Sloth Jungles Revised

Yin-Sloth Jungles Expanded and Revised – AVAILABLE NOW

It is at the printer and we are told should arrive July 28, just in time for Gen Con – ships July 28. Yin-Sloth Jungles™ presents a setting unlike any other Fantasy RPG and it’s all fun. It opens with an overview and history of the region, followed by nuts and bolts, like skills, poison, and weapons. Players will drool over the 15 truly unique O.C.C.s ideal for jungle adventures and beyond. Players and Game Masters will love the lavishly detailed jungle people and monsters. Then you get a little taste of what’s to follow in Yin-Sloth Expeditions, making it a bit of a player’s guide and bestiary. Ah, but there is magic and strangeness, and your first hints of wild adventures across the sprawling jungle.

  • 15 O.C.C.s, all updated and expanded, making them seem brand new: Beastmaster, Holy Crusader, Jungle Fighter, Man-Catcher, the unique Tezcat and Pygmy Shamans, Spy, Undead Hunter, and Witch Hunter, among others.
  • 18 Jungle People and monsters updated and expanded, plus a few additions, also expanded so they feel like new.
  • New and expanded Shaman Chant magic.
  • New and unique Pygmy Shaman Chant magic.
  • New and expanded history of the Yin-Sloth Jungles.
  • Expanded and clarified weapons, jungle armor, poisons, & more.
  • The Orcish Empire and a few notable cities.
  • All new maps by Phil Stone.
  • Comprehensive double-page map (grayscale) by Will Erwin.
  • Deluxe color map of the region by Will Erwin to be made available separately.
  • Filled with great artwork by Peterson (ROG) and Mike Mumah.
  • Written by Kevin Siembieda, John Klinkel, and Patrick Nowak.
  • 160 pages – $24.99 retail – Cat. No. 459.

Yin-Sloth Jungles Revised at PalladiumBooks.com

Yin-Sloth Expeditions

COMING SOON for Fantasy! Yin-Sloth Expeditions

In depth world information, villains, monsters, strange gods, a lost city, ancient civilizations, dark magic, several fully fleshed out adventures and ideas for a zillion more. Ideal for players and Game Masters alike. There is no place that offers the same range of adventures as the Yin-Sloth Jungles. August or September release.

The Yin-Sloth Jungles are a hostile wilderness filled with the ruins of lost civilizations, forgotten magic, and strange creatures found nowhere else in the world. And it’s all waiting for you to explore!

Expeditions provides more details about the Yin-Sloth Jungles and notable cities, their people, NPCs, hidden dangers, and opportunities for bold adventurers. Discover strange places and exotic beings, unravel mysteries, expose conspiracies, battle unspeakable evil, recover magic artifacts, or champion one of many human and non-human fledgling kingdoms across the jungles.

The original Yin-Sloth Jungles material has all been updated, expanded, and re-mastered from start to finish with additional text, adventures, details, art, and loads of maps (all new). I had forgotten how many exotic locations and great adventures were in the original book, plus ideas for a zillion more. All re-mastered, updated, and expanded for the delight of new and long-time Palladium Fantasy® fans alike.

  • Villains, NPCs, magic items, adventures, and fun galore.
  • Find adventure or become a hired mercenary in the Orcish Empire.
  • Delve into cities like Mishala and others.
  • Retrieve relics from an ancient catacomb of Dragonwright.
  • Stop rebellion and save the city of Terellia.
  • Explore the Lost City of Kor.
  • Brave the madness at Shaldon’s Keep and save a village.
  • Confirm rumors of a kingdom of monsters forming at the Great Fire Bog.
  • Discover what evil lurks in the tomb of Gavin.
  • Investigate a sect of Sea Giants restoring the city of Freedara.
  • Unearth ancient secrets, face eldritch evil, battle the undead, fight giants and monsters, stand against a wicked dragon, and face all manner of beasts and challenges.
  • 10 adventures and countless ideas for more.
  • 30+ new maps by Phil Stone and dynamic artwork throughout.
  • Written by Kevin Siembieda, John Klinkel, and Patrick Nowak.
  • 160-192 pages – final size and price yet to be determined – Cat. No. 460 – in final editing. Goes into layout soon.

Original Palladium Fantasy 1st Edition Foil Hardcover

BACK in STOCK! “Original” Palladium Fantasy RPG® “Bonus” Edition Commemorative Hardcover, 1st Edition – Available now

The ever popular Original Palladium Fantasy RPG® Commemorative Bonus Hardcover (first edition rules) is back in print. It is a deluxe, foil stamped edition that presents the original, First Edition Fantasy rules, expanded with the inclusion of the long out-of-print Arms of Nargash-Tor adventure sourcebook and Tombs of Gersidi.

  • 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.
  • The Arms of Nargash-Tor adventure sourcebook is included as “bonus” material back in print for the first time in 35 years.
  • Easily adapted to all 2nd Edition rules and sourcebooks.
  • Deluxe hardcover edition. Probably limited to fewer than 1,000 copies.
  • 320 pages total with “bonus” material – $55 retail – Cat. No. 449HC – available now!

Original Palladium Fantasy 1st Edition Foil Hardcover

List of Palladium Books® RPG Hardcovers Available Now

Palladium PDFs at DriveThruRPG.com

New on DriveThruRPG – SALE! Palladium Mutant Mayhem Sale

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles®: Mutant Mayhem movie is a thrill ride hit for all ages and it inspired us to create mayhem with Palladium’s own mutants and super-heroes: The Palladium Mutant Mayhem SALE! All After the Bomb® titles, some Heroes Unlimited, and more on sale. Enjoy.

NEW! FREE sneak preview of Yin-Sloth Jungles Expanded is available on DriveThru for your viewing enjoyment. A fantasy setting, heroes and creatures unlike any other.

Discover the Palladium Megaverse® – 300+ titles available …

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!

  • 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® #1-85. Each issue is a wealth of source material for Rifts® and 3-5 other Palladium game settings. More than 8,600 pages of source material and counting. Most issues are only available in digital form.
  • Palladium Fantasy RPG® titles. 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. All of it epic.
  • Dead Reign® RPG and sourcebooks. The Zombie Apocalypse unleashed. 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.
  • After the Bomb® RPG and sourcebooks. Play anthropomorphic, intelligent, mutant animals as crime-fighting mutants and super-heroes or survivors of a crumbling post-apocalyptic Earth.
  • Ninjas & Superspies™ RPG and the Mystic China™ sourcebook. 41 types of martial arts, ninjas, super-spies, gizmos, mystic powers, and magic in the main book, plus even more in Mystic China.
  • Nightbane® RPG and sourcebooks – Urban Fantasy. Only you know the truth. Only you can see the Nightlords and their demonic minions, and you have the power to stop them. But you must transform into a monster yourself in order to use your powers. Trust no one.
  • Beyond the Supernatural™ RPG and sourcebooks. Modern horror; 14 character classes, 42 occupations for “ordinary people,” 100+ psychic abilities, 16 monsters, and more.
  • 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 (Beyond the Supernatural), zombies (Dead Reign®), The Rifter® sourcebook series, novels, paper minis, and more.

Palladium PDFs at DriveThruRPG.com

FUN Podcast Adventures

These fun podcasts are created by Palladium fans like you.

Heroes Unlimited™ Christmas Special and the Cozy Caverns Beyond the Supernatural RPG adventure podcasts from the creative minds at www.realplaygamespod.com.

Coming this summer from Real Play Games Podcast: A dozen plus episodes of After the Bomb®: Purrsuit of the Heart, with other good stuff in development like a new story arc for the Beyond the Supernatural inspired Cozy Cavern Mysteries, and more.

Rifts® Live Play Podcast is available for your viewing enjoyment – Rifts®: Ghost in the Machine. It is produced and Game Mastered by none other than long-time Palladium freelance artist, Mark Dudley. You can find the first several episodes on Imaginos TV. Click on the link below.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9OKt2SBYwybo_sV8zmdOBSQ1eaJP3rj9

Palladium Collectibles – at Kevin’s Online Toy & Collectibles eBay Store

Original artMy 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 Palladium books (they look awesome framed), and other Palladium memorabilia.

Collectibles include Palladium limited edition hardcovers, out of print items, signed books, one-of-a-kind proofreader copies, art prints, posters, comic books, Star Wars toys, superhero action figures, and many other toys and items from my personal collection. Yeah, I used to be a crazy toy and art collector. Hundreds of items. Take a look every weekend or two for new additions.

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. 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. We have been cutting them loose and making them available to you. I am only keeping a few dozen pages of negatives and a few complete books for myself, the rest are all being slowly offered to you, in no particular order.

  • Each negative is truly unique and resembles woodcut art.
  • It is 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 signed in silver ink by Kevin Siembieda, the founder and owner of Palladium Books.
  • Each signed negative comes with a Certificate of Authenticity.
  • A one-of-a-kind work of art and a dynamic conversation piece.
  • Each signed negative is on a white board inside a clear plastic bag.
  • Negatives looks fabulous matted or framed! Fits in an 8×10 inch matt opening. Each neg is roughly 8½ 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, but still look awesome matted or framed.

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

Closing Thoughts – Chained to my desk

I’ve been joking about being chained to my desk and though no one really has me physically bound to my desk, I have been pretty glued to it. That choice is mine as I work on several projects. Actually, we are all pulling long hours as we work on several exciting projects. Yin-Sloth™ Expeditions is one of my priorities, as is our Top Secret project. Rifts® Bestiary Volume 2 and Rifts® Antarctica are also high priority projects.

Meanwhile, Sean has been diligently finalizing the Kickstarter conversions of Rifts® Titan Robotics™ and Cyberworks Collection for Savage Worlds. The stretch goal adventure too.

Everyone has been giving various projects their all. I love that it’s not just me and Sean that are dedicated to making Palladium stronger than ever before and working hard.

Retailers, if you are coming to the Alliance Open House event please stop by Palladium Booth #405 and bring us books to sign for you or your customers. Sean, Wayne and I will be present to chat and sign books. We also have some free swag available at our booth.

The rest of you, please enjoy Palladium’s Mutant Mayhem Sale! It will probably only run till next Wednesday, but order now before other things get in the way and you forget. Or are only we that busy? You should see my To Do Lists every morning. [No, really. It’s bad. – Sean] Enjoy the sale, build some mutant heroes and superhumans to create your own role-playing mayhem of fun and adventure. Thanks for your support and unleash those imaginations.

– Kevin Siembieda, Publisher, writer, and friend

© 2023 Palladium Books Inc. All rights reserved.

Rifts®, The Rifter®, RECON®, Splicers®, Powers Unlimited®, Palladium Books®, The Palladium Fantasy Role-Playing Game®, Phase World®, Nightbane®, Megaverse®, The Mechanoids®, The Mechanoid Invasion®, Coalition Wars®, Chaos Earth®, Dead Reign®, and After the Bomb® are Registered Trademarks of Palladium Books Inc.; Beyond the Supernatural, Coalition States, Garden of the Gods, Heroes Unlimited, Ninjas & Superspies, Minion War, Mysteries of Magic, Psychic Scream, SAMAS, Thundercloud Galaxy, Three Galaxies, Vampire Kingdoms, and other published book titles, names, slogans and likenesses are trademarks of Palladium Books Inc., and Kevin Siembieda.

This press release may be reprinted, reposted, linked and shared for the sole purpose of advertising, promotion and sales solicitation.

Palladium Books® – Weekly Update – August 31, 2023

Update Opening Graphic

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

By Kevin Siembieda and Sean Owen Roberson

Happy Labor Day. We hope those of you in the USA are able to enjoy a long, fun-filled Labor Day holiday weekend. I saw Wayne and Alex pulling out the chains and shackles they use to lock me at my desk on weekends. When I protested that the holiday was coming, they claimed that Labor Day was a celebration of “labor” and meant I had to work extra long hours the entire weekend and Monday. Somehow this requirement did not apply to them or Sean, however. Oh no, here come the chains!

 

* SALE Extended and Expanded! Half price art prints EXTENDED through the holiday weekend. Art books added to sale: Rifts® Coloring Book, Rifts® Machination of Doom, Rifts® & the Megaverse®: Art of John Zeleznik and Future Visions ALL 50% off through the holiday weekend. Sale ends Tuesday, after midnight! Decorate your gaming area, collect them, or buy them as gifts.

 

* NEW on DriveThruRPG.com – Titan Robotics™ Sneak Preview and it is FREE. Check it out.

Rifts Titan Robotics Sneak Preview at DriveThruRPG.com

 

* NEW! The Cyberworks Collection – available now – This book is epic and a must even for those who own every book it collects into one, big, 384 page Archie extravaganza. Why? 1. Everything Archie is at your fingertips. 2. The remastered art and layout is gorgeous. 3. The original Kevin Long cover and Mechanoid end sheets.

The Cyberworks Collection includes the Expanded Rifts® Sourcebook One (with the Republican/NEMA gear and info), Rifts® Sourcebook 2: The Mechanoids®, Rifts® Shemarrian Nation™ Sourcebook, plus key Archie, Hagan, Titan, and Shemarrian information from Rifts® Aftermath. Chock full of robots, weapons, and gear. And when we say remastered we mean high res artwork plus updated layout, editing, and tidbits of surprise material. This book is beautiful. See the full description elsewhere.

Rifts Cyberworks Collection at PalladiumBooks.com

 

* UPDATE: Titan Robotics™ – We are very happy that you are loving Titan Robotics. If you are still on the fence, see the free Sneak Preview now on DriveThruRPG.com and there are free previews of Rifts® Coalition Manhunters, Northern Gun, Yin-Sloth Jungles, and many other titles as well.

Rifts Titan Robotics at PalladiumBooks.com

 

* UPDATE: Yin-Sloth Jungles™ Expanded and Revised also continues to get excitedly positive reviews and is selling like crazy. Thank you and enjoy. The free Sneak Previews of Yin-Sloth Jungles and other titles can be found on DriveThru.

Yin-Sloth Jungles Revised at PalladiumBooks.com

 

* UPDATE: We continue to move many projects forward: Yin-Sloth™ Expeditions, Rifts® Bestiary Volume 2, Rifts® Antarctica, the Rifts® Titan Robotics™ and Cyberworks Collection Savage Worlds conversion PDFs, and more. That includes our Top Secret project and some opportunities that have come our way these past several months.

 

* What’s hot from Palladium at the moment: Heroes Unlimited™, all the hardcover core books, Palladium Fantasy RPG®, Dead Reign® RPG, Nightbane® (Urban Fantasy/Horror), and all things Rifts®. Thank you, we need and appreciate your support.

Rifts Titan Robotics at PalladiumBooks.com

 

* COMING SOON! If all goes well, Palladium’s next Kickstarter will start sometime in October, so please watch for it. This will be the secret project we’ve been quietly putting together for quite some time. You will be thrilled and will not want to miss it.

 

* UPDATE: Savage Worlds Conversions for our Kickstarter Backers: Sean has been hard at work on these and I think he said something about the Titan Robotics conversions going out soon. [Spoiler: I did. – Sean] And the Cyberworks Collection conversion documents for Savage Worlds should follow in a few weeks.

 

Art Print Sale

NEW! Art Print SALE Expanded to include Art Books – ALL Half Price – this weekend only!

Sale Items at PalladiumBooks.com

 

Rifts Cyberworks Collection

NEW! Rifts® The Cyberworks Collection Hardcover – Available now

This beautifully re-mastered collection includes the Expanded Rifts® Sourcebook One (with the Republican/NEMA gear and info), Rifts® Sourcebook 2: The Mechanoids® (and Seven Dangers Prophecy), Rifts® Shemarrian Nation Sourcebook, plus key Archie, Hagan, Titan, and Shemarrian information from Rifts® Aftermath.

  • The Cyberworks Collection features must-have ARCHIE-Three™ source material gathered into one, big, easy-to-use hardcover edition.
  • “Re-mastered” means new, cleaned-up artwork, layout, editing, and tidbits of surprise material.
  • Much of the artwork feels like new. Looks great.
  • Chock full of robots, weapons, gear, and monsters.
  • Rifts® Sourcebook One, Revised & Expanded.
  • Rifts® Sourcebook Two: The Mechanoids®.
  • Rifts® Shemarrian Nation™ Sourcebook.
  • Rifts® Aftermath Archie-Three™ source material.
  • 5 page index in the back of the book.
  • Color end sheets. Fan favorite Kevin Long cover.
  • 384 pages – $49.99 retail – color cover hardcover – Cat. No. 900 – available now.

Rifts Cyberworks Collection at PalladiumBooks.com

 

Rifts Titan Robotics

Rifts® Titan Robotics Sourcebook – AVAILABLE NOW!

Shrouded in secrecy and rumor, the true story of Titan Robotics™ is finally revealed. Part a high-tech toy box, part Secrets of Archie Three, part adventure book with whole new ways to play, and filled with new types of Titan Robotics power armors, giant robots, vehicles, weapons, and gear. Join a Titan Robotics Courier Team and delve into the company’s many secrets, including ARCHIE-3’s plans and program to monitor and manipulate the outside world.

  • Visit the gleaming steel and metal of a Titan Robotics™ showroom, and test-drive their newest models.
  • 18 giant robots.
  • 12 power armors.
  • Weapons, gear and notable vehicles.
  • Gunny’s Depots – arms dealer and part of Titan’s hidden network.
  • Play a Syntharoid sentient human replica android.
  • Play a Titan Dispatcher and join a Titan Robotics Courier Team.
  • Discover ARCHIE and Hagan’s hidden agendas and secret operations.
  • Explore Titan’s shadowy web of informants and how it prospers and grows.
  • Explore alternative time lines, campaign prompts, adventure outlines, intrigue, espionage, and more.
  • Art by Steven Cummings, Charles Walton, and others.
  • Written by Sean Owen Roberson and Matthew Clements.
  • 192 pages – $26.99 retail – Cat. No. 899 – Softcover.

Rifts Titan Robotics at PalladiumBooks.com

 

Rifts Cyberworks Poker Deck

Cyberworks Poker Deck – AVAILABLE NOW!

The cover art from the original Rifts® Sourcebook One is featured on the back of each card. Color throughout. Attractive and durable.

  • 52 cards, plus red and black Jokers.
  • Face cards feature iconic Rifts® Cyberworks/Archie 3 artwork (Spades: Cyberworks, Hearts: Shemarrians, Clubs: Mechanoids, Diamonds: Titan Robotics).
  • Number cards feature a color energy swirl in the suit and a circuit board pattern.
  • Textured linen cards for a nice touch and durability.
  • Professional quality playing cards.
  • 52 cards plus two Jokers – $14.99 per deck – Cat. No. 2609 – available now!

Rifts Cyberworks Poker Deck at PalladiumBooks.com

 

Yin-Sloth Jungles Revised

Yin-Sloth Jungles Expanded and Revised – AVAILABLE NOW

It is at the printer and we are told should arrive July 28, just in time for Gen Con – ships July 28. Yin-Sloth Jungles™ presents a setting unlike any other Fantasy RPG and it’s all fun. It opens with an overview and history of the region, followed by nuts and bolts, like skills, poison, and weapons. Players will drool over the 15 truly unique O.C.C.s ideal for jungle adventures and beyond. Players and Game Masters will love the lavishly detailed jungle people and monsters. Then you get a little taste of what’s to follow in Yin-Sloth Expeditions, making it a bit of a player’s guide and bestiary. Ah, but there is magic and strangeness, and your first hints of wild adventures across the sprawling jungle.

  • 15 O.C.C.s, all updated and expanded, making them seem brand new: Beastmaster, Holy Crusader, Jungle Fighter, Man-Catcher, the unique Tezcat and Pygmy Shamans, Spy, Undead Hunter, and Witch Hunter, among others.
  • 18 Jungle People and monsters updated and expanded, plus a few additions, also expanded so they feel like new.
  • New and expanded Shaman Chant magic.
  • New and unique Pygmy Shaman Chant magic.
  • New and expanded history of the Yin-Sloth Jungles.
  • Expanded and clarified weapons, jungle armor, poisons, & more.
  • The Orcish Empire and a few notable cities.
  • All new maps by Phil Stone.
  • Comprehensive double-page map (grayscale) by Will Erwin.
  • Deluxe color map of the region by Will Erwin to be made available separately.
  • Filled with great artwork by Peterson (ROG) and Mike Mumah.
  • Written by Kevin Siembieda, John Klinkel, and Patrick Nowak.
  • 160 pages – $24.99 retail – Cat. No. 459.

Yin-Sloth Jungles Revised at PalladiumBooks.com

 

Yin-Sloth Expeditions

COMING SOON for Fantasy! Yin-Sloth Expeditions

In depth world information, villains, monsters, strange gods, a lost city, ancient civilizations, dark magic, several fully fleshed out adventures and ideas for a zillion more. Ideal for players and Game Masters alike. There is no place that offers the same range of adventures as the Yin-Sloth Jungles. August or September release.

The Yin-Sloth Jungles are a hostile wilderness filled with the ruins of lost civilizations, forgotten magic, and strange creatures found nowhere else in the world. And it’s all waiting for you to explore!

Expeditions provides more details about the Yin-Sloth Jungles and notable cities, their people, NPCs, hidden dangers, and opportunities for bold adventurers. Discover strange places and exotic beings, unravel mysteries, expose conspiracies, battle unspeakable evil, recover magic artifacts, or champion one of many human and non-human fledgling kingdoms across the jungles.

The original Yin-Sloth Jungles material has all been updated, expanded, and re-mastered from start to finish with additional text, adventures, details, art, and loads of maps (all new). I had forgotten how many exotic locations and great adventures were in the original book, plus ideas for a zillion more. All re-mastered, updated, and expanded for the delight of new and long-time Palladium Fantasy® fans alike.

  • Villains, NPCs, magic items, adventures, and fun galore.
  • Find adventure or become a hired mercenary in the Orcish Empire.
  • Delve into cities like Mishala and others.
  • Retrieve relics from an ancient catacomb of Dragonwright.
  • Stop rebellion and save the city of Terellia.
  • Explore the Lost City of Kor.
  • Brave the madness at Shaldon’s Keep and save a village.
  • Confirm rumors of a kingdom of monsters forming at the Great Fire Bog.
  • Discover what evil lurks in the tomb of Gavin.
  • Investigate a sect of Sea Giants restoring the city of Freedara.
  • Unearth ancient secrets, face eldritch evil, battle the undead, fight giants and monsters, stand against a wicked dragon, and face all manner of beasts and challenges.
  • 10 adventures and countless ideas for more.
  • 30+ new maps by Phil Stone and dynamic artwork throughout.
  • Written by Kevin Siembieda, John Klinkel, and Patrick Nowak.
  • 160-192 pages – final size and price yet to be determined – Cat. No. 460 – in final editing. Goes into layout soon.

 

Original Palladium Fantasy 1st Edition Foil Hardcover

BACK in STOCK! “Original” Palladium Fantasy RPG® “Bonus” Edition Commemorative Hardcover, 1st Edition – Available now

The ever popular Original Palladium Fantasy RPG® Commemorative Bonus Hardcover (first edition rules) is back in print. It is a deluxe, foil stamped edition that presents the original, First Edition Fantasy rules, expanded with the inclusion of the long out-of-print Arms of Nargash-Tor adventure sourcebook and Tombs of Gersidi.

  • 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.
  • The Arms of Nargash-Tor adventure sourcebook is included as “bonus” material back in print for the first time in 35 years.
  • Easily adapted to all 2nd Edition rules and sourcebooks.
  • Deluxe hardcover edition. Probably limited to fewer than 1,000 copies.
  • 320 pages total with “bonus” material – $55 retail – Cat. No. 449HC – available now!

Original Palladium Fantasy 1st Edition Foil Hardcover

 

List of Palladium Books® RPG Hardcovers Available Now

 

DriveThruRPG – 300+ RPG products – a dozen unique world settings – one game system to bring you endless adventure

NEW! FREE sneak preview of Yin-Sloth Jungles Expanded is available on DriveThru for your viewing enjoyment. A fantasy setting, heroes and creatures unlike any other.

 

Discover the Palladium Megaverse®

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!

  • 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® #1-85. Each issue is a wealth of source material for Rifts® and 3-5 other Palladium game settings. More than 8,600 pages of source material and counting. Most issues are only available in digital form.
  • Palladium Fantasy RPG® titles. 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. All of it epic.
  • Dead Reign® RPG and sourcebooks. The Zombie Apocalypse unleashed. 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.
  • After the Bomb® RPG and sourcebooks. Play anthropomorphic, intelligent, mutant animals as crime-fighting mutants and super-heroes or survivors of a crumbling post-apocalyptic Earth.
  • Ninjas & Superspies™ RPG and the Mystic China™ sourcebook. 41 types of martial arts, ninjas, super-spies, gizmos, mystic powers, and magic in the main book, plus even more in Mystic China.
  • Nightbane® RPG and sourcebooks – Urban Fantasy. Only you know the truth. Only you can see the Nightlords and their demonic minions, and you have the power to stop them. But you must transform into a monster yourself in order to use your powers. Trust no one.
  • Beyond the Supernatural™ RPG and sourcebooks. Modern horror; 14 character classes, 42 occupations for “ordinary people,” 100+ psychic abilities, 16 monsters, and more.
  • 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 (Beyond the Supernatural), zombies (Dead Reign®), The Rifter® sourcebook series, novels, paper minis, and more.

Palladium PDFs at DriveThruRPG.com

 

FUN Podcast Adventures

These fun podcasts are created by Palladium fans like you.

 

Heroes Unlimited™ Christmas Special and the Cozy Caverns Beyond the Supernatural RPG adventure podcasts from the creative minds at www.realplaygamespod.com.

Coming this summer from Real Play Games Podcast: A dozen plus episodes of After the Bomb®: Purrsuit of the Heart, with other good stuff in development like a new story arc for the Beyond the Supernatural inspired Cozy Cavern Mysteries, and more.

 

Rifts® Live Play Podcast is available for your viewing enjoyment – Rifts®: Ghost in the Machine. It is produced and Game Mastered by none other than long-time Palladium freelance artist, Mark Dudley. You can find the first several episodes on Imaginos TV. Click on the link below.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9OKt2SBYwybo_sV8zmdOBSQ1eaJP3rj9

 

Palladium Collectibles – at Kevin’s Online Toy & Collectibles eBay Store

Original artMy 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 Palladium books (they look awesome framed), and other Palladium memorabilia.

Collectibles include Palladium limited edition hardcovers, out of print items, signed books, one-of-a-kind proofreader copies, art prints, posters, comic books, Star Wars toys, superhero action figures, and many other toys and items from my personal collection. Yeah, I used to be a crazy toy and art collector. Hundreds of items. Take a look every weekend or two for new additions.

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. 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. We have been cutting them loose and making them available to you. I am only keeping a few dozen pages of negatives and a few complete books for myself, the rest are all being slowly offered to you, in no particular order.

  • Each negative is truly unique and resembles woodcut art.
  • It is 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 signed in silver ink by Kevin Siembieda, the founder and owner of Palladium Books.
  • Each signed negative comes with a Certificate of Authenticity.
  • A one-of-a-kind work of art and a dynamic conversation piece.
  • Each signed negative is on a white board inside a clear plastic bag.
  • Negatives looks fabulous matted or framed! Fits in an 8×10 inch matt opening. Each neg is roughly 8½ 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, but still look awesome matted or framed.

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

 

Closing Thoughts – Enjoy the Labor Day Weekend

I may be chained to my desk at work, but you should get out and have some fun. Labor Day is the unofficial last weekend of summer with back to school for many and autumn right around the corner. Enjoy the long weekend and our sale on art prints and art books. And if you haven’t done so already, take a look at the recent free sneak previews of Yin-Sloth Jungles™ Expanded, Titan Robotics™, Coalition Manhunters™, and others.

Sean and I have been in a lot of business meetings all week and talking to a dozen or more individuals, attorneys, and potential business partners. Exciting stuff, but nothing I can discuss just yet. [You better not, Buddy. – Sean] So I’m keeping this one short. Enjoy a nice weekend and game on.

– Kevin Siembieda, Publisher, writer, and friend

 

© 2023 Palladium Books Inc. All rights reserved.

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This press release may be reprinted, reposted, linked and shared for the sole purpose of advertising, promotion and sales solicitation.

Palladium Books® – Weekly Update – August 25, 2023

Update Opening Graphic

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

By Kevin Siembieda and Sean Owen Roberson

 

* NEW SALE! Half price on almost all art prints. As you know, Palladium Books has some of the best artwork in the industry and we know how much you love to collect them and decorate your game rooms with our prints. Most of them are now on sale at half price. Enjoy.

 

* NEW! The Cyberworks Collection – available now – This book is epic and a must even for those who own every book it collects into one, big, 384 page Archie extravaganza. Why? 1. Everything Archie is at your fingertips. 2. The remastered art and layout is gorgeous. 3. The original Kevin Long cover and Mechanoid end sheets.

The Cyberworks Collection includes the Expanded Rifts® Sourcebook One (with the Republican/NEMA gear and info), Rifts® Sourcebook 2: The Mechanoids®, Rifts® Shemarrian Nation™ Sourcebook plus key Archie, Hagan, Titan, and Shemarrian information from Rifts® Aftermath. Chock full of robots, weapons, and gear. And when we say remastered we mean high res artwork plus updated layout, editing, and tidbits of surprise material. This book is beautiful. See the full description elsewhere.

Rifts Cyberworks Collection at PalladiumBooks.com

 

* UPDATE: We have been moving many projects forward: Yin-Sloth™ Expeditions, Rifts® Bestiary Volume 2, Rifts® Antarctica, the Rifts® Titan Robotics™ and Cyberworks Collection Savage Worlds conversion PDFs, and more. That includes our Top Secret big project and some opportunities that have come our way these past several months.

 

* UPDATE: Titan Robotics™ and Yin-Sloth Jungles™ Expanded and Revised continue to sell like crazy. Thank you and enjoy. You can see FREE Sneak Previews of Yin-Sloth Jungles, Rifts® Coalition Manhunters, Dead Reign® and Creature Feature on DriveThruRPG right now! We will also post Sneak Previews for Rifts® Titan Robotics™ and Nightbane® RPG in the coming weeks.

Yin-Sloth Jungles Revised at PalladiumBooks.com

 

* What’s hot from Palladium at the moment: All things Rifts®, Palladium Fantasy RPG®, Dead Reign® RPG, Nightbane® (Urban Fantasy/Horror), and all of a sudden, Heroes Unlimited™ (awesome, it’s one of my faves). Oh, and hardcover editions are selling like crazy. Must have seen 20 ship out this week, all different titles too; Fantasy, Heroes Unlimited, Dead Reign®, Nightbane®, Ninjas & Superspies, Chaos Earth®, Rifts® G.M. Guide, Rifts® Book of Magic, Rifts® Adventure Guide, and … well, everything hardcover. We wonder if this is a result of gamers seeing how nice these hardcovers look at Gen Con and spreading the word.

Rifts Titan Robotics at PalladiumBooks.com

 

* New opportunities with old friends. I met with Palladium writer/researcher Matthew Balent (Weapons & Armor, Weapons & Castles, Valley of the Pharaohs, etc.) to discuss a couple of possible new projects for the future. Sean and I have been working closely with Mike Majestic on two exciting projects. Yesterday, I spoke with Mike Gustovich and today or tomorrow we’ll be chatting with Freddie Williams II. And those are just some of the people we’ve been working with or lining up for various projects. [There are other big names we can’t announce quite yet. – Sean]

 

* Is it fate? It seems like everywhere we go we find a new great artist or two. We encountered a number of professional artists and several promising newcomers at Gen Con. There’s nothing strange about that because artists are everywhere at Gen Con. However, we are stumbling across them everywhere we go.

So there we were in a food line at the Michigan Renaissance Festival last Saturday. Sean’s daughter and I were in one line, Sean in another. I noticed Sean speaking with the person behind him and getting quite animated. After we get our food we walk over to join Sean and he introduces us to the man he’s been chatting with – a local artist. A fabulous one, at that! What are the odds? It feels like things continue to fall into place with our plans to astonish you with future products.

 

* WARNING: COMING SOON! Palladium’s next Kickstarter will start in October, so please watch for it. This will be the secret project we’ve been quietly putting together for quite some time. You will be thrilled and will not want to miss it.

 

Art Print Sale

NEW! Art Print SALE – Half price – Limited time offer

Snag yourself one or many Palladium art prints; color and black and white. Prints were a big attraction at our Gen Con booth, so I thought we’d offer a sale on most of our prints. Only those which are limited and we have very few left are not included. Enjoy iconic artwork from your favorite Palladium worlds. Prints make nice gifts for the gamers in your life too.

Sale Items at PalladiumBooks.com

 

Titan Robotics and Cyberworks

Titan Robotics Kickstarter Update – By Sean Owen Roberson

As noted in past Updates, we processed shipping and associated fees via BackerKit and all Titan Robotics physical rewards were shipped in July. That process took a few weeks, with the last few packages leaving the Palladium warehouse at the end of July, including those bound for our foreign backers.

If you are a domestic USA backer you should have received your package. In fact, many of you have posted or messaged us saying how delighted you are with the quality of packing and the condition of items within. We’re glad you are so pleased!

If you are a foreign backer (including Canada) your items are currently on a boat heading to our fulfillment partners at Spiral Galaxy in the UK. To clarify things for our Canadian fans, in order to match our quoted shipping prices we shipped your packages through Spiral Galaxy – it takes a little longer, but is a fraction of the cost of traditional shipping.

Here is the message we received from Spiral Galaxy: “…the vehicle that came to collect this container to take to port broke down and by the time a replacement vehicle came we had lost our slot on the sailing. I’ve been waiting for confirmation of collection, loading and sailing before coming back to you. I can now confirm that your shipment is on a vessel that has sailed and is expected to dock into the UK on 30/08/2023. That puts delivery to us sometime around the 2nd week of September, assuming no delays.”

To be clear, this is one of those weird delays with an intermediate shipping contractor that is outside of our direct control, or the direct control of Spiral Galaxy in the UK. Updates like this can be frustrating, so I wanted to let y’all know as soon as we had concrete information for you. Also, please keep in mind that low-cost shipping comes with the trade-off of waiting for boats to cross the seven seas – that is the nature of the beast. Once Spiral Galaxy has received and processed your orders in the next few weeks, you will be receiving an email from them with shipping and tracking details for the final leg of your package’s journey. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Palladium via BackerKit, or Spiral Galaxy once they email you.

Savage Worlds Conversions: I’m currently doing final editing and layout of the Titan Robotics and Cyberworks Collection conversion documents for Savage Worlds. I’d hoped to finish before Gen Con, but wasn’t able to. Compared to just converting Titan Robotics, the scope of the combined documents (four books!) covers a massive amount of gear, robots, and characters with bonus content like playable Aberrant Mechanoids, so I appreciate your patience as I finish the task and make sure it is done right.

Thanks again for all the glowing feedback on Rifts® Titan Robotics, the Cyberworks card deck, and the Cyberworks Collection hardcover which is definitely a hidden gem with lots of updated material for old-school fans – especially those who never got Sourcebook One Revised and Expanded or Rifts Aftermath – plus some small extras I slipped in. – Sean Owen Roberson

 

Rifts Cyberworks Collection

NEW! Rifts® The Cyberworks Collection Hardcover – Available now

This beautifully re-mastered collection includes the Expanded Rifts® Sourcebook One (with the Republican/NEMA gear and info), Rifts® Sourcebook 2: The Mechanoids® (and Seven Dangers Prophecy), Rifts® Shemarrian Nation Sourcebook, plus key Archie, Hagan, Titan, and Shemarrian information from Rifts® Aftermath.

  • The Cyberworks Collection features must-have ARCHIE-Three™ source material gathered into one, big, easy-to-use hardcover edition.
  • “Re-mastered” means new, cleaned-up artwork, layout, editing, and tidbits of surprise material.
  • Much of the artwork feels like new. Looks great.
  • Chock full of robots, weapons, gear, and monsters.
  • Rifts® Sourcebook One, Revised & Expanded.
  • Rifts® Sourcebook Two: The Mechanoids®.
  • Rifts® Shemarrian Nation™ Sourcebook.
  • Rifts® Aftermath Archie-Three™ source material.
  • 5 page index in the back of the book.
  • Color end sheets. Fan favorite Kevin Long cover.
  • 384 pages – $49.99 retail – color cover hardcover – Cat. No. 900 – available now.

Rifts Cyberworks Collection at PalladiumBooks.com

 

Rifts Titan Robotics

Rifts® Titan Robotics Sourcebook – AVAILABLE NOW!

Shrouded in secrecy and rumor, the true story of Titan Robotics™ is finally revealed. Part a high-tech toy box, part Secrets of Archie Three, part adventure book with whole new ways to play, and filled with new types of Titan Robotics power armors, giant robots, vehicles, weapons, and gear. Join a Titan Robotics Courier Team and delve into the company’s many secrets, including ARCHIE-3’s plans and program to monitor and manipulate the outside world.

  • Visit the gleaming steel and metal of a Titan Robotics™ showroom, and test-drive their newest models.
  • 18 giant robots.
  • 12 power armors.
  • Weapons, gear and notable vehicles.
  • Gunny’s Depots – arms dealer and part of Titan’s hidden network.
  • Play a Syntharoid sentient human replica android.
  • Play a Titan Dispatcher and join a Titan Robotics Courier Team.
  • Discover ARCHIE and Hagan’s hidden agendas and secret operations.
  • Explore Titan’s shadowy web of informants and how it prospers and grows.
  • Explore alternative time lines, campaign prompts, adventure outlines, intrigue, espionage, and more.
  • Art by Steven Cummings, Charles Walton, and others.
  • Written by Sean Owen Roberson and Matthew Clements.
  • 192 pages – $26.99 retail – Cat. No. 899 – Softcover.

Rifts Titan Robotics at PalladiumBooks.com

 

Rifts Cyberworks Poker Deck

Cyberworks Poker Deck – AVAILABLE NOW!

The cover art from the original Rifts® Sourcebook One is featured on the back of each card. Color throughout. Attractive and durable.

  • 52 cards, plus red and black Jokers.
  • Face cards feature iconic Rifts® Cyberworks/Archie 3 artwork (Spades: Cyberworks, Hearts: Shemarrians, Clubs: Mechanoids, Diamonds: Titan Robotics).
  • Number cards feature a color energy swirl in the suit and a circuit board pattern.
  • Textured linen cards for a nice touch and durability.
  • Professional quality playing cards.
  • 52 cards plus two Jokers – $14.99 per deck – Cat. No. 2609 – available now!

Rifts Cyberworks Poker Deck at PalladiumBooks.com

 

Yin-Sloth Jungles Revised

Yin-Sloth Jungles Expanded and Revised – AVAILABLE NOW

It is at the printer and we are told should arrive July 28, just in time for Gen Con – ships July 28. Yin-Sloth Jungles™ presents a setting unlike any other Fantasy RPG and it’s all fun. It opens with an overview and history of the region, followed by nuts and bolts, like skills, poison, and weapons. Players will drool over the 15 truly unique O.C.C.s ideal for jungle adventures and beyond. Players and Game Masters will love the lavishly detailed jungle people and monsters. Then you get a little taste of what’s to follow in Yin-Sloth Expeditions, making it a bit of a player’s guide and bestiary. Ah, but there is magic and strangeness, and your first hints of wild adventures across the sprawling jungle.

  • 15 O.C.C.s, all updated and expanded, making them seem brand new: Beastmaster, Holy Crusader, Jungle Fighter, Man-Catcher, the unique Tezcat and Pygmy Shamans, Spy, Undead Hunter, and Witch Hunter, among others.
  • 18 Jungle People and monsters updated and expanded, plus a few additions, also expanded so they feel like new.
  • New and expanded Shaman Chant magic.
  • New and unique Pygmy Shaman Chant magic.
  • New and expanded history of the Yin-Sloth Jungles.
  • Expanded and clarified weapons, jungle armor, poisons, & more.
  • The Orcish Empire and a few notable cities.
  • All new maps by Phil Stone.
  • Comprehensive double-page map (grayscale) by Will Erwin.
  • Deluxe color map of the region by Will Erwin to be made available separately.
  • Filled with great artwork by Peterson (ROG) and Mike Mumah.
  • Written by Kevin Siembieda, John Klinkel, and Patrick Nowak.
  • 160 pages – $24.99 retail – Cat. No. 459.

Yin-Sloth Jungles Revised at PalladiumBooks.com

 

Yin-Sloth Expeditions

COMING SOON for Fantasy! Yin-Sloth Expeditions

In depth world information, villains, monsters, strange gods, a lost city, ancient civilizations, dark magic, several fully fleshed out adventures and ideas for a zillion more. Ideal for players and Game Masters alike. There is no place that offers the same range of adventures as the Yin-Sloth Jungles. August or September release.

The Yin-Sloth Jungles are a hostile wilderness filled with the ruins of lost civilizations, forgotten magic, and strange creatures found nowhere else in the world. And it’s all waiting for you to explore!

Expeditions provides more details about the Yin-Sloth Jungles and notable cities, their people, NPCs, hidden dangers, and opportunities for bold adventurers. Discover strange places and exotic beings, unravel mysteries, expose conspiracies, battle unspeakable evil, recover magic artifacts, or champion one of many human and non-human fledgling kingdoms across the jungles.

The original Yin-Sloth Jungles material has all been updated, expanded, and re-mastered from start to finish with additional text, adventures, details, art, and loads of maps (all new). I had forgotten how many exotic locations and great adventures were in the original book, plus ideas for a zillion more. All re-mastered, updated, and expanded for the delight of new and long-time Palladium Fantasy® fans alike.

  • Villains, NPCs, magic items, adventures, and fun galore.
  • Find adventure or become a hired mercenary in the Orcish Empire.
  • Delve into cities like Mishala and others.
  • Retrieve relics from an ancient catacomb of Dragonwright.
  • Stop rebellion and save the city of Terellia.
  • Explore the Lost City of Kor.
  • Brave the madness at Shaldon’s Keep and save a village.
  • Confirm rumors of a kingdom of monsters forming at the Great Fire Bog.
  • Discover what evil lurks in the tomb of Gavin.
  • Investigate a sect of Sea Giants restoring the city of Freedara.
  • Unearth ancient secrets, face eldritch evil, battle the undead, fight giants and monsters, stand against a wicked dragon, and face all manner of beasts and challenges.
  • 10 adventures and countless ideas for more.
  • 30+ new maps by Phil Stone and dynamic artwork throughout.
  • Written by Kevin Siembieda, John Klinkel, and Patrick Nowak.
  • 160-192 pages – final size and price yet to be determined – Cat. No. 460 – in final editing. Goes into layout soon.

 

Original Palladium Fantasy 1st Edition Foil Hardcover

BACK in STOCK! “Original” Palladium Fantasy RPG® “Bonus” Edition Commemorative Hardcover, 1st Edition – Available now

The ever popular Original Palladium Fantasy RPG® Commemorative Bonus Hardcover (first edition rules) is back in print. It is a deluxe, foil stamped edition that presents the original, First Edition Fantasy rules, expanded with the inclusion of the long out-of-print Arms of Nargash-Tor adventure sourcebook and Tombs of Gersidi.

  • 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.
  • The Arms of Nargash-Tor adventure sourcebook is included as “bonus” material back in print for the first time in 35 years.
  • Easily adapted to all 2nd Edition rules and sourcebooks.
  • Deluxe hardcover edition. Probably limited to fewer than 1,000 copies.
  • 320 pages total with “bonus” material – $55 retail – Cat. No. 449HC – available now!

Original Palladium Fantasy 1st Edition Foil Hardcover

 

List of Palladium Books® RPG Hardcovers Available Now

 

DriveThruRPG – 300+ RPG products – a dozen unique world settings – one game system to bring you endless adventure

NEW! FREE sneak preview of Yin-Sloth Jungles Expanded is available on DriveThru for your viewing enjoyment. A fantasy setting, heroes and creatures unlike any other.

 

Discover the Palladium Megaverse®

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!

  • 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® #1-85. Each issue is a wealth of source material for Rifts® and 3-5 other Palladium game settings. More than 8,600 pages of source material and counting. Most issues are only available in digital form.
  • Palladium Fantasy RPG® titles. 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. All of it epic.
  • Dead Reign® RPG and sourcebooks. The Zombie Apocalypse unleashed. 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.
  • After the Bomb® RPG and sourcebooks. Play anthropomorphic, intelligent, mutant animals as crime-fighting mutants and super-heroes or survivors of a crumbling post-apocalyptic Earth.
  • Ninjas & Superspies™ RPG and the Mystic China™ sourcebook. 41 types of martial arts, ninjas, super-spies, gizmos, mystic powers, and magic in the main book, plus even more in Mystic China.
  • Nightbane® RPG and sourcebooks – Urban Fantasy. Only you know the truth. Only you can see the Nightlords and their demonic minions, and you have the power to stop them. But you must transform into a monster yourself in order to use your powers. Trust no one.
  • Beyond the Supernatural™ RPG and sourcebooks. Modern horror; 14 character classes, 42 occupations for “ordinary people,” 100+ psychic abilities, 16 monsters, and more.
  • 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 (Beyond the Supernatural), zombies (Dead Reign®), The Rifter® sourcebook series, novels, paper minis, and more.

Palladium PDFs at DriveThruRPG.com

 

FUN Podcast Adventures

These fun podcasts are created by Palladium fans like you.

 

Heroes Unlimited™ Christmas Special and the Cozy Caverns Beyond the Supernatural RPG adventure podcasts from the creative minds at www.realplaygamespod.com.

Coming this summer from Real Play Games Podcast: A dozen plus episodes of After the Bomb®: Purrsuit of the Heart, with other good stuff in development like a new story arc for the Beyond the Supernatural inspired Cozy Cavern Mysteries, and more.

 

Rifts® Live Play Podcast is available for your viewing enjoyment – Rifts®: Ghost in the Machine. It is produced and Game Mastered by none other than long-time Palladium freelance artist, Mark Dudley. You can find the first several episodes on Imaginos TV. Click on the link below.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9OKt2SBYwybo_sV8zmdOBSQ1eaJP3rj9

 

Palladium Collectibles – at Kevin’s Online Toy & Collectibles eBay Store

Original artMy 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 Palladium books (they look awesome framed), and other Palladium memorabilia.

Collectibles include Palladium limited edition hardcovers, out of print items, signed books, one-of-a-kind proofreader copies, art prints, posters, comic books, Star Wars toys, superhero action figures, and many other toys and items from my personal collection. Yeah, I used to be a crazy toy and art collector. Hundreds of items. Take a look every weekend or two for new additions.

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. 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. We have been cutting them loose and making them available to you. I am only keeping a few dozen pages of negatives and a few complete books for myself, the rest are all being slowly offered to you, in no particular order.

  • Each negative is truly unique and resembles woodcut art.
  • It is 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 signed in silver ink by Kevin Siembieda, the founder and owner of Palladium Books.
  • Each signed negative comes with a Certificate of Authenticity.
  • A one-of-a-kind work of art and a dynamic conversation piece.
  • Each signed negative is on a white board inside a clear plastic bag.
  • Negatives looks fabulous matted or framed! Fits in an 8×10 inch matt opening. Each neg is roughly 8½ 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, but still look awesome matted or framed.

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

 

Closing Thoughts – I Love Artwork

I love artwork. All kinds of artwork. One of our quiet, behind the scenes plans is to begin producing full-color books in the future. Not just “color” for the sake of color, but epic, amazing full color books with impressive paintings and color art that will make your eyes pop and mouth water. Of course, we’ll continue to publish books with great black and white art, but color and hardcovers are in our future.

That has meant Sean and myself talking to, and lining up, a lot of great artists. Some are experienced and will be names known to you. Others are new to gaming art, while some are experienced but unknown to the RPG Tabletop and card game industry. All are talented and driven creators. Together we’re going to wow and impress you as Palladium enters into a new era of unfettered creativity.

While other companies are talking about embracing AI generated art and text, Palladium is embracing creative people. To become a place where fellow human beings can showcase their imaginations and talents to your delight and amazement. Well, that’s our goal, anyway, and it has been a thrill finding and working with talented artists.

These days, I’m best known as a writer, world builder, and game designer, but my first love is, and always will be, creating artwork. Sean has a similar deep appreciation for art. I loved creating borders and some of the art for the BTS Creature Feature sourcebook; and that art was damn good if I say so myself. Sean is insisting, and others are agreeing, that I need to create at least one piece of artwork for every new Palladium title, even if it’s something small or simple. That’s a far cry from the early days when I was doing much of the artwork for many of our books, or more recent years when I art direct but don’t do any of the art. I do love making art, so maybe I’ll take up Sean’s mandate and contribute a little art to every book. It will be fun. [You don’t have a choice, Kevin! – Sean]

I hope you don’t mind me sharing my thoughts about one of the goals we are working toward behind the scenes. Please, enjoy our new releases, Yin-Sloth Jungles™ Expanded, Titan Robotics™, and the collected and remastered source material gathered into the Rifts® Cyberworks Collection. And speaking of artwork, please enjoy our Art Print Sale. You cannot beat a 50% discount for some of the best art in the business. Enjoy a nice weekend and game on.

– Kevin Siembieda, Publisher, writer, and friend

 

© 2023 Palladium Books Inc. All rights reserved.

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This press release may be reprinted, reposted, linked and shared for the sole purpose of advertising, promotion and sales solicitation.

Palladium Books® – Weekly Update – August 18, 2023

Update Opening Graphic

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

By Kevin Siembieda and Sean Owen Roberson

In case you missed it, here are Gen Con highlights and some additional details and photos.

* The event was awesome. We understand Gen Con had a record breaking 80,000+ attendees. It sure felt like it when trying to navigate the aisles of the exhibitor hall. Unfortunately, Wayne and a number of our helpers caught a bug. As I write this Update Thursday morning, Wayne is still out sick, two weeks later, though he is feeling better. We expect him back next week.

* New releases – Titan Robotics™ and Yin-Sloth Jungles™ (Cat. No. 459) and the newish Rifts Coalition Manhunters™ (Cat. No. 894 and epic), as well as the Original Palladium Fantasy RPG hardcover (Cat. No. 449) and other hardcovers – sold well at Gen Con and back at the office. Of course, there was interest in all our game lines, but Nightbane® and Dead Reign® were especially hot.

* A lot of gamers are discovering and loving the Dead Reign® RPG series – Palladium’s unique approach to zombies and the Zombie Apocalypse. I find that interesting because a few podcasters, YouTubers, and distributors have recently mentioned increased interest in Dead Reign® as well. If you haven’t given it a look, you should. I can tell you it is one of my personal favorites to run.

* There was an unexpected rush on the Collected Mechanoid Invasion® Trilogy (Cat. No. 400) the first two days that caught us by surprise. Rifts® novels and all things Rifts® sold well too.

* We discovered Palladium satisfies yet another genre, the Urban Fantasy category, with the entire Nightbane® series. It sold very well. Nightbane®, Dead Reign®, and Rifts® seemed to be attracting the attention of new gamers.

* We had at least two dozen Rifts® gamers come up to us to tell us that New West (or the western trilogy of Lone Star, New West, and Spirit West) was one of their favorite World Books. Was this pure coincidence or was it because the Legion of Myth guys recently criticized Rifts® New West for not being a true World Book? (Sean and I disagreed. It’s a great World Book.) Funny.

* Cosplay is popular at Gen Con and we enjoyed some of that fun at the Palladium booth. Mike Leonard’s son and daughter dressed as a Juicer and Mystic the first day, and as Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch a day or so later. There were plenty of other cosplayers with great costumes wandering around the convention halls the entire event.

* Sean and I spoke with an astonishing array of talented artists and creators we hope to work with in the future. We are happy to see so many women being recognized for their stellar work in the field of illustration.

* When not at the booth chatting with fans and signing books (and we did plenty of that), Sean and I were busy networking and discussing business opportunities with writers, artists, and fellow game companies.

* New opportunities with old friends. For the past several months, we have been reconnecting with old friends and creators. More of that took place at Gen Con and continued when we got back home. What does that mean?

Well, it is too soon to reveal specific plans just yet, but I can say we have been connecting with such individuals as Carmen Bellaire, Carl Gleba, Matthew Balent, Phil Reid, Mike Pondsmith, Frank at Studio 2, Ryan McDaniel, and artists Scott Johnson, Mark Evans, Ramon Perez, Freddie Williams II, Mike Gustovich, and Jim Steranko, among others. Of course, we have never stopped talking or working with gents like Matthew Clements, Mark Oberle, Glen Evans, Stephen Cummings, Mark Dudley, Nick Bradshaw, Mike Mumah, Mike Majestic, John Zeleznik, and others.

You’ll get an inkling of what we have been working on behind the scenes in the months ahead. We hope you’ll be as excited and thrilled as we are as various projects get announced closer to their release over the coming months and years. We are working hard to bring you a lot of gaming fun.

* Palladium gamers are the best. Many individuals and groups of gamers came by the Palladium booth to say hello, get autographs, have photos taken with us, and to share how much our games mean to them. It was touching and appreciated. One group reported playing a 25 year long Heroes Unlimited campaign with the same players. Another, a long running TMNT/After the Bomb® campaign, and many reported Rifts® campaigns; some spanning the Megaverse®. Others told us how they are now introducing their children to our RPGs. Still others were new to the Megaverse® having only discovered our games recently.

I’ve said it a million times, but I’ll say it again, Palladium’s role-players are the greatest fans in the world. I mean it. Thank you, everyone, who stopped by to shake hands, chat, pick up the latest releases, back stock, or prints. Your kind words, feedback, suggestions, and smiles mean the world to us. You helped make the 2023 Gen Con fun and special. Thank you and game on.

What else is going on in Palladiumville? Plenty. In addition to recovering from Gen Con, email follow-ups, coordinating various creative projects, and dealing with business matters, we continue to work on upcoming releases such as Yin-Sloth Expeditions, Rifts® Bestiary Volume Two, Rifts® Antarctica™, and The Rifter®.

More Updates and information in the next Weekly Update. Please keep spreading the word about Rifts® Titan Robotics™ (Cat. No. 899), Yin-Sloth Jungles™ EXPANDED Fantasy sourcebook (Cat. No. 459), the upcoming Cyberworks™ Collection (we’re awaiting the second half of this printing), the Cyberworks™ poker deck, and other good stuff. We are delighted everyone is enjoying these releases so much.

Oh, and take a peek at the FREE sneak preview of Yin-Sloth Jungles Expanded available on DriveThru.

Rifts Titan Robotics

Rifts® Titan Robotics Sourcebook – AVAILABLE NOW!

Shrouded in secrecy and rumor, the true story of Titan Robotics™ is finally revealed. Part a high-tech toy box, part Secrets of Archie Three, part adventure book with whole new ways to play, and filled with new types of Titan Robotics power armors, giant robots, vehicles, weapons, and gear. Join a Titan Robotics Courier Team and delve into the company’s many secrets, including ARCHIE-3’s plans and program to monitor and manipulate the outside world.

  • Visit the gleaming steel and metal of a Titan Robotics™ showroom, and test-drive their newest models.
  • 18 giant robots.
  • 12 power armors.
  • Weapons, gear and notable vehicles.
  • Gunny’s Depots – arms dealer and part of Titan’s hidden network.
  • Play a Syntharoid sentient human replica android.
  • Play a Titan Dispatcher and join a Titan Robotics Courier Team.
  • Discover ARCHIE and Hagan’s hidden agendas and secret operations.
  • Explore Titan’s shadowy web of informants and how it prospers and grows.
  • Explore alternative time lines, campaign prompts, adventure outlines, intrigue, espionage, and more.
  • Art by Steven Cummings, Charles Walton, and others.
  • Written by Sean Owen Roberson and Matthew Clements.
  • 192 pages – $26.99 retail – Cat. No. 899 – Softcover.

Rifts Titan Robotics at PalladiumBooks.com

Rifts Cyberworks Poker Deck

Cyberworks Poker Deck – AVAILABLE NOW!

The cover art from the original Rifts® Sourcebook One is featured on the back of each card. Color throughout. Attractive and durable.

  • 52 cards, plus red and black Jokers.
  • Face cards feature iconic Rifts® Cyberworks/Archie 3 artwork (Spades: Cyberworks, Hearts: Shemarrians, Clubs: Mechanoids, Diamonds: Titan Robotics).
  • Number cards feature a color energy swirl in the suit and a circuit board pattern.
  • Textured linen cards for a nice touch and durability.
  • Professional quality playing cards.
  • 52 cards plus two Jokers – $14.99 per deck – Cat. No. 2609 – available now!

Rifts Cyberworks Poker Deck at PalladiumBooks.com

Yin-Sloth Jungles Revised

Yin-Sloth Jungles Expanded and Revised – AVAILABLE NOW

It is at the printer and we are told should arrive July 28, just in time for Gen Con – ships July 28. Yin-Sloth Jungles™ presents a setting unlike any other Fantasy RPG and it’s all fun. It opens with an overview and history of the region, followed by nuts and bolts, like skills, poison, and weapons. Players will drool over the 15 truly unique O.C.C.s ideal for jungle adventures and beyond. Players and Game Masters will love the lavishly detailed jungle people and monsters. Then you get a little taste of what’s to follow in Yin-Sloth Expeditions, making it a bit of a player’s guide and bestiary. Ah, but there is magic and strangeness, and your first hints of wild adventures across the sprawling jungle.

  • 15 O.C.C.s, all updated and expanded, making them seem brand new: Beastmaster, Holy Crusader, Jungle Fighter, Man-Catcher, the unique Tezcat and Pygmy Shamans, Spy, Undead Hunter, and Witch Hunter, among others.
  • 18 Jungle People and monsters updated and expanded, plus a few additions, also expanded so they feel like new.
  • New and expanded Shaman Chant magic.
  • New and unique Pygmy Shaman Chant magic.
  • New and expanded history of the Yin-Sloth Jungles.
  • Expanded and clarified weapons, jungle armor, poisons, & more.
  • The Orcish Empire and a few notable cities.
  • All new maps by Phil Stone.
  • Comprehensive double-page map (grayscale) by Will Erwin.
  • Deluxe color map of the region by Will Erwin to be made available separately.
  • Filled with great artwork by Peterson (ROG) and Mike Mumah.
  • Written by Kevin Siembieda, John Klinkel, and Patrick Nowak.
  • 160 pages – $24.99 retail – Cat. No. 459.

Yin-Sloth Jungles Revised at PalladiumBooks.com

Rifts Cyberworks Collection

COMING SOON! The Cyberworks Collection Hardcover

Featuring must-have ARCHIE-Three™ source material gathered into one, big, attractive hardcover edition. It contains:

  • Rifts® Sourcebook One, Revised & Expanded.
  • Rifts® Sourcebook Two: The Mechanoids®.
  • Rifts® Shemarrian Nation™ Sourcebook.
  • Rifts® Aftermath Archie-Three™ source material.
  • 5 page index in the back of the book.
  • Color end sheets.
  • 384 pages – $49.99 retail – color cover hardcover – Cat. No. 900. Coming soon.

Yin-Sloth Expeditions

COMING SOON for Fantasy! Yin-Sloth Expeditions

In depth world information, villains, monsters, strange gods, a lost city, ancient civilizations, dark magic, several fully fleshed out adventures and ideas for a zillion more. Ideal for players and Game Masters alike. There is no place that offers the same range of adventures as the Yin-Sloth Jungles. August or September release.

The Yin-Sloth Jungles are a hostile wilderness filled with the ruins of lost civilizations, forgotten magic, and strange creatures found nowhere else in the world. And it’s all waiting for you to explore!

Expeditions provides more details about the Yin-Sloth Jungles and notable cities, their people, NPCs, hidden dangers, and opportunities for bold adventurers. Discover strange places and exotic beings, unravel mysteries, expose conspiracies, battle unspeakable evil, recover magic artifacts, or champion one of many human and non-human fledgling kingdoms across the jungles.

The original Yin-Sloth Jungles material has all been updated, expanded, and re-mastered from start to finish with additional text, adventures, details, art, and loads of maps (all new). I had forgotten how many exotic locations and great adventures were in the original book, plus ideas for a zillion more. All re-mastered, updated, and expanded for the delight of new and long-time Palladium Fantasy® fans alike.

  • Villains, NPCs, magic items, adventures, and fun galore.
  • Find adventure or become a hired mercenary in the Orcish Empire.
  • Delve into cities like Mishala and others.
  • Retrieve relics from an ancient catacomb of Dragonwright.
  • Stop rebellion and save the city of Terellia.
  • Explore the Lost City of Kor.
  • Brave the madness at Shaldon’s Keep and save a village.
  • Confirm rumors of a kingdom of monsters forming at the Great Fire Bog.
  • Discover what evil lurks in the tomb of Gavin.
  • Investigate a sect of Sea Giants restoring the city of Freedara.
  • Unearth ancient secrets, face eldritch evil, battle the undead, fight giants and monsters, stand against a wicked dragon, and face all manner of beasts and challenges.
  • 10 adventures and countless ideas for more.
  • 30+ new maps by Phil Stone and dynamic artwork throughout.
  • Written by Kevin Siembieda, John Klinkel, and Patrick Nowak.
  • 160-192 pages – final size and price yet to be determined – Cat. No. 460 – in final editing. Goes into layout soon.

Original Palladium Fantasy 1st Edition Foil Hardcover

BACK in STOCK! “Original” Palladium Fantasy RPG® “Bonus” Edition Commemorative Hardcover, 1st Edition – Available now

The ever popular Original Palladium Fantasy RPG® Commemorative Bonus Hardcover (first edition rules) is back in print. It is a deluxe, foil stamped edition that presents the original, First Edition Fantasy rules, expanded with the inclusion of the long out-of-print Arms of Nargash-Tor adventure sourcebook and Tombs of Gersidi.

  • 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.
  • The Arms of Nargash-Tor adventure sourcebook is included as “bonus” material back in print for the first time in 35 years.
  • Easily adapted to all 2nd Edition rules and sourcebooks.
  • Deluxe hardcover edition. Probably limited to fewer than 1,000 copies.
  • 320 pages total with “bonus” material – $55 retail – Cat. No. 449HC – available now!

Original Palladium Fantasy 1st Edition Foil Hardcover

List of Palladium Books® RPG Hardcovers Available Now

DriveThruRPG – 300+ RPG products – a dozen unique world settings – one game system to bring you endless adventure

NEW! FREE sneak preview of Yin-Sloth Jungles Expanded is available on DriveThru for your viewing enjoyment. A fantasy setting, heroes and creatures unlike any other.

Discover the Palladium Megaverse®

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!

  • 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® #1-85. Each issue is a wealth of source material for Rifts® and 3-5 other Palladium game settings. More than 8,600 pages of source material and counting. Most issues are only available in digital form.
  • Palladium Fantasy RPG® titles. 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. All of it epic.
  • Dead Reign® RPG and sourcebooks. The Zombie Apocalypse unleashed. 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.
  • After the Bomb® RPG and sourcebooks. Play anthropomorphic, intelligent, mutant animals as crime-fighting mutants and super-heroes or survivors of a crumbling post-apocalyptic Earth.
  • Ninjas & Superspies™ RPG and the Mystic China™ sourcebook. 41 types of martial arts, ninjas, super-spies, gizmos, mystic powers, and magic in the main book, plus even more in Mystic China.
  • Nightbane® RPG and sourcebooks – Urban Fantasy. Only you know the truth. Only you can see the Nightlords and their demonic minions, and you have the power to stop them. But you must transform into a monster yourself in order to use your powers. Trust no one.
  • Beyond the Supernatural™ RPG and sourcebooks. Modern horror; 14 character classes, 42 occupations for “ordinary people,” 100+ psychic abilities, 16 monsters, and more.
  • 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 (Beyond the Supernatural), zombies (Dead Reign®), The Rifter® sourcebook series, novels, paper minis, and more.

Palladium PDFs at DriveThruRPG.com

FUN Podcast Adventures

These fun podcasts are created by Palladium fans like you.

Heroes Unlimited™ Christmas Special and the Cozy Caverns Beyond the Supernatural RPG adventure podcasts from the creative minds at www.realplaygamespod.com.

Coming this summer from Real Play Games Podcast: A dozen plus episodes of After the Bomb®: Purrsuit of the Heart, with other good stuff in development like a new story arc for the Beyond the Supernatural inspired Cozy Cavern Mysteries, and more.

Rifts® Live Play Podcast is available for your viewing enjoyment – Rifts®: Ghost in the Machine. It is produced and Game Mastered by none other than long-time Palladium freelance artist, Mark Dudley. You can find the first several episodes on Imaginos TV. Click on the link below.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9OKt2SBYwybo_sV8zmdOBSQ1eaJP3rj9

Palladium Collectibles – at Kevin’s Online Toy & Collectibles eBay Store

Original artMy 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 Palladium books (they look awesome framed), and other Palladium memorabilia.

Collectibles include Palladium limited edition hardcovers, out of print items, signed books, one-of-a-kind proofreader copies, art prints, posters, comic books, Star Wars toys, superhero action figures, and many other toys and items from my personal collection. Yeah, I used to be a crazy toy and art collector. Hundreds of items. Take a look every weekend or two for new additions.

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. 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. We have been cutting them loose and making them available to you. I am only keeping a few dozen pages of negatives and a few complete books for myself, the rest are all being slowly offered to you, in no particular order.

  • Each negative is truly unique and resembles woodcut art.
  • It is 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 signed in silver ink by Kevin Siembieda, the founder and owner of Palladium Books.
  • Each signed negative comes with a Certificate of Authenticity.
  • A one-of-a-kind work of art and a dynamic conversation piece.
  • Each signed negative is on a white board inside a clear plastic bag.
  • Negatives looks fabulous matted or framed! Fits in an 8×10 inch matt opening. Each neg is roughly 8½ 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, but still look awesome matted or framed.

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

Closing Thoughts – Connection

Reconnecting with fans, friends, and fellow creators at Gen Con and in recent months has reminded me how blessed and rich my life has been. Oh, sure there have been struggles, loss, and sorrow, but the good and joyful far outweighs the bad. I have lived a good life touched by an array of amazing, kind, talented people. And I continue to meet and befriend new ones. It is astonishing. Humbling and beautiful.

I was reminded of this at Gen Con when Sean would get excited to meet some of my old pals like Jolly Blackburn, Mike Pondsmith, Mike Stackpole, and others. Legendary figures in the industry we all love. When I think about the legends I have had the honor and pleasure of working with or meeting, or have the great privilege to call friends, it is mind boggling to me. I mean, I even met Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson, Jerry Bruckheimer, and Stan Lee! I was buddies with Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird, and many of the Mirage Studio guys, and was a close friend to Keith Parkinson, Erick Wujcik, and a whole bunch of other legendary folk. Heck, I can pick up the phone right now and call Kevin Eastman, Jim Steranko, Larry Elmore, Joe Manganiello, or Rawson Marshall Thurber. It’s freakin’ amazing and awesome!

I mention this to remind myself and you that people and our experiences with them are more precious than gold. We need to appreciate the time we have with these individuals and enjoy them while we can. We’re all getting older. With age comes fragility, illness, and worse. Some of my dear friends have struggled with illness, and while their spark and creativity remain, their bodies show the passage of time and the trials they have survived. In addition, there are those close to me who are no longer with us. I carry them in my heart where they continue to inspire and make me smile when I call up fond memories of our exploits together. Bittersweet memories of our special times together.

It’s why I am thrilled to be working with valued friends, dear acquaintances, and talents, new and old, whom I admire and enjoy. It’s why I make time for friends and fans alike, because none of us know how much more time we may have to give. Plenty I hope, but none of us knows what tomorrow brings.

So please, live in the moment, enjoy the family, friends, and hobbies you love and whatever brings you joy. Go to events to meet the people you admire. Take photos. Get autographs. Cherish the moment. Most of all, let those people know what they mean to you. They’ll appreciate it and you’ll be glad you seized the opportunity when they are gone.

I can tell you from personal experience that it matters more than you might realize. I, for one, appreciate every handshake, hug, kind word, autograph request, photo op, and squeal of excitement I received from you at Gen Con (and other events). Not because they stroke my ego, but from seeing how much my work has touched your lives and how you touch mine in return. I love that my work – our work – has brought happiness and joy, created lasting friendships, and inspired many to follow their own dreams. It’s amazing, touching, and beautiful. I can’t believe I’m part of something so wonderful. There were a few times at Gen Con and the last Palladium Open House that I was so moved by an act of kindness or something someone said or shared with me that I teared up.

Thank you, my extended Palladium family, for your support, kindness, and love. Thank you for being awesome. You bring so much warmth and joy into my life – all of our lives. I hope we give it right back to you.

Now call your Mom, Dad, sibling, or that friend you haven’t spoken to in a long while and keep the wheel of connection and love turning. Cherish them and the fond memories you share, and game on.

Kevin Siembieda, Publisher, writer, and friend

© 2023 Palladium Books Inc. All rights reserved.

Rifts®, The Rifter®, RECON®, Splicers®, Powers Unlimited®, Palladium Books®, The Palladium Fantasy Role-Playing Game®, Phase World®, Nightbane®, Megaverse®, The Mechanoids®, The Mechanoid Invasion®, Coalition Wars®, Chaos Earth®, Dead Reign®, and After the Bomb® are Registered Trademarks of Palladium Books Inc.; Beyond the Supernatural, Coalition States, Garden of the Gods, Heroes Unlimited, Ninjas & Superspies, Minion War, Mysteries of Magic, Psychic Scream, SAMAS, Thundercloud Galaxy, Three Galaxies, Vampire Kingdoms, and other published book titles, names, slogans and likenesses are trademarks of Palladium Books Inc., and Kevin Siembieda.

This press release may be reprinted, reposted, linked and shared for the sole purpose of advertising, promotion and sales solicitation.

Palladium Books® – Weekly Update – August 10, 2023

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

By Kevin Siembieda and Sean Owen Roberson

We are back from a great Gen Con. As we understand it, Gen Con broke attendance records with approximately 80,000 attendees. The exhibitor hall seemed to be larger too. Every exhibitor we spoke with reported excellent sales, Palladium Books included.

Gen Con was great! We met with old friends, made new friends, reconnected with writers Carl Gleba and Carmen Bellaire (both of whom will resume writing for Palladium), found out Jim Steranko would like to do more work for Palladium, and we met and chatted with a number of talented artists we are excited to work with in the future.

We also enjoyed many surprise visits and time spent with Mike Pondsmith, Michael Stackpole, Jolly and Barbara Blackburn, Dave Kenzer, Rick Meintz, Frank Uchmanowicz, Don Reents, John Zinser, Johnny Roccia, Jodi and Clint Black, Allen Blount, Darrel Hayhurst, Ryan McDaniel, Brandon & Sarah Aten, Mark Dudley, Richard and Richie Cook, various members of the Hall family, the Brown family, Lonnie, among others, and nine-zillion wonderful fans! Thank you all for making the 2023 Gen Con special for us.

Best selling items at Gen Con

Number One Best Seller: Titan Robotics™ and all things Rifts®! We sold lots and lots of Titan Robotics™. Not only was Titan Robotics (Cat. No. 899) flying off the shelves, but many individuals came back to tell us how much they loved the book! We also sold Rifts® Ultimate Edition by the dozens, Coalition Manhunters™ (Cat. No. 894; gamers are finally discovering this epic sourcebook about the Coalition’s Thought Police and psychic assassins and going wild over it), the Rifts® Cyberworks™ Collection, D-Bees of North America, Rifts® Bestiary Volume One, the Rifts® novels (we sold out of a few), and many other Rifts® books. It was great.

2nd Best Seller: Yin-Sloth Jungles™ EXPANDED Fantasy sourcebook (Cat. No. 459)! People are crazy about this much expanded, revised edition soft cover; it is nearly as hot as Titan Robotics!

3rd Best Seller: Original Palladium Fantasy RPG hardcover (Cat. No. 449). Old school gamers came out of the woodwork to buy this bad boy and regale us with tales of decades long first edition campaigns. Actually, all of our hardcover RPGs were selling like crazy, but we nearly sold out of the Original Fantasy RPG hardcover.

4th Best Seller: The entire Nightbane® RPG series – Urban Fantasy (Cat. No. 730). We nearly sold out of every Nightbane® RPG softcover, hardcover, and sourcebook we brought. This one caught us by surprise, because Nightbane® hasn’t had a new release in a few years now, but it was super-hot. I’ve always called Nightbane super-hero horror, but it really falls squarely into the category of fiction known as Urban Fantasy. We looked into it and Nightbane® checks every box for Urban Fantasy: A gritty, fantastical modern world setting, epic world building, magic and the supernatural, with teenage and young adult heroes who share a dark secret and wield magic and supernatural powers against a dark and monstrous supernatural foe. Tragic heroes who struggle to find their place in the world while battling the dark forces that hunt them. The Nightbane heroes have two forms: Their human facade and their fantastic (beautiful or monstrous) Morphus. Not to mention a cast of exotic and fantastic creatures including vampires and others.

We don’t know how folks found out this awesome setting is “urban fantasy,” but we are glad they did. It seemed to start with a couple of gamers asking if Nightbane® was urban fantasy. I was unfamiliar with the term, but explained the key elements of the RPG setting and had them flip through the books. They got very excited and said it was definitely urban fantasy. The next thing we knew, Nightbane® kinda went viral at Gen Con and was selling like hot cakes. We are so glad people are discovering this unique and fun game line. I’m sure Mark Oberle’s keen insight and writings for Nightbane® played a role as well. Cool.

5th Best Seller: Dead Reign® – Our unique Zombie Apocalypse RPG series was also popular with fans old and new alike! Several people bought the entire game line and we sold out of the hardcover core rule book. Palladium’s plausible explanation for zombies, how they function, the array of unique yet plausible zombies, and the scope of the Dead Reign® setting resinated with many gamers.

More Next Week – Wayne caught a bug at Gen Con and is out sick, so I promised to keep this update short. Honestly, we are all a bit worn out, so we’ll try to talk more about Gen Con in Closing Thoughts and in the next Weekly Update. Those of you who took photos of the Palladium booth, me, and the crew, please send them to us at rifter{at}palladiumbooks.com and we’ll try to post a bunch in the next Weekly Update. Again, our thanks to the multitude of fans who came by to say hello, chat, and make purchases. You made this Gen Con special and memorable for me and all of us. – Kevin

Rifts Titan Robotics

Rifts® Titan Robotics Sourcebook – AVAILABLE NOW!

Shrouded in secrecy and rumor, the true story of Titan Robotics™ is finally revealed. Part a high-tech toy box, part Secrets of Archie Three, part adventure book with whole new ways to play, and filled with new types of Titan Robotics power armors, giant robots, vehicles, weapons, and gear. Join a Titan Robotics Courier Team and delve into the company’s many secrets, including ARCHIE-3’s plans and program to monitor and manipulate the outside world.

  • Visit the gleaming steel and metal of a Titan Robotics™ showroom, and test-drive their newest models.
  • 18 giant robots.
  • 12 power armors.
  • Weapons, gear and notable vehicles.
  • Gunny’s Depots – arms dealer and part of Titan’s hidden network.
  • Play a Syntharoid sentient human replica android.
  • Play a Titan Dispatcher and join a Titan Robotics Courier Team.
  • Discover ARCHIE and Hagan’s hidden agendas and secret operations.
  • Explore Titan’s shadowy web of informants and how it prospers and grows.
  • Explore alternative time lines, campaign prompts, adventure outlines, intrigue, espionage, and more.
  • Art by Steven Cummings, Charles Walton, and others.
  • Written by Sean Owen Roberson and Matthew Clements.
  • 192 pages – $26.99 retail – Cat. No. 899 – Softcover.

Rifts Titan Robotics at PalladiumBooks.com

Rifts Cyberworks Poker Deck

Cyberworks Poker Deck – AVAILABLE NOW!

The cover art from the original Rifts® Sourcebook One is featured on the back of each card. Color throughout. Attractive and durable.

  • 52 cards, plus red and black Jokers.
  • Face cards feature iconic Rifts® Cyberworks/Archie 3 artwork (Spades: Cyberworks, Hearts: Shemarrians, Clubs: Mechanoids, Diamonds: Titan Robotics).
  • Number cards feature a color energy swirl in the suit and a circuit board pattern.
  • Textured linen cards for a nice touch and durability.
  • Professional quality playing cards.
  • 52 cards plus two Jokers – $14.99 per deck – Cat. No. 2609 – available now!

Rifts Cyberworks Poker Deck at PalladiumBooks.com

Yin-Sloth Jungles Revised

Yin-Sloth Jungles Expanded and Revised – AVAILABLE NOW

It is at the printer and we are told should arrive July 28, just in time for Gen Con – ships July 28. Yin-Sloth Jungles™ presents a setting unlike any other Fantasy RPG and it’s all fun. It opens with an overview and history of the region, followed by nuts and bolts, like skills, poison, and weapons. Players will drool over the 15 truly unique O.C.C.s ideal for jungle adventures and beyond. Players and Game Masters will love the lavishly detailed jungle people and monsters. Then you get a little taste of what’s to follow in Yin-Sloth Expeditions, making it a bit of a player’s guide and bestiary. Ah, but there is magic and strangeness, and your first hints of wild adventures across the sprawling jungle.

  • 15 O.C.C.s, all updated and expanded, making them seem brand new: Beastmaster, Holy Crusader, Jungle Fighter, Man-Catcher, the unique Tezcat and Pygmy Shamans, Spy, Undead Hunter, and Witch Hunter, among others.
  • 18 Jungle People and monsters updated and expanded, plus a few additions, also expanded so they feel like new.
  • New and expanded Shaman Chant magic.
  • New and unique Pygmy Shaman Chant magic.
  • New and expanded history of the Yin-Sloth Jungles.
  • Expanded and clarified weapons, jungle armor, poisons, & more.
  • The Orcish Empire and a few notable cities.
  • All new maps by Phil Stone.
  • Comprehensive double-page map (grayscale) by Will Erwin.
  • Deluxe color map of the region by Will Erwin to be made available separately.
  • Filled with great artwork by Peterson (ROG) and Mike Mumah.
  • Written by Kevin Siembieda, John Klinkel, and Patrick Nowak.
  • 160 pages – $24.99 retail – Cat. No. 459.

Yin-Sloth Jungles Revised at PalladiumBooks.com

Rifts Cyberworks Collection

COMING SOON! The Cyberworks Collection Hardcover

Featuring must-have ARCHIE-Three™ source material gathered into one, big, attractive hardcover edition. It contains:

  • Rifts® Sourcebook One, Revised & Expanded.
  • Rifts® Sourcebook Two: The Mechanoids®.
  • Rifts® Shemarrian Nation™ Sourcebook.
  • Rifts® Aftermath Archie-Three™ source material.
  • 5 page index in the back of the book.
  • Color end sheets.
  • 384 pages – $49.99 retail – color cover hardcover – Cat. No. 900. Coming soon.

Yin-Sloth Expeditions

COMING SOON for Fantasy! Yin-Sloth Expeditions

In depth world information, villains, monsters, strange gods, a lost city, ancient civilizations, dark magic, several fully fleshed out adventures and ideas for a zillion more. Ideal for players and Game Masters alike. There is no place that offers the same range of adventures as the Yin-Sloth Jungles. August or September release.

The Yin-Sloth Jungles are a hostile wilderness filled with the ruins of lost civilizations, forgotten magic, and strange creatures found nowhere else in the world. And it’s all waiting for you to explore!

Expeditions provides more details about the Yin-Sloth Jungles and notable cities, their people, NPCs, hidden dangers, and opportunities for bold adventurers. Discover strange places and exotic beings, unravel mysteries, expose conspiracies, battle unspeakable evil, recover magic artifacts, or champion one of many human and non-human fledgling kingdoms across the jungles.

The original Yin-Sloth Jungles material has all been updated, expanded, and re-mastered from start to finish with additional text, adventures, details, art, and loads of maps (all new). I had forgotten how many exotic locations and great adventures were in the original book, plus ideas for a zillion more. All re-mastered, updated, and expanded for the delight of new and long-time Palladium Fantasy® fans alike.

  • Villains, NPCs, magic items, adventures, and fun galore.
  • Find adventure or become a hired mercenary in the Orcish Empire.
  • Delve into cities like Mishala and others.
  • Retrieve relics from an ancient catacomb of Dragonwright.
  • Stop rebellion and save the city of Terellia.
  • Explore the Lost City of Kor.
  • Brave the madness at Shaldon’s Keep and save a village.
  • Confirm rumors of a kingdom of monsters forming at the Great Fire Bog.
  • Discover what evil lurks in the tomb of Gavin.
  • Investigate a sect of Sea Giants restoring the city of Freedara.
  • Unearth ancient secrets, face eldritch evil, battle the undead, fight giants and monsters, stand against a wicked dragon, and face all manner of beasts and challenges.
  • 10 adventures and countless ideas for more.
  • 30+ new maps by Phil Stone and dynamic artwork throughout.
  • Written by Kevin Siembieda, John Klinkel, and Patrick Nowak.
  • 160-192 pages – final size and price yet to be determined – Cat. No. 460 – in final editing. Goes into layout soon.

Original Palladium Fantasy 1st Edition Foil Hardcover

BACK in STOCK! “Original” Palladium Fantasy RPG® “Bonus” Edition Commemorative Hardcover, 1st Edition – Available now

The ever popular Original Palladium Fantasy RPG® Commemorative Bonus Hardcover (first edition rules) is back in print. It is a deluxe, foil stamped edition that presents the original, First Edition Fantasy rules, expanded with the inclusion of the long out-of-print Arms of Nargash-Tor adventure sourcebook and Tombs of Gersidi.

  • 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.
  • The Arms of Nargash-Tor adventure sourcebook is included as “bonus” material back in print for the first time in 35 years.
  • Easily adapted to all 2nd Edition rules and sourcebooks.
  • Deluxe hardcover edition. Probably limited to fewer than 1,000 copies.
  • 320 pages total with “bonus” material – $55 retail – Cat. No. 449HC – available now!

Original Palladium Fantasy 1st Edition Foil Hardcover

List of Palladium Books® RPG Hardcovers Available Now

DriveThruRPG – 300+ RPG products offer a dozen unique world settings from across the Megaverse® – and they all use one game system to bring you endless adventure.

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!

Discover the Palladium Megaverse®

  • 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® #1-85. Each issue is a wealth of source material for Rifts® and 3-5 other Palladium game settings. More than 8,600 pages of source material and counting. Most issues are only available in digital form.
  • Palladium Fantasy RPG® titles. 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. All of it epic.
  • Dead Reign® RPG and sourcebooks. The Zombie Apocalypse unleashed. 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.
  • After the Bomb® RPG and sourcebooks. Play anthropomorphic, intelligent, mutant animals as crime-fighting mutants and super-heroes or survivors of a crumbling post-apocalyptic Earth.
  • Ninjas & Superspies™ RPG and the Mystic China™ sourcebook. 41 types of martial arts, ninjas, super-spies, gizmos, mystic powers, and magic in the main book, plus even more in Mystic China.
  • Nightbane® RPG and sourcebooks – Urban Fantasy. Only you know the truth. Only you can see the Nightlords and their demonic minions, and you have the power to stop them. But you must transform into a monster yourself in order to use your powers. Trust no one.
  • Beyond the Supernatural™ RPG and sourcebooks. Modern horror; 14 character classes, 42 occupations for “ordinary people,” 100+ psychic abilities, 16 monsters, and more.
  • 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 (Beyond the Supernatural), zombies (Dead Reign®), The Rifter® sourcebook series, novels, paper minis, and more.

Palladium PDFs at DriveThruRPG.com

FUN Podcast Adventures

These fun podcasts are created by Palladium fans like you.

Heroes Unlimited™ Christmas Special and the Cozy Caverns Beyond the Supernatural RPG adventure podcasts from the creative minds at www.realplaygamespod.com.

Coming this summer from Real Play Games Podcast: A dozen plus episodes of After the Bomb®: Purrsuit of the Heart, with other good stuff in development like a new story arc for the Beyond the Supernatural inspired Cozy Cavern Mysteries, and more.

Rifts® Live Play Podcast is available for your viewing enjoyment – Rifts®: Ghost in the Machine. It is produced and Game Mastered by none other than long-time Palladium freelance artist, Mark Dudley. You can find the first several episodes on Imaginos TV. Click on the link below.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9OKt2SBYwybo_sV8zmdOBSQ1eaJP3rj9

Palladium Collectibles – at Kevin’s Online Toy & Collectibles eBay Store

Original artMy 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 Palladium books (they look awesome framed), and other Palladium memorabilia.

Collectibles include Palladium limited edition hardcovers, out of print items, signed books, one-of-a-kind proofreader copies, art prints, posters, comic books, Star Wars toys, superhero action figures, and many other toys and items from my personal collection. Yeah, I used to be a crazy toy and art collector. Hundreds of items. Take a look every weekend or two for new additions.

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. 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. We have been cutting them loose and making them available to you. I am only keeping a few dozen pages of negatives and a few complete books for myself, the rest are all being slowly offered to you, in no particular order.

  • Each negative is truly unique and resembles woodcut art.
  • It is 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 signed in silver ink by Kevin Siembieda, the founder and owner of Palladium Books.
  • Each signed negative comes with a Certificate of Authenticity.
  • A one-of-a-kind work of art and a dynamic conversation piece.
  • Each signed negative is on a white board inside a clear plastic bag.
  • Negatives looks fabulous matted or framed! Fits in an 8×10 inch matt opening. Each neg is roughly 8½ 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, but still look awesome matted or framed.

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

Closing Thoughts – GEN CON thank you from Sean Owen Roberson

Howdy loyal readers, I just wanted to publicly thank all of you for coming by our booth at Gen Con, picking up new books, and having a friendly chat with us. I quickly lost count of how many times someone walked up to Kevin, quickly shook his hand, and expressed a variation of “Sorry to interrupt Mr. Siembieda, but I just wanted to shake your hand and thank you for many years of joy and gaming.” This was invariably followed up by a personal statement like “your games kept my friends and I out of trouble,” or “you helped me get through tough years,” or “you inspired me to become an artist (or writer or other creative),” or similar variation.

I personally had a blast chatting with many of you, getting to know the attending Palladium freelancers better, and meeting tons of talented artists. I also enjoyed spending time with Jodi Black, Clint Black, Tracey Sizemore, Darrell Hayhurst and others associated with Savage Worlds (PEG Inc), plus Rick Meintz of Chaosium, Jolly Blackburn of Kenzer & Company, Mike Pondsmith of R Talsorian Games (Cyberpunk Red, 2077), Christian Doyle of ZOE, and many others.

A special highlight for my weekend was getting to meet Michael Stackpole, the author of many awesome Battletech and Star Wars novels/comics. As a long-time fan, I was stoked that he went out of his way to talk with me about novel writing, share some of his tools, and chew the fat with me and Kevin.

I was also very pleased to see an old friend of mine at Gen Con, Matthew Eng with Ravensburger. Matt and I were missionary companions in southern Taiwan over twenty years ago, and ended up going to the same university after that. We’ve kept in touch for decades, and it’s great to see his work as the art director on the highly anticipated Disney Lorcana collectible card game.

Best of all, was getting to share Titan Robotics™, Yin-Sloth Jungles™ Expanded, Nightbane®, and other cool books with all of you. Thank you so much for making our time at Gen Con so enjoyable. Your support and fervor mean that we can continue to have a strong presence at the convention and maybe even make a little more money than we spend there … and that is saying something!

Sean Owen Roberson, adventurer, writer, designer

© 2023 Palladium Books Inc. All rights reserved.

Rifts®, The Rifter®, RECON®, Splicers®, Powers Unlimited®, Palladium Books®, The Palladium Fantasy Role-Playing Game®, Phase World®, Nightbane®, Megaverse®, The Mechanoids®, The Mechanoid Invasion®, Coalition Wars®, Chaos Earth®, Dead Reign®, and After the Bomb® are Registered Trademarks of Palladium Books Inc.; Beyond the Supernatural, Coalition States, Garden of the Gods, Heroes Unlimited, Ninjas & Superspies, Minion War, Mysteries of Magic, Psychic Scream, SAMAS, Thundercloud Galaxy, Three Galaxies, Vampire Kingdoms, and other published book titles, names, slogans and likenesses are trademarks of Palladium Books Inc., and Kevin Siembieda.

This press release may be reprinted, reposted, linked and shared for the sole purpose of advertising, promotion and sales solicitation.