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

By Kevin Siembieda

The Rifts® 30th Anniversary “Gold” Commemorative hardcover (Cat. No. 8000HC30 “Gold,” $75.00 retail, with an extra 38 color pages, signed and numbered) has been shipping all week. It arrived Monday afternoon and I spent two days signing, numbering and adding a dragonhead drawing and snappy line to them all. We have already sold more than half! This book is, indeed, going to be a hot collectable. Available on a first come, first served basis while supplies last. A more detailed description can be found elsewhere in this Update and in the Palladium online store.

The stunning color cover Rifts® 30th Anniversary Commemorative hardcover (Cat. No. 800HC30, $49.99 retail, with an extra 32 color pages) is supposed to arrive today or tomorrow! “Stunning” is indeed the word for both of these beautiful books. Both hardcovers present the original Rifts® RPG but have been given the deluxe treatment: Dynamic cover art, sturdy hardcover, color endsheets, 30+ pages of additional color, never before seen concept art, a gallery of ALL Rifts covers to date, the history of Rifts® spotlighting key contributors, and more. Somehow seeing the Keith Parkinson cover painting on the cover again feels rewarding. A more detailed description can be found elsewhere in this Update and in the Palladium online store. Both Rifts® 30th edition hardcovers are available now!

COMING! 3 new hardcovers ship to Palladium next week! Our hardcover printer tells us the next three new hardcovers – After the Bomb® RPG “Bonus” Edition, Ninjas & Superspies™ RPG “Bonus” Edition, and Dead Reign® RPG Hardcover – will ship to Palladium the end of next week. If they remain on schedule we will be able to ship them out to you the week of June 21. Gamers seem especially excited about the After the Bomb® and Ninjas & Superspies™ hardcovers, both with additional bonus material.

BACK in STOCK SOON – Rifts® Ultimate Edition – available the week of June 21.

Rifts® Ultimate Edition provides gamers with everything you need to start playing. Just add some dice, players, and a heaping helping of imagination and you are ready to explore a realm of adventure unlike anything on the RPG market. No other RPG blends science fiction, fantasy, horror, and post-apocalyptic adventure with demons and aliens, robots and cyborgs, magic and the supernatural in such a plausible and dynamic way. A setting that lets you play any type and style of game you can imagine. Not to mention hundreds of different alien, supernatural, magical, and other beings available as player characters. All of it set on a post-apocalyptic Earth that is both familiar and as alien as a thousand different planets.

• There has never been another RPG quite like Rifts®.
• 376 page hardcover, 24 pages of color – $44.99 retail – Cat. No. 800HC – Back in stock no later than June 24.

Other Core Rule Books now available as hardcovers

Due to popular demand we have been making select core rule books available as both hardcover and softcover editions and gamers are loving them. All feature a sturdy, color hardcover, color endsheets, and the RPGs and core titles you know and love. The following six titles have been selling like crazy.

Available now:

• Palladium Fantasy RPG® Hardcover (Cat. No. 450HC, $39.99 retail).
• Heroes Unlimited™ RPG Hardcover (Cat. No. 500HC, $39.99 retail).
• Beyond the Supernatural™ RPG Hardcover (Cat. No. 700HC, $36.99 retail).

Back in stock by the End of June: We had plenty of the following Rifts® core sourcebooks until a few distributors snatched them all up! They should be back in stock sometime the week of June 28. People are enjoying these hardcovers.

• Rifts® Game Master Guide Hardcover (Cat. No. 845HC, $39.99 retail).
• Rifts® Book of Magic Hardcover (Cat. No. 848HC, $39.99 retail).
• Rifts® Adventure Guide Hardcover (Cat. No. 849HC, $36.99 retail).

ALL back in stock in a few weeks.

Palladium Fantasy RPG®, 2nd Edition Hardcover – available now. A fantasy setting like no other, rich in history and inviting adventure. Not only are you able to play iconic fantasy heroes, but also characters such as the Mind Mage, Druid, Diabolist, Summoner, and an array of nonhuman characters from Elves and Dwarves to Wolfen, Changelings, Kobolds, Orcs, Ogres, and many others. 25+ Occupational Character Classes (O.C.C.s), 14+ inhuman player races (more in sourcebooks), 300+ magic spells, 60 magical wards, 50 magic circles, 70+ psychic powers, dozens of magic items, potions, Rune Weapons, and so much more. 336 pages – $39.99 retail – Cat. No. 450HC – available now. Also available as a softcover edition.

– Heroes Unlimited™ RPG, 2nd Edition Hardcover – available now – and has been a hit RPG for 30+ years. Why? Because it enables you to create any type of comic book hero you can imagine. 101 super abilities plus a multitude of sub-powers within them, bonuses and special combat capabilities. 72 psychic powers and 100+ magic spells, plus enchanted weapons and objects that turn a person into a superhuman. Psychics, super-powered aliens, mutants, super soldiers, Mega-Heroes, mages, immortals, cyborgs, robots, power armor, weapon masters, and more. Plus a dozen sourcebooks provide you with hundreds of additional super abilities, hero categories, bad guys, and adventures. 352 pages for a complete RPG – $39.99 retail – Cat. No. 500HC – available now. Also available as a softcover edition.

Beyond the Supernatural™ RPG, 2nd Edition Hardcover – A plausible modern horror setting unlike any other. One that makes sense and will challenge your role-playing skills. 14 Psychic Character Classes. 42 occupations for “ordinary” people, 100+ psychic abilities, including Fire Walker abilities, creatures of darkness, the Lazlo Agency, and more. All of these unlikely heroes stand against supernatural evil in a world of disbelievers who brand them as practitioners of fringe science and lunatics. Only your characters know the truth: supernatural evil is real and dangerous. Are you ready to join the battle? 256 pages – $36.99 retail – Cat. No. 700HC – available now. New sourcebooks are coming soon. Also available as a softcover edition.

Rifts® Game Master Guide™ Hardcover – available the week of June 28. 500+ weapons, 290 pieces of equipment, 180+ vehicles, 100+ suits of body armor. 80+ suits of power armor, 300+ skills, character and D-Bee index, dozens of maps, and more. 352 pages – $39.99 retail – Cat. No. 845HC – available the week of June 28. Also available in softcover.

Rifts® Book of Magic™ Hardcover – available the week of June 28. Nearly 1,000 magic spells, 400 magic weapons and devices from across Rifts Earth, plus magic tattoos, herbs, stones, automatons, Iron Juggernauts, Rune Weapons, Bio-Wizard weapons, talismans, and more. 352 pages of pure magic – $39.99 retail – Cat. No. 848HC – available the week of June 28. Also available in softcover.

Rifts® Adventure Guide™ Hardcover – available the week of June 28. 150+ adventure ideas, Game Master and player tips from Kevin Siembieda, Erick Wujcik and Bill Coffin, adventure creation, how to use alignments, tricks of running a large group, G.M. tools, overview and info about the CS Chi-Town ‘Burbs. Tables for creating towns, merc companies, and traveling shows and more. 192 pages – $36.99 retail – Cat. No. 849HC – available the week of June 28. Also available in softcover.

After the Bomb^® RPG “Bonus” Edition Hardcover – Ships the week of June 21

Create any type of intelligent, humanoid, mutant animal from a turtle or raccoon to an elephant or lion. The RPG presents stats for 100+ mutant animals, plus rules for creating any mutant animal you can imagine, and each sourcebook offers dozens more.

Play your mutant animals as super-heroes, vigilantes, or mutants on the run in the Heroes Unlimited™, Ninjas & Superspies™, Heroes of the Megaverse® or Skraypers™ settings. Or as mutants or monsters in Nightbane®. (You could make a mutant animal the Nightbane’s Morphus!) In Palladium Fantasy® your mutant animal could be one of the forgotten archaic races, a visitor from another world, a creation of magic, or a monster. In Rifts®, Chaos Earth®, Phase World® and the Three Galaxies, The Mechanoids®, Aliens Unlimited™, Splicers® and similar RPGs, use the creation rules to make new D-Bees, aliens, mutants, or monsters. Or play in the AtB post-apocalyptic Earth setting that makes Planet of the Apes seem tame. Whatever the setting, playing anthropomorphic animal characters is a blast.

• 100+ mutant animal stats included.
• Mutant animal creation rules to mutate ANY animal.
• 52 Mutant Animal Powers.
• 33 Mutant Animal Psionic Powers.
• New Animal Chimeras and their abilities.
• New back story to the After the Bomb® world of mutants.
• The post-apocalyptic Earth setting of “After the Bomb” is just one use for your mutant animal heroes.
• A complete RPG written by Erick Wujcik. His last great work and a sometimes overlooked RPG masterpiece. These are the Mutant Animal Creation Rules you know and love taken to new heights.
• Compatible with Heroes Unlimited™, Aliens Unlimited™, Nightbane®, N&S, Rifts® and any game setting where mutants or aliens are appropriate.
• 72 pages of “bonus” material includes the original After the Bomb® sourcebook and Yucatan Adventures from the old Game Shield.
• 296 pages (72 bonus pages) – $39.99 retail – Cat. No. 503HC – Ships the week of June 21. Also available as a 224 page softcover book ($26.99 retail – Cat. No. 503).

Ninjas & Superspies^™ RPG “Bonus” Edition Hardcover – Ships the week of June 21

The Ninjas & Superspies™ RPG is the ultimate guide to martial arts with 40 different martial art forms and 48 mystic martial arts powers alone, but there is so much more. Asian combat skills accurately portrayed, each with its own unique fighting style, methods of attack and defense presented on an epic scale, complete with legendary mystic powers. Spies, Cyber Agents, Gadgeteers, secret organizations creation rules, secret identities, gimmick weapons and clothing, cyber-disguises, implants, and more. Compatible with Heroes Unlimited™ RPG and even Nightbane®, Rifts®, and other settings. A complete game PLUS 44 pages of bonus material gathered from The Rifter®.

• 40+ types of hand to hand combat — effectively offering 40 types of martial arts character classes!
• 17 Occupational Character Classes for spies, mercenaries, martial artists and special operatives.
• 48 mystic martial art powers.
• Dim Mak, Chi Mastery, the Arts of Invisibility and more.
• Bionic implants, disguises, weapons, & equipment.
• Secret identities, spy agencies, creation rules for secret organizations.
• Complete stand-alone RPG with skills, weapons, rules and guidelines for using other Palladium settings.
• Compatible with Heroes Unlimited™, Rifts®, Rifts® China, and the entire Palladium Megaverse®!
• 44 pages of “bonus” material gathered from The Rifter®.
• 224 pages – $36.99 retail – Cat. No. 525HC – RPG by Erick Wujcik – Ships the week of June 21. Also available as a 176 page softcover book ($22.99 retail – Cat. No. 525.) And see Mystic China (currently on sale) for an astonishing and fun sourcebook with more mystical martial arts abilities, magic, demons, immortals and more.

Dead Reign^® RPG Hardcover – The Zombie Apocalypse^™ – Ships the week of June 21

The dead have risen and it would seem to be the end of the world.

Civilization crumbles in a matter of days as hundreds of millions of people die and rise as the walking dead. The hundreds of millions of people who fall to the zombies also rise to join the growing legions of undead. Then the world goes silent.

You are on your own. The army is MIA. There is no government. No law. No television, radio or Internet. No media, cell phones or communications of any kind. Cities and towns have gone dark, and zombies fill the streets.

Death Cults have risen, promising protection from the walking dead.

Retro-Savages have forsaken technology and sacrifice the living to the zombies in hopes of bringing an end to the nightmare.

Brave human survivors refuse to lie down and die! They come from all walks of life. Their common goal: survival as they struggle to forge safe havens away from the cities, rescue other survivors and battle the walking dead without respite. For now at least, the planet belongs to the dead.

Dead Reign® is an excellent introductory game that is easy to learn, fast to play, and fun to read. If you are looking for a zombie game that truly captures the feel of survival after the apocalypse and the nightmare of being stalked by zombies, Dead Reign® is it. Game mechanics are designed to create a real sense of escalating terror and dread when the zombies swarm. Sourcebooks expand the world, player options, and adventure ideas as well as new zombies and dangers.

• Six Apocalyptic Character Classes (O.C.C.) including the Reaper, Shepherd of the Damned, Hound Master, Apocalyptic Soldier, Scrounger and Ordinary People.
• Seven types of zombies plus the Half-Living. (Sourcebooks offer many more.)
• Secrets of the Dead: Everything you need to know about zombies and need to ask.
• Death Cults, their Priests, power over zombies and goals.
• Random tables galore and the fundamentals of survival.
• Strong setting, world overview and many adventure ideas.
• A complete role-playing game. 224 pages – $36.99 retail – Cat. No. 230HC – Ships the week of June 21. Also available as a 224 page softcover RPG ($26.99 retail – Cat. No. 230).

UPDATE: Rifts^® CS Manhunters

I have been working on this fun sourcebook whenever I can and it is looking great. With several hardcovers and reprints at the printer, and the Rifts® 30th Anniversary Hardcovers shipping, my plate is now cleared up for writing.

Rifts® CS Manhunters presents dark secrets of the Coalition States involving CS psychics, the super secret Psi-Ops Division (the thought police of Emperor Prosek), and the deadly super-patriots that are the enigmatic CS Manhunters. Includes 50+ NEW psionic abilities with real punch, insight into the Dog Boys and Kill Hounds, meanings revealed about the Seven Dangers Prophecy (first introduced in Rifts® Sourcebook 2: The Mechanoids®), and gadgets and implants, and surprises. All of it building toward something epic.

• New Coalition Psychic O.C.C.s.
• 50+ new psionic abilities and revisits of some favorites.
• CS Manhunter Divner and Precog.
• CS Manhunter Psi-Interrogator and Psi-Enforcer.
• CS Manhunter Bursters and Zappers.
• CS Manhunter Psi-Healers and CS Slayers.
• CS Manhunter Killhound and Dog Boy O.C.C.s.
• CS Manhunter Mind Melters, the deadliest of them all.
• CS Manhunter squads and special operations.
• Secrets of Psi-Ops Division and insight about Coalition psychics.
• Deciphering the Seven Dangers Prophecy.
• The impact of the demon plagues unleashed by the Minion War.
• Player Characters, NPCS, background info, adventure ideas, and more.
• 96-128 pages – $18.99 retail – Cat. No. 894 – In production and nearing completion.

UPDATE: Creature Feature^™, a Beyond the Supernatural^™ sourcebook

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

• A gallery of supernatural creatures. Some new. Some familiar, updated and expanded. All terrifying.
• Rules clarifications and errata.
• Game Master source material and advice on rules, psychic abilities, proximity and threat levels, I.S.P. multipliers, and more.
• Advice about running modern horror RPGs and using supernatural creatures in your games.
• Lots of adventure ideas, including an updated and expanded full adventure, “The Squatter.”
• New background and setting information for the BTS setting and a few surprises.
• Written by Steven Dawes, Kevin Siembieda, and others.
• Art by Steven Cummings, Nick Bradshaw and others.
• 160-192 pages – $22.99 or $26.99 depending on final size – Cat. No. 704.

UPDATE: Rifts^® Titan Robotics^™

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

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

• New Giant Robots.
• New Power Armor, equipment and accessories.
• 30+ power armors and robots, plus other equipment.
• New weapons, gear and vehicles.
• Titan Robotics Corporation and structure.
• Archie’s secret kingdom and plans for the future.
• New O.C.C.s and key Non-Player Characters (NPCs).
• Android executives, security and much more.
• Wellington Industries, campaign prompts and more.
• Art by Walton, Cummings, Atkins, and others. Cover by Mike Majestic.
• Written by Matthew Clements and Kevin Siembieda.
• 160-192 pages (tentative) – $22.99 retail (or $26.99) – Cat. No. 899.

UPDATE: Rifts^® Bestiary^™ Volume Two

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

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

• Monsters and animals of Rifts North America organized into big, easy to use sourcebooks.
• Updated and expanded descriptions and information for each existing monster.
• Updated and uniform stat blocks.
• New exotic creatures – predators, exotic riding animals, beasts of burden, alien horrors, giant insects, and more.
• A map for every creature showing where it is found.
• Easily adapted to any Palladium setting – Palladium Fantasy®, Chaos Earth®, Splicers®, Phase World®, the Three Galaxies™, The Mechanoids®, Heroes Unlimited™/Aliens Unlimited™, and others.
• Basic S.D.C. stats included with each creature description.
• Fully illustrated, with art by Charles Walton II, Ramon Perez, Robert Atkins, and many others. Written by Kevin Siembieda.
• 256 pages each volume – $26.99 – Cat. No. 897 (Volume Two).

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And we have settings for every genre: Fantasy RPG, science fiction (Rifts®, Splicers®, and The Mechanoids®), super-heroes (Heroes Unlimited and After the Bomb), superhero horror (Nightbane®), modern horror (Dead Reign® and Beyond the Supernatural), plus The Rifter® sourcebook series (by fans like you), novels, paper minis, and more.

Rifts® Novels: Duty’s Edge – The lone surviving soldier from a New German Republic Special Forces operation struggles to complete the mission on his own. A stand-alone Rifts® novel complete in itself. 236 pages, Cat. No. 308. The Cosmo-Knight and The Reckoning (Phase World®, the Three Galaxies, and Cosmo-Knights), the Rifts® trilogy of novels: Sonic Boom, Deception’s Web, and Treacherous Awakenings, as well as the Rifts® Anthology: Tales of the Chi-Town ‘Burbs (11 authors), Machinations of Doom (graphic novel by Ramon K. Perez), and Path of the Storm (a proposed Rifts® movie script) and 300+ other Palladium Books RPG titles.

Also available: Free Garden of the Gods™ (Fantasy) and Rifts® Bestiary™ Volume One Sneak Previews, and the Palladium Fantasy RPG® Interactive Character Sheet: A Microsoft Excel-based character management system. Packed with features and data collected from every official Palladium Fantasy sourcebook to enable you to create Fantasy characters quickly (25 minutes!) and help you to update and manage them for years to come.

Dead Reign® Paper Miniatures Volume Three: Zombies, Dead Reign® Paper Miniatures Volume Two: Civilians and Dead Reign® Paper Miniatures Volume One: Survivors. There are also paper miniatures for Heroes Unlimited™, Palladium Fantasy® and Rifts®. A new, up-to-date, PDF Palladium Books Catalog. Nightbane® Dark Designs™ sourcebook with 60 new Common Talents, 38 new Elite Talents, 18 new Morphus Tables, all other Morphus Tables collected and more. Systems Failure™ RPG, a 160 page RPG that deals with alien invasion and a post-apocalypse setting that is fun and dynamic. Civilization is on the verge of collapse when the so-called “bugs” invade and turn humans into zombie-like slaves. Monsters, heroes and fun. A complete RPG and setting. Rifts® World Book 34: Northern Gun™ Two: 256 pages of technology and fun. 30+ power armors, 30+ body armors, 15 combat vehicles, 45 vehicles (hovercycles, etc.), 10 robot haulers, the Robodome and more. Bizantium and the Northern Islands™: the northernmost part of the Known World, the Cold Born, Necromancy ships made from dead sea serpents, 15 creatures, Random Sea Monster Generator, and more. Rifts® Northern Gun™ One. This fan favorite might be thought of as the big book of giant robots – an in-depth look at Northern Gun, 70+ weapons, 27 robots, NG O.C.C.s, key people and places, and much more. Mysteries of Magic™ Book One: The Heart of Magic™ with Wizards, their Apprentices, nearly 60 new magic spells and remember, magic and monsters in the Fantasy RPG are easily adapted to Rifts®, Chaos Earth®, HU2 and other settings. Wolfen Empire™ Fantasy sourcebook, the Great Northern Wilderness and Killer Winters, 12 Wolfen Tribes, Wolfen military and society, 15+ creatures, 5 full adventures, 101 adventure ideas, random encounter tables, notable people, places, plus FREE Sneak Previews of The Rifter® #80, The Rifter® #81, The Rifter® #82, and more on DriveThruRPG.com.

• Rifts® is a genre-bending setting that combines science fiction, fantasy, horror, post-apocalypse survival, magic, and endless possibilities for adventure. Imagine a near perfect world of advanced technology 100 years in the future. Then imagine that world crashing down overnight in an apocalyptic upheaval not seen since the formation of the planet. A Great Cataclysm caused by the explosive return of magic. Now fast forward 300 years into the future where magic, dragons, and mythic gods coexist with cyborgs, giant robots and super-science rediscovered from humanity’s Golden Age as humans rise from a lengthy Dark Age. But they must contend with countless alien life forms, monsters, and supernatural horrors from beyond the Rifts.
• Rifts® core titles we would suggest: Rifts® Ultimate Edition, Rifts® Game Master Guide, Rifts® Book of Magic, Rifts® Adventure Guide, D-Bees of North America™, Rifts® World Book 11: Coalition War Campaign and Rifts® Sourcebook One. Note: The Rifts® RPG, 1st Edition and Rifts® Ultimate, 2nd Edition are both available.
• 80+ Rifts® supplements, most of them available as PDFs with more coming. Where to start? Wherever sounds fun.
• Rifts® Dimension Books™: Travel to alien worlds and dimensions via the Rifts for off-world adventure and intrigue.
• Rifts® Chaos Earth® RPG and sourcebook series (all). 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.
• FREE Sneak Previews for Nightbane® Dark Designs™, Rifts® Secrets of the Atlanteans™, Rifts® CS Heroes of Humanity, and many other previews as well as free and low cost items that we make available. All of it adds to the growing list of Rifts and other Palladium RPG game titles available as PDF books, cards and support. A new title should be added every week or two, so keep watching for them.
• The Rifter® #1-84, ALL issues of The Rifter®. Each issue is a wealth of source material and ideas for 3-6 different Palladium game lines. Most are easily adapted to ANY Palladium game setting. Each issue a gem. 8,500 pages of source material and ideas for heroes, villains, monsters, magic, gear, and adventure.
• Splicers® RPG is like Iron Man meets Game of Thrones with elements of Terminator – except this army of Iron Men are clad in living body armor and wield living, organic weapons and devices. Created in 2004 by writer and game designer Carmen Bellaire, Splicers® was nominated for an Inquest Gamer Magazine Fan Awards Game of the Year, and has since developed a rabid fan base. Science fiction and horror where humans are forced to use genetically engineered, living weapons and organic war machines to battle an insane Artificial Intelligence and her robot legions. Unlike anything you have ever played before!
• Splicers®: I Am Legion™ Adventure Sourcebook: 6 new Great Houses, 4 new Host Armors, 6 new War Mounts, 19 new Bio-Weapons, 15 new killer machines, new Bio-Enhancements, Amalgam creation tables, Legion and a series of adventures that build into a small campaign, and more.
• Palladium Fantasy RPG®, 1st Edition Rules and sourcebooks. A unique world of magic, monsters and heroes. Dozens of nonhuman player characters including Wolfen, Bearmen, Ogres, Orcs and more. 100,000 years of history.
• Palladium Fantasy RPG®, 2nd Edition Rules and many sourcebooks. The expanded world of high fantasy, magic, mystery and heroes of every variety. Includes the Mind Mage and psychic abilities, mages and spells, magic circles and symbols, men-at-arms, scoundrels and a wide range of inhuman player characters including Wolfen, Bearmen, Ogres, Orcs and many more. 100,000 years of history.
• Heroes Unlimited™ RPG first edition rule book and sourcebooks.
• Heroes Unlimited™ RPG Second Edition rule book and sourcebooks. Create any type of superhuman you can desire and bring comic book adventures to life.
• Dead Reign® RPG (Zombie Apocalypse). The dead have risen. It is the battle for survival in the zombie apocalypse, but this setting is much more than your typical zombie game. Play ordinary people or special characters better equipped to survive and hunt zombies. Many unusual types of zombies.
• Dead Reign® Sourcebooks: 6 sourcebooks from Civilization Gone™ to Hell Followed™ (the latter features stats for 23 disasters, masked lunatics, 11 new zombies, 7 apocalyptic character classes, and more) are available.
• Beyond the Supernatural™ RPG, 1st Edition Rules. Supernatural horror in the modern world. Play ordinary people, psychics, paranormal investigators or for something different: Victim Characters!
• Beyond the Supernatural™ RPG, 2nd Edition: The complete, revised core game, 14 character classes and 42 occupations for “ordinary people,” 100+ psychic abilities, 16 monsters, the Lazlo Agency, world setting and rules.
• Nightbane® RPG and sourcebooks. An RPG setting we call superhero horror. Dark conspiracy, a secret, demon invasion starting with world leaders and law enforcement, and it is spreading. The player characters are the Nightbane®, reluctant superhumans who must turn into monsters themselves to unleash their powers and battle the evil that is clear only to them. A dark, sinister and challenging world of horror.
• After the Bomb® RPG and sourcebooks. Planet of the Apes meets the X-Men! Animal creations, powers and more. Create any type of intelligent mutant animal you can imagine as friend or foe.
• Ninjas & Superspies™ RPG and the Mystic China™ sourcebook. James Bond meets Enter the Dragon. 41 types of martial arts, ninjas, and super-spies with gadgets, gizmos and advanced weapons.
• The Mechanoid Invasion® Trilogy RPG is a long time, cult favorite with a fatalistic world-view of humans vs aliens with superior technology.
• The Palladium Weapon Series of real world weapons, armor and castles throughout history. Designed for use with ANY game system.
• 200+ Palladium titles in all, plus G.M. kits, paper miniatures and more.
• Heroes Unlimited™ Paper Miniatures – Two sets are now available!
• Palladium Fantasy RPG® Paper Miniatures – Volumes #1-6 are available now. More are coming in the weeks ahead.
• Rifts® Paper Miniatures: Men at Arms – $2.99
• Rifts® Paper Miniatures: Coalition Dead Boys – $2.99
• Rifts® Paper Miniatures: Adventurers – $2.99
• Rifts® Paper Miniatures: Practitioners of Magic (new) – $2.99
• Rifts® Paper Miniatures: Extras (new) – $2.99
• And more to come in the weeks ahead.

Palladium Collectibles, Negatives, Artwork, other Collectibles and Toys are always available in Kevin’s Online Toy & Collectibles eBay Store along with other good things

My eBay store is one of the few places where you can find original artwork by Charles “Chuck” Walton, Kevin Long, and others, as well as one-of-a-kind negatives from classic Rifts® and other Palladium RPG books (they look awesome framed!), rare Palladium collector hardcovers, signed books, other Palladium memorabilia, toys from my personal collection and other collectibles. Check every couple of weeks because we often post new stuff or offer a new sale. There is a sale on negatives starting today, in fact.

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

Available now: One-of-a-kind book negatives. Negatives were very popular items at the Palladium Open House and people went crazy over them at Gen Con – including actor Joe Manganiello who scooped up a pile of TMNT negatives, while Palladium’s own Mark Oberle, Carmen Bellaire, Brandon Aten and a whole lot of Palladium gamers went for negatives from Rifts® New West, Lone Star and Free Quebec. Fun.

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

When our printer, McNaughton and Gunn, went completely digital, they asked if Palladium Books wanted the negs, otherwise they would be destroyed. Regrettably, I let a few dozen be destroyed, but the negatives of many books were sent to Palladium. They have sat in our warehouse for years until I started to offer them for sale. I have also started signing the negatives in silver and each comes with a Certificate of Authenticity. Each negative comes on a white board inside a plastic magazine bag and looks fabulous framed! Fits in an 8×10 inch matt opening in a frame (each neg is roughly 8½ x 11 inches).

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Closing Thoughts

It has been an unusual week. Over the weekend, our two main printers in the office went down suffering technical difficulties. In one case, a brand new – but defective – toner cartridge blew up inside our primary workhorse printer. This caused the fine black powder to cover the interior of the printer. The toner eruption damaged rollers and encrusted the fuser with a baked on coating of hardened toner. It took hours of cleaning between us and our repair person. At the same time, our other main office printer went down. There was also a momentary problem with our UPS computer and its printer! Meanwhile, the air-conditioner went out at our home! We started to wonder if we were being plagued by Gremlins unhappy that BTS Creature Feature was not at the printer yet. Message received and working away on it along with CS Manhunters.

On top of that, the Rifts® 30th Gold hardcover arrived Monday morning. I have signed my name and drawn my fan fave dragonhead sketch (requiring a salutation and another signature on the blank side of the front end sheet) to so many books that my right forearm got sore and my back was a wreck from three long days of bending hunched over, lifting, and standing. My chiropractor said he had not seen my back out that badly in a long time. He immediately surmised I had been spending a lot of time working in the warehouse. Thankfully, he is a magician and I feel incredibly better this morning.

The Rifts® 30th Gold hardcover is truly stunning. It is funny, but there is a profound difference between seeing the digital files and holding the physical book in your hands, at least for us. The black ink throughout is as deep and rich as possible, the additional color pages, end sheets, concept art, cover gallery, and layout really sing. People are loving the insight behind the history and people who made Rifts® and Palladium Books. We are proud of this book and the color cover version.

Of course, we started shipping the Gold Editions immediately, so some of you may have already received yours. Many others will find them in their mailboxes over the next several days. If your order also contains a color cover Rifts® 30th hardcover or one of the three upcoming hardcovers (AtB, N&S, and/or DR), we are holding your order till those titles arrive so we can ship them all together. The color cover (Parkinson) Rifts® 30th is supposed to arrive later today. The other three hardcovers are supposed to ship to Palladium next week. I say “supposed to ship” because the entire printing industry remains overwhelmed and continues to see delays. It is truly crazy. In my 40 years of publishing I have never seen anything like this. Even the reprint of RUE was supposed to be here by now, but is running two weeks behind, and we sent it to the printer in early April.

Palladium is currently dividing its print work between four different printers to keep everything in stock without long periods of being out of stock on anything. And we may add another printer as the situation demands. All of these logistics and follow ups have kept me busy and taken away some of my time from my creative work, but it is a necessary evil to keep titles in print and in your hands. New releases are coming soon. Along with a few, little, silly, fun, non-book products we hope will put a smile on your face.

Well, it is back to work for me. Enjoy the Rifts® 30th hardcovers and all our hardcover releases, try to stay cool in this heat, vaccine up, and game on!

– Kevin Siembieda, Publisher, Writer, Gamer, Friend

NEW! Miniature Releases – Available now

You have been asking about new miniatures and we are providing. All miniatures come in a plastic bag. The newest three are:

Rifts® Glitter Boy™ & Pilot (original) Miniature Pack – 1st time available in resin – 28 mm resin – $19.99 retail – Cat. No. MI8001. Five Pieces: 1. Complete G.B. body and a small base, 2. right arm and Boom Gun, 3. backpack/thrusters, 4. ammo drum and belt, and 5. pilot. The ever-popular, classic Glitter Boy and Pilot (1993 RAFM) – now in resin for the first time (prior releases were pewter figures). Available now.

NEW! Rifts® CS Firebreather Dead Boy™ Miniature – true scale 32 mm resin – $9.99 retail – Cat. No. MI8047. Five pieces: 1. the body, 2. right arm and gun, 3. left arm, 4. antenna, 5. custom base. Detailed and dynamic figure. Available now.

NEW! Rifts® Juicer™ Miniature – true scale 32 mm resin – $9.99 retail – Cat. No. MI8048. Three pieces: 1. the complete body, 2. crossed swords on the back that fit so snugly that you may not even need to glue it, 3. custom base. Detailed and dynamic figure. Available now.

And don’t forget about the Deluxe Rifts® Glitter Boy Resin Miniature – released in fall 2020 – 32 mm resin – $34.99 retail – Cat. No. MI8046 – a gorgeous, detailed and dynamic figure. Available now.

Rifts^® Novels – Available now

All Rifts® novels are available from the Palladium Books online store as physical books as well as PDFs from DriveThruRPG.com. All are a fun read and highly recommended. Enjoy.

• All novels are 5 x 8 inches in size unless otherwise indicated.
• Page count and price varies.
• Available as physical books from palladiumbooks.com and as PDFs on DriveThruRPG.com
• Rifts® Duty’s Edge is the story of a lone survivor of a New German Republic Special Forces operation who struggles to complete the mission on his own. A mission to destroy wicked monsters and cut off a vital line of support to the Gargoyle Empire. A mission that could save many lives. Of course, it is a journey that takes many twists and turns as one determined individual hopes to beat impossible odds. Set in the Middle East. 236 pages – $12.99 retail – Cat. No. 308 – the newest, stand alone novel.
• Rifts® Sonic Boom™. Follow the exploits of a CS platoon sworn to protect humankind from all threats, be they aliens, dragons, masters of magic or fellow humans out for themselves.
• Rifts® Deception’s Web™, the second novel in this trilogy, reveals a conspiracy within the Coalition military that could spell disaster for our protagonists. Note: Smaller size, 4 x 6 inches.
• Rifts® Treacherous Awakenings™ is the pulse-pounding conclusion of the third novel in this epic trilogy by Adam Chilson.
• Rifts Anthology: Tales of the Chi-Town ‘Burbs™. Rifts® short stories by 11 authors including Kevin Siembieda, Carl Gleba, Mark Oberle, Braden Campbell, Taylor White, Jason Richards, and others. Note: Slightly larger size, 6 x 9 inches.
• Rifts® Machinations of Doom™ Graphic Novel & Sourcebook. The comic is by acclaimed Eisner Award winning artist Ramon K. Perez, source material by Siembieda and Perez. Note: 8½ x 11 inches.
• Rifts® Path of the Storm was a Rifts® movie script written on spec. Note: 8½ x 11 inches.
• Rifts® Hammer of the Forge™, Volume One: The Cosmo-Knight. The adventures of Caleb Vulcan, newly minted Knight of the Cosmic Forge.
• Rifts® Hammer of the Forge™, Volume Two: The Reckoning. The epic conclusion of the Hammer of the Forge story.

Gamer 16 Ounce Mug – available now

Whether you drink coffee, hot cocoa, soda-pop, or whatever your beverage of choice may be, this fun mug reminds you of your favorite pastime and that new possibilities exist with every roll of the dice.

The large, 16 ounce Gamer mug presents the word “Gamer” in a box with dice cascading down from above. The design appears on both sides of the mug. Created by Wayne Smith and Freddie Williams II (art directed by Kevin Siembieda). The mug has an orange interior to add a nice splash of color.

• A must for every proud gamer!
• Dice and the word “Gamer” highlighted in a box.
• Glossy black exterior with an orange interior.
• Art and words are located on both sides of the mug.
• 16 ounce ceramic mug.
• Dishwasher and microwave safe.
• $10.99 retail – Cat. No. 2596 – available now.

BACK IN STOCK! Property of the Coalition States 16 Ounce Mug – available now

Back due to popular demand! The iconic Property of the Coalition States and notorious CS Death’s Head insignia printed white on a glossy black, 16 ounce coffee mug, with a blood red interior for a splash of color. The design appears on both sides of the mug. Created by Wayne Smith and Kevin Long (art directed by Kevin Siembieda).

• The infamous words “Property of the Coalition States” and the notorious Death’s Head logo and lightning bolts (indicating CS special forces) in white.
• Glossy black exterior with a blood red interior color.
• Art and words are located on both sides of the mug.
• 16 ounce ceramic mug.
• Dishwasher and microwave safe.
• $10.99 retail – Cat. No. 2588 – available now.

Other Mugs Available Now

Everyone loves these mugs. Isn’t it time you started your collection? I like to use them to as a secret code to reflect my mood to those around me. To my thinking the Gamer mug means I’m feeling playful. Rifts® Property of the Coalition States: I’m a soldier in the trenches and working hard. Dead Reign®: Back off or I will eat you alive. Fantasy Dragon: My imagination is on fire. Rifts Logo: Feeling the infinite possibilities. Rifts® Titan Robotics: I’m feeling mighty. Of course, they represent something else to each of you or just represent one of your favorite games, like a normal person.

• Rifts® Titan Robotics™ Mug – A dynamic Titan robot and the Rifts® logo. Art by Steven Cummings. White on a glossy black, 16 ounce ceramic mug with a blue interior. Dishwasher and microwave safe. $10.99 retail – Cat. No. 2595 – available now.
• Rifts® Logo Coffee Mug – The famous Rifts® logo in white on a glossy black, 16 ounce ceramic mug with a blue interior. Logo by Kevin Long. Dishwasher and microwave safe. $10.99 retail – Cat. No. 2587 – available now.
• Palladium Fantasy RPG® Dragon Mug – The famous red on black 3-headed hydra battling a knight from the iconic original Palladium Fantasy RPG cover. Art by Kevin Siembieda. Red on a glossy black, 16 ounce ceramic mug with an attractive orange interior. Dishwasher and microwave safe. $10.99 retail – Cat. No. 2589 – available now.
• Dead Reign® (Zombie Attack) Mug – A trio of hungry zombies and the Dead Reign® logo in white on a glossy black, 16 ounce ceramic mug with a blood red interior for a splash of color. Art by Steven Cummings. Dishwasher and microwave safe. $10.99 retail – Cat. No. 2594 – available now.

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

By Kevin Siembieda

Hi everyone, I hope you enjoyed the long holiday week. I took Saturday off, but worked on Rifts® CS Manhunters the other two days. Thank goodness I feel like I am finally making good progress on it.

UPDATE: Rifts® 30th Anniversary Hardcovers. Here is the exact quote from my @#$%!&! hardcover printer: “… we were having trouble with quality on press last week and had to lift and re-do the jobs. As of now (this was in an email Tuesday, June 1), both jobs are printed. The end sheets are being finished up today (Tuesday) and tomorrow (Wednesday). Books will ship as soon as they can, Friday 6/4 at the latest.”

Like you, our hearts drooped upon hearing there was yet another delay. Last we had heard, the books were going to be put on a truck and shipped out last Thursday. The good news is someone in quality control realized there was a problem, trashed the job, and started over to provide the promised quality. That costs the printer money, so you have to respect that they did this and are working to provide the quality product we all expect. Disappointing, dang it, but we have waited this long; one more brief delay for theses beautiful, hotly anticipated books is not terrible. Based on the sample of the interior color, the paper stock, and the gold hardcover of the limited edition, these books should be gorgeous. It sounds like they are finally done, about to ship, and will be worth the wait.

I spoke with our printing rep earlier this morning and he insists the books “will” ship tomorrow, which means we start shipping as soon as they hit the Palladium warehouse. That’s probably Tuesday. All the prep work to ship as quickly as possible has been done. Hundreds of shipping boxes cover 8-9 tables waiting to be filled with your Rifts® 30th Commemorative hardcover or Gold Edition and sent off to you! Please Note: Those of you who have been waiting patiently for your Rifts® Commemorative to be added to your mixed order, I have signed those books as well. They will all ship soon. Very, very soon.

The beautiful Rifts® Commemorative hardcovers are available in two versions:

1. Rifts® 30th Hardcover with the color Parkinson painting of the Splugorth Barge – Cat. No. 800HC30, $49.99 retail, with an extra 32 color pages. Ships next week. A more detailed description can be found elsewhere in this Update and in the Palladium online store.

2. Rifts® 30th “Gold” Deluxe Limited Edition – Cat. No. 8000HC30, $75 retail, with an extra 38 color pages – signed and numbered by Kevin Siembieda and available Palladium staff. There are only 200 copies (plus some printer proofs) – half of which are already sold! Available on a first come, first served basis while supplies last. Starts shipping next week. A more detailed description can be found elsewhere in this Update and in the Palladium online store.

More good news – 3 Big Sales continue …

Palladium’s three big sales are going on through the weekend, so you still have time to place an order. PalladiumBooks.com has a sale on a selection of physical RPGs and sourcebooks that range across the Megaverse®; see details below. On DriveThruRPG.com ALL the Palladium Fantasy RPG titles and select Rifts®, Chaos Earth®, After the Bomb®, Dead Reign®, and other PDF titles are on sale. There is yet a third sale on my ebay store Kevin’s Toys, Art and Collectibles where one-of-a-kind negatives, out of print books, art, toys and collectibles are on sale. All toys are from my personal collection. We hope you enjoy these offers.

ALSO COMING in June! 3 new RPG hardcovers – at the printer

Three more of your favorite role-playing games are coming as hardcovers this June. Two of them (AtB and N&S) offer “bonus” material we think you will enjoy. See the longer, more detailed descriptions elsewhere in this Update or in the Palladium online store. Below are a quick summary.

– After the Bomb® RPG “Bonus” Edition Hardcover – Create any mutant animal from a turtle to an elephant, plus 72 pages of bonus material (the original AtB sourcebook and Yucatan Adventures). $39.99 – Cat. No. 503HC. Ships before the end of June.

– Ninjas & Superspies™ RPG “Bonus” Edition Hardcover – 40+ styles of martial arts, mystic abilities, spies and gadgets, plus 44 pages of bonus material from The Rifter®. $36.99 – Cat. No. 525HC. Ships before the end of June.

– Dead Reign® RPG Hardcover – The Zombie Apocalypse unleashed! Can you survive? $36.99 – Cat. No. 230HC. Same content as the softcover edition. The complete descriptions are found below and in Palladium’s online store. Ships before the end of June.

BIG SALE! Physical books – now thru the weekend

Last week’s Big Sale continues through this weekend and ranges across the Megaverse®. Please note a similar PDF sale with all Fantasy titles and many of the titles listed below is also taking place through the weekend and into early next week on DriveThruRPG.com.

While you are ordering sale items, you might want to snag one of the Rifts® 30th Anniversary Commemorative Editions (Color Cover or Gold Edition) or one of the many other Hardcover core rule books: Palladium Fantasy RPG (450HC), Heroes Unlimited RPG (500HC), Beyond the Supernatural RPG (700HC), Rifts® Game Master Guide (845HC), Rifts® Book of Magic (848HC), and Rifts® Adventure Guide (849HC), with more coming your way. Enjoy titles from across the Megaverse®.

• Palladium Fantasy RPG® – Epic. Different. Weird magic. Non-human player characters along with classic O.C.C.s and human, Elf, and Dwarf characters. Cat. No. 450 (also now available in hardcover).
• Yin-Sloth Jungles – A place of dread, savagery, monsters, and ancient secrets. 25+ locations and maps, four full adventures, adventure ideas and more. Cat. No. 459.
• Western Empire – Secrets of the Empire of Sin, vampires, 20 notable locations, 40+ maps, City Creation Rules, adventures, herbs, drugs, magic items, and more. Cat. No. 462.
• Mount Nimro – The land of giants, their leaders, society, strongholds, weapons, magic, minions, the Blade Priest, Conjurer, Were-Shaman, 7 Legendary Rune Weapons, adventures, and more! Cat. No. 464.
• Eastern Territory – The new kingdom of humans in conflict with the Wolfen and Coyles, 20+ locations, dozens of maps & more. Cat. No. 465.
• Garden of the Gods – A place of miracles, dreams and purpose. 45 forgotten gods, 212 Blessings, 101 magic artifacts, 5 Old Ones Rune Weapons, 50+ Curses and dark magic, 100+ random quests and encounters, and each god offers adventure hooks. Cat. No. 475.
• Rifts® Chaos Earth® RPG – Set days after the Great Cataclysm begins, NEMA Peacekeepers, 11 O.C.C.s, plus robots, power armor, weapons, and more. A complete RPG. Cat. No. 660.
• Rifts® Chaos Earth® Resurrection – Zombies done Rifts-style – 12 mechanized M.D.C. Scrap Zombies, Chaos Zombies, and more. Cat. No. 666.
• The Rifter® #82 – Erick Wujcik Remembered, Chaos Earth® Pyromancer O.C.C. and 50+ Pyromancy spells (official CE source material), plus stuff for Heroes Unlimited, Nightbane®, Rifts® Bestiary sneak preview, and more. Cat. No. 182.
• Rifts® Game Master Guide – Stats for 500+ weapons, 290 pieces of equipment, 180+ vehicles, 100+ suits of body armor, 80+ suits of power armor, 300+ skills, character and D-Bee index, and more. Cat. No. 845.
• Rifts® Bestiary Vol. One – 80+ creatures and maps. Cat. No. 896.
• Rifts® WB 6: South America One – Anti-Monster, Mutant Felines, Biomancy, monsters and more. Cat. No. 814.
• Rifts® WB 10: Juicer Uprising – 15 different Juicers, special gear, the Uprising, adventures and locations. Cat. No. 820.
• Rifts® WB 11: Coalition War Campaign – 7 CS power armor suits, 6 CS robots, 5 types of Skelebots, 16 CS combat vehicles, plus body armor, weapons, CS police, Chi-Town ‘Burbs, D-Bees, and more! Cat. No. 821.
• Rifts® Sourcebook: Coalition Navy – A toy box of CS Navy O.C.C.s, subs, ships, aircraft, weapons, Sea SAMAS, Sea-Spider Walker, pirates, 10 monsters, naval bases, and more. Cat. No. 828.
• Rifts® Sourcebook: The Vanguard – Mages who secretly support and defend the Coalition States! Cat. No. 856.
• Rifts® Sourcebook: Final Siege (on Tolkeen) – The City of Tolkeen mapped and described in detail, the Dragon City of Freehold too, NPCs galore (5 Warlords, 26 heroic city defenders, 12 dragons, 6 monsters), TW weapons and vehicles, and tons of adventure ideas. This book is an outstanding and often overlooked resource. Cat. No. 844.
• Rifts® WB 19: Australia – 20 O.C.C.s, 11 demons & spirits, 6 monsters, weapons, gear, Dreamtime and more. Cat. No. 834.
• Rifts® WB 27: Adventures in Dinosaur Swamp – 20+ dinosaurs, Eco-Wizards, magic, 101 adventure hooks, and more. Cat. No. 866.
• Rifts® & The Megaverse® – Art of John Zeleznik – Beautiful and fun. Cat. No. 2510.
• Splicers® RPG – Think Guyver meets The Terminator – Cat. No. 200.
• Splicers® I Am Legion – Massive adventure, lots of new goodies – Cat. No. 201.
• The Rifter® #80 – Part one of Chaos Earth® Nebraska (official source material), Splicers® House of the Red Sands (official source material), Palladium Fantasy RPG® Wayfarer O.C.C. and history (official source material), villains, and more. Cat. No. 180.
• Dead Reign® RPG, the Zombie Apocalypse – Epic. Different. Fun. Intuitive. Easy to learn. Plays fast. Not your typical zombies. Cat. No. 230. (Soon to be available as a hardcover edition.)
• Dead Reign® Sourcebook: Fear the Reaper – An in-depth look at the heroic Road Reapers. Cat. No. 234.
• Dead Reign® Sourcebook: Graveyard Earth – World overview, random tables for setting, locations, Survivor Leaders, and adventure ideas by the truckload. Cat. No. 235.
• Dead Reign® Sourcebook: In the Face of Death – Crazy heroes with strange abilities, playing kid characters, Death Cults, 101 adventure ideas, survival in the big cities. Cat. No. 237.
• After the Bomb® RPG – Erick Wujcik’s masterwork. Turn any animal into an intelligent, humanoid mutant and have a blast playing in any setting from super-heroes to post-apocalypse to space opera. Cat. No. 503. (Soon to be available as a hardcover edition.)
• AtB Road Hogs – Vehicle construction & combat rules, more mutants and more of the post-apocalypse world. Cat. No. 505.
• AtB Mutants Down Under – More mutant animals, giant insects, and post-apocalypse Australia described. Cat. No. 507.
• AtB Mutants of the Yucatan – More mutant animals and post-apocalypse Central America described. Cat. No. 511.
• AtB Mutants in Avalon – More mutant animals, the return of King Arthur as a mutant animal, magic, and post-apocalypse England described. Cat. No. 513.
• AtB & Rifts® Mutants in Orbit Sourcebook – More mutant animals, giant insects, killer satellites, space station and moon base survivors, Archie-7, and more! Unexpected adventure and fun. Cat. No. 514.
• Heroes Unlimited RPG – Create every type of superhuman and enjoy comic book style adventures. Cat. No. 500. (Also available as a hardcover edition, Cat. No. 500HC.)
• Gramercy Island – Nearly 100 villains you can drop into your game, the District of Gramercy Island and the prison designed to hold super beings. A fun resource. Cat. No. 518.
• Powers Unlimited® One – 120+ super abilities. Cat. No. 521.
• Powers Unlimited® Two – 11 new power categories and ideas for new and different types of heroes. Cat. No. 522.
• The Rifter® #84 – City of Cascade for Heroes Unlimited, Spellbound O.C.C. for Nightbane®, Rifts® Golems, BTS monster and adventure, a Fantasy kingdom of Elves and more. Cat. No. 184.
• Mystic China Sourcebook for Ninjas & Superspies – Compatible with HU, more mystical powers, magic, immortals, monsters, demons, and more. Cat. No. 526.
• Enjoy the sale of these physical books from PalladiumBooks.com – on sale now thru June 8, 2021.
• DriveThruRPG.com PDF SALE! A similar sale to the one above is taking place on DriveThruRPG, but offers the full range of Palladium Fantasy titles as well as those titles listed above, as PDF books. If you are looking to add to your PDF library or want to try one of the Palladium RPG settings you have been hearing so much about, give some of these RPG sale items a try. On sale now thru June 8, 2021.
• Ebay Collectibles and toy sale at Kevin’s Toys, Art & Collectibles: http://stores.ebay.com/kevinstoys-artandcollectibles

A Red Duke Games Kickstarter – a fantasy game you might enjoy

Red Duke Games is an up and coming game company that has been producing quality products like the Necronomnomnom Cthulhu cookbook, the Rifts® playmats, and other good stuff. This time it is a visually stunning fantasy card game for two players.

Azrah: War of Heralds is a complete head-to-head fantasy card game in which the two players choose from 15 fantasy archetypes, such as Paladins, Assassins, and others to battle the forces of evil.

You play a Herald. One of many celestial beings tasked with protecting the realm from sinister influences and perpetual discord. As a Herald, you have often dispatched your chosen champions, known as “Guardians,” to preserve the peace. Now, an umbral otherworldly force known as The Nether, has come to Azrah. It has corrupted some Heralds and their Guardians and all-out war has erupted. It’s time to call upon your heroic Guardians to crush the corrupted Heralds and stop The Nether from destroying all that is good. Choose your party wisely and use their unique abilities to win the War of Heralds. The card art is dynamic and compelling. A $35 pledge gets you everything you need to play and access to stretch goals. Get all the details on their Kickstarter page.

After the Bomb^® RPG “Bonus” Edition Hardcover – June Release

Create any type of intelligent, humanoid, mutant animal from a turtle or raccoon to an elephant or lion. The RPG presents stats for 100+ mutant animals, plus rules for creating any mutant animal you can imagine, and each sourcebook offers dozens more.

Play your mutant animals as super-heroes, vigilantes, or mutants on the run in the Heroes Unlimited™, Ninjas & Superspies™, Heroes of the Megaverse® or Skraypers™ settings. Or as mutants or monsters in Nightbane®. (You could make a mutant animal the Nightbane’s Morphus!) In Palladium Fantasy® your mutant animal could be one of the forgotten archaic races, a visitor from another world, a creation of magic, or a monster. In Rifts®, Chaos Earth®, Phase World® and the Three Galaxies, The Mechanoids®, Aliens Unlimited™, Splicers® and similar RPGs, use the creation rules to make new D-Bees, aliens, mutants, or monsters. Or play in the AtB post-apocalyptic Earth setting that makes Planet of the Apes seem tame. Whatever the setting, playing anthropomorphic animal characters is a blast.

• 100+ mutant animal stats included.
• Mutant animal creation rules to mutate ANY animal.
• 52 Mutant Animal Powers.
• 33 Mutant Animal Psionic Powers.
• New Animal Chimeras and their abilities.
• New back story to the After the Bomb® world of mutants.
• The post-apocalyptic Earth setting of “After the Bomb” is just one use for your mutant animal heroes.
• A complete RPG written by Erick Wujcik. His last great work and a sometimes overlooked RPG masterpiece. These are the Mutant Animal Creation Rules you know and love taken to new heights.
• Compatible with Heroes Unlimited™, Aliens Unlimited™, Nightbane®, N&S, Rifts® and any game setting where mutants or aliens are appropriate.
• 72 pages of “bonus” material includes the original After the Bomb® sourcebook and Yucatan Adventures from the old Game Shield.
• 296 pages (72 bonus pages) – $39.99 retail – Cat. No. 503HC – ships end of June. Also available as a 224 page softcover book ($26.99 retail – Cat. No. 503).

Ninjas & Superspies^™ RPG “Bonus” Edition Hardcover – June Release

The Ninjas & Superspies™ RPG is the ultimate guide to martial arts with 40 different martial art forms and 48 mystic martial arts powers alone, but there is so much more. Asian combat skills accurately portrayed, each with its own unique fighting style, methods of attack and defense presented on an epic scale, complete with legendary mystic powers. Spies, Cyber Agents, Gadgeteers, secret organizations creation rules, secret identities, gimmick weapons and clothing, cyber-disguises, implants, and more. Compatible with Heroes Unlimited™ RPG and even Nightbane®, Rifts®, and other settings. A complete game PLUS 44 pages of bonus material gathered from The Rifter®.

• 40+ types of hand to hand combat — effectively offering 40 types of martial arts character classes!
• 17 Occupational Character Classes for spies, mercenaries, martial artists and special operatives.
• 48 mystic martial art powers.
• Dim Mak, Chi Mastery, the Arts of Invisibility and more.
• Bionic implants, disguises, weapons, & equipment.
• Secret identities, spy agencies, creation rules for secret organizations.
• Complete stand-alone RPG with skills, weapons, rules and guidelines for using other Palladium settings.
• Compatible with Heroes Unlimited™, Rifts®, Rifts® China, and the entire Palladium Megaverse®!
• 44 pages of “bonus” material gathered from The Rifter®.
• 224 pages – $36.99 retail – Cat. No. 525HC – RPG by Erick Wujcik – ships end of June. Also available as a 176 page softcover book ($22.99 retail – Cat. No. 525.) And see Mystic China (currently on sale) for an astonishing and fun sourcebook with more mystical martial arts abilities, magic, demons, immortals and more.

Dead Reign^® RPG Hardcover – The Zombie Apocalypse™ – June Release

The dead have risen and it would seem to be the end of the world.

Civilization crumbles in a matter of days as hundreds of millions of people die and rise as the walking dead. The hundreds of millions of people who fall to the zombies also rise to join the growing legions of undead. Then the world goes silent.

You are on your own. The army is MIA. There is no government. No law. No television, radio or Internet. No media, cell phones or communications of any kind. Cities and towns have gone dark, and zombies fill the streets.

Death Cults have risen, promising protection from the walking dead.

Retro-Savages have forsaken technology and sacrifice the living to the zombies in hopes of bringing an end to the nightmare.

Brave human survivors refuse to lie down and die! They come from all walks of life. Their common goal: survival as they struggle to forge safe havens away from the cities, rescue other survivors and battle the walking dead without respite. For now at least, the planet belongs to the dead.

Dead Reign® is an excellent introductory game that is easy to learn, fast to play, and fun to read. If you are looking for a zombie game that truly captures the feel of survival after the apocalypse and the nightmare of being stalked by zombies, Dead Reign® is it. Game mechanics are designed to create a real sense of escalating terror and dread when the zombies swarm. Sourcebooks expand the world, player options, and adventure ideas as well as new zombies and dangers.

• Six Apocalyptic Character Classes (O.C.C.) including the Reaper, Shepherd of the Damned, Hound Master, Apocalyptic Soldier, Scrounger and Ordinary People.
• Seven types of zombies plus the Half-Living. (Sourcebooks offer many more.)
• Secrets of the Dead: Everything you need to know about zombies and need to ask.
• Death Cults, their Priests, power over zombies and goals.
• Random tables galore and the fundamentals of survival.
• Strong setting, world overview and many adventure ideas.
• A complete role-playing game. 224 pages – $36.99 retail – Cat. No. 230HC. Also available as a 224 page softcover RPG ($26.99 retail – Cat. No. 230).

NEW! Rifts^® RPG – 30th Anniversary Commemorative Hardcover – starts shipping on Tuesday, June 8

Rifts® is the familiar.

Rifts® is the alien and unknown.

Rifts® is the embodiment of wonder, danger, and endless possibilities.

Rifts® is a post-apocalyptic Earth stranger than a hundred alien worlds, where humanity battles against aliens and the supernatural.

Reality blurs. Magic and technology often clash or meld together. Around the next corner a dragon, cyborg, monster, giant robot, vampire, or god only knows what may await you.

Rifts® merges science fiction with fantasy, horror, heroic adventure, and other genres in a thrilling and plausible setting that will set your imagination on fire.

Travel the Rifts to any location on Earth, or leap across the dimensional divide to visit alien worlds and dimensions in a matter of seconds. And just as you can travel to other worlds, aliens and the monstrous travel to Earth and stalk the innocent.

Rifts® is a fusion of ideas, settings, genres, and characters unlike any game on the market. An endless Megaverse® of adventure™ in which if you can imagine it, you can play it.

Are you up to the challenge?

The Rifts® Commemorative 30th Anniversary Hardcover is the original first edition Rifts® rule book that started a phenomenon. It is a complete RPG suitable for use with ALL existing Rifts® World Books, Sourcebooks, and Dimension Books. It is an early and somewhat simpler edition given the deluxe treatment. Expanded with bonus art, an additional 32 color pages, color end sheets, history about the making of Rifts®, notes, concept drawings, color concepts, photographs, and a gallery of every Rifts® cover published between 1990 and the end of 2021. The cover features the famous Keith Parkinson painting of the Splugorth Slave Barge.

This expanded commemorative has been brought back into print due to the popular requests by you, our fans. All intended to bring back fond memories of grand adventures and fun times, and to create new adventures and lasting memories.

The Original Rifts® RPG 30th Anniversary Commemorative Hardcover:

• Back in print for the first time in 16 years.
• Color cover of the famous Splugorth Slave Barge by Keith Parkinson.
• A color gallery of 160+ Rifts® covers.
• An extra 32 pages of color.
• Color end sheets.
• More comprehensive contents pages.
• Concept art and pencil illustrations often with notes by the artist.
• History of Rifts®, personal notes, commentary, and nostalgic material.
• Countless memories, and loads of fun.
• A simpler, earlier version of the core rules.
• A complete role-playing game suitable for use with ALL existing Rifts® World Books, Sourcebooks, and Dimension Books.
• Available in stores and from Palladium Books.
• This is NOT the signed or numbered limited edition, but we are happy to sign copies at conventions and the Palladium Open House. The print run is likely to be limited to a few thousand copies.
• 288 pages – $49.99 retail – Cat. No. 800HC30 – starts shipping on Wednesday, June 8. Also see Rifts® Ultimate Edition RPG for the current edition of Rifts®.

NEW! Rifts^® RPG 30th Anniversary “Gold” Limited Edition Commemorative Hardcover – 1st Edition Rules – starts shipping on Tuesday, June 8

A complete RPG suitable for use with ALL existing Rifts® World Books, Sourcebooks, and Dimension Books. It is just an early and somewhat simpler edition given the deluxe treatment. Expanded with bonus art, additional 38 color pages, color end sheets, history about the making of Rifts®, notes, concept drawings, color concepts, photographs, and a gallery of every Rifts® cover published between 1990 and the end of 2021. The cover features the famous Splugorth Slave Barge in gold foil; art by Kevin Long.

Due to popular demand, we are offering this ultra-limited edition Rifts® “Gold” 30th Anniversary Commemorative Hardcover, limited to only 200 signed and numbered copies (plus some printer proofs). Available on a first-come, first served basis, while supplies last. This is the most limited of any previous collector’s edition of the Rifts® RPG – 5,000 copies of Silver, 500 copies of Gold, but only 200 copies for this 30th Anniversary edition – and those earlier editions sell for big bucks today. Availability starts with #1 of 200, so be among the first to order.

Rifts® RPG 30th Anniversary “Gold” Limited Edition:

• 200 signed and numbered by Kevin Siembieda and available staff.
• Gold foil cover on a faux leatherette.
• Cover art by Kevin Long depicts the famous Splugorth Slave Barge.
• Limited to 200 signed and numbered copies, plus a few dozen printer proofs.
• An extra 38 pages of color.
• A color gallery of 160+ Rifts® covers.
• Two different, color end sheets in the front and back.
• Concept art and pencil illustrations often with notes by the artist.
• History of Rifts®, personal notes, commentary, and nostalgic material. Countless memories and loads of fun.
• A simpler, earlier version of the core rules.
• A complete role-playing game suitable for use with ALL existing Rifts® World Books, Sourcebooks, and Dimension Books.
• Otherwise the same as the hardcover with the color cover.
• Available on a first-come, first served basis, while supplies last. Only from Palladium Books.
• 294 pages – $75.00 retail – Cat. No. 8000HC30 – On its way and starts shipping on Tuesday, June 8.

COMING! Rifts^® Ultimate Edition – back in a few weeks

Whew, I am glad I sent this fan favorite, 376 page role-playing game to the printer back in April. It means though we are temporarily sold out as of yesterday, it will only be out of print for 2-3 weeks! RUE will be back in print later this month.

Rifts® Ultimate Edition provides gamers with everything you need to start playing. Just add some dice, players, and a heaping helping of imagination and you are ready to explore a realm of adventure unlike anything on the RPG market.

If you have never played the rich, unpredictable, genre-melding Rifts® setting, you are missing epic adventure that never grows old, because anything is possible. No other RPG blends science fiction, fantasy, horror, and post-apocalyptic adventure with demons and aliens, robots and cyborgs, magic and the supernatural in such a plausible and dynamic way. A setting that lets you play any type and style of game you can imagine. With characters like Dragon Hatchlings, Cyber-Knights, Glitter Boys, Ley Line Walkers, Techno-Wizards, and Juicers that challenge the imagination. And those are just a tiny handful of the O.C.C.s you can play in Rifts®. Not to mention hundreds of different alien, supernatural, magical, and other beings available as player characters. All of it set on an Earth that is both familiar and as alien as a thousand different planets. So check it out, build your character, start a campaign, and watch your characters become legends.

• 30+ player characters to choose from; tech, magic, or psychic.
• Cyborgs, robot and power armor pilots, Scout, Assassin, and more.
• 140+ magic spells, plus Techno-Wizards, Shifters, and more.
• 90 psionic powers and psychic characters.
• Sourcebooks offer hundreds of different alien, supernatural beings, creatures of magic, and other beings, many available as player characters.
• There has never been another RPG quite like Rifts®.
• 376 page hardcover, 24 pages of color – $44.99 retail – Cat. No. 800HC – should be back in print before the end of June.

NEW! Rifts^® Game Master Guide^™ Hardcover – Available now

The Rifts® Game Master Guide™ hardcover is a massive, 352 page reference book with short stats and descriptions for every Rifts® robot, power armor, body armor, vehicle, weapon, gadget, skill, experience table, and map that appears in Rifts® World Books 1-23 and Sourcebooks 1-4, plus a bionics index, an O.C.C.s and R.C.C.s index, rules clarifications, combat examples, advice on how to run a game and more.

• 500+ weapons.
• 290 pieces of equipment.
• 180+ vehicles.
• 100+ suits of body armor.
• 80+ suits of power armor.
• 300+ skills, character and D-Bee index, dozens of maps, and more.
• 352 pages – $39.99 retail – Cat. No. 845HC – available now. Also available in softcover.

NEW! Rifts^® Book of Magic^™ Hardcover – Available now

Nearly 1,000 magic spells and 400 magic weapons and devices from across Rifts Earth, plus magic tattoos, herbs, stones, and more. 352 pages of pure magic.

• 900+ magic spells, Elemental Magic, Ley Line Magic, Temporal Magic, Necromancy, Nature Magic, Cloud Magic, Ocean Magic, Biomancy and more.
• Plus Tattoo Magic, Stone Magic, Whalesongs, Conjuring, Nazca Lines.
• 290+ Techno-Wizard weapons and items, including TW Bionics, Automatons, and Iron Juggernauts.
• 80+ other magic items, Rune Weapons, Holy Weapons, Fetishes.
• Bio-Wizard Weapons, the Bio-Borg, Symbiotes, and herbs.
• Magic stones, talismans, magic items of Japan, and more.
• Millennium Tree wands, staves and armor.
• 352 pages – $39.99 retail – Cat. No. 848HC – available now. Also available in softcover.

NEW! Rifts^® Adventure Guide^™ Hardcover – Available now

Inside information to create and run RPG adventures: How to get started, building on ideas, character archetypes, tables for creating Rifts towns and cities, mercenary companies, traveling shows, and player created organizations, plus random Rift tables, information about the Chi-Town ‘Burbs, 32 ‘Burb adventure ideas, another 101 adventure hooks, and still more adventure ideas, and additional player and Game Master tips by Kevin Siembieda, Erick Wujcik, and Bill Coffin.

• 150+ adventure ideas.
• Game Master and player tips from Kevin Siembieda.
• Adventure creation tips from Kevin Siembieda.
• Why and how to use alignments by Kevin Siembieda.
• Tricks of running a large group, G.M. tools, and more.
• Additional Player and G.M. tips from Wujcik and Coffin.
• Overview and info about the CS Chi-Town ‘Burbs.
• 32 adventure ideas in the ‘Burbs.
• Random Dimensional Rifts & other tables.
• Tables for creating towns, merc companies, and traveling shows.
• 192 pages – $36.99 retail – Cat. No. 849HC – available now. Also available in softcover.

HARDCOVER Beyond the Supernatural^™ RPG, 2nd Edition – Available now

Supernatural horror in the modern world that feels plausible and real. Your characters are the few who know the supernatural is real because they have experienced it face to face. Some are psychics, some are experts in the paranormal or the arcane, and others are ordinary people like you and me. Ordinary people who are never the same after their own close encounter. All of these unlikely heroes stand against supernatural evil in a world of disbelievers who brand them as practitioners of fringe science or lunatics. Only they know the truth: supernatural evil is real and dangerous. And someone has to take a stand to protect the innocent from supernatural evil in whatever hidden form it may take. Are you ready to join the battle?

• The hardcover is exactly the same as the softcover edition.
• Color cover, same art, variant logo, hardcover.
• A plausible modern horror setting that makes sense and will challenge your role-playing skills.
• 14 Psychic Character Classes.
• 42 occupations for “ordinary” people.
• 100+ psychic abilities, including Fire Walker abilities.
• Creatures of darkness, the Lazlo Agency, and more.
• New sourcebooks are coming soon.
• 256 pages – $36.99 retail – Cat. No. 700HC – available now.

HARDCOVER Palladium Fantasy RPG^®, 2nd Edition – available now

A fantasy setting like no other, rich in history and inviting adventure. Not only are you able to play iconic fantasy heroes like the Wizard, Knight, Paladin, Ranger, Thief, Assassin, and others, but also characters such as the Mind Mage, Druid, Diabolist, Summoner and many others. Moreover, play an array of nonhuman characters from Elves and Dwarves to Wolfen, Changelings, Kobolds, Orcs, Ogres, and many others.

• The hardcover is exactly the same as the softcover edition.
• Color cover, same art, variant logo, hardcover.
• 25+ Occupational Character Classes (O.C.C.s).
• 14+ inhuman player races (more in sourcebooks).
• 300+ magic spells.
• 60 magical Wards. 50 magic circles.
• Dozens of magic items potions and more.
• 70+ psychic powers, the Mind Mage, and more.
• Weapons, gear, demons and adventure ideas.
• New sourcebooks like Land of the Damned 3, Lopan, and others are coming.
• 336 pages – $39.99 retail – Cat. No. 450HC – available now.

HARDCOVER Heroes Unlimited^™ RPG, 2nd Edition – available now

The Heroes Unlimited™ RPG has been a hit RPG for 30+ years because it enables you to create any type of comic book hero you can imagine. Make characters pulled right from any comic book you grew up with and love, or design your own league of extraordinary heroes.

If you seek comic book heroic adventure, Heroes Unlimited™ does the job on an epic scale. Plus a dozen sourcebooks provide you with more super abilities, hero categories, bad guys and adventures.

• The hardcover is exactly the same as the softcover edition.
• Color cover, same art, variant logo on the hardcover.
• Create any type of hero you can imagine.
• 101 super abilities plus a multitude of sub-powers within them, bonuses and special combat capabilities.
• 100+ magic spells plus enchanted weapons and objects.
• 72 psychic powers.
• Enchanted weapons that instill super abilities.
• Mega-Heroes and immortals.
• Alien super beings.
• Bionics and cyborgs.
• Psionics and Psychics.
• Robots and power armor.
• Masters of magic, wizards and spell casters.
• Mutants and Super Soldiers possessing super abilities.
• Inventors, super-geniuses and super-vehicles.
• Special Training: Martial arts, Sleuths, weapons, more.
• Cover by comic book legend Jim Steranko.
• Art by Ramon K. Perez, Paulo Parente, Mike Gustovich, and others.
• Written by Kevin Siembieda.
• 352 pages for a complete RPG – $39.99 retail – Cat. No. 500HC – available now.

UPDATE: Rifts^® CS Manhunters

Why is this book taking forever? Because this book took on a life of its own and I have been tweaking and improving it over and over again. It presents dark secrets of the Coalition States involving CS psychics, the super secret Psi-Ops Division (the thought police of Emperor Prosek), the deadly super-patriots that are the CS Manhunters, 50 NEW psionic abilities with real punch, insight into the Dog Boys and Kill Hounds, and meanings revealed about the Seven Dangers Prophecy first introduced in Rifts® Sourcebook 2: The Mechanoids®, well some of them anyway. Plus gadgets and implants, and surprises. All of it building toward something epic.

• New Coalition Psychic O.C.C.s.
• 50+ new psionic abilities and revisits of some favorites.
• CS Manhunter Divner and Precog.
• CS Manhunter Psi-Interrogator and Psi-Enforcer.
• CS Manhunter Bursters and Zappers.
• CS Manhunter Psi-Healers and CS Slayers.
• CS Manhunter Killhound and Dog Boy O.C.C.s.
• CS Manhunter Mind Melters, the deadliest of them all.
• CS Manhunter squads and special operations.
• Secrets of Psi-Ops Division and insight about Coalition psychics.
• Deciphering the Seven Dangers Prophecy.
• The impact of the demon plagues unleashed by the Minion War.
• Player Characters, NPCS, background info, adventure ideas, and more.
• 96-128 pages – $18.99 retail – Cat. No. 894 – In production and nearing completion.

UPDATE: Creature Feature^™, a Beyond the Supernatural^™ sourcebook

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

• A gallery of supernatural creatures. Some new. Some familiar, updated and expanded. All terrifying.
• Rules clarifications and errata.
• Game Master source material and advice on rules, psychic abilities, proximity and threat levels, I.S.P. multipliers, and more.
• Advice about running modern horror RPGs and using supernatural creatures in your games.
• Lots of adventure ideas, including an updated and expanded full adventure, “The Squatter.”
• New background and setting information for the BTS setting and a few surprises.
• Written by Steven Dawes, Kevin Siembieda, and others.
• Art by Steven Cummings, Nick Bradshaw and others.
• 160-192 pages – $22.99 or $26.99 depending on final size – Cat. No. 704.

UPDATE: Rifts^® Titan Robotics^™

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

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

• New Giant Robots.
• New Power Armor, equipment and accessories.
• 30+ power armors and robots, plus other equipment.
• New weapons, gear and vehicles.
• Titan Robotics Corporation and structure.
• Archie’s secret kingdom and plans for the future.
• New O.C.C.s and key Non-Player Characters (NPCs).
• Android executives, security and much more.
• Wellington Industries, campaign prompts and more.
• Art by Walton, Cummings, Atkins, and others. Cover by Mike Majestic.
• Written by Matthew Clements and Kevin Siembieda.
• 160-192 pages (tentative) – $22.99 retail (or $26.99) – Cat. No. 899.

UPDATE: Rifts^® Bestiary^™ Volume Two

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

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

• Monsters and animals of Rifts North America organized into big, easy to use sourcebooks.
• Updated and expanded descriptions and information for each existing monster.
• Updated and uniform stat blocks.
• New exotic creatures – predators, exotic riding animals, beasts of burden, alien horrors, giant insects, and more.
• A map for every creature showing where it is found.
• Easily adapted to any Palladium setting – Palladium Fantasy®, Chaos Earth®, Splicers®, Phase World®, the Three Galaxies™, The Mechanoids®, Heroes Unlimited™/Aliens Unlimited™, and others.
• Basic S.D.C. stats included with each creature description.
• Fully illustrated, with art by Charles Walton II, Ramon Perez, Robert Atkins, and many others. Written by Kevin Siembieda.
• 256 pages each volume – $26.99 – Cat. No. 897 (Volume Two).

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• Rifts® Chaos Earth® RPG – Set days after the Great Cataclysm begins, NEMA Peacekeepers, 11 O.C.C.s, plus robots, power armor, weapons, and more. A complete RPG. Cat. No. 660.
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• Rifts® Game Master Guide – Stats for 500+ weapons, 290 pieces of equipment, 180+ vehicles, 100+ suits of body armor, 80+ suits of power armor, 300+ skills, character and D-Bee index, and more. Cat. No. 845.
• Rifts® Bestiary Vol. One – 80+ creatures and maps. Cat. No. 896.
• Rifts® WB 6: South America One – Anti-Monster, Mutant Felines, Biomancy, monsters and more. Cat. No. 814.
• Rifts® WB 10: Juicer Uprising – 15 different Juicers, special gear, the Uprising, adventures and locations. Cat. No. 820.
• Rifts® WB 11: Coalition War Campaign – 7 CS power armor suits, 6 CS robots, 5 types of Skelebots, 16 CS combat vehicles, plus body armor, weapons, CS police, Chi-Town ‘Burbs, D-Bees, and more! Cat. No. 821.
• Rifts® Sourcebook: Coalition Navy – A toy box of CS Navy O.C.C.s, subs, ships, aircraft, weapons, Sea SAMAS, Sea-Spider Walker, pirates, 10 monsters, naval bases, and more. Cat. No. 828.
• Rifts® Sourcebook: The Vanguard – Mages who secretly support and defend the Coalition States! Cat. No. 856.
• Rifts® Sourcebook: Final Siege (on Tolkeen) – The City of Tolkeen mapped and described in detail, the Dragon City of Freehold too, NPCs galore (5 Warlords, 26 heroic city defenders, 12 dragons, 6 monsters), TW weapons and vehicles, and tons of adventure ideas. This book is an outstanding and often overlooked resource. Cat. No. 844.
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• Dead Reign® Sourcebook: Fear the Reaper – An in-depth look at the heroic Road Reapers. Cat. No. 234.
• Dead Reign® Sourcebook: Graveyard Earth – World overview, random tables for setting, locations, Survivor Leaders, and adventure ideas by the truckload. Cat. No. 235.
• Dead Reign® Sourcebook: In the Face of Death – Crazy heroes with strange abilities, playing kid characters, Death Cults, 101 adventure ideas, survival in the big cities. Cat. No. 237.
• After the Bomb® RPG – Erick Wujcik’s masterwork. Turn any animal into an intelligent, humanoid mutant and have a blast playing in any setting from super-heroes to post-apocalypse to space opera. Cat. No. 503. (Soon to be available as a hardcover edition.)
• AtB Road Hogs – Vehicle construction & combat rules, more mutants and more of the post-apocalypse world. Cat. No. 505.
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More than 300 RPG products including: Garden of the Gods™ (Fantasy) sourcebook – a toy box of gods, magical blessings, ancient artifacts, and hundreds of opportunities, quests, and adventure ideas for players and Game Masters alike. Here, all gods are equal and many a forgotten god seeks to be rediscovered and worshiped by offering blessings, vision quests, and magical artifacts to potential heroes to champion their name.

• 212 Blessings. 101 magic artifacts.
• 45 forgotten gods. Each god offers adventure hooks.
• 100+ random quests and encounters. Godly insight & visitations.
• Restore forgotten gods to power. Become a Champion of the Gods.
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• Easily adapted to Rifts®, Phase World® and any game system.
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Rifts® Novels: Duty’s Edge – The lone surviving soldier from a New German Republic Special Forces operation struggles to complete the mission on his own. A stand-alone Rifts® novel complete in itself. 236 pages, Cat. No. 308. The Cosmo-Knight and The Reckoning (Phase World®, the Three Galaxies, and Cosmo-Knights), the Rifts® trilogy of novels: Sonic Boom, Deception’s Web, and Treacherous Awakenings, as well as the Rifts® Anthology: Tales of the Chi-Town ‘Burbs (11 authors), Machinations of Doom (graphic novel by Ramon K. Perez), and Path of the Storm (a proposed Rifts® movie script) and 300+ other Palladium Books RPG titles.

Also available: Free Garden of the Gods™ (Fantasy) and Rifts® Bestiary™ Volume One Sneak Previews, and the Palladium Fantasy RPG® Interactive Character Sheet: A Microsoft Excel-based character management system. Packed with features and data collected from every official Palladium Fantasy sourcebook to enable you to create Fantasy characters quickly (25 minutes!) and help you to update and manage them for years to come.

Dead Reign® Paper Miniatures Volume Three: Zombies, Dead Reign® Paper Miniatures Volume Two: Civilians and Dead Reign® Paper Miniatures Volume One: Survivors. There are also paper miniatures for Heroes Unlimited™, Palladium Fantasy® and Rifts®. A new, up-to-date, PDF Palladium Books Catalog. Nightbane® Dark Designs™ sourcebook with 60 new Common Talents, 38 new Elite Talents, 18 new Morphus Tables, all other Morphus Tables collected and more. Systems Failure™ RPG, a 160 page RPG that deals with alien invasion and a post-apocalypse setting that is fun and dynamic. Civilization is on the verge of collapse when the so-called “bugs” invade and turn humans into zombie-like slaves. Monsters, heroes and fun. A complete RPG and setting. Rifts® World Book 34: Northern Gun™ Two: 256 pages of technology and fun. 30+ power armors, 30+ body armors, 15 combat vehicles, 45 vehicles (hovercycles, etc.), 10 robot haulers, the Robodome and more. Bizantium and the Northern Islands™: the northernmost part of the Known World, the Cold Born, Necromancy ships made from dead sea serpents, 15 creatures, Random Sea Monster Generator, and more. Rifts® Northern Gun™ One. This fan favorite might be thought of as the big book of giant robots – an in-depth look at Northern Gun, 70+ weapons, 27 robots, NG O.C.C.s, key people and places, and much more. Mysteries of Magic™ Book One: The Heart of Magic™ with Wizards, their Apprentices, nearly 60 new magic spells and remember, magic and monsters in the Fantasy RPG are easily adapted to Rifts®, Chaos Earth®, HU2 and other settings. Wolfen Empire™ Fantasy sourcebook, the Great Northern Wilderness and Killer Winters, 12 Wolfen Tribes, Wolfen military and society, 15+ creatures, 5 full adventures, 101 adventure ideas, random encounter tables, notable people, places, plus FREE Sneak Previews of The Rifter® #80, The Rifter® #81, The Rifter® #82, and more on DriveThruRPG.com.

• Rifts® is a genre-bending setting that combines science fiction, fantasy, horror, post-apocalypse survival, magic, and endless possibilities for adventure. Imagine a near perfect world of advanced technology 100 years in the future. Then imagine that world crashing down overnight in an apocalyptic upheaval not seen since the formation of the planet. A Great Cataclysm caused by the explosive return of magic. Now fast forward 300 years into the future where magic, dragons, and mythic gods coexist with cyborgs, giant robots and super-science rediscovered from humanity’s Golden Age as humans rise from a lengthy Dark Age. But they must contend with countless alien life forms, monsters, and supernatural horrors from beyond the Rifts.
• Rifts® core titles we would suggest: Rifts® Ultimate Edition, Rifts® Game Master Guide, Rifts® Book of Magic, Rifts® Adventure Guide, D-Bees of North America™, Rifts® World Book 11: Coalition War Campaign and Rifts® Sourcebook One. Note: The Rifts® RPG, 1st Edition and Rifts® Ultimate, 2nd Edition are both available.
• 80+ Rifts® supplements, most of them available as PDFs with more coming. Where to start? Wherever sounds fun.
• Rifts® Dimension Books™: Travel to alien worlds and dimensions via the Rifts for off-world adventure and intrigue.
• Rifts® Chaos Earth® RPG and sourcebook series (all). 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.
• FREE Sneak Previews for Nightbane® Dark Designs™, Rifts® Secrets of the Atlanteans™, Rifts® CS Heroes of Humanity, and many other previews as well as free and low cost items that we make available. All of it adds to the growing list of Rifts and other Palladium RPG game titles available as PDF books, cards and support. A new title should be added every week or two, so keep watching for them.
• The Rifter® #1-84, ALL issues of The Rifter®. Each issue is a wealth of source material and ideas for 3-6 different Palladium game lines. Most are easily adapted to ANY Palladium game setting. Each issue a gem. 8,500 pages of source material and ideas for heroes, villains, monsters, magic, gear, and adventure.
• Splicers® RPG is like Iron Man meets Game of Thrones with elements of Terminator – except this army of Iron Men are clad in living body armor and wield living, organic weapons and devices. Created in 2004 by writer and game designer Carmen Bellaire, Splicers® was nominated for an Inquest Gamer Magazine Fan Awards Game of the Year, and has since developed a rabid fan base. Science fiction and horror where humans are forced to use genetically engineered, living weapons and organic war machines to battle an insane Artificial Intelligence and her robot legions. Unlike anything you have ever played before!
• Splicers®: I Am Legion™ Adventure Sourcebook: 6 new Great Houses, 4 new Host Armors, 6 new War Mounts, 19 new Bio-Weapons, 15 new killer machines, new Bio-Enhancements, Amalgam creation tables, Legion and a series of adventures that build into a small campaign, and more.
• Palladium Fantasy RPG®, 1st Edition Rules and sourcebooks. A unique world of magic, monsters and heroes. Dozens of nonhuman player characters including Wolfen, Bearmen, Ogres, Orcs and more. 100,000 years of history.
• Palladium Fantasy RPG®, 2nd Edition Rules and many sourcebooks. The expanded world of high fantasy, magic, mystery and heroes of every variety. Includes the Mind Mage and psychic abilities, mages and spells, magic circles and symbols, men-at-arms, scoundrels and a wide range of inhuman player characters including Wolfen, Bearmen, Ogres, Orcs and many more. 100,000 years of history.
• Heroes Unlimited™ RPG first edition rule book and sourcebooks.
• Heroes Unlimited™ RPG Second Edition rule book and sourcebooks. Create any type of superhuman you can desire and bring comic book adventures to life.
• Dead Reign® RPG (Zombie Apocalypse). The dead have risen. It is the battle for survival in the zombie apocalypse, but this setting is much more than your typical zombie game. Play ordinary people or special characters better equipped to survive and hunt zombies. Many unusual types of zombies.
• Dead Reign® Sourcebooks: 6 sourcebooks from Civilization Gone™ to Hell Followed™ (the latter features stats for 23 disasters, masked lunatics, 11 new zombies, 7 apocalyptic character classes, and more) are available.
• Beyond the Supernatural™ RPG, 1st Edition Rules. Supernatural horror in the modern world. Play ordinary people, psychics, paranormal investigators or for something different: Victim Characters!
• Beyond the Supernatural™ RPG, 2nd Edition: The complete, revised core game, 14 character classes and 42 occupations for “ordinary people,” 100+ psychic abilities, 16 monsters, the Lazlo Agency, world setting and rules.
• Nightbane® RPG and sourcebooks. An RPG setting we call superhero horror. Dark conspiracy, a secret, demon invasion starting with world leaders and law enforcement, and it is spreading. The player characters are the Nightbane®, reluctant superhumans who must turn into monsters themselves to unleash their powers and battle the evil that is clear only to them. A dark, sinister and challenging world of horror.
• After the Bomb® RPG and sourcebooks. Planet of the Apes meets the X-Men! Animal creations, powers and more. Create any type of intelligent mutant animal you can imagine as friend or foe.
• Ninjas & Superspies™ RPG and the Mystic China™ sourcebook. James Bond meets Enter the Dragon. 41 types of martial arts, ninjas, and super-spies with gadgets, gizmos and advanced weapons.
• The Mechanoid Invasion® Trilogy RPG is a long time, cult favorite with a fatalistic world-view of humans vs aliens with superior technology.
• The Palladium Weapon Series of real world weapons, armor and castles throughout history. Designed for use with ANY game system.
• 200+ Palladium titles in all, plus G.M. kits, paper miniatures and more.
• Heroes Unlimited™ Paper Miniatures – Two sets are now available!
• Palladium Fantasy RPG® Paper Miniatures – Volumes #1-6 are available now. More are coming in the weeks ahead.
• Rifts® Paper Miniatures: Men at Arms – $2.99
• Rifts® Paper Miniatures: Coalition Dead Boys – $2.99
• Rifts® Paper Miniatures: Adventurers – $2.99
• Rifts® Paper Miniatures: Practitioners of Magic (new) – $2.99
• Rifts® Paper Miniatures: Extras (new) – $2.99
• And more to come in the weeks ahead.

Palladium Collectibles, Negatives, Artwork, other Collectibles and Toys are always available in Kevin’s Online Toy & Collectibles eBay Store along with other good things

My eBay store is one of the few places where you can find original artwork by Charles “Chuck” Walton, Kevin Long, and others, as well as one-of-a-kind negatives from classic Rifts® and other Palladium RPG books (they look awesome framed!), rare Palladium collector hardcovers, signed books, other Palladium memorabilia, toys from my personal collection and other collectibles. Check every couple of weeks because we often post new stuff or offer a new sale. There is a sale on negatives starting today, in fact.

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

Available now: One-of-a-kind book negatives. Negatives were very popular items at the Palladium Open House and people went crazy over them at Gen Con – including actor Joe Manganiello who scooped up a pile of TMNT negatives, while Palladium’s own Mark Oberle, Carmen Bellaire, Brandon Aten and a whole lot of Palladium gamers went for negatives from Rifts® New West, Lone Star and Free Quebec. Fun.

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

When our printer, McNaughton and Gunn, went completely digital, they asked if Palladium Books wanted the negs, otherwise they would be destroyed. Regrettably, I let a few dozen be destroyed, but the negatives of many books were sent to Palladium. They have sat in our warehouse for years until I started to offer them for sale. I have also started signing the negatives in silver and each comes with a Certificate of Authenticity. Each negative comes on a white board inside a plastic magazine bag and looks fabulous framed! Fits in an 8×10 inch matt opening in a frame (each neg is roughly 8½ x 11 inches).

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

Closing Thoughts

Dreams of a new and upcoming product drifted through my head while I was under anesthesia for my latest, and hopefully last kidney stone removal procedure yesterday morning. I believe I mentioned in a recent Weekly Update – or was it in a video interview? – that I have been putting things in place to launch a new era of Palladium Books as we produce new great games and sourcebooks over the next five years. Not just fun products in the short term, but I am laying the foundation for the far-flung future to keep the Palladium legacy going long after I am gone.

There is no need to worry, I am not ill or dying. In fact, I am healthy as a horse and filled with ideas about new product and a shining future for Palladium Books. God willing, I plan to write and produce games for you for another 20, 30, heck, as many years as I have my mental faculties and health. I had actually been moving toward a lot of what is taking place behind the scenes before the pandemic, however, I think it gave me a new sense of perspective and priority. It is time to shake things up, push the envelope, and have some fun. That’s why you are seeing more activity from Palladium in social media, more interviews, Fantasy Grounds material later this year, and a whole lot more. Some of it will be small, fun things, others will be big, some huge, and some truly mind-blowing. Boy oh boy, I cannot wait till you see what we have in store for you over the next three years. The stuff coming out this year is just the beginning. The tip of the iceberg.

To that end, I have been gathering old allies and creators and recruiting new powerhouse talent. You will start seeing new names and faces along with your old favorites in upcoming products very soon. And like myself, even the creators you know are pushing the envelope and their artistry to new levels, whether that is writing or illustration. We want to wow you with every new release.

Enjoy the sales this weekend before they come to an end, think big, cut those imaginations loose, and get ready for role-playing fun from Palladium Books all summer and fall.

– Kevin Siembieda, Publisher, Writer, Gamer, Friend

NEW! Miniature Releases – Available now

You have been asking about new miniatures and we are providing. All miniatures come in a plastic bag. The newest three are:

Rifts® Glitter Boy™ & Pilot (original) Miniature Pack – 1st time available in resin – 28 mm resin – $19.99 retail – Cat. No. MI8001. Five Pieces: 1. Complete G.B. body and a small base, 2. right arm and Boom Gun, 3. backpack/thrusters, 4. ammo drum and belt, and 5. pilot. The ever-popular, classic Glitter Boy and Pilot (1993 RAFM) – now in resin for the first time (prior releases were pewter figures). Available now.

NEW! Rifts® CS Firebreather Dead Boy™ Miniature – true scale 32 mm resin – $9.99 retail – Cat. No. MI8047. Five pieces: 1. the body, 2. right arm and gun, 3. left arm, 4. antenna, 5. custom base. Detailed and dynamic figure. Available now.

NEW! Rifts® Juicer™ Miniature – true scale 32 mm resin – $9.99 retail – Cat. No. MI8048. Three pieces: 1. the complete body, 2. crossed swords on the back that fit so snugly that you may not even need to glue it, 3. custom base. Detailed and dynamic figure. Available now.

And don’t forget about the Deluxe Rifts® Glitter Boy Resin Miniature – released in fall 2020 – 32 mm resin – $34.99 retail – Cat. No. MI8046 – a gorgeous, detailed and dynamic figure. Available now.

Rifts^® Novels – Available now

All Rifts® novels are available from the Palladium Books online store as physical books as well as PDFs from DriveThruRPG.com. All are a fun read and highly recommended. Enjoy.

• All novels are 5 x 8 inches in size unless otherwise indicated.
• Page count and price varies.
• Available as physical books from palladiumbooks.com and as PDFs on DriveThruRPG.com
• Rifts® Duty’s Edge is the story of a lone survivor of a New German Republic Special Forces operation who struggles to complete the mission on his own. A mission to destroy wicked monsters and cut off a vital line of support to the Gargoyle Empire. A mission that could save many lives. Of course, it is a journey that takes many twists and turns as one determined individual hopes to beat impossible odds. Set in the Middle East. 236 pages – $12.99 retail – Cat. No. 308 – the newest, stand alone novel.
• Rifts® Sonic Boom™. Follow the exploits of a CS platoon sworn to protect humankind from all threats, be they aliens, dragons, masters of magic or fellow humans out for themselves.
• Rifts® Deception’s Web™, the second novel in this trilogy, reveals a conspiracy within the Coalition military that could spell disaster for our protagonists. Note: Smaller size, 4 x 6 inches.
• Rifts® Treacherous Awakenings™ is the pulse-pounding conclusion of the third novel in this epic trilogy by Adam Chilson.
• Rifts Anthology: Tales of the Chi-Town ‘Burbs™. Rifts® short stories by 11 authors including Kevin Siembieda, Carl Gleba, Mark Oberle, Braden Campbell, Taylor White, Jason Richards, and others. Note: Slightly larger size, 6 x 9 inches.
• Rifts® Machinations of Doom™ Graphic Novel & Sourcebook. The comic is by acclaimed Eisner Award winning artist Ramon K. Perez, source material by Siembieda and Perez. Note: 8½ x 11 inches.
• Rifts® Path of the Storm was a Rifts® movie script written on spec. Note: 8½ x 11 inches.
• Rifts® Hammer of the Forge™, Volume One: The Cosmo-Knight. The adventures of Caleb Vulcan, newly minted Knight of the Cosmic Forge.
• Rifts® Hammer of the Forge™, Volume Two: The Reckoning. The epic conclusion of the Hammer of the Forge story.

Gamer 16 Ounce Mug – available now

Whether you drink coffee, hot cocoa, soda-pop, or whatever your beverage of choice may be, this fun mug reminds you of your favorite pastime and that new possibilities exist with every roll of the dice.

The large, 16 ounce Gamer mug presents the word “Gamer” in a box with dice cascading down from above. The design appears on both sides of the mug. Created by Wayne Smith and Freddie Williams II (art directed by Kevin Siembieda). The mug has an orange interior to add a nice splash of color.

• A must for every proud gamer!
• Dice and the word “Gamer” highlighted in a box.
• Glossy black exterior with an orange interior.
• Art and words are located on both sides of the mug.
• 16 ounce ceramic mug.
• Dishwasher and microwave safe.
• $10.99 retail – Cat. No. 2596 – available now.

BACK IN STOCK! Property of the Coalition States 16 Ounce Mug – available now

Back due to popular demand! The iconic Property of the Coalition States and notorious CS Death’s Head insignia printed white on a glossy black, 16 ounce coffee mug, with a blood red interior for a splash of color. The design appears on both sides of the mug. Created by Wayne Smith and Kevin Long (art directed by Kevin Siembieda).

• The infamous words “Property of the Coalition States” and the notorious Death’s Head logo and lightning bolts (indicating CS special forces) in white.
• Glossy black exterior with a blood red interior color.
• Art and words are located on both sides of the mug.
• 16 ounce ceramic mug.
• Dishwasher and microwave safe.
• $10.99 retail – Cat. No. 2588 – available now.

Other Mugs Available Now

Everyone loves these mugs. Isn’t it time you started your collection? I like to use them to as a secret code to reflect my mood to those around me. To my thinking the Gamer mug means I’m feeling playful. Rifts® Property of the Coalition States: I’m a soldier in the trenches and working hard. Dead Reign®: Back off or I will eat you alive. Fantasy Dragon: My imagination is on fire. Rifts Logo: Feeling the infinite possibilities. Rifts® Titan Robotics: I’m feeling mighty. Of course, they represent something else to each of you or just represent one of your favorite games, like a normal person.

• Rifts® Titan Robotics™ Mug – A dynamic Titan robot and the Rifts® logo. Art by Steven Cummings. White on a glossy black, 16 ounce ceramic mug with a blue interior. Dishwasher and microwave safe. $10.99 retail – Cat. No. 2595 – available now.
• Rifts® Logo Coffee Mug – The famous Rifts® logo in white on a glossy black, 16 ounce ceramic mug with a blue interior. Logo by Kevin Long. Dishwasher and microwave safe. $10.99 retail – Cat. No. 2587 – available now.
• Palladium Fantasy RPG® Dragon Mug – The famous red on black 3-headed hydra battling a knight from the iconic original Palladium Fantasy RPG cover. Art by Kevin Siembieda. Red on a glossy black, 16 ounce ceramic mug with an attractive orange interior. Dishwasher and microwave safe. $10.99 retail – Cat. No. 2589 – available now.
• Dead Reign® (Zombie Attack) Mug – A trio of hungry zombies and the Dead Reign® logo in white on a glossy black, 16 ounce ceramic mug with a blood red interior for a splash of color. Art by Steven Cummings. Dishwasher and microwave safe. $10.99 retail – Cat. No. 2594 – available now.

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

By Kevin Siembieda

Hi everyone, I hope most of you in the United States are able to take some time off and enjoy the long Memorial Day weekend. Maybe even safely gather with friends and family. While you are relaxing, I want to mention we have 3 sales for your consideration. One sale is for physical books in the Palladium online store. The second sale is for PDF titles on DriveThruRPG, and the third is a sale on my Ebay store (out of print books, negatives, art, toys, and collectibles). See details below.

The exciting news, at least for Rifts® fans, is the two Rifts® 30th Commemorative Hardcovers are finally printed and going on a truck headed for Palladium Books. I know it has been frustrating waiting for these two special books but as I explained in an Update a little while ago, the printing industry is in crisis and slammed with print orders. At least the delay for these was an extra 5 or 6 weeks and not 12 or more! With Monday being the Memorial Day holiday these hotly anticipated hardcovers will probably arrive on Wednesday. We will start shipping as soon as they reach the Palladium warehouse Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday of next week. ALL the pre-orders and mixed orders have been prepped, and boxes taped and waiting to be filled. Like you, we cannot wait to see the finished books ourselves, and I especially cannot wait to see what you think of them. We tried to make the Rifts® 30 Year Anniversary editions worth owning as keepsakes in addition to being a functional earlier version of the Rifts® RPG. I hope you will love them. For those of you who never saw the original game, this is your chance to see what launched a beloved RPG phenomenon that has stood the test of time.

The beautiful Rifts® Commemorative hardcovers are available in two versions: 1. Rifts® 30th Hardcover with the color Parkinson painting of the Splugorth Barge – Cat. No. 800HC30, $49.99 retail, with an extra 32 color pages; and 2. Rifts® 30th “Gold” Deluxe Limited Edition – Cat. No. 8000HC30, $75 retail, with an extra 38 color pages – signed and numbered. There are only 200 copies (plus some printer proofs) available on a first come, first served basis while supplies last. Both are described below and in the Palladium online store. If you have not ordered your copy of this attractive keepsake, this may be the time to do it. We anticipate the “Gold” Edition to sell out. The Color Cover Edition will be available through the end of the year, probably longer.

COMING later in June! 3 new RPG hardcovers have been sent to the printer for a June Release. They are: 1. After the Bomb® RPG “Bonus” Edition Hardcover – create any mutant animal from a turtle to an elephant, plus 72 pages of bonus material (the original AtB sourcebook and Yucatan Adventures). $39.99 – Cat. No. 503HC. 2. Ninjas & Superspies™ RPG “Bonus” Edition Hardcover, 40+ styles of martial arts, mystic abilities, spies and gadgets, plus 44 pages of bonus material from The Rifter®. $36.99 – Cat. No. 525HC. 3. Dead Reign® RPG Hardcover – The Zombie Apocalypse unleashed! Can you survive? $36.99 – Cat. No. 230HC (same as the softcover edition). The complete descriptions are found below and in Palladium’s online store.

SALE on my Ebay Store which offers various out of print Palladium titles, original art, one-of-a-kind Rifts® negatives, other collectibles, and toys. A two week sale starting today. You can find it at Kevin’s Toys, Art & Collectibles: http://stores.ebay.com/kevinstoys-artandcollectibles

Enjoy your weekend, more news and updates next week. Please be safe in your holiday travels and get-togethers, and enjoy.

SALE! Memorial Day Week Long RPG Sale

Wayne and I have put together a fun sale that ranges across the Megaverse® for one week only. A similar sale with all Fantasy titles is also taking place on DriveThruRPG.com for PDF books.

While you are ordering sale items, you might want to snag one of the Rifts® 30th Anniversary Commemorative Editions (Color Cover or Gold Edition) or one of the many other Hardcover core rule books: Palladium Fantasy RPG (450HC), Heroes Unlimited RPG (500HC), Beyond the Supernatural RPG (700HC), Rifts® Game Master Guide (845HC), Rifts® Book of Magic (848HC), and Rifts® Adventure Guide (849HC), with more coming your way. Enjoy titles from across the Megaverse®.

• Palladium Fantasy RPG® – Epic. Different. Weird magic. Non-human player characters along with classic O.C.C.s and human, Elf, and Dwarf characters. Cat. No. 450 (also now available in hardcover).
• Yin-Sloth Jungles – A place of dread, savagery, monsters, and ancient secrets. 25+ locations and maps, four full adventures, adventure ideas and more. Cat. No. 459.
• Western Empire – Secrets of the Empire of Sin, vampires, 20 notable locations, 40+ maps, City Creation Rules, adventures, herbs, drugs, magic items, and more. Cat. No. 462.
• Mount Nimro – The land of giants, their leaders, society, strongholds, weapons, magic, minions, the Blade Priest, Conjurer, Were-Shaman, 7 Legendary Rune Weapons, adventures, and more! Cat. No. 464.
• Eastern Territory – The new kingdom of humans in conflict with the Wolfen and Coyles, 20+ locations, dozens of maps & more. Cat. No. 465.
• Garden of the Gods – A place of miracles, dreams and purpose. 45 forgotten gods, 212 Blessings, 101 magic artifacts, 5 Old Ones Rune Weapons, 50+ Curses and dark magic, 100+ random quests and encounters, and each god offers adventure hooks. Cat. No. 475.
• Rifts® Chaos Earth® RPG – Set days after the Great Cataclysm begins, NEMA Peacekeepers, 11 O.C.C.s, plus robots, power armor, weapons, and more. A complete RPG. Cat. No. 660.
• Rifts® Chaos Earth® Resurrection – Zombies done Rifts-style – 12 mechanized M.D.C. Scrap Zombies, Chaos Zombies, and more. Cat. No. 666.
• The Rifter® #82 – Erick Wujcik Remembered, Chaos Earth® Pyromancer O.C.C. and 50+ Pyromancy spells (official CE source material), plus stuff for Heroes Unlimited, Nightbane®, Rifts® Bestiary sneak preview, and more. Cat. No. 182.
• Rifts® Game Master Guide – Stats for 500+ weapons, 290 pieces of equipment, 180+ vehicles, 100+ suits of body armor, 80+ suits of power armor, 300+ skills, character and D-Bee index, and more. Cat. No. 845.
• Rifts® Bestiary Vol. One – 80+ creatures and maps. Cat. No. 896.
• Rifts® WB 6: South America One – Anti-Monster, Mutant Felines, Biomancy, monsters and more. Cat. No. 814.
• Rifts® WB 10: Juicer Uprising – 15 different Juicers, special gear, the Uprising, adventures and locations. Cat. No. 820.
• Rifts® WB 11: Coalition War Campaign – 7 CS power armor suits, 6 CS robots, 5 types of Skelebots, 16 CS combat vehicles, plus body armor, weapons, CS police, Chi-Town ‘Burbs, D-Bees, and more! Cat. No. 821.
• Rifts® Sourcebook: Coalition Navy – A toy box of CS Navy O.C.C.s, subs, ships, aircraft, weapons, Sea SAMAS, Sea-Spider Walker, pirates, 10 monsters, naval bases, and more. Cat. No. 828.
• Rifts® Sourcebook: The Vanguard – Mages who secretly support and defend the Coalition States! Cat. No. 856.
• Rifts® Sourcebook: Final Siege (on Tolkeen) – The City of Tolkeen mapped and described in detail, the Dragon City of Freehold too, NPCs galore (5 Warlords, 26 heroic city defenders, 12 dragons, 6 monsters), TW weapons and vehicles, and tons of adventure ideas. This book is an outstanding and often overlooked resource. Cat. No. 844.
• Rifts® WB 19: Australia – 20 O.C.C.s, 11 demons & spirits, 6 monsters, weapons, gear, Dreamtime and more. Cat. No. 834.
• Rifts® WB 27: Adventures in Dinosaur Swamp – 20+ dinosaurs, Eco-Wizards, magic, 101 adventure hooks, and more. Cat. No. 866.
• Rifts® & The Megaverse® – Art of John Zeleznik – Beautiful and fun. Cat. No. 2510.
• Splicers® RPG – Think Guyver meets The Terminator – Cat. No. 200.
• Splicers® I Am Legion – Massive adventure, lots of new goodies – Cat. No. 201.
• The Rifter® #80 – Part one of Chaos Earth® Nebraska (official source material), Splicers® House of the Red Sands (official source material), Palladium Fantasy RPG® Wayfarer O.C.C. and history (official source material), villains, and more. Cat. No. 180.
• Dead Reign® RPG, the Zombie Apocalypse – Epic. Different. Fun. Intuitive. Easy to learn. Plays fast. Not your typical zombies. Cat. No. 230. (Soon to be available as a hardcover edition.)
• Dead Reign® Sourcebook: Fear the Reaper – An in-depth look at the heroic Road Reapers. Cat. No. 234.
• Dead Reign® Sourcebook: Graveyard Earth – World overview, random tables for setting, locations, Survivor Leaders, and adventure ideas by the truckload. Cat. No. 235.
• Dead Reign® Sourcebook: In the Face of Death – Crazy heroes with strange abilities, playing kid characters, Death Cults, 101 adventure ideas, survival in the big cities. Cat. No. 237.
• After the Bomb® RPG – Erick Wujcik’s masterwork. Turn any animal into an intelligent, humanoid mutant and have a blast playing in any setting from super-heroes to post-apocalypse to space opera. Cat. No. 503. (Soon to be available as a hardcover edition.)
• AtB Road Hogs – Vehicle construction & combat rules, more mutants and more of the post-apocalypse world. Cat. No. 505.
• AtB Mutants Down Under – More mutant animals, giant insects, and post-apocalypse Australia described. Cat. No. 507.
• AtB Mutants of the Yucatan – More mutant animals and post-apocalypse Central America described. Cat. No. 511.
• AtB Mutants in Avalon – More mutant animals, the return of King Arthur as a mutant animal, magic, and post-apocalypse England described. Cat. No. 513.
• AtB & Rifts® Mutants in Orbit Sourcebook – More mutant animals, giant insects, killer satellites, space station and moon base survivors, Archie-7, and more! Unexpected adventure and fun. Cat. No. 514.
• Heroes Unlimited RPG – Create every type of superhuman and enjoy comic book style adventures. Cat. No. 500. (Also available as a hardcover edition, Cat. No. 500HC.)
• Gramercy Island – Nearly 100 villains you can drop into your game, the District of Gramercy Island and the prison designed to hold super beings. A fun resource. Cat. No. 518.
• Powers Unlimited® One – 120+ super abilities. Cat. No. 521.
• Powers Unlimited® Two – 11 new power categories and ideas for new and different types of heroes. Cat. No. 522.
• The Rifter® #84 – City of Cascade for Heroes Unlimited, Spellbound O.C.C. for Nightbane®, Rifts® Golems, BTS monster and adventure, a Fantasy kingdom of Elves and more. Cat. No. 184.
• Mystic China Sourcebook for Ninjas & Superspies – Compatible with HU, more mystical powers, magic, immortals, monsters, demons, and more. Cat. No. 526.
• Enjoy the sale of these physical books from PalladiumBooks.com – on sale now thru June 8, 2021.
• DriveThruRPG.com PDF SALE! A similar sale to the one above is taking place on DriveThruRPG, but offers the full range of Palladium Fantasy titles as well as those titles listed above, as PDF books. If you are looking to add to your PDF library or want to try one of the Palladium RPG settings you have been hearing so much about, give some of these RPG sale items a try. On sale now thru June 8, 2021.
• Ebay Collectibles and toy sale at Kevin’s Toys, Art & Collectibles: http://stores.ebay.com/kevinstoys-artandcollectibles

COMING! June Hardcovers – At the Printer – ship toward the end of June

Three more, fan fave, core RPG rule books for your enjoyment as hardcover editions. A couple of them expanded with “bonus” material.

After the Bomb^® RPG “Bonus” Edition Hardcover – June Release

Create any type of intelligent, humanoid, mutant animal from a turtle or raccoon to an elephant or lion. The RPG presents stats for 100+ mutant animals, plus rules for creating any mutant animal you can imagine, and each sourcebook offers dozens more.

Play your mutant animals as super-heroes, vigilantes, or mutants on the run in the Heroes Unlimited™, Ninjas & Superspies™, Heroes of the Megaverse® or Skraypers™ settings. Or as mutants or monsters in Nightbane®. (You could make a mutant animal the Nightbane’s Morphus!) In Palladium Fantasy® your mutant animal could be one of the forgotten archaic races, a visitor from another world, a creation of magic, or a monster. In Rifts®, Chaos Earth®, Phase World® and the Three Galaxies, The Mechanoids®, Aliens Unlimited™, Splicers® and similar RPGs, use the creation rules to make new D-Bees, aliens, mutants, or monsters. Or play in the AtB post-apocalyptic Earth setting that makes Planet of the Apes seem tame. Whatever the setting, playing anthropomorphic animal characters is a blast.

• 100+ mutant animal stats included.
• Mutant animal creation rules to mutate ANY animal.
• 52 Mutant Animal Powers.
• 33 Mutant Animal Psionic Powers.
• New Animal Chimeras and their abilities.
• New back story to the After the Bomb® world of mutants.
• The post-apocalyptic Earth setting of “After the Bomb” is just one use for your mutant animal heroes.
• A complete RPG written by Erick Wujcik. His last great work and a sometimes overlooked RPG masterpiece. These are the Mutant Animal Creation Rules you know and love taken to new heights.
• Compatible with Heroes Unlimited™, Aliens Unlimited™, Nightbane®, N&S, Rifts® and any game setting where mutants or aliens are appropriate.
• 72 pages of “bonus” material includes the original After the Bomb® sourcebook and Yucatan Adventures from the old Game Shield.
• 296 pages (72 bonus pages) – $39.99 retail – Cat. No. 503HC – ships end of June. Also available as a 224 page softcover book ($26.99 retail – Cat. No. 503).

Ninjas & Superspies^™ RPG “Bonus” Edition Hardcover – June Release

The Ninjas & Superspies™ RPG is the ultimate guide to martial arts with 40 different martial art forms and 48 mystic martial arts powers alone, but there is so much more. Asian combat skills accurately portrayed, each with its own unique fighting style, methods of attack and defense presented on an epic scale, complete with legendary mystic powers. Spies, Cyber Agents, Gadgeteers, secret organizations creation rules, secret identities, gimmick weapons and clothing, cyber-disguises, implants, and more. Compatible with Heroes Unlimited™ RPG and even Nightbane®, Rifts®, and other settings. A complete game PLUS 44 pages of bonus material gathered from The Rifter®.

• 40+ types of hand to hand combat — effectively offering 40 types of martial arts character classes!
• 17 Occupational Character Classes for spies, mercenaries, martial artists and special operatives.
• 48 mystic martial art powers.
• Dim Mak, Chi Mastery, the Arts of Invisibility and more.
• Bionic implants, disguises, weapons, & equipment.
• Secret identities, spy agencies, creation rules for secret organizations.
• Complete stand-alone RPG with skills, weapons, rules and guidelines for using other Palladium settings.
• Compatible with Heroes Unlimited™, Rifts®, Rifts® China, and the entire Palladium Megaverse®!
• 48 pages of “bonus” material gathered from The Rifter®.
• 224 pages – $36.99 retail – Cat. No. 525HC – RPG by Erick Wujcik – ships end of June. Also available as a 176 page softcover book ($22.99 retail – Cat. No. 525.) And see Mystic China (currently on sale) for an astonishing and fun sourcebook with more mystical martial arts abilities, magic, demons, immortals and more.

Dead Reign^® RPG Hardcover – The Zombie Apocalypse^™ – June Release

The dead have risen and it would seem to be the end of the world.

Civilization crumbles in a matter of days as hundreds of millions of people die and rise as the walking dead. The hundreds of millions of people who fall to the zombies also rise to join the growing legions of undead. Then the world goes silent.

You are on your own. The army is MIA. There is no government. No law. No television, radio or Internet. No media, cell phones or communications of any kind. Cities and towns have gone dark, and zombies fill the streets.

Death Cults have risen, promising protection from the walking dead.

Retro-Savages have forsaken technology and sacrifice the living to the zombies in hopes of bringing an end to the nightmare.

Brave human survivors refuse to lie down and die! They come from all walks of life. Their common goal: survival as they struggle to forge safe havens away from the cities, rescue other survivors and battle the walking dead without respite. For now at least, the planet belongs to the dead.

Dead Reign® is an excellent introductory game that is easy to learn, fast to play, and fun to read. If you are looking for a zombie game that truly captures the feel of survival after the apocalypse and the nightmare of being stalked by zombies, Dead Reign® is it. Game mechanics are designed to create a real sense of escalating terror and dread when the zombies swarm. Sourcebooks expand the world, player options, and adventure ideas as well as new zombies and dangers.

• Six Apocalyptic Character Classes (O.C.C.) including the Reaper, Shepherd of the Damned, Hound Master, Apocalyptic Soldier, Scrounger and Ordinary People.
• Seven types of zombies plus the Half-Living. (Sourcebooks offer many more.)
• Secrets of the Dead: Everything you need to know about zombies and need to ask.
• Death Cults, their Priests, power over zombies and goals.
• Random tables galore and the fundamentals of survival.
• Strong setting, world overview and many adventure ideas.
• A complete role-playing game. 224 pages – $36.99 retail – Cat. No. 230HC. Also available as a 224 page softcover RPG ($26.99 retail – Cat. No. 230).

NEW! Rifts^® RPG – 30th Anniversary Commemorative Hardcover – starts shipping on Wednesday

Rifts® is the familiar.

Rifts® is the alien and unknown.

Rifts® is the embodiment of wonder, danger, and endless possibilities.

Rifts® is a post-apocalyptic Earth stranger than a hundred alien worlds, where humanity battles against aliens and the supernatural.

Reality blurs. Magic and technology often clash or meld together. Around the next corner a dragon, cyborg, monster, giant robot, vampire, or god only knows what may await you.

Rifts® merges science fiction with fantasy, horror, heroic adventure, and other genres in a thrilling and plausible setting that will set your imagination on fire.

Travel the Rifts to any location on Earth, or leap across the dimensional divide to visit alien worlds and dimensions in a matter of seconds. And just as you can travel to other worlds, aliens and the monstrous travel to Earth and stalk the innocent.

Rifts® is a fusion of ideas, settings, genres, and characters unlike any game on the market. An endless Megaverse® of adventure™ in which if you can imagine it, you can play it.

Are you up to the challenge?

The Rifts® Commemorative 30th Anniversary Hardcover is the original first edition Rifts® rule book that started a phenomenon. It is a complete RPG suitable for use with ALL existing Rifts® World Books, Sourcebooks, and Dimension Books. It is an early and somewhat simpler edition given the deluxe treatment. Expanded with bonus art, an additional 32 color pages, color end sheets, history about the making of Rifts®, notes, concept drawings, color concepts, photographs, and a gallery of every Rifts® cover published between 1990 and the end of 2021. The cover features the famous Keith Parkinson painting of the Splugorth Slave Barge.

This expanded commemorative has been brought back into print due to the popular requests by you, our fans. All intended to bring back fond memories of grand adventures and fun times, and to create new adventures and lasting memories.

The Original Rifts® RPG 30th Anniversary Commemorative Hardcover:

• Back in print for the first time in 16 years.
• Color cover of the famous Splugorth Slave Barge by Keith Parkinson.
• A color gallery of 160+ Rifts® covers.
• An extra 32 pages of color.
• Color end sheets.
• More comprehensive contents pages.
• Concept art and pencil illustrations often with notes by the artist.
• History of Rifts®, personal notes, commentary, and nostalgic material.
• Countless memories, and loads of fun.
• A simpler, earlier version of the core rules.
• A complete role-playing game suitable for use with ALL existing Rifts® World Books, Sourcebooks, and Dimension Books.
• Available in stores and from Palladium Books.
• This is NOT the signed or numbered limited edition, but we are happy to sign copies at conventions and the Palladium Open House. The print run is likely to be limited to a few thousand copies.
• 288 pages – $49.99 retail – Cat. No. 800HC30 – starts shipping on Wednesday, June 2nd. Also see Rifts® Ultimate Edition RPG for the current edition of Rifts®.

NEW! Rifts^® RPG 30th Anniversary “Gold” Limited Edition Commemorative Hardcover – 1st Edition Rules – Starts shipping on Wednesday

A complete RPG suitable for use with ALL existing Rifts® World Books, Sourcebooks, and Dimension Books. It is just an early and somewhat simpler edition given the deluxe treatment. Expanded with bonus art, additional 38 color pages, color end sheets, history about the making of Rifts®, notes, concept drawings, color concepts, photographs, and a gallery of every Rifts® cover published between 1990 and the end of 2021. The cover features the famous Splugorth Slave Barge in gold foil; art by Kevin Long.

Due to popular demand, we are offering this ultra-limited edition Rifts® “Gold” 30th Anniversary Commemorative Hardcover, limited to only 200 signed and numbered copies (plus some printer proofs). Available on a first-come, first served basis, while supplies last. This is the most limited of any previous collector’s edition of the Rifts® RPG – 5,000 copies of Silver, 500 copies of Gold, but only 200 copies for this 30th Anniversary edition – and those earlier editions sell for big bucks today. Availability starts with #1 of 200, so be among the first to order.

Rifts® RPG 30th Anniversary “Gold” Limited Edition:

• 200 signed and numbered by Kevin Siembieda and available staff.
• Gold foil cover on a faux leatherette.
• Cover art by Kevin Long depicts the famous Splugorth Slave Barge.
• Limited to 200 signed and numbered copies, plus a few dozen printer proofs.
• An extra 38 pages of color.
• A color gallery of 160+ Rifts® covers.
• Two different, color end sheets in the front and back.
• Concept art and pencil illustrations often with notes by the artist.
• History of Rifts®, personal notes, commentary, and nostalgic material. Countless memories and loads of fun.
• A simpler, earlier version of the core rules.
• A complete role-playing game suitable for use with ALL existing Rifts® World Books, Sourcebooks, and Dimension Books.
• Otherwise the same as the hardcover with the color cover.
• Available on a first-come, first served basis, while supplies last. Only from Palladium Books.
• 294 pages – $75.00 retail – Cat. No. 8000HC30 – On its way and starts shipping on Wednesday, June 2nd.

Rifts^® Ultimate Edition – Cat. No. 800HC – Available now

This big, 376 page role-playing game is everything you need to start playing Rifts®. Just add some dice, some players, and a heaping helping of imagination and you are ready to go.

If you have never played the rich, unpredictable, genre-melding Rifts® setting, you are missing epic adventure that never grows old, because anything is possible. No other RPG blends science fiction, fantasy, horror, and post-apocalyptic adventure with demons and aliens, robots and cyborgs, magic and the supernatural in such a plausible and dynamic way. A setting that lets you play any type and style of game you can imagine. With characters like Dragon Hatchlings, Cyber-Knights, Glitter Boys, Ley Line Walkers, Techno-Wizards, and Juicers that challenge the imagination. And those are just a tiny handful of the O.C.C.s you can play in Rifts®. Not to mention hundreds of different alien, supernatural, magical, and other beings available as player characters. All of it set on an Earth that is both familiar and as alien as a thousand different planets. So check it out, build your character, start a campaign, and watch your characters become legends.

• 30+ player characters to choose from; tech, magic, or psychic.
• Cyborgs, robot and power armor pilots, Scout, Assassin, and more.
• 140+ magic spells, plus Techno-Wizards, Shifters, and more.
• 90 psionic powers and psychic characters.
• Sourcebooks offer hundreds of different alien, supernatural beings, creatures of magic, and other beings, many available as player characters.
• There has never been another RPG quite like Rifts®.
• 376 page hardcover, some color – $41.99 retail – Cat. No. 800HC – available now.

NEW! Rifts^® Game Master Guide^™ Hardcover – Available now

The Rifts® Game Master Guide™ hardcover is a massive, 352 page reference book with short stats and descriptions for every Rifts® robot, power armor, body armor, vehicle, weapon, gadget, skill, experience table, and map that appears in Rifts® World Books 1-23 and Sourcebooks 1-4, plus a bionics index, an O.C.C.s and R.C.C.s index, rules clarifications, combat examples, advice on how to run a game and more.

• 500+ weapons.
• 290 pieces of equipment.
• 180+ vehicles.
• 100+ suits of body armor.
• 80+ suits of power armor.
• 300+ skills, character and D-Bee index, dozens of maps, and more.
• 352 pages – $39.99 retail – Cat. No. 845HC – available now. Also available in softcover.

NEW! Rifts^® Book of Magic^™ Hardcover – Available now

Nearly 1,000 magic spells and 400 magic weapons and devices from across Rifts Earth, plus magic tattoos, herbs, stones, and more. 352 pages of pure magic.

• 900+ magic spells, Elemental Magic, Ley Line Magic, Temporal Magic, Necromancy, Nature Magic, Cloud Magic, Ocean Magic, Biomancy and more.
• Plus Tattoo Magic, Stone Magic, Whalesongs, Conjuring, Nazca Lines.
• 290+ Techno-Wizard weapons and items, including TW Bionics, Automatons, and Iron Juggernauts.
• 80+ other magic items, Rune Weapons, Holy Weapons, Fetishes.
• Bio-Wizard Weapons, the Bio-Borg, Symbiotes, and herbs.
• Magic stones, talismans, magic items of Japan, and more.
• Millennium Tree wands, staves and armor.
• 352 pages – $39.99 retail – Cat. No. 848HC – available now. Also available in softcover.

NEW! Rifts^® Adventure Guide^™ Hardcover – Available now

Inside information to create and run RPG adventures: How to get started, building on ideas, character archetypes, tables for creating Rifts towns and cities, mercenary companies, traveling shows, and player created organizations, plus random Rift tables, information about the Chi-Town ‘Burbs, 32 ‘Burb adventure ideas, another 101 adventure hooks, and still more adventure ideas, and additional player and Game Master tips by Kevin Siembieda, Erick Wujcik, and Bill Coffin.

• 150+ adventure ideas.
• Game Master and player tips from Kevin Siembieda.
• Adventure creation tips from Kevin Siembieda.
• Why and how to use alignments by Kevin Siembieda.
• Tricks of running a large group, G.M. tools, and more.
• Additional Player and G.M. tips from Wujcik and Coffin.
• Overview and info about the CS Chi-Town ‘Burbs.
• 32 adventure ideas in the ‘Burbs.
• Random Dimensional Rifts & other tables.
• Tables for creating towns, merc companies, and traveling shows.
• 192 pages – $36.99 retail – Cat. No. 849HC – available now. Also available in softcover.

HARDCOVER Beyond the Supernatural^™ RPG, 2nd Edition – Available now

Supernatural horror in the modern world that feels plausible and real. Your characters are the few who know the supernatural is real because they have experienced it face to face. Some are psychics, some are experts in the paranormal or the arcane, and others are ordinary people like you and me. Ordinary people who are never the same after their own close encounter. All of these unlikely heroes stand against supernatural evil in a world of disbelievers who brand them as practitioners of fringe science or lunatics. Only they know the truth: supernatural evil is real and dangerous. And someone has to take a stand to protect the innocent from supernatural evil in whatever hidden form it may take. Are you ready to join the battle?

• The hardcover is exactly the same as the softcover edition.
• Color cover, same art, variant logo, hardcover.
• A plausible modern horror setting that makes sense and will challenge your role-playing skills.
• 14 Psychic Character Classes.
• 42 occupations for “ordinary” people.
• 100+ psychic abilities, including Fire Walker abilities.
• Creatures of darkness, the Lazlo Agency, and more.
• New sourcebooks are coming soon.
• 256 pages – $36.99 retail – Cat. No. 700HC – available now.

HARDCOVER Palladium Fantasy RPG^®, 2nd Edition – available now

A fantasy setting like no other, rich in history and inviting adventure. Not only are you able to play iconic fantasy heroes like the Wizard, Knight, Paladin, Ranger, Thief, Assassin, and others, but also characters such as the Mind Mage, Druid, Diabolist, Summoner and many others. Moreover, play an array of nonhuman characters from Elves and Dwarves to Wolfen, Changelings, Kobolds, Orcs, Ogres, and many others.

• The hardcover is exactly the same as the softcover edition.
• Color cover, same art, variant logo, hardcover.
• 25+ Occupational Character Classes (O.C.C.s).
• 14+ inhuman player races (more in sourcebooks).
• 300+ magic spells.
• 60 magical Wards. 50 magic circles.
• Dozens of magic items potions and more.
• 70+ psychic powers, the Mind Mage, and more.
• Weapons, gear, demons and adventure ideas.
• New sourcebooks like Land of the Damned 3, Lopan, and others are coming.
• 336 pages – $39.99 retail – Cat. No. 450HC – available now.

HARDCOVER Heroes Unlimited^™ RPG, 2nd Edition – available now

The Heroes Unlimited™ RPG has been a hit RPG for 30+ years because it enables you to create any type of comic book hero you can imagine. Make characters pulled right from any comic book you grew up with and love, or design your own league of extraordinary heroes.

If you seek comic book heroic adventure, Heroes Unlimited™ does the job on an epic scale. Plus a dozen sourcebooks provide you with more super abilities, hero categories, bad guys and adventures.

• The hardcover is exactly the same as the softcover edition.
• Color cover, same art, variant logo on the hardcover.
• Create any type of hero you can imagine.
• 101 super abilities plus a multitude of sub-powers within them, bonuses and special combat capabilities.
• 100+ magic spells plus enchanted weapons and objects.
• 72 psychic powers.
• Enchanted weapons that instill super abilities.
• Mega-Heroes and immortals.
• Alien super beings.
• Bionics and cyborgs.
• Psionics and Psychics.
• Robots and power armor.
• Masters of magic, wizards and spell casters.
• Mutants and Super Soldiers possessing super abilities.
• Inventors, super-geniuses and super-vehicles.
• Special Training: Martial arts, Sleuths, weapons, more.
• Cover by comic book legend Jim Steranko.
• Art by Ramon K. Perez, Paulo Parente, Mike Gustovich, and others.
• Written by Kevin Siembieda.
• 352 pages for a complete RPG – $39.99 retail – Cat. No. 500HC – available now.

UPDATE: Rifts^® CS Manhunters

Why is this book taking forever? Because this book took on a life of its own and I have been tweaking and improving it over and over again. It presents dark secrets of the Coalition States involving CS psychics, the super secret Psi-Ops Division (the thought police of Emperor Prosek), the deadly super-patriots that are the CS Manhunters, 50 NEW psionic abilities with real punch, insight into the Dog Boys and Kill Hounds, and meanings revealed about the Seven Dangers Prophecy first introduced in Rifts® Sourcebook 2: The Mechanoids®, well some of them anyway. Plus gadgets and implants, and surprises. All of it building toward something epic.

• New Coalition Psychic O.C.C.s.
• 50+ new psionic abilities and revisits of some favorites.
• CS Manhunter Divner and Precog.
• CS Manhunter Psi-Interrogator and Psi-Enforcer.
• CS Manhunter Bursters and Zappers.
• CS Manhunter Psi-Healers and CS Slayers.
• CS Manhunter Killhound and Dog Boy O.C.C.s.
• CS Manhunter Mind Melters, the deadliest of them all.
• CS Manhunter squads and special operations.
• Secrets of Psi-Ops Division and insight about Coalition psychics.
• Deciphering the Seven Dangers Prophecy.
• The impact of the demon plagues unleashed by the Minion War.
• Player Characters, NPCS, background info, adventure ideas, and more.
• 96-128 pages – $18.99 retail – Cat. No. 894 – In production and nearing completion.

UPDATE: Creature Feature^™, a Beyond the Supernatural^™ sourcebook

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

• A gallery of supernatural creatures. Some new. Some familiar, updated and expanded. All terrifying.
• Rules clarifications and errata.
• Game Master source material and advice on rules, psychic abilities, proximity and threat levels, I.S.P. multipliers, and more.
• Advice about running modern horror RPGs and using supernatural creatures in your games.
• Lots of adventure ideas, including an updated and expanded full adventure, “The Squatter.”
• New background and setting information for the BTS setting and a few surprises.
• Written by Steven Dawes, Kevin Siembieda, and others.
• Art by Steven Cummings, Nick Bradshaw and others.
• 160-192 pages – $22.99 or $26.99 depending on final size – Cat. No. 704.

UPDATE: Rifts^® Titan Robotics^™

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

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

• New Giant Robots.
• New Power Armor, equipment and accessories.
• 30+ power armors and robots, plus other equipment.
• New weapons, gear and vehicles.
• Titan Robotics Corporation and structure.
• Archie’s secret kingdom and plans for the future.
• New O.C.C.s and key Non-Player Characters (NPCs).
• Android executives, security and much more.
• Wellington Industries, campaign prompts and more.
• Art by Walton, Cummings, Atkins, and others. Cover by Mike Majestic.
• Written by Matthew Clements and Kevin Siembieda.
• 160-192 pages (tentative) – $22.99 retail (or $26.99) – Cat. No. 899.

UPDATE: Rifts^® Bestiary^™ Volume Two

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

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

• Monsters and animals of Rifts North America organized into big, easy to use sourcebooks.
• Updated and expanded descriptions and information for each existing monster.
• Updated and uniform stat blocks.
• New exotic creatures – predators, exotic riding animals, beasts of burden, alien horrors, giant insects, and more.
• A map for every creature showing where it is found.
• Easily adapted to any Palladium setting – Palladium Fantasy®, Chaos Earth®, Splicers®, Phase World®, the Three Galaxies™, The Mechanoids®, Heroes Unlimited™/Aliens Unlimited™, and others.
• Basic S.D.C. stats included with each creature description.
• Fully illustrated, with art by Charles Walton II, Ramon Perez, Robert Atkins, and many others. Written by Kevin Siembieda.
• 256 pages each volume – $26.99 – Cat. No. 897 (Volume Two).

NEW! BIG SALE on DriveThruRPG.com – Now thru June 8, 2021

Big RPG Sale – All Palladium Fantasy RPG® titles and select Rifts®, Heroes Unlimited (superheroes), After the Bomb® (mutant animals), Dead Reign® (zombies), and other titles.

• ALL Palladium Fantasy RPG® PDF titles! Looking for a companion to D&D or something different with epic and unique flavor? Check out the Palladium Fantasy RPG® series. Here are descriptions of just a few Fantasy books, and pay special attention to Garden of the Gods, Dragons & Gods, Monsters & Animals, Old Ones, High Seas, and Library of Bletherad, just some of our favorites in the series. The Palladium Fantasy RPG® is epic. Different. Weird magic. Non-human player characters along with classic O.C.C.s and human, Elf, and Dwarf characters. Cat. No. 450 (also now available in hardcover).
• Yin-Sloth Jungles – A place of dread, savagery, monsters, and ancient secrets. 25+ locations and maps, four full adventures, adventure ideas and more. Cat. No. 459.
• Western Empire – Secrets of the Empire of Sin, vampires, 20 notable locations, 40+ maps, City Creation Rules, adventures, herbs, drugs, magic items, and more. Cat. No. 462.
• Mount Nimro – The land of giants, their leaders, society, strongholds, weapons, magic, minions, the Blade Priest, Conjurer, Were-Shaman, 7 Legendary Rune Weapons, adventures, and more! Cat. No. 464.
• Eastern Territory – The new kingdom of humans in conflict with the Wolfen and Coyles, 20+ locations, dozens of maps & more. Cat. No. 465.
• Garden of the Gods – A place of miracles, dreams and purpose. 45 Forgotten gods, 212 Blessings, 101 magic artifacts, 5 Old Ones Rune Weapons, 50+ Curses and dark magic, 100+ random quests and encounters, and each god offers adventure hooks. Cat. No. 475.
• Rifts® Chaos Earth® RPG – Set days after the Great Cataclysm begins, NEMA Peacekeepers, 11 O.C.C.s, plus robots, power armor, weapons, and more. A complete RPG. Cat. No. 660.
•  Rifts® Chaos Earth® Resurrection – Zombies done Rifts-style – 12 mechanized M.D.C. Scrap Zombies, Chaos Zombies, and more. Cat. No. 666.
• The Rifter® #82 – Erick Wujcik Remembered, Chaos Earth® Pyromancer O.C.C. and 50+ Pyromancy spells (official CE source material), plus stuff for Heroes Unlimited, Nightbane®, Rifts® Bestiary sneak preview, and more. Cat. No. 182.
• Rifts® RPG – The original 1990 role-playing remains a viable, playable game that works with all World Books and Sourcebooks. Cat. No. 800.
• Rifts® Ultimate Edition RPG – Expanded from the original RPG, it has 100 more pages, more color and everything you need get started playing Rifts®. It blends magic and technology, fantasy and science fiction with horror, the supernatural, super-humans, aliens and more in a post apocalyptic setting unlike anything on the market. Cat. No. 800HC.
• Rifts® Game Master Guide – Stats for 500+ weapons, 290 pieces of equipment, 180+ vehicles, 100+ suits of body armor, 80+ suits of power armor, 300+ skills, character and D-Bee index, and more. Cat. No. 845.
• Rifts® Bestiary Vol. One – 80+ creatures and maps. Cat. No. 896.
• Rifts® WB 6: South America One – Anti-Monster, Mutant Felines, Biomancy, monsters and more. Cat. No. 814.
• Rifts® WB 10: Juicer Uprising – 15 different Juicers, special gear, the Uprising, adventures and locations. Cat. No. 820.
• Rifts® WB 11: Coalition War Campaign – 7 CS power armor suits, 6 CS robots, 5 types of Skelebots, 16 CS combat vehicles, plus body armor, weapons, CS police, Chi-Town ‘Burbs, D-Bees, and more! Cat. No. 821.
• Rifts® Sourcebook: Coalition Navy – A toy box of CS Navy O.C.C.s, subs, ships, aircraft, weapons, Sea SAMAS, Sea-Spider Walker, pirates, 10 monsters, naval bases, and more. Cat. No. 828.
• Rifts® Sourcebook: The Vanguard – Mages who secretly support and defend the Coalition States! Cat. No. 856.
• Rifts® Sourcebook: Final Siege (on Tolkeen) – The City of Tolkeen mapped and described in detail, the Dragon City of Freehold too, NPCs galore (5 Warlords, 26 heroic city defenders, 12 dragons, 6 monsters), TW weapons and vehicles, and tons of adventure ideas. This book is an outstanding and often overlooked resource. Cat. No. 844.
• Rifts® WB 19: Australia – 20 O.C.C.s, 11 demons & spirits, 6 monsters, weapons, gear, Dreamtime and more. Cat. No. 834.
• Rifts® WB 27: Adventures in Dinosaur Swamp – 20+ dinosaurs, Eco-Wizards, magic, 101 adventure hooks, and more. Cat. No. 866.
• Rifts® & The Megaverse® – Art of John Zeleznik – Beautiful and fun. Cat. No. 2510.
• Splicers® RPG – Think Guyver meets The Terminator – Cat. No. 200.
• Splicers® I Am Legion – Massive adventure, lots of new goodies – Cat. No. 201.
• The Rifter® #80 – Part one of Chaos Earth® Nebraska (official source material), Splicers® House of the Red Sands (official source material), Palladium Fantasy RPG® Wayfarer O.C.C. and history (official source material), villains, and more. Cat. No. 180.
• Dead Reign® RPG, the Zombie Apocalypse – Epic. Different. Fun. Intuitive. Easy to learn. Plays fast. Not your typical zombies. Cat. No. 230. (Soon to be available as a hardcover edition.)
• Dead Reign® Sourcebook: Fear the Reaper – An in-depth look at the heroic Road Reapers. Cat. No. 234.
• Dead Reign® Sourcebook: Graveyard Earth – World overview, random tables for setting, locations, Survivor Leaders, and adventure ideas by the truckload. Cat. No. 235.
• Dead Reign® Sourcebook: In the Face of Death – Crazy heroes with strange abilities, playing kid characters, Death Cults, 101 adventure ideas, survival in the big cities. Cat. No. 237.
• After the Bomb® RPG – Erick Wujcik’s masterwork. Turn any animal into an intelligent, humanoid mutant and have a blast playing in any setting from super-heroes to post-apocalypse to space opera. Cat. No. 503. (Soon to be available as a hardcover edition.)
• AtB Road Hogs – Vehicle construction & combat rules, more mutants and more of the post-apocalypse world. Cat. No. 505.
• AtB Mutants Down Under – More mutant animals, giant insects, and post-apocalypse Australia described. Cat. No. 507.
• AtB Mutants of the Yucatan – More mutant animals and post-apocalypse Central America described. Cat. No. 511.
• AtB Mutants in Avalon – More mutant animals, the return of King Arthur as a mutant animal, magic, and post-apocalypse England described. Cat. No. 513.
• AtB & Rifts® Mutants in Orbit Sourcebook – More mutant animals, giant insects, killer satellites, space station and moon base survivors, Archie-7, and more! Unexpected adventure and fun. Cat. No. 514.
• Heroes Unlimited RPG – Create every type of superhuman and enjoy comic book style adventures. Cat. No. 500. (Also available as a hardcover edition, Cat. No. 500HC.)
• Gramercy Island – Nearly 100 villains you can drop into your game, the District of Gramercy Island and the prison designed to hold super beings. A fun resource. Cat. No. 518.
• Powers Unlimited® One – 120+ super abilities. Cat. No. 521.
• Powers Unlimited® Two – 11 new power categories and ideas for new and different types of heroes. Cat. No. 522.
• The Rifter® #84 – City of Cascade for Heroes Unlimited, Spellbound O.C.C. for Nightbane®, Rifts® Golems, BTS monster and adventure, a Fantasy kingdom of Elves and more. Cat. No. 184.
• Mystic China Sourcebook for Ninjas & Superspies – Compatible with HU, more mystical powers, magic, immortals, monsters, demons, and more. Cat. No. 526.
• Enjoy the sale of these PDF books from DriveThruRPG.com.
• Palladium Books sale of physical books! A similar sale to the one above is taking place on PalladiumBooks.com offering a wide selection of physical books.

More than 300 RPG products including: Garden of the Gods™ (Fantasy) sourcebook – a toy box of gods, magical blessings, ancient artifacts, and hundreds of opportunities, quests, and adventure ideas for players and Game Masters alike. Here, all gods are equal and many a forgotten god seeks to be rediscovered and worshiped by offering blessings, vision quests, and magical artifacts to potential heroes to champion their name.

• 212 Blessings. 101 magic artifacts.
• 45 forgotten gods. Each god offers adventure hooks.
• 100+ random quests and encounters. Godly insight & visitations.
• Restore forgotten gods to power. Become a Champion of the Gods.
• 50+ Curses and dark magic. Five Old Ones weapons of destruction.
• The Garden of the Gods and its protectors.
• Ghosts, Faeries, mysteries, and ancient secrets.
• Easily adapted to Rifts®, Phase World® and any game system.
• 224 pages of wonder and adventure by Kevin Siembieda and Matthew Clements – Cat. No. 475. PDF available on DriveThruRPG.com – the physical book is available from PalladiumBooks.com.

Rifts® Novels: Duty’s Edge – The lone surviving soldier from a New German Republic Special Forces operation struggles to complete the mission on his own. A stand-alone Rifts® novel complete in itself. 236 pages, Cat. No. 308. The Cosmo-Knight and The Reckoning (Phase World®, the Three Galaxies, and Cosmo-Knights), the Rifts® trilogy of novels: Sonic Boom, Deception’s Web, and Treacherous Awakenings, as well as the Rifts® Anthology: Tales of the Chi-Town ‘Burbs (11 authors), Machinations of Doom (graphic novel by Ramon K. Perez), and Path of the Storm (a proposed Rifts® movie script) and 300+ other Palladium Books RPG titles.

Also available: Free Garden of the Gods™ (Fantasy) and Rifts® Bestiary™ Volume One Sneak Previews, and the Palladium Fantasy RPG® Interactive Character Sheet: A Microsoft Excel-based character management system. Packed with features and data collected from every official Palladium Fantasy sourcebook to enable you to create Fantasy characters quickly (25 minutes!) and help you to update and manage them for years to come.

Dead Reign® Paper Miniatures Volume Three: Zombies, Dead Reign® Paper Miniatures Volume Two: Civilians and Dead Reign® Paper Miniatures Volume One: Survivors. There are also paper miniatures for Heroes Unlimited™, Palladium Fantasy® and Rifts®. A new, up-to-date, PDF Palladium Books Catalog. Nightbane® Dark Designs™ sourcebook with 60 new Common Talents, 38 new Elite Talents, 18 new Morphus Tables, all other Morphus Tables collected and more. Systems Failure™ RPG, a 160 page RPG that deals with alien invasion and a post-apocalypse setting that is fun and dynamic. Civilization is on the verge of collapse when the so-called “bugs” invade and turn humans into zombie-like slaves. Monsters, heroes and fun. A complete RPG and setting. Rifts® World Book 34: Northern Gun™ Two: 256 pages of technology and fun. 30+ power armors, 30+ body armors, 15 combat vehicles, 45 vehicles (hovercycles, etc.), 10 robot haulers, the Robodome and more. Bizantium and the Northern Islands™: the northernmost part of the Known World, the Cold Born, Necromancy ships made from dead sea serpents, 15 creatures, Random Sea Monster Generator, and more. Rifts® Northern Gun™ One. This fan favorite might be thought of as the big book of giant robots – an in-depth look at Northern Gun, 70+ weapons, 27 robots, NG O.C.C.s, key people and places, and much more. Mysteries of Magic™ Book One: The Heart of Magic™ with Wizards, their Apprentices, nearly 60 new magic spells and remember, magic and monsters in the Fantasy RPG are easily adapted to Rifts®, Chaos Earth®, HU2 and other settings. Wolfen Empire™ Fantasy sourcebook, the Great Northern Wilderness and Killer Winters, 12 Wolfen Tribes, Wolfen military and society, 15+ creatures, 5 full adventures, 101 adventure ideas, random encounter tables, notable people, places, plus FREE Sneak Previews of The Rifter® #80, The Rifter® #81, The Rifter® #82, and more on DriveThruRPG.com.

• Rifts® is a genre-bending setting that combines science fiction, fantasy, horror, post-apocalypse survival, magic, and endless possibilities for adventure. Imagine a near perfect world of advanced technology 100 years in the future. Then imagine that world crashing down overnight in an apocalyptic upheaval not seen since the formation of the planet. A Great Cataclysm caused by the explosive return of magic. Now fast forward 300 years into the future where magic, dragons, and mythic gods coexist with cyborgs, giant robots and super-science rediscovered from humanity’s Golden Age as humans rise from a lengthy Dark Age. But they must contend with countless alien life forms, monsters, and supernatural horrors from beyond the Rifts.
• Rifts® core titles we would suggest: Rifts® Ultimate Edition, Rifts® Game Master Guide, Rifts® Book of Magic, Rifts® Adventure Guide, D-Bees of North America™, Rifts® World Book 11: Coalition War Campaign and Rifts® Sourcebook One. Note: The Rifts® RPG, 1st Edition and Rifts® Ultimate, 2nd Edition are both available.
• 80+ Rifts® supplements, most of them available as PDFs with more coming. Where to start? Wherever sounds fun.
• Rifts® Dimension Books™: Travel to alien worlds and dimensions via the Rifts for off-world adventure and intrigue.
• Rifts® Chaos Earth® RPG and sourcebook series (all). 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.
• FREE Sneak Previews for Nightbane® Dark Designs™, Rifts® Secrets of the Atlanteans™, Rifts® CS Heroes of Humanity, and many other previews as well as free and low cost items that we make available. All of it adds to the growing list of Rifts and other Palladium RPG game titles available as PDF books, cards and support. A new title should be added every week or two, so keep watching for them.
• The Rifter® #1-84, ALL issues of The Rifter®. Each issue is a wealth of source material and ideas for 3-6 different Palladium game lines. Most are easily adapted to ANY Palladium game setting. Each issue a gem. 8,500 pages of source material and ideas for heroes, villains, monsters, magic, gear, and adventure.
• Splicers® RPG is like Iron Man meets Game of Thrones with elements of Terminator – except this army of Iron Men are clad in living body armor and wield living, organic weapons and devices. Created in 2004 by writer and game designer Carmen Bellaire, Splicers® was nominated for an Inquest Gamer Magazine Fan Awards Game of the Year, and has since developed a rabid fan base. Science fiction and horror where humans are forced to use genetically engineered, living weapons and organic war machines to battle an insane Artificial Intelligence and her robot legions. Unlike anything you have ever played before!
• Splicers®: I Am Legion™ Adventure Sourcebook: 6 new Great Houses, 4 new Host Armors, 6 new War Mounts, 19 new Bio-Weapons, 15 new killer machines, new Bio-Enhancements, Amalgam creation tables, Legion and a series of adventures that build into a small campaign, and more.
• Palladium Fantasy RPG®, 1st Edition Rules and sourcebooks. A unique world of magic, monsters and heroes. Dozens of nonhuman player characters including Wolfen, Bearmen, Ogres, Orcs and more. 100,000 years of history.
• Palladium Fantasy RPG®, 2nd Edition Rules and many sourcebooks. The expanded world of high fantasy, magic, mystery and heroes of every variety. Includes the Mind Mage and psychic abilities, mages and spells, magic circles and symbols, men-at-arms, scoundrels and a wide range of inhuman player characters including Wolfen, Bearmen, Ogres, Orcs and many more. 100,000 years of history.
• Heroes Unlimited™ RPG first edition rule book and sourcebooks.
• Heroes Unlimited™ RPG Second Edition rule book and sourcebooks. Create any type of superhuman you can desire and bring comic book adventures to life.
• Dead Reign® RPG (Zombie Apocalypse). The dead have risen. It is the battle for survival in the zombie apocalypse, but this setting is much more than your typical zombie game. Play ordinary people or special characters better equipped to survive and hunt zombies. Many unusual types of zombies.
• Dead Reign® Sourcebooks: 6 sourcebooks from Civilization Gone™ to Hell Followed™ (the latter features stats for 23 disasters, masked lunatics, 11 new zombies, 7 apocalyptic character classes, and more) are available.
• Beyond the Supernatural™ RPG, 1st Edition Rules. Supernatural horror in the modern world. Play ordinary people, psychics, paranormal investigators or for something different: Victim Characters!
• Beyond the Supernatural™ RPG, 2nd Edition: The complete, revised core game, 14 character classes and 42 occupations for “ordinary people,” 100+ psychic abilities, 16 monsters, the Lazlo Agency, world setting and rules.
• Nightbane® RPG and sourcebooks. An RPG setting we call superhero horror. Dark conspiracy, a secret, demon invasion starting with world leaders and law enforcement, and it is spreading. The player characters are the Nightbane®, reluctant superhumans who must turn into monsters themselves to unleash their powers and battle the evil that is clear only to them. A dark, sinister and challenging world of horror.
• After the Bomb® RPG and sourcebooks. Planet of the Apes meets the X-Men! Animal creations, powers and more. Create any type of intelligent mutant animal you can imagine as friend or foe.
• Ninjas & Superspies™ RPG and the Mystic China™ sourcebook. James Bond meets Enter the Dragon. 41 types of martial arts, ninjas, and super-spies with gadgets, gizmos and advanced weapons.
• The Mechanoid Invasion® Trilogy RPG is a long time, cult favorite with a fatalistic world-view of humans vs aliens with superior technology.
• The Palladium Weapon Series of real world weapons, armor and castles throughout history. Designed for use with ANY game system.
• 200+ Palladium titles in all, plus G.M. kits, paper miniatures and more.
• Heroes Unlimited™ Paper Miniatures – Two sets are now available!
• Palladium Fantasy RPG® Paper Miniatures – Volumes #1-6 are available now. More are coming in the weeks ahead.
• Rifts® Paper Miniatures: Men at Arms – $2.99
• Rifts® Paper Miniatures: Coalition Dead Boys – $2.99
• Rifts® Paper Miniatures: Adventurers – $2.99
• Rifts® Paper Miniatures: Practitioners of Magic (new) – $2.99
• Rifts® Paper Miniatures: Extras (new) – $2.99
• And more to come in the weeks ahead.

Palladium Collectibles, Negatives, Artwork, other Collectibles and Toys are always available in Kevin’s Online Toy & Collectibles eBay Store along with other good things

My eBay store is one of the few places where you can find original artwork by Charles “Chuck” Walton, Kevin Long, and others, as well as one-of-a-kind negatives from classic Rifts® and other Palladium RPG books (they look awesome framed!), rare Palladium collector hardcovers, signed books, other Palladium memorabilia, toys from my personal collection and other collectibles. Check every couple of weeks because we often post new stuff or offer a new sale. There is a sale on negatives starting today, in fact.

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

Available now: One-of-a-kind book negatives. Negatives were very popular items at the Palladium Open House and people went crazy over them at Gen Con – including actor Joe Manganiello who scooped up a pile of TMNT negatives, while Palladium’s own Mark Oberle, Carmen Bellaire, Brandon Aten and a whole lot of Palladium gamers went for negatives from Rifts® New West, Lone Star and Free Quebec. Fun.

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

When our printer, McNaughton and Gunn, went completely digital, they asked if Palladium Books wanted the negs, otherwise they would be destroyed. Regrettably, I let a few dozen be destroyed, but the negatives of many books were sent to Palladium. They have sat in our warehouse for years until I started to offer them for sale. I have also started signing the negatives in silver and each comes with a Certificate of Authenticity. Each negative comes on a white board inside a plastic magazine bag and looks fabulous framed! Fits in an 8×10 inch matt opening in a frame (each neg is roughly 8½ x 11 inches).

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

Closing Thoughts – Memorial Day

This year, Memorial Day in America feels more significant than ever. I don’t care where your political allegiance may fall, we owe a debt of gratitude to those who have fought and died for our country. Men and women who strove to keep us safe and free no matter the cost to themselves.

Personally, I always take time to reflect upon not just those who have fallen in war, but all the men and women of every creed and color who have ever served our nation. Ordinary people like you and me who stood tall to take a stand and fight to keep us safe. Sometimes that battle was in distant lands. Other times it is right here, on our own streets.

With the Covid-19 pandemic, there are more fallen to remember this year than the years that have come before. Frontline workers, doctors, nurses, paramedics, police, firefighters, and essential personnel on many fronts. There are also the loved ones we ourselves may have lost. We lost a number of people in the Palladium Family this past year. Some to Covid-19, others from different causes. This weekend we remember and salute them all. The frontliners and our loved ones whose memories we hold in our hearts and minds. Our prayers and warmest regard to their friends and families. You are not forgotten. You are remembered and appreciated. That goes double for those of you still in the fight. Thank you for your service and for going above and beyond the call of duty to help us and keep us safe.

Some people will tell you our country is broken. Others will tell you that America is no longer great. I disagree with both. Are we perfect? Heck, no. Is there reason for change and improvement? Always. Is America great? It damn sure is. Flawed, perhaps, but one of the greatest countries on the planet. So great we often take our freedom for granted and assume it is the same for everyone when it is not. Please do not do that. The great American experiment in democracy is too precious to be taken for granted or lightly. Too many souls have perished to keep America safe and strong and free.

America is a reflection of us. And we are not perfect. Not any of us. There is always room for knowledge and growth, enlightenment and improvement. America is us, so it is what we make it. Let us all strive to be better. Wiser. Kinder. More tolerant. More just. More empathetic. And always united, free, and caring for one another. If we do, things can only get better and America will always remain great.

Enjoy the long weekend, backyard gatherings, our 3 sales, and all the sales that happen this weekend. Laugh and play and celebrate life. Hold those you love close and tell them how much they mean to you. Call or text or email and Skype or Zoom those who are at a distance. And as always, keep those imaginations burning bright and game on.

– Kevin Siembieda, Publisher, Writer, Gamer, Friend

NEW! Miniature Releases – Available now

You have been asking about new miniatures and we are providing. All miniatures come in a plastic bag. The newest three are:

Rifts® Glitter Boy™ & Pilot (original) Miniature Pack – 1st time available in resin – 28 mm resin – $19.99 retail – Cat. No. MI8001. Five Pieces: 1. Complete G.B. body and a small base, 2. right arm and Boom Gun, 3. backpack/thrusters, 4. ammo drum and belt, and 5. pilot. The ever-popular, classic Glitter Boy and Pilot (1993 RAFM) – now in resin for the first time (prior releases were pewter figures). Available now.

NEW! Rifts® CS Firebreather Dead Boy™ Miniature – true scale 32 mm resin – $9.99 retail – Cat. No. MI8047. Five pieces: 1. the body, 2. right arm and gun, 3. left arm, 4. antenna, 5. custom base. Detailed and dynamic figure. Available now.

NEW! Rifts® Juicer™ Miniature – true scale 32 mm resin – $9.99 retail – Cat. No. MI8048. Three pieces: 1. the complete body, 2. crossed swords on the back that fit so snugly that you may not even need to glue it, 3. custom base. Detailed and dynamic figure. Available now.

And don’t forget about the Deluxe Rifts® Glitter Boy Resin Miniature – released in fall 2020 – 32 mm resin – $34.99 retail – Cat. No. MI8046 – a gorgeous, detailed and dynamic figure. Available now.

Rifts^® Novels – Available now

All Rifts® novels are available from the Palladium Books online store as physical books as well as PDFs from DriveThruRPG.com. All are a fun read and highly recommended. Enjoy.

• All novels are 5 x 8 inches in size unless otherwise indicated.
• Page count and price varies.
• Available as physical books from palladiumbooks.com and as PDFs on DriveThruRPG.com
• Rifts® Duty’s Edge is the story of a lone survivor of a New German Republic Special Forces operation who struggles to complete the mission on his own. A mission to destroy wicked monsters and cut off a vital line of support to the Gargoyle Empire. A mission that could save many lives. Of course, it is a journey that takes many twists and turns as one determined individual hopes to beat impossible odds. Set in the Middle East. 236 pages – $12.99 retail – Cat. No. 308 – the newest, stand alone novel.
• Rifts® Sonic Boom™. Follow the exploits of a CS platoon sworn to protect humankind from all threats, be they aliens, dragons, masters of magic or fellow humans out for themselves.
• Rifts® Deception’s Web™, the second novel in this trilogy, reveals a conspiracy within the Coalition military that could spell disaster for our protagonists. Note: Smaller size, 4 x 6 inches.
• Rifts® Treacherous Awakenings™ is the pulse-pounding conclusion of the third novel in this epic trilogy by Adam Chilson.
• Rifts Anthology: Tales of the Chi-Town ‘Burbs™. Rifts® short stories by 11 authors including Kevin Siembieda, Carl Gleba, Mark Oberle, Braden Campbell, Taylor White, Jason Richards, and others. Note: Slightly larger size, 6 x 9 inches.
• Rifts® Machinations of Doom™ Graphic Novel & Sourcebook. The comic is by acclaimed Eisner Award winning artist Ramon K. Perez, source material by Siembieda and Perez. Note: 8½ x 11 inches.
• Rifts® Path of the Storm was a Rifts® movie script written on spec. Note: 8½ x 11 inches.
• Rifts® Hammer of the Forge™, Volume One: The Cosmo-Knight. The adventures of Caleb Vulcan, newly minted Knight of the Cosmic Forge.
• Rifts® Hammer of the Forge™, Volume Two: The Reckoning. The epic conclusion of the Hammer of the Forge story.

Gamer 16 Ounce Mug – available now

Whether you drink coffee, hot cocoa, soda-pop, or whatever your beverage of choice may be, this fun mug reminds you of your favorite pastime and that new possibilities exist with every roll of the dice.

The large, 16 ounce Gamer mug presents the word “Gamer” in a box with dice cascading down from above. The design appears on both sides of the mug. Created by Wayne Smith and Freddie Williams II (art directed by Kevin Siembieda). The mug has an orange interior to add a nice splash of color.

• A must for every proud gamer!
• Dice and the word “Gamer” highlighted in a box.
• Glossy black exterior with an orange interior.
• Art and words are located on both sides of the mug.
• 16 ounce ceramic mug.
• Dishwasher and microwave safe.
• $10.99 retail – Cat. No. 2596 – available now.

BACK IN STOCK! Property of the Coalition States 16 Ounce Mug – available now

Back due to popular demand! The iconic Property of the Coalition States and notorious CS Death’s Head insignia printed white on a glossy black, 16 ounce coffee mug, with a blood red interior for a splash of color. The design appears on both sides of the mug. Created by Wayne Smith and Kevin Long (art directed by Kevin Siembieda).

• The infamous words “Property of the Coalition States” and the notorious Death’s Head logo and lightning bolts (indicating CS special forces) in white.
• Glossy black exterior with a blood red interior color.
• Art and words are located on both sides of the mug.
• 16 ounce ceramic mug.
• Dishwasher and microwave safe.
• $10.99 retail – Cat. No. 2588 – available now.

Other Mugs Available Now

Everyone loves these mugs. Isn’t it time you started your collection? I like to use them to as a secret code to reflect my mood to those around me. To my thinking the Gamer mug means I’m feeling playful. Rifts® Property of the Coalition States: I’m a soldier in the trenches and working hard. Dead Reign®: Back off or I will eat you alive. Fantasy Dragon: My imagination is on fire. Rifts Logo: Feeling the infinite possibilities. Rifts® Titan Robotics: I’m feeling mighty. Of course, they represent something else to each of you or just represent one of your favorite games, like a normal person.

• Rifts® Titan Robotics™ Mug – A dynamic Titan robot and the Rifts® logo. Art by Steven Cummings. White on a glossy black, 16 ounce ceramic mug with a blue interior. Dishwasher and microwave safe. $10.99 retail – Cat. No. 2595 – available now.
• Rifts® Logo Coffee Mug – The famous Rifts® logo in white on a glossy black, 16 ounce ceramic mug with a blue interior. Logo by Kevin Long. Dishwasher and microwave safe. $10.99 retail – Cat. No. 2587 – available now.
• Palladium Fantasy RPG® Dragon Mug – The famous red on black 3-headed hydra battling a knight from the iconic original Palladium Fantasy RPG cover. Art by Kevin Siembieda. Red on a glossy black, 16 ounce ceramic mug with an attractive orange interior. Dishwasher and microwave safe. $10.99 retail – Cat. No. 2589 – available now.
• Dead Reign® (Zombie Attack) Mug – A trio of hungry zombies and the Dead Reign® logo in white on a glossy black, 16 ounce ceramic mug with a blood red interior for a splash of color. Art by Steven Cummings. Dishwasher and microwave safe. $10.99 retail – Cat. No. 2594 – available now.

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

By Kevin Siembieda

Hi everyone, I hope you are starting to enjoy the warmth and color of mid-spring. It is getting a little too warm for my taste this week (temps in the 90 degree Fahrenheit range), but it is better than cold. I think we are all tired of cold weather.

I had to take the past week off from writing to put a number of short-term and long-term plans in place as we build for an exciting future. That included some plans for the 2022 Palladium Open House (next April), lining up another interview or two, social media stuff, contracts, various art and writing assignments, product development, and other things. Some of it big. More about the big plans in another 10-14 months. Read on to learn about some of what is going on right now.

BACK IN STOCK! A whole bunch of titles that we had run out of over the past few weeks arrived from the printer yesterday. They include:

• Old Ones, a Palladium Fantasy® Sourcebook – epic, 50 locations, adventures and more – 224 pages – $26.99 – Cat. No. 453.
• Armageddon Unlimited™ (Minion War™ Crossover adventure sourcebook) – time to save the world – 160 pages – $22.99 – Cat. No. 527.
• Rifts® Book of Magic – nearly 1,000 magic spells – (softcover $28.99 – Cat. No. 848 and hardcover $39.99 – Cat. No. 848HC are both available).
• Rifts® Sourcebook One – 160 pages – $22.99 – Cat. No. 801.
• Rifts® England – 160 pages – $22.99 – Cat. No. 807.
• Rifts® Black Vault™ – 48 pages – $9.99 – Cat. No. 855.
• Rifts® Fleets of the Three Galaxies™ – 128 pages – $18.99 – Cat. No. 880.
• A note about Rifts® Ultimate Edition RPG – 376 pages – $41.99 – Cat. No. 800HC is running very low and we may temporarily run out of stock for a couple of weeks. Fear not, it is already at the printer, but the cover price is going up to $44.99 retail due to the rising cost of paper and printing. You might want to snag one for a few bucks less while you still can.

UPDATE: The Rifts® 30th Commemorative Hardcovers – set to ship next week, May 26. That is what my printer’s rep promised me Wednesday morning. They have not been the most reliable on their ship dates but they have had the books for 5 or 6 weeks now so they should be close, darn it. We are as anxious to see these two beautiful Rifts® Commemorative hardcovers as you are. There is the Parkinson Color Cover Rifts® 30th Hardcover (Cat. No. 800HC30, $49.99) and the Rifts® 30th “Gold” Limited Edition (Cat. No. 8000HC30, $75, signed and numbered; 200 copies available on a first come, first served basis while supplies last). Both are described below and in the Palladium online store, and guaranteed to bring fond memories roaring back and will hold a special place on your bookshelf. They may also be used to make new adventures as the original Rifts® RPG works fine with all existing World Books, sourcebooks, and Dimension Books.

UPDATE: Rifts® CS Manhunters. As I said above, I was not able to work on any books this past week, however I am back at it. Not only that, all the things we are building up to have inspired my writing. So much good is happening behind the scenes.

COMING! More June fun. A few small, fun surprises are in the works too for June (or July) releases. More on them in a week or two. The result of more good suggestions from our fans. Keep ‘em coming.

NEWS! Accepting submissions for the first Rifter® Annual! As you know, The Rifter® is on indefinite hiatus and sorely missed by some of you. Well, a fan suggested we release an extra large Rifter® Annual full of new fan works, so we are. We expect it to be 160-192 pages depending on how many of you send us your submissions. As always, we are looking for adventures and source material for any of the following game settings: Rifts®, Chaos Earth®, Phase World®, Palladium Fantasy RPG®, Heroes Unlimited, Ninjas & Superspies, Beyond the Supernatural, Nightbane®, Dead Reign®, Splicers®, and other Palladium settings. We need ALL submissions by September 13, 2021 – SOONER is better! Unleash those imaginations and get published. Entirely digital submissions are fine these days (MS Word, RTF or WordPerfect format, not PDF), just include a signed copy/PDF of our Unsolicited Manuscript Form. Send your Rifter Submissions to riftersub {at} palladiumbooks.com.

Pssst. Another opportunity for writers and artists. Though Palladium Books is not officially opening its doors to receiving sourcebook submissions, we are starting to look at quality, unsolicited manuscripts from those of you willing to work entirely on speculation with no promise or expectation to publish. That said, if we like what we see, we will reach out to you. Entirely digital submissions are fine these days (MS Word, RTF or WordPerfect format, not PDF), just include a signed copy/PDF of our Unsolicited Manuscript Form. Submissions can be sent to riftersub {at} palladiumbooks.com.

UPDATE: Fantasy Grounds. We have a number of people who have expressed an interest in this and are starting to work on source material for Rifts®, Palladium Fantasy®, and I believe Heroes Unlimited™, Beyond the Supernatural™ and Splicers®. You probably will not see FG product available for another 6-10 months, but it is happening. Currently there is material for Rifts® Savage Worlds, but official Palladium adventures and source material will be coming. If you have any interest in contributing to Palladium Books games for Fantasy Grounds, you can reach out to Palladium via the Help Desk and we will pass your names and contact info on to the right people or you may reach out to SmiteWorks directly.

UPDATE: Rifts® for Savage Worlds sourcebooks. I am not sure how much I can say, but I can tell you that there are a few new Rifts® sourcebooks for Savage Worlds nearing completion and others in development. I have been approving a lot of artwork, concept outlines and other good stuff for them. And it is good stuff.

The Kevin Siembieda (me!) Interview on Roleplayer With A Thousand Faces is being enjoyed by a lot of you. I suspect because we covered some new ground on a number of subjects including my early days, Rifts®, The Mechanoids®, TMNT®, and Robotech®. If you haven’t seen it yet, take a peek. There are several other excellent interviews available as well. The latest one I enjoyed is with Bill Slavicsek (Star Wars, Torg, D&D, etc. writer, game designer). You can catch all of these interviews here:

Kevin Siembieda Interview: https://youtu.be/OKP-Lz33ljk

Other Interviews and Videos: https://www.youtube.com/c/ManufacturedMythLegerdemain/videos

COMING! Three June Hardcovers

Three more, fan fave, core RPG rule books are being released as sturdy hardcover editions for your gaming enjoyment. Two of them expanded with pages of “bonus” material.

• After the Bomb® RPG Hardcover – with 72 pages of “bonus” material – create any type of intelligent, mutant animal from a turtle or raccoon to an elephant or lion. Play them as modern day heroes in the Heroes Unlimited or Ninjas & Superspies settings, or as mutants or monsters in Nightbane® (is a Mutant Animal the character’s Morphus?), archaic races or monsters in Palladium Fantasy®, or as aliens, mutants, or D-Bees in Rifts®, Chaos Earth®, Phase World® and the Three Galaxies, The Mechanoids®, Splicers®, or in the post-apocalyptic world of AtB. PLUS 72 pages of “bonus” material (the original After the Bomb® sourcebook and Yucatan Adventures). 296 pages – $39.99 retail – Cat. No. 503HC.
• Dead Reign® RPG Hardcover – The Zombie Apocalypse unleashed! An epic challenge to survive in a world where the dead reign supreme and humanity teeters on the brink of extinction. Different types of zombies, cool human O.C.C.s as well as ordinary people. Are you a survivor or a victim? Find out. 224 pages same as the softcover edition – $36.99 retail – Cat. No. 230HC.
• Ninjas & Superspies™ RPG Hardcover – with 48 pages of “bonus” material – 40+ styles of martial arts, mystic abilities, spies and gadgets, spy organization creation rules, PLUS 48 pages of bonus material gathered from The Rifter®. 224 pages – $36.99 – Cat. No. 525HC. Note: All these titles are also available as softcover books (though without the bonus material).

NEW! Rifts^® RPG – 30th Anniversary Commemorative Hardcover – Arriving Next Week

Rifts® is the familiar.

Rifts® is the alien and unknown.

Rifts® is the embodiment of wonder, danger, and endless possibilities.

Rifts® is a post-apocalyptic Earth stranger than a hundred alien worlds, where humanity battles against aliens and the supernatural.

Reality blurs. Magic and technology often clash or meld together. Around the next corner a dragon, cyborg, monster, giant robot, vampire, or god only knows what may await you.

Rifts® merges science fiction with fantasy, horror, heroic adventure, and other genres in a thrilling and plausible setting that will set your imagination on fire.

Travel the Rifts to any location on Earth, or leap across the dimensional divide to visit alien worlds and dimensions in a matter of seconds. And just as you can travel to other worlds, aliens and the monstrous travel to Earth and stalk the innocent.

Rifts® is a fusion of ideas, settings, genres, and characters unlike any game on the market. An endless Megaverse® of adventure™ in which if you can imagine it, you can play it.

Are you up to the challenge?

The Rifts® Commemorative 30th Anniversary Hardcover is the original first edition Rifts® rule book that started a phenomenon. It is a complete RPG suitable for use with ALL existing Rifts® World Books, Sourcebooks, and Dimension Books. It is an early and somewhat simpler edition given the deluxe treatment. Expanded with bonus art, an additional 32 color pages, color end sheets, history about the making of Rifts®, notes, concept drawings, color concepts, photographs, and a gallery of every Rifts® cover published between 1990 and the end of 2021. The cover features the famous Keith Parkinson painting of the Splugorth Slave Barge.

This expanded commemorative has been brought back into print due to the popular requests by you, our fans. All intended to bring back fond memories of grand adventures and fun times, and to create new adventures and lasting memories.

The Original Rifts® RPG 30th Anniversary Commemorative Hardcover:

• Back in print for the first time in 16 years.
• Color cover of the famous Splugorth Slave Barge by Keith Parkinson.
• A color gallery of 160+ Rifts® covers.
• An extra 32 pages of color.
• Color end sheets.
• More comprehensive contents pages.
• Concept art and pencil illustrations often with notes by the artist.
• History of Rifts®, personal notes, commentary, and nostalgic material.
• Countless memories, and loads of fun.
• A simpler, earlier version of the core rules.
• A complete role-playing game suitable for use with ALL existing Rifts® World Books, Sourcebooks, and Dimension Books.
• Available in stores and from Palladium Books.
• This is NOT the signed or numbered limited edition, but we are happy to sign copies at conventions and the Palladium Open House. The print run is likely to be limited to a few thousand copies.
• 288 pages – $49.99 retail – Cat. No. 800HC30 – At the printer and ships as soon as it arrives and day now! Also see Rifts® Ultimate Edition RPG for the current edition of Rifts®.

NEW! Rifts^® RPG 30th Anniversary “Gold” Limited Edition Commemorative Hardcover – 1st Edition Rules – At the printer and ships in May

A complete RPG suitable for use with ALL existing Rifts® World Books, Sourcebooks, and Dimension Books. It is just an early and somewhat simpler edition given the deluxe treatment. Expanded with bonus art, additional 38 color pages, color end sheets, history about the making of Rifts®, notes, concept drawings, color concepts, photographs, and a gallery of every Rifts® cover published between 1990 and the end of 2021. The cover features the famous Splugorth Slave Barge in gold foil; art by Kevin Long.

Due to popular demand, we are offering this ultra-limited edition Rifts® “Gold” 30th Anniversary Commemorative Hardcover, limited to only 200 signed and numbered copies (plus some printer proofs). Available on a first-come, first served basis, while supplies last. This is the most limited of any previous collector’s edition of the Rifts® RPG – 5,000 copies of Silver, 500 copies of Gold, but only 200 copies for this 30th Anniversary edition – and those earlier editions sell for big bucks today. Availability starts with #1 of 200, so be among the first to order.

Rifts® RPG 30th Anniversary “Gold” Limited Edition:

• 200 signed and numbered by Kevin Siembieda and available staff.
• Gold foil cover on a faux leatherette.
• Cover art by Kevin Long depicts the famous Splugorth Slave Barge.
• Limited to 200 signed and numbered copies, plus a few dozen printer proofs.
• An extra 38 pages of color.
• A color gallery of 160+ Rifts® covers.
• Two different, color end sheets in the front and back.
• Concept art and pencil illustrations often with notes by the artist.
• History of Rifts®, personal notes, commentary, and nostalgic material. Countless memories and loads of fun.
• A simpler, earlier version of the core rules.
• A complete role-playing game suitable for use with ALL existing Rifts® World Books, Sourcebooks, and Dimension Books.
• Otherwise the same as the hardcover with the color cover.
• Available on a first-come, first served basis, while supplies last. Only from Palladium Books.
• 294 pages – $75.00 retail – Cat. No. 8000HC30 – At the printer and ships in May 2021.

Rifts^® Ultimate Edition – Cat. No. 800HC – Available now

This big, 376 page role-playing game is everything you need to start playing Rifts®. Just add some dice, some players, and a heaping helping of imagination and you are ready to go.

If you have never played the rich, unpredictable, genre-melding Rifts® setting, you are missing epic adventure that never grows old, because anything is possible. No other RPG blends science fiction, fantasy, horror, and post-apocalyptic adventure with demons and aliens, robots and cyborgs, magic and the supernatural in such a plausible and dynamic way. A setting that lets you play any type and style of game you can imagine. With characters like Dragon Hatchlings, Cyber-Knights, Glitter Boys, Ley Line Walkers, Techno-Wizards, and Juicers that challenge the imagination. And those are just a tiny handful of the O.C.C.s you can play in Rifts®. Not to mention hundreds of different alien, supernatural, magical, and other beings available as player characters. All of it set on an Earth that is both familiar and as alien as a thousand different planets. So check it out, build your character, start a campaign, and watch your characters become legends.

• 30+ player characters to choose from; tech, magic, or psychic.
• Cyborgs, robot and power armor pilots, Scout, Assassin, and more.
• 140+ magic spells, plus Techno-Wizards, Shifters, and more.
• 90 psionic powers and psychic characters.
• Sourcebooks offer hundreds of different alien, supernatural beings, creatures of magic, and other beings, many available as player characters.
• There has never been another RPG quite like Rifts®.
• 376 page hardcover, some color – $41.99 retail – Cat. No. 800HC – available now.

NEW! Rifts^® Game Master Guide^™ Hardcover – Available now

The Rifts® Game Master Guide™ hardcover is a massive, 352 page reference book with short stats and descriptions for every Rifts® robot, power armor, body armor, vehicle, weapon, gadget, skill, experience table, and map that appears in Rifts® World Books 1-23 and Sourcebooks 1-4, plus a bionics index, an O.C.C.s and R.C.C.s index, rules clarifications, combat examples, advice on how to run a game and more.

• 500+ weapons.
• 290 pieces of equipment.
• 180+ vehicles.
• 100+ suits of body armor.
• 80+ suits of power armor.
• 300+ skills, character and D-Bee index, dozens of maps, and more.
• 352 pages – $39.99 retail – Cat. No. 845HC – available now. Also available in softcover.

NEW! Rifts^® Book of Magic^™ Hardcover – Available now

Nearly 1,000 magic spells and 400 magic weapons and devices from across Rifts Earth, plus magic tattoos, herbs, stones, and more. 352 pages of pure magic.

• 900+ magic spells, Elemental Magic, Ley Line Magic, Temporal Magic, Necromancy, Nature Magic, Cloud Magic, Ocean Magic, Biomancy and more.
• Plus Tattoo Magic, Stone Magic, Whalesongs, Conjuring, Nazca Lines.
• 290+ Techno-Wizard weapons and items, including TW Bionics, Automatons, and Iron Juggernauts.
• 80+ other magic items, Rune Weapons, Holy Weapons, Fetishes.
• Bio-Wizard Weapons, the Bio-Borg, Symbiotes, and herbs.
• Magic stones, talismans, magic items of Japan, and more.
• Millennium Tree wands, staves and armor.
• 352 pages – $39.99 retail – Cat. No. 848HC – available now. Also available in softcover.

NEW! Rifts^® Adventure Guide^™ Hardcover – Available now

Inside information to create and run RPG adventures: How to get started, building on ideas, character archetypes, tables for creating Rifts towns and cities, mercenary companies, traveling shows, and player created organizations, plus random Rift tables, information about the Chi-Town ‘Burbs, 32 ‘Burb adventure ideas, another 101 adventure hooks, and still more adventure ideas, and additional player and Game Master tips by Kevin Siembieda, Erick Wujcik, and Bill Coffin.

• 150+ adventure ideas.
• Game Master and player tips from Kevin Siembieda.
• Adventure creation tips from Kevin Siembieda.
• Why and how to use alignments by Kevin Siembieda.
• Tricks of running a large group, G.M. tools, and more.
• Additional Player and G.M. tips from Wujcik and Coffin.
• Overview and info about the CS Chi-Town ‘Burbs.
• 32 adventure ideas in the ‘Burbs.
• Random Dimensional Rifts & other tables.
• Tables for creating towns, merc companies, and traveling shows.
• 192 pages – $36.99 retail – Cat. No. 849HC – available now. Also available in softcover.

HARDCOVER Beyond the Supernatural^™ RPG, 2nd Edition – Available now

Supernatural horror in the modern world that feels plausible and real. Your characters are the few who know the supernatural is real because they have experienced it face to face. Some are psychics, some are experts in the paranormal or the arcane, and others are ordinary people like you and me. Ordinary people who are never the same after their own close encounter. All of these unlikely heroes stand against supernatural evil in a world of disbelievers who brand them as practitioners of fringe science or lunatics. Only they know the truth: supernatural evil is real and dangerous. And someone has to take a stand to protect the innocent from supernatural evil in whatever hidden form it may take. Are you ready to join the battle?

• The hardcover is exactly the same as the softcover edition.
• Color cover, same art, variant logo, hardcover.
• A plausible modern horror setting that makes sense and will challenge your role-playing skills.
• 14 Psychic Character Classes.
• 42 occupations for “ordinary” people.
• 100+ psychic abilities, including Fire Walker abilities.
• Creatures of darkness, the Lazlo Agency, and more.
• New sourcebooks are coming soon.
• 256 pages – $36.99 retail – Cat. No. 700HC – available now.

HARDCOVER Palladium Fantasy RPG^®, 2nd Edition – available now

A fantasy setting like no other, rich in history and inviting adventure. Not only are you able to play iconic fantasy heroes like the Wizard, Knight, Paladin, Ranger, Thief, Assassin, and others, but also characters such as the Mind Mage, Druid, Diabolist, Summoner and many others. Moreover, play an array of nonhuman characters from Elves and Dwarves to Wolfen, Changelings, Kobolds, Orcs, Ogres, and many others.

• The hardcover is exactly the same as the softcover edition.
• Color cover, same art, variant logo, hardcover.
• 25+ Occupational Character Classes (O.C.C.s).
• 14+ inhuman player races (more in sourcebooks).
• 300+ magic spells.
• 60 magical Wards. 50 magic circles.
• Dozens of magic items potions and more.
• 70+ psychic powers, the Mind Mage, and more.
• Weapons, gear, demons and adventure ideas.
• New sourcebooks like Land of the Damned 3, Lopan, and others are coming.
• 336 pages – $39.99 retail – Cat. No. 450HC – available now.

HARDCOVER Heroes Unlimited^™ RPG, 2nd Edition – available now

The Heroes Unlimited™ RPG has been a hit RPG for 30+ years because it enables you to create any type of comic book hero you can imagine. Make characters pulled right from any comic book you grew up with and love, or design your own league of extraordinary heroes.

If you seek comic book heroic adventure, Heroes Unlimited™ does the job on an epic scale. Plus a dozen sourcebooks provide you with more super abilities, hero categories, bad guys and adventures.

• The hardcover is exactly the same as the softcover edition.
• Color cover, same art, variant logo on the hardcover.
• Create any type of hero you can imagine.
• 101 super abilities plus a multitude of sub-powers within them, bonuses and special combat capabilities.
• 100+ magic spells plus enchanted weapons and objects.
• 72 psychic powers.
• Enchanted weapons that instill super abilities.
• Mega-Heroes and immortals.
• Alien super beings.
• Bionics and cyborgs.
• Psionics and Psychics.
• Robots and power armor.
• Masters of magic, wizards and spell casters.
• Mutants and Super Soldiers possessing super abilities.
• Inventors, super-geniuses and super-vehicles.
• Special Training: Martial arts, Sleuths, weapons, more.
• Cover by comic book legend Jim Steranko.
• Art by Ramon K. Perez, Paulo Parente, Mike Gustovich, and others.
• Written by Kevin Siembieda.
• 352 pages for a complete RPG – $39.99 retail – Cat. No. 500HC – available now.

UPDATE: Rifts^® CS Manhunters

Why is this book taking forever? Because this book took on a life of its own and I have been tweaking and improving it over and over again. It presents dark secrets of the Coalition States involving CS psychics, the super secret Psi-Ops Division (the thought police of Emperor Prosek), the deadly super-patriots that are the CS Manhunters, 50 NEW psionic abilities with real punch, insight into the Dog Boys and Kill Hounds, and meanings revealed about the Seven Dangers Prophecy first introduced in Rifts® Sourcebook 2: The Mechanoids®, well some of them anyway. Plus gadgets and implants, and surprises. All of it building toward something epic.

• New Coalition Psychic O.C.C.s.
• 50+ new psionic abilities and revisits of some favorites.
• CS Manhunter Divner and Precog.
• CS Manhunter Psi-Interrogator and Psi-Enforcer.
• CS Manhunter Bursters and Zappers.
• CS Manhunter Psi-Healers and CS Slayers.
• CS Manhunter Killhound and Dog Boy O.C.C.s.
• CS Manhunter Mind Melters, the deadliest of them all.
• CS Manhunter squads and special operations.
• Secrets of Psi-Ops Division and insight about Coalition psychics.
• Deciphering the Seven Dangers Prophecy.
• The impact of the demon plagues unleashed by the Minion War.
• Player Characters, NPCS, background info, adventure ideas, and more.
• 96-128 pages – $18.99 retail – Cat. No. 894 – In production and nearing completion.

UPDATE: Creature Feature^™, a Beyond the Supernatural^™ sourcebook

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

• A gallery of supernatural creatures. Some new. Some familiar, updated and expanded. All terrifying.
• Rules clarifications and errata.
• Game Master source material and advice on rules, psychic abilities, proximity and threat levels, I.S.P. multipliers, and more.
• Advice about running modern horror RPGs and using supernatural creatures in your games.
• Lots of adventure ideas, including an updated and expanded full adventure, “The Squatter.”
• New background and setting information for the BTS setting and a few surprises.
• Written by Steven Dawes, Kevin Siembieda, and others.
• Art by Steven Cummings, Nick Bradshaw and others.
• 160-192 pages – $22.99 or $26.99 depending on final size – Cat. No. 704.

UPDATE: Rifts^® Titan Robotics^™

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

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

• New Giant Robots.
• New Power Armor, equipment and accessories.
• 30+ power armors and robots, plus other equipment.
• New weapons, gear and vehicles.
• Titan Robotics Corporation and structure.
• Archie’s secret kingdom and plans for the future.
• New O.C.C.s and key Non-Player Characters (NPCs).
• Android executives, security and much more.
• Wellington Industries, campaign prompts and more.
• Art by Walton, Cummings, Atkins, and others. Cover by Mike Majestic.
• Written by Matthew Clements and Kevin Siembieda.
• 160-192 pages (tentative) – $22.99 retail (or $26.99) – Cat. No. 899.

UPDATE: Rifts^® Bestiary^™ Volume Two

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

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

• Monsters and animals of Rifts North America organized into big, easy to use sourcebooks.
• Updated and expanded descriptions and information for each existing monster.
• Updated and uniform stat blocks.
• New exotic creatures – predators, exotic riding animals, beasts of burden, alien horrors, giant insects, and more.
• A map for every creature showing where it is found.
• Easily adapted to any Palladium setting – Palladium Fantasy®, Chaos Earth®, Splicers®, Phase World®, the Three Galaxies™, The Mechanoids®, Heroes Unlimited™/Aliens Unlimited™, and others.
• Basic S.D.C. stats included with each creature description.
• Fully illustrated, with art by Charles Walton II, Ramon Perez, Robert Atkins, and many others. Written by Kevin Siembieda.
• 256 pages each volume – $26.99 – Cat. No. 897 (Volume Two).

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• 212 Blessings. 101 magic artifacts.
• 45 forgotten gods. Each god offers adventure hooks.
• 100+ random quests and encounters. Godly insight & visitations.
• Restore forgotten gods to power. Become a Champion of the Gods.
• 50+ Curses and dark magic. Five Old Ones weapons of destruction.
• The Garden of the Gods and its protectors.
• Ghosts, Faeries, mysteries, and ancient secrets.
• Easily adapted to Rifts®, Phase World® and any game system.
• 224 pages of wonder and adventure by Kevin Siembieda and Matthew Clements – Cat. No. 475. PDF available on DriveThruRPG.com – the physical book is available from PalladiumBooks.com.

Rifts® Novels: Duty’s Edge – The lone surviving soldier from a New German Republic Special Forces operation struggles to complete the mission on his own. A stand-alone Rifts® novel complete in itself. 236 pages, Cat. No. 308. The Cosmo-Knight and The Reckoning (Phase World®, the Three Galaxies, and Cosmo-Knights), the Rifts® trilogy of novels: Sonic Boom, Deception’s Web, and Treacherous Awakenings, as well as the Rifts® Anthology: Tales of the Chi-Town ‘Burbs (11 authors), Machinations of Doom (graphic novel by Ramon K. Perez), and Path of the Storm (a proposed Rifts® movie script) and 300+ other Palladium Books RPG titles.

Also available: Free Garden of the Gods™ (Fantasy) and Rifts® Bestiary™ Volume One Sneak Previews, and the Palladium Fantasy RPG® Interactive Character Sheet: A Microsoft Excel-based character management system. Packed with features and data collected from every official Palladium Fantasy sourcebook to enable you to create Fantasy characters quickly (25 minutes!) and help you to update and manage them for years to come.

Dead Reign® Paper Miniatures Volume Three: Zombies, Dead Reign® Paper Miniatures Volume Two: Civilians and Dead Reign® Paper Miniatures Volume One: Survivors. There are also paper miniatures for Heroes Unlimited™, Palladium Fantasy® and Rifts®. A new, up-to-date, PDF Palladium Books Catalog. Nightbane® Dark Designs™ sourcebook with 60 new Common Talents, 38 new Elite Talents, 18 new Morphus Tables, all other Morphus Tables collected and more. Systems Failure™ RPG, a 160 page RPG that deals with alien invasion and a post-apocalypse setting that is fun and dynamic. Civilization is on the verge of collapse when the so-called “bugs” invade and turn humans into zombie-like slaves. Monsters, heroes and fun. A complete RPG and setting. Rifts® World Book 34: Northern Gun™ Two: 256 pages of technology and fun. 30+ power armors, 30+ body armors, 15 combat vehicles, 45 vehicles (hovercycles, etc.), 10 robot haulers, the Robodome and more. Bizantium and the Northern Islands™: the northernmost part of the Known World, the Cold Born, Necromancy ships made from dead sea serpents, 15 creatures, Random Sea Monster Generator, and more. Rifts® Northern Gun™ One. This fan favorite might be thought of as the big book of giant robots – an in-depth look at Northern Gun, 70+ weapons, 27 robots, NG O.C.C.s, key people and places, and much more. Mysteries of Magic™ Book One: The Heart of Magic™ with Wizards, their Apprentices, nearly 60 new magic spells and remember, magic and monsters in the Fantasy RPG are easily adapted to Rifts®, Chaos Earth®, HU2 and other settings. Wolfen Empire™ Fantasy sourcebook, the Great Northern Wilderness and Killer Winters, 12 Wolfen Tribes, Wolfen military and society, 15+ creatures, 5 full adventures, 101 adventure ideas, random encounter tables, notable people, places, plus FREE Sneak Previews of The Rifter® #80, The Rifter® #81, The Rifter® #82, and more on DriveThruRPG.com.

• Rifts® is a genre-bending setting that combines science fiction, fantasy, horror, post-apocalypse survival, magic, and endless possibilities for adventure. Imagine a near perfect world of advanced technology 100 years in the future. Then imagine that world crashing down overnight in an apocalyptic upheaval not seen since the formation of the planet. A Great Cataclysm caused by the explosive return of magic. Now fast forward 300 years into the future where magic, dragons, and mythic gods coexist with cyborgs, giant robots and super-science rediscovered from humanity’s Golden Age as humans rise from a lengthy Dark Age. But they must contend with countless alien life forms, monsters, and supernatural horrors from beyond the Rifts.
• Rifts® core titles we would suggest: Rifts® Ultimate Edition, Rifts® Game Master Guide, Rifts® Book of Magic, Rifts® Adventure Guide, D-Bees of North America™, Rifts® World Book 11: Coalition War Campaign and Rifts® Sourcebook One. Note: The Rifts® RPG, 1st Edition and Rifts® Ultimate, 2nd Edition are both available.
• 80+ Rifts® supplements, most of them available as PDFs with more coming. Where to start? Wherever sounds fun.
• Rifts® Dimension Books™: Travel to alien worlds and dimensions via the Rifts for off-world adventure and intrigue.
• Rifts® Chaos Earth® RPG and sourcebook series (all). 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.
• FREE Sneak Previews for Nightbane® Dark Designs™, Rifts® Secrets of the Atlanteans™, Rifts® CS Heroes of Humanity, and many other previews as well as free and low cost items that we make available. All of it adds to the growing list of Rifts and other Palladium RPG game titles available as PDF books, cards and support. A new title should be added every week or two, so keep watching for them.
• The Rifter® #1-84, ALL issues of The Rifter®. Each issue is a wealth of source material and ideas for 3-6 different Palladium game lines. Most are easily adapted to ANY Palladium game setting. Each issue a gem. 8,500 pages of source material and ideas for heroes, villains, monsters, magic, gear, and adventure.
• Splicers® RPG is like Iron Man meets Game of Thrones with elements of Terminator – except this army of Iron Men are clad in living body armor and wield living, organic weapons and devices. Created in 2004 by writer and game designer Carmen Bellaire, Splicers® was nominated for an Inquest Gamer Magazine Fan Awards Game of the Year, and has since developed a rabid fan base. Science fiction and horror where humans are forced to use genetically engineered, living weapons and organic war machines to battle an insane Artificial Intelligence and her robot legions. Unlike anything you have ever played before!
• Splicers®: I Am Legion™ Adventure Sourcebook: 6 new Great Houses, 4 new Host Armors, 6 new War Mounts, 19 new Bio-Weapons, 15 new killer machines, new Bio-Enhancements, Amalgam creation tables, Legion and a series of adventures that build into a small campaign, and more.
• Palladium Fantasy RPG®, 1st Edition Rules and sourcebooks. A unique world of magic, monsters and heroes. Dozens of nonhuman player characters including Wolfen, Bearmen, Ogres, Orcs and more. 100,000 years of history.
• Palladium Fantasy RPG®, 2nd Edition Rules and many sourcebooks. The expanded world of high fantasy, magic, mystery and heroes of every variety. Includes the Mind Mage and psychic abilities, mages and spells, magic circles and symbols, men-at-arms, scoundrels and a wide range of inhuman player characters including Wolfen, Bearmen, Ogres, Orcs and many more. 100,000 years of history.
• Heroes Unlimited™ RPG first edition rule book and sourcebooks.
• Heroes Unlimited™ RPG Second Edition rule book and sourcebooks. Create any type of superhuman you can desire and bring comic book adventures to life.
• Dead Reign® RPG (Zombie Apocalypse). The dead have risen. It is the battle for survival in the zombie apocalypse, but this setting is much more than your typical zombie game. Play ordinary people or special characters better equipped to survive and hunt zombies. Many unusual types of zombies.
• Dead Reign® Sourcebooks: 6 sourcebooks from Civilization Gone™ to Hell Followed™ (the latter features stats for 23 disasters, masked lunatics, 11 new zombies, 7 apocalyptic character classes, and more) are available.
• Beyond the Supernatural™ RPG, 1st Edition Rules. Supernatural horror in the modern world. Play ordinary people, psychics, paranormal investigators or for something different: Victim Characters!
• Beyond the Supernatural™ RPG, 2nd Edition: The complete, revised core game, 14 character classes and 42 occupations for “ordinary people,” 100+ psychic abilities, 16 monsters, the Lazlo Agency, world setting and rules.
• Nightbane® RPG and sourcebooks. An RPG setting we call superhero horror. Dark conspiracy, a secret, demon invasion starting with world leaders and law enforcement, and it is spreading. The player characters are the Nightbane®, reluctant superhumans who must turn into monsters themselves to unleash their powers and battle the evil that is clear only to them. A dark, sinister and challenging world of horror.
• After the Bomb® RPG and sourcebooks. Planet of the Apes meets the X-Men! Animal creations, powers and more. Create any type of intelligent mutant animal you can imagine as friend or foe.
• Ninjas & Superspies™ RPG and the Mystic China™ sourcebook. James Bond meets Enter the Dragon. 41 types of martial arts, ninjas, and super-spies with gadgets, gizmos and advanced weapons.
• The Mechanoid Invasion® Trilogy RPG is a long time, cult favorite with a fatalistic world-view of humans vs aliens with superior technology.
• The Palladium Weapon Series of real world weapons, armor and castles throughout history. Designed for use with ANY game system.
• 200+ Palladium titles in all, plus G.M. kits, paper miniatures and more.
• Heroes Unlimited™ Paper Miniatures – Two sets are now available!
• Palladium Fantasy RPG® Paper Miniatures – Volumes #1-6 are available now. More are coming in the weeks ahead.
• Rifts® Paper Miniatures: Men at Arms – $2.99
• Rifts® Paper Miniatures: Coalition Dead Boys – $2.99
• Rifts® Paper Miniatures: Adventurers – $2.99
• Rifts® Paper Miniatures: Practitioners of Magic (new) – $2.99
• Rifts® Paper Miniatures: Extras (new) – $2.99
• And more to come in the weeks ahead.

Palladium Collectibles, Negatives, Artwork, other Collectibles and Toys are always available in Kevin’s Online Toy & Collectibles eBay Store along with other good things

My eBay store is one of the few places where you can find original artwork by Charles “Chuck” Walton, Kevin Long, and others, as well as one-of-a-kind negatives from classic Rifts® and other Palladium RPG books (they look awesome framed!), rare Palladium collector hardcovers, signed books, other Palladium memorabilia, toys from my personal collection and other collectibles. Check every couple of weeks because we often post new stuff or offer a new sale. There is a sale on negatives starting today, in fact.

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

Available now: One-of-a-kind book negatives. Negatives were very popular items at the Palladium Open House and people went crazy over them at Gen Con – including actor Joe Manganiello who scooped up a pile of TMNT negatives, while Palladium’s own Mark Oberle, Carmen Bellaire, Brandon Aten and a whole lot of Palladium gamers went for negatives from Rifts® New West, Lone Star and Free Quebec. Fun.

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

When our printer, McNaughton and Gunn, went completely digital, they asked if Palladium Books wanted the negs, otherwise they would be destroyed. Regrettably, I let a few dozen be destroyed, but the negatives of many books were sent to Palladium. They have sat in our warehouse for years until I started to offer them for sale. I have also started signing the negatives in silver and each comes with a Certificate of Authenticity. Each negative comes on a white board inside a plastic magazine bag and looks fabulous framed! Fits in an 8×10 inch matt opening in a frame (each neg is roughly 8½ x 11 inches).

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

Closing Thoughts

I recently heard from a retailer and distributor that many game companies are experiencing long delays in getting new product. This applies to foreign and domestic manufacturing. Companies printing in China are suffering especially long delays, but also here in the USA. Not just because of shortages of paper and other materials, but because manufacturers are buried under 2020 and new orders.

That’s where Palladium has been lucky. Yes, even though titles like the two Rifts® 30th Commemoratives have been delayed, the delay is measured in weeks, not months. Moreover, we have been able to keep most of our titles in print at all times, with only short periods of being out of stock for a few weeks. Of course, part of that has been planning and scrambling to find alternative quality printers with shorter turn-around times, which has been no small feat, but we did it. Creative thinking, smart planning, and hard work have enabled us to keep 99% of our titles in stock at all times where other companies have not. That effort has stolen my time and caused some delays of our new releases, but we are working through that too.

The pandemic has impacted a lot of people, companies, the availability of materials, and rising costs. All in all, we feel like Palladium is weathering the storm pretty well, and you should start seeing new product releases very soon. That starts with Rifts® CS Manhunters, BTS Creature Feature, Titan Robotics and Rifts® Bestiary Volume 2. Plus a few fun little things we think you will get a kick out of and make you smile.

Thank you for hanging in there with us through thick and thin. I think things are about to get more exciting for us all. And not just because it seems like the world is starting to recover and return to some level of normalcy, but because we have some great product coming your way. Please stay safe, hang tough, get vaccinated, and game on.

– Kevin Siembieda, Publisher, Writer, Friend

NEW! Miniature Releases – Available now

You have been asking about new miniatures and we are providing. All miniatures come in a plastic bag. The newest three are:

Rifts® Glitter Boy™ & Pilot (original) Miniature Pack – 1st time available in resin – 28 mm resin – $19.99 retail – Cat. No. MI8001. Five Pieces: 1. Complete G.B. body and a small base, 2. right arm and Boom Gun, 3. backpack/thrusters, 4. ammo drum and belt, and 5. pilot. The ever-popular, classic Glitter Boy and Pilot (1993 RAFM) – now in resin for the first time (prior releases were pewter figures). Available now.

NEW! Rifts® CS Firebreather Dead Boy™ Miniature – true scale 32 mm resin – $9.99 retail – Cat. No. MI8047. Five pieces: 1. the body, 2. right arm and gun, 3. left arm, 4. antenna, 5. custom base. Detailed and dynamic figure. Available now.

NEW! Rifts® Juicer™ Miniature – true scale 32 mm resin – $9.99 retail – Cat. No. MI8048. Three pieces: 1. the complete body, 2. crossed swords on the back that fit so snugly that you may not even need to glue it, 3. custom base. Detailed and dynamic figure. Available now.

And don’t forget about the Deluxe Rifts® Glitter Boy Resin Miniature – released in fall 2020 – 32 mm resin – $34.99 retail – Cat. No. MI8046 – a gorgeous, detailed and dynamic figure. Available now.

Rifts^® Novels – Available now

All Rifts® novels are available from the Palladium Books online store as physical books as well as PDFs from DriveThruRPG.com. All are a fun read and highly recommended. Enjoy.

• All novels are 5 x 8 inches in size unless otherwise indicated.
• Page count and price varies.
• Available as physical books from palladiumbooks.com and as PDFs on DriveThruRPG.com
• Rifts® Duty’s Edge is the story of a lone survivor of a New German Republic Special Forces operation who struggles to complete the mission on his own. A mission to destroy wicked monsters and cut off a vital line of support to the Gargoyle Empire. A mission that could save many lives. Of course, it is a journey that takes many twists and turns as one determined individual hopes to beat impossible odds. Set in the Middle East. 236 pages – $12.99 retail – Cat. No. 308 – the newest, stand alone novel.
• Rifts® Sonic Boom™. Follow the exploits of a CS platoon sworn to protect humankind from all threats, be they aliens, dragons, masters of magic or fellow humans out for themselves.
• Rifts® Deception’s Web™, the second novel in this trilogy, reveals a conspiracy within the Coalition military that could spell disaster for our protagonists. Note: Smaller size, 4 x 6 inches.
• Rifts® Treacherous Awakenings™ is the pulse-pounding conclusion of the third novel in this epic trilogy by Adam Chilson.
• Rifts Anthology: Tales of the Chi-Town ‘Burbs™. Rifts® short stories by 11 authors including Kevin Siembieda, Carl Gleba, Mark Oberle, Braden Campbell, Taylor White, Jason Richards, and others. Note: Slightly larger size, 6 x 9 inches.
• Rifts® Machinations of Doom™ Graphic Novel & Sourcebook. The comic is by acclaimed Eisner Award winning artist Ramon K. Perez, source material by Siembieda and Perez. Note: 8½ x 11 inches.
• Rifts® Path of the Storm was a Rifts® movie script written on spec. Note: 8½ x 11 inches.
• Rifts® Hammer of the Forge™, Volume One: The Cosmo-Knight. The adventures of Caleb Vulcan, newly minted Knight of the Cosmic Forge.
• Rifts® Hammer of the Forge™, Volume Two: The Reckoning. The epic conclusion of the Hammer of the Forge story.

Gamer 16 Ounce Mug – available now

Whether you drink coffee, hot cocoa, soda-pop, or whatever your beverage of choice may be, this fun mug reminds you of your favorite pastime and that new possibilities exist with every roll of the dice.

The large, 16 ounce Gamer mug presents the word “Gamer” in a box with dice cascading down from above. The design appears on both sides of the mug. Created by Wayne Smith and Freddie Williams II (art directed by Kevin Siembieda). The mug has an orange interior to add a nice splash of color.

• A must for every proud gamer!
• Dice and the word “Gamer” highlighted in a box.
• Glossy black exterior with an orange interior.
• Art and words are located on both sides of the mug.
• 16 ounce ceramic mug.
• Dishwasher and microwave safe.
• $10.99 retail – Cat. No. 2596 – available now.

BACK IN STOCK! Property of the Coalition States 16 Ounce Mug – available now

Back due to popular demand! The iconic Property of the Coalition States and notorious CS Death’s Head insignia printed white on a glossy black, 16 ounce coffee mug, with a blood red interior for a splash of color. The design appears on both sides of the mug. Created by Wayne Smith and Kevin Long (art directed by Kevin Siembieda).

• The infamous words “Property of the Coalition States” and the notorious Death’s Head logo and lightning bolts (indicating CS special forces) in white.
• Glossy black exterior with a blood red interior color.
• Art and words are located on both sides of the mug.
• 16 ounce ceramic mug.
• Dishwasher and microwave safe.
• $10.99 retail – Cat. No. 2588 – available now.

Other Mugs Available Now

Everyone loves these mugs. Isn’t it time you started your collection? I like to use them to as a secret code to reflect my mood to those around me. To my thinking the Gamer mug means I’m feeling playful. Rifts® Property of the Coalition States: I’m a soldier in the trenches and working hard. Dead Reign®: Back off or I will eat you alive. Fantasy Dragon: My imagination is on fire. Rifts Logo: Feeling the infinite possibilities. Rifts® Titan Robotics: I’m feeling mighty. Of course, they represent something else to each of you or just represent one of your favorite games, like a normal person.

• Rifts® Titan Robotics™ Mug – A dynamic Titan robot and the Rifts® logo. Art by Steven Cummings. White on a glossy black, 16 ounce ceramic mug with a blue interior. Dishwasher and microwave safe. $10.99 retail – Cat. No. 2595 – available now.
• Rifts® Logo Coffee Mug – The famous Rifts® logo in white on a glossy black, 16 ounce ceramic mug with a blue interior. Logo by Kevin Long. Dishwasher and microwave safe. $10.99 retail – Cat. No. 2587 – available now.
• Palladium Fantasy RPG® Dragon Mug – The famous red on black 3-headed hydra battling a knight from the iconic original Palladium Fantasy RPG cover. Art by Kevin Siembieda. Red on a glossy black, 16 ounce ceramic mug with an attractive orange interior. Dishwasher and microwave safe. $10.99 retail – Cat. No. 2589 – available now.
• Dead Reign® (Zombie Attack) Mug – A trio of hungry zombies and the Dead Reign® logo in white on a glossy black, 16 ounce ceramic mug with a blood red interior for a splash of color. Art by Steven Cummings. Dishwasher and microwave safe. $10.99 retail – Cat. No. 2594 – available now.

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

By Kevin Siembieda

I’m glad everyone enjoyed our galaxy spanning sale. And while it has ended, there is still time to take advantage of DriveThruRPG’s Sci-Fi Sale through the weekend. Ends Monday morning, May 17.

NEW! A Fun Interview with Kevin Siembieda. My week started off differently. Monday, I got a nice call from my old friend Shawn Hall, the gent who gave me the idea for Garden of the Gods, and we had a nice time catching up. That put me in a good mood for my live YouTube interview with Matt Yancik on Roleplayer With A Thousand Faces. Maybe too good of a mood, because Matthew and I were both having so much fun chatting, my one hour interview spun into a fast-paced two hours. The people watching live seemed to really enjoy it and the interview is available for your viewing enjoyment anytime, along with a dozen or more other fun interviews with RPG creators and personalities. This is a YouTube show to keep your eyes on.

We really only scratched the surface of Palladium’s history and my career (that’s what happens when you have lived a rich, long life), so Matt said he will have me back for another interview or two in the future. This one covers my early years, the Detroit Gaming Center, The Mechanoids® RPG, TMNT® and Robotech® RPGs, and a bit about Rifts® and other subjects. All of it fun. It felt right and goes hand in hand nicely with the release of the Rifts® 30th Anniversary Commemorative hardcovers coming to you in a week or two.

You can catch the Kevin Siembieda Interview on Roleplayer With A Thousand Faces here: https://youtu.be/OKP-Lz33ljk

Some More Fun – Savage Rifts® Twitch Chat with writer and line editor Sean Owen Roberson. Sean did a live chat Wednesday night about all things Rifts®. He answered questions and offered a few teasers about Rifts® Atlantis and the Demon Seas for an upcoming Savage Rifts® sourcebook! The live event was recorded so it and other chats are available on the Murder Hobo Show Twitch channel for your enjoyment. Check it out.

UPDATE: The Rifts® 30th Commemorative Hardcovers – ships later this month. I still do not have a firm shipping day for the two Rifts® Commemorative hardcovers, but I have been assured they will ship in May. Like you, we cannot wait to see the finished books! Due to fan requests, the Commemorative Hardcovers are re-releases of the “original” Rifts® RPG (1990) with a bunch of fun extras: A new and expanded table of contents, color end sheets, a 30+ page color section with never before seen cover concept art (including Keith Parkinson’s iconic Rifts cover), a gallery of Rifts® covers to date (160+ of them), and a fun look behind the scenes in the making of Rifts®. Please note though this is the original, first edition Rifts® rule book, it is a complete RPG suitable for use with ALL Rifts® World Books, Sourcebooks, and Dimension Books. This is an early and somewhat simpler edition given the deluxe treatment and extra fun.

The Parkinson Color Cover Rifts® 30th Hardcover (Cat. No. 800HC30, $49.99) and the Rifts® 30th Gold Edition (Cat. No. 8000HC30, $75, signed and numbered limited edition; 200 copies) are described below and in the Palladium online store. Both are guaranteed to bring the memories roaring back and will hold a special place on your bookshelf. Or they can be used to make new adventures for a whole new generation of gamers. Time to unleash your imagination and have some fun.

NOW SHIPPING: We have been shipping out the attractive, new hardcover editions of the Rifts® Game Master Guide Hardcover (Cat. No. 845HC, $39.99 retail), Rifts® Book of Magic Hardcover (Cat. No. 848HC, $39.99 retail), and Rifts® Adventure Guide Hardcover (Cat. No. 849HC, $36.99 retail). Note: If you have purchased these books with one or both of the Rifts® 30th Commemorative hardcovers, we are holding your whole order until the Rifts® Commemorative is ready to ship later in May.

STILL HOT and available now! Palladium Fantasy RPG® Hardcover (Cat. No. 450HC, $39.99 retail), Heroes Unlimited™ RPG Hardcover (Cat. No. 500HC, $39.99 retail), and Beyond the Supernatural™ RPG Hardcover (Cat. No. 700HC, $39.99 retail) remain popular and are also available now. How hot? We may need to send ‘em in for another printing soon! Nice. Keep those orders coming.

SALE! DriveThruRPG.com – Sci-Fi SALE – Now thru May 17, 2021

More than 200 PDF Palladium titles are on sale right now. Save up to 33% while you explore the Megaverse®. This is a great way to try new settings, develop new adventures and bring fun to your gaming table. Remember, aliens and mutants make great monsters to drop into most settings, and titles like Megaverse® Builder™ and Aliens Unlimited™ Galaxy Guide provide rules for creating alien worlds, people and spacecraft. The sale is happening right now so do not miss out on the big Sci-Fi Sale. Ends the morning of May 17, 2021.

• Rifts®
• Rifts® Dimension Books
• Rifts® Chaos Earth®
• Heroes Unlimited™
• Aliens Unlimited™
• The Mechanoids®
• Splicers®
• And more PDF role-playing titles from DriveThruRPG.com – Ends Monday morning, May 17. The physical books are available from PalladiumBooks.com.

NEW! Rifts^® RPG – Ships in a week or two – 30th Anniversary Commemorative Hardcover

Rifts® is the familiar.

Rifts® is the alien and unknown.

Rifts® is the embodiment of wonder, danger, and endless possibilities.

Rifts® is a post-apocalyptic Earth stranger than a hundred alien worlds, where humanity battles against aliens and the supernatural.

Reality blurs. Magic and technology often clash or meld together. Around the next corner a dragon, cyborg, monster, giant robot, vampire, or god only knows what may await you.

Rifts® merges science fiction with fantasy, horror, heroic adventure, and other genres in a thrilling and plausible setting that will set your imagination on fire.

Travel the Rifts to any location on Earth, or leap across the dimensional divide to visit alien worlds and dimensions in a matter of seconds. And just as you can travel to other worlds, aliens and the monstrous travel to Earth and stalk the innocent.

Rifts® is a fusion of ideas, settings, genres, and characters unlike any game on the market. An endless Megaverse® of adventure™ in which if you can imagine it, you can play it.

Are you up to the challenge?

The Rifts® Commemorative 30th Anniversary Hardcover is the original first edition Rifts® rule book that started a phenomenon. It is a complete RPG suitable for use with ALL existing Rifts® World Books, Sourcebooks, and Dimension Books. It is an early and somewhat simpler edition given the deluxe treatment. Expanded with bonus art, an additional 32 color pages, color end sheets, history about the making of Rifts®, notes, concept drawings, color concepts, photographs, and a gallery of every Rifts® cover published between 1990 and the end of 2021. The cover features the famous Keith Parkinson painting of the Splugorth Slave Barge.

This expanded commemorative has been brought back into print due to the popular requests by you, our fans. All intended to bring back fond memories of grand adventures and fun times, and to create new adventures and lasting memories.

The Original Rifts® RPG 30th Anniversary Commemorative Hardcover:

• Back in print for the first time in 16 years.
• Color cover of the famous Splugorth Slave Barge by Keith Parkinson.
• A color gallery of 160+ Rifts® covers.
• An extra 32 pages of color.
• Color end sheets.
• More comprehensive contents pages.
• Concept art and pencil illustrations often with notes by the artist.
• History of Rifts®, personal notes, commentary, and nostalgic material.
• Countless memories, and loads of fun.
• A simpler, earlier version of the core rules.
• A complete role-playing game suitable for use with ALL existing Rifts® World Books, Sourcebooks, and Dimension Books.
• Available in stores and from Palladium Books.
• This is NOT the signed or numbered limited edition, but we are happy to sign copies at conventions and the Palladium Open House. The print run is likely to be limited to a few thousand copies.
• 288 pages – $49.99 retail – Cat. No. 800HC30 – At the printer and ships in May 2021. Also see Rifts® Ultimate Edition RPG.

NEW! Rifts^® RPG 30th Anniversary “Gold” Limited Edition Commemorative Hardcover – 1st Edition Rules – At the printer and ships in May

A complete RPG suitable for use with ALL existing Rifts® World Books, Sourcebooks, and Dimension Books. It is just an early and somewhat simpler edition given the deluxe treatment. Expanded with bonus art, additional 38 color pages, color end sheets, history about the making of Rifts®, notes, concept drawings, color concepts, photographs, and a gallery of every Rifts® cover published between 1990 and the end of 2021. The cover features the famous Splugorth Slave Barge in gold foil; art by Kevin Long.

Due to popular demand, we are offering this ultra-limited edition Rifts® “Gold” 30th Anniversary Commemorative Hardcover, limited to only 200 signed and numbered copies (plus some printer proofs). Available on a first-come, first served basis, while supplies last. This is the most limited of any previous collector’s edition of the Rifts® RPG – 5,000 copies of Silver, 500 copies of Gold, but only 200 copies for this 30th Anniversary edition – and those earlier editions sell for big bucks today. Availability starts with #1 of 200, so be among the first to order.

Rifts® RPG 30th Anniversary “Gold” Limited Edition:

• 200 signed and numbered by Kevin Siembieda and available staff.
• Gold foil cover on a faux leatherette.
• Cover art by Kevin Long depicts the famous Splugorth Slave Barge.
• Limited to 200 signed and numbered copies, plus a few dozen printer proofs.
• An extra 38 pages of color.
• A color gallery of 160+ Rifts® covers.
• Two different, color end sheets in the front and back.
• Concept art and pencil illustrations often with notes by the artist.
• History of Rifts®, personal notes, commentary, and nostalgic material. Countless memories and loads of fun.
• A simpler, earlier version of the core rules.
• A complete role-playing game suitable for use with ALL existing Rifts® World Books, Sourcebooks, and Dimension Books.
• Otherwise the same as the hardcover with the color cover.
• Available on a first-come, first served basis, while supplies last. Only from Palladium Books.
• 294 pages – $75.00 retail – Cat. No. 8000HC30 – At the printer and ships in May 2021.

Rifts^® Ultimate Edition – Cat. No. 800HC – Available now

This big, 376 page role-playing game is everything you need to start playing Rifts®. Just add some dice, some players, and a heaping helping of imagination and you are ready to go.

If you have never played the rich, unpredictable, genre-melding Rifts® setting, you are missing epic adventure that never grows old, because anything is possible. No other RPG blends science fiction, fantasy, horror, and post-apocalyptic adventure with demons and aliens, robots and cyborgs, magic and the supernatural in such a plausible and dynamic way. A setting that lets you play any type and style of game you can imagine. With characters like Dragon Hatchlings, Cyber-Knights, Glitter Boys, Ley Line Walkers, Techno-Wizards, and Juicers that challenge the imagination. And those are just a tiny handful of the O.C.C.s you can play in Rifts®. Not to mention hundreds of different alien, supernatural, magical, and other beings available as player characters. All of it set on an Earth that is both familiar and as alien as a thousand different planets. So check it out, build your character, start a campaign, and watch your characters become legends.

• 30+ player characters to choose from; tech, magic, or psychic.
• Cyborgs, robot and power armor pilots, Scout, Assassin, and more.
• 140+ magic spells, plus Techno-Wizards, Shifters, and more.
• 90 psionic powers and psychic characters.
• Sourcebooks offer hundreds of different alien, supernatural beings, creatures of magic, and other beings, many available as player characters.
• There has never been another RPG quite like Rifts®.
• 376 page hardcover, some color – $41.99 retail – Cat. No. 800HC – available now.

NEW! Rifts^® Game Master Guide^™ Hardcover – Available now

The Rifts® Game Master Guide™ hardcover is a massive, 352 page reference book with short stats and descriptions for every Rifts® robot, power armor, body armor, vehicle, weapon, gadget, skill, experience table, and map that appears in Rifts® World Books 1-23 and Sourcebooks 1-4, plus a bionics index, an O.C.C.s and R.C.C.s index, rules clarifications, combat examples, advice on how to run a game and more.

• 500+ weapons.
• 290 pieces of equipment.
• 180+ vehicles.
• 100+ suits of body armor.
• 80+ suits of power armor.
• 300+ skills, character and D-Bee index, dozens of maps, and more.
• 352 pages – $39.99 retail – Cat. No. 845HC – available now. Also available in softcover.

NEW! Rifts^® Book of Magic^™ Hardcover – Available now

Nearly 1,000 magic spells and 400 magic weapons and devices from across Rifts Earth, plus magic tattoos, herbs, stones, and more. 352 pages of pure magic.

• 900+ magic spells, Elemental Magic, Ley Line Magic, Temporal Magic, Necromancy, Nature Magic, Cloud Magic, Ocean Magic, Biomancy and more.
• Plus Tattoo Magic, Stone Magic, Whalesongs, Conjuring, Nazca Lines.
• 290+ Techno-Wizard weapons and items, including TW Bionics, Automatons, and Iron Juggernauts.
• 80+ other magic items, Rune Weapons, Holy Weapons, Fetishes.
• Bio-Wizard Weapons, the Bio-Borg, Symbiotes, and herbs.
• Magic stones, talismans, magic items of Japan, and more.
• Millennium Tree wands, staves and armor.
• 352 pages – $39.99 retail – Cat. No. 848HC – available now. Also available in softcover.

NEW! Rifts^® Adventure Guide^™ Hardcover – Available now

Inside information to create and run RPG adventures: How to get started, building on ideas, character archetypes, tables for creating Rifts towns and cities, mercenary companies, traveling shows, and player created organizations, plus random Rift tables, information about the Chi-Town ‘Burbs, 32 ‘Burb adventure ideas, another 101 adventure hooks, and still more adventure ideas, and additional player and Game Master tips by Kevin Siembieda, Erick Wujcik, and Bill Coffin.

• 150+ adventure ideas.
• Game Master and player tips from Kevin Siembieda.
• Adventure creation tips from Kevin Siembieda.
• Why and how to use alignments by Kevin Siembieda.
• Tricks of running a large group, G.M. tools, and more.
• Additional Player and G.M. tips from Wujcik and Coffin.
• Overview and info about the CS Chi-Town ‘Burbs.
• 32 adventure ideas in the ‘Burbs.
• Random Dimensional Rifts & other tables.
• Tables for creating towns, merc companies, and traveling shows.
• 192 pages – $36.99 retail – Cat. No. 849HC – available now. Also available in softcover.

HARDCOVER Beyond the Supernatural^™ RPG, 2nd Edition – Available now

Supernatural horror in the modern world that feels plausible and real. Your characters are the few who know the supernatural is real because they have experienced it face to face. Some are psychics, some are experts in the paranormal or the arcane, and others are ordinary people like you and me. Ordinary people who are never the same after their own close encounter. All of these unlikely heroes stand against supernatural evil in a world of disbelievers who brand them as practitioners of fringe science or lunatics. Only they know the truth: supernatural evil is real and dangerous. And someone has to take a stand to protect the innocent from supernatural evil in whatever hidden form it may take. Are you ready to join the battle?

• The hardcover is exactly the same as the softcover edition.
• Color cover, same art, variant logo, hardcover.
• A plausible modern horror setting that makes sense and will challenge your role-playing skills.
• 14 Psychic Character Classes.
• 42 occupations for “ordinary” people.
• 100+ psychic abilities, including Fire Walker abilities.
• Creatures of darkness, the Lazlo Agency, and more.
• New sourcebooks are coming soon.
• 256 pages – $36.99 retail – Cat. No. 700HC – available now.

HARDCOVER Palladium Fantasy RPG^®, 2nd Edition – available now

A fantasy setting like no other, rich in history and inviting adventure. Not only are you able to play iconic fantasy heroes like the Wizard, Knight, Paladin, Ranger, Thief, Assassin, and others, but also characters such as the Mind Mage, Druid, Diabolist, Summoner and many others. Moreover, play an array of nonhuman characters from Elves and Dwarves to Wolfen, Changelings, Kobolds, Orcs, Ogres, and many others.

• The hardcover is exactly the same as the softcover edition.
• Color cover, same art, variant logo, hardcover.
• 25+ Occupational Character Classes (O.C.C.s).
• 14+ inhuman player races (more in sourcebooks).
• 300+ magic spells.
• 60 magical Wards. 50 magic circles.
• Dozens of magic items potions and more.
• 70+ psychic powers, the Mind Mage, and more.
• Weapons, gear, demons and adventure ideas.
• New sourcebooks like Land of the Damned 3, Lopan, and others are coming.
• 336 pages – $39.99 retail – Cat. No. 450HC – available now.

HARDCOVER Heroes Unlimited^™ RPG, 2nd Edition – available now

The Heroes Unlimited™ RPG has been a hit RPG for 30+ years because it enables you to create any type of comic book hero you can imagine. Make characters pulled right from any comic book you grew up with and love, or design your own league of extraordinary heroes.

If you seek comic book heroic adventure, Heroes Unlimited™ does the job on an epic scale. Plus a dozen sourcebooks provide you with more super abilities, hero categories, bad guys and adventures.

• The hardcover is exactly the same as the softcover edition.
• Color cover, same art, variant logo on the hardcover.
• Create any type of hero you can imagine.
• 101 super abilities plus a multitude of sub-powers within them, bonuses and special combat capabilities.
• 100+ magic spells plus enchanted weapons and objects.
• 72 psychic powers.
• Enchanted weapons that instill super abilities.
• Mega-Heroes and immortals.
• Alien super beings.
• Bionics and cyborgs.
• Psionics and Psychics.
• Robots and power armor.
• Masters of magic, wizards and spell casters.
• Mutants and Super Soldiers possessing super abilities.
• Inventors, super-geniuses and super-vehicles.
• Special Training: Martial arts, Sleuths, weapons, more.
• Cover by comic book legend Jim Steranko.
• Art by Ramon K. Perez, Paulo Parente, Mike Gustovich, and others.
• Written by Kevin Siembieda.
• 352 pages for a complete RPG – $39.99 retail – Cat. No. 500HC – available now.

UPDATE: Rifts^® CS Manhunters – May release

This fun book will please a lot of people. Heck, it is worth it for the 50 NEW psionic abilities and CS Manhunter O.C.C.s alone. Each Manhunter is an intriguing player character or dangerous NPC assassin bounty hunter. Rifts® CS Manhunters also reveals secrets about Dog Boys and Kill Hounds, other CS psychics, Psi-Ops, and the role many play in the Minion War™, as well as revisiting the Seven Dangers Prophecy (first introduced in Rifts® Sourcebook 2: The Mechanoids®), some fun gadgets and implants, and more. As good as CS Manhunters was, I had been struggling with aspects of it. When I finally made a breakthrough on that front everything fell into place and it is all coming together beautifully. Source material that should give both players and Game Masters plenty to work with. All of it building toward something epic.

As for the question of who watches the watchmen? (Meaning the Coalition military and its elite.) The answer is, the CS Manhunters. A secret division under the auspices of Psi-Battalion. Super-patriots, spies and assassins all rolled into one. Men and women who not only hunt the most dangerous spies, fugitives, and enemies of the Coalition States, but also protect the Emperor and hunt down traitors within the Coalition States. An elite force of expert manhunters and cold-blooded killing machines who use psionic abilities as part of their arsenal, follow orders without question, and kill without hesitation.

• New Coalition Psychic O.C.C.s.
• 50+ new psionic abilities and revisits of some favorites.
• CS Manhunter Divner and Precog.
• CS Manhunter Psi-Interrogator and Psi-Enforcer.
• CS Manhunter Bursters and Zappers.
• CS Manhunter Psi-Healers and CS Slayers.
• CS Manhunter Killhound and Dog Boy O.C.C.s.
• CS Manhunter Mind Melters, the deadliest of them all.
• CS Manhunter squads and special operations.
• Insight about Coalition psychics and secretive Psi-Ops.
• The impact of the demon plagues unleashed by the Minion War.
• Player Characters, NPCS, background info, adventure ideas, and more.
• 96-128 pages – $17.99 retail – Cat. No. 894 – In production and nearing completion.

UPDATE: Creature Feature^™, a Beyond the Supernatural^™ sourcebook

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

• A gallery of supernatural creatures. Some new. Some familiar, updated and expanded. All terrifying.
• Rules clarifications and errata.
• Game Master source material and advice on rules, psychic abilities, proximity and threat levels, I.S.P. multipliers, and more.
• Advice about running modern horror RPGs and using supernatural creatures in your games.
• Lots of adventure ideas, including an updated and expanded full adventure, “The Squatter.”
• New background and setting information for the BTS setting and a few surprises.
• Written by Steven Dawes, Kevin Siembieda, and others.
• Art by Steven Cummings, Nick Bradshaw and others.
• 160-192 pages – $22.99 or $26.99 depending on final size – Cat. No. 704.

UPDATE: Rifts^® Titan Robotics^™

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

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

• New Giant Robots.
• New Power Armor, equipment and accessories.
• 30+ power armors and robots, plus other equipment.
• New weapons, gear and vehicles.
• Titan Robotics Corporation and structure.
• Archie’s secret kingdom and plans for the future.
• New O.C.C.s and key Non-Player Characters (NPCs).
• Android executives, security and much more.
• Wellington Industries, campaign prompts and more.
• Art by Walton, Cummings, Atkins, and others. Cover by Mike Majestic.
• Written by Matthew Clements and Kevin Siembieda.
• 160-192 pages (tentative) – $22.99 retail (or $26.99) – Cat. No. 899.

UPDATE: Rifts^® Bestiary^™ Volume Two

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

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

• Monsters and animals of Rifts North America organized into big, easy to use sourcebooks.
• Updated and expanded descriptions and information for each existing monster.
• Updated and uniform stat blocks.
• New exotic creatures – predators, exotic riding animals, beasts of burden, alien horrors, giant insects, and more.
• A map for every creature showing where it is found.
• Easily adapted to any Palladium setting – Palladium Fantasy®, Chaos Earth®, Splicers®, Phase World®, the Three Galaxies™, The Mechanoids®, Heroes Unlimited™/Aliens Unlimited™, and others.
• Basic S.D.C. stats included with each creature description.
• Fully illustrated, with art by Charles Walton II, Ramon Perez, Robert Atkins, and many others. Written by Kevin Siembieda.
• 256 pages each volume – $26.99 – Cat. No. 897 (Volume Two).

FINAL DAYS – DriveThruRPG.com SALE – the BIG Sci-Fi Sale – more than 200 Palladium titles (and many others) ON SALE – your source for 300+ Palladium RPG titles, novels, paper miniatures and endless adventure

More than 200 PDF Palladium titles are on sale right now. Save up to 33% while you explore the Megaverse®. This is a great way to try new settings, develop new adventures and bring fun to your gaming table. Remember, aliens and mutants make great monsters to drop into most settings, and titles like Megaverse® Builder™ and Aliens Unlimited™ Galaxy Guide provide rules for creating alien worlds, people and spacecraft. The sale is happening right now so do not miss out on the big Sci-Fi Sale. It ENDS Monday morning, May 17, 2021.

• Rifts®
• Rifts® Dimension Books
• Rifts® Chaos Earth®
• Heroes Unlimited™
• Aliens Unlimited™
• The Mechanoids®
• Splicers®
• And more PDF role-playing titles from DriveThruRPG.com – thru May 17. The physical books are available from PalladiumBooks.com.

More than 300 RPG products including: Garden of the Gods™ (Fantasy) sourcebook – a toy box of gods, magical blessings, ancient artifacts, and hundreds of opportunities, quests, and adventure ideas for players and Game Masters alike. Here, all gods are equal and many a forgotten god seeks to be rediscovered and worshiped by offering blessings, vision quests, and magical artifacts to potential heroes to champion their name.

• 212 Blessings. 101 magic artifacts.
• 45 forgotten gods. Each god offers adventure hooks.
• 100+ random quests and encounters. Godly insight & visitations.
• Restore forgotten gods to power. Become a Champion of the Gods.
• 50+ Curses and dark magic. Five Old Ones weapons of destruction.
• The Garden of the Gods and its protectors.
• Ghosts, Faeries, mysteries, and ancient secrets.
• Easily adapted to Rifts®, Phase World® and any game system.
• 224 pages of wonder and adventure by Kevin Siembieda and Matthew Clements – Cat. No. 475. PDF available on DriveThruRPG.com – the physical book is available from PalladiumBooks.com.

Rifts® Novels: Duty’s Edge – The lone surviving soldier from a New German Republic Special Forces operation struggles to complete the mission on his own. A stand-alone Rifts® novel complete in itself. 236 pages, Cat. No. 308. The Cosmo-Knight and The Reckoning (Phase World®, the Three Galaxies, and Cosmo-Knights), the Rifts® trilogy of novels: Sonic Boom, Deception’s Web, and Treacherous Awakenings, as well as the Rifts® Anthology: Tales of the Chi-Town ‘Burbs (11 authors), Machinations of Doom (graphic novel by Ramon K. Perez), and Path of the Storm (a proposed Rifts® movie script) and 300+ other Palladium Books RPG titles.

Also available: Free Garden of the Gods™ (Fantasy) and Rifts® Bestiary™ Volume One Sneak Previews, and the Palladium Fantasy RPG® Interactive Character Sheet: A Microsoft Excel-based character management system. Packed with features and data collected from every official Palladium Fantasy sourcebook to enable you to create Fantasy characters quickly (25 minutes!) and help you to update and manage them for years to come.

Dead Reign® Paper Miniatures Volume Three: Zombies, Dead Reign® Paper Miniatures Volume Two: Civilians and Dead Reign® Paper Miniatures Volume One: Survivors. There are also paper miniatures for Heroes Unlimited™, Palladium Fantasy® and Rifts®. A new, up-to-date, PDF Palladium Books Catalog. Nightbane® Dark Designs™ sourcebook with 60 new Common Talents, 38 new Elite Talents, 18 new Morphus Tables, all other Morphus Tables collected and more. Systems Failure™ RPG, a 160 page RPG that deals with alien invasion and a post-apocalypse setting that is fun and dynamic. Civilization is on the verge of collapse when the so-called “bugs” invade and turn humans into zombie-like slaves. Monsters, heroes and fun. A complete RPG and setting. Rifts® World Book 34: Northern Gun™ Two: 256 pages of technology and fun. 30+ power armors, 30+ body armors, 15 combat vehicles, 45 vehicles (hovercycles, etc.), 10 robot haulers, the Robodome and more. Bizantium and the Northern Islands™: the northernmost part of the Known World, the Cold Born, Necromancy ships made from dead sea serpents, 15 creatures, Random Sea Monster Generator, and more. Rifts® Northern Gun™ One. This fan favorite might be thought of as the big book of giant robots – an in-depth look at Northern Gun, 70+ weapons, 27 robots, NG O.C.C.s, key people and places, and much more. Mysteries of Magic™ Book One: The Heart of Magic™ with Wizards, their Apprentices, nearly 60 new magic spells and remember, magic and monsters in the Fantasy RPG are easily adapted to Rifts®, Chaos Earth®, HU2 and other settings. Wolfen Empire™ Fantasy sourcebook, the Great Northern Wilderness and Killer Winters, 12 Wolfen Tribes, Wolfen military and society, 15+ creatures, 5 full adventures, 101 adventure ideas, random encounter tables, notable people, places, plus FREE Sneak Previews of The Rifter® #80, The Rifter® #81, The Rifter® #82, and more on DriveThruRPG.com.

• Rifts® is a genre-bending setting that combines science fiction, fantasy, horror, post-apocalypse survival, magic, and endless possibilities for adventure. Imagine a near perfect world of advanced technology 100 years in the future. Then imagine that world crashing down overnight in an apocalyptic upheaval not seen since the formation of the planet. A Great Cataclysm caused by the explosive return of magic. Now fast forward 300 years into the future where magic, dragons, and mythic gods coexist with cyborgs, giant robots and super-science rediscovered from humanity’s Golden Age as humans rise from a lengthy Dark Age. But they must contend with countless alien life forms, monsters, and supernatural horrors from beyond the Rifts.
• Rifts® core titles we would suggest: Rifts® Ultimate Edition, Rifts® Game Master Guide, Rifts® Book of Magic, Rifts® Adventure Guide, D-Bees of North America™, Rifts® World Book 11: Coalition War Campaign and Rifts® Sourcebook One. Note: The Rifts® RPG, 1st Edition and Rifts® Ultimate, 2nd Edition are both available.
• 80+ Rifts® supplements, most of them available as PDFs with more coming. Where to start? Wherever sounds fun.
• Rifts® Dimension Books™: Travel to alien worlds and dimensions via the Rifts for off-world adventure and intrigue.
• Rifts® Chaos Earth® RPG and sourcebook series (all). 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.
• FREE Sneak Previews for Nightbane® Dark Designs™, Rifts® Secrets of the Atlanteans™, Rifts® CS Heroes of Humanity, and many other previews as well as free and low cost items that we make available. All of it adds to the growing list of Rifts and other Palladium RPG game titles available as PDF books, cards and support. A new title should be added every week or two, so keep watching for them.
• The Rifter® #1-84, ALL issues of The Rifter®. Each issue is a wealth of source material and ideas for 3-6 different Palladium game lines. Most are easily adapted to ANY Palladium game setting. Each issue a gem. 8,500 pages of source material and ideas for heroes, villains, monsters, magic, gear, and adventure.
• Splicers® RPG is like Iron Man meets Game of Thrones with elements of Terminator – except this army of Iron Men are clad in living body armor and wield living, organic weapons and devices. Created in 2004 by writer and game designer Carmen Bellaire, Splicers® was nominated for an Inquest Gamer Magazine Fan Awards Game of the Year, and has since developed a rabid fan base. Science fiction and horror where humans are forced to use genetically engineered, living weapons and organic war machines to battle an insane Artificial Intelligence and her robot legions. Unlike anything you have ever played before!
• Splicers®: I Am Legion™ Adventure Sourcebook: 6 new Great Houses, 4 new Host Armors, 6 new War Mounts, 19 new Bio-Weapons, 15 new killer machines, new Bio-Enhancements, Amalgam creation tables, Legion and a series of adventures that build into a small campaign, and more.
• Palladium Fantasy RPG®, 1st Edition Rules and sourcebooks. A unique world of magic, monsters and heroes. Dozens of nonhuman player characters including Wolfen, Bearmen, Ogres, Orcs and more. 100,000 years of history.
• Palladium Fantasy RPG®, 2nd Edition Rules and many sourcebooks. The expanded world of high fantasy, magic, mystery and heroes of every variety. Includes the Mind Mage and psychic abilities, mages and spells, magic circles and symbols, men-at-arms, scoundrels and a wide range of inhuman player characters including Wolfen, Bearmen, Ogres, Orcs and many more. 100,000 years of history.
• Heroes Unlimited™ RPG first edition rule book and sourcebooks.
• Heroes Unlimited™ RPG Second Edition rule book and sourcebooks. Create any type of superhuman you can desire and bring comic book adventures to life.
• Dead Reign® RPG (Zombie Apocalypse). The dead have risen. It is the battle for survival in the zombie apocalypse, but this setting is much more than your typical zombie game. Play ordinary people or special characters better equipped to survive and hunt zombies. Many unusual types of zombies.
• Dead Reign® Sourcebooks: 6 sourcebooks from Civilization Gone™ to Hell Followed™ (the latter features stats for 23 disasters, masked lunatics, 11 new zombies, 7 apocalyptic character classes, and more) are available.
• Beyond the Supernatural™ RPG, 1st Edition Rules. Supernatural horror in the modern world. Play ordinary people, psychics, paranormal investigators or for something different: Victim Characters!
• Beyond the Supernatural™ RPG, 2nd Edition: The complete, revised core game, 14 character classes and 42 occupations for “ordinary people,” 100+ psychic abilities, 16 monsters, the Lazlo Agency, world setting and rules.
• Nightbane® RPG and sourcebooks. An RPG setting we call superhero horror. Dark conspiracy, a secret, demon invasion starting with world leaders and law enforcement, and it is spreading. The player characters are the Nightbane®, reluctant superhumans who must turn into monsters themselves to unleash their powers and battle the evil that is clear only to them. A dark, sinister and challenging world of horror.
• After the Bomb® RPG and sourcebooks. Planet of the Apes meets the X-Men! Animal creations, powers and more. Create any type of intelligent mutant animal you can imagine as friend or foe.
• Ninjas & Superspies™ RPG and the Mystic China™ sourcebook. James Bond meets Enter the Dragon. 41 types of martial arts, ninjas, and super-spies with gadgets, gizmos and advanced weapons.
• The Mechanoid Invasion® Trilogy RPG is a long time, cult favorite with a fatalistic world-view of humans vs aliens with superior technology.
• The Palladium Weapon Series of real world weapons, armor and castles throughout history. Designed for use with ANY game system.
• 200+ Palladium titles in all, plus G.M. kits, paper miniatures and more.
• Heroes Unlimited™ Paper Miniatures – Two sets are now available!
• Palladium Fantasy RPG® Paper Miniatures – Volumes #1-6 are available now. More are coming in the weeks ahead.
• Rifts® Paper Miniatures: Men at Arms – $2.99
• Rifts® Paper Miniatures: Coalition Dead Boys – $2.99
• Rifts® Paper Miniatures: Adventurers – $2.99
• Rifts® Paper Miniatures: Practitioners of Magic (new) – $2.99
• Rifts® Paper Miniatures: Extras (new) – $2.99
• And more to come in the weeks ahead.

Palladium Collectibles, Negatives, Artwork, other Collectibles and Toys are always available in Kevin’s Online Toy & Collectibles eBay Store along with other good things

My eBay store is one of the few places where you can find original artwork by Charles “Chuck” Walton, Kevin Long, and others, as well as one-of-a-kind negatives from classic Rifts® and other Palladium RPG books (they look awesome framed!), rare Palladium collector hardcovers, signed books, other Palladium memorabilia, toys from my personal collection and other collectibles. Check every couple of weeks because we often post new stuff or offer a new sale. There is a sale on negatives starting today, in fact.

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

Available now: One-of-a-kind book negatives. Negatives were very popular items at the Palladium Open House and people went crazy over them at Gen Con – including actor Joe Manganiello who scooped up a pile of TMNT negatives, while Palladium’s own Mark Oberle, Carmen Bellaire, Brandon Aten and a whole lot of Palladium gamers went for negatives from Rifts® New West, Lone Star and Free Quebec. Fun.

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

When our printer, McNaughton and Gunn, went completely digital, they asked if Palladium Books wanted the negs, otherwise they would be destroyed. Regrettably, I let a few dozen be destroyed, but the negatives of many books were sent to Palladium. They have sat in our warehouse for years until I started to offer them for sale. I have also started signing the negatives in silver and each comes with a Certificate of Authenticity. Each negative comes on a white board inside a plastic magazine bag and looks fabulous framed! Fits in an 8×10 inch matt opening in a frame (each neg is roughly 8½ x 11 inches).

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

Closing Thoughts – Focused and Productive

I am trying to finish up Rifts® CS Manhunters so I am keeping this super-short. Please continue to enjoy the new hardcover editions, order your Rifts® Commemorative Hardcover (coming soon), enjoy some of the many PDFs on sale from the DriveThruRPG Sci-Fi Sale, take a peak at my fun interview on Roleplayer With A Thousand Faces, and Sean Roberson’s chat on the Murder Hobo Twitch channel. Funny that there were two major Rifts® events this week. Doing my live interview reminded me just how much I love what I do and the people I do it for. That would be you, the best gamers and fans on the planet. Thank you for your years of love and support. Please stay awesome and game on.

– Kevin Siembieda, Publisher, Writer, Friend

NEW! Miniature Releases – Available now

You have been asking about new miniatures and we are providing. All miniatures come in a plastic bag. The newest three are:

Rifts® Glitter Boy™ & Pilot (original) Miniature Pack – 1st time available in resin – 28 mm resin – $19.99 retail – Cat. No. MI8001. Five Pieces: 1. Complete G.B. body and a small base, 2. right arm and Boom Gun, 3. backpack/thrusters, 4. ammo drum and belt, and 5. pilot. The ever-popular, classic Glitter Boy and Pilot (1993 RAFM) – now in resin for the first time (prior releases were pewter figures). Available now.

NEW! Rifts® CS Firebreather Dead Boy™ Miniature – true scale 32 mm resin – $9.99 retail – Cat. No. MI8047. Five pieces: 1. the body, 2. right arm and gun, 3. left arm, 4. antenna, 5. custom base. Detailed and dynamic figure. Available now.

NEW! Rifts® Juicer™ Miniature – true scale 32 mm resin – $9.99 retail – Cat. No. MI8048. Three pieces: 1. the complete body, 2. crossed swords on the back that fit so snugly that you may not even need to glue it, 3. custom base. Detailed and dynamic figure. Available now.

And don’t forget about the Deluxe Rifts® Glitter Boy Resin Miniature – released in fall 2020 – 32 mm resin – $34.99 retail – Cat. No. MI8046 – a gorgeous, detailed and dynamic figure. Available now.

Rifts^® Novels – Available now

All Rifts® novels are available from the Palladium Books online store as physical books as well as PDFs from DriveThruRPG.com. All are a fun read and highly recommended. Enjoy.

• All novels are 5 x 8 inches in size unless otherwise indicated.
• Page count and price varies.
• Available as physical books from palladiumbooks.com and as PDFs on DriveThruRPG.com
• Rifts® Duty’s Edge is the story of a lone survivor of a New German Republic Special Forces operation who struggles to complete the mission on his own. A mission to destroy wicked monsters and cut off a vital line of support to the Gargoyle Empire. A mission that could save many lives. Of course, it is a journey that takes many twists and turns as one determined individual hopes to beat impossible odds. Set in the Middle East. 236 pages – $12.99 retail – Cat. No. 308 – the newest, stand alone novel.
• Rifts® Sonic Boom™. Follow the exploits of a CS platoon sworn to protect humankind from all threats, be they aliens, dragons, masters of magic or fellow humans out for themselves.
• Rifts® Deception’s Web™, the second novel in this trilogy, reveals a conspiracy within the Coalition military that could spell disaster for our protagonists. Note: Smaller size, 4 x 6 inches.
• Rifts® Treacherous Awakenings™ is the pulse-pounding conclusion of the third novel in this epic trilogy by Adam Chilson.
• Rifts Anthology: Tales of the Chi-Town ‘Burbs™. Rifts® short stories by 11 authors including Kevin Siembieda, Carl Gleba, Mark Oberle, Braden Campbell, Taylor White, Jason Richards, and others. Note: Slightly larger size, 6 x 9 inches.
• Rifts® Machinations of Doom™ Graphic Novel & Sourcebook. The comic is by acclaimed Eisner Award winning artist Ramon K. Perez, source material by Siembieda and Perez. Note: 8½ x 11 inches.
• Rifts® Path of the Storm was a Rifts® movie script written on spec. Note: 8½ x 11 inches.
• Rifts® Hammer of the Forge™, Volume One: The Cosmo-Knight. The adventures of Caleb Vulcan, newly minted Knight of the Cosmic Forge.
• Rifts® Hammer of the Forge™, Volume Two: The Reckoning. The epic conclusion of the Hammer of the Forge story.

Gamer 16 Ounce Mug – available now

Whether you drink coffee, hot cocoa, soda-pop, or whatever your beverage of choice may be, this fun mug reminds you of your favorite pastime and that new possibilities exist with every roll of the dice.

The large, 16 ounce Gamer mug presents the word “Gamer” in a box with dice cascading down from above. The design appears on both sides of the mug. Created by Wayne Smith and Freddie Williams II (art directed by Kevin Siembieda). The mug has an orange interior to add a nice splash of color.

• A must for every proud gamer!
• Dice and the word “Gamer” highlighted in a box.
• Glossy black exterior with an orange interior.
• Art and words are located on both sides of the mug.
• 16 ounce ceramic mug.
• Dishwasher and microwave safe.
• $10.99 retail – Cat. No. 2596 – available now.

BACK IN STOCK! Property of the Coalition States 16 Ounce Mug – available now

Back due to popular demand! The iconic Property of the Coalition States and notorious CS Death’s Head insignia printed white on a glossy black, 16 ounce coffee mug, with a blood red interior for a splash of color. The design appears on both sides of the mug. Created by Wayne Smith and Kevin Long (art directed by Kevin Siembieda).

• The infamous words “Property of the Coalition States” and the notorious Death’s Head logo and lightning bolts (indicating CS special forces) in white.
• Glossy black exterior with a blood red interior color.
• Art and words are located on both sides of the mug.
• 16 ounce ceramic mug.
• Dishwasher and microwave safe.
• $10.99 retail – Cat. No. 2588 – available now.

Other Mugs Available Now

Everyone loves these mugs. Isn’t it time you started your collection? I like to use them to as a secret code to reflect my mood to those around me. To my thinking the Gamer mug means I’m feeling playful. Rifts® Property of the Coalition States: I’m a soldier in the trenches and working hard. Dead Reign®: Back off or I will eat you alive. Fantasy Dragon: My imagination is on fire. Rifts Logo: Feeling the infinite possibilities. Rifts® Titan Robotics: I’m feeling mighty. Of course, they represent something else to each of you or just represent one of your favorite games, like a normal person.

• Rifts® Titan Robotics™ Mug – A dynamic Titan robot and the Rifts® logo. Art by Steven Cummings. White on a glossy black, 16 ounce ceramic mug with a blue interior. Dishwasher and microwave safe. $10.99 retail – Cat. No. 2595 – available now.
• Rifts® Logo Coffee Mug – The famous Rifts® logo in white on a glossy black, 16 ounce ceramic mug with a blue interior. Logo by Kevin Long. Dishwasher and microwave safe. $10.99 retail – Cat. No. 2587 – available now.
• Palladium Fantasy RPG® Dragon Mug – The famous red on black 3-headed hydra battling a knight from the iconic original Palladium Fantasy RPG cover. Art by Kevin Siembieda. Red on a glossy black, 16 ounce ceramic mug with an attractive orange interior. Dishwasher and microwave safe. $10.99 retail – Cat. No. 2589 – available now.
• Dead Reign® (Zombie Attack) Mug – A trio of hungry zombies and the Dead Reign® logo in white on a glossy black, 16 ounce ceramic mug with a blood red interior for a splash of color. Art by Steven Cummings. Dishwasher and microwave safe. $10.99 retail – Cat. No. 2594 – available now.

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

By Kevin Siembieda

Another productive week is drawing to a close and a lot is happening here in the fantasy realm of Palladium Books. We have been pulling orders and shipping like crazy, and have 2 new sales going. I have also been writing away, approving art for Rifts® Savage Worlds®, and juggling all manner of projects. That has included working with people to rev up our social media presence and getting Rifts®, Palladium Fantasy RPG®, Heroes Unlimited, BTS, Splicers®, and other Palladium settings developed for Fantasy Grounds.

SALE! Physical books on sale from Palladium Books. Rifts® Ultimate Edition, all Rifts® Dimension Books, The Mechanoids®, and more are on sale for one week. This sale was inspired by “May the 4th” – For those of you who don’t know, I am a big Star Wars® fan. We event went after the license in the 1980s, but West End Games had deeper pockets and finally outbid us. Yet for some reason, “May the 4th” almost always slips my mind as Star Wars Day. Well, not this year. I wore my Star Wars® T-shirt and the special day has inspired me to give you a galaxy sprawling SALE of space opera and science fiction. See the full details below.

SALE! DriveThruRPG.com PDF books SALE! More than 200 PDF Palladium titles are on sale right now. Save up to 33% while you explore the Megaverse®. This is a great way to try new settings, develop new adventures and bring fun to you gaming table. It is happening right now so do not miss out on the big Sci-Fi Sale.

NEWS: Live Interview with me, Kevin Siembieda. I am also going to be doing a podcast/video interview with Matt Yanick at Roleplayer With A Thousand Faces on Monday, May 10. I believe this will be a live event, but it will also be recorded for your viewing enjoyment anytime. If you have not discovered this excellent YouTube interview show, you should check it out. He has already done interviews with Jeff Grub (D&D, etc.), Cody Pondsmith (R.Talsorian Games), Jeff Easley (D&D artist), and Bill Willingham (Fables and Elementals comics creator), among others, and does a great job.

Roleplayer With a Thousand Faces – Kevin Siembieda Interview: https://youtu.be/OKP-Lz33ljk

NEW! The next three hardcovers arrived on Monday and look great. They are Rifts® Game Master Guide Hardcover (Cat. No. 845HC, $39.99 retail), Rifts® Book of Magic Hardcover (Cat. No. 848HC, $39.99 retail), and Rifts® Adventure Guide Hardcover (Cat. No. 849HC, $36.99 retail). If you had a preorder for them sitting here, they went out on Monday or Tuesday. The only exception are orders that are waiting for one of the Rifts® 30th Commemorative hardcovers. Sales of the hardcover G.M.’s Guide and Book of Magic are neck and neck, with the Adventure Guide not far behind them.

STILL HOT and available now! Palladium Fantasy RPG® Hardcover (Cat. No. 450HC, $39.99 retail), Heroes Unlimited™ RPG Hardcover (Cat. No. 500HC, $39.99 retail), and Beyond the Supernatural™ RPG Hardcover (Cat. No. 700HC, $39.99 retail) remain popular and are also available now.

The next fun release: Rifts® 30th Commemorative Hardcovers – ship later in May. Both editions went to the printer last week and we already approved the digital proofs on Monday! These books look fabulous. Based upon the tremendous excitement and positive feedback we have received from those who have seen the extra 32 page color section with never before seen concept drawings, color roughs, and the fun history I wrote, you should love these books.

The Parkinson Cover Rifts® 30th Hardcover (Cat. No. 800HC30, $49.99) and the Rifts® 30th Gold Edition (Cat. No. 8000HC30, $75) are described below and in the Palladium online store. If you have ever played and enjoyed Rifts®, either one of these attractive keepsake hardcovers will bring the memories roaring back and will hold a special place on your bookshelf. The Rifts® Commemorative is certainly special to us. It includes something of a tribute to some of the most notable people who helped make Rifts® possible, as well as a shout out to some of the important people we have lost over the years.

Please note that the signed and numbered Rifts® 30th Gold Edition is limited to only 200 copies, the least ever for a Rifts® RPG Hardcover. According to Kathy, they are going fast, which insures they should become an instant collector’s item. (The original Rifts® Gold, released in 1995, had a press run of 500 copies and sold for $50. Today it sells for $600 to $1,000 if you can even find one.) The edition with the iconic Parkinson color cover is not a limited edition, but we do not know how long we will keep it in print. Certainly we will keep this drop-dead gorgeous edition available through the year.

We did a few things to make both Rifts® Commemorative Editions a little different. The Parkinson Cover Hardcover has a different end sheet and, of course, the color cover. The Rifts® Gold Commemorative has the dynamic Kevin Long cover stamped in gold foil, two different end sheets and six additional pages of color, as well as being signed and numbered by me and the staff. Both have the sprawling gallery of 160+ covers, history, and much of the same cool artwork. If you know you want one or both of these fun books, we recommend you order sooner than later. We do not have an exact ship date from the printer yet, and though we are anticipating a mid-May release, I told them to make the books perfect and NOT to rush them. Regardless, we expect to receive them no later than the end of May. Hopefully sooner.

SALE of Galactic Proportions – one week only – Palladium Books

Looking to battle the forces of intergalactic tyranny? Feeling like exploring new worlds, new civilizations? Then get ready to warp into adventure. This sale puts galaxies far, far away at your fingertips. Remember, alien invaders also make great monsters and villains (and unlikely heroes) for most game settings.

• Rifts® Ultimate Edition Hardcover – Cat. No. 800HC – The core rules to one of the most unique settings in gaming. Science fiction, fantasy, horror, human augmentation and more all rolled into one epic setting. Everything you need for Rifts Earth and any Rifts® Dimension Book.
• ALL 16 Rifts® Dimension Books™> – From Wormwood™ (battle for the soul of humanity on a living planet), Phase World® (your first step into the Three Galaxies), and Skraypers™ (superhumans battle alien invaders) to Thundercloud Galaxy™, Secrets of the Atlanteans, and the Minion War starting in Hades and Dyval.
• Rifts® Sourcebook 2: The Mechanoids® – Cat. No. 805 – The Mechanoids® could invade Rifts Earth unless you and Archie Three can stop them!
• Mechanoid Invasion® RPG Trilogy – Cat. No. 400 – The three RPG books that launched Palladium Books collected in one edition and legions of deadly Mechanoids, their world devouring spaceship, aliens and more. A complete RPG.
• Mutants in Orbit™ Rifts® and After the Bomb® sourcebook – Cat. No. 514 – Mutant insects, space stations, moon base, Archie-7, and more.
• Aliens Unlimited™ sourcebook for Heroes Unlimited – Cat. No. 515 – 85 alien races, 15 monsters, weapons and more – easily adapted to Rifts®, Phase World®, and most Palladium settings.
• Aliens Unlimited® Galaxy Guide sourcebook for Heroes Unlimited – Cat. No. 519 – more aliens, space combat, planet creation rules, and more – easily adapted to Rifts®, Phase World®, and most Palladium settings.
• The Palladium SALE runs now thru May 12. It ends after midnight Wednesday, May 12, 2021.
• DriveThruRPG.com SALE! All of these titles and 200+ more are on SALE as PDF books from DriveThruRPG.com – it ends May 17.

Rifts^® Ultimate Edition – Cat. No. 800HC – Available now

This big, 376 page role-playing game is everything you need to start playing Rifts®. Just add some dice, some players, and a heaping helping of imagination and you are ready to go.

If you have never played the rich, unpredictable, genre-melding Rifts® setting, you are missing epic adventure that never grows old, because anything is possible. No other RPG blends science fiction, fantasy, horror, and post-apocalyptic adventure with demons and aliens, robots and cyborgs, magic and the supernatural in such a plausible and dynamic way. A setting that lets you play any type and style of game you can imagine. With characters like Dragon Hatchlings, Cyber-Knights, Glitter Boys, Ley Line Walkers, Techno-Wizards, and Juicers that challenge the imagination. And those are just a tiny handful of the O.C.C.s you can play in Rifts®. Not to mention hundreds of different alien, supernatural, magical, and other beings available as player characters. All of it set on an Earth that is both familiar and as alien as a thousand different planets. So check it out, build your character, start a campaign, and watch your characters become legends.

• 30+ player characters to choose from; tech, magic, or psychic.
• Cyborgs, robot and power armor pilots, Scout, Assassin, and more.
• 140+ magic spells, plus Techno-Wizards, Shifters, and more.
• 90 psionic powers and psychic characters.
• Sourcebooks offer hundreds of different alien, supernatural beings, creatures of magic, and other beings, many available as player characters.
• There has never been another RPG quite like Rifts®.
• 376 page hardcover, some color – $41.99 retail – Cat. No. 800HC – available now.

NEW! Rifts^® Game Master Guide^™ Hardcover – Available now

The Rifts® Game Master Guide™ hardcover is a massive, 352 page reference book with short stats and descriptions for every Rifts® robot, power armor, body armor, vehicle, weapon, gadget, skill, experience table, and map that appears in Rifts® World Books 1-23 and Sourcebooks 1-4, plus a bionics index, an O.C.C.s and R.C.C.s index, rules clarifications, combat examples, advice on how to run a game and more.

• 500+ weapons.
• 290 pieces of equipment.
• 180+ vehicles.
• 100+ suits of body armor.
• 80+ suits of power armor.
• 300+ skills, character and D-Bee index, dozens of maps, and more.
• 352 pages – $39.99 retail – Cat. No. 845HC – available now. Also available in softcover.

NEW! Rifts^® Book of Magic^™ Hardcover – Available now

Nearly 1,000 magic spells and 400 magic weapons and devices from across Rifts Earth, plus magic tattoos, herbs, stones, and more. 352 pages of pure magic.

• 900+ magic spells, Elemental Magic, Ley Line Magic, Temporal Magic, Necromancy, Nature Magic, Cloud Magic, Ocean Magic, Biomancy and more.
• Plus Tattoo Magic, Stone Magic, Whalesongs, Conjuring, Nazca Lines.
• 290+ Techno-Wizard weapons and items, including TW Bionics, Automatons, and Iron Juggernauts.
• 80+ other magic items, Rune Weapons, Holy Weapons, Fetishes.
• Bio-Wizard Weapons, the Bio-Borg, Symbiotes, and herbs.
• Magic stones, talismans, magic items of Japan, and more.
• Millennium Tree wands, staves and armor.
• 352 pages – $39.99 retail – Cat. No. 848HC – available now. Also available in softcover.

NEW! Rifts^® Adventure Guide^™ Hardcover – Available now

Inside information to create and run RPG adventures: How to get started, building on ideas, character archetypes, tables for creating Rifts towns and cities, mercenary companies, traveling shows, and player created organizations, plus random Rift tables, information about the Chi-Town ‘Burbs, 32 ‘Burb adventure ideas, another 101 adventure hooks, and still more adventure ideas, and additional player and Game Master tips by Kevin Siembieda, Erick Wujcik, and Bill Coffin.

• 150+ adventure ideas.
• Game Master and player tips from Kevin Siembieda.
• Adventure creation tips from Kevin Siembieda.
• Why and how to use alignments by Kevin Siembieda.
• Tricks of running a large group, G.M. tools, and more.
• Additional Player and G.M. tips from Wujcik and Coffin.
• Overview and info about the CS Chi-Town ‘Burbs.
• 32 adventure ideas in the ‘Burbs.
• Random Dimensional Rifts & other tables.
• Tables for creating towns, merc companies, and traveling shows.
• 192 pages – $36.99 retail – Cat. No. 849HC – available now. Also available in softcover.

Rifts^® RPG – 30th Anniversary Commemorative Hardcover – 1st Edition Rules – Color Cover – At the printer and ships later in May

The Commemorative 30th Anniversary Hardcover is the original first edition Rifts® rule book with the famous Keith Parkinson cover of the Splugorth Slave Barge. Plus extras and color pages featuring fun stuff in the back of the book like notes, concept drawings, color roughs, photographs, and every Rifts® cover. All intended to bring back fond memories.

This book is the result of requests from fans. It was supposed to be one of our 2020 surprises. Then the Covid pandemic struck, our world went sideways, and for a while we shelved it. But the more I talked about it with people behind the scenes, the more I realized people wanted to have a Rifts® 30th Anniversary Hardcover. Especially a commemorative edition with extra material and remembrances in it. With the pandemic still lingering, it feels like the perfect time to offer a fun, nostalgic product to stir up fond memories of grand adventures and fun times.

The Original Rifts® RPG 30th Anniversary Commemorative Hardcover:

• Back in print for the first time in 16 years.
• Color cover of the famous Splugorth Slave Barge by Keith Parkinson.
• A color gallery of 160+ Rifts® covers.
• An extra 32 pages of color.
• Color end sheets.
• Concept art and pencil illustrations often with notes by the artist.
• History of Rifts, personal notes, commentary, and nostalgic material.
• Countless memories, and loads of fun.
• A complete role-playing game.
• This is NOT a signed or numbered limited edition, but we are happy to sign copies at conventions and the Palladium Open House.
• 288 pages – $49.99 retail – Cat. No. 800HC30 – At the printer and ships sometime around May 14 (tentative).

NEW! Rifts^® RPG 30th Anniversary “Gold” Limited Edition Commemorative Hardcover – 1st Edition Rules – At the printer and ships in May

Due to popular demand, we are producing an ultra-limited edition Rifts® “Gold” 30th Anniversary Commemorative Hardcover. Available on a first-come, first served basis, while supplies last. This is the most limited of any previous collector’s edition of the Rifts® RPG – 5,000 copies of Silver, 500 copies of Gold, but only 200 copies for this 30th Anniversary edition – and those earlier editions sell for big bucks today. Availability starts with #1 of 200, so be among the first to order.

Rifts® RPG 30th Anniversary “Gold” Limited Edition:

• 200 signed and numbered – available only from Palladium Books.
• Gold foil cover on a faux leatherette.
• Cover art by Kevin Long. Depicts famous Splugorth Slave Barge.
• Limited to 200 signed and numbered copies, plus a few dozen printer proofs.
• Signed by Kevin Siembieda and available staff.
• An extra 38 pages of color.
• A color gallery of 160+ Rifts® covers.
• Two different, color end sheets in the front and back.
• Concept art and pencil illustrations often with notes by the artist.
• History of Rifts, personal notes, commentary, and nostalgic material.
• Countless memories and loads of fun.
• Otherwise the same as the hardcover with the color cover.
• Available on a first-come, first served basis, while supplies last. Only from Palladium Books.
• 294 pages – $75.00 retail – Cat. No. 8000HC30 – At the printer and ships sometime around May 14 (tentative).

Hardcover Palladium Fantasy RPG^®, Heroes Unlimited^™ & Beyond the Supernatural^™ – available now

These hot sellers are all back in stock and ready to ship, so please keep the orders coming and enjoy. Please note that we intend to keep both these new hardcovers AND the softcover editions in print and available all the time.

Each hardcover RPG book is exactly the same as the softcover edition you may already own and use. Even the color covers are fundamentally the same art with changes to the logos to differentiate them from the softcovers. The main difference is that the rule books you know and love are now available as sturdy hardcovers for longer durability. Note: The softcover editions will also remain in print. We hope you are pleased to see these titles being made available in hardcover as per your many requests. Enjoy. Coming in April: Rifts® G.M. Guide, Rifts® Book of Magic and Rifts® Adventure Guide, with the two different Rifts® 30th Anniversary Commemorative Hardcovers shipping mid-May.

HARDCOVER Beyond the Supernatural^™ RPG, 2nd Edition – Available now

Supernatural horror in the modern world that feels plausible and real. Your characters are the few who know the supernatural is real because they have experienced it face to face. Some are psychics, some are experts in the paranormal or the arcane, and others are ordinary people like you and me. Ordinary people who are never the same after their own close encounter. All of these unlikely heroes stand against supernatural evil in a world of disbelievers who brand them as practitioners of fringe science or lunatics. Only they know the truth: supernatural evil is real and dangerous. And someone has to take a stand to protect the innocent from supernatural evil in whatever hidden form it may take. Are you ready to join the battle?

• The hardcover is exactly the same as the softcover edition.
• Color cover, same art, variant logo, hardcover.
• A plausible modern horror setting that makes sense and will challenge your role-playing skills.
• 14 Psychic Character Classes.
• 42 occupations for “ordinary” people.
• 100+ psychic abilities, including Fire Walker abilities.
• Creatures of darkness, the Lazlo Agency, and more.
• New sourcebooks are coming soon.
• 256 pages – $36.99 retail – Cat. No. 700HC – available now.

HARDCOVER Palladium Fantasy RPG^®, 2nd Edition – available now

A fantasy setting like no other, rich in history and inviting adventure. Not only are you able to play iconic fantasy heroes like the Wizard, Knight, Paladin, Ranger, Thief, Assassin, and others, but also characters such as the Mind Mage, Druid, Diabolist, Summoner and many others. Moreover, play an array of nonhuman characters from Elves and Dwarves to Wolfen, Changelings, Kobolds, Orcs, Ogres, and many others.

• The hardcover is exactly the same as the softcover edition.
• Color cover, same art, variant logo, hardcover.
• 25+ Occupational Character Classes (O.C.C.s).
• 14+ inhuman player races (more in sourcebooks).
• 300+ magic spells.
• 60 magical Wards. 50 magic circles.
• Dozens of magic items potions and more.
• 70+ psychic powers, the Mind Mage, and more.
• Weapons, gear, demons and adventure ideas.
• New sourcebooks like Land of the Damned 3, Lopan, and others are coming.
• 336 pages – $39.99 retail – Cat. No. 450HC – available now.

HARDCOVER Heroes Unlimited^™ RPG, 2nd Edition – available now

The Heroes Unlimited™ RPG has been a hit RPG for 30+ years because it enables you to create any type of comic book hero you can imagine. Make characters pulled right from any comic book you grew up with and love, or design your own league of extraordinary heroes.

If you seek comic book heroic adventure, Heroes Unlimited™ does the job on an epic scale. Plus a dozen sourcebooks provide you with more super abilities, hero categories, bad guys and adventures.

• The hardcover is exactly the same as the softcover edition.
• Color cover, same art, variant logo on the hardcover.
• Create any type of hero you can imagine.
• 101 super abilities plus a multitude of sub-powers within them, bonuses and special combat capabilities.
• 100+ magic spells plus enchanted weapons and objects.
• 72 psychic powers.
• Enchanted weapons that instill super abilities.
• Mega-Heroes and immortals.
• Alien super beings.
• Bionics and cyborgs.
• Psionics and Psychics.
• Robots and power armor.
• Masters of magic, wizards and spell casters.
• Mutants and Super Soldiers possessing super abilities.
• Inventors, super-geniuses and super-vehicles.
• Special Training: Martial arts, Sleuths, weapons, more.
• Cover by comic book legend Jim Steranko.
• Art by Ramon K. Perez, Paulo Parente, Mike Gustovich, and others.
• Written by Kevin Siembieda.
• 352 pages for a complete RPG – $39.99 retail – Cat. No. 500HC – available now.

UPDATE: Rifts^® CS Manhunters – May release

This fun book will please a lot of people. Heck, it is worth it for the 50 NEW psionic abilities and CS Manhunter O.C.C.s alone. Each Manhunter is an intriguing player character or dangerous NPC assassin bounty hunter. Rifts® CS Manhunters also reveals secrets about Dog Boys and Kill Hounds, other CS psychics, Psi-Ops, and the role many play in the Minion War™, as well as revisiting the Seven Dangers Prophecy (first introduced in Rifts® Sourcebook 2: The Mechanoids®), some fun gadgets and implants, and more. As good as CS Manhunters was, I had been struggling with aspects of it. When I finally made a breakthrough on that front everything fell into place and it is all coming together beautifully. Source material that should give both players and Game Masters plenty to work with. All of it building toward something epic.

As for the question of who watches the watchmen? (Meaning the Coalition military and its elite.) The answer is, the CS Manhunters. A secret division under the auspices of Psi-Battalion. Super-patriots, spies and assassins all rolled into one. Men and women who not only hunt the most dangerous spies, fugitives, and enemies of the Coalition States, but also protect the Emperor and hunt down traitors within the Coalition States. An elite force of expert manhunters and cold-blooded killing machines who use psionic abilities as part of their arsenal, follow orders without question, and kill without hesitation.

• New Coalition Psychic O.C.C.s.
• 50+ new psionic abilities and revisits of some favorites.
• CS Manhunter Divner and Precog.
• CS Manhunter Psi-Interrogator and Psi-Enforcer.
• CS Manhunter Bursters and Zappers.
• CS Manhunter Psi-Healers and CS Slayers.
• CS Manhunter Killhound and Dog Boy O.C.C.s.
• CS Manhunter Mind Melters, the deadliest of them all.
• CS Manhunter squads and special operations.
• Insight about Coalition psychics and secretive Psi-Ops.
• The impact of the demon plagues unleashed by the Minion War.
• Player Characters, NPCS, background info, adventure ideas, and more.
• 96-128 pages – $17.99 retail – Cat. No. 894 – In production and nearing completion.

UPDATE: Creature Feature^™, a Beyond the Supernatural^™ sourcebook

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

• A gallery of supernatural creatures. Some new. Some familiar, updated and expanded. All terrifying.
• Rules clarifications and errata.
• Game Master source material and advice on rules, psychic abilities, proximity and threat levels, I.S.P. multipliers, and more.
• Advice about running modern horror RPGs and using supernatural creatures in your games.
• Lots of adventure ideas, including an updated and expanded full adventure, “The Squatter.”
• New background and setting information for the BTS setting and a few surprises.
• Written by Steven Dawes, Kevin Siembieda, and others.
• Art by Steven Cummings, Nick Bradshaw and others.
• 160-192 pages – $22.99 or $26.99 depending on final size – Cat. No. 704.

UPDATE: Rifts^® Titan Robotics^™

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

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

• New Giant Robots.
• New Power Armor, equipment and accessories.
• 30+ power armors and robots, plus other equipment.
• New weapons, gear and vehicles.
• Titan Robotics Corporation and structure.
• Archie’s secret kingdom and plans for the future.
• New O.C.C.s and key Non-Player Characters (NPCs).
• Android executives, security and much more.
• Wellington Industries, campaign prompts and more.
• Art by Walton, Cummings, Atkins, and others. Cover by Mike Majestic.
• Written by Matthew Clements and Kevin Siembieda.
• 160-192 pages (tentative) – $22.99 retail (or $26.99) – Cat. No. 899.

UPDATE: Rifts^® Bestiary^™ Volume Two

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

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

• Monsters and animals of Rifts North America organized into big, easy to use sourcebooks.
• Updated and expanded descriptions and information for each existing monster.
• Updated and uniform stat blocks.
• New exotic creatures – predators, exotic riding animals, beasts of burden, alien horrors, giant insects, and more.
• A map for every creature showing where it is found.
• Easily adapted to any Palladium setting – Palladium Fantasy®, Chaos Earth®, Splicers®, Phase World®, the Three Galaxies™, The Mechanoids®, Heroes Unlimited™/Aliens Unlimited™, and others.
• Basic S.D.C. stats included with each creature description.
• Fully illustrated, with art by Charles Walton II, Ramon Perez, Robert Atkins, and many others. Written by Kevin Siembieda.
• 256 pages each volume – $26.99 – Cat. No. 897 (Volume Two).

NEW on DriveThruRPG.com SALE – the BIG Sci-Fi Sale – more than 200 Palladium titles (and many others) ON SALE – your source for 300+ Palladium RPG titles, novels, paper miniatures and endless adventure

Enjoy a SALE of galactic proportions. Explore new worlds, new civilizations, and warp into adventure. This sale puts galaxies far, far away at your fingertips. Remember, alien invaders also make great monsters and villains (and unlikely heroes) for most game settings.

The DriveThruRPG.com Sale Includes:

• Rifts® Ultimate Edition Hardcover – The core rules to one of the most unique settings in gaming. Science fiction, fantasy, horror, human augmentation and more all rolled into one epic setting. Everything you need for Rifts Earth and any Rifts® Dimension Book.
• ALL 16 Rifts® Dimension Books™ – From Wormwood™ (battle for the soul of humanity on a living planet), Phase World® (your first step into the Three Galaxies), and Skraypers™ (superhumans battle alien invaders) to Thundercloud Galaxy™, Secrets of the Atlanteans, and the Minion War starting in Hades and Dyval.
• Mechanoid Invasion® RPG Trilogy, Splicers®, Chaos Earth®, select issues of the Rifter® and more.
• The DriveThru SALE runs now thru May 17. Note: Many of these titles are also on SALE as physical books from PalladiumBooks.com – enjoy.

More than 300 RPG products including: Garden of the Gods™ (Fantasy) sourcebook – a toy box of gods, magical blessings, ancient artifacts, and hundreds of opportunities, quests, and adventure ideas for players and Game Masters alike. Here, all gods are equal and many a forgotten god seeks to be rediscovered and worshiped by offering blessings, vision quests, and magical artifacts to potential heroes to champion their name.

• 212 Blessings. 101 magic artifacts.
• 45 forgotten gods. Each god offers adventure hooks.
• 100+ random quests and encounters. Godly insight & visitations.
• Restore forgotten gods to power. Become a Champion of the Gods.
• 50+ Curses and dark magic. Five Old Ones weapons of destruction.
• The Garden of the Gods and its protectors.
• Ghosts, Faeries, mysteries, and ancient secrets.
• Easily adapted to Rifts®, Phase World® and any game system.
• 224 pages of wonder and adventure by Kevin Siembieda and Matthew Clements – Cat. No. 475. PDF available on DriveThruRPG.com – the physical book is available from PalladiumBooks.com.

Rifts® Novels: Duty’s Edge – The lone surviving soldier from a New German Republic Special Forces operation struggles to complete the mission on his own. A stand-alone Rifts® novel complete in itself. 236 pages, Cat. No. 308. The Cosmo-Knight and The Reckoning (Phase World®, the Three Galaxies, and Cosmo-Knights), the Rifts® trilogy of novels: Sonic Boom, Deception’s Web, and Treacherous Awakenings, as well as the Rifts® Anthology: Tales of the Chi-Town ‘Burbs (11 authors), Machinations of Doom (graphic novel by Ramon K. Perez), and Path of the Storm (a proposed Rifts® movie script) and 300+ other Palladium Books RPG titles.

Also available: Free Garden of the Gods™ (Fantasy) and Rifts® Bestiary™ Volume One Sneak Previews, and the Palladium Fantasy RPG® Interactive Character Sheet: A Microsoft Excel-based character management system. Packed with features and data collected from every official Palladium Fantasy sourcebook to enable you to create Fantasy characters quickly (25 minutes!) and help you to update and manage them for years to come.

Dead Reign® Paper Miniatures Volume Three: Zombies, Dead Reign® Paper Miniatures Volume Two: Civilians and Dead Reign® Paper Miniatures Volume One: Survivors. There are also paper miniatures for Heroes Unlimited™, Palladium Fantasy® and Rifts®. A new, up-to-date, PDF Palladium Books Catalog. Nightbane® Dark Designs™ sourcebook with 60 new Common Talents, 38 new Elite Talents, 18 new Morphus Tables, all other Morphus Tables collected and more. Systems Failure™ RPG, a 160 page RPG that deals with alien invasion and a post-apocalypse setting that is fun and dynamic. Civilization is on the verge of collapse when the so-called “bugs” invade and turn humans into zombie-like slaves. Monsters, heroes and fun. A complete RPG and setting. Rifts® World Book 34: Northern Gun™ Two: 256 pages of technology and fun. 30+ power armors, 30+ body armors, 15 combat vehicles, 45 vehicles (hovercycles, etc.), 10 robot haulers, the Robodome and more. Bizantium and the Northern Islands™: the northernmost part of the Known World, the Cold Born, Necromancy ships made from dead sea serpents, 15 creatures, Random Sea Monster Generator, and more. Rifts® Northern Gun™ One. This fan favorite might be thought of as the big book of giant robots – an in-depth look at Northern Gun, 70+ weapons, 27 robots, NG O.C.C.s, key people and places, and much more. Mysteries of Magic™ Book One: The Heart of Magic™ with Wizards, their Apprentices, nearly 60 new magic spells and remember, magic and monsters in the Fantasy RPG are easily adapted to Rifts®, Chaos Earth®, HU2 and other settings. Wolfen Empire™ Fantasy sourcebook, the Great Northern Wilderness and Killer Winters, 12 Wolfen Tribes, Wolfen military and society, 15+ creatures, 5 full adventures, 101 adventure ideas, random encounter tables, notable people, places, plus FREE Sneak Previews of The Rifter® #80, The Rifter® #81, The Rifter® #82, and more on DriveThruRPG.com.

• Rifts® is a genre-bending setting that combines science fiction, fantasy, horror, post-apocalypse survival, magic, and endless possibilities for adventure. Imagine a near perfect world of advanced technology 100 years in the future. Then imagine that world crashing down overnight in an apocalyptic upheaval not seen since the formation of the planet. A Great Cataclysm caused by the explosive return of magic. Now fast forward 300 years into the future where magic, dragons, and mythic gods coexist with cyborgs, giant robots and super-science rediscovered from humanity’s Golden Age as humans rise from a lengthy Dark Age. But they must contend with countless alien life forms, monsters, and supernatural horrors from beyond the Rifts.
• Rifts® core titles we would suggest: Rifts® Ultimate Edition, Rifts® Game Master Guide, Rifts® Book of Magic, Rifts® Adventure Guide, D-Bees of North America™, Rifts® World Book 11: Coalition War Campaign and Rifts® Sourcebook One. Note: The Rifts® RPG, 1st Edition and Rifts® Ultimate, 2nd Edition are both available.
• 80+ Rifts® supplements, most of them available as PDFs with more coming. Where to start? Wherever sounds fun.
• Rifts® Dimension Books™: Travel to alien worlds and dimensions via the Rifts for off-world adventure and intrigue.
• Rifts® Chaos Earth® RPG and sourcebook series (all). 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.
• FREE Sneak Previews for Nightbane® Dark Designs™, Rifts® Secrets of the Atlanteans™, Rifts® CS Heroes of Humanity, and many other previews as well as free and low cost items that we make available. All of it adds to the growing list of Rifts and other Palladium RPG game titles available as PDF books, cards and support. A new title should be added every week or two, so keep watching for them.
• The Rifter® #1-84, ALL issues of The Rifter®. Each issue is a wealth of source material and ideas for 3-6 different Palladium game lines. Most are easily adapted to ANY Palladium game setting. Each issue a gem. 8,500 pages of source material and ideas for heroes, villains, monsters, magic, gear, and adventure.
• Splicers® RPG is like Iron Man meets Game of Thrones with elements of Terminator – except this army of Iron Men are clad in living body armor and wield living, organic weapons and devices. Created in 2004 by writer and game designer Carmen Bellaire, Splicers® was nominated for an Inquest Gamer Magazine Fan Awards Game of the Year, and has since developed a rabid fan base. Science fiction and horror where humans are forced to use genetically engineered, living weapons and organic war machines to battle an insane Artificial Intelligence and her robot legions. Unlike anything you have ever played before!
• Splicers®: I Am Legion™ Adventure Sourcebook: 6 new Great Houses, 4 new Host Armors, 6 new War Mounts, 19 new Bio-Weapons, 15 new killer machines, new Bio-Enhancements, Amalgam creation tables, Legion and a series of adventures that build into a small campaign, and more.
• Palladium Fantasy RPG®, 1st Edition Rules and sourcebooks. A unique world of magic, monsters and heroes. Dozens of nonhuman player characters including Wolfen, Bearmen, Ogres, Orcs and more. 100,000 years of history.
• Palladium Fantasy RPG®, 2nd Edition Rules and many sourcebooks. The expanded world of high fantasy, magic, mystery and heroes of every variety. Includes the Mind Mage and psychic abilities, mages and spells, magic circles and symbols, men-at-arms, scoundrels and a wide range of inhuman player characters including Wolfen, Bearmen, Ogres, Orcs and many more. 100,000 years of history.
• Heroes Unlimited™ RPG first edition rule book and sourcebooks.
• Heroes Unlimited™ RPG Second Edition rule book and sourcebooks. Create any type of superhuman you can desire and bring comic book adventures to life.
• Dead Reign® RPG (Zombie Apocalypse). The dead have risen. It is the battle for survival in the zombie apocalypse, but this setting is much more than your typical zombie game. Play ordinary people or special characters better equipped to survive and hunt zombies. Many unusual types of zombies.
• Dead Reign® Sourcebooks: 6 sourcebooks from Civilization Gone™ to Hell Followed™ (the latter features stats for 23 disasters, masked lunatics, 11 new zombies, 7 apocalyptic character classes, and more) are available.
• Beyond the Supernatural™ RPG, 1st Edition Rules. Supernatural horror in the modern world. Play ordinary people, psychics, paranormal investigators or for something different: Victim Characters!
• Beyond the Supernatural™ RPG, 2nd Edition: The complete, revised core game, 14 character classes and 42 occupations for “ordinary people,” 100+ psychic abilities, 16 monsters, the Lazlo Agency, world setting and rules.
• Nightbane® RPG and sourcebooks. An RPG setting we call superhero horror. Dark conspiracy, a secret, demon invasion starting with world leaders and law enforcement, and it is spreading. The player characters are the Nightbane®, reluctant superhumans who must turn into monsters themselves to unleash their powers and battle the evil that is clear only to them. A dark, sinister and challenging world of horror.
• After the Bomb® RPG and sourcebooks. Planet of the Apes meets the X-Men! Animal creations, powers and more. Create any type of intelligent mutant animal you can imagine as friend or foe.
• Ninjas & Superspies™ RPG and the Mystic China™ sourcebook. James Bond meets Enter the Dragon. 41 types of martial arts, ninjas, and super-spies with gadgets, gizmos and advanced weapons.
• The Mechanoid Invasion® Trilogy RPG is a long time, cult favorite with a fatalistic world-view of humans vs aliens with superior technology.
• The Palladium Weapon Series of real world weapons, armor and castles throughout history. Designed for use with ANY game system.
• 200+ Palladium titles in all, plus G.M. kits, paper miniatures and more.
• Heroes Unlimited™ Paper Miniatures – Two sets are now available!
• Palladium Fantasy RPG® Paper Miniatures – Volumes #1-6 are available now. More are coming in the weeks ahead.
• Rifts® Paper Miniatures: Men at Arms – $2.99
• Rifts® Paper Miniatures: Coalition Dead Boys – $2.99
• Rifts® Paper Miniatures: Adventurers – $2.99
• Rifts® Paper Miniatures: Practitioners of Magic (new) – $2.99
• Rifts® Paper Miniatures: Extras (new) – $2.99
• And more to come in the weeks ahead.

Palladium Collectibles, Negatives, Artwork, other Collectibles and Toys are always available in Kevin’s Online Toy & Collectibles eBay Store along with other good things

My eBay store is one of the few places where you can find original artwork by Charles “Chuck” Walton, Kevin Long, and others, as well as one-of-a-kind negatives from classic Rifts® and other Palladium RPG books (they look awesome framed!), rare Palladium collector hardcovers, signed books, other Palladium memorabilia, toys from my personal collection and other collectibles. Check every couple of weeks because we often post new stuff or offer a new sale. There is a sale on negatives starting today, in fact.

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

Available now: One-of-a-kind book negatives. Negatives were very popular items at the Palladium Open House and people went crazy over them at Gen Con – including actor Joe Manganiello who scooped up a pile of TMNT negatives, while Palladium’s own Mark Oberle, Carmen Bellaire, Brandon Aten and a whole lot of Palladium gamers went for negatives from Rifts® New West, Lone Star and Free Quebec. Fun.

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

When our printer, McNaughton and Gunn, went completely digital, they asked if Palladium Books wanted the negs, otherwise they would be destroyed. Regrettably, I let a few dozen be destroyed, but the negatives of many books were sent to Palladium. They have sat in our warehouse for years until I started to offer them for sale. I have also started signing the negatives in silver and each comes with a Certificate of Authenticity. Each negative comes on a white board inside a plastic magazine bag and looks fabulous framed! Fits in an 8×10 inch matt opening in a frame (each neg is roughly 8½ x 11 inches).

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

Closing Thoughts – Focused and Productive

I am happy to report that I have finally broken through whatever mental blocks there have been with Rifts® CS Manhunters and I hope I am wrapping up this title as you read this. I went back and retooled a lot of what was there for the umpteenth time, but everything finally came together and I am very pleased with the end result. I think you will find the Manhunters, Psi-Ops, the new psionics, and all the material in this sourcebook to be fun and useful whether you are a player or a Game Master. I hope to send it to the printer in a week or two. BTS Creature Feature is next and I cannot wait. Rifts® Titan Robotics™ and Rifts® Bestiary Volume 2 are to follow. In fact, my creative energy seems to be rising a notch every day. Let’s hope it stays that way, right?

We have a lot of things in motion, but I think I have cleared my schedule so I can put most of my energy on book releases over the next several months. There is a lot of great material lined up and I want to put it into your hands. In a way, that starts with the Rifts® 30th Commemorative. The additional 32 page section of color (38 in the Gold edition) includes fun material about the creation of Rifts® and some of the most notable people behind it (Kevin Long, Keith Parkinson, Erick Wujcik, me, etc.) along with a bit of history. I was pretty inspired when I wrote it, and the folks who have seen it have loved it.

On a completely different subject, please do not take your health or loved ones for granted. Stay healthy and please get one of the vaccines. You do not realize how good we have it in the United States of America. I spoke to some friends in other countries and they would be thrilled to be getting the vaccine now! Some friends in Canada do not expect to get their vaccinations for a few months to come. A friend in Germany said the vaccine will not be available to him and his family till probably November or December, and was envious of us here in the States. I hope you do not let your concerns or politics get in the way of protecting yourselves and those around you. Please take care of yourselves and get your vaccine as soon as you can. You are important to us.

That’s it for now. Enjoy the 2 new sales, the new Rifts® hardcover releases, and pre-order our Rifts® 30th Anniversary hardcover – you know you want one. Stay well and live long and prosper.

– Kevin Siembieda, Publisher, Writer, Friend

NEW! Miniature Releases – Available now

You have been asking about new miniatures and we are providing. All miniatures come in a plastic bag. The newest three are:

Rifts® Glitter Boy™ & Pilot (original) Miniature Pack – 1st time available in resin – 28 mm resin – $19.99 retail – Cat. No. MI8001. Five Pieces: 1. Complete G.B. body and a small base, 2. right arm and Boom Gun, 3. backpack/thrusters, 4. ammo drum and belt, and 5. pilot. The ever-popular, classic Glitter Boy and Pilot (1993 RAFM) – now in resin for the first time (prior releases were pewter figures). Available now.

NEW! Rifts® CS Firebreather Dead Boy™ Miniature – true scale 32 mm resin – $9.99 retail – Cat. No. MI8047. Five pieces: 1. the body, 2. right arm and gun, 3. left arm, 4. antenna, 5. custom base. Detailed and dynamic figure. Available now.

NEW! Rifts® Juicer™ Miniature – true scale 32 mm resin – $9.99 retail – Cat. No. MI8048. Three pieces: 1. the complete body, 2. crossed swords on the back that fit so snugly that you may not even need to glue it, 3. custom base. Detailed and dynamic figure. Available now.

And don’t forget about the Deluxe Rifts® Glitter Boy Resin Miniature – released in fall 2020 – 32 mm resin – $34.99 retail – Cat. No. MI8046 – a gorgeous, detailed and dynamic figure. Available now.

Rifts^® Novels – Available now

All Rifts® novels are available from the Palladium Books online store as physical books as well as PDFs from DriveThruRPG.com. All are a fun read and highly recommended. Enjoy.

• All novels are 5 x 8 inches in size unless otherwise indicated.
• Page count and price varies.
• Available as physical books from palladiumbooks.com and as PDFs on DriveThruRPG.com
• Rifts® Duty’s Edge is the story of a lone survivor of a New German Republic Special Forces operation who struggles to complete the mission on his own. A mission to destroy wicked monsters and cut off a vital line of support to the Gargoyle Empire. A mission that could save many lives. Of course, it is a journey that takes many twists and turns as one determined individual hopes to beat impossible odds. Set in the Middle East. 236 pages – $12.99 retail – Cat. No. 308 – the newest, stand alone novel.
• Rifts® Sonic Boom™. Follow the exploits of a CS platoon sworn to protect humankind from all threats, be they aliens, dragons, masters of magic or fellow humans out for themselves.
• Rifts® Deception’s Web™, the second novel in this trilogy, reveals a conspiracy within the Coalition military that could spell disaster for our protagonists. Note: Smaller size, 4 x 6 inches.
• Rifts® Treacherous Awakenings™ is the pulse-pounding conclusion of the third novel in this epic trilogy by Adam Chilson.
• Rifts Anthology: Tales of the Chi-Town ‘Burbs™. Rifts® short stories by 11 authors including Kevin Siembieda, Carl Gleba, Mark Oberle, Braden Campbell, Taylor White, Jason Richards, and others. Note: Slightly larger size, 6 x 9 inches.
• Rifts® Machinations of Doom™ Graphic Novel & Sourcebook. The comic is by acclaimed Eisner Award winning artist Ramon K. Perez, source material by Siembieda and Perez. Note: 8½ x 11 inches.
• Rifts® Path of the Storm was a Rifts® movie script written on spec. Note: 8½ x 11 inches.
• Rifts® Hammer of the Forge™, Volume One: The Cosmo-Knight. The adventures of Caleb Vulcan, newly minted Knight of the Cosmic Forge.
• Rifts® Hammer of the Forge™, Volume Two: The Reckoning. The epic conclusion of the Hammer of the Forge story.

Gamer 16 Ounce Mug – available now

Whether you drink coffee, hot cocoa, soda-pop, or whatever your beverage of choice may be, this fun mug reminds you of your favorite pastime and that new possibilities exist with every roll of the dice.

The large, 16 ounce Gamer mug presents the word “Gamer” in a box with dice cascading down from above. The design appears on both sides of the mug. Created by Wayne Smith and Freddie Williams II (art directed by Kevin Siembieda). The mug has an orange interior to add a nice splash of color.

• A must for every proud gamer!
• Dice and the word “Gamer” highlighted in a box.
• Glossy black exterior with an orange interior.
• Art and words are located on both sides of the mug.
• 16 ounce ceramic mug.
• Dishwasher and microwave safe.
• $10.99 retail – Cat. No. 2596 – available now.

BACK IN STOCK! Property of the Coalition States 16 Ounce Mug – available now

Back due to popular demand! The iconic Property of the Coalition States and notorious CS Death’s Head insignia printed white on a glossy black, 16 ounce coffee mug, with a blood red interior for a splash of color. The design appears on both sides of the mug. Created by Wayne Smith and Kevin Long (art directed by Kevin Siembieda).

• The infamous words “Property of the Coalition States” and the notorious Death’s Head logo and lightning bolts (indicating CS special forces) in white.
• Glossy black exterior with a blood red interior color.
• Art and words are located on both sides of the mug.
• 16 ounce ceramic mug.
• Dishwasher and microwave safe.
• $10.99 retail – Cat. No. 2588 – available now.

Other Mugs Available Now

Everyone loves these mugs. Isn’t it time you started your collection? I like to use them to as a secret code to reflect my mood to those around me. To my thinking the Gamer mug means I’m feeling playful. Rifts® Property of the Coalition States: I’m a soldier in the trenches and working hard. Dead Reign®: Back off or I will eat you alive. Fantasy Dragon: My imagination is on fire. Rifts Logo: Feeling the infinite possibilities. Rifts® Titan Robotics: I’m feeling mighty. Of course, they represent something else to each of you or just represent one of your favorite games, like a normal person.

• Rifts® Titan Robotics™ Mug – A dynamic Titan robot and the Rifts® logo. Art by Steven Cummings. White on a glossy black, 16 ounce ceramic mug with a blue interior. Dishwasher and microwave safe. $10.99 retail – Cat. No. 2595 – available now.
• Rifts® Logo Coffee Mug – The famous Rifts® logo in white on a glossy black, 16 ounce ceramic mug with a blue interior. Logo by Kevin Long. Dishwasher and microwave safe. $10.99 retail – Cat. No. 2587 – available now.
• Palladium Fantasy RPG® Dragon Mug – The famous red on black 3-headed hydra battling a knight from the iconic original Palladium Fantasy RPG cover. Art by Kevin Siembieda. Red on a glossy black, 16 ounce ceramic mug with an attractive orange interior. Dishwasher and microwave safe. $10.99 retail – Cat. No. 2589 – available now.
• Dead Reign® (Zombie Attack) Mug – A trio of hungry zombies and the Dead Reign® logo in white on a glossy black, 16 ounce ceramic mug with a blood red interior for a splash of color. Art by Steven Cummings. Dishwasher and microwave safe. $10.99 retail – Cat. No. 2594 – available now.

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

By Kevin Siembieda

Hi everyone. It has been a busy and productive week. Our Fight the Darkness Sale has come to an end, but many of you enjoyed it (thank you). The first three hardcovers (Fantasy, HU2 & BTS) continue to sell well (thank you, again). The next three hardcovers: Rifts® Game Master Guide Hardcover (Cat. No. 845HC, $39.99 retail), Rifts® Book of Magic Hardcover (Cat. No. 848HC, $39.99 retail), and Rifts® Adventure Guide Hardcover (Cat. No. 849HC, $36.99 retail) should ship from the printer today, so they should arrive and begin to ship around Tuesday of next week.

UPDATE: Both Rifts® 30th Commemorative Hardcovers are at the printer! And we think they are wonderful. We worked hard to make them both fun and memorable, and think you will love them. We do not have an exact ship date yet, but are hoping they will both be available to ship around May 14, 2021. See the complete descriptions for the Parkinson Cover Rifts® 30th Hardcover (Cat. No. 800HC30, $49.99) and the Rifts® 30th Gold Edition (Cat. No. 8000HC30, $75) described below and in the store. Please note that the signed and numbered Gold Edition is limited to only 200 copies, the least ever for a Rifts® Gold Hardcover. If you know you want one, we recommend you order sooner than later.

BACK IN STOCK: ALL Rifts® and Hammer of the Forge novels, Rifts® Aftermath, Powers Unlimited® 3 (Cat. 523, $18.99), Palladium Fantasy RPG® hardcover (Cat. No. 450HC, $39.99 retail), Heroes Unlimited™ RPG hardcover (Cat. No. 500HC, $39.99 retail), and Beyond the Supernatural™ RPG hardcover (Cat. No. 700HC, $39.99 retail) are in stock and available now.

UPDATE: Rifts® Ultimate Edition Hardcover (Cat. No. 800HC, $41.99 retail) is in stock and available now. However, we are running low so I have sent it to the printer for a reprint to make sure we do not run out for any length of time. Please note that the new printing (June) will see a price increase to $44.99 retail.

UPDATE: Rifts® CS Manhunters. I have made good progress on this bad boy as it nears completion. My entire focus is getting CS Manhunters to the printers. I think you will be surprised by this book as it sets the stage for intrigue and adventure in ways you might never have expected. Characters work as both heroes and villains, player characters and NPCs (non-player characters).

UPDATE: BTS Creature Feature. As soon as Manhunters is finished, I dive into finishing Creature Feature. After that, Rifts® Titan Robotics™ and Rifts® Bestiary Volume 2.

UPDATE: Palladium Social Media. We are getting ready to do much more with Palladium TV and social media, so stay tuned. Likewise, I have a couple of interviews lined up and will provide details when they are done and I have a clearer idea of the release dates.

Getting Shot Up! Kathy, Wayne and I have all gotten our second Covid-19 vaccine shot and everyone else has gotten their first shot, waiting for their second. We all happened to get the Pfizer shot with little or no side-effects. My arm hurt after the first shot and I had heard all kinds of talk about getting sick for a few days after the second, but that was not the case with me. No illness at all after my second dose. Kathy and Wayne just got theirs yesterday, but seem to be doing fine. We recommend you all get vaccinated. Not just to avoid catching Covid-19, but to avoid possible, long-term repercussions from the damn bug. Brain fog, chronic exhaustion, and neurological disorders are all common and no joke. I know a few people suffering from these issues, young and old, and it sucks.

With all the other things going on we did not release any new Rifts® miniatures this past month, but we will do some new ones in May. Along with one or two new books going to the printer followed by more. We have a lot in the pipeline.

NEW! Rifts^® Game Master Guide^™ Hardcover – Ships May 4, 2021

The Rifts® Game Master Guide™ hardcover is a massive, 352 page reference book with short stats and descriptions for every Rifts® robot, power armor, body armor, vehicle, weapon, gadget, skill, experience table, and map that appears in Rifts® World Books 1-23 and Sourcebooks 1-4, plus a bionics index, an O.C.C.s and R.C.C.s index, rules clarifications, combat examples, advice on how to run a game and more.

• 500+ weapons.
• 290 pieces of equipment.
• 180+ vehicles.
• 100+ suits of body armor.
• 80+ suits of power armor.
• 300+ skills, character and D-Bee index, dozens of maps, and more.
• 352 pages – $39.99 retail – Cat. No. 845HC – Hardcover ships next Tuesday, May 4. Also available in softcover.

NEW! Rifts^® Book of Magic^™ Hardcover – Ships May 4, 2021

Nearly 1,000 magic spells and 400 magic weapons and devices from across Rifts Earth, plus magic tattoos, herbs, stones, and more. 352 pages of pure magic.

• 900+ magic spells, Elemental Magic, Ley Line Magic, Temporal Magic, Necromancy, Nature Magic, Cloud Magic, Ocean Magic, Biomancy and more.
• Plus Tattoo Magic, Stone Magic, Whalesongs, Conjuring, Nazca Lines.
• 290+ Techno-Wizard weapons and items, including TW Bionics, Automatons, and Iron Juggernauts.
• 80+ other magic items, Rune Weapons, Holy Weapons, Fetishes.
• Bio-Wizard Weapons, the Bio-Borg, Symbiotes, and herbs.
• Magic stones, talismans, magic items of Japan, and more.
• Millennium Tree wands, staves and armor.
• 352 pages – $39.99 retail – Cat. No. 848HC – Hardcover ships May 4. Also available in softcover.

NEW! Rifts^® Adventure Guide^™ Hardcover – Ships May 4, 2021

Inside information to create and run RPG adventures: How to get started, building on ideas, character archetypes, tables for creating Rifts towns and cities, mercenary companies, traveling shows, and player created organizations, plus random Rift tables, information about the Chi-Town ‘Burbs, 32 ‘Burb adventure ideas, another 101 adventure hooks, and still more adventure ideas, and additional player and Game Master tips by Kevin Siembieda, Erick Wujcik, and Bill Coffin.

• 150+ adventure ideas.
• Game Master and player tips from Kevin Siembieda.
• Adventure creation tips from Kevin Siembieda.
• Why and how to use alignments by Kevin Siembieda.
• Tricks of running a large group, G.M. tools, and more.
• Additional Player and G.M. tips from Wujcik and Coffin.
• Overview and info about the CS Chi-Town ‘Burbs.
• 32 adventure ideas in the ‘Burbs.
• Random Dimensional Rifts & other tables.
• Tables for creating towns, merc companies, and traveling shows.
• 192 pages – $36.99 retail – Cat. No. 849HC – Hardcover ships May 4. Also available in softcover.

Rifts^® RPG – 30th Anniversary Commemorative Hardcover – 1st Edition Rules – Color Cover – At the printer and ships around May 14

The Commemorative 30th Anniversary Hardcover is the original first edition Rifts® rule book with the famous Keith Parkinson cover of the Splugorth Slave Barge. Plus extras and color pages featuring fun stuff in the back of the book like notes, concept drawings, color roughs, photographs, and every Rifts® cover. All intended to bring back fond memories.

This book is the result of requests from fans. It was supposed to be one of our 2020 surprises. Then the Covid pandemic struck, our world went sideways, and for a while we shelved it. But the more I talked about it with people behind the scenes, the more I realized people wanted to have a Rifts® 30th Anniversary Hardcover. Especially a commemorative edition with extra material and remembrances in it. With the pandemic still lingering, it feels like the perfect time to offer a fun, nostalgic product to stir up fond memories of grand adventures and fun times.

Original Rifts® RPG 30th Anniversary Commemorative Hardcover:

• Back in print for the first time in 16 years.
• Color cover of the famous Splugorth Slave Barge by Keith Parkinson.
• A color gallery of every Rifts® cover ever published.
• Concept art and pencil illustrations often with notes by the artist.
• Personal notes, commentary, and nostalgic material.
• 30+ pages of color, countless memories, and loads of fun.
• Color end sheets.
• This is NOT a signed or numbered limited edition, but we are happy to sign copies at conventions and the Palladium Open House.
• 288 pages – $49.99 retail – Cat. No. 800HC30 – At the printer and ships sometime around May 14 (tentative).

NEW! Rifts^® RPG 30th Anniversary “Gold” Limited Edition Commemorative Hardcover – 1st Edition Rules – At the printer and ships around May 14

Due to popular demand, we are producing an ultra-limited edition Rifts® “Gold” 30th Anniversary Commemorative Hardcover. Available on a first-come, first served basis, while supplies last. This is the most limited of any previous collectors edition of the Rifts® RPG – 5,000 copies of Silver, 500 copies of Gold, but only 200 copies for this 30th Anniversary edition – and those earlier editions sell for big bucks today. Availability starts with #1 of 200, so be among the first to order.

Rifts® RPG 30th Anniversary “Gold” Limited Edition:

• 200 signed and numbered – available only from Palladium Books.
• Gold foil cover on a faux leatherette.
• Cover art by Kevin Long of the famous Splugorth Slave Barge.
• Limited to 200 signed and numbered copies, plus a few dozen printer proofs.
• Signed by available staff.
• Otherwise the same as the hardcover with the color cover but with 6 extra color pages.
• A color gallery of every Rifts® cover ever published.
• Concept art and pencil illustrations often with notes by the artist.
• Personal notes, commentary, and nostalgic material.
• Color end sheets. And maybe a little surprise, but no promises.
• 30+ pages of color, countless memories, and loads of fun.
• Available on a first-come, first served basis, while supplies last. Only from Palladium Books.
• 294 pages – $75.00 retail – Cat. No. 8000HC30 – At the printer and ships sometime around May 14 (tentative).

NEW! Miniature Releases – Available now

You have been asking about new miniatures and we are providing. All miniatures come in a plastic bag. The newest three are:

Rifts® Glitter Boy™ & Pilot (original) Miniature Pack – 1st time available in resin – 28 mm resin – $19.99 retail – Cat. No. MI8001. Five Pieces: 1. Complete G.B. body and a small base, 2. right arm and Boom Gun, 3. backpack/thrusters, 4. ammo drum and belt, and 5. pilot. The ever-popular, classic Glitter Boy and Pilot (1993 RAFM) – now in resin for the first time (prior releases were pewter figures). Available now.

NEW! Rifts® CS Firebreather Dead Boy™ Miniature – true scale 32 mm resin – $9.99 retail – Cat. No. MI8047. Five pieces: 1. the body, 2. right arm and gun, 3. left arm, 4. antenna, 5. custom base. Detailed and dynamic figure. Available now.

NEW! Rifts® Juicer™ Miniature – true scale 32 mm resin – $9.99 retail – Cat. No. MI8048. Three pieces: 1. the complete body, 2. crossed swords on the back that fit so snugly that you may not even need to glue it, 3. custom base. Detailed and dynamic figure. Available now.

And don’t forget about the Deluxe Rifts® Glitter Boy Resin Miniature – released in fall 2020 – 32 mm resin – $34.99 retail – Cat. No. MI8046 – a gorgeous, detailed and dynamic figure. Available now.

Hardcover Palladium Fantasy RPG^®, Heroes Unlimited^™ & Beyond the Supernatural^™ – available now

These hot sellers are all back in stock and ready to ship, so please keep the orders coming and enjoy. Please note that we intend to keep both these new hardcovers AND the softcover editions in print and available all the time.

Each hardcover RPG book is exactly the same as the softcover edition you may already own and use. Even the color covers are fundamentally the same art with changes to the logos to differentiate them from the softcovers. The main difference is that the rule books you know and love are now available as sturdy hardcovers for longer durability. Note: The softcover editions will also remain in print. We hope you are pleased to see these titles being made available in hardcover as per your many requests. Enjoy. Coming in April: Rifts® G.M. Guide, Rifts® Book of Magic and Rifts® Adventure Guide, with the two different Rifts® 30th Anniversary Commemorative Hardcovers shipping mid-May.

HARDCOVER Beyond the Supernatural^™ RPG, 2nd Edition – Available now

Supernatural horror in the modern world that feels plausible and real. Your characters are the few who know the supernatural is real because they have experienced it face to face. Some are psychics, some are experts in the paranormal or the arcane, and others are ordinary people like you and me. Ordinary people who are never the same after their own close encounter. All of these unlikely heroes stand against supernatural evil in a world of disbelievers who brand them as practitioners of fringe science or lunatics. Only they know the truth: supernatural evil is real and dangerous. And someone has to take a stand to protect the innocent from supernatural evil in whatever hidden form it may take. Are you ready to join the battle?

• The hardcover is exactly the same as the softcover edition.
• Color cover, same art, variant logo, hardcover.
• A plausible modern horror setting that makes sense and will challenge your role-playing skills.
• 14 Psychic Character Classes.
• 42 occupations for “ordinary” people.
• 100+ psychic abilities, including Fire Walker abilities.
• Creatures of darkness, the Lazlo Agency, and more.
• New sourcebooks are coming soon.
• 256 pages – $36.99 retail – Cat. No. 700HC – available now.

HARDCOVER Palladium Fantasy RPG^®, 2nd Edition – available now

A fantasy setting like no other, rich in history and inviting adventure. Not only are you able to play iconic fantasy heroes like the Wizard, Knight, Paladin, Ranger, Thief, Assassin, and others, but also characters such as the Mind Mage, Druid, Diabolist, Summoner and many others. Moreover, play an array of nonhuman characters from Elves and Dwarves to Wolfen, Changelings, Kobolds, Orcs, Ogres, and many others.

• The hardcover is exactly the same as the softcover edition.
• Color cover, same art, variant logo, hardcover.
• 25+ Occupational Character Classes (O.C.C.s).
• 14+ inhuman player races (more in sourcebooks).
• 300+ magic spells.
• 60 magical Wards. 50 magic circles.
• Dozens of magic items potions and more.
• 70+ psychic powers, the Mind Mage, and more.
• Weapons, gear, demons and adventure ideas.
• New sourcebooks like Land of the Damned 3, Lopan, and others are coming.
• 336 pages – $39.99 retail – Cat. No. 450HC – available now.

HARDCOVER Heroes Unlimited^™ RPG, 2nd Edition – available now

The Heroes Unlimited™ RPG has been a hit RPG for 30+ years because it enables you to create any type of comic book hero you can imagine. Make characters pulled right from any comic book you grew up with and love, or design your own league of extraordinary heroes.

If you seek comic book heroic adventure, Heroes Unlimited™ does the job on an epic scale. Plus a dozen sourcebooks provide you with more super abilities, hero categories, bad guys and adventures.

• The hardcover is exactly the same as the softcover edition.
• Color cover, same art, variant logo on the hardcover.
• Create any type of hero you can imagine.
• 101 super abilities plus a multitude of sub-powers within them, bonuses and special combat capabilities.
• 100+ magic spells plus enchanted weapons and objects.
• 72 psychic powers.
• Enchanted weapons that instill super abilities.
• Mega-Heroes and immortals.
• Alien super beings.
• Bionics and cyborgs.
• Psionics and Psychics.
• Robots and power armor.
• Masters of magic, wizards and spell casters.
• Mutants and Super Soldiers possessing super abilities.
• Inventors, super-geniuses and super-vehicles.
• Special Training: Martial arts, Sleuths, weapons, more.
• Cover by comic book legend Jim Steranko.
• Art by Ramon K. Perez, Paulo Parente, Mike Gustovich, and others.
• Written by Kevin Siembieda.
• 352 pages for a complete RPG – $39.99 retail – Cat. No. 500HC – available now.

Rifts^® Novels – Available now

All Rifts® novels are available from the Palladium Books online store as physical books as well as PDFs from DriveThruRPG.com. All are a fun read and highly recommended. Enjoy.

• All novels are 5 x 8 inches in size unless otherwise indicated.
• Page count and price varies.
• Available as physical books from palladiumbooks.com and as PDFs on DriveThruRPG.com
• Rifts® Duty’s Edge is the story of a lone survivor of a New German Republic Special Forces operation who struggles to complete the mission on his own. A mission to destroy wicked monsters and cut off a vital line of support to the Gargoyle Empire. A mission that could save many lives. Of course, it is a journey that takes many twists and turns as one determined individual hopes to beat impossible odds. Set in the Middle East. 236 pages – $12.99 retail – Cat. No. 308 – the newest, stand alone novel.
• Rifts® Sonic Boom™. Follow the exploits of a CS platoon sworn to protect humankind from all threats, be they aliens, dragons, masters of magic or fellow humans out for themselves.
• Rifts® Deception’s Web™, the second novel in this trilogy, reveals a conspiracy within the Coalition military that could spell disaster for our protagonists. Note: Smaller size, 4 x 6 inches.
• Rifts® Treacherous Awakenings™ is the pulse-pounding conclusion of the third novel in this epic trilogy by Adam Chilson.
• Rifts Anthology: Tales of the Chi-Town ‘Burbs™. Rifts® short stories by 11 authors including Kevin Siembieda, Carl Gleba, Mark Oberle, Braden Campbell, Taylor White, Jason Richards, and others. Note: Slightly larger size, 6 x 9 inches.
• Rifts® Machinations of Doom™ Graphic Novel & Sourcebook. The comic is by acclaimed Eisner Award winning artist Ramon K. Perez, source material by Siembieda and Perez. Note: 8½ x 11 inches.
• Rifts® Path of the Storm was a Rifts® movie script written on spec. Note: 8½ x 11 inches.
• Rifts® Hammer of the Forge™, Volume One: The Cosmo-Knight. The adventures of Caleb Vulcan, newly minted Knight of the Cosmic Forge.
• Rifts® Hammer of the Forge™, Volume Two: The Reckoning. The epic conclusion of the Hammer of the Forge story.

UPDATE: Rifts^® CS Manhunters – May release

This fun book will please a lot of people. Heck, it is worth it for the 50 NEW psionic abilities and CS Manhunter O.C.C.s alone. Each Manhunter is an intriguing player character or dangerous NPC assassin bounty hunter. Rifts® CS Manhunters also reveals secrets about Dog Boys and Kill Hounds, other CS psychics, Psi-Ops, and the role many play in the Minion War™, as well as revisiting the Seven Dangers Prophecy (first introduced in Rifts® Sourcebook 2: The Mechanoids®), some fun gadgets and implants, and more. As good as CS Manhunters was, I had been struggling with aspects of it. When I finally made a breakthrough on that front everything fell into place and it is all coming together beautifully. Source material that should give both players and Game Masters plenty to work with. All of it building toward something epic.

As for the question of who watches the watchmen? (Meaning the Coalition military and its elite.) The answer is, the CS Manhunters. A secret division under the auspices of Psi-Battalion. Super-patriots, spies and assassins all rolled into one. Men and women who not only hunt the most dangerous spies, fugitives, and enemies of the Coalition States, but also protect the Emperor and hunt down traitors within the Coalition States. An elite force of expert manhunters and cold-blooded killing machines who use psionic abilities as part of their arsenal, follow orders without question, and kill without hesitation.

• New Coalition Psychic O.C.C.s.
• 50+ new psionic abilities and revisits of some favorites.
• CS Manhunter Divner and Precog.
• CS Manhunter Psi-Interrogator and Psi-Enforcer.
• CS Manhunter Bursters and Zappers.
• CS Manhunter Psi-Healers and CS Slayers.
• CS Manhunter Killhound and Dog Boy O.C.C.s.
• CS Manhunter Mind Melters, the deadliest of them all.
• CS Manhunter squads and special operations.
• Insight about Coalition psychics and secretive Psi-Ops.
• The impact of the demon plagues unleashed by the Minion War.
• Player Characters, NPCS, background info, adventure ideas, and more.
• 96-128 pages – $17.99 retail – Cat. No. 894 – In production and nearing completion.

UPDATE: Creature Feature^™, a Beyond the Supernatural^™ sourcebook

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

• A gallery of supernatural creatures. Some new. Some familiar, updated and expanded. All terrifying.
• Rules clarifications and errata.
• Game Master source material and advice on rules, psychic abilities, proximity and threat levels, I.S.P. multipliers, and more.
• Advice about running modern horror RPGs and using supernatural creatures in your games.
• Lots of adventure ideas, including an updated and expanded full adventure, “The Squatter.”
• New background and setting information for the BTS setting and a few surprises.
• Written by Steven Dawes, Kevin Siembieda, and others.
• Art by Steven Cummings, Nick Bradshaw and others.
• 160-192 pages – $22.99 or $26.99 depending on final size – Cat. No. 704.

UPDATE: Rifts^® Titan Robotics^™

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

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

• New Giant Robots.
• New Power Armor, equipment and accessories.
• 30+ power armors and robots, plus other equipment.
• New weapons, gear and vehicles.
• Titan Robotics Corporation and structure.
• Archie’s secret kingdom and plans for the future.
• New O.C.C.s and key Non-Player Characters (NPCs).
• Android executives, security and much more.
• Wellington Industries, campaign prompts and more.
• Art by Walton, Cummings, Atkins, and others. Cover by Mike Majestic.
• Written by Matthew Clements and Kevin Siembieda.
• 160-192 pages (tentative) – $22.99 retail (or $26.99) – Cat. No. 899.

UPDATE: Rifts^® Bestiary^™ Volume Two

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

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

• Monsters and animals of Rifts North America organized into big, easy to use sourcebooks.
• Updated and expanded descriptions and information for each existing monster.
• Updated and uniform stat blocks.
• New exotic creatures – predators, exotic riding animals, beasts of burden, alien horrors, giant insects, and more.
• A map for every creature showing where it is found.
• Easily adapted to any Palladium setting – Palladium Fantasy®, Chaos Earth®, Splicers®, Phase World®, the Three Galaxies™, The Mechanoids®, Heroes Unlimited™/Aliens Unlimited™, and others.
• Basic S.D.C. stats included with each creature description.
• Fully illustrated, with art by Charles Walton II, Ramon Perez, Robert Atkins, and many others. Written by Kevin Siembieda.
• 256 pages each volume – $26.99 – Cat. No. 897 (Volume Two).

Rifts^® Ultimate Edition – Cat. No. 800HC – Available now

This big, 376 page role-playing game is everything you need to start playing Rifts®. Just add some dice, some players, and a heaping helping of imagination and you are ready to go.

If you have never played the rich, unpredictable, genre-melding Rifts® setting, you are missing epic adventure that never grows old, because anything is possible. No other RPG blends science fiction, fantasy, horror, and post-apocalyptic adventure with demons and aliens, robots and cyborgs, magic and the supernatural in such a plausible and dynamic way. A setting that lets you play any type and style of game you can imagine. With characters like Dragon Hatchlings, Cyber-Knights, Glitter Boys, Ley Line Walkers, Techno-Wizards, and Juicers that challenge the imagination. And those are just a tiny handful of the O.C.C.s you can play in Rifts®. Not to mention hundreds of different alien, supernatural, magical, and other beings available as player characters. All of it set on an Earth that is both familiar and as alien as a thousand different planets. So check it out, build your character, start a campaign, and watch your characters become legends.

• 30+ player characters to choose from; tech, magic, or psychic.
• Cyborgs, robot and power armor pilots, Scout, Assassin, and more.
• 140+ magic spells, plus Techno-Wizards, Shifters, and more.
• 90 psionic powers and psychic characters.
• Sourcebooks offer hundreds of different alien, supernatural beings, creatures of magic, and other beings, many available as player characters.
• There has never been another RPG quite like Rifts®.
• 376 page hardcover, some color – $41.99 retail – Cat. No. 800HC – available now.

DriveThruRPG.com – Your source for 300+ Palladium RPG titles, novels, paper miniatures and endless adventure

Glad you all enjoyed that sale. We have some new fun material coming your way in the weeks ahead. Meanwhile, enjoy the 300+ available titles to fuel your imaginations for endless adventures.

More than 300 RPG products including: Garden of the Gods™ (Fantasy) sourcebook – a toy box of gods, magical blessings, ancient artifacts, and hundreds of opportunities, quests, and adventure ideas for players and Game Masters alike. Here, all gods are equal and many a forgotten god seeks to be rediscovered and worshiped by offering blessings, vision quests, and magical artifacts to potential heroes to champion their name.

• 212 Blessings. 101 magic artifacts.
• 45 forgotten gods. Each god offers adventure hooks.
• 100+ random quests and encounters. Godly insight & visitations.
• Restore forgotten gods to power. Become a Champion of the Gods.
• 50+ Curses and dark magic. Five Old Ones weapons of destruction.
• The Garden of the Gods and its protectors.
• Ghosts, Faeries, mysteries, and ancient secrets.
• Easily adapted to Rifts®, Phase World® and any game system.
• 224 pages of wonder and adventure by Kevin Siembieda and Matthew Clements – Cat. No. 475. PDF available on DriveThruRPG.com – the physical book is available from PalladiumBooks.com.

Rifts® Novels: Duty’s Edge – The lone surviving soldier from a New German Republic Special Forces operation struggles to complete the mission on his own. A stand-alone Rifts® novel complete in itself. 236 pages, Cat. No. 308. The Cosmo-Knight and The Reckoning (Phase World®, the Three Galaxies, and Cosmo-Knights), the Rifts® trilogy of novels: Sonic Boom, Deception’s Web, and Treacherous Awakenings, as well as the Rifts® Anthology: Tales of the Chi-Town ‘Burbs (11 authors), Machinations of Doom (graphic novel by Ramon K. Perez), and Path of the Storm (a proposed Rifts® movie script) and 300+ other Palladium Books RPG titles.

Also available: Free Garden of the Gods™ (Fantasy) and Rifts® Bestiary™ Volume One Sneak Previews, and the Palladium Fantasy RPG® Interactive Character Sheet: A Microsoft Excel-based character management system. Packed with features and data collected from every official Palladium Fantasy sourcebook to enable you to create Fantasy characters quickly (25 minutes!) and help you to update and manage them for years to come.

Dead Reign® Paper Miniatures Volume Three: Zombies, Dead Reign® Paper Miniatures Volume Two: Civilians and Dead Reign® Paper Miniatures Volume One: Survivors. There are also paper miniatures for Heroes Unlimited™, Palladium Fantasy® and Rifts®. A new, up-to-date, PDF Palladium Books Catalog. Nightbane® Dark Designs™ sourcebook with 60 new Common Talents, 38 new Elite Talents, 18 new Morphus Tables, all other Morphus Tables collected and more. Systems Failure™ RPG, a 160 page RPG that deals with alien invasion and a post-apocalypse setting that is fun and dynamic. Civilization is on the verge of collapse when the so-called “bugs” invade and turn humans into zombie-like slaves. Monsters, heroes and fun. A complete RPG and setting. Rifts® World Book 34: Northern Gun™ Two: 256 pages of technology and fun. 30+ power armors, 30+ body armors, 15 combat vehicles, 45 vehicles (hovercycles, etc.), 10 robot haulers, the Robodome and more. Bizantium and the Northern Islands™: the northernmost part of the Known World, the Cold Born, Necromancy ships made from dead sea serpents, 15 creatures, Random Sea Monster Generator, and more. Rifts® Northern Gun™ One. This fan favorite might be thought of as the big book of giant robots – an in-depth look at Northern Gun, 70+ weapons, 27 robots, NG O.C.C.s, key people and places, and much more. Mysteries of Magic™ Book One: The Heart of Magic™ with Wizards, their Apprentices, nearly 60 new magic spells and remember, magic and monsters in the Fantasy RPG are easily adapted to Rifts®, Chaos Earth®, HU2 and other settings. Wolfen Empire™ Fantasy sourcebook, the Great Northern Wilderness and Killer Winters, 12 Wolfen Tribes, Wolfen military and society, 15+ creatures, 5 full adventures, 101 adventure ideas, random encounter tables, notable people, places, plus FREE Sneak Previews of The Rifter® #80, The Rifter® #81, The Rifter® #82, and more on DriveThruRPG.com.

• Rifts® is a genre-bending setting that combines science fiction, fantasy, horror, post-apocalypse survival, magic, and endless possibilities for adventure. Imagine a near perfect world of advanced technology 100 years in the future. Then imagine that world crashing down overnight in an apocalyptic upheaval not seen since the formation of the planet. A Great Cataclysm caused by the explosive return of magic. Now fast forward 300 years into the future where magic, dragons, and mythic gods coexist with cyborgs, giant robots and super-science rediscovered from humanity’s Golden Age as humans rise from a lengthy Dark Age. But they must contend with countless alien life forms, monsters, and supernatural horrors from beyond the Rifts.
• Rifts® core titles we would suggest: Rifts® Ultimate Edition, Rifts® Game Master Guide, Rifts® Book of Magic, Rifts® Adventure Guide, D-Bees of North America™, Rifts® World Book 11: Coalition War Campaign and Rifts® Sourcebook One. Note: The Rifts® RPG, 1st Edition and Rifts® Ultimate, 2nd Edition are both available.
• 80+ Rifts® supplements, most of them available as PDFs with more coming. Where to start? Wherever sounds fun.
• Rifts® Dimension Books™: Travel to alien worlds and dimensions via the Rifts for off-world adventure and intrigue.
• Rifts® Chaos Earth® RPG and sourcebook series (all). 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.
• FREE Sneak Previews for Nightbane® Dark Designs™, Rifts® Secrets of the Atlanteans™, Rifts® CS Heroes of Humanity, and many other previews as well as free and low cost items that we make available. All of it adds to the growing list of Rifts and other Palladium RPG game titles available as PDF books, cards and support. A new title should be added every week or two, so keep watching for them.
• The Rifter® #1-84, ALL issues of The Rifter®. Each issue is a wealth of source material and ideas for 3-6 different Palladium game lines. Most are easily adapted to ANY Palladium game setting. Each issue a gem. 8,500 pages of source material and ideas for heroes, villains, monsters, magic, gear, and adventure.
• Splicers® RPG is like Iron Man meets Game of Thrones with elements of Terminator – except this army of Iron Men are clad in living body armor and wield living, organic weapons and devices. Created in 2004 by writer and game designer Carmen Bellaire, Splicers® was nominated for an Inquest Gamer Magazine Fan Awards Game of the Year, and has since developed a rabid fan base. Science fiction and horror where humans are forced to use genetically engineered, living weapons and organic war machines to battle an insane Artificial Intelligence and her robot legions. Unlike anything you have ever played before!
• Splicers®: I Am Legion™ Adventure Sourcebook: 6 new Great Houses, 4 new Host Armors, 6 new War Mounts, 19 new Bio-Weapons, 15 new killer machines, new Bio-Enhancements, Amalgam creation tables, Legion and a series of adventures that build into a small campaign, and more.
• Palladium Fantasy RPG®, 1st Edition Rules and sourcebooks. A unique world of magic, monsters and heroes. Dozens of nonhuman player characters including Wolfen, Bearmen, Ogres, Orcs and more. 100,000 years of history.
• Palladium Fantasy RPG®, 2nd Edition Rules and many sourcebooks. The expanded world of high fantasy, magic, mystery and heroes of every variety. Includes the Mind Mage and psychic abilities, mages and spells, magic circles and symbols, men-at-arms, scoundrels and a wide range of inhuman player characters including Wolfen, Bearmen, Ogres, Orcs and many more. 100,000 years of history.
• Heroes Unlimited™ RPG first edition rule book and sourcebooks.
• Heroes Unlimited™ RPG Second Edition rule book and sourcebooks. Create any type of superhuman you can desire and bring comic book adventures to life.
• Dead Reign® RPG (Zombie Apocalypse). The dead have risen. It is the battle for survival in the zombie apocalypse, but this setting is much more than your typical zombie game. Play ordinary people or special characters better equipped to survive and hunt zombies. Many unusual types of zombies.
• Dead Reign® Sourcebooks: 6 sourcebooks from Civilization Gone™ to Hell Followed™ (the latter features stats for 23 disasters, masked lunatics, 11 new zombies, 7 apocalyptic character classes, and more) are available.
• Beyond the Supernatural™ RPG, 1st Edition Rules. Supernatural horror in the modern world. Play ordinary people, psychics, paranormal investigators or for something different: Victim Characters!
• Beyond the Supernatural™ RPG, 2nd Edition: The complete, revised core game, 14 character classes and 42 occupations for “ordinary people,” 100+ psychic abilities, 16 monsters, the Lazlo Agency, world setting and rules.
• Nightbane® RPG and sourcebooks. An RPG setting we call superhero horror. Dark conspiracy, a secret, demon invasion starting with world leaders and law enforcement, and it is spreading. The player characters are the Nightbane®, reluctant superhumans who must turn into monsters themselves to unleash their powers and battle the evil that is clear only to them. A dark, sinister and challenging world of horror.
• After the Bomb® RPG and sourcebooks. Planet of the Apes meets the X-Men! Animal creations, powers and more. Create any type of intelligent mutant animal you can imagine as friend or foe.
• Ninjas & Superspies™ RPG and the Mystic China™ sourcebook. James Bond meets Enter the Dragon. 41 types of martial arts, ninjas, and super-spies with gadgets, gizmos and advanced weapons.
• The Mechanoid Invasion® Trilogy RPG is a long time, cult favorite with a fatalistic world-view of humans vs aliens with superior technology.
• The Palladium Weapon Series of real world weapons, armor and castles throughout history. Designed for use with ANY game system.
• 200+ Palladium titles in all, plus G.M. kits, paper miniatures and more.
• Heroes Unlimited™ Paper Miniatures – Two sets are now available!
• Palladium Fantasy RPG® Paper Miniatures – Volumes #1-6 are available now. More are coming in the weeks ahead.
• Rifts® Paper Miniatures: Men at Arms – $2.99
• Rifts® Paper Miniatures: Coalition Dead Boys – $2.99
• Rifts® Paper Miniatures: Adventurers – $2.99
• Rifts® Paper Miniatures: Practitioners of Magic (new) – $2.99
• Rifts® Paper Miniatures: Extras (new) – $2.99
• And more to come in the weeks ahead.

Palladium Collectibles, Negatives, Artwork, other Collectibles and Toys are always available in Kevin’s Online Toy & Collectibles eBay Store along with other good things

My eBay store is one of the few places where you can find original artwork by Charles “Chuck” Walton, Kevin Long, and others, as well as one-of-a-kind negatives from classic Rifts® and other Palladium RPG books (they look awesome framed!), rare Palladium collector hardcovers, signed books, other Palladium memorabilia, toys from my personal collection and other collectibles. Check every couple of weeks because we often post new stuff or offer a new sale. There is a sale on negatives starting today, in fact.

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

Available now: One-of-a-kind book negatives. Negatives were very popular items at the Palladium Open House and people went crazy over them at Gen Con – including actor Joe Manganiello who scooped up a pile of TMNT negatives, while Palladium’s own Mark Oberle, Carmen Bellaire, Brandon Aten and a whole lot of Palladium gamers went for negatives from Rifts® New West, Lone Star and Free Quebec. Fun.

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

When our printer, McNaughton and Gunn, went completely digital, they asked if Palladium Books wanted the negs, otherwise they would be destroyed. Regrettably, I let a few dozen be destroyed, but the negatives of many books were sent to Palladium. They have sat in our warehouse for years until I started to offer them for sale. I have also started signing the negatives in silver and each comes with a Certificate of Authenticity. Each negative comes on a white board inside a plastic magazine bag and looks fabulous framed! Fits in an 8×10 inch matt opening in a frame (each neg is roughly 8½ x 11 inches).

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

Closing Thoughts – Getting fired up

We are fired up as we prepare for the hotly anticipated release of the Rifts® 30th Anniversary Commemorative Hardcovers, more hardcover core rule books, Rifts® CS Manhunters, and several other new releases. We are also preparing to launch an expanded social media presence as well as participating in Gen Con Online again this year. These and other projects are among some of what I have been working to put into motion. Others are too thrilling and tenuous to yet announce.

Working on the Rifts® 30th Hardcovers has been a joyous and humbling experience. Gathering hundreds of pieces of art – only a fraction of which saw inclusion, but most of it fun material nobody has seen in ages and should wow and delight Rifts® fans – and tripping down Memory Lane has been a joy. I have been feeling warm and fuzzy all week thinking about the multitude of astonishing human beings I have had the pleasure of knowing. People who helped shape me, Rifts® and Palladium Books. These two Rifts® Commemorative Hardcovers are as much a tribute to them and you, as it is anything I have accomplished.

Funny, but this look back at the early days of Rifts®, in a way, marks the beginning of a new era for it and Palladium Books. My goal is to make the next 40 years even more exciting and vibrant than the past four decades. I have been making changes and putting things in motion to insure Palladium Books is here for generations to come. Yep, even after I’m retired 30 years from now and when I am no longer here to guide the company. With your love and support, we have built not just a memorable Role-Playing Game company, but a family and a legacy of innovation and ideas. A legacy that continues to inspire new generations of gamers. Not just gamers, but writers, artists, game designers, animators, filmmakers, and creators of every stripe. Like I said, very humbling, indeed. And rewarding.

I have ideas enough to fill another 200 or 300 RPG titles, so I better get to the business of finishing some new releases. Have a great weekend, get vaccinated (please), and keep those beautiful imaginations burning bright.

– Kevin Siembieda, Publisher, Writer, Friend

Gamer 16 Ounce Mug – available now

Whether you drink coffee, hot cocoa, soda-pop, or whatever your beverage of choice may be, this fun mug reminds you of your favorite pastime and that new possibilities exist with every roll of the dice.

The large, 16 ounce Gamer mug presents the word “Gamer” in a box with dice cascading down from above. The design appears on both sides of the mug. Created by Wayne Smith and Freddie Williams II (art directed by Kevin Siembieda). The mug has an orange interior to add a nice splash of color.

• A must for every proud gamer!
• Dice and the word “Gamer” highlighted in a box.
• Glossy black exterior with an orange interior.
• Art and words are located on both sides of the mug.
• 16 ounce ceramic mug.
• Dishwasher and microwave safe.
• $10.99 retail – Cat. No. 2596 – available now.

BACK IN STOCK! Property of the Coalition States 16 Ounce Mug – available now

Back due to popular demand! The iconic Property of the Coalition States and notorious CS Death’s Head insignia printed white on a glossy black, 16 ounce coffee mug, with a blood red interior for a splash of color. The design appears on both sides of the mug. Created by Wayne Smith and Kevin Long (art directed by Kevin Siembieda).

• The infamous words “Property of the Coalition States” and the notorious Death’s Head logo and lightning bolts (indicating CS special forces) in white.
• Glossy black exterior with a blood red interior color.
• Art and words are located on both sides of the mug.
• 16 ounce ceramic mug.
• Dishwasher and microwave safe.
• $10.99 retail – Cat. No. 2588 – available now.

Other Mugs Available Now

Everyone loves these mugs. Isn’t it time you started your collection? I like to use them to as a secret code to reflect my mood to those around me. To my thinking the Gamer mug means I’m feeling playful. Rifts® Property of the Coalition States: I’m a soldier in the trenches and working hard. Dead Reign®: Back off or I will eat you alive. Fantasy Dragon: My imagination is on fire. Rifts Logo: Feeling the infinite possibilities. Rifts® Titan Robotics: I’m feeling mighty. Of course, they represent something else to each of you or just represent one of your favorite games, like a normal person.

• Rifts® Titan Robotics™ Mug – A dynamic Titan robot and the Rifts® logo. Art by Steven Cummings. White on a glossy black, 16 ounce ceramic mug with a blue interior. Dishwasher and microwave safe. $10.99 retail – Cat. No. 2595 – available now.
• Rifts® Logo Coffee Mug – The famous Rifts® logo in white on a glossy black, 16 ounce ceramic mug with a blue interior. Logo by Kevin Long. Dishwasher and microwave safe. $10.99 retail – Cat. No. 2587 – available now.
• Palladium Fantasy RPG® Dragon Mug – The famous red on black 3-headed hydra battling a knight from the iconic original Palladium Fantasy RPG cover. Art by Kevin Siembieda. Red on a glossy black, 16 ounce ceramic mug with an attractive orange interior. Dishwasher and microwave safe. $10.99 retail – Cat. No. 2589 – available now.
• Dead Reign® (Zombie Attack) Mug – A trio of hungry zombies and the Dead Reign® logo in white on a glossy black, 16 ounce ceramic mug with a blood red interior for a splash of color. Art by Steven Cummings. Dishwasher and microwave safe. $10.99 retail – Cat. No. 2594 – available now.

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

By Kevin Siembieda

Hey everyone. Did you get a little springtime snow? We did. Hey, it happens. Nothing surprises me anymore. First, a week of beautiful weather in the sixties and seventies, and then a week of cold and snow. I hope you are all staying healthy, getting your vaccines, and doing well. All of us have gotten our first shot and many of us get our second vaccine shot next week. I am already looking forward to the Palladium Open House and Gen Con NEXT year, 2022. Heck, I even renewed my passport. How is that for optimism?

BACK IN STOCK: ALL Rifts® and Hammer of the Forge novels, Rifts® Aftermath, Powers Unlimited® 3 (Cat. 523, $18.99), Palladium Fantasy RPG® hardcover (Cat. No. 450HC, $39.99 retail), Heroes Unlimited™ RPG hardcover (Cat. No. 500HC, $39.99 retail), and Beyond the Supernatural™ RPG hardcover (Cat. No. 700HC, $39.99 retail) arrived last week and are available now.

Despite the Printing Crisis I spoke about in the last Update, we remain focused on new book releases. Moreover, Palladium continues to be getting shorter turnaround dates and delays than what can be seen in most of the printing industry – only an extra 1-3 weeks rather than 8-12 weeks! I have already sent Rifts® Ultimate Edition in for reprint and I have been told the next three hardcover core rule books: Rifts® Game Master Guide Hardcover (Cat. No. 845HC, $39.99 retail), Rifts® Book of Magic Hardcover (Cat. No. 848HC, $39.99 retail), and Rifts® Adventure Guide Hardcover (Cat. No. 849HC, $36.99 retail) are “scheduled to ship” from the printer next Thursday or Friday, just an extra two weeks longer than the original date given to us.

The Rifts® 30th Anniversary Commemorative hardcover has moved along a bit more slowly than I would like, but it is awesome. It is a special book so Wayne has been taking extra time and care with the gathering and cleaning of artwork and other materials going into to the book. It is a project close to our hearts and we have been adding fun little tidbits and details like a new, expanded table of contents, accurate dates of release for the 160+ Rifts titles depicted in the 12 page color spread, plus a number of what we hope are nice touches you will enjoy. Like what? Like never before seen concept sketches and pencil art, some with the artists’ original notes, a few never before seen color pieces, and other fun items we think you will enjoy. This is still slated for a mid-May release.

Rifts® CS Manhunters. I had a great weekend writing, before hitting a bit of a snag, but it is coming along well too and nearing completion. Finally!

New SALE to Fight the Darkness

Take that as you see it and enjoy the following sale titles from across the Palladium Megaverse. Spring is here, a time of light, but the darkness still lurks unless you beat it back into the shadows.

• Dead Reign® Sourcebook: Dark Places – Cat. No. 232 – hideous zombies, life in the sewers and along the rails, and more.
• Dead Reign® Sourcebook: Endless Dead – Cat. No. 233 – even more strange and deadly zombies, 5 new O.C.C.s, military, etc.
• Dead Reign® Sourcebook: In the Face of Death – Cat. No. 237 – life in the big city, crazy heroes, cults, 100+ adventure hooks and more.
• Fantasy: Northern Hinterlands – Cat. No. 467 – 18 new monsters, Wild Lords, the Bizantium Shadow Coast colonies, barbarians and more.
• Fantasy LOD-1: Chaos Lands – Cat. No. 468 – 200+ adventure hooks, 30+ creatures, the Great Rift and more.
• Fantasy LOD-2: Eternal Torment – Cat. No. 469 – 15 different undead, 15 beasts of Chaos, Curses, the Darkest Heart, and 100+ adventure hooks.
• Gramercy Island, HU2 Sourcebook – Cat. No. 518 – 98 super-villains, a super-max prison, 101 adventure hooks and more.
• Powers Unlimited® Three, HU2 Sourcebook – Cat. No. 523 – Power up to fight evil; 133 super abilities and more.
• Armageddon Unlimited – Cat. No. 527 – Demonic invasion of the Heroes Unlimited Earth. Stop Armageddon! Save the world!
• Nightbane®: Nightlands Sourcebook – Cat. No. 732 – Nightlords, monsters, and the alternate Earth known as the Nightlands.
• Nightbane®: Through the Glass Darkly Sourcebook – Cat. No. 733 – lots of dark magic and magic items, 3 full adventures and more.
• Nightbane®: Dark Designs Sourcebook – Cat. No. 736 – 60 new Common Talents, 38 new Elite Talents, 18 Morphus tables, and more.
• Rifts® Dark Conversions – Cat. No. 852 – 120+ creatures of darkness, Nightbane® conversions, Witchery, and more.
• Rifts® World Book: Vampire Kingdoms – Cat. No. 802-E – Vampires, their abilities, combat, notable locations, Vampire Hunters & more.
• Rifts® Vampire Sourcebook – Cat. No. 884 – Reid’s Rangers, vampire fighting equipment, TW weapons, Soulcraft, Yucatan and more.
• Rifts® Game Master Guide – Cat. No. 845 – 500+ weapons, 250+ pieces of equipment, 180+ vehicles, 80+ suits of power armor, 50+ robots, maps, and more.
• Rifts® China One – Cat. No. 857 – 30 monsters, curses, overview of China, the Yama Kings, and Hell on Earth.
• Rifts® Dimension Book: Wormwood – Cat. No. 809 – There is no world setting more ominous and strange – though Rifts Earth could join it if they cannot stop the demon invasion (see Megaverse in Flames).
• Rifts® Dimension Book: Skraypers – Cat. No. 830 – Superhumans battle to liberate an alien world from alien invaders.

The SALE runs now thru April 28. Ends after midnight Wednesday, April 28, 2021. Note: All the same book titles above are also on sale from DriveThruRPG.com as PDF books. Enjoy.

NEW! Miniature Releases – Available now

You have been asking about new miniatures and we are providing. All miniatures come in a plastic bag. The newest three are:

Rifts® Glitter Boy™ & Pilot (original) Miniature Pack – 1st time available in resin – 28 mm resin – $19.99 retail – Cat. No. MI8001. Five Pieces: 1. Complete G.B. body and a small base, 2. right arm and Boom Gun, 3. backpack/thrusters, 4. ammo drum and belt, and 5. pilot. The ever-popular, classic Glitter Boy and Pilot (1993 RAFM) – now in resin for the first time (prior releases were pewter figures). Available now.

NEW! Rifts® CS Firebreather Dead Boy™ Miniature – true scale 32 mm resin – $9.99 retail – Cat. No. MI8047. Five pieces: 1. the body, 2. right arm and gun, 3. left arm, 4. antenna, 5. custom base. Detailed and dynamic figure. Available now.

NEW! Rifts® Juicer™ Miniature – true scale 32 mm resin – $9.99 retail – Cat. No. MI8048. Three pieces: 1. the complete body, 2. crossed swords on the back that fit so snugly that you may not even need to glue it, 3. custom base. Detailed and dynamic figure. Available now.

And don’t forget about the Deluxe Rifts® Glitter Boy Resin Miniature – released in fall 2020 – 32 mm resin – $34.99 retail – Cat. No. MI8046 – a gorgeous, detailed and dynamic figure. Available now.

Hardcover RPGs – Palladium Fantasy RPG^®, Heroes Unlimited^™ & Beyond the Supernatural^™ – available now

These hot sellers are all back in stock and ready to ship, so please keep the orders coming and enjoy. Please note that we intend to keep both these new hardcovers AND the softcover editions in print and available all the time.

Each hardcover RPG book is exactly the same as the softcover edition you may already own and use. Even the color covers are fundamentally the same art with changes to the logos to differentiate them from the softcovers. The main difference is that the rule books you know and love are now available as sturdy hardcovers for longer durability. Note: The softcover editions will also remain in print. We hope you are pleased to see these titles being made available in hardcover as per your many requests. Enjoy. Coming in April: Rifts® G.M. Guide, Rifts® Book of Magic and Rifts® Adventure Guide, with the two different Rifts® 30th Anniversary Commemorative Hardcovers shipping mid-May.

NEW! HARDCOVER Beyond the Supernatural^™ RPG, 2nd Edition – Available now

Supernatural horror in the modern world that feels plausible and real. Your characters are the few who know the supernatural is real because they have experienced it face to face. Some are psychics, some are experts in the paranormal or the arcane, and others are ordinary people like you and me. Ordinary people who are never the same after their own close encounter. All of these unlikely heroes stand against supernatural evil in a world of disbelievers who brand them as practitioners of fringe science or lunatics. Only they know the truth: supernatural evil is real and dangerous. And someone has to take a stand to protect the innocent from supernatural evil in whatever hidden form it may take. Are you ready to join the battle?

• The hardcover is exactly the same as the softcover edition.
• Color cover, same art, variant logo, hardcover.
• A plausible modern horror setting that makes sense and will challenge your role-playing skills.
• 14 Psychic Character Classes.
• 42 occupations for “ordinary” people.
• 100+ psychic abilities, including Fire Walker abilities.
• Creatures of darkness, the Lazlo Agency, and more.
• New sourcebooks are coming soon.
• 256 pages – $36.99 retail – Cat. No. 700HC – available now.

NEW! HARDCOVER Palladium Fantasy RPG^®, 2nd Edition – available now

A fantasy setting like no other, rich in history and inviting adventure. Not only are you able to play iconic fantasy heroes like the Wizard, Knight, Paladin, Ranger, Thief, Assassin, and others, but also characters such as the Mind Mage, Druid, Diabolist, Summoner and many others. Moreover, play an array of nonhuman characters from Elves and Dwarves to Wolfen, Changelings, Kobolds, Orcs, Ogres, and many others.

• The hardcover is exactly the same as the softcover edition.
• Color cover, same art, variant logo, hardcover.
• 25+ Occupational Character Classes (O.C.C.s).
• 14+ inhuman player races (more in sourcebooks).
• 300+ magic spells.
• 60 magical Wards. 50 magic circles.
• Dozens of magic items potions and more.
• 70+ psychic powers, the Mind Mage, and more.
• Weapons, gear, demons and adventure ideas.
• New sourcebooks like Land of the Damned 3, Lopan, and others are coming.
• 336 pages – $39.99 retail – Cat. No. 450HC – available now.

NEW! HARDCOVER Heroes Unlimited^™ RPG, 2nd Edition – available now

The Heroes Unlimited™ RPG has been a hit RPG for 30+ years because it enables you to create any type of comic book hero you can imagine. Make characters pulled right from any comic book you grew up with and love, or design your own league of extraordinary heroes.

If you seek comic book heroic adventure, Heroes Unlimited™ does the job on an epic scale. Plus a dozen sourcebooks provide you with more super abilities, hero categories, bad guys and adventures.

• The hardcover is exactly the same as the softcover edition.
• Color cover, same art, variant logo on the hardcover.
• Create any type of hero you can imagine.
• 101 super abilities plus a multitude of sub-powers within them, bonuses and special combat capabilities.
• 100+ magic spells plus enchanted weapons and objects.
• 72 psychic powers.
• Enchanted weapons that instill super abilities.
• Mega-Heroes and immortals.
• Alien super beings.
• Bionics and cyborgs.
• Psionics and Psychics.
• Robots and power armor.
• Masters of magic, wizards and spell casters.
• Mutants and Super Soldiers possessing super abilities.
• Inventors, super-geniuses and super-vehicles.
• Special Training: Martial arts, Sleuths, weapons, more.
• Cover by comic book legend Jim Steranko.
• Art by Ramon K. Perez, Paulo Parente, Mike Gustovich, and others.
• Written by Kevin Siembieda.
• 352 pages for a complete RPG – $39.99 retail – Cat. No. 500HC – available now.

Rifts^® Game Master Guide^™ Hardcover – April Release

The Rifts® Game Master Guide™ hardcover is a massive, 352 page reference book with short stats and descriptions for every Rifts® robot, power armor, body armor, vehicle, weapon, gadget, skill, experience table, and map that appears in Rifts® World Books 1-23 and Sourcebooks 1-4, plus a bionics index, an O.C.C.s and R.C.C.s index, rules clarifications, combat examples, advice on how to run a game and more.

• 500+ weapons.
• 290 pieces of equipment.
• 180+ vehicles.
• 100+ suits of body armor.
• 80+ suits of power armor.
• 300+ skills, character and D-Bee index, dozens of maps, and more.
• 352 pages – $39.99 retail – Cat. No. 845HC – Hardcover ships in April and taking pre-orders now. Also available in softcover.

Rifts^® Book of Magic^™ Hardcover

Nearly 1,000 magic spells and 400 magic weapons and devices from across Rifts Earth, plus magic tattoos, herbs, stones, and more. 352 pages of pure magic.

• 900+ magic spells, Elemental Magic, Ley Line Magic, Temporal Magic, Necromancy, Nature Magic, Cloud Magic, Ocean Magic, Biomancy and more.
• Plus Tattoo Magic, Stone Magic, Whalesongs, Conjuring, Nazca Lines.
• 290+ Techno-Wizard weapons and items, including TW Bionics, Automatons, and Iron Juggernauts.
• 80+ other magic items, Rune Weapons, Holy Weapons, Fetishes.
• Bio-Wizard Weapons, the Bio-Borg, Symbiotes, and herbs.
• Magic stones, talismans, magic items of Japan, and more.
• Millennium Tree wands, staves and armor.
• 352 pages – $39.99 retail – Cat. No. 848HC – Hardcover ships in April and taking pre-orders now. Also available in softcover.

Rifts^® Adventure Guide^™ Hardcover

Inside information to create and run RPG adventures: How to get started, building on ideas, character archetypes, tables for creating Rifts towns and cities, mercenary companies, traveling shows, and player created organizations, plus random Rift tables, information about the Chi-Town ‘Burbs, 32 ‘Burb adventure ideas, another 101 adventure hooks, and still more adventure ideas, and additional player and Game Master tips by Kevin Siembieda, Erick Wujcik, and Bill Coffin.

• 150+ adventure ideas.
• Game Master and player tips from Kevin Siembieda.
• Adventure creation tips from Kevin Siembieda.
• Why and how to use alignments by Kevin Siembieda.
• Tricks of running a large group, G.M. tools, and more.
• Additional Player and G.M. tips from Wujcik and Coffin.
• Overview and info about the CS Chi-Town ‘Burbs.
• 32 adventure ideas in the ‘Burbs.
• Random Dimensional Rifts & other tables.
• Tables for creating towns, merc companies, and traveling shows.
• 192 pages – $36.99 retail – Cat. No. 849HC – Hardcover ships in April and we are taking pre-orders now. Also available in softcover.

Rifts^® RPG – 30th Anniversary Commemorative Hardcover – 1st Edition Rules – Color Cover – May 14 release

The Commemorative 30th Anniversary Hardcover is the original first edition Rifts® rule book with the famous Keith Parkinson cover of the Splugorth Slave Barge. Plus extras and color pages featuring fun stuff in the back of the book like notes, concept drawings, color roughs, photographs, and every Rifts® cover. All intended to bring back fond memories.

This book is the result of requests from fans. It was supposed to be one of our 2020 surprises. Then the Covid pandemic struck, our world went sideways, and for a while we shelved it. But the more I talked about it with people behind the scenes, the more I realized people wanted to have a Rifts® 30th Anniversary Hardcover. Especially a commemorative edition with extra material and remembrances in it. With the pandemic still lingering, it feels like the perfect time to offer a fun, nostalgic product to stir up fond memories of grand adventures and fun times.

Original Rifts® RPG 30th Anniversary Commemorative Hardcover:

• Back in print for the first time in 16 years.
• Color cover of the famous Splugorth Slave Barge by Keith Parkinson.
• A color gallery of every Rifts® cover ever published.
• Color photographs of the staff, including those from the first Rifter® Swimsuit issue (scary, I know!) and other photos.
• Concept art and pencil illustrations often with notes by the artist.
• Personal notes, commentary, and nostalgic material.
• 30+ pages of color, countless memories, and loads of fun.
• Color end sheets.
• This is NOT a signed or numbered limited edition, but we are happy to sign copies at conventions and the Palladium Open House.
• 288 pages – $49.99 retail – Cat. No. 800HC30 – May 14 release.

NEW! Rifts^® RPG 30th Anniversary “Gold” Limited Edition Commemorative Hardcover – 1st Edition Rules – May 14 release

Due to popular demand, we are producing an ultra-limited edition Rifts® “Gold” 30th Anniversary Commemorative Hardcover. Available on a first-come, first served basis, while supplies last. This is the most limited of any previous collectors edition of the Rifts® RPG – 5,000 copies of Silver, 500 copies of Gold, but only 200 copies for this 30th Anniversary edition – and those earlier editions sell for big bucks today. Availability starts with #1 of 200, so be among the first to order.

Rifts® RPG 30th Anniversary “Gold” Limited Edition:

• 200 signed and numbered – available only from Palladium Books.
• Gold foil cover on a faux leatherette.
• Cover art by Kevin Long of the famous Splugorth Slave Barge.
• Limited to 200 signed and numbered copies, plus a few dozen printer proofs.
• Signed by available staff.
• Otherwise the same as the hardcover with the color cover.
• A color gallery of every Rifts® cover ever published.
• Color photographs of the staff, including those from the first Rifter® Swimsuit issue (scary, I know!) and other photos.
• Concept art and pencil illustrations often with notes by the artist.
• Personal notes, commentary, and nostalgic material.
• Color end sheets. And maybe a little surprise, but no promises.
• 30+ pages of color, countless memories, and loads of fun.
• Available on a first-come, first served basis, while supplies last. Only from Palladium Books.
• 294 pages – $75.00 retail – Cat. No. 8000HC30 – May 14 release.

Rifts^® Novels – Available now

All Rifts® novels are available from the Palladium Books online store as physical books as well as PDFs from DriveThruRPG.com. All are a fun read and highly recommended. Enjoy.

• All novels are 5 x 8 inches in size unless otherwise indicated.
• Page count and price varies.
• Available as physical books from palladiumbooks.com and as PDFs on DriveThruRPG.com
• Rifts® Duty’s Edge is the story of a lone survivor of a New German Republic Special Forces operation who struggles to complete the mission on his own. A mission to destroy wicked monsters and cut off a vital line of support to the Gargoyle Empire. A mission that could save many lives. Of course, it is a journey that takes many twists and turns as one determined individual hopes to beat impossible odds. Set in the Middle East. 236 pages – $12.99 retail – Cat. No. 308 – the newest, stand alone novel.
• Rifts® Sonic Boom™. Follow the exploits of a CS platoon sworn to protect humankind from all threats, be they aliens, dragons, masters of magic or fellow humans out for themselves.
• Rifts® Deception’s Web™, the second novel in this trilogy, reveals a conspiracy within the Coalition military that could spell disaster for our protagonists. Note: Smaller size, 4 x 6 inches.
• Rifts® Treacherous Awakenings™ is the pulse-pounding conclusion of the third novel in this epic trilogy by Adam Chilson.
• Rifts Anthology: Tales of the Chi-Town ‘Burbs™. Rifts® short stories by 11 authors including Kevin Siembieda, Carl Gleba, Mark Oberle, Braden Campbell, Taylor White, Jason Richards, and others. Note: Slightly larger size, 6 x 9 inches.
• Rifts® Machinations of Doom™ Graphic Novel & Sourcebook. The comic is by acclaimed Eisner Award winning artist Ramon K. Perez, source material by Siembieda and Perez. Note: 8½ x 11 inches.
• Rifts® Path of the Storm was a Rifts® movie script written on spec. Note: 8½ x 11 inches.
• Rifts® Hammer of the Forge™, Volume One: The Cosmo-Knight. The adventures of Caleb Vulcan, newly minted Knight of the Cosmic Forge.
• Rifts® Hammer of the Forge™, Volume Two: The Reckoning. The epic conclusion of the Hammer of the Forge story.

UPDATE: Rifts^® CS Manhunters – May release

This fun book will please a lot of people. Heck, it is worth it for the 50 NEW psionic abilities and CS Manhunter O.C.C.s alone. Each Manhunter is an intriguing player character or dangerous NPC assassin bounty hunter. Rifts® CS Manhunters also reveals secrets about Dog Boys and Kill Hounds, other CS psychics, Psi-Ops, and the role many play in the Minion War™, as well as revisiting the Seven Dangers Prophecy (first introduced in Rifts® Sourcebook 2: The Mechanoids®), some fun gadgets and implants, and more. As good as CS Manhunters was, I had been struggling with aspects of it. When I finally made a breakthrough on that front everything fell into place and it is all coming together beautifully. Source material that should give both players and Game Masters plenty to work with. All of it building toward something epic.

As for the question of who watches the watchmen? (Meaning the Coalition military and its elite.) The answer is, the CS Manhunters. A secret division under the auspices of Psi-Battalion. Super-patriots, spies and assassins all rolled into one. Men and women who not only hunt the most dangerous spies, fugitives, and enemies of the Coalition States, but also protect the Emperor and hunt down traitors within the Coalition States. An elite force of expert manhunters and cold-blooded killing machines who use psionic abilities as part of their arsenal, follow orders without question, and kill without hesitation.

• New Coalition Psychic O.C.C.s.
• 50+ new psionic abilities and revisits of some favorites.
• CS Manhunter Divner and Precog.
• CS Manhunter Psi-Interrogator and Psi-Enforcer.
• CS Manhunter Bursters and Zappers.
• CS Manhunter Psi-Healers and CS Slayers.
• CS Manhunter Killhound and Dog Boy O.C.C.s.
• CS Manhunter Mind Melters, the deadliest of them all.
• CS Manhunter squads and special operations.
• Insight about Coalition psychics and secretive Psi-Ops.
• The impact of the demon plagues unleashed by the Minion War.
• Player Characters, NPCS, background info, adventure ideas, and more.
• 96-128 pages – $17.99 retail – Cat. No. 894 – In production and nearing completion.

UPDATE: Creature Feature^™, a Beyond the Supernatural^™ sourcebook

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

• A gallery of supernatural creatures. Some new. Some familiar, updated and expanded. All terrifying.
• Rules clarifications and errata.
• Game Master source material and advice on rules, psychic abilities, proximity and threat levels, I.S.P. multipliers, and more.
• Advice about running modern horror RPGs and using supernatural creatures in your games.
• Lots of adventure ideas, including an updated and expanded full adventure, “The Squatter.”
• New background and setting information for the BTS setting and a few surprises.
• Written by Steven Dawes, Kevin Siembieda, and others.
• Art by Steven Cummings, Nick Bradshaw and others.
• 160-192 pages – $22.99 or $26.99 depending on final size – Cat. No. 704.

UPDATE: Rifts^® Titan Robotics^™

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

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

• New Giant Robots.
• New Power Armor, equipment and accessories.
• 30+ power armors and robots, plus other equipment.
• New weapons, gear and vehicles.
• Titan Robotics Corporation and structure.
• Archie’s secret kingdom and plans for the future.
• New O.C.C.s and key Non-Player Characters (NPCs).
• Android executives, security and much more.
• Wellington Industries, campaign prompts and more.
• Art by Walton, Cummings, Atkins, and others. Cover by Mike Majestic.
• Written by Matthew Clements and Kevin Siembieda.
• 160-192 pages (tentative) – $22.99 retail (or $26.99) – Cat. No. 899.

UPDATE: Rifts^® Bestiary^™ Volume Two

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

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

• Monsters and animals of Rifts North America organized into big, easy to use sourcebooks.
• Updated and expanded descriptions and information for each existing monster.
• Updated and uniform stat blocks.
• New exotic creatures – predators, exotic riding animals, beasts of burden, alien horrors, giant insects, and more.
• A map for every creature showing where it is found.
• Easily adapted to any Palladium setting – Palladium Fantasy®, Chaos Earth®, Splicers®, Phase World®, the Three Galaxies™, The Mechanoids®, Heroes Unlimited™/Aliens Unlimited™, and others.
• Basic S.D.C. stats included with each creature description.
• Fully illustrated, with art by Charles Walton II, Ramon Perez, Robert Atkins, and many others. Written by Kevin Siembieda.
• 256 pages each volume – $26.99 – Cat. No. 897 (Volume Two).

Rifts^® Ultimate Edition – Cat. No. 800HC – Available now

This big, 376 page role-playing game is everything you need to start playing Rifts®. Just add some dice, some players, and a heaping helping of imagination and you are ready to go.

If you have never played the rich, unpredictable, genre-melding Rifts® setting, you are missing epic adventure that never grows old, because anything is possible. No other RPG blends science fiction, fantasy, horror, and post-apocalyptic adventure with demons and aliens, robots and cyborgs, magic and the supernatural in such a plausible and dynamic way. A setting that lets you play any type and style of game you can imagine. With characters like Dragon Hatchlings, Cyber-Knights, Glitter Boys, Ley Line Walkers, Techno-Wizards, and Juicers that challenge the imagination. And those are just a tiny handful of the O.C.C.s you can play in Rifts®. Not to mention hundreds of different alien, supernatural, magical, and other beings available as player characters. All of it set on an Earth that is both familiar and as alien as a thousand different planets. So check it out, build your character, start a campaign, and watch your characters become legends.

• 30+ player characters to choose from; tech, magic, or psychic.
• Cyborgs, robot and power armor pilots, Scout, Assassin, and more.
• 140+ magic spells, plus Techno-Wizards, Shifters, and more.
• 90 psionic powers and psychic characters.
• Sourcebooks offer hundreds of different alien, supernatural beings, creatures of magic, and other beings, many available as player characters.
• There has never been another RPG quite like Rifts®.
• 376 page hardcover, some color – $41.99 retail – Cat. No. 800HC – available now.

DriveThru NEW Sale – Fight the Darkness SALE

Spring is here, a time of light, but the darkness still lurks unless you beat it back into the shadows. Enjoy this sale to find fun and adventure battling the darkness in myriad forms.

• Dead Reign® Sourcebook: Dark Places – Cat. No. 232 – hideous zombies, life in the sewers and along the rails, and more.
• Dead Reign® Sourcebook: Endless Dead – Cat. No. 233 – even more strange and deadly zombies, 5 new O.C.C.s, military, etc.
• Dead Reign® Sourcebook: In the Face of Death – Cat. No. 237 – life in the big city, crazy heroes, cults, 100+ adventure hooks and more.
• Fantasy: Old Ones – Cat. No. 453 – 7 full adventures, 50 cities, towns, and forts to visit, the Old Ones and more.
• Fantasy: Northern Hinterlands – Cat. No. 467 – 18 new monsters, Wild Lords, the Bizantium Shadow Coast colonies, barbarians and more.
• Fantasy LOD-1: Chaos Lands – Cat. No. 468 – 200+ adventure hooks, 30+ creatures, the Great Rift and more.
• Fantasy LOD-2: Eternal Torment – Cat. No. 469 – 15 different undead, 15 beasts of Chaos, Curses, the Darkest Heart, and 100+ adventure hooks.
• Powers Unlimited® Three, HU2 Sourcebook – Cat. No. 523 – Power up to fight evil; 133 super abilities and more.
• Gramercy Island, HU2 Sourcebook – Cat. No. 518 – 98 super-villains, a super-max prison, 101 adventure hooks and more.
• Armageddon Unlimited – Cat. No. 527 – Demonic invasion of the Heroes Unlimited Earth. Stop Armageddon! Save the world!
• Nightbane®: Nightlands Sourcebook – Cat. No. 732 – Nightlords, monsters, and the alternate Earth known as the Nightlands.
• Nightbane®: Through the Glass Darkly Sourcebook – Cat. No. 733 – lots of dark magic and magic items, 3 full adventures and more.
• Nightbane®: Dark Designs Sourcebook – Cat. No. 736 – 60 new Common Talents, 38 new Elite Talents, 18 Morphus tables, and more.
• Rifts® Dark Conversions – Cat. No. 852 – 120+ creatures of darkness, Nightbane® conversions, Witchery, and more.
• Rifts® World Book: Vampire Kingdoms – Cat. No. 802-E – Vampires, their abilities, combat, notable locations, Vampire Hunters & more.
• Rifts® Vampire Sourcebook – Cat. No. 884 – Reid’s Rangers, vampire fighting equipment, TW weapons, Soulcraft, Yucatan and more.
• Rifts® Game Master Guide – Cat. No. 845 – 500+ weapons, 250+ pieces of equipment, 180+ vehicles, 80+ suits of power armor, 50+ robots, maps, and more.
• Rifts® China One – Cat. No. 857 – 30 monsters, curses, overview of China, the Yama Kings, and Hell on Earth.
• Rifts® Dimension Book: Wormwood – Cat. No. 809 – There is no world setting more ominous and strange – though Rifts Earth could join it if they cannot stop the demon invasion (see Megaverse in Flames).
• Rifts® Dimension Book: Skraypers – Cat. No. 830 – Superhumans battle to liberate an alien world from alien invaders.

The SALE runs now thru April 28. Ends after midnight Wednesday, April 28, 2021. Note: All the same book titles above are also on sale from palladiumbooks.com as physical books. Enjoy.

More than 300 RPG products including: Garden of the Gods™ (Fantasy) sourcebook – a toy box of gods, magical blessings, ancient artifacts, and hundreds of opportunities, quests, and adventure ideas for players and Game Masters alike. Here, all gods are equal and many a forgotten god seeks to be rediscovered and worshiped by offering blessings, vision quests, and magical artifacts to potential heroes to champion their name.

• 212 Blessings. 101 magic artifacts.
• 45 forgotten gods. Each god offers adventure hooks.
• 100+ random quests and encounters. Godly insight & visitations.
• Restore forgotten gods to power. Become a Champion of the Gods.
• 50+ Curses and dark magic. Five Old Ones weapons of destruction.
• The Garden of the Gods and its protectors.
• Ghosts, Faeries, mysteries, and ancient secrets.
• Easily adapted to Rifts®, Phase World® and any game system.
• 224 pages of wonder and adventure by Kevin Siembieda and Matthew Clements – Cat. No. 475. PDF available on DriveThruRPG.com – the physical book is available from PalladiumBooks.com.

Rifts® Novels: Duty’s Edge – The lone surviving soldier from a New German Republic Special Forces operation struggles to complete the mission on his own. A stand-alone Rifts® novel complete in itself. 236 pages, Cat. No. 308. The Cosmo-Knight and The Reckoning (Phase World®, the Three Galaxies, and Cosmo-Knights), the Rifts® trilogy of novels: Sonic Boom, Deception’s Web, and Treacherous Awakenings, as well as the Rifts® Anthology: Tales of the Chi-Town ‘Burbs (11 authors), Machinations of Doom (graphic novel by Ramon K. Perez), and Path of the Storm (a proposed Rifts® movie script) and 300+ other Palladium Books RPG titles.

Also available: Free Garden of the Gods™ (Fantasy) and Rifts® Bestiary™ Volume One Sneak Previews, and the Palladium Fantasy RPG® Interactive Character Sheet: A Microsoft Excel-based character management system. Packed with features and data collected from every official Palladium Fantasy sourcebook to enable you to create Fantasy characters quickly (25 minutes!) and help you to update and manage them for years to come.

Dead Reign® Paper Miniatures Volume Three: Zombies, Dead Reign® Paper Miniatures Volume Two: Civilians and Dead Reign® Paper Miniatures Volume One: Survivors. There are also paper miniatures for Heroes Unlimited™, Palladium Fantasy® and Rifts®. A new, up-to-date, PDF Palladium Books Catalog. Nightbane® Dark Designs™ sourcebook with 60 new Common Talents, 38 new Elite Talents, 18 new Morphus Tables, all other Morphus Tables collected and more. Systems Failure™ RPG, a 160 page RPG that deals with alien invasion and a post-apocalypse setting that is fun and dynamic. Civilization is on the verge of collapse when the so-called “bugs” invade and turn humans into zombie-like slaves. Monsters, heroes and fun. A complete RPG and setting. Rifts® World Book 34: Northern Gun™ Two: 256 pages of technology and fun. 30+ power armors, 30+ body armors, 15 combat vehicles, 45 vehicles (hovercycles, etc.), 10 robot haulers, the Robodome and more. Bizantium and the Northern Islands™: the northernmost part of the Known World, the Cold Born, Necromancy ships made from dead sea serpents, 15 creatures, Random Sea Monster Generator, and more. Rifts® Northern Gun™ One. This fan favorite might be thought of as the big book of giant robots – an in-depth look at Northern Gun, 70+ weapons, 27 robots, NG O.C.C.s, key people and places, and much more. Mysteries of Magic™ Book One: The Heart of Magic™ with Wizards, their Apprentices, nearly 60 new magic spells and remember, magic and monsters in the Fantasy RPG are easily adapted to Rifts®, Chaos Earth®, HU2 and other settings. Wolfen Empire™ Fantasy sourcebook, the Great Northern Wilderness and Killer Winters, 12 Wolfen Tribes, Wolfen military and society, 15+ creatures, 5 full adventures, 101 adventure ideas, random encounter tables, notable people, places, plus FREE Sneak Previews of The Rifter® #80, The Rifter® #81, The Rifter® #82, and more on DriveThruRPG.com.

• Rifts® is a genre-bending setting that combines science fiction, fantasy, horror, post-apocalypse survival, magic, and endless possibilities for adventure. Imagine a near perfect world of advanced technology 100 years in the future. Then imagine that world crashing down overnight in an apocalyptic upheaval not seen since the formation of the planet. A Great Cataclysm caused by the explosive return of magic. Now fast forward 300 years into the future where magic, dragons, and mythic gods coexist with cyborgs, giant robots and super-science rediscovered from humanity’s Golden Age as humans rise from a lengthy Dark Age. But they must contend with countless alien life forms, monsters, and supernatural horrors from beyond the Rifts.
• Rifts® core titles we would suggest: Rifts® Ultimate Edition, Rifts® Game Master Guide, Rifts® Book of Magic, Rifts® Adventure Guide, D-Bees of North America™, Rifts® World Book 11: Coalition War Campaign and Rifts® Sourcebook One. Note: The Rifts® RPG, 1st Edition and Rifts® Ultimate, 2nd Edition are both available.
• 80+ Rifts® supplements, most of them available as PDFs with more coming. Where to start? Wherever sounds fun.
• Rifts® Dimension Books™: Travel to alien worlds and dimensions via the Rifts for off-world adventure and intrigue.
• Rifts® Chaos Earth® RPG and sourcebook series (all). 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.
• FREE Sneak Previews for Nightbane® Dark Designs™, Rifts® Secrets of the Atlanteans™, Rifts® CS Heroes of Humanity, and many other previews as well as free and low cost items that we make available. All of it adds to the growing list of Rifts and other Palladium RPG game titles available as PDF books, cards and support. A new title should be added every week or two, so keep watching for them.
• The Rifter® #1-84, ALL issues of The Rifter®. Each issue is a wealth of source material and ideas for 3-6 different Palladium game lines. Most are easily adapted to ANY Palladium game setting. Each issue a gem. 8,500 pages of source material and ideas for heroes, villains, monsters, magic, gear, and adventure.
• Splicers® RPG is like Iron Man meets Game of Thrones with elements of Terminator – except this army of Iron Men are clad in living body armor and wield living, organic weapons and devices. Created in 2004 by writer and game designer Carmen Bellaire, Splicers® was nominated for an Inquest Gamer Magazine Fan Awards Game of the Year, and has since developed a rabid fan base. Science fiction and horror where humans are forced to use genetically engineered, living weapons and organic war machines to battle an insane Artificial Intelligence and her robot legions. Unlike anything you have ever played before!
• Splicers®: I Am Legion™ Adventure Sourcebook: 6 new Great Houses, 4 new Host Armors, 6 new War Mounts, 19 new Bio-Weapons, 15 new killer machines, new Bio-Enhancements, Amalgam creation tables, Legion and a series of adventures that build into a small campaign, and more.
• Palladium Fantasy RPG®, 1st Edition Rules and sourcebooks. A unique world of magic, monsters and heroes. Dozens of nonhuman player characters including Wolfen, Bearmen, Ogres, Orcs and more. 100,000 years of history.
• Palladium Fantasy RPG®, 2nd Edition Rules and many sourcebooks. The expanded world of high fantasy, magic, mystery and heroes of every variety. Includes the Mind Mage and psychic abilities, mages and spells, magic circles and symbols, men-at-arms, scoundrels and a wide range of inhuman player characters including Wolfen, Bearmen, Ogres, Orcs and many more. 100,000 years of history.
• Heroes Unlimited™ RPG first edition rule book and sourcebooks.
• Heroes Unlimited™ RPG Second Edition rule book and sourcebooks. Create any type of superhuman you can desire and bring comic book adventures to life.
• Dead Reign® RPG (Zombie Apocalypse). The dead have risen. It is the battle for survival in the zombie apocalypse, but this setting is much more than your typical zombie game. Play ordinary people or special characters better equipped to survive and hunt zombies. Many unusual types of zombies.
• Dead Reign® Sourcebooks: 6 sourcebooks from Civilization Gone™ to Hell Followed™ (the latter features stats for 23 disasters, masked lunatics, 11 new zombies, 7 apocalyptic character classes, and more) are available.
• Beyond the Supernatural™ RPG, 1st Edition Rules. Supernatural horror in the modern world. Play ordinary people, psychics, paranormal investigators or for something different: Victim Characters!
• Beyond the Supernatural™ RPG, 2nd Edition: The complete, revised core game, 14 character classes and 42 occupations for “ordinary people,” 100+ psychic abilities, 16 monsters, the Lazlo Agency, world setting and rules.
• Nightbane® RPG and sourcebooks. An RPG setting we call superhero horror. Dark conspiracy, a secret, demon invasion starting with world leaders and law enforcement, and it is spreading. The player characters are the Nightbane®, reluctant superhumans who must turn into monsters themselves to unleash their powers and battle the evil that is clear only to them. A dark, sinister and challenging world of horror.
• After the Bomb® RPG and sourcebooks. Planet of the Apes meets the X-Men! Animal creations, powers and more. Create any type of intelligent mutant animal you can imagine as friend or foe.
• Ninjas & Superspies™ RPG and the Mystic China™ sourcebook. James Bond meets Enter the Dragon. 41 types of martial arts, ninjas, and super-spies with gadgets, gizmos and advanced weapons.
• The Mechanoid Invasion® Trilogy RPG is a long time, cult favorite with a fatalistic world-view of humans vs aliens with superior technology.
• The Palladium Weapon Series of real world weapons, armor and castles throughout history. Designed for use with ANY game system.
• 200+ Palladium titles in all, plus G.M. kits, paper miniatures and more.
• Heroes Unlimited™ Paper Miniatures – Two sets are now available!
• Palladium Fantasy RPG® Paper Miniatures – Volumes #1-6 are available now. More are coming in the weeks ahead.
• Rifts® Paper Miniatures: Men at Arms – $2.99
• Rifts® Paper Miniatures: Coalition Dead Boys – $2.99
• Rifts® Paper Miniatures: Adventurers – $2.99
• Rifts® Paper Miniatures: Practitioners of Magic (new) – $2.99
• Rifts® Paper Miniatures: Extras (new) – $2.99
• And more to come in the weeks ahead.

Palladium Collectibles, Negatives, Artwork, other Collectibles and Toys are always available in Kevin’s Online Toy & Collectibles eBay Store along with other good things

My eBay store is one of the few places where you can find original artwork by Charles “Chuck” Walton, Kevin Long, and others, as well as one-of-a-kind negatives from classic Rifts® and other Palladium RPG books (they look awesome framed!), rare Palladium collector hardcovers, signed books, other Palladium memorabilia, toys from my personal collection and other collectibles. Check every couple of weeks because we often post new stuff or offer a new sale. There is a sale on negatives starting today, in fact.

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

Available now: One-of-a-kind book negatives. Negatives were very popular items at the Palladium Open House and people went crazy over them at Gen Con – including actor Joe Manganiello who scooped up a pile of TMNT negatives, while Palladium’s own Mark Oberle, Carmen Bellaire, Brandon Aten and a whole lot of Palladium gamers went for negatives from Rifts® New West, Lone Star and Free Quebec. Fun.

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

When our printer, McNaughton and Gunn, went completely digital, they asked if Palladium Books wanted the negs, otherwise they would be destroyed. Regrettably, I let a few dozen be destroyed, but the negatives of many books were sent to Palladium. They have sat in our warehouse for years until I started to offer them for sale. I have also started signing the negatives in silver and each comes with a Certificate of Authenticity. Each negative comes on a white board inside a plastic magazine bag and looks fabulous framed! Fits in an 8×10 inch matt opening in a frame (each neg is roughly 8½ x 11 inches).

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

Closing Thoughts – Don’t let the darkness close in on you

A lot of folks are talking like the pandemic is over. I wish.

Like the rest of you, the resumption of some level of normalcy cannot come soon enough for my taste. However, I know a number of people who are feeling sad, tired, and worn out. I hear those comments a lot and I get it. Despite always trying to be uplifting in these Weekly Updates, I have been on a little bit of an emotional roller coaster myself. Hey, the past year has been rough on everyone. Many of us have lost people we care about or have watched people lose their jobs or deal with other challenges. I have had to make a number of tough decisions.

Change is hard for most people. Add a sense of loss, mounting frustration, and isolation into the mix, and this has been no picnic. And it is why you may be feeling blue even though the weather is improving and there is all kinds of talk about life getting back to normal. Maybe life is heading back to normal, but we still need time to process everything we have gone through before we may again feel “normal” ourselves. That’s okay. These things take time. Cut yourself some slack and try to enjoy the people and little things that bring you joy and moments of peace and satisfaction.

I am right there with you. I am a positive person by nature and I believe in people and goodness and hard work. I have high hopes on so many fronts, but sometimes I just feel … blah. I think it is why CS Manhunters has been taking longer than it should. Certainly longer than I would like. Some days I am on fire writing. Other days I am struggling to find the right words or forced to deal with other matters when I would rather be writing. There have been many moments when I feel super-positive and happy and know I am spinning pure magic for you. There have also been moments when I feel like crying or just worn out and dragging. All those feelings are okay, as long as you are able to pause, catch your breath, regain your footing, and find your way back to some measure of peace and joy.

I hope you are doing as best you can dealing with our topsy-turvy world. Like me, I hope you have more good days than bad, and that you have friends or family you can turn to on those bad days. Hang tough. It will get better. It is getting better.

It is easy to beat yourself up and take the world on your shoulders. Please, try not to do that. I recently found myself in the trap of wanting to uplift your spirits so badly with awesome new releases, that I would get mad at myself every time I had a bad day or a project suffered a delay for any reason. Often due to things out of our reach. My decision to focus on the things I have direct control over has been an immense help, but I was still beating myself up. I would think, “Yeah, this is good work. Maybe even great, but is that all you’ve gotten done today?! Why is it taking so long? People are counting on you. You are letting them down.”

I got angry at a printer for wasting my and Wayne’s time when their bogus printing quote suddenly shot up an extra $4 a book! I yelled at our hardcover printer for changing the ship dates on our many hardcovers, even though I knew they were putting forth their best effort. There have been a few times that I have been short with people who don’t deserve it because something misfired or required more work and time to do it right. Everything was starting to feel like an obstacle or a challenge. Worse, I was letting every delay or complication pummel me like a kick to my stomach.

Fortunately, I was reminded of a bit of wisdom and truth from my mother. “If you give a task your all, and you are truly doing your best, do not be so hard on yourself. That is all you can ask of anyone.”

So I hope we are not disappointing you. I am happy to report the books coming your way will make you smile and your imaginations soar. We have so many plans for great things and we are working to put many more in place.

More importantly, I hope you are wiser than me and not beating yourself up over things you have little or no control over. It is what it is, take it in stride. Be the best you can be. Do the best that you can, and take a moment to catch your breath and be kind to yourself. (And those around you.) We are getting through all of this and life is good. I have your backs, just like I know you have mine. We’ve got this, so smile.

Please enjoy the sale of books and PDFs and the beautiful hardcovers of your favorite RPGs. Three more are coming in a week or so. The Rifts® 30th Commemorative and Rifts® 30th Gold, a few weeks after that. Not to mention Rifts® CS Manhunters, Bestiary 2, BTS Creature Feature, and a whole lot of other books that will make your imaginations sing and your hearts flutter. At least I hope so. Have a nice weekend and hang tough.

– Kevin Siembieda, Publisher, Writer, Friend

Gamer 16 Ounce Mug – available now

Whether you drink coffee, hot cocoa, soda-pop, or whatever your beverage of choice may be, this fun mug reminds you of your favorite pastime and that new possibilities exist with every roll of the dice.

The large, 16 ounce Gamer mug presents the word “Gamer” in a box with dice cascading down from above. The design appears on both sides of the mug. Created by Wayne Smith and Freddie Williams II (art directed by Kevin Siembieda). The mug has an orange interior to add a nice splash of color.

• A must for every proud gamer!
• Dice and the word “Gamer” highlighted in a box.
• Glossy black exterior with an orange interior.
• Art and words are located on both sides of the mug.
• 16 ounce ceramic mug.
• Dishwasher and microwave safe.
• $10.99 retail – Cat. No. 2596 – available now.

BACK IN STOCK! Property of the Coalition States 16 Ounce Mug – available now

Back due to popular demand! The iconic Property of the Coalition States and notorious CS Death’s Head insignia printed white on a glossy black, 16 ounce coffee mug, with a blood red interior for a splash of color. The design appears on both sides of the mug. Created by Wayne Smith and Kevin Long (art directed by Kevin Siembieda).

• The infamous words “Property of the Coalition States” and the notorious Death’s Head logo and lightning bolts (indicating CS special forces) in white.
• Glossy black exterior with a blood red interior color.
• Art and words are located on both sides of the mug.
• 16 ounce ceramic mug.
• Dishwasher and microwave safe.
• $10.99 retail – Cat. No. 2588 – available now.

Other Mugs Available Now

Everyone loves these mugs. Isn’t it time you started your collection? I like to use them to as a secret code to reflect my mood to those around me. To my thinking the Gamer mug means I’m feeling playful. Rifts® Property of the Coalition States: I’m a soldier in the trenches and working hard. Dead Reign®: Back off or I will eat you alive. Fantasy Dragon: My imagination is on fire. Rifts Logo: Feeling the infinite possibilities. Rifts® Titan Robotics: I’m feeling mighty. Of course, they represent something else to each of you or just represent one of your favorite games, like a normal person.

• Rifts® Titan Robotics™ Mug – A dynamic Titan robot and the Rifts® logo. Art by Steven Cummings. White on a glossy black, 16 ounce ceramic mug with a blue interior. Dishwasher and microwave safe. $10.99 retail – Cat. No. 2595 – available now.
• Rifts® Logo Coffee Mug – The famous Rifts® logo in white on a glossy black, 16 ounce ceramic mug with a blue interior. Logo by Kevin Long. Dishwasher and microwave safe. $10.99 retail – Cat. No. 2587 – available now.
• Palladium Fantasy RPG® Dragon Mug – The famous red on black 3-headed hydra battling a knight from the iconic original Palladium Fantasy RPG cover. Art by Kevin Siembieda. Red on a glossy black, 16 ounce ceramic mug with an attractive orange interior. Dishwasher and microwave safe. $10.99 retail – Cat. No. 2589 – available now.
• Dead Reign® (Zombie Attack) Mug – A trio of hungry zombies and the Dead Reign® logo in white on a glossy black, 16 ounce ceramic mug with a blood red interior for a splash of color. Art by Steven Cummings. Dishwasher and microwave safe. $10.99 retail – Cat. No. 2594 – available now.

Enjoy a nice weekend and game on.

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