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

By Kevin Siembieda and Sean Owen Roberson

I had a strange moment the other day when I felt like a time traveler, because I have seen Palladium’s future and it is amazing. I can see it plainly because I know all the many things Sean and I have put into place these past weeks and months. I know what’s been set into motion and the products and results that will begin to appear in the months ahead. Some of them should continue for years, too. So exciting.

You’ll be glad to know the future will be filled with lots of new RPG products. And not just games and sourcebooks coming from Palladium Books directly, but from third party allies and licensors all working together to bring you great, new RPG products and experiences. Some will make you smile. Some will make you cheer. All are going to be fun additions to the Megaverse®. You’ll start seeing them soon enough. We can’t say more in the here and now, because, to quote Yoda, “Always in motion is the future.” By the way, see the Closing Thoughts for Sean’s explanation of how licensing works.

Here are the titles back in stock and other tidbits.

BACK IN STOCK: Dragons & Gods (Fantasy) – This fan-favorite provides 40 gods, 20 demonic lords, 14 dragons, plus deific powers, deific realms, Elementals, Rune Weapons, M.D.C. conversion notes, and more. The perfect companion for the Expanded & Revised Yin-Sloth Jungles and Garden of the Gods sourcebooks. 232 pages – Cat. No. 451 – available now.

BACK IN STOCK: Rifts® World Book 2: Atlantis – Epic, scary, fun. Discover the majesty and horror of Atlantis under the rule of the Splugorth. Overview of Splugorth controlled Atlantis, True Atlanteans, Atlantean Tattoo Magic, 56 magic tattoos, the Sunaj assassin, Stone Master, Stone Magic, the Splugorth, 14 Minions of Splugorth, 20+ D-Bee slaves, Bio-Wizardry, 20 Bio-Wizard augmentations, 10 micro-parasites, 7 parasites, 6 symbiotic organisms, 12 Bio-Wizardry weapons, 9 Rune Weapons, Rune Statues, power armor, and more epic fun – 160 pages – Cat. No. 804 – available now. And don’t forget about Rifts® World Book 21: Splynn Dimensional Market and Dimension Book 15: Secrets of the Atlanteans for more information about Atlantis and True Atlanteans.

BACK IN STOCK: Rifts® World Book 4: Africa – A realm of wonder, danger, and magic, the menace of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse looms over the land and puts the entire world at risk. Mind Bleeders and their psionic powers, Necromancy, African magic, the monstrous Phoenix Empire, Egyptian dark gods, Erin Tarn, Sir Thorpe, and more – 160 pages – Cat. No. 808 – available now.

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

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

COMING SOON! The Cyberworks Collection Hardcover – Featuring must-have ARCHIE-Three™ source material gathered into one, big, attractive hardcover edition. It contains:

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

COMING SOON! Cyberworks Poker Deck – The cover art from the original Rifts® Sourcebook One is featured on the back of each card. Color throughout. Attractive and durable.

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

COMING SOON! Yin-Sloth Jungles, 2nd Edition, Revised and Expanded! This book has been heavily revised and expanded for epic fun and adventure that Palladium Fantasy® fans will love.

• All new, updated, and expanded 16 O.C.C.s.
• All new, updated, and expanded 18 Jungle People and monsters.
• All new, 30+ maps by artist Phil Stone.
• Deluxe color map of the region by Will Erwin to be made available separately (and probably as a black and white double page spread in the book).
• New and expanded Shaman Chant magic rituals.
• Expanded and clarified weapons, jungle armor, poisons, and history.
• Expanded settings and new material throughout.
• Written by Kevin Siembieda, John Klinkel, and Patrick Nowak.
• Final page count yet to be determined but probably 192-224 pages – $26.99 retail (tentative) – Cat. No. 459 – Coming soon.

Consider supporting this Kickstarter and save lives

Relief in the Congo for God’s Children from Human Trafficking (RIGHT) is conducting another Kickstarter to raise money for a great cause. Please support Building Resilience in the Congo (BRIC), a group that rescues, educates, protects, and sustains young boys and girls, as well as young women and young men who would otherwise fall victim to regional warlords and rebels. These villains regularly take children and teenagers from their homes and force them into slave labor, or to become child-soldiers and sex workers against their will.

Slavery and sex trafficking are unfathomably cruel and all too real. A pledge as small as $5 or $10 can make a profound difference to these children and young adults.

I personally know the people running this Kickstarter. They are good folks, and ALL the money (after Kickstarter’s fees) go toward building better, stronger, higher defensive walls around a compound that helps, protects and educates young boys and girls rescued from slavery. Many of the people running the program onsite in the African Congo are former child-soldiers and abused females themselves. People who were either rescued and received help themselves or miraculously found their way back to something of a normal life. Now they are trying to rescue and save other children from a similar fate.

The funds of this particular fund-raiser will go to the construction of a defensive concrete wall, a schoolhouse, and iron gate to protect the children and teenagers rescued from this horrific life.

Please contribute if you can and spread the word, even $5-$10 makes a difference. Thank you. – Kevin Siembieda

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2037321212/bric-complete-enclosure-wall

See you at Gen Con^® Indy – August 3-6 – Palladium Books Booth #903

Gen Con will be here before you know it. We are happy to report that we have the same great booth location as last year, near one of the main exhibitor hall entrances near Asmodee and Upper Deck. We will have new releases and nearly our entire game line as well as miniatures, original artwork, one-of-a-kind negatives and Palladium creators to chat and sign your books. This year’s guest list includes:

• Founder, Publisher, Game Designer & Writer – Kevin Siembieda
• Creative Director, Game Designer & Writer – Sean Owen Roberson (Titan Robotics, Rifts® for Savage Worlds)
• Writer – Carmen Bellaire (Rifts® MercTown, Black Market, Powers Unlimited)
• Writer – Glen Evans (Bizantium, Lopan, and more)
• Writer – Mark Oberle (Nightbane Survival Guide, Dark Designs)
• Writer, Artist & Cosplayer – Madman Mike Leonard
• Editor/Rifter® – Wayne Smith
• Sales/Warehouse Manager – Crystal Willard
• And others

Rifts^® Coalition Manhunters^™ is a blast and on sale

People are discovering Rifts® Coalition Manhunters™ and they are loving it. Recently, a number of gamers, including two freelancers, raved to me about the book, telling me it was a great read and they thought it was outstanding; so much so that it should be considered an essential core rule book as important as Rifts® Sourcebook One, Atlantis, Triax, and Coalition War Campaign™, among others. They were thrilled with the section about the Seven Dangers first introduced in Rifts® Sourcebook 2: The Mechanoids®, and love the scope and insight into the Coalition States, its citizens, and its secret police. I’m glad people are discovering this epic sourcebook, so I put it on sale.

Rifts® Coalition Manhunters™ contains new source material about the Coalition war machine, CS society, CS thought police, psychics as the Coalition’s secret weapon, 80+ new and balanced psionic abilities that will blow your mind, the role of Dog Boys and Kill Hounds, and of course, the Coalition Manhunters – their existence so secret most people don’t believe they are real.
ON SALE! To help more people discover Rifts® Coalition Manhunters™ I have included it in our current sale. Enjoy. Note: This book has nothing to do with the old Rifts® Manhunter book published under license by a third party company in the 1990s.

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

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

• The complete, original RPG – the game that started Palladium Books.
• First Edition rules are easily adaptable to current Fantasy titles.
• Includes The Tombs of Gersidi adventure and setting.
• The Arms of Nargash-Tor adventure sourcebook is included as “bonus” material back in print for the first time in 35 years.
• Easily adapted to all 2nd Edition rules and sourcebooks.
• Deluxe hardcover edition. Probably limited to fewer than 1,000 copies.
• 320 pages total with “bonus” material – $55 retail – Cat. No. 449HC – available now!

List of Palladium Books^® RPG Hardcovers Available Now

• NEW! “Original” Beyond the Supernatural RPG® Commemorative “Bonus” Foil Hardcover (1st Edition rules) – This is the original 1st Edition rules (1988) in a deluxe hardcover format. The first time ever as a hardcover and includes the original O.C.C.s, monsters, and magic. 28 monsters, adventures, G.M. tips, Erick Wujcik’s infamous “victim character” rules, and 32 bonus pages of adventure material for BTS-2. The cover is a blood red foil image, imprinted on black faux leatherette. 288 pages – $55 retail – Cat. No. 699HC – Available now!
• Beyond the Supernatural™ RPG, 2nd Edition Hardcover – 224 pages – $36.99 – Cat. No. 700HC.
• BACK IN STOCK! “Original” Palladium Fantasy RPG® Commemorative “Bonus” Foil Hardcover (1st Edition rules) – Holiday demand cleaned the shelves of this fan favorite hardcover, but it is back in stock. This is the original 1st Edition Rules RPG including Tombs of Gersidi and the first Fantasy sourcebook: The Arms of Nargash-Tor. The cover is a classy crimson foil image, imprinted on black faux leatherette to replicate the original red and black RPG fans love. 320 pages – $55 retail – Cat. No. 449HC – available now.
• Palladium Fantasy RPG®, 2nd Edition Hardcover – 336 pages – $39.99 – Cat. No. 450HC – Our second best selling new hardcover after the Rifts® 30th Anniversary edition.
• “Original” Rifts® RPG 30th Anniversary Commemorative Hardcover – available now! This collector’s item sports the original Parkinson cover, an additional 32 page color section, history of Rifts®, unpublished concept art, gallery of all Rifts® covers through 2020, and more. Can be used with ALL Rifts® supplements – 288 pages – $49.99 – Cat. No. 800HC30 – Available now.
• Rifts® Ultimate Edition RPG Hardcover – 376 pages – $44.99 – Cat. No. 800HC – epic.
• Rifts® Ultimate Edition “Softcover” is a new format. RUE has only ever been available as a hardcover, and it still is, but it is now also available as a softcover – 376 pages – $34.99 – Cat. No. 800SE.
• Rifts® Game Master Guide Hardcover – 352 pages – $39.99 – Cat. No. 845HC.
• Rifts® Book of Magic Hardcover – available now – BACK in stock – 352 pages – $39.99 – Cat. No. 848HC – available now.
• Rifts® Adventure Guide Hardcover – 192 pages – $36.99 – Cat. No. 849HC.
• Chaos Earth® RPG “Bonus” Edition Hardcover – 192 pages – $36.99 – Cat. No. 660HC – 30 extra pages of bonus material – available now!
• Heroes Unlimited™ RPG, 2nd Edition Hardcover – 352 pages – $39.99 – Cat. No. 500HC.
• Ninjas & Superspies™ RPG “Bonus” Hardcover – available now – BACK in stock – 224 pages – $36.99 – Cat. No. 525HC – includes bonus material – available now.
• After the Bomb® RPG “Bonus” Hardcover – available now – BACK in stock – 296 pages – $39.99 – Cat. No. 503HC – includes bonus material – available now.
• Nightbane® RPG “Bonus” Edition Hardcover – available now – 304 pages – $39.99 – Cat. No. 730HC – 60 extra pages of bonus material – available now.
• Dead Reign® RPG (Zombie Apocalypse) Hardcover – available now – BACK in stock – 224 pages – $36.99 – Cat. No. 230HC – available now.
• Splicers® RPG “Bonus” Edition Hardcover – The Splicers® RPG plus 50 pages of extra material gathered from The Rifter®. 280 pages – $44.99 – Cat. No. 200HC – available now.

DriveThruRPG — 300+ RPG products, a dozen unique world settings, one game system and endless adventure

No other game company offers game worlds for so many different genres. Best of all, learn to play one Palladium RPG and you can play them all, because each uses the same basic core rules and combat. There are differences, but the fundamentals are the same. This also means you can bring characters, villains, monsters, powers, magic, weapons, gear, and adventure ideas from one setting into another or mash them together!

The new Palladium Fantasy RPG® Interactive NPC Sheet is a Microsoft Excel-based system for creating Non-Player Characters quickly and easily. Once you know the system, you can have NPCs up and ready in minutes! Great for making a quick NPC at the last moment, or saving time when designing the big bad of an adventure.

• Design compatible with the Palladium Fantasy RPG® Interactive Character Sheet.
• 20,000+ preset NPC combinations ready to go in less than a minute.
• 15 nonhuman Palladium Fantasy races and 23 O.C.C.s.
• 300+ Wizard and Warlock spells programmed with quick stats.
• 70+ psionics, options for Minor Psionics, and more.
• $4.00 – Available on DriveThruRPG.com and PalladiumBooks.com – Created by Travis Guerrero.

Also Available – FREE Creature Feature™ Preview provides you a glimpse of what you will find in this epic book. There also FREE Sneak Previews of Rifts® Coalition Manhunters, Northern Gun 1 & 2, Hell Followed, and select other titles. Those are just some of the 300+ Palladium RPG titles available as PDF books.

300+ titles and nearly every game genre available now – and more is coming. Discover the Palladium Megaverse® right now.

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

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

– The Rifter® #1-85. Each issue is a wealth of source material for Rifts® and 3-5 other Palladium game settings. More than 8,600 pages of source material and counting. Most issues are only available in digital form.

– Palladium Fantasy RPG® titles. A rich, original setting in which you can play humans or any number of nonhuman species of people in a world of magic, heroes and wonder. All of it epic.

– Dead Reign® RPG and sourcebooks. The Zombie Apocalypse unleashed. A great introductory RPG that is surprisingly uplifting, fun, fast, and easy to learn.

– Heroes Unlimited™ RPG Second Edition titles. Create any type of superhuman you can imagine to build your own super-hero universe.

– After the Bomb® RPG and sourcebooks. Play anthropomorphic, intelligent, mutant animals as crime-fighting mutants and super-heroes or survivors of a crumbling post-apocalyptic Earth.

– Ninjas & Superspies™ RPG and the Mystic China™ sourcebook. 41 types of martial arts, ninjas, super-spies, gizmos, mystic powers, and magic in the main book, plus even more in Mystic China.

– Nightbane® RPG and sourcebooks. Only you know the truth. Only you can see the Nightlords and their demonic minions, and you have the power to stop them. But you must transform into a monster yourself in order to use your powers. Trust no one.

– Beyond the Supernatural™ RPG and sourcebooks. Modern horror; 14 character classes, 42 occupations for “ordinary people,” 100+ psychic abilities, 16 monsters, and more.

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

FUN Podcast Adventures

These fun podcasts are created by Palladium fans like you.

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

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

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

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

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

I am adding new collectibles and Palladium negatives over the next several weeks, so check ‘em out. Alex and I will try to post new items on a regular basis, so check in every week or so to see what’s new.

One-of-a-kind Palladium Books negatives (special and rare collectibles). Negatives are always very popular items at the Palladium Open House, Gen Con, and conventions, and are catching on as rare collectibles, unique in and of themselves. Before digital printing, pages of a book were laid out by hand on a board, and each page was photographed. The plastic film negatives were then “ganged” on a massive sheet of Mylar, 16 pages per big sheet, and the printing plates were made from the negatives – everything white, printing black. We have been cutting them loose and making them available to you. I am only keeping a few dozen pages of negatives and a few complete books for myself, the rest are all being slowly offered to you, in no particular order.

• Each is truly unique, attractive, and fun to have.
• Own a piece of Palladium Books and RPG history you will treasure.
• Each was used to print the very book you may have in your collection (1981-2004).
• Each signed in silver ink by Kevin Siembieda, the founder and owner of Palladium Books. He is also the game designer and often the author or co-author of the book from which the negative originates. And some negatives bear his artwork.
• Each signed negative comes with a Certificate of Authenticity.
• Each signed negative is a one-of-a-kind work of art (on rare occasions, two-of-a-kind if a page or section of pages were replaced or a second edition was made) that resembles woodcut art, and a very dynamic conversation piece.
• Each signed negative is on a white board inside a clear plastic bag.
• Negatives looks fabulous matted or framed! Fits in an 8×10 inch matt opening. Each neg is roughly 8½ x 11 inches.
• Prices vary depending on the title, the art, and quality of the negative. Note: Many have scratches, or blemishes, and/or an opaque medium on the negative. Still, they look great and are a piece of RPG history. We recommend you carefully examine the photographs of each item to avoid disappointment.
• We have been making the negatives available, in no particular order, for a number of years, and will continue to do so. However, cutting them loose, signing and bagging is a time consuming process.
• Note: The negatives from the TMNT RPG, TMNT Adventures, and some Rifts® titles are already sold out. Moreover, the negatives from many titles were destroyed, so when you see one you like, get it when you can. Enjoy.

Original art – My Ebay store is one of the few places where you can find original artwork by me (Kevin Siembieda), Kevin Long, Charles Walton, and others, as well as one-of-a-kind negatives from classic Palladium books (they look awesome framed), and other Palladium memorabilia. Some are concept sketches, others are finished works of art, as well as a selection of prints and posters.

Other collectibles include art prints, posters, comic books, Palladium limited edition hardcovers, out of print items, signed books, one-of-a-kind proofreader copies, Star Wars toys, superhero action figures, and many other toys and items from my personal collection. Yeah, I used to be a crazy toy and art collector. 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.

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

Closing Thoughts – What is Licensing?

I’m writing this in response to a Help Desk message that Kevin and I recently received, but also to those I see commenting online as to what “opportunities” you think Palladium Books should take advantage of. Many fans seem to be confused as to how things like films, video games, and toys — mass media products — come to pass.

First off, at Palladium we make books. We aren’t aspiring filmmakers or indie video game designers. Kevin and I like it that way. Sure, if a Rifts® movie or video game were being made, we would have a ton of feedback and opinions. Heck, I even have a degree in movie and video game production, but that isn’t our focus. We’re writers first. We could create a movie or comic script, but without a studio deal, that would take a lot of time away from creating the many RPG books you crave for no result. Palladium can facilitate the creation of movies and video games, but we can’t make them ourselves. Reread that last sentence. It’s true.

So how does a mass media product based on Palladium’s stories — or Intellectual Properties (IPs) — happen? Well, it’s nice of you to ask. It works kinda like a traditional dance hall. Generally, a girl waits for a guy to ask her to dance and then either accepts or rejects the offer. In the same way, Palladium is approached with licensing opportunities and makes a decision on which ones to pursue based on the company that’s doing the asking. Are they courteous and friendly? Do they have a lot of money? If we accept an offer from a poor match, we might miss out on another opportunity while we’re dancing with a loser. If we accept a good offer and things go well, we’ll likely agree to another dance (extending the time of the contract). For instance, the Rifts® for Savage Worlds license has gone well, so we renewed and continued the license.

Just to be clear, in all of these cases Palladium Books is the Licensor and our suitors are the Licensees. This means that they approach us and pay us a percentage of profits for the use of our stories (IPs). Some people get this backwards and think that Palladium pays money to the makers of Savage Worlds or other potential Licensees – for instance, if we wanted a Rifts® video game made – but that’s not how it works at all.

“But Sean, I want Rifts®, Nightbane®, Palladium Fantasy RPG®, etc. video games and movies – how do we make that happen?” Well, we make our games and stories as attractive to potential suitors as possible so that they are more likely to approach us and ask us to dance.

We could proactively court Hollywood or other potential Licensees, but it’s generally much more effective to put our efforts into upping our game than chasing phantoms. If mass media opportunities arise, we are open to them, but these things are outside of our direct control. That’s why you see Kevin and myself pouring our efforts into creating new stories and improving Palladium’s processes; those are the efforts that will bear tangible fruit – awesome RPG books! In the end, that’s the important metric and the rest is largely up to fate.

– Sean Owen Roberson, Writer, Designer, Adventurer

NEW! “Original” Beyond the Supernatural^™ RPG “Bonus” Edition Commemorative Hardcover, 1st Edition Rules – available now

Fans are loving the “Original” Beyond the Supernatural RPG (1988) re-release as a commemorative bonus edition hardcover with its 28 iconic monsters, information about ley lines and magic, and more. Made available due to popular demand, the deluxe, commemorative, crimson foil hardcover of the Original Beyond the Supernatural RPG (1988) is back in print for the first time in 25 years. The book is simply entitled “Beyond the Supernatural,” it is gorgeous, and a must for BTS fans.

• Modern horror and adventure.
• The original, 1st Edition BTS rule book exactly as first published, except now as a deluxe hardcover.
• 32 pages of “bonus” material.
• 28 monsters, most of which can be converted to BTS-2 with some work.
• Quick roll villain tables. Weapons and equipment section.
• Random Encounter Tables. Random Creature Creation Tables.
• 4 adventures, 2 adventure outlines, and countless adventure ideas.
• Erick Wujcik’s “Victim Characters” alternative rules for playing classic movie horror and splatter film horror.
• Erick Wujcik’s Game Master Guide to running horror adventures.
• Can be adapted to BTS 2nd edition rules. Though magic and psionics work differently in BTS-2, this is a valuable resource and gaming tool. We recommend you only use O.C.C.s and characters from the BTS Second Edition rule book when playing in the Second Edition setting.
• Probably limited to fewer than 1,000 copies.
• 288 pages of terrifying fun – $55.00 retail – Cat. No. 699HC – Available now.

Creature Feature^™ – A Beyond the Supernatural^™ sourcebook – available now

Creature Feature is epic and much more than a monster book. It is filled with adventure, G.M. and player tips, anecdotes, rules clarifications, and more.

• 15 supernatural creatures described in depth. Each creature offers adventure hooks and ideas for more.
• The art of making and running monsters.
• Creature encounter table and tips on making unique creatures.
• Player paranormal investigator background table.
• Game Master source material and tips for running modern horror.
• More world setting and monster hunting lore.
• Rules clarifications and errata.
• A full adventure and numerous adventure suggestions.
• Paranormal encounter ideas, tips, advice, NPCs, and more.
• Written by Steven Dawes, Kevin Siembieda, and others.
• Art by Steven Cummings, Nick Bradshaw, and others.
• 192 pages – $26.99 retail – Cat. No. 704 – Available now.

NEW! The Palladium Fantasy RPG^® Interactive NPC Sheet

The new Palladium Fantasy RPG® Interactive NPC Sheet is a welcomed and helpful companion to the Palladium Fantasy Interactive Character Sheet by Travis Guerrero offering hundreds of magic spells, psionic powers, 15 inhuman character species, 23 O.C.C.s, 300 magic spells, 20,000 character combinations, and more. It is a Microsoft Excel-based system for creating Non-Player Characters quickly and easily. Once you know the system, you can have NPCs up and ready in minutes! Great for making a quick NPC at the last moment, or saving time when designing the big bad of an adventure.

Features & Benefits:

• Designed to be compatible with the Palladium Fantasy RPG® Interactive Character Sheet.
• 20,000+ preset NPC combinations ready to go in less than a minute when you consider species, attribute, O.C.C., and level options! Many more with additional features and easy customization.
• 15 inhuman Palladium Fantasy races.
• 23 O.C.C.s, plus a few variations for certain O.C.C.s such as single and dual element Warlocks.
• NPCs can be made from Level 1 through Level 15.
• 300+ Wizard and Warlock spells programmed with quick stats.
• 70+ psionics programmed with quick stats, plus options for Minor Psionics.
• Skills, armor, weapons, spells, and psionics are programmed with predetermined selections, and more.
• NPCs can be further customized by changing their standard selections with additional options from Drop Down Lists, and keeping it book legal based on your selections.
• $4.00 – Available at DriveThruRPG.com and at PalladiumBooks.com – Created by Travis Guerrero.
• Instructions on how to use the NPC sheet:
• Tutorial Video (Part 1): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z53WS3n3O6A
• Tutorial Video (Part 2): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GRs7gPVN90

Original Palladium Fantasy RPG^® Interactive Character Sheet

The Palladium Fantasy RPG® Interactive Character Sheet is a Microsoft Excel-based character management system. Packed with features and data collected from every official Palladium Fantasy sourcebook, this sheet saves you time and hassle with each character you create. Available now, directly from Palladium Books AND DriveThruRPG.com – this is a digital, online product only.

Features & Benefits:

• The Main Character Sheet Page collects the important data from across multiple tabs and puts it in one place for quick and easy reference.
• Separate sheets examine character construction (worktable), Skills, Magic, Psionics, and Combat in greater detail.
• Built-in leveling system that calculates skill advancement for you!
• Experience Tables for over 80 O.C.C.s already programmed.
• Recognizes the percentages for nearly 150 skills, plus combat bonuses for over 20 Weapon Proficiencies and 7 Hand to Hand styles.
• Calculates the speed and distance a character can run and jump, lift, carry and throw based on character Attributes.
• Add in your own Hand to Hand style, custom Skills, unique Weapon Proficiencies, and Experience Tables.
• Instructions on how to use the sheet included, as well as a video walkthrough below.
• Important Note: This character sheet is built to be used with Microsoft Excel 2010+ and it comes in .XLSX format. Opening this file in other spreadsheet programs is NOT guaranteed to work as intended.
• Watch the Overview video here: https://vimeo.com/322271758

Still Hot! Rifts^® Automated Character Sheet for EXCEL

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

• Dice Roller.
• Automated Attributes and Stat Block: All the bonuses and features from attributes are presented in a large stat block allowing you to easily see your bonuses.
• Automated Combat Stats: The main page holds a section where you can pull up data for your various combat stats, from hand to hand abilities such as Strike, Parry, Dodge and Disarm, to W.P. bonuses including those of the W.P. Sharpshooting variety.
• Automated Psionics: All psionics from Rifts® Ultimate Edition, Rifts® World Book 12: Psyscape™ and Rifts® World Book 32: Lemuria can be selected from a dropdown menu.
• Automated Spells: All Common Invocations, Necromancy, Ocean Magic and Biomancy spells, and yes, all the Lemurian Biomancer spells too!
• Automated Skills: All skills from the Rifts® Ultimate Edition, Rifts® World Book 25: China 2 – Heroes of the Celestial Court™ and Rifts® World Book 32: Lemuria can be selected and then automatically add bonuses from prerequisites and related skills.
• And much, much more.
• Note: The file is best used in Microsoft Excel 2016 or above. Some data may be lost if not using Microsoft Excel, such as when using similar products like Open Office.
• Available from PalladiumBooks.com AND DriveThruRPG.com – make those characters!

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

By Kevin Siembieda & Sean Owen Roberson

NEW SALE — Magical Fantasy Sale

Wizards and heroes! Prepare to explore dank dungeons, battle dragons and monsters, acquire magic, and explore strange realms. This epic Palladium Fantasy RPG® sale lets you do it all at magical savings. The following Palladium Fantasy RPG® titles AND select others are on sale:

These fantastic titles are at 50% off!

• Palladium Fantasy®: Yin-Sloth Jungles™, 1st Edition rules
• Palladium Fantasy®: Northern Hinterlands™
• Palladium Fantasy®: Land of the Damned™ One: Chaos Lands™
• Palladium Fantasy®: Land of the Damned™ Two: Eternal Torment™
• Rifts® and the Megaverse®: Art of John Zeleznik (softcover)
• Future Visions™: The Artistry of Charles Walton
• Rifts® Tales of the Chi-Town ‘Burbs; 11 Rifts short stories

These magical titles are 25% off!

• Palladium Fantasy RPG® (softcover)
• Palladium Fantasy®: Old Ones™
• Palladium Fantasy®: Monsters & Animals™
• Palladium Fantasy®: Adventures on the High Seas™
• Palladium Fantasy®: Island at the Edge of the World™
• Palladium Fantasy®: Western Empire™
• Palladium Fantasy®: Baalgor Wastelands™
• Palladium Fantasy®: Mount Nimro™
• Palladium Fantasy®: Eastern Territory
• Palladium Fantasy®: Library of Bletherad™
• Palladium Fantasy®: Wolfen Empire™
• Palladium Fantasy®: Mysteries of Magic: Heart of Magic™
• Palladium Fantasy®: Bizantium and the Northern Islands™
• Palladium Fantasy®: Garden of the Gods™
• Palladium Fantasy®: Lopan™ Raw Preview
• Palladium Fantasy®: Land of the South Winds™ Raw Preview
• Nightbane® 3: Through the Glass Darkly™; Flesh Sculpting magic
• Ninjas & Superspies Sourcebook: Mystic China™
• Rifts® Ultimate Edition RPG (Hardcover)
• Rifts® Book of Magic
• Rifts® World Book 3: England™
• Rifts® World Book 16: Federation of Magic™
• Rifts® World Book 18: Mystic Russia™
• Rifts® World Book 24: China One, The Yama Kings™
• Rifts® World Book 25: China Two, Heroes of the Celestial Court
• Rifts® Conversion Book One Revised (Palladium Fantasy & more)
• Rifts® Conversion Book Two: Pantheons of the Megaverse®
• Rifts® Dark Conversions™ (BTS, Nightbane® & more)
• Rifts® Dimension Book™ 1: Wormwood™, an entire world of magic and heroes at odds with demonic beings.
• Rifts® Chaos Earth®: Rise of Magic™

Note: The Magical Fantasy Sale for physical books ENDS the night of May 3rd so get ‘em while you can.

DriveThruRPG.com Magical Fantasy PDF Sale – All Palladium Fantasy RPG® PDF titles, 1st and 2nd edition rules, are on sale till the early morning of Thursday, May 4th.

UPDATE: Eye Surgery went well. The cataract surgery done on my right eye went well and is healing nicely; no complications. I was back to work a couple days later. What did you think of the photo-bashed or AI-generated image of me as a Rifts® merc? It made me laugh. Nice.

The Rifts^® Titan Robotics^™ and Cyberworks^™ Collection have GONE GOLD!

Sean was so happy to announce these two books went “Gold” – a video game design term that means the master copy of a game is finished and has been sent to the printers to be mass produced. In this case, Rifts® Titan Robotics™ and Cyberworks™ are off to the printer and we’re all excited about that. The Rifts® Titan Robotics™ Poker Deck has been sent off as well.

We did have a what the @&%$ moment. We were so focused on the books themselves we forgot to include the digital files of the end sheets for the hardcover books, prompting our printing rep to reach out with an inquiry. No problem, Wayne sent them out the same day. It was just kinda funny.

If you’d like to read more about the Titan Robotics Kickstarter please check out the full update here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/palladiumbooks/titan-robotics/posts/3788140

UPDATE: Rifts® Titan Robotics™ Poker Deck – The final proof has been approved. The colors and textured card stock are deep and rich, and they feel great to flip and shuffle. Very nice.

UPDATE: Rifts® Bestiary Volume Two: Now that Titan Robotics™ is at the printer, Sean’s primary focus is bringing Rifts® Bestiary 2 across the finish line. Like volume one, it will include monsters collected from other Rifts® books, with expanded and updated descriptions, many with new artwork, as well as new critters by me (Kevin) and Sean. V2 will be a dynamic and satisfying companion to Rifts® Bestiary Volume One.

UPDATE: Yin-Sloth Jungles™ Expanded and Updated to 2nd Edition Rules: I am so pumped up about this book. I (Kevin) have added so much expanded material on top of what John Klinkel had added, that adventuring into the Yin-Sloth Jungles will feel like a whole new experience. In many ways this is a brand new book on par with what I did with Rifts® Vampire Kingdoms. The Tezcat, Beastmaster, Holy Crusader, Pygmy Shaman, Spy, Undead Hunter, Witch Hunter, and all the O.C.C.s are completely new and epic. There are other fun surprises that will expand your gaming experience, and new characters and elements as well as new maps by Phil Stone and a detailed one by Will Erwin (if we can squeeze it in). Doing such a sprawling expansion was not my original intent, but it is so worth it. I’m trying to wrap it up this week. May release.

COMING Back in Print Soon: Rifts® Africa and Dragons & Gods (Fantasy). We try not to let books go out of print for long. Both of these titles are fan favorites so we are glad to have sent them in for reprints along with 6 other low stock titles. They should be available by mid-May.

UPDATE: Rifts® Antarctica. Though it’s a book or two down the pipeline, Sean and I have been working with Mike Majestic on a bunch of new illustrations for some very cool stuff in Rifts® Antarctica. The kind of stuff that will make your characters want to journey to this frozen wasteland. The artwork has me chomping at the bit to get back to this book and finish it as soon as possible. It is new material that did not appear in the Raw Preview and it is the kind of things that give the Splugorth and their minions nightmares. As Sean reported in the last update, when I told two visitors about the expanded material they drooled and one said, “Now I have to absolutely buy that book, too.” And so will you. Ha, ha, ha …

[“Wait! There was a Raw Preview of Rifts® Antarctica?! – Sean]

[There sure was. That’s why the limited edition Raw Previews are so cool and becoming coveted collector items. – That Publisher Guy, Kevin]

IMPORTANT! Titan Robotics Backers TAKE NOTE – You have been awesome and we appreciate your support. So we want this to be clear: If you backed the Kickstarter at any level, even one dollar, you can upgrade your pledge in Backerkit to ANY of the higher Kickstarter pledge levels to get those superior deals. That’s the privilege of being a Backer! But do it soon because when the BackerKit pre-order period ends JUNE 5th, those deals are done and no longer available. Time is starting to run out to make your final decisions, upgrades, and add on purchases. Please remind your fellow Titan Robotics Backers of this and get them taken care of sooner than later. Thanks. The books and poker deck have been sent to the printer!

Savage Rifts® Conversion PDFs reminder from Sean Owen Roberson – We’ve had some of you reaching out to us to ask if pre-orders are eligible to receive the Savage Rifts conversion PDFs for Titan Robotics™ and the Cyberworks™ Collection. Many are Savage Worlds fans who have had their interest piqued by Rifts® for Savage Worlds and are unfamiliar with Palladium’s general way of doing things. First off, welcome! Second, I’d like to make a few points to help clarify everyone’s expectations:

• There are technically two Savage Worlds Adventure Edition (SWADE) conversion documents. The first is the Titan Robotics™ SWADE conversion. The second is the Cyberworks™ Collection SWADE conversion, which was a stretch goal that Kevin and I decided to grant to all backers as an early Christmas present. For brevity, I call the docs “Savage Titan Robotics” and “Savage Cyberworks” but be advised that these are purely rules conversions, they won’t mean much without the context of Palladium’s Titan Robotics™ or Cyberworks™ Collection sourcebooks.
• Palladium Books, unlike Pinnacle Entertainment Group (the makers of the Savage Worlds RPG), does NOT release PDFs for public sale immediately upon the release of print books. Without getting technical about business strategies, etc., please just respect that our two companies have very different market approaches.
• This means that crowdfunding campaigns and pre-orders that include PDFs are often a unique chance to purchase PDFs at a discounted pledge or pre-order bundle price.
• On the flip side, Palladium prints locally here in the USA, often at a printer just a short drive down the road from our offices in Michigan. This means that our physical products ship out in weeks, not months, which is worth considering when purchasing physical books – especially in regard to pre-orders and crowdfunding campaigns.
• The Titan Robotics™ campaign is the first time that Palladium has Kickstarted a book. We are still learning as we go and are doing our best to accommodate a wide range of customer needs.

So, to get back to the core topic, both Savage Rifts® conversion documents are strictly Kickstarter rewards, HOWEVER the Mechanoids® (and therefore the Cyberworks™) content is especially so due to our current licensing agreement with Pinnacle Entertainment. I was super duper clear about this during the Kickstarter and all of the related interviews, but it seems new fans still got confused and were under the impression that these items would be put up for sale as PDFs as soon as they are finished. This is definitely not the case. That said, we’re bummed if any well-meaning fans get left out of the fun due to what seems to have been a fairly common misconception.

Kevin, Wayne, and I had a good chat and decided to go with an option requested by multiple Palladium fans many months ago — we are offering the following general release books bundled with the PDF, plus the associated Savage Rifts® conversion PDFs. These bundles are exclusively for pre-order customers:

The Titan Robotics^™ Pre-Order Bundle ($45)

• Rifts® Titan Robotics Sourcebook (print, softcover)
• Rifts® Titan Robotics Sourcebook (PDF)
• Savage Titan Robotics™ Conversion (PDF)

The Cyberworks^™ Pre-Order Bundle ($120)

• Rifts® Titan Robotics Sourcebook (print, softcover)
• Rifts® Titan Robotics Sourcebook (PDF)
• Savage Titan Robotics™ Conversion (PDF)
• Rifts® Cyberworks Collection (print, hardcover)
• Rifts® Sourcebook 1, SB2 The Mechanoids®, Shemarrian Nation™, Aftermath (PDF)
• Savage Cyberworks™ Conversion (PDF)

This is a limited time offer! BackerKit Closes June 5th. Please take careful note that once the pre-order period ends and the books begin to ship to Backers shortly thereafter, these bundles will not be available.

I hope everyone interested takes advantage of this opportunity. We want to be fair to our loyal backers and newcomers alike, and I think this is a good compromise. In the future, please remember that crowdfunding exclusives are going to remain just that – don’t forget to join in on the main crowdfunding campaign while it is running.

UPDATE: Kevin’s eBay Store for collectibles. Alex and Kev have added some new art and negatives. The one–of–a–kind negatives are from early books and each lets you own a piece of Palladium history (and art) on the cheap. Kevin is also considering putting some Ramon Perez and other art up for sale. Kevin’s store offers an eclectic range of Palladium collectibles including Robotech® RPG books and negatives, other out-of-print Palladium titles, first printings, toys, and a couple dozen one-of-a-kind negatives, proofreader copies of books, as well as toys and action figures and other odds and ends (http://stores.ebay.com/kevinstoys-artandcollectibles). However, many of these items sell within a few days after they get posted, so keep your eyes peeled. Palladium collectibles and negatives continue to be added at least once a week.

We want your feedback and suggestions as we build for the future. If you’ve seen any of our interviews over the past year and a half, Kevin and I are very interested in your thoughts on Palladium’s products and future plans. We are listening, and tons of great things are already a direct result of your comments to us including the hardcover collector’s editions, the Titan Robotics Kickstarter, the project status page (https://palladiumbooks.com/questions-resources/questions/palladium-books-project-status), improved PDF bookmarks and rear indexes in all books going forward, the remastered PDFs, and much more. With even more in the works and to come.

As Kev mentioned in the last weekly update, the Palladium Books Help Desk is a great way to reach out. Don’t forget that we also take phone calls during normal business hours, generally Monday to Friday, 9:30 am to 5:30 pm Eastern. So give us a call; if I’m available I promise to carve out at least a few minutes to chat with you. If you have tried to message us via the Help Desk or BackerKit and haven’t gotten a response, please do reach out and let one of our staff know what you need.

You can also mail us at our public address, or drop by the office and have a visit! We enjoy getting mail and love it when fans come by, but please call ahead to make sure that Kevin and/or I will be in the office and not out running errands or in a meeting, etc. Our phone number and address are listed on our website at PalladiumBooks.com, down at the bottom of the front page.

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

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

• The complete, original RPG – the game that started Palladium Books.
• First Edition rules are easily adaptable to current Fantasy titles.
• Includes The Tombs of Gersidi adventure and setting.
• The Arms of Nargash-Tor adventure sourcebook is included as “bonus” material back in print for the first time in 35 years.
• Easily adapted to all 2nd Edition rules and sourcebooks.
• Deluxe hardcover edition. Probably limited to fewer than 1,000 copies.
• 320 pages total with “bonus” material – $55 retail – Cat. No. 449HC – available now!

List of Palladium Books^® RPG Hardcovers Available Now

• NEW! “Original” Beyond the Supernatural RPG® Commemorative “Bonus” Foil Hardcover (1st Edition rules) – This is the original 1st Edition rules (1988) in a deluxe hardcover format. The first time ever as a hardcover and includes the original O.C.C.s, monsters, and magic. 28 monsters, adventures, G.M. tips, Erick Wujcik’s infamous “victim character” rules, and 32 bonus pages of adventure material for BTS-2. The cover is a blood red foil image, imprinted on black faux leatherette. 288 pages – $55 retail – Cat. No. 699HC – Available now!
• Beyond the Supernatural™ RPG, 2nd Edition Hardcover – 224 pages – $36.99 – Cat. No. 700HC.
• BACK IN STOCK! “Original” Palladium Fantasy RPG® Commemorative “Bonus” Foil Hardcover (1st Edition rules) – Holiday demand cleaned the shelves of this fan favorite hardcover, but it is back in stock. This is the original 1st Edition Rules RPG including Tombs of Gersidi and the first Fantasy sourcebook: The Arms of Nargash-Tor. The cover is a classy crimson foil image, imprinted on black faux leatherette to replicate the original red and black RPG fans love. 320 pages – $55 retail – Cat. No. 449HC – available now.
• Palladium Fantasy RPG®, 2nd Edition Hardcover – 336 pages – $39.99 – Cat. No. 450HC – Our second best selling new hardcover after the Rifts® 30th Anniversary edition.
• “Original” Rifts® RPG 30th Anniversary Commemorative Hardcover – available now! This collector’s item sports the original Parkinson cover, an additional 32 page color section, history of Rifts®, unpublished concept art, gallery of all Rifts® covers through 2020, and more. Can be used with ALL Rifts® supplements – 288 pages – $49.99 – Cat. No. 800HC30 – Available now.
• Rifts® Ultimate Edition RPG Hardcover – 376 pages – $44.99 – Cat. No. 800HC – epic.
• Rifts® Ultimate Edition “Softcover” is a new format. RUE has only ever been available as a hardcover, and it still is, but it is now also available as a softcover – 376 pages – $34.99 – Cat. No. 800SE.
• Rifts® Game Master Guide Hardcover – 352 pages – $39.99 – Cat. No. 845HC.
• Rifts® Book of Magic Hardcover – available now – BACK in stock – 352 pages – $39.99 – Cat. No. 848HC – available now.
• Rifts® Adventure Guide Hardcover – 192 pages – $36.99 – Cat. No. 849HC.
• Chaos Earth® RPG “Bonus” Edition Hardcover – 192 pages – $36.99 – Cat. No. 660HC – 30 extra pages of bonus material – available now!
• Heroes Unlimited™ RPG, 2nd Edition Hardcover – 352 pages – $39.99 – Cat. No. 500HC.
• Ninjas & Superspies™ RPG “Bonus” Hardcover – available now – BACK in stock – 224 pages – $36.99 – Cat. No. 525HC – includes bonus material – available now.
• After the Bomb® RPG “Bonus” Hardcover – available now – BACK in stock – 296 pages – $39.99 – Cat. No. 503HC – includes bonus material – available now.
• Nightbane® RPG “Bonus” Edition Hardcover – available now – 304 pages – $39.99 – Cat. No. 730HC – 60 extra pages of bonus material – available now.
• Dead Reign® RPG (Zombie Apocalypse) Hardcover – available now – BACK in stock – 224 pages – $36.99 – Cat. No. 230HC – available now.
• Splicers® RPG “Bonus” Edition Hardcover – The Splicers® RPG plus 50 pages of extra material gathered from The Rifter®. 280 pages – $44.99 – Cat. No. 200HC – available now.

Notable Palladium Releases – a Megaverse^® of adventure awaits you

• NEW! Palladium Fantasy RPG® Interactive NPC Sheet to help you create monsters and villains quickly. This Excel spreadsheet is available on DriveThruRPG.com and PalladiumBooks.com.
• NEW! “Original” Beyond the Supernatural™ RPG Commemorative “Bonus” Foil Hardcover (1st Edition rules) – described above.
• Beyond the Supernatural™ RPG, 2nd Edition – 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 – Cat. No. 700. Also available as a hardcover edition.
• Creature Feature™, a Beyond the Supernatural™, 2nd Edition Sourcebook – 15 new creatures, rules clarifications, player and Game Master tips, adventure and more – 192 pages – $26.99 retail – Cat. No. 704 – available now.
• Rifts® Coalition Manhunters™ Sourcebook – 224 pages of Coalition data to blow your mind. 80+ new psionic abilities, 9 Manhunter psychic assassins, Psi-Ops thought police, Dog Boys, Kill Hounds, Coalition secrets, and more – 224 pages – Cat. No. 894.
• The Rifter® #85 Annual – Rifts®, Fantasy, and many RPG settings – Cat. No. 185 – Also available as a bookmarked PDF book on DriveThruRPG where it has made the Top 10 Best Sellers List.
• European Castles – 40+ real world castles from across Europe and their actual floor plans whenever available – for use with ANY game system – 48 pages – $10.99 – Cat. No. 410 – available now.
• Exotic Weapons – 100+ strange and exotic weapons from around the globe – for use with ANY game system – 48 pages – $10.99 – Cat. No. 409 – available now.
• The Compendium of Modern Weapons – 450+ real world weapons from around the globe – for use with ANY game system – 176 pages – Cat. No. 415.
• Palladium Fantasy RPG®, 2nd Edition – 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 and potions, and so much more. 336 pages – Cat. No. 450. Also available as a hardcover edition. More than a dozen sourcebooks support this game line.
• Lopan™ (Fantasy) Raw Preview – Cat. No. 476-RAW.
• Land of the South Winds™ (Fantasy) Raw Preview – Cat. No. 477-RAW.
• Heroes Unlimited™ RPG, 2nd Edition – A hit super-hero 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 – Cat. No. 500. Also available as a hardcover edition.
• After the Bomb® RPG – Erick Wujcik’s mutant magnum opus. Create any mutant animal from a turtle to an elephant, animal psionics, animal powers, chimeras, and more. Use the mutants as modern world heroes, or play within the AtB post-apocalypse setting, Rifts®, or just about any setting. 224 pages – Cat. No. 503. Also available as a hardcover edition.
• Ninjas & Superspies™ RPG – 40+ styles of martial arts, mystic abilities, spies, gadgets, and creating secret organizations. 176 pages – Cat. No. 525. Also available as a hardcover edition.
• Dead Reign® RPG – The Zombie Apocalypse unleashed! Can you survive? Play Post-Apocalyptic heroes or ordinary people. Part zombie game, part survival manual. All fun. A great beginner’s game. 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. 224 pages – Cat. No. 230. Also available as a hardcover edition. Sourcebooks expand the world, player options, and adventure ideas as well as present new zombies and dangers.
• Nightbane® RPG – Join the secret war against a demonic invasion most people do not even know has taken place. The demonic Nightlords, their evil Dopplegangers and other demon minions are quietly taking over the world, starting with the most powerful nations. You know it is happening because you are the Nightbane. You can see the true demonic form of these invaders, and you can stop them. The only wrinkle is you must turn into your monstrous supernatural form – your Morphus – to call upon your superhuman and magical powers. Oh, and the government is controlled by the Nightlords and their shape-changing demonic minions hunt the Nightbane. 224 pages – Cat. No. 730. Also available as a hardcover edition.
• And more, like the Rifts® Ultimate Edition (and 90+ Rifts® sourcebooks), Rifts® Chaos Earth®, The Mechanoid Trilogy®, Systems Failure, Splicers®, RECON®, Phase World®, etc.

DriveThruRPG.com New Sale – Magical Fantasy Sale

Wizards and heroes dare to explore dank dungeons, battle dragons and monsters, acquire magic, and explore strange realms. This epic Palladium Fantasy sale lets you do it all at magical savings. All Palladium Fantasy RPG® PDF titles, 1st and 2nd edition rules, and select others are on sale:

• The Palladium Fantasy® Role-Playing Game Revised Edition – 1st Edition Rules
• Palladium Fantasy RPG®, 2nd Edition
• The Palladium Role-Playing Game Shield
• Palladium Fantasy Game Master Kit
• The Arms of Nargash-Tor – 1st Edition Rules
• Dragons & Gods™, for Palladium Fantasy RPG® 2nd Edition
• Monsters and Animals™, for Palladium Fantasy RPG® 2nd Edition
• Palladium RPG Book II: Old Ones – 1st Edition Rules
• PFRPG 02: Old Ones™, for Palladium Fantasy RPG® 2nd Edition
• Palladium RPG Book III: Adventures on the High Seas – 1st Edition Rules
• PFRPG 03: Adventures on the High Seas™, for Palladium Fantasy RPG® 2nd Edition
• Palladium RPG Book IV: Adventures in the Northern Wilderness – 1st Edition Rules
• Palladium RPG Book V: “Further” Adventures in the Northern Wilderness – 1st Edition Rules
• Palladium RPG Book VI: Island at the Edge of the World – 1st Edition Rules
• Palladium RPG Book VII: Yin-Sloth Jungles – 1st Edition Rules
• PFRPG 08: The Western Empire™, for Palladium Fantasy RPG® 2nd Edition
• PFRPG 09: The Baalgor Wastelands™, for Palladium Fantasy RPG® 2nd Edition
• PFRPG 10: Mount Nimro™, for Palladium Fantasy RPG® 2nd Edition
• PFRPG 11: Eastern Territory™, for Palladium Fantasy RPG® 2nd Edition
• PFRPG 12: Library of Bletherad™, for Palladium Fantasy RPG® 2nd Edition
• PFRPG 13: Northern Hinterlands™, for Palladium Fantasy RPG® 2nd Edition
• PFRPG 14: Land of the Damned™ One: Chaos Lands™, for Palladium Fantasy RPG® 2nd Edition
• PFRPG 15: Land of the Damned™ Two: Eternal Torment™, for Palladium Fantasy RPG® 2nd Edition
• PFRPG 16: Wolfen Empire™, for Palladium Fantasy RPG® 2nd Edition
• PFRPG 17: Mysteries of Magic™ One: The Heart of Magic™, for Palladium Fantasy RPG® 2nd Edition
• PFRPG 18: Bizantium and the Northern Islands™, for Palladium Fantasy RPG® 2nd Edition
• PFRPG 19: Garden of the Gods™, for Palladium Fantasy RPG® 2nd Edition
• Palladium Fantasy RPG® Interactive Character Sheet
• Palladium Fantasy RPG® Interactive NPC Sheet
• Palladium Fantasy RPG® Paper Miniatures #1: O.C.C.s
• Palladium Fantasy RPG® Paper Miniatures #2: Monster Races
• Palladium Fantasy RPG® Paper Miniatures #3: N.P.C. Encounters
• Palladium Fantasy RPG® Paper Miniatures #4: Undead
• Palladium Fantasy RPG® Paper Miniatures #5: O.C.C.s Female
• Palladium Fantasy RPG® Paper Miniatures #6: Dwarves
• Nightbane® World Book 3: Through the Glass Darkly™
• Mystic China™
• Rifts® Anthology: Tales of the Chi-Town ‘Burbs™
• Rifts® Ultimate Edition RPG
• Rifts® Book of Magic
• Rifts® World Book Three: England™
• Rifts® World Book 16: Federation of Magic™, Revised
• Rifts® World Book 18: Mystic Russia™
• Rifts® World Book 24: China One
• Rifts® World Book 25: China Two
• Rifts® Conversion Book One, Revised Edition
• Rifts® Conversion Book Two: Pantheons of the Megaverse®
• Rifts® Conversion Book Three: Dark Conversions™
• Rifts® Dimension Book™ 1: Wormwood™
• Chaos Earth® Rise of Magic™

Note: The Magical Fantasy Sale for PDFs ENDS the early morning of May 4th so get ‘em while you can.

Also, see our Magical Fantasy sale of physical books on PalladiumBooks.com – now thru May 3rd.

The new Palladium Fantasy RPG® Interactive NPC Sheet is a Microsoft Excel-based system for creating Non-Player Characters quickly and easily. Once you know the system, you can have NPCs up and ready in minutes! Great for making a quick NPC at the last moment, or saving time when designing the big bad of an adventure.

• Design compatible with the Palladium Fantasy RPG® Interactive Character Sheet.
• 20,000+ preset NPC combinations ready to go in less than a minute.
• 15 nonhuman Palladium Fantasy races and 23 O.C.C.s.
• 300+ Wizard and Warlock spells programmed with quick stats.
• 70+ psionics, options for Minor Psionics, and more.
• $4.00 – Available on DriveThruRPG.com and PalladiumBooks.com – Created by Travis Guerrero.

Also Available – FREE Creature Feature™ Preview provides you a glimpse of what you will find in this epic book. There also FREE Sneak Previews of Rifts® Coalition Manhunters, Northern Gun 1 & 2, Hell Followed, and select other titles. Those are just some of the 300+ Palladium RPG titles available as PDF books.

No other game company offers game worlds for so many different genres. Best of all, learn to play one Palladium RPG and you can play them all, because each uses the same basic core rules and combat. There are differences, but the fundamentals are the same. This also means you can bring characters, villains, monsters, powers, magic, weapons, gear, and adventure ideas from one setting into another or mash them together!

300+ titles and nearly every game genre available now – and more is coming. Discover the Palladium Megaverse® right now.

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

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

– The Rifter® #1-85. Each issue is a wealth of source material for Rifts® and 3-5 other Palladium game settings. More than 8,600 pages of source material and counting. Most issues are only available in digital form.

– Palladium Fantasy RPG® titles. A rich, original setting in which you can play humans or any number of nonhuman species of people in a world of magic, heroes and wonder. All of it epic.

– Dead Reign® RPG and sourcebooks. The Zombie Apocalypse unleashed. A great introductory RPG that is surprisingly uplifting, fun, fast, and easy to learn.

– Heroes Unlimited™ RPG Second Edition titles. Create any type of superhuman you can imagine to build your own super-hero universe.

– After the Bomb® RPG and sourcebooks. Play anthropomorphic, intelligent, mutant animals as crime-fighting mutants and super-heroes or survivors of a crumbling post-apocalyptic Earth.

– Ninjas & Superspies™ RPG and the Mystic China™ sourcebook. 41 types of martial arts, ninjas, super-spies, gizmos, mystic powers, and magic in the main book, plus even more in Mystic China.

– Nightbane® RPG and sourcebooks. Only you know the truth. Only you can see the Nightlords and their demonic minions, and you have the power to stop them. But you must transform into a monster yourself in order to use your powers. Trust no one.

– Beyond the Supernatural™ RPG and sourcebooks. Modern horror; 14 character classes, 42 occupations for “ordinary people,” 100+ psychic abilities, 16 monsters, and more.

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

FUN Podcast Adventures

Heroes Unlimited Christmas Special and the recent Cozy Caverns Beyond the Supernatural RPG adventure podcasts from the creative minds at www.realplaygamespod.com. These fun podcasts are created by Palladium fans like you.

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

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

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

I am adding new collectibles and Palladium negatives over the next several weeks, so check ‘em out. Alex and I will try to post new items on a regular basis, so check in every week or so to see what’s new.

One-of-a-kind Palladium Books negatives (special and rare collectibles). Negatives are always very popular items at the Palladium Open House, Gen Con, and conventions, and are catching on as rare collectibles, unique in and of themselves. Before digital printing, pages of a book were laid out by hand on a board, and each page was photographed. The plastic film negatives were then “ganged” on a massive sheet of Mylar, 16 pages per big sheet, and the printing plates were made from the negatives – everything white, printing black. We have been cutting them loose and making them available to you. I am only keeping a few dozen pages of negatives and a few complete books for myself, the rest are all being slowly offered to you, in no particular order.

• Each is truly unique, attractive, and fun to have.
• Own a piece of Palladium Books and RPG history you will treasure.
• Each was used to print the very book you may have in your collection (1981-2004).
• Each signed in silver ink by Kevin Siembieda, the founder and owner of Palladium Books. He is also the game designer and often the author or co-author of the book from which the negative originates. And some negatives bear his artwork.
• Each signed negative comes with a Certificate of Authenticity.
• Each signed negative is a one-of-a-kind work of art (on rare occasions, two-of-a-kind if a page or section of pages were replaced or a second edition was made) that resembles woodcut art, and a very dynamic conversation piece.
• Each signed negative is on a white board inside a clear plastic bag.
• Negatives looks fabulous matted or framed! Fits in an 8×10 inch matt opening. Each neg is roughly 8½ x 11 inches.
• Prices vary depending on the title, the art, and quality of the negative. Note: Many have scratches, or blemishes, and/or an opaque medium on the negative. Still, they look great and are a piece of RPG history. We recommend you carefully examine the photographs of each item to avoid disappointment.
• We have been making the negatives available, in no particular order, for a number of years, and will continue to do so. However, cutting them loose, signing and bagging is a time consuming process.
• Note: The negatives from the TMNT RPG, TMNT Adventures, and some Rifts® titles are already sold out. Moreover, the negatives from many titles were destroyed, so when you see one you like, get it when you can. Enjoy.

Original art – My Ebay store is one of the few places where you can find original artwork by me (Kevin Siembieda), Kevin Long, Charles Walton, and others, as well as one-of-a-kind negatives from classic Palladium books (they look awesome framed), and other Palladium memorabilia. Some are concept sketches, others are finished works of art, as well as a selection of prints and posters.

Other collectibles include art prints, posters, comic books, Palladium limited edition hardcovers, out of print items, signed books, one-of-a-kind proofreader copies, Star Wars toys, superhero action figures, and many other toys and items from my personal collection. Yeah, I used to be a crazy toy and art collector. 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.

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

Closing Thoughts – Warm weather and warm thoughts

I’m looking forward to warmer weather. Winter, gray clouds and snow are giving way to sunshine, blue skies, and warm thoughts.

It has been a roller coaster ride these past few years for Palladium, and I’m sure, for many of you. The thing about roller coasters is that they are fun and exciting but also scary and alarming at times. Heck, there are moments you feel like you’re going to fly off the tracks and plummet to your doom only to be jerked to safety at the last moment and coast gently to the end. Despite the wild ups and downs, twists and turns, the ride leaves you exhilarated and anxious for more thrills. We have enjoyed some exciting ups and scary turns during the wild ride of these past few years, but we came out of it okay and exhilarated. We hope you did as well. Now, we are ready for some new excitement.

As Palladium moves forward, we hope you’ll come along with us for the ride because we have all kinds of thrills waiting for you. A few of them are big. Really big. Though we dare not say anything definitive until we can go public with the news or until books are heading to the printer or we launch a new Kickstarter campaign.

In the last Update, Sean talked about a “shared vision.” As wonderful as he made it sound, the truly shared vision between him and me is a rare and beautiful thing. There are days our creative energy feels like one person as we help each other elevate our ideas and take our work to the next level. The things we are working toward and building together are … wow. And our energy is inspiring other creators – artists and writers – to give their all to their contributions with astonishing results. Results you’ll start to see in the many products and announcements that will carry you with us on a ride into familiar and adventurous new territory.

I’d better get back to it. I have books to finish and projects to initiate. I’m just glad I have Sean, the Palladium staff, and magnificent freelancers at my side to turn the stuff of dreams and musings into reality. I’ve been saying this for a while, at least internally at the office, that it feels like Palladium Books in 1985. A significant time when we were just about to take off and anything seemed possible. What saw release over those next five years? The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles® RPG followed by Robotech®, Ninjas & Superspies™, Beyond the Supernatural™ and Rifts®! Palladium was on fire then and we’re on fire now. You can expect that level of excitement and innovation heading your way over the next five years.

So sit back on your patio or porch with a cold drink, enjoy the warm sun and spring flowers, and order some great books or PDFs from our Magical Fantasy Sales. That should hold you over until the start of several epic new releases coming your way for Rifts®, Palladium Fantasy®, and other Palladium settings. And while you’re sunning yourselves, we’ll be hard at work to send you on one thrill ride after another this summer and beyond.

– Kevin Siembieda, Writer, Artist and Friend

NEW! “Original” Beyond the Supernatural^™ RPG “Bonus” Edition Commemorative Hardcover, 1st Edition Rules – available now

Fans are loving the “Original” Beyond the Supernatural RPG (1988) re-release as a commemorative bonus edition hardcover with its 28 iconic monsters, information about ley lines and magic, and more. Made available due to popular demand, the deluxe, commemorative, crimson foil hardcover of the Original Beyond the Supernatural RPG (1988) is back in print for the first time in 25 years. The book is simply entitled “Beyond the Supernatural,” it is gorgeous, and a must for BTS fans.

• Modern horror and adventure.
• The original, 1st Edition BTS rule book exactly as first published, except now as a deluxe hardcover.
• 32 pages of “bonus” material.
• 28 monsters, most of which can be converted to BTS-2 with some work.
• Quick roll villain tables. Weapons and equipment section.
• Random Encounter Tables. Random Creature Creation Tables.
• 4 adventures, 2 adventure outlines, and countless adventure ideas.
• Erick Wujcik’s “Victim Characters” alternative rules for playing classic movie horror and splatter film horror.
• Erick Wujcik’s Game Master Guide to running horror adventures.
• Can be adapted to BTS 2nd edition rules. Though magic and psionics work differently in BTS-2, this is a valuable resource and gaming tool. We recommend you only use O.C.C.s and characters from the BTS Second Edition rule book when playing in the Second Edition setting.
• Probably limited to fewer than 1,000 copies.
• 288 pages of terrifying fun – $55.00 retail – Cat. No. 699HC – Available now.

Creature Feature^™ – A Beyond the Supernatural^™ sourcebook – available now

Creature Feature is epic and much more than a monster book. It is filled with adventure, G.M. and player tips, anecdotes, rules clarifications, and more.

• 15 supernatural creatures described in depth. Each creature offers adventure hooks and ideas for more.
• The art of making and running monsters.
• Creature encounter table and tips on making unique creatures.
• Player paranormal investigator background table.
• Game Master source material and tips for running modern horror.
• More world setting and monster hunting lore.
• Rules clarifications and errata.
• A full adventure and numerous adventure suggestions.
• Paranormal encounter ideas, tips, advice, NPCs, and more.
• Written by Steven Dawes, Kevin Siembieda, and others.
• Art by Steven Cummings, Nick Bradshaw, and others.
• 192 pages – $26.99 retail – Cat. No. 704 – Available now.

NEW! The Palladium Fantasy RPG^® Interactive NPC Sheet

The new Palladium Fantasy RPG® Interactive NPC Sheet is a welcomed and helpful companion to the Palladium Fantasy Interactive Character Sheet by Travis Guerrero offering hundreds of magic spells, psionic powers, 15 inhuman character species, 23 O.C.C.s, 300 magic spells, 20,000 character combinations, and more. It is a Microsoft Excel-based system for creating Non-Player Characters quickly and easily. Once you know the system, you can have NPCs up and ready in minutes! Great for making a quick NPC at the last moment, or saving time when designing the big bad of an adventure.

Features & Benefits:

• Designed to be compatible with the Palladium Fantasy RPG® Interactive Character Sheet.
• 20,000+ preset NPC combinations ready to go in less than a minute when you consider species, attribute, O.C.C., and level options! Many more with additional features and easy customization.
• 15 inhuman Palladium Fantasy races.
• 23 O.C.C.s, plus a few variations for certain O.C.C.s such as single and dual element Warlocks.
• NPCs can be made from Level 1 through Level 15.
• 300+ Wizard and Warlock spells programmed with quick stats.
• 70+ psionics programmed with quick stats, plus options for Minor Psionics.
• Skills, armor, weapons, spells, and psionics are programmed with predetermined selections, and more.
• NPCs can be further customized by changing their standard selections with additional options from Drop Down Lists, and keeping it book legal based on your selections.
• $4.00 – Available at DriveThruRPG.com and at PalladiumBooks.com – Created by Travis Guerrero.
• Instructions on how to use the NPC sheet:
• Tutorial Video (Part 1): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z53WS3n3O6A
• Tutorial Video (Part 2): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GRs7gPVN90

Original Palladium Fantasy RPG^® Interactive Character Sheet

The Palladium Fantasy RPG® Interactive Character Sheet is a Microsoft Excel-based character management system. Packed with features and data collected from every official Palladium Fantasy sourcebook, this sheet saves you time and hassle with each character you create. Available now, directly from Palladium Books AND DriveThruRPG.com – this is a digital, online product only.

Features & Benefits:

• The Main Character Sheet Page collects the important data from across multiple tabs and puts it in one place for quick and easy reference.
• Separate sheets examine character construction (worktable), Skills, Magic, Psionics, and Combat in greater detail.
• Built-in leveling system that calculates skill advancement for you!
• Experience Tables for over 80 O.C.C.s already programmed.
• Recognizes the percentages for nearly 150 skills, plus combat bonuses for over 20 Weapon Proficiencies and 7 Hand to Hand styles.
• Calculates the speed and distance a character can run and jump, lift, carry and throw based on character Attributes.
• Add in your own Hand to Hand style, custom Skills, unique Weapon Proficiencies, and Experience Tables.
• Instructions on how to use the sheet included, as well as a video walkthrough below.
• Important Note: This character sheet is built to be used with Microsoft Excel 2010+ and it comes in .XLSX format. Opening this file in other spreadsheet programs is NOT guaranteed to work as intended.
• Watch the Overview video here: https://vimeo.com/322271758

Still Hot! Rifts^® Automated Character Sheet for EXCEL

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

• Dice Roller.
• Automated Attributes and Stat Block: All the bonuses and features from attributes are presented in a large stat block allowing you to easily see your bonuses.
• Automated Combat Stats: The main page holds a section where you can pull up data for your various combat stats, from hand to hand abilities such as Strike, Parry, Dodge and Disarm, to W.P. bonuses including those of the W.P. Sharpshooting variety.
• Automated Psionics: All psionics from Rifts® Ultimate Edition, Rifts® World Book 12: Psyscape™ and Rifts® World Book 32: Lemuria can be selected from a dropdown menu.
• Automated Spells: All Common Invocations, Necromancy, Ocean Magic and Biomancy spells, and yes, all the Lemurian Biomancer spells too!
• Automated Skills: All skills from the Rifts® Ultimate Edition, Rifts® World Book 25: China 2 – Heroes of the Celestial Court™ and Rifts® World Book 32: Lemuria can be selected and then automatically add bonuses from prerequisites and related skills.
• And much, much more.
• Note: The file is best used in Microsoft Excel 2016 or above. Some data may be lost if not using Microsoft Excel, such as when using similar products like Open Office.
• Available from PalladiumBooks.com AND DriveThruRPG.com – make those characters!

© 2023 Palladium Books Inc. All rights reserved.

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

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

By Sean Owen Roberson & Kevin Siembieda

 

NEW SALE — MUTANTS & MONSTERS

The hybrid eclipse brings with it weird creatures and uncanny savings. The following Palladium “Mutant and Monster” related titles are on sale:

All After the Bomb sourcebooks are 50% off!

• After the Bomb® Book Two: Road Hogs™
• After the Bomb® Book Three: Mutants Down Under™
• After the Bomb® Book Four: Mutants of the Yucatan™
• After the Bomb® Book Five: Mutants in Avalon™
• After the Bomb® Book Six: Mutants in Orbit™

These beastly titles are 25% off!

• After the Bomb® RPG
• Palladium Book of Monsters & Animals™
• Heroes Unlimited™ RPG, 2nd Edition
• Aliens Unlimited™
• Aliens Unlimited™ Galaxy Guide™
• Mutant Underground™
• Systems Failure™ RPG
• Rifts® Chaos Earth® RPG
• Rifts® Chaos Earth® Sourcebook One: Creatures of Chaos™
• Beyond the Supernatural™ RPG 2nd Edition
• Boxed Nightmares™
• Creature Feature™ for Beyond the Supernatural™
• Nightbane® Role-Playing Game
• Nightbane® 1: Between the Shadows™
• Nightbane® 2: Nightlands™
• Nightbane® 3: Through the Glass Darkly™
• Nightbane® 4: Shadows of Light™
• Nightbane® Survival Guide
• Nightbane® Dark Designs™
• Rifts® Conversion Book One Revised
• Rifts® Dimension Book™ 1: Wormwood™
• Rifts® World Book 13: Lone Star™
• Rifts® World Book 23: The Xiticix Invasion™
• Rifts® Dark Conversions™
• Rifts® Dimension Book™ 10: Hades – Pits of Hell
• Rifts® Dimension Book™ 11: Dyval – Hell Unleashed™
• Rifts® Bestiary, Volume One

The Mutants & Monsters Sale ENDS the night of April 26th. Get ‘em while you can.

Also, see our DriveThruRPG.com Mutants and Monsters PDF SALE – Now thru April 26th.

 

The Rifts^® Titan Robotics^™ and Cyberworks^™ Collection have GONE GOLD!

To steal an old video game term, going “Gold” means that the master copy of a game is finished and has been sent to the printers to be produced on physical disks like floppies, CDs, etc.

We sent the finalized files to our printers on Monday so I am pleased to inform you that we are solidly on track to begin fulfillment in June! Hopefully, everything continues to go smoothly with our printers here in the USA, their supply chain, shipping, etc. I’m a pretty optimistic guy, but as a military veteran, I’ve learned to plan for the worst while only secretly hoping for the best.

If you’d like to read more about the Titan Robotics Kickstarter please check out the full update here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/palladiumbooks/titan-robotics/posts/3788140

 

UPDATE: Rifts® Titan Robotics PDF plus the remastered, bookmarked, and page-linked Rifts® Shemarrian Nation™, Rifts® Sourcebook One, and Sourcebook Two: The Mechanoids® have all been uploaded to DriveThruRPG.com and sent to those who pledged at the appropriate levels. For those of you who already owned the PDFs, your copies have been UPGRADED FOR FREE as a result of our successful Kickstarter campaign — much appreciation to our backers for making these remasters possible! We’re glad y’all are enjoying them so much and will be offering more remasters in the future.

 

UPDATE: Rifts® Titan Robotics™ Poker Deck – We just received the advance proof sheet this morning and WOW, these cards look sharp with deep colors and they feel great to flip and shuffle. We haven’t had a chance to shoot a video or photos of them yet but I think everyone will be very happy with the upgrade in the quality of this premium poker deck.

 

UPDATE: Rifts® Bestiary Volume Two: Now that Titan Robotics™ is at the printer, my primary focus is bringing Rifts® Bestiary 2 across the finish line. With expanded classic monsters, new beasties by me and Kevin, and a slew of killer art, we are doing our best to make sure that this one is a satisfying follow-up to Rifts® Bestiary Volume One.

 

UPDATE: Yin-Sloth Jungles™ Expanded and Updated to 2nd Edition Rules: This book is going to feel like a new adventure featuring dozens of new maps by the talented Phil Stone, second-edition revisions and expanded material by John Klinkel, all personally updated by Kevin. May release.

 

UPDATE: Rifts® Antarctica. Though it’s a book or two down the pipeline, Kevin and I have been working with Mike Majestic on a bunch of great new illustrations. This whole book is gonna be a beauty with art by Steven Cummings, Mike Majestic, Mike Mumah, Amy Ashbaugh, and others. When Kevin told two visitors about the expanded material that is not in the Raw Preview they drooled and one said, “Now I have to absolutely buy that book, too.”

 

UPDATE: Secret Projects behind the scenes. Kevin isn’t joking when he says that we have a lot of incredible stuff brewing behind the scenes on different fronts. While our primary focus is releasing long-awaited books while steadily making improvements to our production processes, layout quality, and other practical updates, we also have some exciting projects in motion. I can’t wait to share more of these with y’all soon.

 

UPDATE: Kevin’s eBay Store for collectibles. Alex and Kev have added some new art and negatives. The one–of–a–kind negatives are from early books and each lets you own a piece of Palladium history (and art) on the cheap. Kevin is also considering putting some Ramon Perez and other art up for sale. Kevin’s store offers an eclectic range of Palladium collectibles including Robotech® RPG books and negatives, other out-of-print Palladium titles, first printings, toys, and a couple dozen one-of-a-kind negatives, proofreader copies of books, as well as toys and action figures and other odds and ends (http://stores.ebay.com/kevinstoys-artandcollectibles). However, many of these items sell within a few days after they get posted, so keep your eyes peeled. Palladium collectibles and negatives continue to be added at least once a week.

 

Eye Surgery: Palladium has experienced a whirlwind of events lately. This Tuesday Kevin had eye surgery for a cataract in his right eye. Though it meant I spent most of the day with him driving to the surgery and then to follow-up appointments, it was well worth it because everything went smoothly. Kevin even relaxed a bit Wednesday after I kicked him out of the office when he tried to sneak in and work. Thanks to fan Larry H. who posted a cool photo of Kevin dressed in M.D.C. body armor to social media – I’m not sure if it was photo-bashed or AI-generated (Wayne thinks it’s a Doppleganger), but it is the spitting image of Kevin if he were the commander of a Rifts® merc company. It even had him wearing sunglasses that look like the ones they make you wear after an optometrist appointment, which was uncanny since Kevin was wearing them that same day, so I printed the picture out and taped it to Kevin’s door. It’s still there.

 

We want your feedback and suggestions as we build for the future. If you’ve seen any of our interviews over the past year and a half, Kevin and I are very interested in your thoughts on Palladium’s products and future plans. We are listening, and tons of great things are already a direct result of your comments to us including the hardcover collector’s editions, the Titan Robotics Kickstarter, the project status page (https://palladiumbooks.com/questions-resources/questions/palladium-books-project-status), improved PDF bookmarks and rear indexes in all books going forward, the remastered PDFs, and much more. With even more in the works and to come.

As Kev mentioned in the last weekly update, the Palladium Books Help Desk is a great way to reach out. Don’t forget that we also take phone calls during normal business hours, generally Monday to Friday, 9:30 am to 5:30 pm Eastern. So give us a call; if I’m available I promise to carve out at least a few minutes to chat with you. If you have tried to message us via the Help Desk or BackerKit and haven’t gotten a response, please do reach out and let one of our staff know what you need.

You can also mail us at our public address, or drop by the office and have a visit! We enjoy getting mail and love it when fans come by, but please call ahead to make sure that Kevin and/or I will be in the office and not out running errands or in a meeting, etc. Our phone number and address are listed on our website at PalladiumBooks.com, down at the bottom of the front page.

 

In Point of Fact — we’ve had some of you reaching out to us to ask if pre-orders are eligible to receive the Savage Rifts conversion PDFs for Titan Robotics™ and the Cyberworks™ Collection. Many are Savage Worlds fans who have had their interest piqued by Rifts® for Savage Worlds and are unfamiliar with Palladium’s general way of doing things. First off, welcome! Second, I’d like to make a few points to help clarify everyone’s expectations:

• There are technically two Savage Worlds Adventure Edition (SWADE) conversion documents. The first is the Titan Robotics™ SWADE conversion. The second is the Cyberworks™ Collection SWADE conversion, which was a stretch goal that Kevin and I decided to grant to all backers as an early Christmas present. For brevity, I call the docs “Savage Titan Robotics” and “Savage Cyberworks” but be advised that these are purely rules conversions, they won’t mean much without the context of Palladium’s Titan Robotics™ or Cyberworks™ Collection sourcebooks.
• Palladium Books, unlike Pinnacle Entertainment Group (the makers of the Savage Worlds RPG), does NOT release PDFs for public sale immediately upon the release of print books. Without getting technical about business strategies, etc., please just respect that our two companies have very different market approaches.
• This means that crowdfunding campaigns and pre-orders that include PDFs are often a unique chance to purchase PDFs at a discounted pledge or pre-order bundle price.
• On the flip side, Palladium prints locally here in the USA, often at a printer just a short drive down the road from our offices in Michigan. This means that our physical products ship out in weeks, not months, which is worth considering when purchasing physical books – especially in regard to pre-orders and crowdfunding campaigns.
• The Titan Robotics™ campaign is the first time that Palladium has Kickstarted a book. We are still learning as we go and are doing our best to accommodate a wide range of customer needs.

 

So, to get back to the core topic, both Savage Rifts® conversion documents are strictly Kickstarter rewards, but the Mechanoids® (and therefore the Cyberworks™) content is especially so due to our current licensing agreement with Pinnacle Entertainment. I was super duper clear about this during the Kickstarter and all of the related interviews, but it seems new fans still got confused and were under the impression that these items would be put up for sale as PDFs as soon as they are finished. This is definitely not the case. That said, we’re bummed if any well-meaning fans get left out of the fun due to what seems to have been a fairly common misconception.

So Kevin, Wayne, and I had a good chat and decided to go with an option requested by multiple Palladium fans many months ago — we are offering the following general release books bundled with the PDF, plus the associated Savage Rifts® conversion PDFs. These bundles are exclusively for pre-order customers:

 

The Titan Robotics^™ Pre-Order Bundle ($45)

• Rifts® Titan Robotics Sourcebook (print, softcover)
• Rifts® Titan Robotics Sourcebook (PDF)
• Savage Titan Robotics™ Conversion (PDF)

 

The Cyberworks^™ Pre-Order Bundle ($120)

• Rifts® Titan Robotics Sourcebook (print, softcover)
• Rifts® Titan Robotics Sourcebook (PDF)
• Savage Titan Robotics™ Conversion (PDF)
• Rifts® Cyberworks Collection (print, hardcover)
• Rifts® Sourcebook 1, SB2 The Mechanoids®, Shemarrian Nation™, Aftermath (PDF)
• Savage Cyberworks™ Conversion (PDF)

 

Please take careful note that once the pre-order period ends and the books hit general release, these bundles will not be available.

I hope everyone interested takes advantage of this opportunity. We want to be fair to our loyal backers and newcomers alike, and I think this is a good compromise. In the future, please remember that crowdfunding exclusives are going to remain just that – don’t forget to join in on the main crowdfunding campaign while it is running.

 

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

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

• The complete, original RPG – the game that started Palladium Books.
• First Edition rules are easily adaptable to current Fantasy titles.
• Includes The Tombs of Gersidi adventure and setting.
• The Arms of Nargash-Tor adventure sourcebook is included as “bonus” material back in print for the first time in 35 years.
• Easily adapted to all 2nd Edition rules and sourcebooks.
• Deluxe hardcover edition. Probably limited to fewer than 1,000 copies.
• 320 pages total with “bonus” material – $55 retail – Cat. No. 449HC – available now!

 

List of Palladium Books^® RPG Hardcovers Available Now

• NEW! “Original” Beyond the Supernatural RPG® Commemorative “Bonus” Foil Hardcover (1st Edition rules) – This is the original 1st Edition rules (1988) in a deluxe hardcover format. The first time ever as a hardcover and includes the original O.C.C.s, monsters, and magic. 28 monsters, adventures, G.M. tips, Erick Wujcik’s infamous “victim character” rules, and 32 bonus pages of adventure material for BTS-2. The cover is a blood red foil image, imprinted on black faux leatherette. 288 pages – $55 retail – Cat. No. 699HC – Available now!
• Beyond the Supernatural™ RPG, 2nd Edition Hardcover – 224 pages – $36.99 – Cat. No. 700HC.
• BACK IN STOCK! “Original” Palladium Fantasy RPG® Commemorative “Bonus” Foil Hardcover (1st Edition rules) – Holiday demand cleaned the shelves of this fan favorite hardcover, but it is back in stock. This is the original 1st Edition Rules RPG including Tombs of Gersidi and the first Fantasy sourcebook: The Arms of Nargash-Tor. The cover is a classy crimson foil image, imprinted on black faux leatherette to replicate the original red and black RPG fans love. 320 pages – $55 retail – Cat. No. 449HC – available now.
• Palladium Fantasy RPG®, 2nd Edition Hardcover – 336 pages – $39.99 – Cat. No. 450HC – Our second best selling new hardcover after the Rifts® 30th Anniversary edition.
• “Original” Rifts® RPG 30th Anniversary Commemorative Hardcover – available now! This collector’s item sports the original Parkinson cover, an additional 32 page color section, history of Rifts®, unpublished concept art, gallery of all Rifts® covers through 2020, and more. Can be used with ALL Rifts® supplements – 288 pages – $49.99 – Cat. No. 800HC30 – Available now.
• Rifts® Ultimate Edition RPG Hardcover – 376 pages – $44.99 – Cat. No. 800HC – epic.
• Rifts® Ultimate Edition “Softcover” is a new format. RUE has only ever been available as a hardcover, and it still is, but it is now also available as a softcover – 376 pages – $34.99 – Cat. No. 800SE.
• Rifts® Game Master Guide Hardcover – 352 pages – $39.99 – Cat. No. 845HC.
• Rifts® Book of Magic Hardcover – available now – BACK in stock – 352 pages – $39.99 – Cat. No. 848HC – available now.
• Rifts® Adventure Guide Hardcover – 192 pages – $36.99 – Cat. No. 849HC.
• Chaos Earth® RPG “Bonus” Edition Hardcover – 192 pages – $36.99 – Cat. No. 660HC – 30 extra pages of bonus material – available now!
• Heroes Unlimited™ RPG, 2nd Edition Hardcover – 352 pages – $39.99 – Cat. No. 500HC.
• Ninjas & Superspies™ RPG “Bonus” Hardcover – available now – BACK in stock – 224 pages – $36.99 – Cat. No. 525HC – includes bonus material – available now.
• After the Bomb® RPG “Bonus” Hardcover – available now – BACK in stock – 296 pages – $39.99 – Cat. No. 503HC – includes bonus material – available now.
• Nightbane® RPG “Bonus” Edition Hardcover – available now – 304 pages – $39.99 – Cat. No. 730HC – 60 extra pages of bonus material – available now.
• Dead Reign® RPG (Zombie Apocalypse) Hardcover – available now – BACK in stock – 224 pages – $36.99 – Cat. No. 230HC – available now.
• Splicers® RPG “Bonus” Edition Hardcover – The Splicers® RPG plus 50 pages of extra material gathered from The Rifter®. 280 pages – $44.99 – Cat. No. 200HC – available now.

 

Notable Palladium Releases – a Megaverse^® of adventure awaits you

• NEW! Palladium Fantasy RPG® Interactive NPC Sheet to help you create monsters and villains quickly. This Excel spreadsheet is available on DriveThruRPG.com and PalladiumBooks.com.
• NEW! “Original” Beyond the Supernatural™ RPG Commemorative “Bonus” Foil Hardcover (1st Edition rules) – described above.
• Beyond the Supernatural™ RPG, 2nd Edition – 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 – Cat. No. 700. Also available as a hardcover edition.
• Creature Feature™, a Beyond the Supernatural™, 2nd Edition Sourcebook – 15 new creatures, rules clarifications, player and Game Master tips, adventure and more – 192 pages – $26.99 retail – Cat. No. 704 – available now.
• Rifts® Coalition Manhunters™ Sourcebook – 224 pages of Coalition data to blow your mind. 80+ new psionic abilities, 9 Manhunter psychic assassins, Psi-Ops thought police, Dog Boys, Kill Hounds, Coalition secrets, and more – 224 pages – Cat. No. 894.
• The Rifter® #85 Annual – Rifts®, Fantasy, and many RPG settings – Cat. No. 185 – Also available as a bookmarked PDF book on DriveThruRPG where it has made the Top 10 Best Sellers List.
• European Castles – 40+ real world castles from across Europe and their actual floor plans whenever available – for use with ANY game system – 48 pages – $10.99 – Cat. No. 410 – available now.
• Exotic Weapons – 100+ strange and exotic weapons from around the globe – for use with ANY game system – 48 pages – $10.99 – Cat. No. 409 – available now.
• The Compendium of Modern Weapons – 450+ real world weapons from around the globe – for use with ANY game system – 176 pages – Cat. No. 415.
• Palladium Fantasy RPG®, 2nd Edition – 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 and potions, and so much more. 336 pages – Cat. No. 450. Also available as a hardcover edition. More than a dozen sourcebooks support this game line.
• Lopan™ (Fantasy) Raw Preview – Cat. No. 476-RAW.
• Land of the South Winds™ (Fantasy) Raw Preview – Cat. No. 477-RAW.
• Heroes Unlimited™ RPG, 2nd Edition – A hit super-hero 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 – Cat. No. 500. Also available as a hardcover edition.
• After the Bomb® RPG – Erick Wujcik’s mutant magnum opus. Create any mutant animal from a turtle to an elephant, animal psionics, animal powers, chimeras, and more. Use the mutants as modern world heroes, or play within the AtB post-apocalypse setting, Rifts®, or just about any setting. 224 pages – Cat. No. 503. Also available as a hardcover edition.
• Ninjas & Superspies™ RPG – 40+ styles of martial arts, mystic abilities, spies, gadgets, and creating secret organizations. 176 pages – Cat. No. 525. Also available as a hardcover edition.
• Dead Reign® RPG – The Zombie Apocalypse unleashed! Can you survive? Play Post-Apocalyptic heroes or ordinary people. Part zombie game, part survival manual. All fun. A great beginner’s game. 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. 224 pages – Cat. No. 230. Also available as a hardcover edition. Sourcebooks expand the world, player options, and adventure ideas as well as present new zombies and dangers.
• Nightbane® RPG – Join the secret war against a demonic invasion most people do not even know has taken place. The demonic Nightlords, their evil Dopplegangers and other demon minions are quietly taking over the world, starting with the most powerful nations. You know it is happening because you are the Nightbane. You can see the true demonic form of these invaders, and you can stop them. The only wrinkle is you must turn into your monstrous supernatural form – your Morphus – to call upon your superhuman and magical powers. Oh, and the government is controlled by the Nightlords and their shape-changing demonic minions hunt the Nightbane. 224 pages – Cat. No. 730. Also available as a hardcover edition.
• And more, like the Rifts® Ultimate Edition (and 90+ Rifts® sourcebooks), Rifts® Chaos Earth®, The Mechanoid Trilogy®, Systems Failure, Splicers®, RECON®, Phase World®, etc.

 

DriveThruRPG.com Sale – Mutants and Monsters!

The hybrid eclipse brings with it weird creatures and uncanny savings. The following Palladium “Mutant and Monster” related titles are on sale:

• After the Bomb® RPG
• After the Bomb® Book Two: Road Hogs™
• After the Bomb® Book Three: Mutants Down Under™
• After the Bomb® Book Four: Mutants of the Yucatan™
• After the Bomb® Book Five: Mutants in Avalon™
• After the Bomb® Book Six: Mutants in Orbit™
• Palladium Book of Monsters & Animals™
• Heroes Unlimited™ RPG, 2nd Edition
• Aliens Unlimited™
• Aliens Unlimited™ Galaxy Guide™
• Mutant Underground™
• Systems Failure™ RPG
• Rifts® Chaos Earth® RPG
• Rifts® Chaos Earth® Sourcebook One: Creatures of Chaos™
• Beyond the Supernatural™ RPG 2nd Edition
• Boxed Nightmares™
• Nightbane® Role-Playing Game
• Nightbane® 1: Between the Shadows™
• Nightbane® 2: Nightlands™
• Nightbane® 3: Through the Glass Darkly™
• Nightbane® 4: Shadows of Light™
• Nightbane® Survival Guide
• Nightbane® Dark Designs™
• Rifts® Conversion Book One Revised
• Rifts® Dimension Book™ 1: Wormwood™
• Rifts® World Book 13: Lone Star™
• Rifts® World Book 23: The Xiticix Invasion™
• Rifts® Dark Conversions™
• Rifts® Dimension Book™ 10: Hades – Pits of Hell
• Rifts® Dimension Book™ 11: Dyval – Hell Unleashed™
• Rifts® Bestiary, Volume One

The Mutants & Monsters Sale ENDS the morning of April 27th. Get ‘em while you can.

Also, see our Mutants and Monsters sale of physical books on PalladiumBooks.com – now thru April 26th.

 

The new Palladium Fantasy RPG® Interactive NPC Sheet is a Microsoft Excel-based system for creating Non-Player Characters quickly and easily. Once you know the system, you can have NPCs up and ready in minutes! Great for making a quick NPC at the last moment, or saving time when designing the big bad of an adventure.

• Design compatible with the Palladium Fantasy RPG® Interactive Character Sheet.
• 20,000+ preset NPC combinations ready to go in less than a minute.
• 15 nonhuman Palladium Fantasy races and 23 O.C.C.s.
• 300+ Wizard and Warlock spells programmed with quick stats.
• 70+ psionics, options for Minor Psionics, and more.
• $4.00 – Available on DriveThruRPG.com and PalladiumBooks.com – Created by Travis Guerrero.

 

Also Available – FREE Creature Feature™ Preview provides you a glimpse of what you will find in this epic book. There also FREE Sneak Previews of Rifts® Coalition Manhunters, Northern Gun 1 & 2, Hell Followed, and select other titles. Those are just some of the 300+ Palladium RPG titles available as PDF books.

No other game company offers game worlds for so many different genres. Best of all, learn to play one Palladium RPG and you can play them all, because each uses the same basic core rules and combat. There are differences, but the fundamentals are the same. This also means you can bring characters, villains, monsters, powers, magic, weapons, gear, and adventure ideas from one setting into another or mash them together!

300+ titles and nearly every game genre available now – and more is coming. Discover the Palladium Megaverse® right now.

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

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

– The Rifter® #1-85. Each issue is a wealth of source material for Rifts® and 3-5 other Palladium game settings. More than 8,600 pages of source material and counting. Most issues are only available in digital form.

– Palladium Fantasy RPG® titles. A rich, original setting in which you can play humans or any number of nonhuman species of people in a world of magic, heroes and wonder. All of it epic.

– Dead Reign® RPG and sourcebooks. The Zombie Apocalypse unleashed. A great introductory RPG that is surprisingly uplifting, fun, fast, and easy to learn.

– Heroes Unlimited™ RPG Second Edition titles. Create any type of superhuman you can imagine to build your own super-hero universe.

– After the Bomb® RPG and sourcebooks. Play anthropomorphic, intelligent, mutant animals as crime-fighting mutants and super-heroes or survivors of a crumbling post-apocalyptic Earth.

– Ninjas & Superspies™ RPG and the Mystic China™ sourcebook. 41 types of martial arts, ninjas, super-spies, gizmos, mystic powers, and magic in the main book, plus even more in Mystic China.

– Nightbane® RPG and sourcebooks. Only you know the truth. Only you can see the Nightlords and their demonic minions, and you have the power to stop them. But you must transform into a monster yourself in order to use your powers. Trust no one.

– Beyond the Supernatural™ RPG and sourcebooks. Modern horror; 14 character classes, 42 occupations for “ordinary people,” 100+ psychic abilities, 16 monsters, and more.

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

 

FUN Podcast Adventures

Heroes Unlimited Christmas Special and the recent Cozy Caverns Beyond the Supernatural RPG adventure podcasts from the creative minds at www.realplaygamespod.com. These fun podcasts are created by Palladium fans like you.

 

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

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

 

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

I am adding new collectibles and Palladium negatives over the next several weeks, so check ‘em out. Alex and I will try to post new items on a regular basis, so check in every week or so to see what’s new.

One-of-a-kind Palladium Books negatives (special and rare collectibles). Negatives are always very popular items at the Palladium Open House, Gen Con, and conventions, and are catching on as rare collectibles, unique in and of themselves. Before digital printing, pages of a book were laid out by hand on a board, and each page was photographed. The plastic film negatives were then “ganged” on a massive sheet of Mylar, 16 pages per big sheet, and the printing plates were made from the negatives – everything white, printing black. We have been cutting them loose and making them available to you. I am only keeping a few dozen pages of negatives and a few complete books for myself, the rest are all being slowly offered to you, in no particular order.

• Each is truly unique, attractive, and fun to have.
• Own a piece of Palladium Books and RPG history you will treasure.
• Each was used to print the very book you may have in your collection (1981-2004).
• Each signed in silver ink by Kevin Siembieda, the founder and owner of Palladium Books. He is also the game designer and often the author or co-author of the book from which the negative originates. And some negatives bear his artwork.
• Each signed negative comes with a Certificate of Authenticity.
• Each signed negative is a one-of-a-kind work of art (on rare occasions, two-of-a-kind if a page or section of pages were replaced or a second edition was made) that resembles woodcut art, and a very dynamic conversation piece.
• Each signed negative is on a white board inside a clear plastic bag.
• Negatives looks fabulous matted or framed! Fits in an 8×10 inch matt opening. Each neg is roughly 8½ x 11 inches.
• Prices vary depending on the title, the art, and quality of the negative. Note: Many have scratches, or blemishes, and/or an opaque medium on the negative. Still, they look great and are a piece of RPG history. We recommend you carefully examine the photographs of each item to avoid disappointment.
• We have been making the negatives available, in no particular order, for a number of years, and will continue to do so. However, cutting them loose, signing and bagging is a time consuming process.
• Note: The negatives from the TMNT RPG, TMNT Adventures, and some Rifts® titles are already sold out. Moreover, the negatives from many titles were destroyed, so when you see one you like, get it when you can. Enjoy.

Original art – My Ebay store is one of the few places where you can find original artwork by me (Kevin Siembieda), Kevin Long, Charles Walton, and others, as well as one-of-a-kind negatives from classic Palladium books (they look awesome framed), and other Palladium memorabilia. Some are concept sketches, others are finished works of art, as well as a selection of prints and posters.

Other collectibles include art prints, posters, comic books, Palladium limited edition hardcovers, out of print items, signed books, one-of-a-kind proofreader copies, Star Wars toys, superhero action figures, and many other toys and items from my personal collection. Yeah, I used to be a crazy toy and art collector. 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.

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

 

Closing Thoughts – Shared Vision

This week has me doubly excited because not only have Titan Robotics™ and the Cyberworks™ Collection gone to print, but the latest three big Rifts® for Savage Worlds® products that I led development on are being released for backer review by my friends at Pinnacle Entertainment Group. Please see the crowdfunding campaign here (https://peginc.com/campaign/rifts-for-savage-worlds-dark-frontier-thousand-islands-booster/) if you’d like to check it out. It includes the Rifts® South America: Land of a Thousand Islands worldbook with 109 PA canon updates for the factions in the region, the FIRST EVER Rifts® campaign boxed set Terror on the Dark Frontier that takes place along the Coalition Frontier in the New West, Rifts® Pawn Set 2 (a second massive box of premium paper miniatures), a beautiful canon poster map of South America circa 109 PA, Rifts® battle maps, and more. It really is pretty cool stuff, I hear nothing but glowing feedback, and I’m proud to have worked with so many talented writers and artists to help make it happen.

In fact, key members of the Savage Rifts® development team that I built and trained — my dark side apprentices?!? — are pulling double duty working on the “Savage Titan Robotics™” and “Savage Cyberworks™” conversion documents I discussed above.

Recently, while talking with Simon Lucas (President of Pinnacle) and Darrell Hayhurst (Savage Worlds Creative Director) in separate conversations, both remarked how easy the dev team is to work with and what awesome material they are writing. I really appreciate that, because their competence and enthusiastic support has really freed me to focus on my work here at Palladium Books.

In the same way, Wayne, Crystal, Al, and Kathy help free me and Kevin up to write books and tend to important projects. As you see more Palladium projects come to pass, don’t forget the power of sharing a vision and working towards it with people you can trust.

– Sean Owen Roberson, Writer, Designer, Adventurer

 

NEW! “Original” Beyond the Supernatural^™ RPG “Bonus” Edition Commemorative Hardcover, 1st Edition Rules – available now

Fans are loving the “Original” Beyond the Supernatural RPG (1988) re-release as a commemorative bonus edition hardcover with its 28 iconic monsters, information about ley lines and magic, and more. Made available due to popular demand, the deluxe, commemorative, crimson foil hardcover of the Original Beyond the Supernatural RPG (1988) is back in print for the first time in 25 years. The book is simply entitled “Beyond the Supernatural,” it is gorgeous, and a must for BTS fans.

• Modern horror and adventure.
• The original, 1st Edition BTS rule book exactly as first published, except now as a deluxe hardcover.
• 32 pages of “bonus” material.
• 28 monsters, most of which can be converted to BTS-2 with some work.
• Quick roll villain tables. Weapons and equipment section.
• Random Encounter Tables. Random Creature Creation Tables.
• 4 adventures, 2 adventure outlines, and countless adventure ideas.
• Erick Wujcik’s “Victim Characters” alternative rules for playing classic movie horror and splatter film horror.
• Erick Wujcik’s Game Master Guide to running horror adventures.
• Can be adapted to BTS 2nd edition rules. Though magic and psionics work differently in BTS-2, this is a valuable resource and gaming tool. We recommend you only use O.C.C.s and characters from the BTS Second Edition rule book when playing in the Second Edition setting.
• Probably limited to fewer than 1,000 copies.
• 288 pages of terrifying fun – $55.00 retail – Cat. No. 699HC – Available now.

 

Creature Feature^™ – A Beyond the Supernatural^™ sourcebook – available now

Creature Feature is epic and much more than a monster book. It is filled with adventure, G.M. and player tips, anecdotes, rules clarifications, and more.

• 15 supernatural creatures described in depth. Each creature offers adventure hooks and ideas for more.
• The art of making and running monsters.
• Creature encounter table and tips on making unique creatures.
• Player paranormal investigator background table.
• Game Master source material and tips for running modern horror.
• More world setting and monster hunting lore.
• Rules clarifications and errata.
• A full adventure and numerous adventure suggestions.
• Paranormal encounter ideas, tips, advice, NPCs, and more.
• Written by Steven Dawes, Kevin Siembieda, and others.
• Art by Steven Cummings, Nick Bradshaw, and others.
• 192 pages – $26.99 retail – Cat. No. 704 – Available now.

 

NEW! The Palladium Fantasy RPG^® Interactive NPC Sheet

The new Palladium Fantasy RPG® Interactive NPC Sheet is a welcomed and helpful companion to the Palladium Fantasy Interactive Character Sheet by Travis Guerrero offering hundreds of magic spells, psionic powers, 15 inhuman character species, 23 O.C.C.s, 300 magic spells, 20,000 character combinations, and more. It is a Microsoft Excel-based system for creating Non-Player Characters quickly and easily. Once you know the system, you can have NPCs up and ready in minutes! Great for making a quick NPC at the last moment, or saving time when designing the big bad of an adventure.

Features & Benefits:

• Designed to be compatible with the Palladium Fantasy RPG® Interactive Character Sheet.
• 20,000+ preset NPC combinations ready to go in less than a minute when you consider species, attribute, O.C.C., and level options! Many more with additional features and easy customization.
• 15 inhuman Palladium Fantasy races.
• 23 O.C.C.s, plus a few variations for certain O.C.C.s such as single and dual element Warlocks.
• NPCs can be made from Level 1 through Level 15.
• 300+ Wizard and Warlock spells programmed with quick stats.
• 70+ psionics programmed with quick stats, plus options for Minor Psionics.
• Skills, armor, weapons, spells, and psionics are programmed with predetermined selections, and more.
• NPCs can be further customized by changing their standard selections with additional options from Drop Down Lists, and keeping it book legal based on your selections.
• $4.00 – Available at DriveThruRPG.com and at PalladiumBooks.com – Created by Travis Guerrero.
• Instructions on how to use the NPC sheet:
• Tutorial Video (Part 1): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z53WS3n3O6A
• Tutorial Video (Part 2): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GRs7gPVN90

 

Original Palladium Fantasy RPG^® Interactive Character Sheet

The Palladium Fantasy RPG® Interactive Character Sheet is a Microsoft Excel-based character management system. Packed with features and data collected from every official Palladium Fantasy sourcebook, this sheet saves you time and hassle with each character you create. Available now, directly from Palladium Books AND DriveThruRPG.com – this is a digital, online product only.

Features & Benefits:

• The Main Character Sheet Page collects the important data from across multiple tabs and puts it in one place for quick and easy reference.
• Separate sheets examine character construction (worktable), Skills, Magic, Psionics, and Combat in greater detail.
• Built-in leveling system that calculates skill advancement for you!
• Experience Tables for over 80 O.C.C.s already programmed.
• Recognizes the percentages for nearly 150 skills, plus combat bonuses for over 20 Weapon Proficiencies and 7 Hand to Hand styles.
• Calculates the speed and distance a character can run and jump, lift, carry and throw based on character Attributes.
• Add in your own Hand to Hand style, custom Skills, unique Weapon Proficiencies, and Experience Tables.
• Instructions on how to use the sheet included, as well as a video walkthrough below.
• Important Note: This character sheet is built to be used with Microsoft Excel 2010+ and it comes in .XLSX format. Opening this file in other spreadsheet programs is NOT guaranteed to work as intended.
• Watch the Overview video here: https://vimeo.com/322271758

 

Still Hot! Rifts^® Automated Character Sheet for EXCEL

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

• Dice Roller.
• Automated Attributes and Stat Block: All the bonuses and features from attributes are presented in a large stat block allowing you to easily see your bonuses.
• Automated Combat Stats: The main page holds a section where you can pull up data for your various combat stats, from hand to hand abilities such as Strike, Parry, Dodge and Disarm, to W.P. bonuses including those of the W.P. Sharpshooting variety.
• Automated Psionics: All psionics from Rifts® Ultimate Edition, Rifts® World Book 12: Psyscape™ and Rifts® World Book 32: Lemuria can be selected from a dropdown menu.
• Automated Spells: All Common Invocations, Necromancy, Ocean Magic and Biomancy spells, and yes, all the Lemurian Biomancer spells too!
• Automated Skills: All skills from the Rifts® Ultimate Edition, Rifts® World Book 25: China 2 – Heroes of the Celestial Court™ and Rifts® World Book 32: Lemuria can be selected and then automatically add bonuses from prerequisites and related skills.
• And much, much more.
• Note: The file is best used in Microsoft Excel 2016 or above. Some data may be lost if not using Microsoft Excel, such as when using similar products like Open Office.
• Available from PalladiumBooks.com AND DriveThruRPG.com – make those characters!

 

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

By Kevin Siembieda & Sean Owen Roberson

A couple of fans, Ramsey and Sam, from Kansas, just left the office. They were in town and dropped by to see if they could visit awhile. As you know, we are always happy to hang with visitors whenever we have the time. Sadly, we had to keep this visit short as we’re battling a number of deadlines. Still, we were able to give them a partial tour of the office, chatted awhile, I gave up some secrets about upcoming Rifts® Antarctica, showed them artwork of some of the new monsters for Rifts® Bestiary 2, they bought a pile ‘o books, and they left smiling and laughing. They are great guys and it was a nice break for me and the crew after a rough, chaotic week. But we had to dive right back to work. These books don’t write or lay themselves out, you know. [Trust me, I know. – Sean]

We’re glad so many of you enjoyed the sale of art prints. One crafty gent (you know who you are) bought 35 prints! Some for himself, some as gifts. It was smart of him to take advantage of the half-off sale like that. I try to do the same thing, buying sale items or cool things for Christmas and birthday gifts all year long as I come across them. The guy is undoubtedly a Game Master.

UPDATE: Rifts® Titan Robotics PDFs. The Remastered and Bookmarked Rifts® Shemarrian Nation™, Rifts® Sourcebook One, and Sourcebook Two: The Mechanoids® have all been sent to the Kickstarter Backers and put into DriveThruRPG.com these past few weeks. They are getting glowing feedback, we’re glad they were worth the effort, and we will be offering more remasters in the future.

UPDATE: Rifts® Titan Robotics™ Poker Deck – Sent to the printer for advance proofs. June Kickstarter fulfilment and release.

UPDATE: Rifts® Titan Robotics™ – Finished and will be sent to the printer next week along with …

UPDATE: Rifts® Cyberworks™ Collection – Sean is tweaking layout and putting in the finishing touches this weekend. It will be sent to the printer next week. June Kickstarter fulfilment and release. [Please see the latest couple of Kickstarter Updates for more information and details. – Sean]

UPDATE: Yin-Sloth Jungles™ Expanded and Updated to 2nd Edition Rules: When I’m done with this bad boy (with John Klinkel and Phil Stone’s help), it will seem like a brand new book. John and I both went a little crazy with it, but it is soooo good. As delighted as I am with it, Island at the Edge of the World™ 2nd Edition will be not be as heavily expanded and rewritten as Yin-Sloth. May release.

UPDATE: Rifts® Antarctica. Though it’s a book or two down the pipeline, I just approved a half-dozen Mike Majestic illustrations for it and they are gorgeous. This whole book is gonna be a beauty with art by Steven Cummings, Mike Majestic, Mike Mumah, Amy Ashbaugh, and others. Oh, and when I told our two visitors about the material not in the Raw Preview they drooled and one said, “Now I have to absolutely buy that book too.” Heh, hee, hee.

UPDATE: Secret Projects behind the scenes. I don’t think most of you understand how much we have brewing behind the scenes on different fronts. Not just releasing long-awaited books and new surprises, but other exciting changes and improvements. Well, you will very soon.

UPDATE: My eBay Store for collectibles. Alex and I have added some new art and negatives by the time you read this Weekly Update. The one–of-a-kind negatives are from early books and each lets you own a piece of Palladium history (and art) on the cheap. I’m also considering putting some Ramon Perez and other art up for sale. My store offers an eclectic range of Palladium collectibles including Robotech® RPG books and negatives, other out of print Palladium titles, first printings, toys, and a couple dozen one-of-a-kind negatives, proofreader copies of books, as well as toys and action figures and other odds and ends (http://stores.ebay.com/kevinstoys-artandcollectibles). However, many of these items sell within a few days after they get posted, so keep your eyes peeled. We continue to add Palladium collectibles and negatives at least once a week.

Happy Times, Part 2: Wayne Smith is now a married man, and he’s back from his wedding and honeymoon. Our heartfelt congratulations to the married couple! And boy are we glad Wayne is back. (Sorry, Wayne, but we missed you and need you here.) With Crystal taking time off to mourn the passing of her mother, and a bunch of unexpected craziness (mostly good, but demanding nonetheless), we’ve all been pulling double-duty. So it’s nice having another pair of hands back on deck.

We want your feedback and suggests as we build for the future. I have talked about how we need and want your suggestions in a few recent Updates. That caused a number of you to ask, how and where can you send suggestions and comments?

Well, one ideal way is to send us suggestions and comments via a Help Desk ticket/email – it is direct and private. Another is to comment in public on our Forums, but that can elicit all manner of friendly and not so friendly commentary from others. Honestly, I only check the forums sporadically or when our admin points comments out to us. We are also considering a “Suggestions and Letters Box” that would go directly to me and Sean. We’ll let you know if we decide to do that. I hope this helps. [Note: I have been checking our Rifts® Forum for Titan Robotics feedback. Thanks to NMI and all our you who commented. We appreciate all of it. – Sean]

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

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

• The complete, original RPG – the game that started Palladium Books.
• First Edition rules are easily adaptable to current Fantasy titles.
• Includes The Tombs of Gersidi adventure and setting.
• The Arms of Nargash-Tor adventure sourcebook is included as “bonus” material back in print for the first time in 35 years.
• Easily adapted to all 2nd Edition rules and sourcebooks.
• Deluxe hardcover edition. Probably limited to fewer than 1,000 copies.
• 320 pages total with “bonus” material – $55 retail – Cat. No. 449HC – available now!

List of Palladium Books^® RPG Hardcovers Available Now

• NEW! “Original” Beyond the Supernatural RPG® Commemorative “Bonus” Foil Hardcover (1st Edition rules) – This is the original 1st Edition rules (1988) in a deluxe hardcover format. The first time ever as a hardcover and includes the original O.C.C.s, monsters, and magic. 28 monsters, adventures, G.M. tips, Erick Wujcik’s infamous “victim character” rules, and 32 bonus pages of adventure material for BTS-2. The cover is a blood red foil image, imprinted on black faux leatherette. 288 pages – $55 retail – Cat. No. 699HC – Available now!
• Beyond the Supernatural™ RPG, 2nd Edition Hardcover – 224 pages – $36.99 – Cat. No. 700HC.
• BACK IN STOCK! “Original” Palladium Fantasy RPG® Commemorative “Bonus” Foil Hardcover (1st Edition rules) – Holiday demand cleaned the shelves of this fan favorite hardcover, but it is back in stock. This is the original 1st Edition Rules RPG including Tombs of Gersidi and the first Fantasy sourcebook: The Arms of Nargash-Tor. The cover is a classy crimson foil image, imprinted on black faux leatherette to replicate the original red and black RPG fans love. 320 pages – $55 retail – Cat. No. 449HC – available now.
• Palladium Fantasy RPG®, 2nd Edition Hardcover – 336 pages – $39.99 – Cat. No. 450HC – Our second best selling new hardcover after the Rifts® 30th Anniversary edition.
• “Original” Rifts® RPG 30th Anniversary Commemorative Hardcover – available now! This collector’s item sports the original Parkinson cover, an additional 32 page color section, history of Rifts®, unpublished concept art, gallery of all Rifts® covers through 2020, and more. Can be used with ALL Rifts® supplements – 288 pages – $49.99 – Cat. No. 800HC30 – Available now.
• Rifts® Ultimate Edition RPG Hardcover – 376 pages – $44.99 – Cat. No. 800HC – epic.
• Rifts® Ultimate Edition “Softcover” is a new format. RUE has only ever been available as a hardcover, and it still is, but it is now also available as a softcover – 376 pages – $34.99 – Cat. No. 800SE.
• Rifts® Game Master Guide Hardcover – 352 pages – $39.99 – Cat. No. 845HC.
• Rifts® Book of Magic Hardcover – available now – BACK in stock – 352 pages – $39.99 – Cat. No. 848HC – available now.
• Rifts® Adventure Guide Hardcover – 192 pages – $36.99 – Cat. No. 849HC.
• Chaos Earth® RPG “Bonus” Edition Hardcover – 192 pages – $36.99 – Cat. No. 660HC – 30 extra pages of bonus material – available now!
• Heroes Unlimited™ RPG, 2nd Edition Hardcover – 352 pages – $39.99 – Cat. No. 500HC.
• Ninjas & Superspies™ RPG “Bonus” Hardcover – available now – BACK in stock – 224 pages – $36.99 – Cat. No. 525HC – includes bonus material – available now.
• After the Bomb® RPG “Bonus” Hardcover – available now – BACK in stock – 296 pages – $39.99 – Cat. No. 503HC – includes bonus material – available now.
• Nightbane® RPG “Bonus” Edition Hardcover – available now – 304 pages – $39.99 – Cat. No. 730HC – 60 extra pages of bonus material – available now.
• Dead Reign® RPG (Zombie Apocalypse) Hardcover – available now – BACK in stock – 224 pages – $36.99 – Cat. No. 230HC – available now.
• Splicers® RPG “Bonus” Edition Hardcover – The Splicers® RPG plus 50 pages of extra material gathered from The Rifter®. 280 pages – $44.99 – Cat. No. 200HC – available now.

Notable Palladium Releases – a Megaverse^® of adventure awaits you

• NEW! Palladium Fantasy RPG® Interactive NPC Sheet to help you create monsters and villains quickly. This Excel spreadsheet is available on DriveThruRPG.com and PalladiumBooks.com.
• NEW! “Original” Beyond the Supernatural™ RPG Commemorative “Bonus” Foil Hardcover (1st Edition rules) – described above.
• Beyond the Supernatural™ RPG, 2nd Edition – 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 – Cat. No. 700. Also available as a hardcover edition.
• Creature Feature™, a Beyond the Supernatural™, 2nd Edition Sourcebook – 15 new creatures, rules clarifications, player and Game Master tips, adventure and more – 192 pages – $26.99 retail – Cat. No. 704 – available now.
• Rifts® Coalition Manhunters™ Sourcebook – 224 pages of Coalition data to blow your mind. 80+ new psionic abilities, 9 Manhunter psychic assassins, Psi-Ops thought police, Dog Boys, Kill Hounds, Coalition secrets, and more – 224 pages – Cat. No. 894.
• The Rifter® #85 Annual – Rifts®, Fantasy, and many RPG settings – Cat. No. 185 – Also available as a bookmarked PDF book on DriveThruRPG where it has made the Top 10 Best Sellers List.
• European Castles – 40+ real world castles from across Europe and their actual floor plans whenever available – for use with ANY game system – 48 pages – $10.99 – Cat. No. 410 – available now.
• Exotic Weapons – 100+ strange and exotic weapons from around the globe – for use with ANY game system – 48 pages – $10.99 – Cat. No. 409 – available now.
• The Compendium of Modern Weapons – 450+ real world weapons from around the globe – for use with ANY game system – 176 pages – Cat. No. 415.
• Palladium Fantasy RPG®, 2nd Edition – 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 and potions, and so much more. 336 pages – Cat. No. 450. Also available as a hardcover edition. More than a dozen sourcebooks support this game line.
• Lopan™ (Fantasy) Raw Preview – Cat. No. 476-RAW.
• Land of the South Winds™ (Fantasy) Raw Preview – Cat. No. 477-RAW.
• Heroes Unlimited™ RPG, 2nd Edition – A hit super-hero 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 – Cat. No. 500. Also available as a hardcover edition.
• After the Bomb® RPG – Erick Wujcik’s mutant magnum opus. Create any mutant animal from a turtle to an elephant, animal psionics, animal powers, chimeras, and more. Use the mutants as modern world heroes, or play within the AtB post-apocalypse setting, Rifts®, or just about any setting. 224 pages – Cat. No. 503. Also available as a hardcover edition.
• Ninjas & Superspies™ RPG – 40+ styles of martial arts, mystic abilities, spies, gadgets, and creating secret organizations. 176 pages – Cat. No. 525. Also available as a hardcover edition.
• Dead Reign® RPG – The Zombie Apocalypse unleashed! Can you survive? Play Post-Apocalyptic heroes or ordinary people. Part zombie game, part survival manual. All fun. A great beginner’s game. 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. 224 pages – Cat. No. 230. Also available as a hardcover edition. Sourcebooks expand the world, player options, and adventure ideas as well as present new zombies and dangers.
• Nightbane® RPG – Join the secret war against a demonic invasion most people do not even know has taken place. The demonic Nightlords, their evil Dopplegangers and other demon minions are quietly taking over the world, starting with the most powerful nations. You know it is happening because you are the Nightbane. You can see the true demonic form of these invaders, and you can stop them. The only wrinkle is you must turn into your monstrous supernatural form – your Morphus – to call upon your superhuman and magical powers. Oh, and the government is controlled by the Nightlords and their shape-changing demonic minions hunt the Nightbane. 224 pages – Cat. No. 730. Also available as a hardcover edition.
• And more, like the Rifts® Ultimate Edition (and 90+ Rifts® sourcebooks), Rifts® Chaos Earth®, The Mechanoid Trilogy®, Systems Failure, Splicers®, RECON®, Phase World®, etc.

DriveThruRPG.com – Discover the Palladium Megaverse® – 300+ titles – one game system – nearly every genre – endless adventure

The new Palladium Fantasy RPG® Interactive NPC Sheet is a Microsoft Excel-based system for creating Non-Player Characters quickly and easily. Once you know the system, you can have NPCs up and ready in minutes! Great for making a quick NPC at the last moment, or saving time when designing the big bad of an adventure.

• Design compatible with the Palladium Fantasy RPG® Interactive Character Sheet.
• 20,000+ preset NPC combinations ready to go in less than a minute.
• 15 nonhuman Palladium Fantasy races and 23 O.C.C.s.
• 300+ Wizard and Warlock spells programmed with quick stats.
• 70+ psionics, options for Minor Psionics, and more.
• $4.00 – Available on DriveThruRPG.com and PalladiumBooks.com – Created by Travis Guerrero.

Also Available – FREE Creature Feature™ Preview provides you a glimpse of what you will find in this epic book. There also FREE Sneak Previews of Rifts® Coalition Manhunters, Northern Gun 1 & 2, Hell Followed, and select other titles. Those are just some of the 300+ Palladium RPG titles available as PDF books.

No other game company offers game worlds for so many different genres. Best of all, learn to play one Palladium RPG and you can play them all, because each uses the same basic core rules and combat. There are differences, but the fundamentals are the same. This also means you can bring characters, villains, monsters, powers, magic, weapons, gear, and adventure ideas from one setting into another or mash them together!

300+ titles and nearly every game genre available now – and more is coming. Discover the Palladium Megaverse® right now.

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

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

– The Rifter® #1-85. Each issue is a wealth of source material for Rifts® and 3-5 other Palladium game settings. More than 8,600 pages of source material and counting. Most issues are only available in digital form.

– Palladium Fantasy RPG® titles. A rich, original setting in which you can play humans or any number of nonhuman species of people in a world of magic, heroes and wonder. All of it epic.

– Dead Reign® RPG and sourcebooks. The Zombie Apocalypse unleashed. A great introductory RPG that is surprisingly uplifting, fun, fast, and easy to learn.

– Heroes Unlimited™ RPG Second Edition titles. Create any type of superhuman you can imagine to build your own super-hero universe.

– After the Bomb® RPG and sourcebooks. Play anthropomorphic, intelligent, mutant animals as crime-fighting mutants and super-heroes or survivors of a crumbling post-apocalyptic Earth.

– Ninjas & Superspies™ RPG and the Mystic China™ sourcebook. 41 types of martial arts, ninjas, super-spies, gizmos, mystic powers, and magic in the main book, plus even more in Mystic China.

– Nightbane® RPG and sourcebooks. Only you know the truth. Only you can see the Nightlords and their demonic minions, and you have the power to stop them. But you must transform into a monster yourself in order to use your powers. Trust no one.

– Beyond the Supernatural™ RPG and sourcebooks. Modern horror; 14 character classes, 42 occupations for “ordinary people,” 100+ psychic abilities, 16 monsters, and more.

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

FUN Podcast Adventures

Heroes Unlimited Christmas Special and the recent Cozy Caverns Beyond the Supernatural RPG adventure podcasts from the creative minds at www.realplaygamespod.com. These fun podcasts are created by Palladium fans like you.

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

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

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

I am adding new collectibles and Palladium negatives over the next several weeks, so check ‘em out. Alex and I will try to post new items on a regular basis, so check in every week or so to see what’s new.

One-of-a-kind Palladium Books negatives (special and rare collectibles). Negatives are always very popular items at the Palladium Open House, Gen Con, and conventions, and are catching on as rare collectibles, unique in and of themselves. Before digital printing, pages of a book were laid out by hand on a board, and each page was photographed. The plastic film negatives were then “ganged” on a massive sheet of Mylar, 16 pages per big sheet, and the printing plates were made from the negatives – everything white, printing black. We have been cutting them loose and making them available to you. I am only keeping a few dozen pages of negatives and a few complete books for myself, the rest are all being slowly offered to you, in no particular order.

• Each is truly unique, attractive, and fun to have.
• Own a piece of Palladium Books and RPG history you will treasure.
• Each was used to print the very book you may have in your collection (1981-2004).
• Each signed in silver ink by Kevin Siembieda, the founder and owner of Palladium Books. He is also the game designer and often the author or co-author of the book from which the negative originates. And some negatives bear his artwork.
• Each signed negative comes with a Certificate of Authenticity.
• Each signed negative is a one-of-a-kind work of art (on rare occasions, two-of-a-kind if a page or section of pages were replaced or a second edition was made) that resembles woodcut art, and a very dynamic conversation piece.
• Each signed negative is on a white board inside a clear plastic bag.
• Negatives looks fabulous matted or framed! Fits in an 8×10 inch matt opening. Each neg is roughly 8½ x 11 inches.
• Prices vary depending on the title, the art, and quality of the negative. Note: Many have scratches, or blemishes, and/or an opaque medium on the negative. Still, they look great and are a piece of RPG history. We recommend you carefully examine the photographs of each item to avoid disappointment.
• We have been making the negatives available, in no particular order, for a number of years, and will continue to do so. However, cutting them loose, signing and bagging is a time consuming process.
• Note: The negatives from the TMNT RPG, TMNT Adventures, and some Rifts® titles are already sold out. Moreover, the negatives from many titles were destroyed, so when you see one you like, get it when you can. Enjoy.

Original art – My Ebay store is one of the few places where you can find original artwork by me (Kevin Siembieda), Kevin Long, Charles Walton, and others, as well as one-of-a-kind negatives from classic Palladium books (they look awesome framed), and other Palladium memorabilia. Some are concept sketches, others are finished works of art, as well as a selection of prints and posters.

Other collectibles include art prints, posters, comic books, Palladium limited edition hardcovers, out of print items, signed books, one-of-a-kind proofreader copies, Star Wars toys, superhero action figures, and many other toys and items from my personal collection. Yeah, I used to be a crazy toy and art collector. 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.

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

Closing Thoughts – Be good to yourselves

Despite several days of delightful sunshine and summer-like temperatures in April, I’ve been battling writer’s block and the blues for a solid week. Thankfully, my writer’s block usually doesn’t last for more than a week or so, and I snapped out of it yesterday. I have been writing up a storm today.

I think my blues had to do with pushing too hard for too many months, being worn out, and feeling sad for Crystal and her family’s loss. Losing a parent at any age is painful and difficult. Losing one when you are in your early twenties is devastating. That made me think about, and feel, the recent loss of Julius Rosenstein anew. Jules’ birthday would have been April 7 so he has been on my mind. To compound matters, everywhere I went I saw something I would have bought him as a birthday gift. He’s been a dear friend for most of my life and he is missed. That in turn made me think about the many other loved ones I have lost, and we have known great loss. My Mom, Dad, Julius, Eric Wujcik, Kay Kozora, and Keith Parkinson to name but a few. Meanwhile, there were all kinds of demands on my time, and the general state of the world and our economy sent me spiraling into a dark, sorrowful place.

Like I said, I found my way out of my deep funk and I’m doing okay. But what about you? How are you doing? Well, I hope.

Please don’t let things get you down too much. When they do, cut yourself some slack and be good to yourself. Do something nice just for you. Make the time to relax a little and have some fun. Playing games, especially RPGs with friends, can be a great help. Sometimes just reading or rereading your favorite game or sourcebook, plotting an adventure, reading a novel, or going to the movies, and even just talking or meeting with a friend(s) makes all the difference in the world. I tried all of that, but it still took a while to pull myself out of the blues. But you know what? That’s okay. It’s okay to feel sad or down as long as you find your way out of it. RPGs are a great way to escape for a few hours from our real world when it becomes a bit too daunting. It helps us to catch our breath and reset our thoughts.

Sean’s awesome daughter Autumn and his parents Yvonne and Larry are all in town visiting. I think spending some quality time with these lovely people and going to see the new Dungeons & Dragons movie together helped. By the way, the D&D movie is fast paced and pretty darn good. You might want to check it out.

It’s okay to need to take a break sometimes. People are what’s most important in our lives. People and the experiences we share are what make lasting memories and bring us happiness and love. Go out or call a loved one and get a dose of friendship and love from someone who cares. And while you’re at it, be kind to others you encounter along the way, because they can probably use a compliment, a thank you, or kind word too.

Please remember you are not alone. How do I know? Because you have us here at Palladium Books. We care and have your backs as best we can. It’s why I continue to randomly sign books you may have ordered online and why we make time to visit with fans who swing by the office. It’s important, beautiful and necessary. It recharges our batteries and reminds us that life is good and we are not alone. Ramsey and Sam’s visit out of nowhere made my day. We had a nice time, short as it was. It made us all laugh and smile and put a bounce in our step. That simple, friendly, pleasant interaction was important and lifted all of our spirits. Cool, right? Damn straight.

All of you are part of our extended Palladium family. We appreciate you and we care. We think of you and your wants and needs as we write every single book. You should see me and Sean as we spit-ball ideas and talk about how the fans will love this or that. We write about the things that make us excited as fan-boys ourselves. Ideas, people, monsters, villains, and heroes that will wow you or surprise you and inspire you to build your own great adventures. The same goes for the dynamic artwork, rules, and design of our books. There are times that Sean and I are downright giddy with excitement over the ideas we are bringing to life for you.

Sure, making money is important. The more successful we are, the more people we can hire and the more products we can release. But making quality RPG books and supplements packed with wow factor, ideas, and fun is just as important. Heck, it is the most important, at least to us. It’s why our games are jam-packed with excitement and great artwork. We are passionate about the creative process and working with other creators. We get inspired by great artwork, new ideas, and new possibilities. Your feedback, suggestions and love for our many RPG books and worlds energize us further.

So please don’t be sad or lost due to worry. Tap into the energy imbedded into our books and the ever expanding Palladium Megaverse®, and unleash your imaginations in any way you desire. Create new characters, heroes, villains, monsters, or adventures, or draw or write or whatever it is that’s your jam. Cut loose and have some fun. And do it with friends and family.

– Kevin Siembieda, Publisher, Writer, Friend

NEW! “Original” Beyond the Supernatural^™ RPG “Bonus” Edition Commemorative Hardcover, 1st Edition Rules – available now

Fans are loving the “Original” Beyond the Supernatural RPG (1988) re-release as a commemorative bonus edition hardcover with its 28 iconic monsters, information about ley lines and magic, and more. Made available due to popular demand, the deluxe, commemorative, crimson foil hardcover of the Original Beyond the Supernatural RPG (1988) is back in print for the first time in 25 years. The book is simply entitled “Beyond the Supernatural,” it is gorgeous, and a must for BTS fans.

• Modern horror and adventure.
• The original, 1st Edition BTS rule book exactly as first published, except now as a deluxe hardcover.
• 32 pages of “bonus” material.
• 28 monsters, most of which can be converted to BTS-2 with some work.
• Quick roll villain tables. Weapons and equipment section.
• Random Encounter Tables. Random Creature Creation Tables.
• 4 adventures, 2 adventure outlines, and countless adventure ideas.
• Erick Wujcik’s “Victim Characters” alternative rules for playing classic movie horror and splatter film horror.
• Erick Wujcik’s Game Master Guide to running horror adventures.
• Can be adapted to BTS 2nd edition rules. Though magic and psionics work differently in BTS-2, this is a valuable resource and gaming tool. We recommend you only use O.C.C.s and characters from the BTS Second Edition rule book when playing in the Second Edition setting.
• Probably limited to fewer than 1,000 copies.
• 288 pages of terrifying fun – $55.00 retail – Cat. No. 699HC – Available now.

Creature Feature^™ – A Beyond the Supernatural^™ sourcebook – available now

Creature Feature is epic and much more than a monster book. It is filled with adventure, G.M. and player tips, anecdotes, rules clarifications, and more.

• 15 supernatural creatures described in depth. Each creature offers adventure hooks and ideas for more.
• The art of making and running monsters.
• Creature encounter table and tips on making unique creatures.
• Player paranormal investigator background table.
• Game Master source material and tips for running modern horror.
• More world setting and monster hunting lore.
• Rules clarifications and errata.
• A full adventure and numerous adventure suggestions.
• Paranormal encounter ideas, tips, advice, NPCs, and more.
• Written by Steven Dawes, Kevin Siembieda, and others.
• Art by Steven Cummings, Nick Bradshaw, and others.
• 192 pages – $26.99 retail – Cat. No. 704 – Available now.

NEW! The Palladium Fantasy RPG^® Interactive NPC Sheet

The new Palladium Fantasy RPG® Interactive NPC Sheet is a welcomed and helpful companion to the Palladium Fantasy Interactive Character Sheet by Travis Guerrero offering hundreds of magic spells, psionic powers, 15 inhuman character species, 23 O.C.C.s, 300 magic spells, 20,000 character combinations, and more. It is a Microsoft Excel-based system for creating Non-Player Characters quickly and easily. Once you know the system, you can have NPCs up and ready in minutes! Great for making a quick NPC at the last moment, or saving time when designing the big bad of an adventure.

Features & Benefits:

• Designed to be compatible with the Palladium Fantasy RPG® Interactive Character Sheet.
• 20,000+ preset NPC combinations ready to go in less than a minute when you consider species, attribute, O.C.C., and level options! Many more with additional features and easy customization.
• 15 inhuman Palladium Fantasy races.
• 23 O.C.C.s, plus a few variations for certain O.C.C.s such as single and dual element Warlocks.
• NPCs can be made from Level 1 through Level 15.
• 300+ Wizard and Warlock spells programmed with quick stats.
• 70+ psionics programmed with quick stats, plus options for Minor Psionics.
• Skills, armor, weapons, spells, and psionics are programmed with predetermined selections, and more.
• NPCs can be further customized by changing their standard selections with additional options from Drop Down Lists, and keeping it book legal based on your selections.
• $4.00 – Available at DriveThruRPG.com and at PalladiumBooks.com – Created by Travis Guerrero.
• Instructions on how to use the NPC sheet:
• Tutorial Video (Part 1): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z53WS3n3O6A
• Tutorial Video (Part 2): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GRs7gPVN90

Original Palladium Fantasy RPG^® Interactive Character Sheet

The Palladium Fantasy RPG® Interactive Character Sheet is a Microsoft Excel-based character management system. Packed with features and data collected from every official Palladium Fantasy sourcebook, this sheet saves you time and hassle with each character you create. Available now, directly from Palladium Books AND DriveThruRPG.com – this is a digital, online product only.

Features & Benefits:

• The Main Character Sheet Page collects the important data from across multiple tabs and puts it in one place for quick and easy reference.
• Separate sheets examine character construction (worktable), Skills, Magic, Psionics, and Combat in greater detail.
• Built-in leveling system that calculates skill advancement for you!
• Experience Tables for over 80 O.C.C.s already programmed.
• Recognizes the percentages for nearly 150 skills, plus combat bonuses for over 20 Weapon Proficiencies and 7 Hand to Hand styles.
• Calculates the speed and distance a character can run and jump, lift, carry and throw based on character Attributes.
• Add in your own Hand to Hand style, custom Skills, unique Weapon Proficiencies, and Experience Tables.
• Instructions on how to use the sheet included, as well as a video walkthrough below.
• Important Note: This character sheet is built to be used with Microsoft Excel 2010+ and it comes in .XLSX format. Opening this file in other spreadsheet programs is NOT guaranteed to work as intended.
• Watch the Overview video here: https://vimeo.com/322271758

Still Hot! Rifts^® Automated Character Sheet for EXCEL

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

• Dice Roller.
• Automated Attributes and Stat Block: All the bonuses and features from attributes are presented in a large stat block allowing you to easily see your bonuses.
• Automated Combat Stats: The main page holds a section where you can pull up data for your various combat stats, from hand to hand abilities such as Strike, Parry, Dodge and Disarm, to W.P. bonuses including those of the W.P. Sharpshooting variety.
• Automated Psionics: All psionics from Rifts® Ultimate Edition, Rifts® World Book 12: Psyscape™ and Rifts® World Book 32: Lemuria can be selected from a dropdown menu.
• Automated Spells: All Common Invocations, Necromancy, Ocean Magic and Biomancy spells, and yes, all the Lemurian Biomancer spells too!
• Automated Skills: All skills from the Rifts® Ultimate Edition, Rifts® World Book 25: China 2 – Heroes of the Celestial Court™ and Rifts® World Book 32: Lemuria can be selected and then automatically add bonuses from prerequisites and related skills.
• And much, much more.
• Note: The file is best used in Microsoft Excel 2016 or above. Some data may be lost if not using Microsoft Excel, such as when using similar products like Open Office.
• Available from PalladiumBooks.com AND DriveThruRPG.com – make those characters!

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

By Kevin Siembieda & Sean Owen Roberson 

New SALE! All Palladium art prints half off! Yep, the 50% savings on all prints continues for one more week. Making it time to redecorate (or add to) your gaming space. Note: I also have an ongoing sale in my eBay store that now includes action figures as well as one–of-a-kind negatives from early books. Plus new original artwork was added earlier this week. Enjoy.

UPDATE: My eBay Store for collectibles. Alex and I have added some new art and negatives by the time you read this Weekly Update. The one–of-a-kind negatives are from early books and lets you own a piece of palladium history (and art) on the cheap. I’m also considering putting some Ramon Perez and other art up for sale. My store offers an eclectic range of Palladium collectibles including Robotech® RPG books and negatives, other out of print Palladium titles, first printings, toys, and a couple dozen one-of-a-kind negatives, proofreader copies of books, as well as toys and action figures and other odds and ends (http://stores.ebay.com/kevinstoys-artandcollectibles). However, many of these items sell within a few days after they get posted, so keep your eyes peeled. We continue to add Palladium collectibles and negatives at least once a week.

Happy Times! Wayne Smith has gotten married. He and lovely wife Sheila are on their honeymoon. We are thrilled for them and wish them a long life together filled with love, happiness, good health, and prosperity. (Pssst, Palladium’s ace writer, Matthew Clements is getting married next month. We’re happy for them too.)

Sad Times. Palladium’s Lord of the warehouse, Crystal, and her family are dealing with the sorrow of having to place a loved one (her mother) in hospice. Our deepest sympathy and prayers for Crystal and her family struggling through these sorrowful and difficult times.

UPDATE: Titan Robotics is done and the feedback we have been getting back is overwhelmingly positive. With few reports of spelling errors or problems. This is your last chance to get your feedback to us, because Titan Robotics™ AND The Cyberworks™ Collection should be sent to the printer in then next few days. ALSO please review the Titan Robotics PDF to make certain we spelled you names correctly in the Backers’ acknowledgment block of that book. Once the book goes to the printer it is too late to change.

UPDATE: Backerkit is being finalized. That means you need to make any changes to your Kickstarter Pledge and make purchases in Backerkit over the next week.

UPDATE: The Remastered and Bookmarked Rifts® Shemarrian Nation™ PDF has been completed and will be available to you any day now. Possibly even as you read this. Rifts® Sourcebook One, Sourcebook Two: The Mechanoids® are done and have already been made available to you.

UPDATE: Feedback on Yin-Sloth Jungles, 2nd Edition. This updated and expanded edition is epic and moving long. It is one of the main projects I have been dividing my time between along with other things you are going to love. And everyone who has seen bits and pieces are pleased and impressed. What you are seeing with Creature Feature, Titan Robotics, Yin-Sloth Jungles, and other recent and upcoming releases are just a hint of things to come.

UPDATE: Rifts® Bestiary Volume 2: As I think you already know, I have been splitting my creative time working on my contributions to this title and moving along other the production of projects like Yin-Sloth Jungles, Rifts® Antarctica, etc.

  

Please Help a Palladium Stalwart

Hey folks, you may know Jeff Ruiz, a.k.a. NMI, as the Admin on the Palladium Books forums/website for, oh, the last 20 or 30 years now. What you may not know is he helps out in many ways behind the scenes: managing the forums, organizing G.M.s at conventions and Open Houses, and the Megaversal Ambassadors, as well as being a confidante and sounding board on projects few others even know about. We’ve also been there for each other through thick and thin. Jeff can be a bit rough around the edges at times, but he has a heart of gold, is a true Palladium devotee, and a friend. In short, he’s a largely invisible but important member of the Palladium community.

Jeff has struggled with a bone disease called Charcot and infected bones. He lost his lower left leg a few years ago. He lost his right leg and his job in January. He’s now on a fixed income and dealing with the high cost of physical therapy, medical related expenses, and needs to get a prosthetic for this latest amputation below the knee. He has been incredibly brave and inspiring on this difficult journey and needs our help.

Jeff has taken another courageous step by starting a Go Fund Me page and asking for help. Though he did not make it clear on his page, the $15,000 he is asking for is the amount needed to get a prosthetic for his second leg so he can become mobile again. It’s terrible being unable to walk and go out into the world. On behalf of our friend NMI, I’m letting our Palladium family know about his plight. We hate to ask during these uncertain times, but if you can afford to help out, please do so. Any donation is appreciated. Thank you not just from Jeff, but from me and the Palladium staff. – Kevin Siembieda

Jeff Ruiz Help Me Walk Again Go Fund Me Link:

https://www.gofundme.com/f/dmj6ea-help-me-walk-again

 

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

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

• The complete, original RPG – the game that started Palladium Books.
• First Edition rules are easily adaptable to current Fantasy titles.
• Includes The Tombs of Gersidi adventure and setting.
• The Arms of Nargash-Tor adventure sourcebook is included as “bonus” material back in print for the first time in 35 years.
• Easily adapted to all 2nd Edition rules and sourcebooks.
• Deluxe hardcover edition. Probably limited to fewer than 1,000 copies.
• 320 pages total with “bonus” material – $55 retail – Cat. No. 449HC – available now!

 

List of Palladium Books^® RPG Hardcovers Available Now

• NEW! “Original” Beyond the Supernatural RPG® Commemorative “Bonus” Foil Hardcover (1st Edition rules) – This is the original 1st Edition rules (1988) in a deluxe hardcover format. The first time ever as a hardcover and includes the original O.C.C.s, monsters, and magic. 28 monsters, adventures, G.M. tips, Erick Wujcik’s infamous “victim character” rules, and 32 bonus pages of adventure material for BTS-2. The cover is a blood red foil image, imprinted on black faux leatherette. 288 pages – $55 retail – Cat. No. 699HC – Available now!
• Beyond the Supernatural™ RPG, 2nd Edition Hardcover – 224 pages – $36.99 – Cat. No. 700HC.
• BACK IN STOCK! “Original” Palladium Fantasy RPG® Commemorative “Bonus” Foil Hardcover (1st Edition rules) – Holiday demand cleaned the shelves of this fan favorite hardcover, but it is back in stock. This is the original 1st Edition Rules RPG including Tombs of Gersidi and the first Fantasy sourcebook: The Arms of Nargash-Tor. The cover is a classy crimson foil image, imprinted on black faux leatherette to replicate the original red and black RPG fans love. 320 pages – $55 retail – Cat. No. 449HC – available now.
• Palladium Fantasy RPG®, 2nd Edition Hardcover – 336 pages – $39.99 – Cat. No. 450HC – Our second best selling new hardcover after the Rifts® 30th Anniversary edition.
• “Original” Rifts® RPG 30th Anniversary Commemorative Hardcover – available now! This collector’s item sports the original Parkinson cover, an additional 32 page color section, history of Rifts®, unpublished concept art, gallery of all Rifts® covers through 2020, and more. Can be used with ALL Rifts® supplements – 288 pages – $49.99 – Cat. No. 800HC30 – Available now.
• Rifts® Ultimate Edition RPG Hardcover – 376 pages – $44.99 – Cat. No. 800HC – epic.
• Rifts® Ultimate Edition “Softcover” is a new format. RUE has only ever been available as a hardcover, and it still is, but it is now also available as a softcover – 376 pages – $34.99 – Cat. No. 800SE.
• Rifts® Game Master Guide Hardcover – 352 pages – $39.99 – Cat. No. 845HC.
• Rifts® Book of Magic Hardcover – available now – BACK in stock – 352 pages – $39.99 – Cat. No. 848HC – available now.
• Rifts® Adventure Guide Hardcover – 192 pages – $36.99 – Cat. No. 849HC.
• Chaos Earth® RPG “Bonus” Edition Hardcover – 192 pages – $36.99 – Cat. No. 660HC – 30 extra pages of bonus material – available now!
• Heroes Unlimited™ RPG, 2nd Edition Hardcover – 352 pages – $39.99 – Cat. No. 500HC.
• Ninjas & Superspies™ RPG “Bonus” Hardcover – available now – BACK in stock – 224 pages – $36.99 – Cat. No. 525HC – includes bonus material – available now.
• After the Bomb® RPG “Bonus” Hardcover – available now – BACK in stock – 296 pages – $39.99 – Cat. No. 503HC – includes bonus material – available now.
• Nightbane® RPG “Bonus” Edition Hardcover – available now – 304 pages – $39.99 – Cat. No. 730HC – 60 extra pages of bonus material – available now.
• Dead Reign® RPG (Zombie Apocalypse) Hardcover – available now – BACK in stock – 224 pages – $36.99 – Cat. No. 230HC – available now.
• Splicers® RPG “Bonus” Edition Hardcover – The Splicers® RPG plus 50 pages of extra material gathered from The Rifter®. 280 pages – $44.99 – Cat. No. 200HC – available now.

 

Notable Palladium Releases – a Megaverse^® of adventure awaits you

• NEW! Palladium Fantasy RPG® Interactive NPC Sheet to help you create monsters and villains quickly. This Excel spreadsheet is available on DriveThruRPG.com and PalladiumBooks.com.
• NEW! “Original” Beyond the Supernatural™ RPG Commemorative “Bonus” Foil Hardcover (1st Edition rules) – described above.
• Beyond the Supernatural™ RPG, 2nd Edition – 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 – Cat. No. 700. Also available as a hardcover edition.
• Creature Feature™, a Beyond the Supernatural™, 2nd Edition Sourcebook – 15 new creatures, rules clarifications, player and Game Master tips, adventure and more – 192 pages – $26.99 retail – Cat. No. 704 – available now.
• Rifts® Coalition Manhunters™ Sourcebook – 224 pages of Coalition data to blow your mind. 80+ new psionic abilities, 9 Manhunter psychic assassins, Psi-Ops thought police, Dog Boys, Kill Hounds, Coalition secrets, and more – 224 pages – Cat. No. 894.
• The Rifter® #85 Annual – Rifts®, Fantasy, and many RPG settings – Cat. No. 185 – Also available as a bookmarked PDF book on DriveThruRPG where it has made the Top 10 Best Sellers List.
• European Castles – 40+ real world castles from across Europe and their actual floor plans whenever available – for use with ANY game system – 48 pages – $10.99 – Cat. No. 410 – available now.
• Exotic Weapons – 100+ strange and exotic weapons from around the globe – for use with ANY game system – 48 pages – $10.99 – Cat. No. 409 – available now.
• The Compendium of Modern Weapons – 450+ real world weapons from around the globe – for use with ANY game system – 176 pages – Cat. No. 415.
• Palladium Fantasy RPG®, 2nd Edition – 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 and potions, and so much more. 336 pages – Cat. No. 450. Also available as a hardcover edition. More than a dozen sourcebooks support this game line.
• Lopan™ (Fantasy) Raw Preview – Cat. No. 476-RAW.
• Land of the South Winds™ (Fantasy) Raw Preview – Cat. No. 477-RAW.
• Heroes Unlimited™ RPG, 2nd Edition – A hit super-hero 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 – Cat. No. 500. Also available as a hardcover edition.
• After the Bomb® RPG – Erick Wujcik’s mutant magnum opus. Create any mutant animal from a turtle to an elephant, animal psionics, animal powers, chimeras, and more. Use the mutants as modern world heroes, or play within the AtB post-apocalypse setting, Rifts®, or just about any setting. 224 pages – Cat. No. 503. Also available as a hardcover edition.
• Ninjas & Superspies™ RPG – 40+ styles of martial arts, mystic abilities, spies, gadgets, and creating secret organizations. 176 pages – Cat. No. 525. Also available as a hardcover edition.
• Dead Reign® RPG – The Zombie Apocalypse unleashed! Can you survive? Play Post-Apocalyptic heroes or ordinary people. Part zombie game, part survival manual. All fun. A great beginner’s game. 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. 224 pages – Cat. No. 230. Also available as a hardcover edition. Sourcebooks expand the world, player options, and adventure ideas as well as present new zombies and dangers.
• Nightbane® RPG – Join the secret war against a demonic invasion most people do not even know has taken place. The demonic Nightlords, their evil Dopplegangers and other demon minions are quietly taking over the world, starting with the most powerful nations. You know it is happening because you are the Nightbane. You can see the true demonic form of these invaders, and you can stop them. The only wrinkle is you must turn into your monstrous supernatural form – your Morphus – to call upon your superhuman and magical powers. Oh, and the government is controlled by the Nightlords and their shape-changing demonic minions hunt the Nightbane. 224 pages – Cat. No. 730. Also available as a hardcover edition.
• And more, like the Rifts® Ultimate Edition (and 90+ Rifts® sourcebooks), Rifts® Chaos Earth®, The Mechanoid Trilogy®, Systems Failure, Splicers®, RECON®, Phase World®, etc.

 

DriveThruRPG.com – Discover the Palladium Megaverse® – 300+ titles – one game system – nearly every genre – endless adventure

The new Palladium Fantasy RPG® Interactive NPC Sheet is a Microsoft Excel-based system for creating Non-Player Characters quickly and easily. Once you know the system, you can have NPCs up and ready in minutes! Great for making a quick NPC at the last moment, or saving time when designing the big bad of an adventure.

• Design compatible with the Palladium Fantasy RPG® Interactive Character Sheet.
• 20,000+ preset NPC combinations ready to go in less than a minute.
• 15 nonhuman Palladium Fantasy races and 23 O.C.C.s.
• 300+ Wizard and Warlock spells programmed with quick stats.
• 70+ psionics, options for Minor Psionics, and more.
• $4.00 – Available on DriveThruRPG.com and PalladiumBooks.com – Created by Travis Guerrero.

 

Also Available – FREE Creature Feature™ Preview provides you a glimpse of what you will find in this epic book. There also FREE Sneak Previews of Rifts® Coalition Manhunters, Northern Gun 1 & 2, Hell Followed, and select other titles. Those are just some of the 300+ Palladium RPG titles available as PDF books.

No other game company offers game worlds for so many different genres. Best of all, learn to play one Palladium RPG and you can play them all, because each uses the same basic core rules and combat. There are differences, but the fundamentals are the same. This also means you can bring characters, villains, monsters, powers, magic, weapons, gear, and adventure ideas from one setting into another or mash them together!

300+ titles and nearly every game genre available now – and more is coming. Discover the Palladium Megaverse® right now.

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

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

– The Rifter® #1-85. Each issue is a wealth of source material for Rifts® and 3-5 other Palladium game settings. More than 8,600 pages of source material and counting. Most issues are only available in digital form.

– Palladium Fantasy RPG® titles. A rich, original setting in which you can play humans or any number of nonhuman species of people in a world of magic, heroes and wonder. All of it epic.

– Dead Reign® RPG and sourcebooks. The Zombie Apocalypse unleashed. A great introductory RPG that is surprisingly uplifting, fun, fast, and easy to learn.

– Heroes Unlimited™ RPG Second Edition titles. Create any type of superhuman you can imagine to build your own super-hero universe.

– After the Bomb® RPG and sourcebooks. Play anthropomorphic, intelligent, mutant animals as crime-fighting mutants and super-heroes or survivors of a crumbling post-apocalyptic Earth.

– Ninjas & Superspies™ RPG and the Mystic China™ sourcebook. 41 types of martial arts, ninjas, super-spies, gizmos, mystic powers, and magic in the main book, plus even more in Mystic China.

– Nightbane® RPG and sourcebooks. Only you know the truth. Only you can see the Nightlords and their demonic minions, and you have the power to stop them. But you must transform into a monster yourself in order to use your powers. Trust no one.

– Beyond the Supernatural™ RPG and sourcebooks. Modern horror; 14 character classes, 42 occupations for “ordinary people,” 100+ psychic abilities, 16 monsters, and more.

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

 

FUN Podcast Adventures

Heroes Unlimited Christmas Special and the recent Cozy Caverns Beyond the Supernatural RPG adventure podcasts from the creative minds at www.realplaygamespod.com. These fun podcasts are created by Palladium fans like you.

 

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

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

 

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

I am adding new collectibles and Palladium negatives over the next several weeks, so check ‘em out. Alex and I will try to post new items on a regular basis, so check in every week or so to see what’s new.

One-of-a-kind Palladium Books negatives (special and rare collectibles). Negatives are always very popular items at the Palladium Open House, Gen Con, and conventions, and are catching on as rare collectibles, unique in and of themselves. Before digital printing, pages of a book were laid out by hand on a board, and each page was photographed. The plastic film negatives were then “ganged” on a massive sheet of Mylar, 16 pages per big sheet, and the printing plates were made from the negatives – everything white, printing black. We have been cutting them loose and making them available to you. I am only keeping a few dozen pages of negatives and a few complete books for myself, the rest are all being slowly offered to you, in no particular order.

• Each is truly unique, attractive, and fun to have.
• Own a piece of Palladium Books and RPG history you will treasure.
• Each was used to print the very book you may have in your collection (1981-2004).
• Each signed in silver ink by Kevin Siembieda, the founder and owner of Palladium Books. He is also the game designer and often the author or co-author of the book from which the negative originates. And some negatives bear his artwork.
• Each signed negative comes with a Certificate of Authenticity.
• Each signed negative is a one-of-a-kind work of art (on rare occasions, two-of-a-kind if a page or section of pages were replaced or a second edition was made) that resembles woodcut art, and a very dynamic conversation piece.
• Each signed negative is on a white board inside a clear plastic bag.
• Negatives looks fabulous matted or framed! Fits in an 8×10 inch matt opening. Each neg is roughly 8½ x 11 inches.
• Prices vary depending on the title, the art, and quality of the negative. Note: Many have scratches, or blemishes, and/or an opaque medium on the negative. Still, they look great and are a piece of RPG history. We recommend you carefully examine the photographs of each item to avoid disappointment.
• We have been making the negatives available, in no particular order, for a number of years, and will continue to do so. However, cutting them loose, signing and bagging is a time consuming process.
• Note: The negatives from the TMNT RPG, TMNT Adventures, and some Rifts® titles are already sold out. Moreover, the negatives from many titles were destroyed, so when you see one you like, get it when you can. Enjoy.

Original art – My Ebay store is one of the few places where you can find original artwork by me (Kevin Siembieda), Kevin Long, Charles Walton, and others, as well as one-of-a-kind negatives from classic Palladium books (they look awesome framed), and other Palladium memorabilia. Some are concept sketches, others are finished works of art, as well as a selection of prints and posters.

Other collectibles include art prints, posters, comic books, Palladium limited edition hardcovers, out of print items, signed books, one-of-a-kind proofreader copies, Star Wars toys, superhero action figures, and many other toys and items from my personal collection. Yeah, I used to be a crazy toy and art collector. 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.

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

 

Closing Thoughts – Our pledge to you

This week has been a mixed bag ranging from wild excitement, something sad, something good, and something great. We have so many things moving and building behind the scenes.

I want remind you of the three things we have pledged to you and ourselves:

1. We promised to start bringing to you the many books announced over the year for which you have been waiting. There is no set order for that and it does not mean there may not be unannounced titles and even brand new releases – things we have been working on for months and in some cases, years behind the scenes. Some of those titles you know about, like Rifts® Bestiary Volume Two, Rifts® Antarctica (the art and concepts are amazing), Beyond the Supernatural and Palladium Fantasy RPG® sourcebooks, and others. When we see an opportunity we seize it. So when the right freelance writer volunteers to work on one of those projects, like Yin-Sloth Jungles and Island at the Edge of the World, we put it into motion. After all, it has minimum impact on larger prioritized releases and they are among the books many of you have been waiting for as promised. When we can drop a long awaited title into the print schedule, we’ll do it. Please note, Yin-Sloth is getting much more of a rewrite and expansion than at the Edge of the World, but it needed it. By the way, neither of these two fantasy titles are spur of the moment releases done on a whim. Both books have been in quiet development for a year! So are other titles. Under our new policy we just aren’t announcing releases until they are close to going to the printer.

2. As always, we need and want to hear from you. Please tell us what you think we are doing right, what you think we are doing wrong, what announced titles you are most anxious to see, what new subjects or settings or genres you might want us to consider, adventure and book ideas, and so on. You are super-important to us. You are our valued core customer base and members of our extended family. We never forget that and you shouldn’t either.

3. We are rebuilding Palladium’s Foundation to become rock solid and stronger than ever before. A strong foundation means being able to bring you quality products faster and bring you everything your (and our) hearts desire. We have been lining up great writers, artists, and internal personnel all happening invisibly behind the scenes. All vital as we grow into the company we all want Palladium to be.

Oh, and Sean and I dream big. So our apologies if we start blowing your minds and make you smile on a regular basis. Great gaming will be coming your way very soon. Yin-Sloth Jungles, Rifts® Titan Robotics, The Rifts® Cyberworks Collection, Rifts® Bestiary Volume 2, Rifts® Antarctica, and more. But they are just the tip of the iceberg. Enjoy what’s coming and please, don’t let life’s struggles and hardships get you down. Stay frosty, use Palladium’s worlds to escape from your day to day problems, game on and have fun.

– Kevin Siembieda, Publisher, Writer, Friend

 

NEW! “Original” Beyond the Supernatural^™ RPG “Bonus” Edition Commemorative Hardcover, 1st Edition Rules – available now

Fans are loving the “Original” Beyond the Supernatural RPG (1988) re-release as a commemorative bonus edition hardcover with its 28 iconic monsters, information about ley lines and magic, and more. Made available due to popular demand, the deluxe, commemorative, crimson foil hardcover of the Original Beyond the Supernatural RPG (1988) is back in print for the first time in 25 years. The book is simply entitled “Beyond the Supernatural,” it is gorgeous, and a must for BTS fans.

• Modern horror and adventure.
• The original, 1st Edition BTS rule book exactly as first published, except now as a deluxe hardcover.
• 32 pages of “bonus” material.
• 28 monsters, most of which can be converted to BTS-2 with some work.
• Quick roll villain tables. Weapons and equipment section.
• Random Encounter Tables. Random Creature Creation Tables.
• 4 adventures, 2 adventure outlines, and countless adventure ideas.
• Erick Wujcik’s “Victim Characters” alternative rules for playing classic movie horror and splatter film horror.
• Erick Wujcik’s Game Master Guide to running horror adventures.
• Can be adapted to BTS 2nd edition rules. Though magic and psionics work differently in BTS-2, this is a valuable resource and gaming tool. We recommend you only use O.C.C.s and characters from the BTS Second Edition rule book when playing in the Second Edition setting.
• Probably limited to fewer than 1,000 copies.
• 288 pages of terrifying fun – $55.00 retail – Cat. No. 699HC – Available now.

 

Creature Feature^™ – A Beyond the Supernatural^™ sourcebook – available now

Creature Feature is epic and much more than a monster book. It is filled with adventure, G.M. and player tips, anecdotes, rules clarifications, and more.

• 15 supernatural creatures described in depth. Each creature offers adventure hooks and ideas for more.
• The art of making and running monsters.
• Creature encounter table and tips on making unique creatures.
• Player paranormal investigator background table.
• Game Master source material and tips for running modern horror.
• More world setting and monster hunting lore.
• Rules clarifications and errata.
• A full adventure and numerous adventure suggestions.
• Paranormal encounter ideas, tips, advice, NPCs, and more.
• Written by Steven Dawes, Kevin Siembieda, and others.
• Art by Steven Cummings, Nick Bradshaw, and others.
• 192 pages – $26.99 retail – Cat. No. 704 – Available now.

 

NEW! The Palladium Fantasy RPG^® Interactive NPC Sheet

The new Palladium Fantasy RPG® Interactive NPC Sheet is a welcomed and helpful companion to the Palladium Fantasy Interactive Character Sheet by Travis Guerrero offering hundreds of magic spells, psionic powers, 15 inhuman character species, 23 O.C.C.s, 300 magic spells, 20,000 character combinations, and more. It is a Microsoft Excel-based system for creating Non-Player Characters quickly and easily. Once you know the system, you can have NPCs up and ready in minutes! Great for making a quick NPC at the last moment, or saving time when designing the big bad of an adventure.

Features & Benefits:

• Designed to be compatible with the Palladium Fantasy RPG® Interactive Character Sheet.
• 20,000+ preset NPC combinations ready to go in less than a minute when you consider species, attribute, O.C.C., and level options! Many more with additional features and easy customization.
• 15 inhuman Palladium Fantasy races.
• 23 O.C.C.s, plus a few variations for certain O.C.C.s such as single and dual element Warlocks.
• NPCs can be made from Level 1 through Level 15.
• 300+ Wizard and Warlock spells programmed with quick stats.
• 70+ psionics programmed with quick stats, plus options for Minor Psionics.
• Skills, armor, weapons, spells, and psionics are programmed with predetermined selections, and more.
• NPCs can be further customized by changing their standard selections with additional options from Drop Down Lists, and keeping it book legal based on your selections.
• $4.00 – Available at DriveThruRPG.com and at PalladiumBooks.com – Created by Travis Guerrero.
• Instructions on how to use the NPC sheet:
• Tutorial Video (Part 1): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z53WS3n3O6A
• Tutorial Video (Part 2): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GRs7gPVN90

 

Original Palladium Fantasy RPG^® Interactive Character Sheet

The Palladium Fantasy RPG® Interactive Character Sheet is a Microsoft Excel-based character management system. Packed with features and data collected from every official Palladium Fantasy sourcebook, this sheet saves you time and hassle with each character you create. Available now, directly from Palladium Books AND DriveThruRPG.com – this is a digital, online product only.

Features & Benefits:

• The Main Character Sheet Page collects the important data from across multiple tabs and puts it in one place for quick and easy reference.
• Separate sheets examine character construction (worktable), Skills, Magic, Psionics, and Combat in greater detail.
• Built-in leveling system that calculates skill advancement for you!
• Experience Tables for over 80 O.C.C.s already programmed.
• Recognizes the percentages for nearly 150 skills, plus combat bonuses for over 20 Weapon Proficiencies and 7 Hand to Hand styles.
• Calculates the speed and distance a character can run and jump, lift, carry and throw based on character Attributes.
• Add in your own Hand to Hand style, custom Skills, unique Weapon Proficiencies, and Experience Tables.
• Instructions on how to use the sheet included, as well as a video walkthrough below.
• Important Note: This character sheet is built to be used with Microsoft Excel 2010+ and it comes in .XLSX format. Opening this file in other spreadsheet programs is NOT guaranteed to work as intended.
• Watch the Overview video here: https://vimeo.com/322271758

 

Still Hot! Rifts^® Automated Character Sheet for EXCEL

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

• Dice Roller.
• Automated Attributes and Stat Block: All the bonuses and features from attributes are presented in a large stat block allowing you to easily see your bonuses.
• Automated Combat Stats: The main page holds a section where you can pull up data for your various combat stats, from hand to hand abilities such as Strike, Parry, Dodge and Disarm, to W.P. bonuses including those of the W.P. Sharpshooting variety.
• Automated Psionics: All psionics from Rifts® Ultimate Edition, Rifts® World Book 12: Psyscape™ and Rifts® World Book 32: Lemuria can be selected from a dropdown menu.
• Automated Spells: All Common Invocations, Necromancy, Ocean Magic and Biomancy spells, and yes, all the Lemurian Biomancer spells too!
• Automated Skills: All skills from the Rifts® Ultimate Edition, Rifts® World Book 25: China 2 – Heroes of the Celestial Court™ and Rifts® World Book 32: Lemuria can be selected and then automatically add bonuses from prerequisites and related skills.
• And much, much more.
• Note: The file is best used in Microsoft Excel 2016 or above. Some data may be lost if not using Microsoft Excel, such as when using similar products like Open Office.
• Available from PalladiumBooks.com AND DriveThruRPG.com – make those characters!

 

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

By Kevin Siembieda & Sean Owen Roberson

We have a new sale for you and an updated report about the D&D artwork in the Heritage Auction this Sunday.

 

New SALE! All Palladium art prints half off! Spring cleaning is just around the corner and you may be looking to spruce up your gaming area with colorful and dynamic RPG artwork. To help you out on that front we have put all prints on sale at half price. Note: I also have an ongoing sale in my eBay store and have added new original artwork and negatives. Enjoy.

 

UPDATE: See new details about the D&D art auction below. This is artwork created by me, Kevin Siembieda, offered by the prestigious Heritage Auctions this Sunday morning, April 2, 2023. Lots #95001-95006. And here is a better link to it:

https://comics.ha.com/c/search-results.zx?N=52+793+794+791+1893+792+2088+4294940574&Ntk=SI_Titles-Desc&Nty=1&Ntt=siembieda&ic4=KeywordSearch-A-K-071316

 

UPDATE: My eBay Store for collectibles. Wow! The original art sold out and negatives have been blowing out the door. Alex and I will try to add some new art and negs by the time you read this Weekly Update. My store offers an eclectic range of Palladium collectibles including Robotech® RPG books and negatives, other out of print Palladium titles, first printings, toys, and a couple dozen one-of-a-kind negatives, proofreader copies of books, as well as toys and action figures and other odds and ends (http://stores.ebay.com/kevinstoys-artandcollectibles). However, many of these items sell within a few days after they get posted, so keep your eyes peeled. We continue to add Palladium collectibles and negatives at least once a week.

 

UPDATE: Titan Robotics is done and the PDF has been sent to all Kickstarter backers for their review and input. If you catch any spelling errors, spot any problems or have any constructive suggestions, please post them to the forums ASAP. We are sending the books to the printer very soon. The initial response has been raw excitement.

 

UPDATE: Time is almost out to fill in your Backerkit Survey, change your Kickstarter Pledge and make purchases in Backerkit. We will be closing the Titan Robotics Backerkit store soon.

 

UPDATE: The Remastered and Bookmarked Rifts® Sourcebook One, Expanded and Revised PDF is done. The vastly improved PDF has been sent to Kickstarter backers and those of you who have purchased the PDF in the past via DriveThruRPG. You have been loving the new contents, index and clean look.

 

UPDATE: The Remastered and Bookmarked Rifts® Sourcebook 2: The Mechanoids® is in final stages of completion. The Shemarrian Nation sourcebook is next.

 

UPDATE: The Cyberworks Collection Hardcover nears completion. It and Titan Robotics will be sent to the printer very soon.

 

UPDATE: Feedback on Yin-Sloth Jungles, 2nd Edition. One of our stated goals is to give you the many titles you’ve been waiting for and this is one of them. I’m not sure what you are expecting, but freelance writer John Klinkel and I have done more than just tweaks to the stats. The Second Edition will look and feel like a new book to gamers old and new. There are vast improvements, revisions and additions including new maps and massive rewrites of each O.C.C.. In fact, I sent a handful of the expanded O.C.C.s out for review by select Palladium freelancers and insiders and they have gone bonkers over them. In addition to some excellent suggestions, comments have been: “The Witch Hunter now feels like a real Witch Hunter O.C.C.” “It all looks great.” “Another perfect fix.” “Great Fantasy Book.” “I want to see more.”

 

UPDATE: Rifts® Bestiary Volume 2: As I think you already know, I have been splitting my creative time working on my contributions to this title and moving along other projects like Yin-Sloth Jungles, Rifts® Antarctica, etc.

 

Auction! – Original Dungeons & Dragons art by Kevin Siembieda featured in the April 2nd Heritage Auction

With Hasbro’s plans for the Dungeons & Dragons® brand, a big budget D&D movie being released this weekend, and a coming D&D streaming series with Rawson Marshall Thurber involved – one of the hottest writer-directors in the business, Red Notice, Central Intelligence – D&D art value will only skyrocket from here. There are also persistent rumors of a D&D museum breaking ground in the future.

Whatever these six pieces of D&D artwork sell for this weekend, it will be a steal, and probably the lowest prices you will ever see again for D&D artwork of any kind. Take advantage of this art auction while you can. I wish I had done so when it came to comic book art.

Get in on the ground floor. If D&D art value follows the trend of comic book art, we could see its value increase 100x over the next few years. Before the now famous 1990s New York art auction featuring original Silver Age comic book art, a typical comic book art page sold for $35-$50. Immediately after that historic auction, the typical page of original Silver Age art jumped to $3,500-$5,000. Today, those same pages sell for $35,000-$80,000 depending on the comic, the year it was published, and the artist. And prices continue to climb.

D&D art of any kind is super-rare. Rarer than comic book art. Much of it has been lost over the decades or purchased by a small handful of savvy art collectors. Here is your chance to own a piece of Dungeons & Dragons® (and Kevin Siembieda/Palladium Books) history. Six of my original Dungeons & Dragons illustrations are currently available in Heritage Auctions’ March 30-April 2 Signature Comics & Comic Art Auction. The art goes up at the very beginning of the Sunday Auction, April 2. Each original, one-of-a-kind piece is signed by me.

To place a bid, you must first create an account with Heritage Auctions. The lot numbers are #95001-95006. Live bidding starts Sunday morning.

Here’s a link to the specific D&D art: https://comics.ha.com/c/search-results.zx?N=52+793+794+791+1893+792+2088+4294940574&Ntk=SI_Titles-Desc&Nty=1&Ntt=siembieda&ic4=KeywordSearch-A-K-071316

Heritage Auctions is a prestigious auction company renowned as the premier specialists in the field of comic book artwork and collectibles. They are starting to branch out into game artwork and tell me they can never get enough D&D artwork, so they were happy to get some of my illustrations.

I thought most of my D&D art had been stolen and the rest sold off decades ago, but I happily came across an envelope of it. I figured I would let Heritage Auctions offer a few to see how they sell. If they do well, I’ll offer more in future Heritage Auctions. I created 400+ D&D illustrations for Judges Guild in 1979 and 1980. This makes my illustrations some of the earliest D&D artwork in existence! I would go on to do artwork for Steve Jackson Games, FASA, Tops Bubble Gum Cards, Noble Comics, Marvel Comics, local businesses, game clubs, and gaming conventions till 1984, even after starting Palladium Books in 1981.

If you have any interest in rare D&D art or my artwork, visit the Heritage Auctions website and look for the March 30-April 2 Signature Comics & Comic Art Auction to see what’s being offered. And please, spread the word. Lot numbers #95001-95006.

Here’s a link to the specific D&D art: https://comics.ha.com/c/search-results.zx?N=52+793+794+791+1893+792+2088+4294940574&Ntk=SI_Titles-Desc&Nty=1&Ntt=siembieda&ic4=KeywordSearch-A-K-071316

 

Please Help a Palladium Stalwart

Hey folks, you may know Jeff Ruiz, a.k.a. NMI, as the Admin on the Palladium Books forums/website for, oh, the last 20 or 30 years now. What you may not know is he helps out in many ways behind the scenes: managing the forums, organizing G.M.s at conventions and Open Houses, and the Megaversal Ambassadors, as well as being a confidante and sounding board on projects few others even know about. We’ve also been there for each other through thick and thin. Jeff can be a bit rough around the edges at times, but he has a heart of gold, is a true Palladium devotee, and a friend. In short, he’s a largely invisible but important member of the Palladium community.

Jeff has struggled with a bone disease called Charcot and infected bones. He lost his lower left leg a few years ago. He lost his right leg and his job in January. He’s now on a fixed income and dealing with the high cost of physical therapy, medical related expenses, and needs to get a prosthetic for this latest amputation below the knee. He has been incredibly brave and inspiring on this difficult journey and needs our help.

Jeff has taken another courageous step by starting a Go Fund Me page and asking for help. Though he did not make it clear on his page, the $15,000 he is asking for is the amount needed to get a prosthetic for his second leg so he can become mobile again. It’s terrible being unable to walk and go out into the world. On behalf of our friend NMI, I’m letting our Palladium family know about his plight. We hate to ask during these uncertain times, but if you can afford to help out, please do so. Any donation is appreciated. Thank you not just from Jeff, but from me and the Palladium staff. – Kevin Siembieda

Jeff Ruiz Help Me Walk Again Go Fund Me Link:

https://www.gofundme.com/f/dmj6ea-help-me-walk-again

 

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

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

• The complete, original RPG – the game that started Palladium Books.
• First Edition rules are easily adaptable to current Fantasy titles.
• Includes The Tombs of Gersidi adventure and setting.
• The Arms of Nargash-Tor adventure sourcebook is included as “bonus” material back in print for the first time in 35 years.
• Easily adapted to all 2nd Edition rules and sourcebooks.
• Deluxe hardcover edition. Probably limited to fewer than 1,000 copies.
• 320 pages total with “bonus” material – $55 retail – Cat. No. 449HC – available now!

 

List of Palladium Books^® RPG Hardcovers Available Now

• NEW! “Original” Beyond the Supernatural RPG® Commemorative “Bonus” Foil Hardcover (1st Edition rules) – This is the original 1st Edition rules (1988) in a deluxe hardcover format. The first time ever as a hardcover and includes the original O.C.C.s, monsters, and magic. 28 monsters, adventures, G.M. tips, Erick Wujcik’s infamous “victim character” rules, and 32 bonus pages of adventure material for BTS-2. The cover is a blood red foil image, imprinted on black faux leatherette. 288 pages – $55 retail – Cat. No. 699HC – Available now!
• Beyond the Supernatural™ RPG, 2nd Edition Hardcover – 224 pages – $36.99 – Cat. No. 700HC.
• BACK IN STOCK! “Original” Palladium Fantasy RPG® Commemorative “Bonus” Foil Hardcover (1st Edition rules) – Holiday demand cleaned the shelves of this fan favorite hardcover, but it is back in stock. This is the original 1st Edition Rules RPG including Tombs of Gersidi and the first Fantasy sourcebook: The Arms of Nargash-Tor. The cover is a classy crimson foil image, imprinted on black faux leatherette to replicate the original red and black RPG fans love. 320 pages – $55 retail – Cat. No. 449HC – available now.
• Palladium Fantasy RPG®, 2nd Edition Hardcover – 336 pages – $39.99 – Cat. No. 450HC – Our second best selling new hardcover after the Rifts® 30th Anniversary edition.
• “Original” Rifts® RPG 30th Anniversary Commemorative Hardcover – available now! This collector’s item sports the original Parkinson cover, an additional 32 page color section, history of Rifts®, unpublished concept art, gallery of all Rifts® covers through 2020, and more. Can be used with ALL Rifts® supplements – 288 pages – $49.99 – Cat. No. 800HC30 – Available now.
• Rifts® Ultimate Edition RPG Hardcover – 376 pages – $44.99 – Cat. No. 800HC – epic.
• Rifts® Ultimate Edition “Softcover” is a new format. RUE has only ever been available as a hardcover, and it still is, but it is now also available as a softcover – 376 pages – $34.99 – Cat. No. 800SE.
• Rifts® Game Master Guide Hardcover – 352 pages – $39.99 – Cat. No. 845HC.
• Rifts® Book of Magic Hardcover – available now – BACK in stock – 352 pages – $39.99 – Cat. No. 848HC – available now.
• Rifts® Adventure Guide Hardcover – 192 pages – $36.99 – Cat. No. 849HC.
• Chaos Earth® RPG “Bonus” Edition Hardcover – 192 pages – $36.99 – Cat. No. 660HC – 30 extra pages of bonus material – available now!
• Heroes Unlimited™ RPG, 2nd Edition Hardcover – 352 pages – $39.99 – Cat. No. 500HC.
• Ninjas & Superspies™ RPG “Bonus” Hardcover – available now – BACK in stock – 224 pages – $36.99 – Cat. No. 525HC – includes bonus material – available now.
• After the Bomb® RPG “Bonus” Hardcover – available now – BACK in stock – 296 pages – $39.99 – Cat. No. 503HC – includes bonus material – available now.
• Nightbane® RPG “Bonus” Edition Hardcover – available now – 304 pages – $39.99 – Cat. No. 730HC – 60 extra pages of bonus material – available now.
• Dead Reign® RPG (Zombie Apocalypse) Hardcover – available now – BACK in stock – 224 pages – $36.99 – Cat. No. 230HC – available now.
• Splicers® RPG “Bonus” Edition Hardcover – The Splicers® RPG plus 50 pages of extra material gathered from The Rifter®. 280 pages – $44.99 – Cat. No. 200HC – available now.

 

Notable Palladium Releases – a Megaverse^® of adventure awaits you

• NEW! Palladium Fantasy RPG® Interactive NPC Sheet to help you create monsters and villains quickly. This Excel spreadsheet is available on DriveThruRPG.com and PalladiumBooks.com.
• NEW! “Original” Beyond the Supernatural™ RPG Commemorative “Bonus” Foil Hardcover (1st Edition rules) – described above.
• Beyond the Supernatural™ RPG, 2nd Edition – 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 – Cat. No. 700. Also available as a hardcover edition.
• Creature Feature™, a Beyond the Supernatural™, 2nd Edition Sourcebook – 15 new creatures, rules clarifications, player and Game Master tips, adventure and more – 192 pages – $26.99 retail – Cat. No. 704 – available now.
• Rifts® Coalition Manhunters™ Sourcebook – 224 pages of Coalition data to blow your mind. 80+ new psionic abilities, 9 Manhunter psychic assassins, Psi-Ops thought police, Dog Boys, Kill Hounds, Coalition secrets, and more – 224 pages – Cat. No. 894.
• The Rifter® #85 Annual – Rifts®, Fantasy, and many RPG settings – Cat. No. 185 – Also available as a bookmarked PDF book on DriveThruRPG where it has made the Top 10 Best Sellers List.
• European Castles – 40+ real world castles from across Europe and their actual floor plans whenever available – for use with ANY game system – 48 pages – $10.99 – Cat. No. 410 – available now.
• Exotic Weapons – 100+ strange and exotic weapons from around the globe – for use with ANY game system – 48 pages – $10.99 – Cat. No. 409 – available now.
• The Compendium of Modern Weapons – 450+ real world weapons from around the globe – for use with ANY game system – 176 pages – Cat. No. 415.
• Palladium Fantasy RPG®, 2nd Edition – 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 and potions, and so much more. 336 pages – Cat. No. 450. Also available as a hardcover edition. More than a dozen sourcebooks support this game line.
• Lopan™ (Fantasy) Raw Preview – Cat. No. 476-RAW.
• Land of the South Winds™ (Fantasy) Raw Preview – Cat. No. 477-RAW.
• Heroes Unlimited™ RPG, 2nd Edition – A hit super-hero 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 – Cat. No. 500. Also available as a hardcover edition.
• After the Bomb® RPG – Erick Wujcik’s mutant magnum opus. Create any mutant animal from a turtle to an elephant, animal psionics, animal powers, chimeras, and more. Use the mutants as modern world heroes, or play within the AtB post-apocalypse setting, Rifts®, or just about any setting. 224 pages – Cat. No. 503. Also available as a hardcover edition.
• Ninjas & Superspies™ RPG – 40+ styles of martial arts, mystic abilities, spies, gadgets, and creating secret organizations. 176 pages – Cat. No. 525. Also available as a hardcover edition.
• Dead Reign® RPG – The Zombie Apocalypse unleashed! Can you survive? Play Post-Apocalyptic heroes or ordinary people. Part zombie game, part survival manual. All fun. A great beginner’s game. 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. 224 pages – Cat. No. 230. Also available as a hardcover edition. Sourcebooks expand the world, player options, and adventure ideas as well as present new zombies and dangers.
• Nightbane® RPG – Join the secret war against a demonic invasion most people do not even know has taken place. The demonic Nightlords, their evil Dopplegangers and other demon minions are quietly taking over the world, starting with the most powerful nations. You know it is happening because you are the Nightbane. You can see the true demonic form of these invaders, and you can stop them. The only wrinkle is you must turn into your monstrous supernatural form – your Morphus – to call upon your superhuman and magical powers. Oh, and the government is controlled by the Nightlords and their shape-changing demonic minions hunt the Nightbane. 224 pages – Cat. No. 730. Also available as a hardcover edition.
• And more, like the Rifts® Ultimate Edition (and 90+ Rifts® sourcebooks), Rifts® Chaos Earth®, The Mechanoid Trilogy®, Systems Failure, Splicers®, RECON®, Phase World®, etc.

 

DriveThruRPG.com – Discover the Palladium Megaverse® – 300+ titles – one game system – nearly every genre – endless adventure

The new Palladium Fantasy RPG® Interactive NPC Sheet is a Microsoft Excel-based system for creating Non-Player Characters quickly and easily. Once you know the system, you can have NPCs up and ready in minutes! Great for making a quick NPC at the last moment, or saving time when designing the big bad of an adventure.

• Design compatible with the Palladium Fantasy RPG® Interactive Character Sheet.
• 20,000+ preset NPC combinations ready to go in less than a minute.
• 15 nonhuman Palladium Fantasy races and 23 O.C.C.s.
• 300+ Wizard and Warlock spells programmed with quick stats.
• 70+ psionics, options for Minor Psionics, and more.
• $4.00 – Available on DriveThruRPG.com and PalladiumBooks.com – Created by Travis Guerrero.

 

Also Available – FREE Creature Feature™ Preview provides you a glimpse of what you will find in this epic book. There also FREE Sneak Previews of Rifts® Coalition Manhunters, Northern Gun 1 & 2, Hell Followed, and select other titles. Those are just some of the 300+ Palladium RPG titles available as PDF books.

No other game company offers game worlds for so many different genres. Best of all, learn to play one Palladium RPG and you can play them all, because each uses the same basic core rules and combat. There are differences, but the fundamentals are the same. This also means you can bring characters, villains, monsters, powers, magic, weapons, gear, and adventure ideas from one setting into another or mash them together!

300+ titles and nearly every game genre available now – and more is coming. Discover the Palladium Megaverse® right now.

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

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

– The Rifter® #1-85. Each issue is a wealth of source material for Rifts® and 3-5 other Palladium game settings. More than 8,600 pages of source material and counting. Most issues are only available in digital form.

– Palladium Fantasy RPG® titles. A rich, original setting in which you can play humans or any number of nonhuman species of people in a world of magic, heroes and wonder. All of it epic.

– Dead Reign® RPG and sourcebooks. The Zombie Apocalypse unleashed. A great introductory RPG that is surprisingly uplifting, fun, fast, and easy to learn.

– Heroes Unlimited™ RPG Second Edition titles. Create any type of superhuman you can imagine to build your own super-hero universe.

– After the Bomb® RPG and sourcebooks. Play anthropomorphic, intelligent, mutant animals as crime-fighting mutants and super-heroes or survivors of a crumbling post-apocalyptic Earth.

– Ninjas & Superspies™ RPG and the Mystic China™ sourcebook. 41 types of martial arts, ninjas, super-spies, gizmos, mystic powers, and magic in the main book, plus even more in Mystic China.

– Nightbane® RPG and sourcebooks. Only you know the truth. Only you can see the Nightlords and their demonic minions, and you have the power to stop them. But you must transform into a monster yourself in order to use your powers. Trust no one.

– Beyond the Supernatural™ RPG and sourcebooks. Modern horror; 14 character classes, 42 occupations for “ordinary people,” 100+ psychic abilities, 16 monsters, and more.

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

 

FUN Podcast Adventures

Heroes Unlimited Christmas Special and the recent Cozy Caverns Beyond the Supernatural RPG adventure podcasts from the creative minds at www.realplaygamespod.com. These fun podcasts are created by Palladium fans like you.

 

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

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

 

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

I am adding new collectibles and Palladium negatives over the next several weeks, so check ‘em out. Alex and I will try to post new items on a regular basis, so check in every week or so to see what’s new.

One-of-a-kind Palladium Books negatives (special and rare collectibles). Negatives are always very popular items at the Palladium Open House, Gen Con, and conventions, and are catching on as rare collectibles, unique in and of themselves. Before digital printing, pages of a book were laid out by hand on a board, and each page was photographed. The plastic film negatives were then “ganged” on a massive sheet of Mylar, 16 pages per big sheet, and the printing plates were made from the negatives – everything white, printing black. We have been cutting them loose and making them available to you. I am only keeping a few dozen pages of negatives and a few complete books for myself, the rest are all being slowly offered to you, in no particular order.

• Each is truly unique, attractive, and fun to have.
• Own a piece of Palladium Books and RPG history you will treasure.
• Each was used to print the very book you may have in your collection (1981-2004).
• Each signed in silver ink by Kevin Siembieda, the founder and owner of Palladium Books. He is also the game designer and often the author or co-author of the book from which the negative originates. And some negatives bear his artwork.
• Each signed negative comes with a Certificate of Authenticity.
• Each signed negative is a one-of-a-kind work of art (on rare occasions, two-of-a-kind if a page or section of pages were replaced or a second edition was made) that resembles woodcut art, and a very dynamic conversation piece.
• Each signed negative is on a white board inside a clear plastic bag.
• Negatives looks fabulous matted or framed! Fits in an 8×10 inch matt opening. Each neg is roughly 8½ x 11 inches.
• Prices vary depending on the title, the art, and quality of the negative. Note: Many have scratches, or blemishes, and/or an opaque medium on the negative. Still, they look great and are a piece of RPG history. We recommend you carefully examine the photographs of each item to avoid disappointment.
• We have been making the negatives available, in no particular order, for a number of years, and will continue to do so. However, cutting them loose, signing and bagging is a time consuming process.
• Note: The negatives from the TMNT RPG, TMNT Adventures, and some Rifts® titles are already sold out. Moreover, the negatives from many titles were destroyed, so when you see one you like, get it when you can. Enjoy.

Original art – My Ebay store is one of the few places where you can find original artwork by me (Kevin Siembieda), Kevin Long, Charles Walton, and others, as well as one-of-a-kind negatives from classic Palladium books (they look awesome framed), and other Palladium memorabilia. Some are concept sketches, others are finished works of art, as well as a selection of prints and posters.

Other collectibles include art prints, posters, comic books, Palladium limited edition hardcovers, out of print items, signed books, one-of-a-kind proofreader copies, Star Wars toys, superhero action figures, and many other toys and items from my personal collection. Yeah, I used to be a crazy toy and art collector. 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.

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

 

Closing Thoughts from Sean

Server Meltdown!

The last few weeks at Palladium have been crazy with tons of behind-the-scenes challenges. A-super-long-story-much-shorter, the server running our emails, forum, and website was in turmoil for the last two weeks. What was supposed to be an “upgrade” went very poorly on our server provider’s end. Wayne has spent the last three weeks applying fixes and communicating with them daily (which took him away from the Cyberworks Collection remasters, which I am completing). Last Thursday, after I updated the Titan Robotics Kickstarter about the release of the remastered Sourcebook One Revised, we found out that two weeks’ worth of emails, weekly updates, and forum posts had all been gobbled up by the void! Including the forum post that we created for Titan Robotics feedback.

Last Friday we took action which seems to have fixed things and restored most of the lost data. However, in the meantime, we didn’t receive a number of Kickstarter and BackerKit emails over the past 2+ weeks, and of the ones we did receive our email responses may not have gone through. Wayne spent Monday and Tuesday triaging the issues and responding to everyone we’ve received messages from. If you are reading this now and haven’t had a response to a recent message, please message us again through BackerKit and we will get back to you as soon as we can. We really appreciate your patience as we work through these issues, we are pedaling as fast as we can!

 

BackerKit – DO IT NOW!

Please, for the love of all that is holy, make sure you have done your BackerKit survey (about 7% of you haven’t yet) – PLEASE go to https://titanrobotics.backerkit.com/ and enter your Kickstarter email to get started. You will be prompted with questions from that web page – that IS the survey. If you can’t remember whether you’ve done the survey, try again it won’t hurt anything. FYI, if you backed at a level with a physical product, you will be asked to enter payment information for when we charge shipping (we are waiting until the product is about to ship to get you the most accurate shipping costs possible).

 

Upgrade Your Pledge – Now Automated

In another update regarding BackerKit, you asked and we listened, we have made it possible for you to upgrade your pledge manually, no need to message us. There was a slight delay in getting that working because BackerKit had users reporting a bug in that functionality, but they reported to us that the issue is resolved. It looks to be working properly now 🙂

 

PDF Delivery Troubleshooting

I’d like to urge all of you to make sure that you have received your files through DriveThruRPG; instructions for getting your PDFs were sent to your Kickstarter email.

If you haven’t received your Titan Robotics Preview PDF, the first step is to make sure you have done your BackerKit survey. If you aren’t sure you did it, DO IT AGAIN!

If you have done your BackerKit survey, and still don’t have your Titan Robotics preview, then please message us via BackerKit so that we can help you get your digital rewards through DriveThruRPG. This all has to be done manually, so please be patient.

If you didn’t get Sourcebook 1 remastered, first off make sure that you backed at a level that contains it as a reward; we’ve gotten multiple messages from fans confused on this point. If you are excited to get the Cyberworks Collection PDFs (Sourcebook 1 Revised, Sourcebook 2 The Mechanoids, and Shemarrian Nation) at a great price, this is nearly your last opportunity to upgrade your pledge through BackerKit – so please do so now if you want this resource.

 

Picking an Email Address

Oh, and one last housekeeping note, please make sure that your Kickstarter email is one that you actually check — and better yet, the one linked to your DriveThruRPG account — we’ve had a couple of people use Apple ID’s email obfuscating option when setting up their Kickstarter account via the iPhone app, and FYI if you use an option like that you will never receive our emails because it just enters a dummy email address that doesn’t forward to your real email!

 

The Titan Robotics Preview and Sourcebook 1 Remastered PDFs have been sent out!

With all of the bizarre server issues and delays, it felt really good to finally get books finished and released to you via DriveThruRPG, which seems to have gone pretty smoothly.

 

The Importance of Sourcebook 1 Remastered

There are some new features to keep an eye out for in the Sourcebook One Revised remaster and the Titan Robotics preview. Long-time fans will be excited about the updated standard these new titles represent for Palladium Books. It might seem simple from the outside, but making this happen has required some big changes in Palladium’s day-to-day processes and our software suite. It’s been challenging to work out a lot of the kinks, but these improved workflow and layout techniques are already paying off. I’m kind of a geek when it comes to this stuff, so I want to publicly thank Kevin, Wayne, and Alex for being so very flexible throughout this transition and for their willingness to try new things and adopt new methods. They’ve all embraced the possibilities and helped push the standard forward with their own great ideas!

So here are some things you will notice with Palladium products going forward, whether they are new releases or remastered versions of older products.

• Table of Contents: These will generally be more detailed and accurate, with the Quick Find merged into the new Index at the end of each book.
• Index: You have spoken and we are listening! This initiative actually started with an Index in BTS: Creature Feature. Instead of a Quick Find in the ToC, we are going for full-fledged Indexes at the end of our books. As we do future remasters, we will try to get you the best of both worlds by including helpful Quick Find items in the Index.
• PDF Bookmarks: We are using a new process to build these, which should have satisfyingly detailed results.
• Linked Text: In your PDFs, you should be able to click on page numbers in the ToC, Index, and throughout the main text, and it will jump you to the linked page.

We are also taking steps at multiple levels to make sure fewer misspellings and other errors slip into printed products, and to fix as many as we can when we do remastered editions. This includes a brief feedback period for new books that we crowdfund.

 

What’s Next?

Even with the slight delay to PDF book releases (we are a few weeks behind where I wanted to be right now), we remain on track to ship Rifts® Titan Robotics and the Cyberworks Collection to backers in June. With that in mind, we will be sending both books to the printer just as soon as they are finished – you should be getting the Sourcebook 2: The Mechanoids® remaster by the time you read this, with the Shemarrian Nation remaster soon after. So, if you have any feedback please post it to our forums, and if you haven’t done so yet DO YOUR BACKERKIT SURVEY!

I say it often, but it comes from true gratitude – we truly appreciate your support. I hope you can feel our appreciation reflected in the hard work and various updates we are making to our processes to ensure you are getting the best products possible.

Cheers!

– Sean Owen Roberson, Creative Director

 

NEW! “Original” Beyond the Supernatural^™ RPG “Bonus” Edition Commemorative Hardcover, 1st Edition Rules – available now

Fans are loving the “Original” Beyond the Supernatural RPG (1988) re-release as a commemorative bonus edition hardcover with its 28 iconic monsters, information about ley lines and magic, and more. Made available due to popular demand, the deluxe, commemorative, crimson foil hardcover of the Original Beyond the Supernatural RPG (1988) is back in print for the first time in 25 years. The book is simply entitled “Beyond the Supernatural,” it is gorgeous, and a must for BTS fans.

• Modern horror and adventure.
• The original, 1st Edition BTS rule book exactly as first published, except now as a deluxe hardcover.
• 32 pages of “bonus” material.
• 28 monsters, most of which can be converted to BTS-2 with some work.
• Quick roll villain tables. Weapons and equipment section.
• Random Encounter Tables. Random Creature Creation Tables.
• 4 adventures, 2 adventure outlines, and countless adventure ideas.
• Erick Wujcik’s “Victim Characters” alternative rules for playing classic movie horror and splatter film horror.
• Erick Wujcik’s Game Master Guide to running horror adventures.
• Can be adapted to BTS 2nd edition rules. Though magic and psionics work differently in BTS-2, this is a valuable resource and gaming tool. We recommend you only use O.C.C.s and characters from the BTS Second Edition rule book when playing in the Second Edition setting.
• Probably limited to fewer than 1,000 copies.
• 288 pages of terrifying fun – $55.00 retail – Cat. No. 699HC – Available now.

 

Creature Feature^™ – A Beyond the Supernatural^™ sourcebook – available now

Creature Feature is epic and much more than a monster book. It is filled with adventure, G.M. and player tips, anecdotes, rules clarifications, and more.

• 15 supernatural creatures described in depth. Each creature offers adventure hooks and ideas for more.
• The art of making and running monsters.
• Creature encounter table and tips on making unique creatures.
• Player paranormal investigator background table.
• Game Master source material and tips for running modern horror.
• More world setting and monster hunting lore.
• Rules clarifications and errata.
• A full adventure and numerous adventure suggestions.
• Paranormal encounter ideas, tips, advice, NPCs, and more.
• Written by Steven Dawes, Kevin Siembieda, and others.
• Art by Steven Cummings, Nick Bradshaw, and others.
• 192 pages – $26.99 retail – Cat. No. 704 – Available now.

 

NEW! The Palladium Fantasy RPG^® Interactive NPC Sheet

The new Palladium Fantasy RPG® Interactive NPC Sheet is a welcomed and helpful companion to the Palladium Fantasy Interactive Character Sheet by Travis Guerrero offering hundreds of magic spells, psionic powers, 15 inhuman character species, 23 O.C.C.s, 300 magic spells, 20,000 character combinations, and more. It is a Microsoft Excel-based system for creating Non-Player Characters quickly and easily. Once you know the system, you can have NPCs up and ready in minutes! Great for making a quick NPC at the last moment, or saving time when designing the big bad of an adventure.

Features & Benefits:

• Designed to be compatible with the Palladium Fantasy RPG® Interactive Character Sheet.
• 20,000+ preset NPC combinations ready to go in less than a minute when you consider species, attribute, O.C.C., and level options! Many more with additional features and easy customization.
• 15 inhuman Palladium Fantasy races.
• 23 O.C.C.s, plus a few variations for certain O.C.C.s such as single and dual element Warlocks.
• NPCs can be made from Level 1 through Level 15.
• 300+ Wizard and Warlock spells programmed with quick stats.
• 70+ psionics programmed with quick stats, plus options for Minor Psionics.
• Skills, armor, weapons, spells, and psionics are programmed with predetermined selections, and more.
• NPCs can be further customized by changing their standard selections with additional options from Drop Down Lists, and keeping it book legal based on your selections.
• $4.00 – Available at DriveThruRPG.com and at PalladiumBooks.com – Created by Travis Guerrero.
• Instructions on how to use the NPC sheet:
• Tutorial Video (Part 1): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z53WS3n3O6A
• Tutorial Video (Part 2): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GRs7gPVN90

 

Original Palladium Fantasy RPG^® Interactive Character Sheet

The Palladium Fantasy RPG® Interactive Character Sheet is a Microsoft Excel-based character management system. Packed with features and data collected from every official Palladium Fantasy sourcebook, this sheet saves you time and hassle with each character you create. Available now, directly from Palladium Books AND DriveThruRPG.com – this is a digital, online product only.

Features & Benefits:

• The Main Character Sheet Page collects the important data from across multiple tabs and puts it in one place for quick and easy reference.
• Separate sheets examine character construction (worktable), Skills, Magic, Psionics, and Combat in greater detail.
• Built-in leveling system that calculates skill advancement for you!
• Experience Tables for over 80 O.C.C.s already programmed.
• Recognizes the percentages for nearly 150 skills, plus combat bonuses for over 20 Weapon Proficiencies and 7 Hand to Hand styles.
• Calculates the speed and distance a character can run and jump, lift, carry and throw based on character Attributes.
• Add in your own Hand to Hand style, custom Skills, unique Weapon Proficiencies, and Experience Tables.
• Instructions on how to use the sheet included, as well as a video walkthrough below.
• Important Note: This character sheet is built to be used with Microsoft Excel 2010+ and it comes in .XLSX format. Opening this file in other spreadsheet programs is NOT guaranteed to work as intended.
• Watch the Overview video here: https://vimeo.com/322271758

 

Still Hot! Rifts^® Automated Character Sheet for EXCEL

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

• Dice Roller.
• Automated Attributes and Stat Block: All the bonuses and features from attributes are presented in a large stat block allowing you to easily see your bonuses.
• Automated Combat Stats: The main page holds a section where you can pull up data for your various combat stats, from hand to hand abilities such as Strike, Parry, Dodge and Disarm, to W.P. bonuses including those of the W.P. Sharpshooting variety.
• Automated Psionics: All psionics from Rifts® Ultimate Edition, Rifts® World Book 12: Psyscape™ and Rifts® World Book 32: Lemuria can be selected from a dropdown menu.
• Automated Spells: All Common Invocations, Necromancy, Ocean Magic and Biomancy spells, and yes, all the Lemurian Biomancer spells too!
• Automated Skills: All skills from the Rifts® Ultimate Edition, Rifts® World Book 25: China 2 – Heroes of the Celestial Court™ and Rifts® World Book 32: Lemuria can be selected and then automatically add bonuses from prerequisites and related skills.
• And much, much more.
• Note: The file is best used in Microsoft Excel 2016 or above. Some data may be lost if not using Microsoft Excel, such as when using similar products like Open Office.
• Available from PalladiumBooks.com AND DriveThruRPG.com – make those characters!

 

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

By Kevin Siembieda & Sean Owen Roberson

I’m just gonna dive right into this Update.

 

SALE! Palladium T-Shirts Sale at Big Savings! Spring has sprung and we’ve seen T-shirt sales on the rise because of it. We thought it would be nice to put most of the designs and sizes on sale to help you add to your spring and summer wardrobe. Note: I also put negatives and artwork on sale in my Ebay store. Enjoy.

 

NEW! The Remastered PDF of Rifts® Sourcebook One, Revised and Expanded is DONE! It has been sent out to the Titan Robotics™ Kickstarter Backers whose pledge level gets them this item (as long as they have done their Survey). DriveThru customers who have ordered the PDF in the past will also get the update for free! We think you will be pleased. The remastered PDF has bookmarks, a new table of contents, and an index. One reason the release of these remastered editions has been slightly delayed is that we have been trying new software and techniques to give you the superior quality PDF products you have requested. Enjoy. Oh, and the remastered PDF is now available for purchase on DriveThruRPG.com!

 

UPDATE: The Remastered PDF for Rifts® Sourcebook 2: The Mechanoids® will appear next, and the Shemarrian Nation sourcebook will follow shortly there after. We’ll keep you posted about progress.

 

UPDATE: Rifts® Titan Robotics™ writing and editing is DONE! Layout has begun. The PDF should go out to Titan Robotics Kickstarter Backers for their review and feedback soon. Backers, please keep your advance PDF confidential, and let us know what you think. Tell us about any typos or problems you may find so we can fix them before it goes to the printer. Thanks! After that review period, the book will be sent to the printer along with the Cyberworks™ Collection.

 

UPDATE: Cyberworks™ Collection – This is a dynamic collection of Rifts® Sourcebook One, Sourcebook 2: The Mechanoids®, Shemarrian Nation™, and the Archie-3 related material from Rifts® Aftermath, all presented as a deluxe hardcover. This is a project that Wayne and Sean are completing together. It was first announced in the Titan Robotics™ Kickstarter. Please note that the coveted, Gold Foil hardcover is a signed, limited edition available exclusively to Titan Robotics Kickstarter Backers only, along with the color hardcover and gold foil editions of the Titan Robotics™ Sourcebook, so Kickstarter Backers, if you want a copy (or one for your friend) make sure you upgrade your pledge while you still can! Ah, but the Cyberworks Collection will also have a hardcover edition with a color cover, available for order now via the Pre-Order Store and to the public after the Kickstarter has been fulfilled and shipped. You will love whichever edition of these two books you may purchase now or later. Of course, we recommend you get them both.

 

NEWS! Original Kevin Siembieda Dungeons & Dragons art is featured in the April 2nd Heritage Auction. D&D art of any kind is super-rare. Much of it lost over the decades or purchased by a small handful of savvy art collectors. Here is your chance to own a piece of Dungeons & Dragons® (and Kevin Siembieda/Palladium Books) history. Six of my original Dungeons & Dragons illustrations are currently available in Heritage Auctions’ March 30-April 2 Signature Comics & Comic Art Auction. The art goes up at the very beginning of the Sunday Auction, April 2. Each original, one-of-a-kind piece is signed by me. And get this, the auction happens on my birthday! What a nice present. To place a bid, you must first create an account with Heritage Auctions.

Here’s the link to the specific D&D art: https://comics.ha.com/c/search-results.zx?N=52+793+794+791+1893+792+2088+4294936475+4294966792

 

Heritage Auctions is a prestigious auction company renowned as the premier specialists in the field of comic book artwork and collectibles. They are starting to branch out into game artwork and tell me they can never get enough D&D artwork, so they were happy to get some of my illustrations.

I thought most of my D&D art had been stolen and the rest sold off decades ago, but I happily came across an envelope of some and thought I would let Heritage Auctions offer a few to see how they sell. If they do well, I’ll offer more in future Heritage Auctions. I should probably frame a couple of choice art pieces and hang them at the office. If you have any interest in rare D&D art or my work, click on the link below to see what’s being offered. And please, spread the word.

Here’s the link to the specific D&D art: https://comics.ha.com/c/search-results.zx?N=52+793+794+791+1893+792+2088+4294936475+4294966792

 

A bit of history for those interested: Funny, I don’t think of myself as a Dungeons & Dragons® artist, but I am. I created 400+ D&D illustrations for Judges Guild in 1979 and 1980. Creating D&D artwork for Judges Guild was my first professional venture in the RPG industry and one of my early gigs as a freelance artist. This makes my illustrations some of the earliest D&D artwork in existence! Wild, right? I would go on to do some work for Steve Jackson Games, FASA, Tops Bubble Gum Cards, Noble Comics, Marvel Comics (ghost work on Defenders), and local businesses, game clubs, and conventions.

TSR, the publishers of D&D, had released the Advanced D&D Player’s Guide in summer 1978 and the Advanced D&D Game Master Guide in 1979, but had no plans to publish source material. Sourcebooks were a new concept for the new RPG genre given birth by D&D. Bob Bledsaw, owner of Judges Guild, snapped up the license for Dungeons & Dragons sourcebooks and magazines and became an overnight sensation. Even the hugely popular sourcebooks were magazine format. As the leading publisher of Dungeons & Dragons® source material in the late 1970s and 1980s, their books offered D&D settings, cities, maps, and adventures. They also published Dungeoneer, Judges Guild Journal and Pegasus magazines and some sourcebooks for RuneQuest, Traveller, and a handful of other popular games of the day. My art mostly appeared in D&D books and Dungeoneer magazine dedicated to D&D.

I met Bob Bledsaw at a convention and pitched him the Palladium Fantasy RPG in the spring or summer of 1979. He made me a lowball offer that I declined, thank goodness, but he asked and I agreed to do artwork for his company. A lot of artwork. Moreover, the Judges Guild folks loved my work so much that many of my illustrations saw print dozens of times in numerous different Judges Guild titles for YEARS. Unfortunately, I was never sent most of the books my art appeared in because Bob was um … let’s go with “frugal” and rarely mailed us lowly artists the books our work appeared in. Consequently, I don’t often know which publication my art first appeared in nor the many additional Judges Guild titles it reappeared in over and over and over again; sometimes appearing in a dozen or more Judges Guild D&D books.

The up side of this was it helped earn me name recognition in the RPG community. My pal and fellow Judges Guild artist Paul Jaquays and I became known as “the good Judges Guild D&D artists.” As a result, for years, up into the mid-1990s I would have people come up to me at conventions to tell me how much they loved my Judges Guild art. Nice. Now you can own some.

Here’s the link to the specific D&D art: https://comics.ha.com/c/search-results.zx?N=52+793+794+791+1893+792+2088+4294936475+4294966792

 

UPDATE! The Game Designer Expo at the main Ann Arbor public library was awesome. Sean and I were busy nonstop and had a great time. We were happy to see so many of you bring us books to sign and hang around to chat. A couple nice guys who we enjoyed chatting with have been playing the Palladium Fantasy RPG® since 1987. That’s 36 years! Incredible. They prefer the original rules and adapt the books with Second Edition rules to their long-running campaign. When I asked them which region of the Palladium World they wanted most, they said the Old Kingdom, followed by Land of the South Winds and maybe more Tombs of Gersidi. Well, we have a handful of Fantasy titles slated to come out before Old Kingdom, but I am champing at the bit to write those Old Kingdom books. Thanks for your input, guys, about that and some other things.

Whether they were long-time Palladium fans, or new customers to our fellow game publishers and people curious about local game creators, everyone we met was nice. It is always a pleasure to see Rick Meints, the publisher of Chaosium, and nice to meet his son, but we were all so busy we didn’t have much time to talk. We may have also walked away from the event with two new artists. To those of you we invited to come and visit us at the Palladium offices here in Westland, Michigan, we meant it, so please, come on over. It was an excellent event and we’ll be back next year. I even threw our hats into the ring to do a panel talk. Our thanks to the event organizers and the attendees.

 

Speaking of visitors. We enjoyed a nice visit with Victor Peterson and his friend Andrew last Friday. They were in town for a sporting event and asked to drop by. Of course we said yes. It was nice to catch up with these guys and get their insight and feedback about Palladium.

 

COMING! Yin-Sloth Jungles, 2nd Edition, Revised and Expanded! The Palladium Fantasy RPG® turns 40 years old this year, and to celebrate we are giving Yin-Sloth Jungles a deluxe updating to 2nd Edition rules. Deluxe with …

• All new renditions of 30+ maps by artist Phil Stone.
• Deluxe color map of the region by Will Erwin to be made available separately (and probably as a black and white double page spread in the book).
• O.C.C.s expanded and clarified.
• Races and monsters, weapons, poisons, and setting also expanded and clarified.
• New material added throughout.
• Final page count and price yet to be determined. The original was 160 pages, but we anticipate the new edition will be 192 or 224 pages.
• Shooting for an April release. Freelance writer, John Klinkel, has turned in his preliminary updates and suggested additions and I am adding my rewrites and tweaks now!

 

COMING Later this Year: Island at the Edge of the World, 2nd Edition! We anticipate updating and expanding this sourcebook much as we did with Yin-Sloth Jungles, for release later this year.

 

Backerkit Survey Reminder! It went out and the Pledge Manager and Pre-Order Store all went live in February to great excitement from our Titan Robotics backers. If you have not gotten your survey or are experiencing any issues, please let us know via direct message on Kickstarter or the Help Desk at PalladiumBooks.com, as we will be locking down Backerkit in a few weeks. See more details and links below.

 

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

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

 

UPDATE: My eBay Store for collectibles. As promised, Alex and I have continued to add more Robotech® RPG books and negatives, other out of print Palladium titles, first printings, toys, and a couple dozen one-of-a-kind negatives to my eBay store (a bunch of Zentraedi negatives) (http://stores.ebay.com/kevinstoys-artandcollectibles). However, many of these items sell shortly after they get posted, so keep your eyes peeled. We continue to add Palladium collectibles and negatives at least once a week.

 

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

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

• The complete, original RPG – the game that started Palladium Books.
• First Edition rules are easily adaptable to current Fantasy titles.
• Includes The Tombs of Gersidi adventure and setting.
• The Arms of Nargash-Tor adventure sourcebook is included as “bonus” material back in print for the first time in 35 years.
• Easily adapted to all 2nd Edition rules and sourcebooks.
• Deluxe hardcover edition. Probably limited to fewer than 1,000 copies.
• 320 pages total with “bonus” material – $55 retail – Cat. No. 449HC – available now!

 

List of Palladium Books^® RPG Hardcovers Available Now

• NEW! “Original” Beyond the Supernatural RPG® Commemorative “Bonus” Foil Hardcover (1st Edition rules) – This is the original 1st Edition rules (1988) in a deluxe hardcover format. The first time ever as a hardcover and includes the original O.C.C.s, monsters, and magic. 28 monsters, adventures, G.M. tips, Erick Wujcik’s infamous “victim character” rules, and 32 bonus pages of adventure material for BTS-2. The cover is a blood red foil image, imprinted on black faux leatherette. 288 pages – $55 retail – Cat. No. 699HC – Available now!
• Beyond the Supernatural™ RPG, 2nd Edition Hardcover – 224 pages – $36.99 – Cat. No. 700HC.
• BACK IN STOCK! “Original” Palladium Fantasy RPG® Commemorative “Bonus” Foil Hardcover (1st Edition rules) – Holiday demand cleaned the shelves of this fan favorite hardcover, but it is back in stock. This is the original 1st Edition Rules RPG including Tombs of Gersidi and the first Fantasy sourcebook: The Arms of Nargash-Tor. The cover is a classy crimson foil image, imprinted on black faux leatherette to replicate the original red and black RPG fans love. 320 pages – $55 retail – Cat. No. 449HC – available now.
• Palladium Fantasy RPG®, 2nd Edition Hardcover – 336 pages – $39.99 – Cat. No. 450HC – Our second best selling new hardcover after the Rifts® 30th Anniversary edition.
• “Original” Rifts® RPG 30th Anniversary Commemorative Hardcover – available now! This collector’s item sports the original Parkinson cover, an additional 32 page color section, history of Rifts®, unpublished concept art, gallery of all Rifts® covers through 2020, and more. Can be used with ALL Rifts® supplements – 288 pages – $49.99 – Cat. No. 800HC30 – Available now.
• Rifts® Ultimate Edition RPG Hardcover – 376 pages – $44.99 – Cat. No. 800HC – epic.
• Rifts® Ultimate Edition “Softcover” is a new format. RUE has only ever been available as a hardcover, and it still is, but it is now also available as a softcover – 376 pages – $34.99 – Cat. No. 800SE.
• Rifts® Game Master Guide Hardcover – 352 pages – $39.99 – Cat. No. 845HC.
• Rifts® Book of Magic Hardcover – available now – BACK in stock – 352 pages – $39.99 – Cat. No. 848HC – available now.
• Rifts® Adventure Guide Hardcover – 192 pages – $36.99 – Cat. No. 849HC.
• Chaos Earth® RPG “Bonus” Edition Hardcover – 192 pages – $36.99 – Cat. No. 660HC – 30 extra pages of bonus material – available now!
• Heroes Unlimited™ RPG, 2nd Edition Hardcover – 352 pages – $39.99 – Cat. No. 500HC.
• Ninjas & Superspies™ RPG “Bonus” Hardcover – available now – BACK in stock – 224 pages – $36.99 – Cat. No. 525HC – includes bonus material – available now.
• After the Bomb® RPG “Bonus” Hardcover – available now – BACK in stock – 296 pages – $39.99 – Cat. No. 503HC – includes bonus material – available now.
• Nightbane® RPG “Bonus” Edition Hardcover – available now – 304 pages – $39.99 – Cat. No. 730HC – 60 extra pages of bonus material – available now.
• Dead Reign® RPG (Zombie Apocalypse) Hardcover – available now – BACK in stock – 224 pages – $36.99 – Cat. No. 230HC – available now.
• Splicers® RPG “Bonus” Edition Hardcover – The Splicers® RPG plus 50 pages of extra material gathered from The Rifter®. 280 pages – $44.99 – Cat. No. 200HC – available now.

 

Notable Palladium Releases – a Megaverse^® of adventure awaits you

• NEW! Palladium Fantasy RPG® Interactive NPC Sheet to help you create monsters and villains quickly. This Excel spreadsheet is available on DriveThruRPG.com and PalladiumBooks.com.
• NEW! “Original” Beyond the Supernatural™ RPG Commemorative “Bonus” Foil Hardcover (1st Edition rules) – described above.
• Beyond the Supernatural™ RPG, 2nd Edition – 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 – Cat. No. 700. Also available as a hardcover edition.
• Creature Feature™, a Beyond the Supernatural™, 2nd Edition Sourcebook – 15 new creatures, rules clarifications, player and Game Master tips, adventure and more – 192 pages – $26.99 retail – Cat. No. 704 – available now.
• Rifts® Coalition Manhunters™ Sourcebook – 224 pages of Coalition data to blow your mind. 80+ new psionic abilities, 9 Manhunter psychic assassins, Psi-Ops thought police, Dog Boys, Kill Hounds, Coalition secrets, and more – 224 pages – Cat. No. 894.
• The Rifter® #85 Annual – Rifts®, Fantasy, and many RPG settings – Cat. No. 185 – Also available as a bookmarked PDF book on DriveThruRPG where it has made the Top 10 Best Sellers List.
• European Castles – 40+ real world castles from across Europe and their actual floor plans whenever available – for use with ANY game system – 48 pages – $10.99 – Cat. No. 410 – available now.
• Exotic Weapons – 100+ strange and exotic weapons from around the globe – for use with ANY game system – 48 pages – $10.99 – Cat. No. 409 – available now.
• The Compendium of Modern Weapons – 450+ real world weapons from around the globe – for use with ANY game system – 176 pages – Cat. No. 415.
• Palladium Fantasy RPG®, 2nd Edition – 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 and potions, and so much more. 336 pages – Cat. No. 450. Also available as a hardcover edition. More than a dozen sourcebooks support this game line.
• Lopan™ (Fantasy) Raw Preview – Cat. No. 476-RAW.
• Land of the South Winds™ (Fantasy) Raw Preview – Cat. No. 477-RAW.
• Heroes Unlimited™ RPG, 2nd Edition – A hit super-hero 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 – Cat. No. 500. Also available as a hardcover edition.
• After the Bomb® RPG – Erick Wujcik’s mutant magnum opus. Create any mutant animal from a turtle to an elephant, animal psionics, animal powers, chimeras, and more. Use the mutants as modern world heroes, or play within the AtB post-apocalypse setting, Rifts®, or just about any setting. 224 pages – Cat. No. 503. Also available as a hardcover edition.
• Ninjas & Superspies™ RPG – 40+ styles of martial arts, mystic abilities, spies, gadgets, and creating secret organizations. 176 pages – Cat. No. 525. Also available as a hardcover edition.
• Dead Reign® RPG – The Zombie Apocalypse unleashed! Can you survive? Play Post-Apocalyptic heroes or ordinary people. Part zombie game, part survival manual. All fun. A great beginner’s game. 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. 224 pages – Cat. No. 230. Also available as a hardcover edition. Sourcebooks expand the world, player options, and adventure ideas as well as present new zombies and dangers.
• Nightbane® RPG – Join the secret war against a demonic invasion most people do not even know has taken place. The demonic Nightlords, their evil Dopplegangers and other demon minions are quietly taking over the world, starting with the most powerful nations. You know it is happening because you are the Nightbane. You can see the true demonic form of these invaders, and you can stop them. The only wrinkle is you must turn into your monstrous supernatural form – your Morphus – to call upon your superhuman and magical powers. Oh, and the government is controlled by the Nightlords and their shape-changing demonic minions hunt the Nightbane. 224 pages – Cat. No. 730. Also available as a hardcover edition.
• And more, like the Rifts® Ultimate Edition (and 90+ Rifts® sourcebooks), Rifts® Chaos Earth®, The Mechanoid Trilogy®, Systems Failure, Splicers®, RECON®, Phase World®, etc.

 

DriveThruRPG.com – Discover the Palladium Megaverse® – 300+ titles – one game system – nearly every genre – endless adventure

The new Palladium Fantasy RPG® Interactive NPC Sheet is a Microsoft Excel-based system for creating Non-Player Characters quickly and easily. Once you know the system, you can have NPCs up and ready in minutes! Great for making a quick NPC at the last moment, or saving time when designing the big bad of an adventure.

• Design compatible with the Palladium Fantasy RPG® Interactive Character Sheet.
• 20,000+ preset NPC combinations ready to go in less than a minute.
• 15 nonhuman Palladium Fantasy races and 23 O.C.C.s.
• 300+ Wizard and Warlock spells programmed with quick stats.
• 70+ psionics, options for Minor Psionics, and more.
• $4.00 – Available on DriveThruRPG.com and PalladiumBooks.com – Created by Travis Guerrero.

 

Also Available – FREE Creature Feature™ Preview provides you a glimpse of what you will find in this epic book. There also FREE Sneak Previews of Rifts® Coalition Manhunters, Northern Gun 1 & 2, Hell Followed, and select other titles. Those are just some of the 300+ Palladium RPG titles available as PDF books.

No other game company offers game worlds for so many different genres. Best of all, learn to play one Palladium RPG and you can play them all, because each uses the same basic core rules and combat. There are differences, but the fundamentals are the same. This also means you can bring characters, villains, monsters, powers, magic, weapons, gear, and adventure ideas from one setting into another or mash them together!

300+ titles and nearly every game genre available now – and more is coming. Discover the Palladium Megaverse® right now.

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

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

– The Rifter® #1-85. Each issue is a wealth of source material for Rifts® and 3-5 other Palladium game settings. More than 8,600 pages of source material and counting. Most issues are only available in digital form.

– Palladium Fantasy RPG® titles. A rich, original setting in which you can play humans or any number of nonhuman species of people in a world of magic, heroes and wonder. All of it epic.

– Dead Reign® RPG and sourcebooks. The Zombie Apocalypse unleashed. A great introductory RPG that is surprisingly uplifting, fun, fast, and easy to learn.

– Heroes Unlimited™ RPG Second Edition titles. Create any type of superhuman you can imagine to build your own super-hero universe.

– After the Bomb® RPG and sourcebooks. Play anthropomorphic, intelligent, mutant animals as crime-fighting mutants and super-heroes or survivors of a crumbling post-apocalyptic Earth.

– Ninjas & Superspies™ RPG and the Mystic China™ sourcebook. 41 types of martial arts, ninjas, super-spies, gizmos, mystic powers, and magic in the main book, plus even more in Mystic China.

– Nightbane® RPG and sourcebooks. Only you know the truth. Only you can see the Nightlords and their demonic minions, and you have the power to stop them. But you must transform into a monster yourself in order to use your powers. Trust no one.

– Beyond the Supernatural™ RPG and sourcebooks. Modern horror; 14 character classes, 42 occupations for “ordinary people,” 100+ psychic abilities, 16 monsters, and more.

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

 

FUN Podcast Adventures

Heroes Unlimited Christmas Special and the recent Cozy Caverns Beyond the Supernatural RPG adventure podcasts from the creative minds at www.realplaygamespod.com. These fun podcasts are created by Palladium fans like you.

 

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

I am adding new collectibles and Palladium negatives over the next several weeks, so check ‘em out. Alex and I will try to post new items on a regular basis, so check in every week or so to see what’s new.

One-of-a-kind Palladium Books negatives (special and rare collectibles). Negatives are always very popular items at the Palladium Open House, Gen Con, and conventions, and are catching on as rare collectibles, unique in and of themselves. Before digital printing, pages of a book were laid out by hand on a board, and each page was photographed. The plastic film negatives were then “ganged” on a massive sheet of Mylar, 16 pages per big sheet, and the printing plates were made from the negatives – everything white, printing black. We have been cutting them loose and making them available to you. I am only keeping a few dozen pages of negatives and a few complete books for myself, the rest are all being slowly offered to you, in no particular order.

• Each is truly unique, attractive, and fun to have.
• Own a piece of Palladium Books and RPG history you will treasure.
• Each was used to print the very book you may have in your collection (1981-2004).
• Each signed in silver ink by Kevin Siembieda, the founder and owner of Palladium Books. He is also the game designer and often the author or co-author of the book from which the negative originates. And some negatives bear his artwork.
• Each signed negative comes with a Certificate of Authenticity.
• Each signed negative is a one-of-a-kind work of art (on rare occasions, two-of-a-kind if a page or section of pages were replaced or a second edition was made) that resembles woodcut art, and a very dynamic conversation piece.
• Each signed negative is on a white board inside a clear plastic bag.
• Negatives looks fabulous matted or framed! Fits in an 8×10 inch matt opening. Each neg is roughly 8½ x 11 inches.
• Prices vary depending on the title, the art, and quality of the negative. Note: Many have scratches, or blemishes, and/or an opaque medium on the negative. Still, they look great and are a piece of RPG history. We recommend you carefully examine the photographs of each item to avoid disappointment.
• We have been making the negatives available, in no particular order, for a number of years, and will continue to do so. However, cutting them loose, signing and bagging is a time consuming process.
• Note: The negatives from the TMNT RPG, TMNT Adventures, and some Rifts® titles are already sold out. Moreover, the negatives from many titles were destroyed, so when you see one you like, get it when you can. Enjoy.

Original art – My Ebay store is one of the few places where you can find original artwork by me (Kevin Siembieda), Kevin Long, Charles Walton, and others, as well as one-of-a-kind negatives from classic Palladium books (they look awesome framed), and other Palladium memorabilia. Some are concept sketches, others are finished works of art, as well as a selection of prints and posters.

Other collectibles include art prints, posters, comic books, Palladium limited edition hardcovers, out of print items, signed books, one-of-a-kind proofreader copies, Star Wars toys, superhero action figures, and many other toys and items from my personal collection. Yeah, I used to be a crazy toy and art collector. 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.

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

 

Closing Thoughts – God is in the details

That last 10 or 20 percent makes all the difference in the world. It’s true of writing, art, and probably everything. What I mean by that is, going into a finished manuscript and ratcheting it up that extra 10-20% with fun details, verisimilitude, and a touch of Wow Factor. It gives the book a sense of realism and plausibility and continuity that makes it feel much more immersive and exciting in the context of the setting. And it’s an important ingredient in Palladium’s secret sauce. Sean’s been doing that with Titan Robotics and I’ve been doing it with Yin-Sloth Jungles to elevate very good books into great ones.

Here’s an example. This is a sourcebook about Titan Robotics. A company that makes and sells robots and power armor and a handful of other tech products. Titan Robotics. So one of the cool things Sean did was rename many of the robots, power armors, and weapon systems after the Titans of Greek mythology and their legendary themes. It sounds like a little thing, but it quietly, subtly, adds context and depth to the setting and the back story. The secret owner of Titan Robotics is a robot! Or more accurately, an advanced artificial intelligence that dates back to before the Great Cataclysm and seems to have achieved sentience. The name of the company and the names of the individual “Titans” assigned to specific war machines make sense because Archie Three knows pre-Rifts history and Greek mythology (and shared it with his human partner Hagan), so the naming convention has meaning and significance to them. And to the reader.

There are a lot of other small and not so small adjustments, changes, and innovations. Those who have the Titan Robotics™ Raw Preview Edition can see those differences for yourself. And that’s part of the fun of the Raw Previews.

We are working hard on the titles you are awaiting and know about AND the many secret projects behind the scenes. The 2023 releases of the revised and expanded Yin-Sloth Jungles™ (soon) and Island at the Edge of the World™ (later this year) for 2nd Edition rules are two titles that many of you have been waiting for. This being the Palladium Fantasy RPG’s 40th anniversary the timing felt perfect. They are both examples of projects we had moving forward behind the scenes by freelance artists and writers (another is CS Arsenal), while Sean and I work on other, more immediate projects like Titan Robotics, Rifts® Bestiary Volume 2, and Rifts® Antarctica, among others. Some book release announcements may seem a bit unexpected due to our new policy of not announcing new book releases until they are close to going to the printer or are actually at the printer. But as promised, we are trying to give you the books you have been waiting for. We have plenty of other surprises brewing that we think you’ll enjoy.

Please enjoy the T-Shirt Sale and the excitement that Titan Robotics™, Cyberworks™ Collection, and Yin-Sloth Jungles™, 2nd Edition are all getting close to going to the printer. Rifts® Bestiary Volume 2 is next.

You are all valiant heroes to me. Don’t slide into darkness, stay positive, escape into role-playing, and game on.

– Kevin Siembieda, Publisher, Writer, & Friend

 

NEW! “Original” Beyond the Supernatural^™ RPG “Bonus” Edition Commemorative Hardcover, 1st Edition Rules – available now

Fans are loving the “Original” Beyond the Supernatural RPG (1988) re-release as a commemorative bonus edition hardcover with its 28 iconic monsters, information about ley lines and magic, and more. Made available due to popular demand, the deluxe, commemorative, crimson foil hardcover of the Original Beyond the Supernatural RPG (1988) is back in print for the first time in 25 years. The book is simply entitled “Beyond the Supernatural,” it is gorgeous, and a must for BTS fans.

• Modern horror and adventure.
• The original, 1st Edition BTS rule book exactly as first published, except now as a deluxe hardcover.
• 32 pages of “bonus” material.
• 28 monsters, most of which can be converted to BTS-2 with some work.
• Quick roll villain tables. Weapons and equipment section.
• Random Encounter Tables. Random Creature Creation Tables.
• 4 adventures, 2 adventure outlines, and countless adventure ideas.
• Erick Wujcik’s “Victim Characters” alternative rules for playing classic movie horror and splatter film horror.
• Erick Wujcik’s Game Master Guide to running horror adventures.
• Can be adapted to BTS 2nd edition rules. Though magic and psionics work differently in BTS-2, this is a valuable resource and gaming tool. We recommend you only use O.C.C.s and characters from the BTS Second Edition rule book when playing in the Second Edition setting.
• Probably limited to fewer than 1,000 copies.
• 288 pages of terrifying fun – $55.00 retail – Cat. No. 699HC – Available now.

 

Creature Feature^™ – A Beyond the Supernatural^™ sourcebook – available now

Creature Feature is epic and much more than a monster book. It is filled with adventure, G.M. and player tips, anecdotes, rules clarifications, and more.

• 15 supernatural creatures described in depth. Each creature offers adventure hooks and ideas for more.
• The art of making and running monsters.
• Creature encounter table and tips on making unique creatures.
• Player paranormal investigator background table.
• Game Master source material and tips for running modern horror.
• More world setting and monster hunting lore.
• Rules clarifications and errata.
• A full adventure and numerous adventure suggestions.
• Paranormal encounter ideas, tips, advice, NPCs, and more.
• Written by Steven Dawes, Kevin Siembieda, and others.
• Art by Steven Cummings, Nick Bradshaw, and others.
• 192 pages – $26.99 retail – Cat. No. 704 – Available now.

 

NEW! The Palladium Fantasy RPG^® Interactive NPC Sheet

The new Palladium Fantasy RPG® Interactive NPC Sheet is a welcomed and helpful companion to the Palladium Fantasy Interactive Character Sheet by Travis Guerrero offering hundreds of magic spells, psionic powers, 15 inhuman character species, 23 O.C.C.s, 300 magic spells, 20,000 character combinations, and more. It is a Microsoft Excel-based system for creating Non-Player Characters quickly and easily. Once you know the system, you can have NPCs up and ready in minutes! Great for making a quick NPC at the last moment, or saving time when designing the big bad of an adventure.

Features & Benefits:

• Designed to be compatible with the Palladium Fantasy RPG® Interactive Character Sheet.
• 20,000+ preset NPC combinations ready to go in less than a minute when you consider species, attribute, O.C.C., and level options! Many more with additional features and easy customization.
• 15 inhuman Palladium Fantasy races.
• 23 O.C.C.s, plus a few variations for certain O.C.C.s such as single and dual element Warlocks.
• NPCs can be made from Level 1 through Level 15.
• 300+ Wizard and Warlock spells programmed with quick stats.
• 70+ psionics programmed with quick stats, plus options for Minor Psionics.
• Skills, armor, weapons, spells, and psionics are programmed with predetermined selections, and more.
• NPCs can be further customized by changing their standard selections with additional options from Drop Down Lists, and keeping it book legal based on your selections.
• $4.00 – Available at DriveThruRPG.com and at PalladiumBooks.com – Created by Travis Guerrero.
• Instructions on how to use the NPC sheet:
• Tutorial Video (Part 1): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z53WS3n3O6A
• Tutorial Video (Part 2): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GRs7gPVN90

 

Original Palladium Fantasy RPG^® Interactive Character Sheet

The Palladium Fantasy RPG® Interactive Character Sheet is a Microsoft Excel-based character management system. Packed with features and data collected from every official Palladium Fantasy sourcebook, this sheet saves you time and hassle with each character you create. Available now, directly from Palladium Books AND DriveThruRPG.com – this is a digital, online product only.

Features & Benefits:

• The Main Character Sheet Page collects the important data from across multiple tabs and puts it in one place for quick and easy reference.
• Separate sheets examine character construction (worktable), Skills, Magic, Psionics, and Combat in greater detail.
• Built-in leveling system that calculates skill advancement for you!
• Experience Tables for over 80 O.C.C.s already programmed.
• Recognizes the percentages for nearly 150 skills, plus combat bonuses for over 20 Weapon Proficiencies and 7 Hand to Hand styles.
• Calculates the speed and distance a character can run and jump, lift, carry and throw based on character Attributes.
• Add in your own Hand to Hand style, custom Skills, unique Weapon Proficiencies, and Experience Tables.
• Instructions on how to use the sheet included, as well as a video walkthrough below.
• Important Note: This character sheet is built to be used with Microsoft Excel 2010+ and it comes in .XLSX format. Opening this file in other spreadsheet programs is NOT guaranteed to work as intended.
• Watch the Overview video here: https://vimeo.com/322271758

 

Still Hot! Rifts^® Automated Character Sheet for EXCEL

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

• Dice Roller.
• Automated Attributes and Stat Block: All the bonuses and features from attributes are presented in a large stat block allowing you to easily see your bonuses.
• Automated Combat Stats: The main page holds a section where you can pull up data for your various combat stats, from hand to hand abilities such as Strike, Parry, Dodge and Disarm, to W.P. bonuses including those of the W.P. Sharpshooting variety.
• Automated Psionics: All psionics from Rifts® Ultimate Edition, Rifts® World Book 12: Psyscape™ and Rifts® World Book 32: Lemuria can be selected from a dropdown menu.
• Automated Spells: All Common Invocations, Necromancy, Ocean Magic and Biomancy spells, and yes, all the Lemurian Biomancer spells too!
• Automated Skills: All skills from the Rifts® Ultimate Edition, Rifts® World Book 25: China 2 – Heroes of the Celestial Court™ and Rifts® World Book 32: Lemuria can be selected and then automatically add bonuses from prerequisites and related skills.
• And much, much more.
• Note: The file is best used in Microsoft Excel 2016 or above. Some data may be lost if not using Microsoft Excel, such as when using similar products like Open Office.
• Available from PalladiumBooks.com AND DriveThruRPG.com – make those characters!

 

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

By Kevin Siembieda & Sean Owen Roberson

There is a lot going on so let me get right to it.

 

Our thanks to those of you who participated in the two G.M.’s Days Sales that just ended. We heard nothing but positive things about these sales opportunities. Enjoy your purchases.

 

This Weekend – Meet Kevin Siembieda and Sean Owen Roberson, in person, at the AADL Game Designer Expo, 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM, this Saturday, March 18. The event takes place at the Ann Arbor District Library in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The event is FREE to the public, so come on over to chat with us and other Michigan game designers of all kinds from RPGs and board games to video games. This is the first time we are attending the event, so we don’t know what to expect ourselves. Sean and I will be manning a table with a very small selection of our books on display and for sale. We are happy to sign any books you bring and chat about game design and gaming. Located at 343 South 5th Avenue, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

 

NEW! Palladium Fantasy RPG® 40th Anniversary – Palladium Fantasy turns 40 years old this year, and has never been out of print the entire time. That’s a huge accomplishment few other game companies can claim.

To celebrate, we are updating and expanding the last two books in the current line-up, Yin-Sloth Jungles and Island at the Edge of the World sourcebooks, to Second Edition rules. Long-time fan turned freelance writer, John Klinkel, has already turned in both books with his preliminary updates and suggested additions. I am reviewing Yin-Sloth Jungles rewrites and making my own tweaks. I have also had artist Phil Stone redo all the maps to make them cleaner and more attractive (they are looking great!), and Will Erwin is finishing a deluxe color map of the region. Final page count and price is yet to be determined, but it will probably be around 192 pages, up from 160.

We anticipate the updated and expanded Yin-Sloth Jungles to see release in April and Island at the Edge of the World later in the year. We also hope to please you later in the year with the release of one or two of the Fantasy titles you have been waiting for as well, but no promises. Will there be other things done to celebrate Palladium Fantasy’s landmark birthday? You’ll have to wait and see. We are open to suggestions.

 

UPDATE: Titan Robotics™ Kickstarter. Sean is practically dancing on air as he nears completion of the Rifts® Titan Robotics™ Sourcebook, written by him and Matthew Clements. Final proofreading and layout are in progress as you read this. Then we will be releasing the PDF to Backers for a short review period, and after that, the book is off to the printer.

Wayne is nearly finished with the “remastering” of the PDF for Rifts® Sourcebook One, Revised and it should be made available to backers soon. Sourcebook 2: The Mechanoids, and Shemarrian Nation Sourcebook to follow. The Rifts® for Savage Worlds conversion documents, exclusive to our backers, are also coming along nicely as is the Cyberworks™ Collection.

Reminder, the Backerkit Survey went out and the Pledge Manager and Pre-Order Store all went live weeks ago to great excitement from our Titan Robotics backers. If you have not gotten your survey or are experiencing any issues, please let us know via direct message on Kickstarter or the Help Desk at PalladiumBooks.com, as we will be locking down Backerkit in a few weeks. See more details and links below.

 

UPDATE: Cyberworks™ Collection – This is a dynamic collection of Rifts® Sourcebook One, Sourcebook 2: The Mechanoids®, Shemarrian Nation™, and the Archie-3 related material from Rifts® Aftermath, all presented as a deluxe hardcover. This is one of Wayne’s other projects. It was first announced in the Titan Robotics™ Kickstarter. Please note that the coveted, Gold Foil hardcover is a signed, limited edition available exclusively to Titan Robotics Kickstarter Backers only, along with the color hardcover and gold foil editions of the Titan Robotics™ Sourcebook, so Kickstarter Backers, if you want a copy (or one for your friend) make sure you upgrade your pledge while you still can! Ah, but the Cyberworks Collection will also have a color cover hardcover edition, available for order now via the Pre-Order Store and to the public after the Kickstarter has been fulfilled and shipped. You will love whichever edition of these two books you may purchase now or later. Of course, we recommend you get them both.

 

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

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

 

UPDATE: My eBay Store for collectibles. As promised, Alex and I have continued to add more Robotech® RPG books and negatives, other out of print Palladium titles, first printings, toys, and a couple dozen one-of-a-kind negatives to my eBay store (a bunch of Zentraedi negatives) (http://stores.ebay.com/kevinstoys-artandcollectibles). However, many of these items sell shortly after they get posted, so keep your eyes peeled. We continue to add Palladium collectibles and negatives at least once a week.

 

Titan Robotics Backerkit Survey & Pledge Manager

In case you haven’t heard, the Backerkit Survey was mailed out in February, the Pledge Manager is open, and so is the Pre-Order Store. We know most of you have heard, because we have been getting a lot of surveys turned in and people upgrading their pledge and selecting add-ons. Thank you for your support and enthusiasm.

If you have not yet done so, please fill out the survey and start managing your pledge at your earliest convenience. Backers can purchase add-ons and even additional copies of exclusive items that were part of their pledge level like foil hardcovers. A few of you have inquired about upgrading your pledge level; for that, just contact us via Kickstarter direct message and we’ll be happy to help you out on a case-by-case basis. Non-backers can also pre-order select products via the Pre-Order Store.

The Pre-Order Store enables everyone who wants to do so to pre-order a large selection of products. That includes non-exclusive Titan Robotics and Cyberworks products, but anything purchased in the Pre-Order Store will not ship until ALL the Kickstarter items do and that will take a few months. And please note that shipping will not be charged until a later date, when we know the exact cost to ship your order. If you are in the USA and want available products right now, order from the Palladium Books online store as usual.

The Pre-Order Store is huge for gamers in Canada and overseas, because products selected via the Kickstarter or in the Pre-Order Store will ship to them at substantially lower prices than Palladium can normally offer through our web store. This is made possible through the magic of bulk shipping negotiated through our partners at Spiral Galaxy Games (for the UK and EU) and Quartermaster Logistics (for the rest of the world). Please spread the word and take advantage of this shipping opportunity. US backers may see a small savings, as well. Shipping will not be charged until a later date when product is ready to ship and we know the exact cost to ship your rewards.

 

NEW! “Original” Beyond the Supernatural^™ RPG “Bonus” Edition Commemorative Hardcover, 1st Edition Rules – available now

Fans are loving the “Original” Beyond the Supernatural RPG (1988) re-release as a commemorative bonus edition hardcover with its 28 iconic monsters, information about ley lines and magic, and more. Made available due to popular demand, the deluxe, commemorative, crimson foil hardcover of the Original Beyond the Supernatural RPG (1988) is back in print for the first time in 25 years. The book is simply entitled “Beyond the Supernatural,” it is gorgeous, and a must for BTS fans.

• Modern horror and adventure.
• The original, 1st Edition BTS rule book exactly as first published, except now as a deluxe hardcover.
• 32 pages of “bonus” material.
• 28 monsters, most of which can be converted to BTS-2 with some work.
• Quick roll villain tables. Weapons and equipment section.
• Random Encounter Tables. Random Creature Creation Tables.
• 4 adventures, 2 adventure outlines, and countless adventure ideas.
• Erick Wujcik’s “Victim Characters” alternative rules for playing classic movie horror and splatter film horror.
• Erick Wujcik’s Game Master Guide to running horror adventures.
• Can be adapted to BTS 2nd edition rules. Though magic and psionics work differently in BTS-2, this is a valuable resource and gaming tool. We recommend you only use O.C.C.s and characters from the BTS Second Edition rule book when playing in the Second Edition setting.
• Probably limited to fewer than 1,000 copies.
• 288 pages of terrifying fun – $55.00 retail – Cat. No. 699HC – Available now.

 

Creature Feature^™ – A Beyond the Supernatural^™ sourcebook – available now

Creature Feature is epic and much more than a monster book. It is filled with adventure, G.M. and player tips, anecdotes, rules clarifications, and more.

• 15 supernatural creatures described in depth. Each creature offers adventure hooks and ideas for more.
• The art of making and running monsters.
• Creature encounter table and tips on making unique creatures.
• Player paranormal investigator background table.
• Game Master source material and tips for running modern horror.
• More world setting and monster hunting lore.
• Rules clarifications and errata.
• A full adventure and numerous adventure suggestions.
• Paranormal encounter ideas, tips, advice, NPCs, and more.
• Written by Steven Dawes, Kevin Siembieda, and others.
• Art by Steven Cummings, Nick Bradshaw, and others.
• 192 pages – $26.99 retail – Cat. No. 704 – Available now.

 

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

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

• The complete, original RPG – the game that started Palladium Books.
• First Edition rules are easily adaptable to current Fantasy titles.
• Includes The Tombs of Gersidi adventure and setting.
• The Arms of Nargash-Tor adventure sourcebook is included as “bonus” material back in print for the first time in 35 years.
• Easily adapted to all 2nd Edition rules and sourcebooks.
• Deluxe hardcover edition. Probably limited to fewer than 1,000 copies.
• 320 pages total with “bonus” material – $55 retail – Cat. No. 449HC – available now!

 

List of Palladium Books^® RPG Hardcovers Available Now

• NEW! “Original” Beyond the Supernatural RPG® Commemorative “Bonus” Foil Hardcover (1st Edition rules) – This is the original 1st Edition rules (1988) in a deluxe hardcover format. The first time ever as a hardcover and includes the original O.C.C.s, monsters, and magic. 28 monsters, adventures, G.M. tips, Erick Wujcik’s infamous “victim character” rules, and 32 bonus pages of adventure material for BTS-2. The cover is a blood red foil image, imprinted on black faux leatherette. 288 pages – $55 retail – Cat. No. 699HC – Available now!
• Beyond the Supernatural™ RPG, 2nd Edition Hardcover – 224 pages – $36.99 – Cat. No. 700HC.
• BACK IN STOCK! “Original” Palladium Fantasy RPG® Commemorative “Bonus” Foil Hardcover (1st Edition rules) – Holiday demand cleaned the shelves of this fan favorite hardcover, but it is back in stock. This is the original 1st Edition Rules RPG including Tombs of Gersidi and the first Fantasy sourcebook: The Arms of Nargash-Tor. The cover is a classy crimson foil image, imprinted on black faux leatherette to replicate the original red and black RPG fans love. 320 pages – $55 retail – Cat. No. 449HC – available now.
• Palladium Fantasy RPG®, 2nd Edition Hardcover – 336 pages – $39.99 – Cat. No. 450HC – Our second best selling new hardcover after the Rifts® 30th Anniversary edition.
• “Original” Rifts® RPG 30th Anniversary Commemorative Hardcover – available now! This collector’s item sports the original Parkinson cover, an additional 32 page color section, history of Rifts®, unpublished concept art, gallery of all Rifts® covers through 2020, and more. Can be used with ALL Rifts® supplements – 288 pages – $49.99 – Cat. No. 800HC30 – Available now.
• Rifts® Ultimate Edition RPG Hardcover – 376 pages – $44.99 – Cat. No. 800HC – epic.
• Rifts® Ultimate Edition “Softcover” is a new format. RUE has only ever been available as a hardcover, and it still is, but it is now also available as a softcover – 376 pages – $34.99 – Cat. No. 800SE.
• Rifts® Game Master Guide Hardcover – 352 pages – $39.99 – Cat. No. 845HC.
• Rifts® Book of Magic Hardcover – available now – BACK in stock – 352 pages – $39.99 – Cat. No. 848HC – available now.
• Rifts® Adventure Guide Hardcover – 192 pages – $36.99 – Cat. No. 849HC.
• Chaos Earth® RPG “Bonus” Edition Hardcover – 192 pages – $36.99 – Cat. No. 660HC – 30 extra pages of bonus material – available now!
• Heroes Unlimited™ RPG, 2nd Edition Hardcover – 352 pages – $39.99 – Cat. No. 500HC.
• Ninjas & Superspies™ RPG “Bonus” Hardcover – available now – BACK in stock – 224 pages – $36.99 – Cat. No. 525HC – includes bonus material – available now.
• After the Bomb® RPG “Bonus” Hardcover – available now – BACK in stock – 296 pages – $39.99 – Cat. No. 503HC – includes bonus material – available now.
• Nightbane® RPG “Bonus” Edition Hardcover – available now – 304 pages – $39.99 – Cat. No. 730HC – 60 extra pages of bonus material – available now.
• Dead Reign® RPG (Zombie Apocalypse) Hardcover – available now – BACK in stock – 224 pages – $36.99 – Cat. No. 230HC – available now.
• Splicers® RPG “Bonus” Edition Hardcover – The Splicers® RPG plus 50 pages of extra material gathered from The Rifter®. 280 pages – $44.99 – Cat. No. 200HC – available now.

 

Notable Palladium Releases – a Megaverse^® of adventure awaits you

• NEW! Palladium Fantasy RPG® Interactive NPC Sheet to help you create monsters and villains quickly. This Excel spreadsheet is available on DriveThruRPG.com and PalladiumBooks.com.
• NEW! “Original” Beyond the Supernatural™ RPG Commemorative “Bonus” Foil Hardcover (1st Edition rules) – described above.
• Beyond the Supernatural™ RPG, 2nd Edition – 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 – Cat. No. 700. Also available as a hardcover edition.
• Creature Feature™, a Beyond the Supernatural™, 2nd Edition Sourcebook – 15 new creatures, rules clarifications, player and Game Master tips, adventure and more – 192 pages – $26.99 retail – Cat. No. 704 – available now.
• Rifts® Coalition Manhunters™ Sourcebook – 224 pages of Coalition data to blow your mind. 80+ new psionic abilities, 9 Manhunter psychic assassins, Psi-Ops thought police, Dog Boys, Kill Hounds, Coalition secrets, and more – 224 pages – Cat. No. 894.
• The Rifter® #85 Annual – Rifts®, Fantasy, and many RPG settings – Cat. No. 185 – Also available as a bookmarked PDF book on DriveThruRPG where it has made the Top 10 Best Sellers List.
• European Castles – 40+ real world castles from across Europe and their actual floor plans whenever available – for use with ANY game system – 48 pages – $10.99 – Cat. No. 410 – available now.
• Exotic Weapons – 100+ strange and exotic weapons from around the globe – for use with ANY game system – 48 pages – $10.99 – Cat. No. 409 – available now.
• The Compendium of Modern Weapons – 450+ real world weapons from around the globe – for use with ANY game system – 176 pages – Cat. No. 415.
• Palladium Fantasy RPG®, 2nd Edition – 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 and potions, and so much more. 336 pages – Cat. No. 450. Also available as a hardcover edition. More than a dozen sourcebooks support this game line.
• Lopan™ (Fantasy) Raw Preview – Cat. No. 476-RAW.
• Land of the South Winds™ (Fantasy) Raw Preview – Cat. No. 477-RAW.
• Heroes Unlimited™ RPG, 2nd Edition – A hit super-hero 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 – Cat. No. 500. Also available as a hardcover edition.
• After the Bomb® RPG – Erick Wujcik’s mutant magnum opus. Create any mutant animal from a turtle to an elephant, animal psionics, animal powers, chimeras, and more. Use the mutants as modern world heroes, or play within the AtB post-apocalypse setting, Rifts®, or just about any setting. 224 pages – Cat. No. 503. Also available as a hardcover edition.
• Ninjas & Superspies™ RPG – 40+ styles of martial arts, mystic abilities, spies, gadgets, and creating secret organizations. 176 pages – Cat. No. 525. Also available as a hardcover edition.
• Dead Reign® RPG – The Zombie Apocalypse unleashed! Can you survive? Play Post-Apocalyptic heroes or ordinary people. Part zombie game, part survival manual. All fun. A great beginner’s game. 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. 224 pages – Cat. No. 230. Also available as a hardcover edition. Sourcebooks expand the world, player options, and adventure ideas as well as present new zombies and dangers.
• Nightbane® RPG – Join the secret war against a demonic invasion most people do not even know has taken place. The demonic Nightlords, their evil Dopplegangers and other demon minions are quietly taking over the world, starting with the most powerful nations. You know it is happening because you are the Nightbane. You can see the true demonic form of these invaders, and you can stop them. The only wrinkle is you must turn into your monstrous supernatural form – your Morphus – to call upon your superhuman and magical powers. Oh, and the government is controlled by the Nightlords and their shape-changing demonic minions hunt the Nightbane. 224 pages – Cat. No. 730. Also available as a hardcover edition.
• And more, like the Rifts® Ultimate Edition (and 90+ Rifts® sourcebooks), Rifts® Chaos Earth®, The Mechanoid Trilogy®, Systems Failure, Splicers®, RECON®, Phase World®, etc.

 

DriveThruRPG.com – Discover the Palladium Megaverse® – 300+ titles – one game system – nearly every genre – endless adventure

The new Palladium Fantasy RPG® Interactive NPC Sheet is a Microsoft Excel-based system for creating Non-Player Characters quickly and easily. Once you know the system, you can have NPCs up and ready in minutes! Great for making a quick NPC at the last moment, or saving time when designing the big bad of an adventure.

• Design compatible with the Palladium Fantasy RPG® Interactive Character Sheet.
• 20,000+ preset NPC combinations ready to go in less than a minute.
• 15 nonhuman Palladium Fantasy races and 23 O.C.C.s.
• 300+ Wizard and Warlock spells programmed with quick stats.
• 70+ psionics, options for Minor Psionics, and more.
• $4.00 – Available on DriveThruRPG.com and PalladiumBooks.com – Created by Travis Guerrero.

 

Also Available – FREE Creature Feature™ Preview provides you a glimpse of what you will find in this epic book. There also FREE Sneak Previews of Rifts® Coalition Manhunters, Northern Gun 1 & 2, Hell Followed, and select other titles. Those are just some of the 300+ Palladium RPG titles available as PDF books.

No other game company offers game worlds for so many different genres. Best of all, learn to play one Palladium RPG and you can play them all, because each uses the same basic core rules and combat. There are differences, but the fundamentals are the same. This also means you can bring characters, villains, monsters, powers, magic, weapons, gear, and adventure ideas from one setting into another or mash them together!

300+ titles and nearly every game genre available now – and more is coming. Discover the Palladium Megaverse® right now.

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

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

– The Rifter® #1-85. Each issue is a wealth of source material for Rifts® and 3-5 other Palladium game settings. More than 8,600 pages of source material and counting. Most issues are only available in digital form.

– Palladium Fantasy RPG® titles. A rich, original setting in which you can play humans or any number of nonhuman species of people in a world of magic, heroes and wonder. All of it epic.

– Dead Reign® RPG and sourcebooks. The Zombie Apocalypse unleashed. A great introductory RPG that is surprisingly uplifting, fun, fast, and easy to learn.

– Heroes Unlimited™ RPG Second Edition titles. Create any type of superhuman you can imagine to build your own super-hero universe.

– After the Bomb® RPG and sourcebooks. Play anthropomorphic, intelligent, mutant animals as crime-fighting mutants and super-heroes or survivors of a crumbling post-apocalyptic Earth.

– Ninjas & Superspies™ RPG and the Mystic China™ sourcebook. 41 types of martial arts, ninjas, super-spies, gizmos, mystic powers, and magic in the main book, plus even more in Mystic China.

– Nightbane® RPG and sourcebooks. Only you know the truth. Only you can see the Nightlords and their demonic minions, and you have the power to stop them. But you must transform into a monster yourself in order to use your powers. Trust no one.

– Beyond the Supernatural™ RPG and sourcebooks. Modern horror; 14 character classes, 42 occupations for “ordinary people,” 100+ psychic abilities, 16 monsters, and more.

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

 

FUN Podcast Adventures

Heroes Unlimited Christmas Special and the recent Cozy Caverns Beyond the Supernatural RPG adventure podcasts from the creative minds at www.realplaygamespod.com. These fun podcasts are created by Palladium fans like you.

 

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

I am adding new collectibles and Palladium negatives over the next several weeks, so check ‘em out. Alex and I will try to post new items on a regular basis, so check in every week or so to see what’s new.

One-of-a-kind Palladium Books negatives (special and rare collectibles). Negatives are always very popular items at the Palladium Open House, Gen Con, and conventions, and are catching on as rare collectibles, unique in and of themselves. Before digital printing, pages of a book were laid out by hand on a board, and each page was photographed. The plastic film negatives were then “ganged” on a massive sheet of Mylar, 16 pages per big sheet, and the printing plates were made from the negatives – everything white, printing black. We have been cutting them loose and making them available to you. I am only keeping a few dozen pages of negatives and a few complete books for myself, the rest are all being slowly offered to you, in no particular order.

• Each is truly unique, attractive, and fun to have.
• Own a piece of Palladium Books and RPG history you will treasure.
• Each was used to print the very book you may have in your collection (1981-2004).
• Each signed in silver ink by Kevin Siembieda, the founder and owner of Palladium Books. He is also the game designer and often the author or co-author of the book from which the negative originates. And some negatives bear his artwork.
• Each signed negative comes with a Certificate of Authenticity.
• Each signed negative is a one-of-a-kind work of art (on rare occasions, two-of-a-kind if a page or section of pages were replaced or a second edition was made) that resembles woodcut art, and a very dynamic conversation piece.
• Each signed negative is on a white board inside a clear plastic bag.
• Negatives looks fabulous matted or framed! Fits in an 8×10 inch matt opening. Each neg is roughly 8½ x 11 inches.
• Prices vary depending on the title, the art, and quality of the negative. Note: Many have scratches, or blemishes, and/or an opaque medium on the negative. Still, they look great and are a piece of RPG history. We recommend you carefully examine the photographs of each item to avoid disappointment.
• We have been making the negatives available, in no particular order, for a number of years, and will continue to do so. However, cutting them loose, signing and bagging is a time consuming process.
• Note: The negatives from the TMNT RPG, TMNT Adventures, and some Rifts® titles are already sold out. Moreover, the negatives from many titles were destroyed, so when you see one you like, get it when you can. Enjoy.

Original art – My Ebay store is one of the few places where you can find original artwork by me (Kevin Siembieda), Kevin Long, Charles Walton, and others, as well as one-of-a-kind negatives from classic Palladium books (they look awesome framed), and other Palladium memorabilia. Some are concept sketches, others are finished works of art, as well as a selection of prints and posters.

Other collectibles include art prints, posters, comic books, Palladium limited edition hardcovers, out of print items, signed books, one-of-a-kind proofreader copies, Star Wars toys, superhero action figures, and many other toys and items from my personal collection. Yeah, I used to be a crazy toy and art collector. 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.

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

 

Closing Thoughts – 40 Years of living the fantasy

The Palladium Fantasy RPG® turns 40 years old this year. I can scarcely believe it. The fact that it has remained in print the entire time is astonishing to me. I published the First Edition rule book in 1983, the slightly modified Second Edition in 1996, and it has never been out of print. It goes to show you just how popular our game system and settings really are. I am humbled.

The Palladium Fantasy RPG® started it all. Though The Mechanoid Invasion® Trilogy predates it in publication, those books incorporated the mechanics I developed for Palladium Fantasy. The Fantasy RPG was supposed to be my first RPG release to see print, but I couldn’t afford to publish it the way I knew it had to be released, as a big, beautifully illustrated, softcover book. So I came up with the Mechanoid Invasion Trilogy in a format this poor kid in Detroit could afford, and grew my company from there.

 

I named the game and the company after my epic three and a half year Palladium of Desires campaign with the fabled Defilers. I was introduced to Dungeons & Dragons (the little box game) through Julius Rosenstein in the fall of 1978. [Hey, I was born in 1978. – Sean] When I got hooked by the incredible possibilities role-playing games had to offer, I was hooked bad. By 1979 I had met Erick Wujcik and that whole crew of gamers, I was running games myself, creating D&D artwork for Judges Guild, called TSR to tell them they needed an art director and I was their guy (they politely declined my offer), and was brainstorming the creation of the Detroit Gaming Center with Erick Wujcik, Matthew Balent, Rene Vega, Robin Corona, and a few other college age gaming maniacs. Erick and I always saw the big picture, and we saw big things for RPGs.

My D&D game quickly changed as I put my own house rules and style of play on it. That style was an emphasis on storytelling and setting. I created my own unique fantasy world with its own history and original monsters. In part, because I couldn’t afford to buy the D&D books, and in part, because I had a zillion ideas of my own. My house rules were all things to help flesh out characters and make them less generic and more unique and customized.

I redefined alignments and how they work. I engineered an experience system that focused on role-playing and not just killing things. I created a psionics system that was actually fun and playable. I made a melee combat system that I felt was more realistic and interactive, and an armor class system that was more intuitive. I created new magic items, new spells, and even a new way that magic worked – I always hated the D&D game mechanic that a mage forgets the spell after it is cast. It made no sense. Let me rephrase that. It made sense for a game rules mechanic, but it made no logical sense as a storytelling mechanic. I’m not a big board game guy, but I love storytelling and world building, and to me, that was the true magic and potential of RPGs. To create worlds and stories as a sort of improvisational group. Vivid, magnificent, heroic stories that had the same power as reading a great book or seeing a dynamic movie. There was nothing like it. There still isn’t.

Most of my rules and game mechanics were to make combat and action more fluid and the characters and story more compelling. For me, it was all about the characters and story. And world building was a big part of that. I wanted dungeons and settings, and stories that made sense and were more than an endless slaughter of monsters and villains, and greedy grabs for gold, weapons, and magic items. I started to mechanize the elements of characters and stories I loved in movies, novels, history, and comic books. Villains with a history and purpose and goals, and dreams, even if those things were based on tropes like hate, revenge, a lust for power or wealth, or fame or world conquest. I loved to play on human vices and virtues, especially when they are misguided or extreme. I didn’t want cookie cutter characters, I wanted characters that could grow into true, epic heroes like those of myths and legends. Heroes like Hercules and King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table. Like Merlin, Gandalf and Frodo, and Conan, and Superman, and Spider-Man and … well, you get the idea.

Before long I was running a very different game with player characters and depth the likes of which had never been seen before. Heroes who faced villains that were as memorable as any Greek myth, Saruman, Moriarty, Lex Luthor, Doctor Doom, or the Green Goblin. Erick Wujcik often said that I wrote some of the greatest villains he’d ever seen. It’s why my Saturday game attracted gamer after gamer, and I finally had to cap the group at 26 regular players. Wild men who dared to drive through a freaking blizzard to make one game. Of course, who am I to call them wild men when I was there to run them through a marathon 17 hour game! It was an epic night of gaming that actually started at 3:00 PM with half the group, joined by the rest at 7:00 PM, and ran till 9 or 10 Sunday morning. God, I love role-playing games! And I love those guys and women and the memories we created together, the lasting friendships we made, the fun we shared.

It all started with Palladium Fantasy. The game that would launch my company and stand the test of time. Wow. I hope that doesn’t sound like bragging. I’m am sincerely and humbly astonished that I made my dreams come true. More importantly, that I have been able to share my dreams, my worlds, my imagination and love for role-playing with millions of you over the years all over the world. Some of you have been inspired to follow your own dreams or have met life-long friends and mates and spun countless hours of fun powered by nothing more than my books and your own imaginations. That’s just … wow. I am humbled and amazed and blessed in ways I never imagined when I conceived my fantasy game and started Palladium Books. And maybe that’s why our RPGs and sourcebooks, new and old, still sing. Because I’m still that kid in a toy store excited to try new things and play around with old favorites. And so are Sean and the rest of Palladium’s creators.

Thank you, Julius, for twisting my arm to play in your fantasy game. You introduced me to one of the greatest loves of my life, role-playing, and gave me an avenue upon which to unleash my fertile imagination and creative energy. What a wonderful life you gave me. Rest in peace, my dear friend. And to you, Erick, and Mom and Dad, and Keith, and all the others who encouraged my mad pursuits and are no longer with us.

Thank you to all the amazing people I have met, and who have encouraged me all these years and still do. Of course, that includes you, our wonderful patrons and fans of Palladium’s games. I continue to create, in part, because of you. You are on my mind as I write every word. I imagine your reactions to the heroes, villains, and challenges as I write them, and that energizes and pushes me to outdo myself. I also continue, in part, because I must. Because I still have thousands of worlds and characters and stories to share. Stories I must tell, because they insist on being told. I thank My Maker for the many gifts kindly bestowed upon me and I try to make good on them all. Thank you each and every one of you for everything that makes my life filled with beauty and excitement and glorious purpose. I am forever blessed and in your debt.

With love and appreciation,

– Kevin Siembieda, Publisher, Writer, & Your Humble Friend

 

NEW! The Palladium Fantasy RPG^® Interactive NPC Sheet

The new Palladium Fantasy RPG® Interactive NPC Sheet is a welcomed and helpful companion to the Palladium Fantasy Interactive Character Sheet by Travis Guerrero offering hundreds of magic spells, psionic powers, 15 inhuman character species, 23 O.C.C.s, 300 magic spells, 20,000 character combinations, and more. It is a Microsoft Excel-based system for creating Non-Player Characters quickly and easily. Once you know the system, you can have NPCs up and ready in minutes! Great for making a quick NPC at the last moment, or saving time when designing the big bad of an adventure.

Features & Benefits:

• Designed to be compatible with the Palladium Fantasy RPG® Interactive Character Sheet.
• 20,000+ preset NPC combinations ready to go in less than a minute when you consider species, attribute, O.C.C., and level options! Many more with additional features and easy customization.
• 15 inhuman Palladium Fantasy races.
• 23 O.C.C.s, plus a few variations for certain O.C.C.s such as single and dual element Warlocks.
• NPCs can be made from Level 1 through Level 15.
• 300+ Wizard and Warlock spells programmed with quick stats.
• 70+ psionics programmed with quick stats, plus options for Minor Psionics.
• Skills, armor, weapons, spells, and psionics are programmed with predetermined selections, and more.
• NPCs can be further customized by changing their standard selections with additional options from Drop Down Lists, and keeping it book legal based on your selections.
• $4.00 – Available at DriveThruRPG.com and at PalladiumBooks.com – Created by Travis Guerrero.
• Instructions on how to use the NPC sheet:
• Tutorial Video (Part 1): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z53WS3n3O6A
• Tutorial Video (Part 2): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GRs7gPVN90

 

Original Palladium Fantasy RPG^® Interactive Character Sheet

The Palladium Fantasy RPG® Interactive Character Sheet is a Microsoft Excel-based character management system. Packed with features and data collected from every official Palladium Fantasy sourcebook, this sheet saves you time and hassle with each character you create. Available now, directly from Palladium Books AND DriveThruRPG.com – this is a digital, online product only.

Features & Benefits:

• The Main Character Sheet Page collects the important data from across multiple tabs and puts it in one place for quick and easy reference.
• Separate sheets examine character construction (worktable), Skills, Magic, Psionics, and Combat in greater detail.
• Built-in leveling system that calculates skill advancement for you!
• Experience Tables for over 80 O.C.C.s already programmed.
• Recognizes the percentages for nearly 150 skills, plus combat bonuses for over 20 Weapon Proficiencies and 7 Hand to Hand styles.
• Calculates the speed and distance a character can run and jump, lift, carry and throw based on character Attributes.
• Add in your own Hand to Hand style, custom Skills, unique Weapon Proficiencies, and Experience Tables.
• Instructions on how to use the sheet included, as well as a video walkthrough below.
• Important Note: This character sheet is built to be used with Microsoft Excel 2010+ and it comes in .XLSX format. Opening this file in other spreadsheet programs is NOT guaranteed to work as intended.
• Watch the Overview video here: https://vimeo.com/322271758

 

Still Hot! Rifts^® Automated Character Sheet for EXCEL

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

• Dice Roller.
• Automated Attributes and Stat Block: All the bonuses and features from attributes are presented in a large stat block allowing you to easily see your bonuses.
• Automated Combat Stats: The main page holds a section where you can pull up data for your various combat stats, from hand to hand abilities such as Strike, Parry, Dodge and Disarm, to W.P. bonuses including those of the W.P. Sharpshooting variety.
• Automated Psionics: All psionics from Rifts® Ultimate Edition, Rifts® World Book 12: Psyscape™ and Rifts® World Book 32: Lemuria can be selected from a dropdown menu.
• Automated Spells: All Common Invocations, Necromancy, Ocean Magic and Biomancy spells, and yes, all the Lemurian Biomancer spells too!
• Automated Skills: All skills from the Rifts® Ultimate Edition, Rifts® World Book 25: China 2 – Heroes of the Celestial Court™ and Rifts® World Book 32: Lemuria can be selected and then automatically add bonuses from prerequisites and related skills.
• And much, much more.
• Note: The file is best used in Microsoft Excel 2016 or above. Some data may be lost if not using Microsoft Excel, such as when using similar products like Open Office.
• Available from PalladiumBooks.com AND DriveThruRPG.com – make those characters!

 

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

By Kevin Siembieda & Sean Owen Roberson

We hope you are all surviving these storms that have been clobbering large swaths of North America. We lost power at home, where Kathy processes orders, two weekends in a row, for 2-3 days at a time. The second storm caused more destruction across our neighborhood and lower Michigan than the previous one. A gigantic tree branch had come down and covered two-thirds of the street in front of our house. When a kindly neighbor offered to chainsaw it into manageable pieces, I accepted. Being the clumsy oaf that I am, I slipped while hauling away branches and fell on my right elbow. It hurt like the dickens, so I was thankful the x-ray showed no fracture, just a sprain that required me to take it easy for a few days. (I usually work the weekends.) And tonight may be more of the same. Ah, winter.

Despite this, we have all been pounding away on several projects including Titan Robotics™, Cyberworks™ Collection, Rifts® Bestiary, along with Rifts® Antarctica, Palladium Fantasy RPG® books, and The Rifter®, among others. Yes, among others. We have a number of projects in production behind the scenes. One I should be able to announce sometime this month. In fact, I am grinding away on it right now. A little something you are not expecting.

 

Two huge SALES continue! One is the GM’s Day Sale on DriveThruRPG.com – their largest sale of the year. A huge 30% discount on most Palladium PDF titles and thousands of downloadable titles from participating publishers continues throughout the weekend. This is a great way to try new settings and build your PDF library. But time is running out, because the sale ends Wednesday morning, March 15th. So don’t wait, order today, before the Ides of March!

 

SALE! Palladium Books G.M.’s Days Sale is the other – In conjunction with the DriveThru event, Palladium is offering its own G.M.s (and players) sale on a wide range of select titles. You all seem to be loving it so we are extending it through the weekend and it too will end Wednesday, March 15. ALL Weapons and Castles titles, select Game Master and adventure titles, including several hardcovers and Rifter® issues await you. See complete details below.

 

UPDATE: Titan Robotics™ Kickstarter. The Backerkit Survey went out and the Pledge Manager and Pre-Order Store all went live in February to great excitement from our Titan Robotics backers. Thank you for your support. If you have not gotten your survey or experiencing any other issues, please let us know via the Kickstarter or the Help Desk. See more details and links below.

 

UPDATE: Rifts® Titan Robotics™ sourcebook. This book is so good! The last piece of art has been assigned as Sean puts in the finishing touches. As he finishes each section, they are being handed off for final proofreading.

 

UPDATE: Cyberworks™ Collection – This is a dynamic collection of Rifts® Sourcebook One, Sourcebook 2: The Mechanoids®, Shemarrian Nation™, and the Archie-3 related material from Rifts® Aftermath all presented as a deluxe hardcover. This is Wayne’s current project. It was first announced in the Titan Robotics™ Kickstarter. Please note that the coveted, Gold Foil hardcover is a signed, limited edition available exclusively to Titan Robotics Kickstarter Backers only, along with the color hardcover and gold foil editions of the Titan Robotics™ sourcebook, so Kickstarter Backers, if you want a copy (or one for your friend) make sure you upgrade your pledge while you still can! Ah, but the Cyberworks Collection will also have a color cover hardcover edition, available now via the Pre-Order Store and to the public after the Kickstarter has been fulfilled and shipped. You will love whichever edition of these two books you may purchase now or later. Of course, we recommend you get them both.

 

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

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

 

NEW! Podcast Interview with Kevin Siembieda. As I mentioned last week, there is a fun and different interview with me and Ali Bushell at The Healer’s Guild – the February 17, 2023 Episode entitled: On pursing passion, falling into stories, and how trauma can break us (but others can heal us). Its focus starts with Rifts® but our talk takes some interesting and personal turns that most interviews do not. I enjoyed making it and hope you enjoy listening to it. The link is below.

https://open.spotify.com/episode/3C80wEi05XMwn8m5F799rt?si=8yMtW0h6TdiH1EqqccSneQ

 

NEWS! Meet Kevin and Sean in person in Ann Arbor, Michigan – March 18. Sean and I will be manning a table at the Ann Arbor District Library on March 18 for the AADL Game Designer Expo, 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM. I believe the event is FREE to the public, so come on over to chat with us and other Michigan designers of all types of games. We are happy to sign any books you bring. And don’t be surprised if you happen to see me or Sean walking around the Chaosium Con, too, also held in Ann Arbor, Michigan, later in April.

 

UPDATE: My eBay Store for collectibles. As promised, Alex and I have continued to add more Robotech® RPG books and negatives, other out of print Palladium titles, first printings, toys, and a couple dozen one-of-a-kind negatives to my eBay store (a bunch of Zentraedi negatives) (http://stores.ebay.com/kevinstoys-artandcollectibles). However, many of these items sell shortly after they get posted, so keep your eyes peeled. We continue to add Palladium collectibles and negatives at least once a week.

 

SALE! Palladium G.M.’s Days Sale

In step with the big DriveThru RPG sale, Palladium is also offering a G.M.’s Days Sale (sweet for players, too). Remember, the books in the Palladium Weapons & Castles series are designed for use with every edition of D&D, Pathfinder, and any role-playing game. While Palladium’s dragons, gods, magic, and characters can be easily adapted, they are most epic in our original settings. Game on!

• ALL Palladium Weapons & Castles Series Titles:
  – Weapons & Armor – 700 real world ancient weapons – swords, battle axes, knives, war hammers, maces, morning stars, pole arms, spears, staves, and more – and 30 suits of armor thru the ages. For use with any game system – historically accurate. Cat. No. 401.
  – Weapons & Castles – 20+ real world, ancient bow weapons, slings, siege weapons, and 15 castles with floor plans. For use with any game system – historically accurate. Cat. No. 402.
  – Weapons & Assassins – Notorious assassins throughout history, their weapons and tricks of the trade; the Order of Assassins, Ninja, and more. For use with any game system – historically accurate. Cat. No. 403.
  – Weapons, Armor & Castles of the Orient – 31 types of weapons and many variants, Samurai armor, 15 other suits of armors, plus helmets, 8 castle floor plans and one city. For use with any game system – historically accurate. Cat. No. 404.
  – Exotic Weapons – Real world blow pipes, tiger claws, battle axes, chakram throwing rings, throwing sticks, African throwing irons, katar, kris, war clubs, swords, pole arms, Lantern Shield, whips, and more. 104 weapons from around the globe. For use with any game system – historically accurate. Cat. No. 409.
  – European Castles – 40+ real world castles and floor plans from across Europe. Each a template to making your own castles. For use with any game system – historically accurate. Cat. No. 410.
  – Compendium of Modern Weapons – Your guide to 20th Century armaments. 450+ weapons from around the world, listed by country and type. 106 small arms – pistols and revolvers, 92 military grade rifles, 68 submachine-guns, 43 anti-tank weapons, 38 hand grenades & pyrotechnic devices, 28 machine-guns, 13 shotguns, plus flamethrowers, anti-aircraft weapons, body armor, EOD, riot control gear, tanks, and more. For use with any game system – historically accurate. Cat. No. 415.
• “Original” Palladium Fantasy RPG® Commemorative “Bonus” Foil Hardcover (1st Edition rules) – It is the original 1st Edition Rules RPG including Tombs of Gersidi™ and the first Fantasy sourcebook: The Arms of Nargash-Tor™. The cover is a classy crimson foil image, imprinted on black faux leatherette to replicate the original red and black RPG fans love. 320 pages – $55 retail – Cat. No. 449HC.
• Palladium Fantasy RPG®, 2nd Edition Hardcover – 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, and so much more. 336 pages – Cat. No. 450HC.
• Palladium Fantasy RPG®, 2nd Edition (Softcover) – A fantasy setting like no other, rich in history and inviting adventure. Human and nonhuman characters, 25+ 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, and so much more. 336 pages – Cat. No. 450.
• Dragons & Gods (Fantasy) – 40 gods, deific powers, 20 demonic lords, 14 dragons, plus Elementals, Rune Weapons and much more. The perfect companion for the Garden of the Gods sourcebook. 232 pages – Cat. No. 451.
• Garden of the Gods (Fantasy) – 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.
• Monsters & Animals™ (Fantasy) – 120+ monsters, 200+ animals, all described, statted and accompanied by maps showing exactly where they can be found in the world. Plus G.M. tips and conversion notes for Mega-Damage settings. Suitable for Palladium Fantasy®, Rifts® and Phase World® (as alien creatures), Heroes Unlimited™ and other settings. 240 pages – Cat. No. 454.
• Heroes Unlimited™ RPG – Create any type of comic book hero you can imagine – psychics, super-powered aliens, mutants, super soldiers, Mega-Heroes, mages, immortals, cyborgs, robots, power armor, weapon masters, and more. 101 super abilities plus a multitude of sub-powers, 72 psychic powers, 100+ magic spells, plus enchanted weapons and objects, robots, weapons and more. 352 pages – Cat. No. 500.
• Heroes Unlimited™ RPG, 2nd Edition Hardcover – Create any type of comic book hero you can imagine and more; same as the softcover in a sturdy, attractive hardcover. A complete RPG – Cat. No. 500HC.
• Heroes Unlimited™ G.M. Guide – 10 full adventures, 25+ NPCs, 70+ magic spells, tips on making and running adventures, Quick Roll Villains, rampage rules, world hot spots, vigilantes, anti-heroes, the law, alignment guidelines, G.M. Tips, and more. 224 pages – Cat. No. 516.
• Nightbane® RPG – Join the secret war against a demonic invasion most people do not even know has taken place. The demonic Nightlords, their evil Dopplegangers and other demon minions are quietly taking over the world, starting with the most powerful nations. The only wrinkle is you must turn into your monstrous supernatural form – your Morphus – to call upon your superhuman and magical powers. Oh, and the government is controlled by the Nightlords, and their shape-changing demonic minions hunt the Nightbane. 240 pages – Cat. No. 730.
• Nightbane® RPG “Bonus” Hardcover – All the same great stuff with the Nightbane, Nightlords, secret demonic invasion, PLUS 60 pages of “bonus” material gathered from The Rifter®. 304 pages – Cat. No. 730HC.
• Nightbane®: Dark Designs™ sourcebook – A guide to creating the Nightbane and a sourcebook for players and Game Masters alike. 18 new and comprehensive Morphus Tables. 60 new Common Talents, 38 new Elite Talents, Transformation Transition Table and more. 160 pages – Cat. No. 736.
• After the Bomb® RPG – Create any anthropomorphic mutant animal from a turtle to an elephant. Use the mutants as modern world heroes, or in the AtB post-apocalypse setting, Rifts®, or just about any setting. 224 pages – Cat. No. 503.
• 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). 296 pages – Cat. No. 503HC.
• Ninjas & Superspies™ RPG – 40+ styles of martial arts, mystic abilities, spies and gadgets. 176 pages – Cat. No. 525.
• 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®. 224 pages – Cat. No. 525HC.
• Rifts® Ultimate Edition RPG – Everything you need to start playing. 376 pages – Cat. No. 800HC.
• Rifts® Game Master Guide – 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 – Cat. No. 845.
• Rifts® Game Master Guide Hardcover – 500+ weapons, 290 pieces of equipment, 180+ vehicles, body armor, power armor and more, same as the softcover in a sturdy, attractive hardcover. 352 pages – Cat. No. 845HC.
• Rifts® Book of Magic – 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 – Cat. No. 848.
• Rifts® Book of Magic Hardcover – Nearly 1,000 magic spells and all the same magic as the softcover in a sturdy, attractive hardcover. 352 pages – Cat. No. 848HC.
• Rifts® Adventure Guide – 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 – Cat. No. 849.
• Rifts® Adventure Guide Hardcover – 150+ adventure ideas and more, same as the softcover in a sturdy, attractive hardcover. 192 pages –   Cat. No. 849HC.
• Rifts® Primer & Adventures – 2 full adventures, 20 adventure hooks, 101 adventures table, and more. 128 pages – Cat. No. 824.
• Rifts® Index Volume One – 40 pages of adventures, 25 Hook, Line & Sinker™ adventures, 5 full adventures involving the Coalition States, and NPCs. Plus an index for Rifts® World Books 1-6, Sourcebooks 1 and 3, Rifts® Conversion Books 1 & 2, Rifts® Mercenaries, Dimension Books 1 and 2, and the original Rifts® RPG. Back after being unavailable for nearly 20 years. 128 pages – Cat. No. 823.
• Rifts® Index Volume Two – 50 pages of adventures, 20+ Hook, Line and Sinker adventures, two full adventures, NPCs, and more. Plus an index for 17 Rifts® titles. 128 pages – Cat. No. 831.
• Wormwood™, Rifts® Dimension Book One – A bizarre world of fantasy and horror. Humans are ruled by demonic beings and dark magic, but there are those who fight against the reigning evil. 30+ horrific monsters, 17 wild O.C.C.s including the Holy Terror, Apok, and Wormspeaker, plus symbiotic magic, symbiotes, crystal magic and more. Based on concepts and art by comic book legends Timothy Truman (Conan, Grimjack) and Flint Henry. Art by Truman, Henry, and others. Written by Kevin Siembieda. Epic. 160 pages – Cat. No. 809.
• The Rifter® #14 – With fun Fantasy, Rifts® and other source material.
• The Rifter® #73 – With fun Fantasy, Rifts® and other source material.
• The Rifter® #82 – With fun Fantasy, Rifts® and other source material, and a tribute to Eric Wujcik.
• The Rifter® #83 – With fun Fantasy, Rifts® and other source material.
• The Rifter® #84 – With fun Fantasy, Rifts® and other source material.
• The Rifter® #85 – With fun Fantasy, Rifts® and other source material.

Note: A similar sale of most Palladium Books PDF titles, including ALL issues of The Rifter® from number one to present, is taking place on DriveThruRPG.com – enjoy.

 

Titan Robotics Backerkit Survey & Pledge Manager

In case you haven’t heard, the Backerkit Survey was mailed out in February, the Pledge Manager is open, and so is the Pre-Order Store. We know most of you have heard, because we have been getting a lot of surveys turned in and people upgrading their pledge and selecting add-ons. Thank you for your support and enthusiasm.

If you have not yet done so, please fill out the survey and start managing your pledge at your earliest convenience. Backers can purchase add-ons and even additional copies of exclusive items that were part of their pledge level like foil hardcovers. A few of you have inquired about upgrading your pledge level; for that, just contact us via Kickstarter direct message and we’ll be happy to help you out on a case-by-case basis. Non-backers can also pre-order select products via the Pre-Order Store.

The Pre-Order Store enables everyone who wants to do so to pre-order a large selection of products. That includes non-exclusive Titan Robotics and Cyberworks products, but anything purchased in the Pre-Order Store will not ship until ALL the Kickstarter items do and that will take a few months. And please note that shipping will not be charged until a later date, when we know the exact cost to ship your order. If you are in the USA and want available products right now, order from the Palladium Books online store as usual.

The Pre-Order Store is huge for gamers in Canada and overseas, because products selected via the Kickstarter or in the Pre-Order Store will ship to them at substantially lower prices than Palladium can normally offer through our web store. This is made possible through the magic of bulk shipping negotiated through our partners at Spiral Galaxy Games (for the UK and EU) and Quartermaster Logistics (for the rest of the world). Please spread the word and take advantage of this shipping opportunity. US backers may see a small savings, as well. Shipping will not be charged until a later date when product is ready to ship and we know the exact cost to ship your rewards.

 

Gen Con G.M.s Needed – Gen Con Game Event Deadline: March 10th

If you are planning to run game events at Gen Con based on any of Palladium Books’ settings, please coordinate with Palladium and get us those descriptions pronto. You get the best attendance for your games if they are submitted early, so please do so. We hope to have a strong presence at Gen Con, and your games help. Plus, by coordinating through Palladium it helps other Game Masters, all games are held in the same gaming area/room, and Palladium provides G.M.s and players special discount coupons redeemable at our booth.

Please reach out and coordinate with Jeff Ruiz (NMI) at nmi {at} thedeificnmi.com

 

NEW! “Original” Beyond the Supernatural^™ RPG “Bonus” Edition Commemorative Hardcover, 1st Edition Rules – available now

Fans are loving the “Original” Beyond the Supernatural RPG (1988) re-release as a commemorative bonus edition hardcover with its 28 iconic monsters, information about ley lines and magic, and more. Made available due to popular demand, the deluxe, commemorative, crimson foil hardcover of the Original Beyond the Supernatural RPG (1988) is back in print for the first time in 25 years. The book is simply entitled “Beyond the Supernatural,” it is gorgeous, and a must for BTS fans.

• Modern horror and adventure.
• The original, 1st Edition BTS rule book exactly as first published, except now as a deluxe hardcover.
• 32 pages of “bonus” material.
• 28 monsters, most of which can be converted to BTS-2 with some work.
• Quick roll villain tables. Weapons and equipment section.
• Random Encounter Tables. Random Creature Creation Tables.
• 4 adventures, 2 adventure outlines, and countless adventure ideas.
• Erick Wujcik’s “Victim Characters” alternative rules for playing classic movie horror and splatter film horror.
• Erick Wujcik’s Game Master Guide to running horror adventures.
• Can be adapted to BTS 2nd edition rules. Though magic and psionics work differently in BTS-2, this is a valuable resource and gaming tool. We recommend you only use O.C.C.s and characters from the BTS Second Edition rule book when playing in the Second Edition setting.
• Probably limited to fewer than 1,000 copies.
• 288 pages of terrifying fun – $55.00 retail – Cat. No. 699HC – Available now.

 

Creature Feature^™ – A Beyond the Supernatural^™ sourcebook – available now

Creature Feature is epic and much more than a monster book. It is filled with adventure, G.M. and player tips, anecdotes, rules clarifications, and more.

• 15 supernatural creatures described in depth. Each creature offers adventure hooks and ideas for more.
• The art of making and running monsters.
• Creature encounter table and tips on making unique creatures.
• Player paranormal investigator background table.
• Game Master source material and tips for running modern horror.
• More world setting and monster hunting lore.
• Rules clarifications and errata.
• A full adventure and numerous adventure suggestions.
• Paranormal encounter ideas, tips, advice, NPCs, and more.
• Written by Steven Dawes, Kevin Siembieda, and others.
• Art by Steven Cummings, Nick Bradshaw, and others.
• 192 pages – $26.99 retail – Cat. No. 704 – Available now.

 

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

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

• The complete, original RPG – the game that started Palladium Books.
• First Edition rules are easily adaptable to current Fantasy titles.
• Includes The Tombs of Gersidi adventure and setting.
• The Arms of Nargash-Tor adventure sourcebook is included as “bonus” material back in print for the first time in 35 years.
• Easily adapted to all 2nd Edition rules and sourcebooks.
• Deluxe hardcover edition. Probably limited to fewer than 1,000 copies.
• 320 pages total with “bonus” material – $55 retail – Cat. No. 449HC – available now!

 

List of Palladium Books^® RPG Hardcovers Available Now

• NEW! “Original” Beyond the Supernatural RPG® Commemorative “Bonus” Foil Hardcover (1st Edition rules) – This is the original 1st Edition rules (1988) in a deluxe hardcover format. The first time ever as a hardcover and includes the original O.C.C.s, monsters, and magic. 28 monsters, adventures, G.M. tips, Erick Wujcik’s infamous “victim character” rules, and 32 bonus pages of adventure material for BTS-2. The cover is a blood red foil image, imprinted on black faux leatherette. 288 pages – $55 retail – Cat. No. 699HC – Available now!
• Beyond the Supernatural™ RPG, 2nd Edition Hardcover – 224 pages – $36.99 – Cat. No. 700HC.
• BACK IN STOCK! “Original” Palladium Fantasy RPG® Commemorative “Bonus” Foil Hardcover (1st Edition rules) – Holiday demand cleaned the shelves of this fan favorite hardcover, but it is back in stock. This is the original 1st Edition Rules RPG including Tombs of Gersidi and the first Fantasy sourcebook: The Arms of Nargash-Tor. The cover is a classy crimson foil image, imprinted on black faux leatherette to replicate the original red and black RPG fans love. 320 pages – $55 retail – Cat. No. 449HC – available now.
• Palladium Fantasy RPG®, 2nd Edition Hardcover – 336 pages – $39.99 – Cat. No. 450HC – Our second best selling new hardcover after the Rifts® 30th Anniversary edition.
• “Original” Rifts® RPG 30th Anniversary Commemorative Hardcover – available now! This collector’s item sports the original Parkinson cover, an additional 32 page color section, history of Rifts®, unpublished concept art, gallery of all Rifts® covers through 2020, and more. Can be used with ALL Rifts® supplements – 288 pages – $49.99 – Cat. No. 800HC30 – Available now.
• Rifts® Ultimate Edition RPG Hardcover – 376 pages – $44.99 – Cat. No. 800HC – epic.
• Rifts® Ultimate Edition “Softcover” is a new format. RUE has only ever been available as a hardcover, and it still is, but it is now also available as a softcover – 376 pages – $34.99 – Cat. No. 800SE.
• Rifts® Game Master Guide Hardcover – 352 pages – $39.99 – Cat. No. 845HC.
• Rifts® Book of Magic Hardcover – available now – BACK in stock – 352 pages – $39.99 – Cat. No. 848HC – available now.
• Rifts® Adventure Guide Hardcover – 192 pages – $36.99 – Cat. No. 849HC.
• Chaos Earth® RPG “Bonus” Edition Hardcover – 192 pages – $36.99 – Cat. No. 660HC – 30 extra pages of bonus material – available now!
• Heroes Unlimited™ RPG, 2nd Edition Hardcover – 352 pages – $39.99 – Cat. No. 500HC.
• Ninjas & Superspies™ RPG “Bonus” Hardcover – available now – BACK in stock – 224 pages – $36.99 – Cat. No. 525HC – includes bonus material – available now.
• After the Bomb® RPG “Bonus” Hardcover – available now – BACK in stock – 296 pages – $39.99 – Cat. No. 503HC – includes bonus material – available now.
• Nightbane® RPG “Bonus” Edition Hardcover – available now – 304 pages – $39.99 – Cat. No. 730HC – 60 extra pages of bonus material – available now.
• Dead Reign® RPG (Zombie Apocalypse) Hardcover – available now – BACK in stock – 224 pages – $36.99 – Cat. No. 230HC – available now.
• Splicers® RPG “Bonus” Edition Hardcover – The Splicers® RPG plus 50 pages of extra material gathered from The Rifter®. 280 pages – $44.99 – Cat. No. 200HC – available now.

 

Notable Palladium Releases – a Megaverse^® of adventure awaits you

• NEW! Palladium Fantasy RPG® Interactive NPC Sheet to help you create monsters and villains quickly. This Excel spreadsheet is available on DriveThruRPG.com and PalladiumBooks.com.
• NEW! “Original” Beyond the Supernatural™ RPG Commemorative “Bonus” Foil Hardcover (1st Edition rules) – described above.
• Beyond the Supernatural™ RPG, 2nd Edition – 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 – Cat. No. 700. Also available as a hardcover edition.
• Creature Feature™, a Beyond the Supernatural™, 2nd Edition Sourcebook – 15 new creatures, rules clarifications, player and Game Master tips, adventure and more – 192 pages – $26.99 retail – Cat. No. 704 – available now.
• Rifts® Coalition Manhunters™ Sourcebook – 224 pages of Coalition data to blow your mind. 80+ new psionic abilities, 9 Manhunter psychic assassins, Psi-Ops thought police, Dog Boys, Kill Hounds, Coalition secrets, and more – 224 pages – Cat. No. 894.
• The Rifter® #85 Annual – Rifts®, Fantasy, and many RPG settings – Cat. No. 185 – Also available as a bookmarked PDF book on DriveThruRPG where it has made the Top 10 Best Sellers List.
• European Castles – 40+ real world castles from across Europe and their actual floor plans whenever available – for use with ANY game system – 48 pages – $10.99 – Cat. No. 410 – available now.
• Exotic Weapons – 100+ strange and exotic weapons from around the globe – for use with ANY game system – 48 pages – $10.99 – Cat. No. 409 – available now.
• The Compendium of Modern Weapons – 450+ real world weapons from around the globe – for use with ANY game system – 176 pages – Cat. No. 415.
• Palladium Fantasy RPG®, 2nd Edition – 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 and potions, and so much more. 336 pages – Cat. No. 450. Also available as a hardcover edition. More than a dozen sourcebooks support this game line.
• Lopan™ (Fantasy) Raw Preview – Cat. No. 476-RAW.
• Land of the South Winds™ (Fantasy) Raw Preview – Cat. No. 477-RAW.
• Heroes Unlimited™ RPG, 2nd Edition – A hit super-hero 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 – Cat. No. 500. Also available as a hardcover edition.
• After the Bomb® RPG – Erick Wujcik’s mutant magnum opus. Create any mutant animal from a turtle to an elephant, animal psionics, animal powers, chimeras, and more. Use the mutants as modern world heroes, or play within the AtB post-apocalypse setting, Rifts®, or just about any setting. 224 pages – Cat. No. 503. Also available as a hardcover edition.
• Ninjas & Superspies™ RPG – 40+ styles of martial arts, mystic abilities, spies, gadgets, and creating secret organizations. 176 pages – Cat. No. 525. Also available as a hardcover edition.
• Dead Reign® RPG – The Zombie Apocalypse unleashed! Can you survive? Play Post-Apocalyptic heroes or ordinary people. Part zombie game, part survival manual. All fun. A great beginner’s game. 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. 224 pages – Cat. No. 230. Also available as a hardcover edition. Sourcebooks expand the world, player options, and adventure ideas as well as present new zombies and dangers.
• Nightbane® RPG – Join the secret war against a demonic invasion most people do not even know has taken place. The demonic Nightlords, their evil Dopplegangers and other demon minions are quietly taking over the world, starting with the most powerful nations. You know it is happening because you are the Nightbane. You can see the true demonic form of these invaders, and you can stop them. The only wrinkle is you must turn into your monstrous supernatural form – your Morphus – to call upon your superhuman and magical powers. Oh, and the government is controlled by the Nightlords and their shape-changing demonic minions hunt the Nightbane. 224 pages – Cat. No. 730. Also available as a hardcover edition.
• And more, like the Rifts® Ultimate Edition (and 90+ Rifts® sourcebooks), Rifts® Chaos Earth®, The Mechanoid Trilogy®, Systems Failure, Splicers®, RECON®, Phase World®, etc.

 

Huge SALE on DriveThruRPG.com – GM’s Day Sale – 30% discount

This huge annual sale provides a 30% discount on most Palladium PDF titles and thousands of downloadable titles from participating publishers. This is a great way to try new settings and build your PDF library. And it’s not just one day, you have till March 15 to enjoy this sale, but don’t wait, order today. Note: A similar sale of select physical books is taking place at PalladiumBooks.com too – enjoy.

 

And speaking of Game Master and player “resources” check out the new interactive character sheet and rediscover the previous ones. We have a Nightbane® interactive character sheet coming soon.

The new Palladium Fantasy RPG® Interactive NPC Sheet is a Microsoft Excel-based system for creating Non-Player Characters quickly and easily. Once you know the system, you can have NPCs up and ready in minutes! Great for making a quick NPC at the last moment, or saving time when designing the big bad of an adventure.

• Design compatible with the Palladium Fantasy RPG® Interactive Character Sheet.
• 20,000+ preset NPC combinations ready to go in less than a minute.
• 15 nonhuman Palladium Fantasy races and 23 O.C.C.s.
• 300+ Wizard and Warlock spells programmed with quick stats.
• 70+ psionics, options for Minor Psionics, and more.
• $4.00 – Available on DriveThruRPG.com and PalladiumBooks.com – Created by Travis Guerrero.

 

Also Available – FREE Creature Feature™ Preview provides you a glimpse of what you will find in this epic book. There also FREE Sneak Previews of Rifts® Coalition Manhunters, Northern Gun 1 & 2, Hell Followed, and select other titles. Those are just some of the 300+ Palladium RPG titles available as PDF books.

No other game company offers game worlds for so many different genres. Best of all, learn to play one Palladium RPG and you can play them all, because each uses the same basic core rules and combat. There are differences, but the fundamentals are the same. This also means you can bring characters, villains, monsters, powers, magic, weapons, gear, and adventure ideas from one setting into another or mash them together!

300+ titles and nearly every game genre available now – and more is coming. Discover the Palladium Megaverse® right now.

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

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

– The Rifter® #1-85. Each issue is a wealth of source material for Rifts® and 3-5 other Palladium game settings. More than 8,600 pages of source material and counting. Most issues are only available in digital form.

– Palladium Fantasy RPG® titles. A rich, original setting in which you can play humans or any number of nonhuman species of people in a world of magic, heroes and wonder. All of it epic.

– Dead Reign® RPG and sourcebooks. The Zombie Apocalypse unleashed. A great introductory RPG that is surprisingly uplifting, fun, fast, and easy to learn.

– Heroes Unlimited™ RPG Second Edition titles. Create any type of superhuman you can imagine to build your own super-hero universe.

– After the Bomb® RPG and sourcebooks. Play anthropomorphic, intelligent, mutant animals as crime-fighting mutants and super-heroes or survivors of a crumbling post-apocalyptic Earth.

– Ninjas & Superspies™ RPG and the Mystic China™ sourcebook. 41 types of martial arts, ninjas, super-spies, gizmos, mystic powers, and magic in the main book, plus even more in Mystic China.

– Nightbane® RPG and sourcebooks. Only you know the truth. Only you can see the Nightlords and their demonic minions, and you have the power to stop them. But you must transform into a monster yourself in order to use your powers. Trust no one.

– Beyond the Supernatural™ RPG and sourcebooks. Modern horror; 14 character classes, 42 occupations for “ordinary people,” 100+ psychic abilities, 16 monsters, and more.

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

 

FUN Podcast Adventures

Heroes Unlimited Christmas Special and the recent Cozy Caverns Beyond the Supernatural RPG adventure podcasts from the creative minds at www.realplaygamespod.com. These fun podcasts are created by Palladium fans like you.

 

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

I am adding new collectibles and Palladium negatives over the next several weeks, so check ‘em out. Alex and I will try to post new items on a regular basis, so check in every week or so to see what’s new.

One-of-a-kind Palladium Books negatives (special and rare collectibles). Negatives are always very popular items at the Palladium Open House, Gen Con, and conventions, and are catching on as rare collectibles, unique in and of themselves. Before digital printing, pages of a book were laid out by hand on a board, and each page was photographed. The plastic film negatives were then “ganged” on a massive sheet of Mylar, 16 pages per big sheet, and the printing plates were made from the negatives – everything white, printing black. We have been cutting them loose and making them available to you. I am only keeping a few dozen pages of negatives and a few complete books for myself, the rest are all being slowly offered to you, in no particular order.

• Each is truly unique, attractive, and fun to have.
• Own a piece of Palladium Books and RPG history you will treasure.
• Each was used to print the very book you may have in your collection (1981-2004).
• Each signed in silver ink by Kevin Siembieda, the founder and owner of Palladium Books. He is also the game designer and often the author or co-author of the book from which the negative originates. And some negatives bear his artwork.
• Each signed negative comes with a Certificate of Authenticity.
• Each signed negative is a one-of-a-kind work of art (on rare occasions, two-of-a-kind if a page or section of pages were replaced or a second edition was made) that resembles woodcut art, and a very dynamic conversation piece.
• Each signed negative is on a white board inside a clear plastic bag.
• Negatives looks fabulous matted or framed! Fits in an 8×10 inch matt opening. Each neg is roughly 8½ x 11 inches.
• Prices vary depending on the title, the art, and quality of the negative. Note: Many have scratches, or blemishes, and/or an opaque medium on the negative. Still, they look great and are a piece of RPG history. We recommend you carefully examine the photographs of each item to avoid disappointment.
• We have been making the negatives available, in no particular order, for a number of years, and will continue to do so. However, cutting them loose, signing and bagging is a time consuming process.
• Note: The negatives from the TMNT RPG, TMNT Adventures, and some Rifts® titles are already sold out. Moreover, the negatives from many titles were destroyed, so when you see one you like, get it when you can. Enjoy.

Original art – My Ebay store is one of the few places where you can find original artwork by me (Kevin Siembieda), Kevin Long, Charles Walton, and others, as well as one-of-a-kind negatives from classic Palladium books (they look awesome framed), and other Palladium memorabilia. Some are concept sketches, others are finished works of art, as well as a selection of prints and posters.

Other collectibles include art prints, posters, comic books, Palladium limited edition hardcovers, out of print items, signed books, one-of-a-kind proofreader copies, Star Wars toys, superhero action figures, and many other toys and items from my personal collection. Yeah, I used to be a crazy toy and art collector. 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.

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

 

Closing Thoughts – Anticipation and Fun

We are all consumed with getting books finished and sent to the printer. You already know from the last Weekly Update there are crazy levels of enthusiasm at the Palladium offices as we get closer and closer on releases of upcoming books. Each one of us is working on one book release or another, and Alex is editing everything we throw his way. We’ll probably bring in Matthew Clements to do some editing and proofreading as well. Meanwhile, the handful of artists pounding away on some of the current and behind the scenes projects are blowing our minds. Which, of course, only inspires us all the more.

We’re having a blast upping our game conceptually as well as in the areas of writing and visuals. My mandate for a while now has been to push the envelope, and everyone is answering the challenge. And that includes artists as well as writers. You’ll see some of that soon with these upcoming releases.

For those of you curious about behind the scenes action, Sean continues to be a great fit at Palladium and a huge asset. We get along famously and are usually on the same page on just about everything. We retain our Vulcan-like mind bond (or is it more like a Borg hive mind?) when it comes to most things Palladium. We inflame each other’s imaginations whenever we talk about creative matters and book concepts. We’ve been told we finish each other’ sentences. Heck, when we are on fire spitting out ideas, half the time we don’t even need to finish our sentences because the other person gets it before the other guy finishes talking about it. Wild, right? And fun as hell. There is a lot of: “Yes. Yes. Perfect. Great idea! I understand completely. Do it!” And, “I love it. But wait! What if we did this or that, instead?” “Have you considered (add 10 ideas here).” “No! That’s a great idea! Do it. Of course, you should put it in the book.” There are moments when we just have to end a high-concept discussion – which can get started out of thin air at the drop of a hat – so we can jot down the barrage of ideas already discussed. Or because we need to finish our current projects. It’s exhilarating and rare.

We’ll talk about why we think our teamwork is so dynamic in an upcoming interview, but here are a few quick thoughts on the subject from me. Sean and I share a lot of the same sources of inspiration when it comes to movies, TV shows, books, comics, games, and history. We both love history. Thus, there is this short-hand of references we each get instantly. There’s a book that a handful of writers have taken a shot at, but I was telling Sean about how I see the book and he got it instantly and on a level no one else has ever gotten. Not only that, he’s yelling, “That’s fantastic, Kevin! You need to make sure that vision makes it onto the page. You need to write that book. Damn, I need to free you up so you can write the books only you can write.” (I want that too!) There’s that high-powered enthusiasm again. Sean and I are both extremely passionate and vocal about our love for RPGs, Palladium, writing, storytelling, lore, setting, big concepts, and pushing them to the limit – Palladium style. And he knows Rifts® and most of Palladium’s game settings as well as I do. Knows them and truly loves them. We also see eye-to-eye on building upon the legacy that’s already established.

It’s not just like-minded thinking and heartfelt passion, we compliment each other’s strengths and compensate for each other’s weaknesses. A near perfect partnership on so many levels. And the guy to keep Palladium rolling for another generation or two.

We both feel like our imaginations are unchained and we can do anything. We both see infinite possibilities and the sky is the limit. And those feelings are infectious. We’re seeing it in the artwork and submissions we’re getting.

We have already enjoyed positive feedback from Creature Feature, Coalition Manhunters, The Rifter® #85, the hardcover editions, and the Kickstarter, and they are just the tip of the iceberg. We can’t wait for you to see what’s coming and how we are elevating our creativity and presentation to take it all to the next level.

Sorry, didn’t mean to rant. Just feeling positive and excited. [Me too! – Sean] Please enjoy the big sales at the Palladium web store and on DriveThruRPG.com, check out the items in the BackerKit Pre-Order Store, and spread the word so Palladium fans do not miss out on products they may want badly. That goes for you too. Until next time, be good to others, be good to yourself, and keep those magnificent imaginations burning bright.

– Kevin Siembieda, Publisher, Writer, & Friend

 

NEW! The Palladium Fantasy RPG^® Interactive NPC Sheet

The new Palladium Fantasy RPG® Interactive NPC Sheet is a welcomed and helpful companion to the Palladium Fantasy Interactive Character Sheet by Travis Guerrero offering hundreds of magic spells, psionic powers, 15 inhuman character species, 23 O.C.C.s, 300 magic spells, 20,000 character combinations, and more. It is a Microsoft Excel-based system for creating Non-Player Characters quickly and easily. Once you know the system, you can have NPCs up and ready in minutes! Great for making a quick NPC at the last moment, or saving time when designing the big bad of an adventure.

Features & Benefits:

• Designed to be compatible with the Palladium Fantasy RPG® Interactive Character Sheet.
• 20,000+ preset NPC combinations ready to go in less than a minute when you consider species, attribute, O.C.C., and level options! Many more with additional features and easy customization.
• 15 inhuman Palladium Fantasy races.
• 23 O.C.C.s, plus a few variations for certain O.C.C.s such as single and dual element Warlocks.
• NPCs can be made from Level 1 through Level 15.
• 300+ Wizard and Warlock spells programmed with quick stats.
• 70+ psionics programmed with quick stats, plus options for Minor Psionics.
• Skills, armor, weapons, spells, and psionics are programmed with predetermined selections, and more.
• NPCs can be further customized by changing their standard selections with additional options from Drop Down Lists, and keeping it book legal based on your selections.
• $4.00 – Available at DriveThruRPG.com and at PalladiumBooks.com – Created by Travis Guerrero.
• Instructions on how to use the NPC sheet:
• Tutorial Video (Part 1): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z53WS3n3O6A
• Tutorial Video (Part 2): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GRs7gPVN90

 

Original Palladium Fantasy RPG^® Interactive Character Sheet

The Palladium Fantasy RPG® Interactive Character Sheet is a Microsoft Excel-based character management system. Packed with features and data collected from every official Palladium Fantasy sourcebook, this sheet saves you time and hassle with each character you create. Available now, directly from Palladium Books AND DriveThruRPG.com – this is a digital, online product only.

Features & Benefits:

• The Main Character Sheet Page collects the important data from across multiple tabs and puts it in one place for quick and easy reference.
• Separate sheets examine character construction (worktable), Skills, Magic, Psionics, and Combat in greater detail.
• Built-in leveling system that calculates skill advancement for you!
• Experience Tables for over 80 O.C.C.s already programmed.
• Recognizes the percentages for nearly 150 skills, plus combat bonuses for over 20 Weapon Proficiencies and 7 Hand to Hand styles.
• Calculates the speed and distance a character can run and jump, lift, carry and throw based on character Attributes.
• Add in your own Hand to Hand style, custom Skills, unique Weapon Proficiencies, and Experience Tables.
• Instructions on how to use the sheet included, as well as a video walkthrough below.
• Important Note: This character sheet is built to be used with Microsoft Excel 2010+ and it comes in .XLSX format. Opening this file in other spreadsheet programs is NOT guaranteed to work as intended.
• Watch the Overview video here: https://vimeo.com/322271758

 

Still Hot! Rifts^® Automated Character Sheet for EXCEL

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

• Dice Roller.
• Automated Attributes and Stat Block: All the bonuses and features from attributes are presented in a large stat block allowing you to easily see your bonuses.
• Automated Combat Stats: The main page holds a section where you can pull up data for your various combat stats, from hand to hand abilities such as Strike, Parry, Dodge and Disarm, to W.P. bonuses including those of the W.P. Sharpshooting variety.
• Automated Psionics: All psionics from Rifts® Ultimate Edition, Rifts® World Book 12: Psyscape™ and Rifts® World Book 32: Lemuria can be selected from a dropdown menu.
• Automated Spells: All Common Invocations, Necromancy, Ocean Magic and Biomancy spells, and yes, all the Lemurian Biomancer spells too!
• Automated Skills: All skills from the Rifts® Ultimate Edition, Rifts® World Book 25: China 2 – Heroes of the Celestial Court™ and Rifts® World Book 32: Lemuria can be selected and then automatically add bonuses from prerequisites and related skills.
• And much, much more.
• Note: The file is best used in Microsoft Excel 2016 or above. Some data may be lost if not using Microsoft Excel, such as when using similar products like Open Office.
• Available from PalladiumBooks.com AND DriveThruRPG.com – make those characters!

 

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

By Kevin Siembieda & Sean Owen Roberson

Hello, my fellow travelers of the Megaverse®. The dog days of winter are drawing to a close and spring is almost here! I know, wishful thinking. There’s 3 weeks of winter ahead of us. I just thought positive thinking might keep us warm and safe as the next storm bears down on us tomorrow. Weather predictors don’t know whether we’ll be seeing 4-8 inches of snow or a mix of snow, sleet, and rain like last week’s storm. I hope not. We lost power along with 700,000 other Michiganders. Whatever happens, we will continue to pound away on books.

Huge SALE! The GM’s Day Sale is DriveThruRPG.com largest sale of the year! Huge 30% discount on most Palladium PDF titles and thousands of downloadable titles from participating publishers. This is a great way to try new settings and build your PDF library. And it’s not just one day, you have till March 15 to enjoy this sale, but don’t wait, order today.

NEW! Palladium Books G.M.’s Days Sale – In conjunction with the DriveThru event, Palladium is offering its own G.M.s (and players) sale on a wide range of select titles. ALL Weapons and Castles titles, select Game Master and adventure titles, including several hardcovers and Rifter® issues. See complete details below.

UPDATE: Titan Robotics™ Kickstarter. The Backerkit Survey went out and the Pledge Manager and Pre-Order Store all went live last week to great excitement and positivity from our Titan Robotics backers. Thank you for your support. See more details and links below.

UPDATE: Rifts® Titan Robotics™ sourcebook. Sean is writing and editing the final updates on RTR right now. Wayne is busy on the final layout of the Cyberworks™ Collection, and the card deck is done. I think we’re as excited as you are as it gets closer to completion.

UPDATE: Other books and projects. There are a lot of them in development or in one phase or another of completion. Besides Titan Robotics, Sean and I have been orchestrating artwork and development on three Rifts® titles, first and foremost, Rifts® Bestiary, along with Rifts® Antarctica, Palladium Fantasy RPG® books, The Rifter®, and … I’d better shut up now before I say too much.

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

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

NEW! Podcast Interview with Kevin Siembieda. As I mentioned last week, there is a fun and different interview with me and Ali Bushell at The Healer’s Guild – the February 17, 2023 Episode entitled: On pursing passion, falling into stories, and how trauma can break us (but others can heal us). Its focus starts with Rifts® but our talk takes some interesting and personal turns that most interviews do not. I enjoyed making it and hope you enjoy listening to it. The link is below.

https://open.spotify.com/episode/3C80wEi05XMwn8m5F799rt?si=8yMtW0h6TdiH1EqqccSneQ

NEWS! Meet Kevin and Sean in person in Ann Arbor, Michigan – March 18. Sean and I will be manning a table at the Ann Arbor District Library on March 18 for the AADL Game Designer Expo, 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM. I believe the event is FREE to the public, so come on over to chat with us and other Michigan designers of all types of games. We are happy to sign any books you bring. And don’t be surprised if you happen to see me or Sean walking around the Chaosium Con, too, also held in Ann Arbor, Michigan, later in April.

UPDATE: My eBay Store for collectibles. As promised, Alex and I have continued to add more Robotech® RPG books and negatives, other out of print Palladium titles, first printings, toys, and a couple dozen one-of-a-kind negatives to my eBay store (a bunch of Zentraedi negatives) (http://stores.ebay.com/kevinstoys-artandcollectibles). However, many of these items sell shortly after they get posted, so keep your eyes peeled. We continue to add Palladium collectibles and negatives at least once a week.

SALE! Palladium G.M.’s Days Sale

In step with the big DriveThru RPG sale, Palladium is also offering a G.M.’s Days Sale (sweet for players, too). Remember, the books in the Palladium Weapons & Castles series are designed for use with every edition of D&D, Pathfinder, and any role-playing game. While Palladium’s dragons, gods, magic, and characters can be easily adapted, they are most epic in our original settings. Game on!

• ALL Palladium Weapons & Castles Series Titles:
  
  – Weapons & Armor – 700 real world ancient weapons – swords, battle axes, knives, war hammers, maces, morning stars, pole arms, spears, staves, and more – and 30 suits of armor thru the ages. For use with any game system – historically accurate. Cat. No. 401.
  – Weapons & Castles – 20+ real world, ancient bow weapons, slings, siege weapons, and 15 castles with floor plans. For use with any game system – historically accurate. Cat. No. 402.
  – Weapons & Assassins – Notorious assassins throughout history, their weapons and tricks of the trade; the Order of Assassins, Ninja, and more. For use with any game system – historically accurate. Cat. No. 403.
  – Weapons, Armor & Castles of the Orient – 31 types of weapons and many variants, Samurai armor, 15 other suits of armors, plus helmets, 8 castle floor plans and one city. For use with any game system – historically accurate. Cat. No. 404.
  – Exotic Weapons – Real world blow pipes, tiger claws, battle axes, chakram throwing rings, throwing sticks, African throwing irons, katar, kris, war clubs, swords, pole arms, Lantern Shield, whips, and more. 104 weapons from around the globe. For use with any game system – historically accurate. Cat. No. 409.
  – European Castles – 40+ real world castles and floor plans from across Europe. Each a template to making your own castles. For use with any game system – historically accurate. Cat. No. 410.
  – Compendium of Modern Weapons – Your guide to 20th Century armaments. 450+ weapons from around the world, listed by country and type. 106 small arms – pistols and revolvers, 92 military grade rifles, 68 submachine-guns, 43 anti-tank weapons, 38 hand grenades & pyrotechnic devices, 28 machine-guns, 13 shotguns, plus flamethrowers, anti-aircraft weapons, body armor, EOD, riot control gear, tanks, and more. For use with any game system – historically accurate. Cat. No. 415.
• “Original” Palladium Fantasy RPG® Commemorative “Bonus” Foil Hardcover (1st Edition rules) – It is the original 1st Edition Rules RPG including Tombs of Gersidi™ and the first Fantasy sourcebook: The Arms of Nargash-Tor™. The cover is a classy crimson foil image, imprinted on black faux leatherette to replicate the original red and black RPG fans love. 320 pages – $55 retail – Cat. No. 449HC.
• Palladium Fantasy RPG®, 2nd Edition Hardcover – 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, and so much more. 336 pages – Cat. No. 450HC.
• Palladium Fantasy RPG®, 2nd Edition (Softcover) – A fantasy setting like no other, rich in history and inviting adventure. Human and nonhuman characters, 25+ 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, and so much more. 336 pages – Cat. No. 450.
• Dragons & Gods (Fantasy) – 40 gods, deific powers, 20 demonic lords, 14 dragons, plus Elementals, Rune Weapons and much more. The perfect companion for the Garden of the Gods sourcebook. 232 pages – Cat. No. 451.
• Garden of the Gods (Fantasy) – 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.
• Monsters & Animals™ (Fantasy) – 120+ monsters, 200+ animals, all described, statted and accompanied by maps showing exactly where they can be found in the world. Plus G.M. tips and conversion notes for Mega-Damage settings. Suitable for Palladium Fantasy®, Rifts® and Phase World® (as alien creatures), Heroes Unlimited™ and other settings. 240 pages – Cat. No. 454.
• Heroes Unlimited™ RPG – Create any type of comic book hero you can imagine – psychics, super-powered aliens, mutants, super soldiers, Mega-Heroes, mages, immortals, cyborgs, robots, power armor, weapon masters, and more. 101 super abilities plus a multitude of sub-powers, 72 psychic powers, 100+ magic spells, plus enchanted weapons and objects, robots, weapons and more. 352 pages – Cat. No. 500.
• Heroes Unlimited™ RPG, 2nd Edition Hardcover – Create any type of comic book hero you can imagine and more; same as the softcover in a sturdy, attractive hardcover. A complete RPG – Cat. No. 500HC.
• Heroes Unlimited™ G.M. Guide – 10 full adventures, 25+ NPCs, 70+ magic spells, tips on making and running adventures, Quick Roll Villains, rampage rules, world hot spots, vigilantes, anti-heroes, the law, alignment guidelines, G.M. Tips, and more. 224 pages – Cat. No. 516.
• Nightbane® RPG – Join the secret war against a demonic invasion most people do not even know has taken place. The demonic Nightlords, their evil Dopplegangers and other demon minions are quietly taking over the world, starting with the most powerful nations. The only wrinkle is you must turn into your monstrous supernatural form – your Morphus – to call upon your superhuman and magical powers. Oh, and the government is controlled by the Nightlords, and their shape-changing demonic minions hunt the Nightbane. 240 pages – Cat. No. 730.
• Nightbane® RPG “Bonus” Hardcover – All the same great stuff with the Nightbane, Nightlords, secret demonic invasion, PLUS 60 pages of “bonus” material gathered from The Rifter®. 304 pages – Cat. No. 730HC.
• Nightbane®: Dark Designs™ sourcebook – A guide to creating the Nightbane and a sourcebook for players and Game Masters alike. 18 new and comprehensive Morphus Tables. 60 new Common Talents, 38 new Elite Talents, Transformation Transition Table and more. 160 pages – Cat. No. 736.
• After the Bomb® RPG – Create any anthropomorphic mutant animal from a turtle to an elephant. Use the mutants as modern world heroes, or in the AtB post-apocalypse setting, Rifts®, or just about any setting. 224 pages – Cat. No. 503.
• 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). 296 pages – Cat. No. 503HC.
• Ninjas & Superspies™ RPG – 40+ styles of martial arts, mystic abilities, spies and gadgets. 176 pages – Cat. No. 525.
• 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®. 224 pages – Cat. No. 525HC.
• Rifts® Ultimate Edition RPG – Everything you need to start playing. 376 pages – Cat. No. 800HC.
• Rifts® Game Master Guide – 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 – Cat. No. 845.
• Rifts® Game Master Guide Hardcover – 500+ weapons, 290 pieces of equipment, 180+ vehicles, body armor, power armor and more, same as the softcover in a sturdy, attractive hardcover. 352 pages – Cat. No. 845HC.
• Rifts® Book of Magic – 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 – Cat. No. 848.
• Rifts® Book of Magic Hardcover – Nearly 1,000 magic spells and all the same magic as the softcover in a sturdy, attractive hardcover. 352 pages – Cat. No. 848HC.
• Rifts® Adventure Guide – 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 – Cat. No. 849.
• Rifts® Adventure Guide Hardcover – 150+ adventure ideas and more, same as the softcover in a sturdy, attractive hardcover. 192 pages –   Cat. No. 849HC.
• Rifts® Primer & Adventures – 2 full adventures, 20 adventure hooks, 101 adventures table, and more. 128 pages – Cat. No. 824.
• Rifts® Index Volume One – 40 pages of adventures, 25 Hook, Line & Sinker™ adventures, 5 full adventures involving the Coalition States, and NPCs. Plus an index for Rifts® World Books 1-6, Sourcebooks 1 and 3, Rifts® Conversion Books 1 & 2, Rifts® Mercenaries, Dimension Books 1 and 2, and the original Rifts® RPG. Back after being unavailable for nearly 20 years. 128 pages – Cat. No. 823.
• Rifts® Index Volume Two – 50 pages of adventures, 20+ Hook, Line and Sinker adventures, two full adventures, NPCs, and more. Plus an index for 17 Rifts® titles. 128 pages – Cat. No. 831.
• Wormwood™, Rifts® Dimension Book One – A bizarre world of fantasy and horror. Humans are ruled by demonic beings and dark magic, but there are those who fight against the reigning evil. 30+ horrific monsters, 17 wild O.C.C.s including the Holy Terror, Apok, and Wormspeaker, plus symbiotic magic, symbiotes, crystal magic and more. Based on concepts and art by comic book legends Timothy Truman (Conan, Grimjack) and Flint Henry. Art by Truman, Henry, and others. Written by Kevin Siembieda. Epic. 160 pages – Cat. No. 809.
• The Rifter® #14 – With fun Fantasy, Rifts® and other source material.
• The Rifter® #73 – With fun Fantasy, Rifts® and other source material.
• The Rifter® #82 – With fun Fantasy, Rifts® and other source material, and a tribute to Eric Wujcik.
• The Rifter® #83 – With fun Fantasy, Rifts® and other source material.
• The Rifter® #84 – With fun Fantasy, Rifts® and other source material.
• The Rifter® #85 – With fun Fantasy, Rifts® and other source material.

Note: A similar sale of PDF books and ALL issues of The Rifter® from number one to present, is taking place on DriveThruRPG.com – enjoy.

Titan Robotics Backerkit Survey & Pledge Manager

In case you haven’t heard, the Backerkit Survey was mailed out last week, the Pledge Manager is open, and so is the Pre-Order Store. We know most of you have heard, because we have been getting a lot of surveys turned in and people upgrading their pledge and selecting add-ons. Thank you for your support and enthusiasm.

If you have not yet done so, please fill out the survey and start managing your pledge at your earliest convenience. Backers can purchase add-ons and even additional copies of exclusive items that were part of their pledge level like foil hardcovers. A few of you have inquired about upgrading your pledge level; for that, just contact us via Kickstarter direct message and we’ll be happy to help you out on a case-by-case basis. Non-backers can also pre-order select products via the Pre-Order Store.

The Pre-Order Store enables everyone who wants to do so to pre-order a large selection of products. That includes non-exclusive Titan Robotics and Cyberworks products, but anything purchased in the Pre-Order Store will not ship until ALL the Kickstarter items do and that will take a few months. And please note that shipping will not be charged until a later date, when we know the exact cost to ship your order. If you are in the USA and want available products right now, order from the Palladium Books online store as usual.

The Pre-Order Store is huge for gamers in Canada and overseas, because products selected via the Kickstarter or in the Pre-Order Store will ship to them at substantially lower prices than Palladium can normally offer through our web store. This is made possible through the magic of bulk shipping negotiated through our partners at Spiral Galaxy Games (for the UK and EU) and Quartermaster Logistics (for the rest of the world). Please spread the word and take advantage of this shipping opportunity. US backers may see a small savings, as well. Shipping will not be charged until a later date when product is ready to ship and we know the exact cost to ship your rewards.

Gen Con G.M.s Needed – Gen Con Game Event Deadline: March 10th

If you are planning to run game events at Gen Con based on any of Palladium Books’ settings, please coordinate with Palladium and get us those descriptions pronto. You get the best attendance for your games if they are submitted early, so please do so. We hope to have a strong presence at Gen Con, and your games help. Plus, by coordinating through Palladium it helps other Game Masters, all games are held in the same gaming area/room, and Palladium provides G.M.s and players special discount coupons redeemable at our booth.

Please reach out and coordinate with Jeff Ruiz (NMI) at nmi {at} thedeificnmi.com

NEW! “Original” Beyond the Supernatural^™ RPG “Bonus” Edition Commemorative Hardcover, 1st Edition Rules – available now

Fans are loving the “Original” Beyond the Supernatural RPG (1988) re-release as a commemorative bonus edition hardcover with its 28 iconic monsters, information about ley lines and magic, and more. Made available due to popular demand, the deluxe, commemorative, crimson foil hardcover of the Original Beyond the Supernatural RPG (1988) is back in print for the first time in 25 years. The book is simply entitled “Beyond the Supernatural,” it is gorgeous, and a must for BTS fans.

• Modern horror and adventure.
• The original, 1st Edition BTS rule book exactly as first published, except now as a deluxe hardcover.
• 32 pages of “bonus” material.
• 28 monsters, most of which can be converted to BTS-2 with some work.
• Quick roll villain tables. Weapons and equipment section.
• Random Encounter Tables. Random Creature Creation Tables.
• 4 adventures, 2 adventure outlines, and countless adventure ideas.
• Erick Wujcik’s “Victim Characters” alternative rules for playing classic movie horror and splatter film horror.
• Erick Wujcik’s Game Master Guide to running horror adventures.
• Can be adapted to BTS 2nd edition rules. Though magic and psionics work differently in BTS-2, this is a valuable resource and gaming tool. We recommend you only use O.C.C.s and characters from the BTS Second Edition rule book when playing in the Second Edition setting.
• Probably limited to fewer than 1,000 copies.
• 288 pages of terrifying fun – $55.00 retail – Cat. No. 699HC – Available now.

Creature Feature^™ – A Beyond the Supernatural^™ sourcebook – available now

Creature Feature is epic and much more than a monster book. It is filled with adventure, G.M. and player tips, anecdotes, rules clarifications, and more.

• 15 supernatural creatures described in depth. Each creature offers adventure hooks and ideas for more.
• The art of making and running monsters.
• Creature encounter table and tips on making unique creatures.
• Player paranormal investigator background table.
• Game Master source material and tips for running modern horror.
• More world setting and monster hunting lore.
• Rules clarifications and errata.
• A full adventure and numerous adventure suggestions.
• Paranormal encounter ideas, tips, advice, NPCs, and more.
• Written by Steven Dawes, Kevin Siembieda, and others.
• Art by Steven Cummings, Nick Bradshaw, and others.
• 192 pages – $26.99 retail – Cat. No. 704 – Available now.

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

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

• The complete, original RPG – the game that started Palladium Books.
• First Edition rules are easily adaptable to current Fantasy titles.
• Includes The Tombs of Gersidi adventure and setting.
• The Arms of Nargash-Tor adventure sourcebook is included as “bonus” material back in print for the first time in 35 years.
• Easily adapted to all 2nd Edition rules and sourcebooks.
• Deluxe hardcover edition. Probably limited to fewer than 1,000 copies.
• 320 pages total with “bonus” material – $55 retail – Cat. No. 449HC – available now!

List of Palladium Books^® RPG Hardcovers Available Now

• NEW! “Original” Beyond the Supernatural RPG® Commemorative “Bonus” Foil Hardcover (1st Edition rules) – This is the original 1st Edition rules (1988) in a deluxe hardcover format. The first time ever as a hardcover and includes the original O.C.C.s, monsters, and magic. 28 monsters, adventures, G.M. tips, Erick Wujcik’s infamous “victim character” rules, and 32 bonus pages of adventure material for BTS-2. The cover is a blood red foil image, imprinted on black faux leatherette. 288 pages – $55 retail – Cat. No. 699HC – Available now!
• Beyond the Supernatural™ RPG, 2nd Edition Hardcover – 224 pages – $36.99 – Cat. No. 700HC.
• BACK IN STOCK! “Original” Palladium Fantasy RPG® Commemorative “Bonus” Foil Hardcover (1st Edition rules) – Holiday demand cleaned the shelves of this fan favorite hardcover, but it is back in stock. This is the original 1st Edition Rules RPG including Tombs of Gersidi and the first Fantasy sourcebook: The Arms of Nargash-Tor. The cover is a classy crimson foil image, imprinted on black faux leatherette to replicate the original red and black RPG fans love. 320 pages – $55 retail – Cat. No. 449HC – available now.
• Palladium Fantasy RPG®, 2nd Edition Hardcover – 336 pages – $39.99 – Cat. No. 450HC – Our second best selling new hardcover after the Rifts® 30th Anniversary edition.
• “Original” Rifts® RPG 30th Anniversary Commemorative Hardcover – available now! This collector’s item sports the original Parkinson cover, an additional 32 page color section, history of Rifts®, unpublished concept art, gallery of all Rifts® covers through 2020, and more. Can be used with ALL Rifts® supplements – 288 pages – $49.99 – Cat. No. 800HC30 – Available now.
• Rifts® Ultimate Edition RPG Hardcover – 376 pages – $44.99 – Cat. No. 800HC – epic.
• Rifts® Ultimate Edition “Softcover” is a new format. RUE has only ever been available as a hardcover, and it still is, but it is now also available as a softcover – 376 pages – $34.99 – Cat. No. 800SE.
• Rifts® Game Master Guide Hardcover – 352 pages – $39.99 – Cat. No. 845HC.
• Rifts® Book of Magic Hardcover – available now – BACK in stock – 352 pages – $39.99 – Cat. No. 848HC – available now.
• Rifts® Adventure Guide Hardcover – 192 pages – $36.99 – Cat. No. 849HC.
• Chaos Earth® RPG “Bonus” Edition Hardcover – 192 pages – $36.99 – Cat. No. 660HC – 30 extra pages of bonus material – available now!
• Heroes Unlimited™ RPG, 2nd Edition Hardcover – 352 pages – $39.99 – Cat. No. 500HC.
• Ninjas & Superspies™ RPG “Bonus” Hardcover – available now – BACK in stock – 224 pages – $36.99 – Cat. No. 525HC – includes bonus material – available now.
• After the Bomb® RPG “Bonus” Hardcover – available now – BACK in stock – 296 pages – $39.99 – Cat. No. 503HC – includes bonus material – available now.
• Nightbane® RPG “Bonus” Edition Hardcover – available now – 304 pages – $39.99 – Cat. No. 730HC – 60 extra pages of bonus material – available now.
• Dead Reign® RPG (Zombie Apocalypse) Hardcover – available now – BACK in stock – 224 pages – $36.99 – Cat. No. 230HC – available now.
• Splicers® RPG “Bonus” Edition Hardcover – The Splicers® RPG plus 50 pages of extra material gathered from The Rifter®. 280 pages – $44.99 – Cat. No. 200HC – available now.

Notable Palladium Releases – a Megaverse^® of adventure awaits you

• NEW! Palladium Fantasy RPG® Interactive NPC Sheet to help you create monsters and villains quickly. This Excel spreadsheet is available on DriveThruRPG.com and PalladiumBooks.com.
• NEW! “Original” Beyond the Supernatural™ RPG Commemorative “Bonus” Foil Hardcover (1st Edition rules) – described above.
• Beyond the Supernatural™ RPG, 2nd Edition – 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 – Cat. No. 700. Also available as a hardcover edition.
• Creature Feature™, a Beyond the Supernatural™, 2nd Edition Sourcebook – 15 new creatures, rules clarifications, player and Game Master tips, adventure and more – 192 pages – $26.99 retail – Cat. No. 704 – available now.
• Rifts® Coalition Manhunters™ Sourcebook – 224 pages of Coalition data to blow your mind. 80+ new psionic abilities, 9 Manhunter psychic assassins, Psi-Ops thought police, Dog Boys, Kill Hounds, Coalition secrets, and more – 224 pages – Cat. No. 894.
• The Rifter® #85 Annual – Rifts®, Fantasy, and many RPG settings – Cat. No. 185 – Also available as a bookmarked PDF book on DriveThruRPG where it has made the Top 10 Best Sellers List.
• European Castles – 40+ real world castles from across Europe and their actual floor plans whenever available – for use with ANY game system – 48 pages – $10.99 – Cat. No. 410 – available now.
• Exotic Weapons – 100+ strange and exotic weapons from around the globe – for use with ANY game system – 48 pages – $10.99 – Cat. No. 409 – available now.
• The Compendium of Modern Weapons – 450+ real world weapons from around the globe – for use with ANY game system – 176 pages – Cat. No. 415.
• Palladium Fantasy RPG®, 2nd Edition – 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 and potions, and so much more. 336 pages – Cat. No. 450. Also available as a hardcover edition. More than a dozen sourcebooks support this game line.
• Lopan™ (Fantasy) Raw Preview – Cat. No. 476-RAW.
• Land of the South Winds™ (Fantasy) Raw Preview – Cat. No. 477-RAW.
• Heroes Unlimited™ RPG, 2nd Edition – A hit super-hero 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 – Cat. No. 500. Also available as a hardcover edition.
• After the Bomb® RPG – Erick Wujcik’s mutant magnum opus. Create any mutant animal from a turtle to an elephant, animal psionics, animal powers, chimeras, and more. Use the mutants as modern world heroes, or play within the AtB post-apocalypse setting, Rifts®, or just about any setting. 224 pages – Cat. No. 503. Also available as a hardcover edition.
• Ninjas & Superspies™ RPG – 40+ styles of martial arts, mystic abilities, spies, gadgets, and creating secret organizations. 176 pages – Cat. No. 525. Also available as a hardcover edition.
• Dead Reign® RPG – The Zombie Apocalypse unleashed! Can you survive? Play Post-Apocalyptic heroes or ordinary people. Part zombie game, part survival manual. All fun. A great beginner’s game. 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. 224 pages – Cat. No. 230. Also available as a hardcover edition. Sourcebooks expand the world, player options, and adventure ideas as well as present new zombies and dangers.
• Nightbane® RPG – Join the secret war against a demonic invasion most people do not even know has taken place. The demonic Nightlords, their evil Dopplegangers and other demon minions are quietly taking over the world, starting with the most powerful nations. You know it is happening because you are the Nightbane. You can see the true demonic form of these invaders, and you can stop them. The only wrinkle is you must turn into your monstrous supernatural form – your Morphus – to call upon your superhuman and magical powers. Oh, and the government is controlled by the Nightlords and their shape-changing demonic minions hunt the Nightbane. 224 pages – Cat. No. 730. Also available as a hardcover edition.
• And more, like the Rifts® Ultimate Edition (and 90+ Rifts® sourcebooks), Rifts® Chaos Earth®, The Mechanoid Trilogy®, Systems Failure, Splicers®, RECON®, Phase World®, etc.

Huge SALE on DriveThruRPG.com – GM’s Day Sale – 30% discount

This huge annual sale provides a 30% discount on most Palladium PDF titles and thousands of downloadable titles from participating publishers. This is a great way to try new settings and build your PDF library. And it’s not just one day, you have till March 15 to enjoy this sale, but don’t wait, order today. Note: A similar sale of select physical books is taking place at PalladiumBooks.com too – enjoy.

And speaking of Game Master and player “resources” check out the new interactive character sheet and rediscover the previous ones. We have a Nightbane® interactive character sheet coming soon.

The new Palladium Fantasy RPG® Interactive NPC Sheet is a Microsoft Excel-based system for creating Non-Player Characters quickly and easily. Once you know the system, you can have NPCs up and ready in minutes! Great for making a quick NPC at the last moment, or saving time when designing the big bad of an adventure.

• Design compatible with the Palladium Fantasy RPG® Interactive Character Sheet.
• 20,000+ preset NPC combinations ready to go in less than a minute.
• 15 nonhuman Palladium Fantasy races and 23 O.C.C.s.
• 300+ Wizard and Warlock spells programmed with quick stats.
• 70+ psionics, options for Minor Psionics, and more.
• $4.00 – Available on DriveThruRPG.com and PalladiumBooks.com – Created by Travis Guerrero.

Also Available – FREE Creature Feature™ Preview provides you a glimpse of what you will find in this epic book. There also FREE Sneak Previews of Rifts® Coalition Manhunters, Northern Gun 1 & 2, Hell Followed, and select other titles. Those are just some of the 300+ Palladium RPG titles available as PDF books.

No other game company offers game worlds for so many different genres. Best of all, learn to play one Palladium RPG and you can play them all, because each uses the same basic core rules and combat. There are differences, but the fundamentals are the same. This also means you can bring characters, villains, monsters, powers, magic, weapons, gear, and adventure ideas from one setting into another or mash them together!

300+ titles and nearly every game genre available now – and more is coming. Discover the Palladium Megaverse® right now.

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

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

– The Rifter® #1-85. Each issue is a wealth of source material for Rifts® and 3-5 other Palladium game settings. More than 8,600 pages of source material and counting. Most issues are only available in digital form.

– Palladium Fantasy RPG® titles. A rich, original setting in which you can play humans or any number of nonhuman species of people in a world of magic, heroes and wonder. All of it epic.

– Dead Reign® RPG and sourcebooks. The Zombie Apocalypse unleashed. A great introductory RPG that is surprisingly uplifting, fun, fast, and easy to learn.

– Heroes Unlimited™ RPG Second Edition titles. Create any type of superhuman you can imagine to build your own super-hero universe.

– After the Bomb® RPG and sourcebooks. Play anthropomorphic, intelligent, mutant animals as crime-fighting mutants and super-heroes or survivors of a crumbling post-apocalyptic Earth.

– Ninjas & Superspies™ RPG and the Mystic China™ sourcebook. 41 types of martial arts, ninjas, super-spies, gizmos, mystic powers, and magic in the main book, plus even more in Mystic China.

– Nightbane® RPG and sourcebooks. Only you know the truth. Only you can see the Nightlords and their demonic minions, and you have the power to stop them. But you must transform into a monster yourself in order to use your powers. Trust no one.

– Beyond the Supernatural™ RPG and sourcebooks. Modern horror; 14 character classes, 42 occupations for “ordinary people,” 100+ psychic abilities, 16 monsters, and more.

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

FUN Podcast Adventures

Heroes Unlimited Christmas Special and the recent Cozy Caverns Beyond the Supernatural RPG adventure podcasts from the creative minds at www.realplaygamespod.com. These fun podcasts are created by Palladium fans like you.

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

I am adding new collectibles and Palladium negatives over the next several weeks, so check ‘em out. Alex and I will try to post new items on a regular basis, so check in every week or so to see what’s new.

One-of-a-kind Palladium Books negatives (special and rare collectibles). Negatives are always very popular items at the Palladium Open House, Gen Con, and conventions, and are catching on as rare collectibles, unique in and of themselves. Before digital printing, pages of a book were laid out by hand on a board, and each page was photographed. The plastic film negatives were then “ganged” on a massive sheet of Mylar, 16 pages per big sheet, and the printing plates were made from the negatives – everything white, printing black. We have been cutting them loose and making them available to you. I am only keeping a few dozen pages of negatives and a few complete books for myself, the rest are all being slowly offered to you, in no particular order.

• Each is truly unique, attractive, and fun to have.
• Own a piece of Palladium Books and RPG history you will treasure.
• Each was used to print the very book you may have in your collection (1981-2004).
• Each signed in silver ink by Kevin Siembieda, the founder and owner of Palladium Books. He is also the game designer and often the author or co-author of the book from which the negative originates. And some negatives bear his artwork.
• Each signed negative comes with a Certificate of Authenticity.
• Each signed negative is a one-of-a-kind work of art (on rare occasions, two-of-a-kind if a page or section of pages were replaced or a second edition was made) that resembles woodcut art, and a very dynamic conversation piece.
• Each signed negative is on a white board inside a clear plastic bag.
• Negatives looks fabulous matted or framed! Fits in an 8×10 inch matt opening. Each neg is roughly 8½ x 11 inches.
• Prices vary depending on the title, the art, and quality of the negative. Note: Many have scratches, or blemishes, and/or an opaque medium on the negative. Still, they look great and are a piece of RPG history. We recommend you carefully examine the photographs of each item to avoid disappointment.
• We have been making the negatives available, in no particular order, for a number of years, and will continue to do so. However, cutting them loose, signing and bagging is a time consuming process.
• Note: The negatives from the TMNT RPG, TMNT Adventures, and some Rifts® titles are already sold out. Moreover, the negatives from many titles were destroyed, so when you see one you like, get it when you can. Enjoy.

Original art – My Ebay store is one of the few places where you can find original artwork by me (Kevin Siembieda), Kevin Long, Charles Walton, and others, as well as one-of-a-kind negatives from classic Palladium books (they look awesome framed), and other Palladium memorabilia. Some are concept sketches, others are finished works of art, as well as a selection of prints and posters.

Other collectibles include art prints, posters, comic books, Palladium limited edition hardcovers, out of print items, signed books, one-of-a-kind proofreader copies, Star Wars toys, superhero action figures, and many other toys and items from my personal collection. Yeah, I used to be a crazy toy and art collector. 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.

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

Closing Thoughts

The first words out of Sean’s mouth this morning were, “I’m so excited!” A freelance writer in the know said, “Feeling excited for the upcoming book releases.” That kinda sums up Palladium Books at the moment – we are all working on various new and updated products (Titan Robotics™ and the Cyberworks™ Collection at the top of the to-finish list), and it is exciting. Books should start going to the printer in a few weeks and that means new products becoming available for you. I’m happy with what I see and you will be too when you get your hands on upcoming Rifts® Titan Robotics™, The Cyberworks™ Collection, Rifts® Bestiary 2, Rifts® Antarctica, Palladium Fantasy® sourcebooks, The Rifter®, and … things we cannot announce yet, large and small.

Titan Robotics™ Kickstarter backers, please complete your surveys and manage your pledges. Our thanks to all of our Kickstarter backers and the multitude who have already filled out the survey. I think that’s around 81% of you. Nice!

The rest of you, enjoy the big sales at the Palladium web store and on DriveThruRPG.com – those Weapons and Castles books are gems useful with any RPG game system, the Palladium Fantasy RPG® is epic, Wormwood™ is bizarre, heroic adventure, the hardcovers are beautiful, and The Rifter® issues offer a wealth of source information and they are ALL on sale as PDFs on DriveThru from issue #1-85. Oh, there are also a few sale items in the BackerKit pre-order store, open to everyone, like our new, beautiful resin miniatures, the Rifts® color map set, a couple of the miniatures and art books, plus our fans outside the USA get affordable shipping rates. That’s it for now. Gotta get back to working on those books. Stay warm, stay safe, and game on.

– Kevin Siembieda, Publisher, Writer, & Friend

NEW! The Palladium Fantasy RPG^® Interactive NPC Sheet

The new Palladium Fantasy RPG® Interactive NPC Sheet is a welcomed and helpful companion to the Palladium Fantasy Interactive Character Sheet by Travis Guerrero offering hundreds of magic spells, psionic powers, 15 inhuman character species, 23 O.C.C.s, 300 magic spells, 20,000 character combinations, and more. It is a Microsoft Excel-based system for creating Non-Player Characters quickly and easily. Once you know the system, you can have NPCs up and ready in minutes! Great for making a quick NPC at the last moment, or saving time when designing the big bad of an adventure.

Features & Benefits:

• Designed to be compatible with the Palladium Fantasy RPG® Interactive Character Sheet.
• 20,000+ preset NPC combinations ready to go in less than a minute when you consider species, attribute, O.C.C., and level options! Many more with additional features and easy customization.
• 15 inhuman Palladium Fantasy races.
• 23 O.C.C.s, plus a few variations for certain O.C.C.s such as single and dual element Warlocks.
• NPCs can be made from Level 1 through Level 15.
• 300+ Wizard and Warlock spells programmed with quick stats.
• 70+ psionics programmed with quick stats, plus options for Minor Psionics.
• Skills, armor, weapons, spells, and psionics are programmed with predetermined selections, and more.
• NPCs can be further customized by changing their standard selections with additional options from Drop Down Lists, and keeping it book legal based on your selections.
• $4.00 – Available at DriveThruRPG.com and at PalladiumBooks.com – Created by Travis Guerrero.
• Instructions on how to use the NPC sheet:
• Tutorial Video (Part 1): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z53WS3n3O6A
• Tutorial Video (Part 2): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GRs7gPVN90

Original Palladium Fantasy RPG^® Interactive Character Sheet

The Palladium Fantasy RPG® Interactive Character Sheet is a Microsoft Excel-based character management system. Packed with features and data collected from every official Palladium Fantasy sourcebook, this sheet saves you time and hassle with each character you create. Available now, directly from Palladium Books AND DriveThruRPG.com – this is a digital, online product only.

Features & Benefits:

• The Main Character Sheet Page collects the important data from across multiple tabs and puts it in one place for quick and easy reference.
• Separate sheets examine character construction (worktable), Skills, Magic, Psionics, and Combat in greater detail.
• Built-in leveling system that calculates skill advancement for you!
• Experience Tables for over 80 O.C.C.s already programmed.
• Recognizes the percentages for nearly 150 skills, plus combat bonuses for over 20 Weapon Proficiencies and 7 Hand to Hand styles.
• Calculates the speed and distance a character can run and jump, lift, carry and throw based on character Attributes.
• Add in your own Hand to Hand style, custom Skills, unique Weapon Proficiencies, and Experience Tables.
• Instructions on how to use the sheet included, as well as a video walkthrough below.
• Important Note: This character sheet is built to be used with Microsoft Excel 2010+ and it comes in .XLSX format. Opening this file in other spreadsheet programs is NOT guaranteed to work as intended.
• Watch the Overview video here: https://vimeo.com/322271758

Still Hot! Rifts^® Automated Character Sheet for EXCEL

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

• Dice Roller.
• Automated Attributes and Stat Block: All the bonuses and features from attributes are presented in a large stat block allowing you to easily see your bonuses.
• Automated Combat Stats: The main page holds a section where you can pull up data for your various combat stats, from hand to hand abilities such as Strike, Parry, Dodge and Disarm, to W.P. bonuses including those of the W.P. Sharpshooting variety.
• Automated Psionics: All psionics from Rifts® Ultimate Edition, Rifts® World Book 12: Psyscape™ and Rifts® World Book 32: Lemuria can be selected from a dropdown menu.
• Automated Spells: All Common Invocations, Necromancy, Ocean Magic and Biomancy spells, and yes, all the Lemurian Biomancer spells too!
• Automated Skills: All skills from the Rifts® Ultimate Edition, Rifts® World Book 25: China 2 – Heroes of the Celestial Court™ and Rifts® World Book 32: Lemuria can be selected and then automatically add bonuses from prerequisites and related skills.
• And much, much more.
• Note: The file is best used in Microsoft Excel 2016 or above. Some data may be lost if not using Microsoft Excel, such as when using similar products like Open Office.
• Available from PalladiumBooks.com AND DriveThruRPG.com – make those characters!

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