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Sale, News & Updates – Palladium Books® – Weekly Update – May 2, 2025

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Weekly Update

ONE GAME SYSTEM – EVERY GENRE – COUNTLESS WORLDS – ENDLESS ADVENTURE

BY KEVIN SIEMBIEDA

A FREE Book when your order is $10 or more – the Future Visions art book ($13.95 value). This applies to ALL orders and any type of product (miniatures, T-shirts, mugs, poker decks, prints, etc.) when your order is $10 or more, as well as sale items in the Palladium Superhero Sale for more big savings.

Superhero RPG Sale

Superhero RPG SALE – 20-50% off

Saturday, May 3, 2025, is Free Comic Book Day, and to join that fun, Palladium is offering a super-duper sale on select RPGs and sourcebooks inspired by superheroes and comic books, as well as titles that have a comic strip inside. We even included two RPGs that feature classic comic book threats: Alien invasion (Systems Failure RPG) and zombies (Dead Reign RPG).


NOTE: Get a FREE Future Visions Art of Charles Walton ($13.95 value) when your order is $10 or more.

Podcasts & YouTube Fun

The Glitterbois Podcast

The Glitterbois podcast revealing the backstory behind Nightbane®, Dead Reign®, and Systems Failure is now available for your listening enjoyment. We had a lot of fun and laughs during this one, so I know you’ll enjoy it. We’ll try to do another one in May. They also did a recent review on Matthew Balent’s Valley of the Pharoahs 40th Anniversary RPG.

Legion of Myth

Legion of Myth – April 27th chat with Kevin and Sean has been posted. It was another live chat about how to make O.C.C.s/character classes fun and uniquely your own by being creative and flexible. We touched upon other gaming insight too. We will try to do a new chat every month with LoM so keep your eyes open and join the conversation.

Palladium YouTube Channel featuring the Official History of Palladium Books with Kevin Siembieda & J-M DeFoggi. A new episode every other week. The 1980s Robotech RPG and sourcebooks is the most recent episode and a lot of fun. Always get behind the scenes insight and secrets about the making of your favorite Palladium RPGs and the people behind them, meet creators, and more. Please continue to spread the word about these fun videos and enjoy.

  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness RPG – available now.

  • Secrets of the Defilers, Part 4: Battle through Hades – available now.

  • Robotech RPG series – available now.

  • The Defilers in Hell (Fantasy adventure) – May 8th.

  • Ramon K. Perez artist interview – fan favorite comic book and game artist Ramon K. Perez – May 22nd.

  • Ninjas & Superspies RPG – June 5th.

  • Julius Rosenstein: Without whom there may have been no Palladium Books – June 19th.

  • Beyond the Supernatural RPG, 1st Edition– July 3rd.

  • Erick Wujcik Part 1: Meets Kevin Siembieda – July 17.

  • Rifts RPG Part 1 – July 31st.

  • Erick Wujcik Part 2: Game Designer – August 14.

  • Watch for a new episode every other week and enjoy.

COMING! 20 reprint titles are at the printer


Palladium has sent 20 titles in for reprint. Most should be available before we sell out of our current print run, but a few will be temporarily out of print for a few weeks to a few months.

Gen Con – July 31 – August 3, 2025 – Come by the Palladium Books Booth


Please swing by the Palladium Booth to chat with me (Kevin Siembieda), Sean Owen Roberson, Wayne Smith (The Rifter), Mark Oberle (writer), Glen Evans (artist), and other Palladium creators and insiders, get autographs, buy new RPG releases and back stock, and have fun.


As many of you know, we don’t do a lot of conventions, but here’s what’s coming up over the next 8 months.

  • Gen Con – July/August

  • Alliance Open House (Tradeshow) – September

  • Granite State Comic Con – September

  • I’m probably adding a January 2026 convention.

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


In addition to PDF titles for entire game lines like Rifts®, Palladium Fantasy®, Heroes Unlimited™, Ninjas & Superspies™, After the Bomb®, Beyond the Supernatural™, Dead Reign® (zombies), Nightbane® (Urban Fantasy), Rifts Chaos Earth®, Systems Failure™, Splicers®, RECON®, The Rifter® #1-85, and others, there are Game Master and player aids, character generators, paper minis, map packs, and FREE Previews of books like Creature Feature™, Dead Reign, Coalition Manhunters, Titan Robotics™, Rifts Bestiary Volume One, World Books, Dimension Books, and more to give you a glimpse of what’s in the book. Enjoy endless adventures across the Megaverse®.

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

I am adding new collectibles of all kinds to my Ebay store every few weeks. Some are Palladium negatives, rare and out of print books, original Palladium artwork, prints, posters, as well as other collectible toys, action figures, Nightmare Before Christmas items, one-of-a-kind proofreader copies, books, and other good stuff – including Erick Wujcik’s rare and sought after Amberzine #12-15. Check in every week or so to see what’s new. All items come from Kevin Siembieda’s personal collection.


One-of-a-kind Palladium Books negatives (special and rare collectibles). Negatives are always very popular items at the Palladium Open House, Gen Con, and conventions, and are catching on as rare collectibles, unique in and of themselves. Before digital printing, pages of a book were laid out by hand on a board, and each page was photographed.

  • Each negative is truly unique, attractive, and fun to have.

  • Own a piece of Palladium Books and RPG history you will treasure.

  • Each was used to print the very book you may have in your collection (1981-2004).

  • Each is signed in silver ink by Kevin Siembieda and comes with a Certificate of Authenticity.

  • Each negative is a one-of-a-kind work of art (on rare occasions, two-of-a-kind if a page or section of pages were replaced or a second edition was made).

  • Looks great matted or framed! Fits an 8×10 inch matt opening. Each neg is roughly 8 ½ x 11 inches.

  • Prices vary depending on the title, the art, and quality of the negative. Note: Many have scratches, or blemishes, and/or an opaque medium on the negative. Still, they look great and are a piece of RPG history. We recommend you carefully examine the photographs of each item to avoid disappointment. The negatives of many books are sold out or were never available.

CLOSING THOUGHTS

Something new, something big


Last week I talked about not letting our crazy world drive you nuts, but there is so much work and goings on here this past week or so, that it has been absolutely crazy. Mostly in good ways. A number of our projects are coming together and soon to be revealed, but they are each a ton of work – even with wonderful and astute helpers. As always, there are unexpected complications to be dealt with. It’s those complications that have conspired to drive us up a wall. So yes, me, Sean, Wayne, and the rest of the crew are feeling rather strung out.


In an Update a couple weeks ago, My Closing Thoughts teased at things to come. Well, you’ll start seeing those things soon. We – but especially, Sean – have been working on secret projects that we hope will thrill you to no end. All are cool, but one is potentially, really big and something new for Palladium. That announcement will happen in a week or two. Being privy to it all, knowing the caliber of the people we’re working with, and the design work we are seeing, has made us downright giddy some days. It’s all very exciting.


So hang tight, enjoy the Free book with a purchase of $10 or more, let the new Superhero Sale save you money (inspired by Free Comic Book Day, Saturday, May 3rd), and game on.


– Kevin Siembieda, Publisher, Game Designer, Writer and Friend

Copyright © 2025 Palladium Books Inc. All rights reserved.


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

TMNT © 2025 Viacom International Inc. All Rights Reserved. Nickelodeon, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and all related titles, logos, and characters are trademarks of Viacom International Inc.

Palladium Books® – Flash Sale & Weekly Update – March 27, 2025

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Weekly Update

ONE GAME SYSTEM – EVERY GENRE – COUNTLESS WORLDS – ENDLESS ADVENTURE

BY KEVIN SIEMBIEDA

Palladium Books® – Flash Sale & Weekly Update – March 27, 2025

You still have time to get in on the Flash Sale offering unprecedented discounts. It is inspired by the National Reading Month of March which encourages and celebrates the joy of reading. Consider this sale part of the celebration! RPG sourcebooks 70% and 50% off, and part of our joy about all the good things happening behind the scenes and coming your way in the months ahead.


With this mind-blowing sale, there’s not much more to talk about except, please join the live chat with me (Kevin Siembieda) and Sean Owen Roberson on Legion of Myth at 2:00 PM Sunday, March 30. We are happy to answer your questions, but the main theme of this chat will be using Palladium rules as a framework and kit-bashing two games/settings. Always fun.


Oh, and take a look at Closing Thoughts for what I hope are words of encouragement.


FLASH SALE – Super-Savings 70% and 50% discounts – 6 days only – Sale ends Monday, March 31, 2025.

Palladium has NEVER offered a sale with savings like this (and may never do so again!), but we have a lot to celebrate and we want to share our excitement with you via this sale. These books make a wonderful birthday present or surprise Easter gift for kids and teens who like to read. Spread the word and enjoy.

Most After the Bomb Sourcebooks – because you know you want them! The perfect accessory for After the Bomb RPG, Heroes Unlimited, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness and TMNT Transdimensional Adventures (both coming soon).

● Road Hogs – After the Bomb Sourcebook, Cat. No. 505 – $4.20 – 70% off (save $9.79)!

● Mutants Down Under – After the Bomb Sourcebook, Cat. No. 507 – $4.20 – 70% off (save $9.79)!

● Mutants of the Yucatan – After the Sourcebook, Cat. No. 511 – $4.20 – 70% off (save $9.79)!

● Mutants in Avalon – After the Bomb Sourcebook, Cat. No. 513 – $5.00 – 70% off (save $11.99)!

● Rifts World Book 10: Juicer Uprising (Sean’s choice for a fun read), Cat. No. 820 – $7.50 – 70% off (save $17.49)!

● Rifts Siege on Tolkeen: Final Siege (Kevin’s choice for a fun read), Cat. No. 844 – $8.00 – 70% off (save $18.99)! 40+ NPCs you can use anywhere in Rifts, the city of Tolkeen mapped and described, plus weapons, monsters, and adventures in an often overlooked masterpiece.

● Rifts Machinations of Doom, Sourcebook & Graphic Novel by Ramon K. Perez (Caleb’s choice for a fun read), Cat. No. 871 – $6.90 – 70% off (save $16.09)! Watch for the Perez interview coming.

● The Rifter #85 (Wayne’s choice for a fun read because it spans the Megaverse), Cat. No. 185 – $8.00 – 70% off (save $18.99)! And yes, more annuals are on the horizon.

● Rifts Novel #2: Deception’s Web (part 2 in a trilogy), Cat. No. 302 – $2.99 – 70% off (save $6.96)!

● Rifts Chi-Town Burbs (Short Stories, various authors), Cat. No. 304 – $3.90 – 70% off (save $9.05)!

● Rifts & the Megaverse Art Book (gorgeous Zeleznik art), Cat. No. 2510 – $6.88 – 70% off (save $16.07)!

● Future Visions Art Book (Chuck Walton; fun to color), Cat. No. 2562 – $4.18 – 70% off (save $9.77)!

● Rifts Coloring Book (fun for all ages), Cat. No. 870 – $2.98 – 50% off (save $2.97)!

● Land of the Damned One (Palladium Fantasy), Cat. No. 468 – $13.50 – 50% off (save $13.49)!

● Creature Feature for Beyond the Supernatural (Alex’s choice for a frightfully fun read), Cat. No. 704 – $13.50 – 50% off (save $13.49)! And yes, BTS sourcebooks are coming.

● Graveyard Earth for Dead Reign (Matthew’s choice for a fun read), Cat. No. 235 – $8.50 – 50% off (save $8.49)! The dead shall continue to walk.

The Official History of Palladium Books on YouTube


Please continue to enjoy and spread the word about the Official History of Palladium Books on the Palladium YouTube channel. Every YouTube episode is fun, candid, and offers insight and behind the scenes information from the publisher/creator of your favorite Palladium role-playing games, Kevin Siembieda. Hear fun stories, details and thought processes you probably never heard before. We are now getting into some of our most famous and beloved games: Palladium Fantasy RPG and Secrets of the Defilers have been a big hit. Behind the scenes of Heroes Unlimited RPG is the most recent episode, followed by Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness RPG releasing today. Did you know that TMNT & Other Strangeness was Mirage Studio’s very first license, or that Kevin introduced Eastman and Laird to licensing agent Mark Freedman who helped take the Turtles mainstream? Get the behind the scenes story straight from the guy who was there.

New Episodes coming on the Official History of Palladium Books with Kevin Siembieda & J-M DeFoggi. Behind the scenes insight into the making of one Palladium blockbuster RPG of the 1980s and 1990s after another.

  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness RPG – today, March 27th.

  • Secrets of the Defilers, Part 4: Battle through Hades – April 10th.

  • Robotech – April 24th.

  • Ramon K. Perez interview – fan favorite comic book and game artist Ramon K. Perez – May 8th.

  • Watch for a new episode every other week and enjoy.

Live chat with Kevin Siembieda and Sean on Legion of Myth, Sunday, March 30th, 2:00 PM Eastern Time.


Sean is back and we are kicking everything into high gear. We’ll talk a bit about the latest at Palladium and answer some questions, but the subject of this Sunday’s chat is using Palladium rules as a framework for any setting and kit-bashing two (or more) games/settings like Nightbane and Palladium Fantasy into something truly unique. Which is so fun. Spread the word and join the conversation.

Glitterbois Chats are back starting April


More Glitterbois Chats with Kevin Siembieda are starting up again in April. Keep your

ears open for them.


Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness Kickstarter Backers


You, and you alone, can still add to your selection of Kickstarter Exclusives and upgrade to higher pledge levels to get limited edition exclusives. But you must do so soon, before the Pledge Manager is closed! The Kickstarter Exclusives are freakin’ awesome and many are super-limited, especially the variant covers. For example, the two Mutagen Green Editions sport brand new artwork by Kevin Eastman AND Peter Laird created specially for these two collector’s editions. A rare and triumphant collaboration by the two legendary Ninja Turtle creators that TMNT super-fans will desire for years to come – if they can even find one on the secondary collector’s market – because they will be so limited and rare! But Backers can still order them for another few weeks. Backers, use your unique position and do NOT miss out on what are certain to become high-priced collector items. You’ll be glad you did whether they become a cherished part of your collection or you sell them later for a profit. Also remember, the exclusive print sets and poker deck are only available for the higher pledge tiers.

Game Masters Needed to Run Palladium Gen Con Game Events – we need YOU

Palladium is looking for experienced Game Masters to run Palladium RPG events at Gen Con. That can be any of our game worlds using our rules as well as Rifts® for Savage Worlds. If you were thinking about running games at Gen Con or want to help out Palladium, please coordinate with Palladium Books in order to get a dedicated room and other perks like a free Game Master badge, and discounts on your purchases at the Palladium Books booth.


To earn a free GM badge, all you need to do is run 4 games with 6 or more players in each game, 4 hours each. This will earn you enough credits with Gen Con to earn a GM badge – $155 value!


We hope to add to our usual crew of Gen Con Game Masters to run Palladium game events for any Palladium setting:

  • Rifts®

  • Rifts® for Savage Worlds

  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles® & Other Strangeness

  • After the Bomb®

  • Chaos Earth®

  • Palladium Fantasy RPG®

  • Heroes Unlimited

  • Ninjas & Superspies

  • Nightbane®

  • Dead Reign®

  • Beyond the Supernatural and any of our other settings.


We need your commitment, game description and info by March 28. Send to Jeff Ruiz, aka NMI, via email at nmi {at} thedeificnmi.com


Game Masters and Game Event Descriptions NEEDED by March 28, 2025.


(See Gen Con’s website for details about the info needed for each game listing; G.M.’s name, number of players, length of time, name of game, difficulty level, etc.) Submitting your games to us enables Palladium to coordinate and submit them as a batch to Gen Con and guarantees to have your event listed in the onsite Gen Con Program Book. Being listed onsite is very important to have full attendance for your event. This date gives us enough time to compile and send Gen Con everything they need. Thank you!


Prospective Game Masters, please contact Jeff Ruiz, aka NMI, via email at nmi {at} thedeificnmi.com

Now Available!

Palladium Spring-Summer 2025 Catalog

NEW! Catalog of Palladium Books®, Spring/Summer 2025 – Folks are loving Palladium’s new, printed, color catalog. There’s just something about holding a physical catalog in your hand, especially one as fun and colorful as this one. Due to popular request, we’ve made it available for purchase. The price is what it cost Palladium to print them. Enjoy.

  • Full color, 8½ x 11 inch (magazine size), glossy paper stock, beautiful color.

  • The 48 page catalog describes and shows nearly the entire RPG library and features the TMNT & Other Strangeness RPG Redux Edition on the cover and the first few pages.

  • $2.50 retail – 48 pages – Cat. No. C2025-1

BACK in Stock: Yin-Sloth Jungles, Updated and Expanded, 2nd Edition Rules – The epic jungle adventure book is back. 15 O.C.C.s (like the Beastmaster, Holy Crusader, Undead Hunter, and Witch Hunter), 18 jungle people and monsters, new and expanded Shamans and their magic, the Battle of the Gods, setting overview, and more. $24.99 retail – 160 pages – Cat. No. 459. Note: Yin-Sloth Adventures with 30+ maps, notable locations and a lot of adventures and adventure hooks is coming soon.

Rifts Vampire Kingdoms

BACK in Stock: Rifts Vampire Kingdoms – Everything you need to know about Rifts vampires, variant types, vampire abilities, combat notes and henchmen, plus the Hero Vampire, Deluded Vampire, Vampire Hunters, vampire slaying weapons, monsters, town creation rules, the cities of El Paso and Ciudad Juarez, and more. $26.99 retail – 224 pages – Cat. No. 802-E.

Nightbane Dark Designs

BACK in Stock: Nightbane® Dark Designs – This Nightbane focused book collects and expands upon Nightbane Morphus Tables (18 in all), plus offers 60 new Common Talents, 38 new Elite Talents, Talent creation and conversion rules, Ancient Nightbane, and more. $24.99 retail – 160 pages – Cat. No. 736.

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


In addition to PDF titles for entire game lines like Rifts®, Palladium Fantasy®, Heroes Unlimited™, Ninjas & Superspies™, After the Bomb®, Beyond the Supernatural™, Dead Reign® (zombies), Nightbane® (Urban Fantasy), Rifts Chaos Earth®, Systems Failure™, Splicers®, RECON®, The Rifter® #1-85, and others, there are Game Master and player aids, character generators, paper minis, map packs, and FREE Previews of books like Creature Feature™, Dead Reign, Coalition Manhunters, Titan Robotics™, Rifts Bestiary Volume One, World Books, Dimension Books, and more to give you a glimpse of what’s in the book. Enjoy endless adventures across the Megaverse®.

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

I am adding new collectibles of all kinds to my Ebay store every few weeks. Some are Palladium negatives, rare and out of print books, original Palladium artwork, prints, posters, as well as other collectible toys, action figures, Nightmare Before Christmas items, one-of-a-kind proofreader copies, books, and other good stuff – including Erick Wujcik’s rare and sought after Amberzine #12-15. Check in every week or so to see what’s new. All items come from Kevin Siembieda’s personal collection.


One-of-a-kind Palladium Books negatives (special and rare collectibles). Negatives are always very popular items at the Palladium Open House, Gen Con, and conventions, and are catching on as rare collectibles, unique in and of themselves. Before digital printing, pages of a book were laid out by hand on a board, and each page was photographed.

  • Each negative is truly unique, attractive, and fun to have.

  • Own a piece of Palladium Books and RPG history you will treasure.

  • Each was used to print the very book you may have in your collection (1981-2004).

  • Each is signed in silver ink by Kevin Siembieda and comes with a Certificate of Authenticity.

  • Each negative is a one-of-a-kind work of art (on rare occasions, two-of-a-kind if a page or section of pages were replaced or a second edition was made).

  • Looks great matted or framed! Fits an 8×10 inch matt opening. Each neg is roughly 8 ½ x 11 inches.

  • Prices vary depending on the title, the art, and quality of the negative. Note: Many have scratches, or blemishes, and/or an opaque medium on the negative. Still, they look great and are a piece of RPG history. We recommend you carefully examine the photographs of each item to avoid disappointment. The negatives of many books are sold out or were never available.

CLOSING THOUGHTS

You are not alone


I talk with many people of all ages and every walk of life. It disturbs me that so many feel lost and afraid, especially those who despair and fear for the future of our world. Please don’t despair. I promise you the human spirit is more resilient and stronger than you imagine. The majority of people I see are good and caring. Please don’t let political rhetoric, greed, and fear-mongering isolate you or make you fret. Though the media might suggest otherwise, the good outweighs the bad and the ugly, especially if you, yourself, seek out beauty and joy.


Here’s a secret: You, yes you, hold the power to change the world. I mean it. Do so by example. By being the change you want to see.


Be the light. Be the kinder, better, more caring person you wish for the world. Wear a smile, be empathetic, be patient and just. Win one person over at a time by your good example. You can make a difference by striving to be the best you can be. You don’t have to get up on a soapbox, preach, protest, or say a word. All you need to do is be your best you and try to be appreciative, respectful and empathetic toward others. Kindness and compassion are contagious and breed reciprocal positivity.


Does that sound too simple or naive? It’s not. We and the world around us are what we make them. I knew a woman who transformed her Michigan backyard into a tropical paradise every spring and brought boundless joy to thousands of children and adults throughout the month of October. She did it by being true to herself and letting her light shine via quiet acts of kindness and generous creativity. This one, unassuming person touched and inspired friends, family, and complete strangers with simple words and actions that made the people around her feel seen and appreciated. She gifted them with joyful moments they’ll carry always.


She wasn’t a politician, educator, doctor, or inventor. In fact, she would have told you that she was nobody. At least not anybody important. And yet, there’s an army of people to whom she was very important.


I speak of Kathy Simmons, who passed away one year ago. No matter how grim or dire her situation – and she had plenty of them throughout her life – she found a way to laugh and survive without harming a soul. Mom, Dad, Erick Wujcik, and Julius Rosenstein were the same way. They never let hardship crush their spirit. Somehow, they always managed to find and embrace joy in life’s simplest pleasures no matter how dark or threatening the storm clouds.


Kathy and these other amazing “nobodies” – who were everything to me – taught me how to live, love, hold joy and laughter in my heart, and keep going no matter what. I use my memories of them and lessons learned through their example to fuel the courage to try to be my best self.


If we can do it, you can do it too. I know you can. Please don’t let the stress of life and the pettiness, cruelty, and unfairness that can sometimes accompany it, dampen your spirit and take away your joy. Hold close to you the people and things that bring you happiness. Never let anyone convince you that they aren’t important. Never believe the things that light up your imagination and bring you joy and camaraderie are stupid and worthless. Lose yourself in those stupid games that make you laugh and your heart sing. Hold on to the precious friends and the memories of wondrous adventures they have brought into your life.


And never forget that you are not nobody. Know that you are, indeed, special and important in the universe. Which is how one person can make a profound difference, whether that difference affects a single soul or millions.


– Kevin Siembieda, Publisher, Game Designer, Writer and Friend

Copyright © 2025 Palladium Books Inc. All rights reserved.


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

TMNT © 2025 Viacom International Inc. All Rights Reserved. Nickelodeon, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and all related titles, logos, and characters are trademarks of Viacom International Inc.

Palladium Books® – Weekly Update – February 14, 2025

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Weekly Update

ONE GAME SYSTEM – EVERY GENRE – COUNTLESS WORLDS – ENDLESS ADVENTURE

BY KEVIN SIEMBIEDA

Palladium Books® – Weekly Update – February 14, 2025

Happy Valentine’s Day. Share the love and camaraderie with your fellow gamers and loved ones. I love you – our fans – you are the greatest. Now start running a game people will love. We have a new sale of hardcovers and select sourcebooks to give you a helping hand.


NEW Sale! Don’t miss it. Most Hardcovers are on sale along with an accompanying sourcebook or two. A great way to try a new setting and big savings. See all the details below.


Game Masters needed to run Palladium Game events at Gen Con. Please help if you can and earn free Gen Con admission with a GM’s badge and discounts on Palladium products. See all the details below.


NEWS! A new 48 page, color Catalog of Palladium Books is coming. We’ll have it in time for the GAMA Trade Show at the end of the month. That may not sound like a big deal, but it is for us. The catalog is attractive, features the TMNT & Other Strangeness RPG Redux on the cover, and was fun putting it together. A fun reminder of all the great books we have created.


GAMA Trade Show – February 24-27 – Visit Palladium Books at Booth #1176. If you are attending, please visit me (Kevin Siembieda) and Wayne Smith at Booth #1176 to get more information about TMNT & Other Strangeness RPG Redux edition, see samples, and ask questions about it and other 2025 releases. Both individuals and retailers can place orders right now by going to the TMNT & Other Strangeness RPG Pre-Order Store and get superior savings, because the final retail price will be $5-$10 higher than the current pre-order prices. Retailer Packages are located at the bottom of the page. You must be able to prove you are a brick and mortar store to qualify.

NEWS! A new episode of the Official History of Palladium Books has been posted! More about the Palladium Fantasy RPG line with a focus on the first sourcebook, The Arms of Nargash-Tor. Every episode is fun, friendly, and reveals the back story behind a particular product or game line. Watch for a new episode every other week and enjoy.


NEWS! Live chat with Kevin Siembieda on Legion of Myth – Sunday, February 16, 2025. We will discuss how to use and expand Palladium’s Hook, Line and Sinker adventure outlines into a full blown adventure or series of adventures. I’m sure there will be a lot of talk about building and running adventures in general. Please join me, MaxLiao, and Heathdog for a spirited discussion. The chat starts at 2:00 PM and runs till about 4:00 PM, but the show is also recorded and made available after the live broadcast.


NEWS! What’s hot this week at Palladium? I’d say Rifts®, Palladium Fantasy, After the Bomb® and Dead Reign® have been hot this week.


NEWS! Here is a zombie Kickstarter Campaign you might find interesting – Dead Flesh RPG. It is a zombie game written by Palladium Books freelance writer Dan Frederick with art by Big Nick Bradshaw (Dead Reign® RPG series). As the name suggests, this is an RPG that deals with the zombie apocalypse. It sounds fun so check it out. Palladium gamers who already play Dead Reign® may find additional zombies, resources, and adventure ideas to fuel their current Dead Reign campaign.

Palladium Hardcover Sale

Hardcover Sale – Save 25%

This sale offers many hardcover RPGs and one or a few sourcebooks to go along with them. This is a bigger savings on hardcovers than you may think. As much as Palladium has held the line on the price of our books, we will be increasing the cover price of many titles over the months ahead. That starts with the hardcovers, which will be increasing $5-$10. Hardcovers currently selling for $36.99, like Dead Reign® RPG and Chaos Earth® RPG, will soon sell for $44.99. So get them now at sale prices based on the current, low retail price (while supplies last). That’s a significant savings when you buy before the prices increase. Get ‘em while you can and save.










Game Masters Needed to Run Palladium Gen Con Game Events – we need YOU

Palladium is looking for experienced Game Masters to run Palladium RPG events at Gen Con. That can be any of our game worlds using our rules as well as Rifts® for Savage Worlds. If you were thinking about running games at Gen Con or want to help out Palladium, please coordinate with Palladium Books in order to get a dedicated room and other perks like a free Game Master badge, and discounts on your purchases at the Palladium Books booth.


To earn a free GM badge, all you need to do is run 4 games with 6 or more players in each game, 4 hours each. This will earn you enough credits with Gen Con to earn a GM badge – $155 value!


We hope to add to our usual crew of Gen Con Game Masters to run Palladium game events for any Palladium setting:

  • Rifts®

  • Rifts® for Savage Worlds

  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles® & Other Strangeness

  • After the Bomb®

  • Chaos Earth®

  • Palladium Fantasy RPG®

  • Heroes Unlimited

  • Ninjas & Superspies

  • Nightbane®

  • Dead Reign®

  • Beyond the Supernatural and any of our other settings.


We need your commitment, game description and info by February 28. Send to Jeff Ruiz, aka NMI, via email at nmi {at} thedeificnmi.com


Game Masters and Game Event Descriptions NEEDED by February 28, 2024. (See Gen Con’s website for details about the info needed for each game listing; G.M.’s name, number of players, length of time, name of game, difficulty level, etc.). This enables Palladium to coordinate and submit them as a batch to Gen Con and guarantees to have your event listed in the onsite Gen Con Program Book. Being listed onsite is very important to have full attendance for your event. This date gives us enough time to compile and send Gen Con everything they need. Thank you!


Prospective Game Masters, please contact Jeff Ruiz, aka NMI, via email at nmi {at} thedeificnmi.com

COMING SOON! Nightbane®: Survival Guide – Audiobook Crowdfunder – February 27 (tentative)

AudioRPG is cranking out the audiobooks and will be offering the Nightbane®: Survival Guide sourcebook (one of my personal favorites) in a few weeks. They are tentatively looking to launch it on February 27, but that date could change.


We have been blown away by the quality production and that listening to the audiobook makes the sourcebook feel brand new. It’s a whole new experience. I love ‘em, check it out. The buy-in is only around $25.


An RPG audiobook may sound crazy, but it won’t after you listen to the samples presented in this Nightbane® Survival Guide Audiobook crowdfunder taking place on Backerkit by one of Palladium’s new licensing partners. It sounds amazing! We were all blown away by the quality.

  • Fun to listen to.

  • Relaxing game prep.

  • Professional narration.

  • Convenient for the busy G.M.

  • Hearing the words spoken by a professional narrator makes the book come to life in a whole new way and feel brand new.

  • Hearing it also makes you notice game and adventure details you may have missed reading it yourself.

  • EVERYONE at Palladium endorses this product 100%. Go to the page and listen for yourself. You’ll be as pleased as we are.

  • Dive into the thrilling Urban Fantasy world of Nightbane® with Nightbane Survival Guide.

  • Your new adventure starts here when you listen to the Nightbane Survival Guide filled with details about surviving in the world as a Nightbane, the Becoming (the first time they transform into something inhuman), transformation rules, how to make allies and contacts, the hidden war, the Nightbane underground railroad, more on Factions and rules for creating them, adventures, and adventure hooks. Fun for players and Game Masters.

  • The audiobook is perfect for enhancing your Nightbane campaign or exploring its lore on the go.

  • The project crowdfunding happens on Backerkit and tentatively begins Thursday, February 27, 2025. (Note: I think the next offering in March will be the Nightbane® RPG, but I may be mistaken on that.)

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


In addition to PDF titles for entire game lines like Rifts®, Palladium Fantasy®, Heroes Unlimited™, Ninjas & Superspies™, After the Bomb®, Beyond the Supernatural™, Dead Reign® (zombies), Nightbane® (Urban Fantasy), Rifts Chaos Earth®, Systems Failure™, Splicers®, RECON®, The Rifter® #1-85, and others, there are Game Master and player aids, character generators, paper minis, map packs, and FREE Previews of books like Creature Feature™, Dead Reign, Coalition Manhunters, Titan Robotics™, Rifts Bestiary Volume One, World Books, Dimension Books, and more to give you a glimpse of what’s in the book. Enjoy endless adventures across the Megaverse®.

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

I am adding new collectibles of all kinds to my Ebay store in time for the holiday season. Some are Palladium negatives, rare and out of print books, original Palladium artwork, prints, posters, as well as other collectible toys, action figures, Nightmare Before Christmas items, one-of-a-kind proofreader copies, books, and other good stuff – including Erick Wujcik’s rare and sought after Amberzine #12-15. Check in every week or so to see what’s new. All items come from Kevin Siembieda’s personal collection.


One-of-a-kind Palladium Books negatives (special and rare collectibles). Negatives are always very popular items at the Palladium Open House, Gen Con, and conventions, and are catching on as rare collectibles, unique in and of themselves. Before digital printing, pages of a book were laid out by hand on a board, and each page was photographed.

  • Each negative is truly unique, attractive, and fun to have.

  • Own a piece of Palladium Books and RPG history you will treasure.

  • Each was used to print the very book you may have in your collection (1981-2004).

  • Each is signed in silver ink by Kevin Siembieda and comes with a Certificate of Authenticity.

  • Each negative is a one-of-a-kind work of art (on rare occasions, two-of-a-kind if a page or section of pages were replaced or a second edition was made).

  • Looks great matted or framed! Fits an 8×10 inch matt opening. Each neg is roughly 8 ½ x 11 inches.

  • Prices vary depending on the title, the art, and quality of the negative. Note: Many have scratches, or blemishes, and/or an opaque medium on the negative. Still, they look great and are a piece of RPG history. We recommend you carefully examine the photographs of each item to avoid disappointment. The negatives of many books are sold out or were never available.

CLOSING THOUGHTS

You are appreciated


We love and appreciate you and your continued support on all fronts. I think some of that affection shows in the sales we offer throughout the year (a hardcover sale starts today!) and in our increasing number of YouTube videos and online interviews. Every book we write and publish is a labor of love.


That should be abundantly clear when you see the TMNT & Other Strangeness Redux editions and Kickstarter exclusives shipping this spring. We pulled out all the stops to make them truly special. Books you’ll cherish and probably use for years running TMNT and mutant animal games. I can assure you that Sean, me, Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird, Sophie Campbell, Mike Majestic, Freddie E. Williams II, Jeremy Colwell, Louis Antonio Delgado, and all the contributors poured their hearts and souls into these books. And they look amazing. The poker decks, dice, and all of it looks great. You will love them all. Everything should be going into manufacturing in the weeks ahead. A Kickstarter report or two should also be coming over the next month.


We also have several non-Turtles titles in various stages of development. YIn-Sloth Expeditions should be the first new release of the year, followed by Rifts Bestiary Volume 2 and Rifts Antarctica, among others. We are very excited about this year’s releases. This is in addition to other projects like TMNT & Other Strangeness Redux editions and things yet to be announced.


Please plan to visit the Palladium Books Booth at Gen Con. All of the above titles should be available and hopefully others. Plus Sean Owen Roberson, Wayne Smith, Mark Oberle, Glen Evans, Mike Leonard, John Klinkel, me, and possibly others will be at the booth to chat and sign books. Other conventions we’ll be attending include the GAMA Trade Show, Alliance Open House, and Granite State Comic Con. Wherever we are, we are always happy to sign books and chat for a spell, so come on over.


I think that’s it for now. So much to do: GAMA prep, Gen Con prep, final TMNT & Other Strangeness tweaks and edits, business stuff, etc. Happy Valentine’s Day, enjoy the sale, and game on.


– Kevin Siembieda, Publisher, Game Designer, Writer and Friend

Copyright © 2025 Palladium Books Inc. All rights reserved.


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

TMNT © 2025 Viacom International Inc. All Rights Reserved. Nickelodeon, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and all related titles, logos, and characters are trademarks of Viacom International Inc.

5 Thanksgiving Day Sales Start Now – Palladium Books® Weekly Update – November 27, 2024

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Weekly Update

ONE GAME SYSTEM – EVERY GENRE – COUNTLESS WORLDS – ENDLESS ADVENTURE

BY KEVIN SIEMBIEDA

5 Thanksgiving Day Sales Start Now  – Palladium Books® Weekly Update – November 27, 2024

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!


I hope you are all happy, healthy, and able to spend some time relaxing this Thanksgiving weekend with family and friends. Or maybe you’ll curl up on the couch and watch your favorite sporting events and/or holiday season movies. If you’re like me, you’ll be doing a bunch of online and in store shopping to get Black Friday and Cyber-Monday deals. Please don’t forget about lil’ ol’ Palladium Books and our five sales, all of which are available to you right now (see details below) and run the whole weekend and into Cyber-Wednesday!


I have a lot for which to be thankful, starting with you, our fans. Thank you for being the greatest fans on the planet. You make our days brighter, fuller, and filled with love. We try to do the same for you, especially during the holiday season, so enjoy the 5 sales detailed below, try not to overeat, and have fun reading the new Surprise Package Comments From Fans Like You at the end of this email. We love ‘em. Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours from all of us at Palladium Books.

5 Big Thanksgiving, Black Friday & Cyber-Monday Sales available now! Enjoy.

SALE #1 – Palladium’s Thanksgiving, Black Friday & Cyber-Monday SALE – now thru Wednesday, December 4th – 30% discount


The majority of the following game lines are on sale at big savings, while supplies last. RUE and select hardcovers are also part of the sale. Note: Get much bigger savings but less certainty with the Surprise Package offer (see #2 below).

  • Rifts® Ultimate Edition Hardcover (Cat. No. 800HC) and most Rifts® World Books and sourcebooks all 30% off.

  • Phase World® and most Dimension Books all 30% off (excludes Secrets of the Atlanteans; almost sold out).

  • Rifts® Chaos Earth® RPG Hardcover and sourcebooks all 30% off.

  • Palladium Fantasy RPG® 1st (Cat. No. 449HC) and 2nd Edition (Cat. No. 450HC) Hardcovers and most Fantasy sourcebooks all 30% off (excludes Dragons & Gods; almost sold out).

  • Dead Reign® the Zombie Apocalypse RPG and all sourcebooks 30% off.

  • Nightbane® Hardcover RPG (Cat. No. 730HC) and all sourcebooks 30% off.

  • Heroes Unlimited™ RPG and most sourcebooks all 30% off (excludes Powers Unlimited #1, almost sold out).

  • After the Bomb® RPG and all mutant sourcebooks 30% off. Create mutant animal super-heroes using the After the Bomb® RPG and sourcebooks for the standalone post-apocalyptic setting or combine it with Heroes Unlimited™, Ninjas & Superspies or TMNT & Other Strangeness RPG Redux editions (coming in 2025), or use them to create animalistic Nightbane or D-Bees in Rifts®, or Frankenstein lab creations for Beyond the Supernatural, or as aliens from other worlds and dimensions for Phase World® or any appropriate setting. Unleash your imagination.

  • Sale runs now thru Wednesday, December 4. Please spread the word.

SALE #2 – Christmas Surprise Package offer now through December 24


The best deal in gaming – $100+ worth of goodies (often more) for $60 (plus shipping). Books are signed if you want them to be. It is just 3 weeks till Christmas, Kwanzaa, and Hanukkah! Less when you account for the time to process and ship orders, so this weekend and the next are the perfect time to order yours in time for the holidays without having to pay for an express delivery. The Surprise Package Offer ends December 24, 2024.


A great gift for any holiday, birthdays, anniversaries, or a nice treat for yourself (you deserve it!), or a way to try new settings, and fill your collection. After these past four crazy years, you deserve to do something nice for yourself and your gaming pals. The Surprise Package Offer gets you physical game books at PDF prices, and we will sign them if you would like us to. See what other fans are saying in the comment section, below. Enjoy and happy holidays.


You get a ton of stuff on the cheap, you can get a bunch of autographs (if you want ‘em), and you look like you spent a fortune. This is also a great way to try that game setting you’ve wondered about – Splicers®, Dead Reign®, Chaos Earth®, Palladium Fantasy®, Nightbane®, Systems Failure, Mechanoid Invasion®, Rifts®, After the Bomb®, etc. – or to get something for your favorite Game Master. Or perhaps, to get your player group to consider a new game or setting.


Please spread the word. The Christmas Surprise Package is only publicized by word of mouth, on Palladium’s website, and social media, so please tell everyone you know. Buy one for every gamer you know. They make astonishing gifts for every occasion.

SALE #3 – Palladium Fantasy Bundle of Holding – 16 PDF books for about $2.20 each – incredible savings – now thru Monday


$35 gets you $196.50 worth of PDF Fantasy books. This includes the core rule book and 15 other Palladium Fantasy PDF books! Insane savings and a great way to start, or add to, your PDF reference library.


For just $17.95 you get all six PDF titles in this revived offer’s Starter Collection (retail value $71.50) as DRM-free ebooks, including the complete Palladium Fantasy RPG 2E core rulebook, the sourcebooks Mysteries of Magic: Heart of Magic, Monsters and Animals and Dragons & Gods, and the introductory setting sourcebooks The Western Empire and Library of Bletherad.


But if you pay more than the threshold price of $34.96 (at the time of this writing) – you’ll level up and also get the Bonus Collection of 10 more PDF Palladium Fantasy sourcebooks worth an additional $125. Including Wolfen Empire, Eastern Territory, Land of the Damned 1 – Chaos Lands and 2 – Eternal Torment, Mount Nimro, Baalgor Wastelands, Northern Hinterlands, Bizantium and the Northern Islands, Old Ones 2E, and Adventures on the High Seas 2E.


Available now through Black Friday and Cyber-Monday – but order before the holiday rush so you don’t forget! Oh, and most of our other PDF books are on sale at DriveThruRPG (see Sale #4 below).

What’s that? You don’t use the Palladium game system? That’s okay, because you can easily adapt it to any edition of D&D or other fantasy game. The unique character classes, monsters, magic, weapons, magic items, locations, and adventures are easy to adapt and surprise your players with things they are not expecting.


Please tell everyone about the Bundle and help new gamers discover the fun and depth of the Palladium Fantasy setting. Snag one for yourself and then, please, spread the word far and wide.

Sale #4 – DriveThruRPG.com Black Friday-Cyber-Monday sale – now thru Monday


Hundreds of Palladium Books PDF editions are on sale now thru Cyber-Monday – The Rifter, Rifts, Heroes Unlimited, Nightbane, Dead Reign, and many more. Sounds like time to build your digital library for quick, easy searches and reference. And don’t miss out on the Fantasy Bundle of Holding (see Sale #3 above). Happy holidays.

SALE #5 – Kevin’s Toys, Art and Collectibles SALE – now through December 11, 2024


Negatives at half price, plus toys (Star Wars, Marvel and DC superheroes, etc.), Palladium collectibles, and a variety of proofreader copies, hardcover Printer Proofs, and more, all on sale now through December 11. And we are adding new collectibles, negatives, and items through the weekend. Check it out at: http://stores.ebay.com/kevinstoys-artandcollectibles

Shipping Guidelines – Only 3 weeks to Christmas – order now – Sunday is December 1st

Whether you are buying a Surprise Package or a regular order, if you need it in time for Christmas, please order sooner than later to avoid needing to pay for express service or the package not arriving in time for Christmas. Take comfort in your gifts arriving before December 25 with these key ship-by dates. The closer you get to Christmas/Kwanzaa/Hanukkah, the more we recommend UPS as the most reliable method of shipping.

– United States Postal Service: Media Mail – December 9th so order NOW! Media Mail is a low priority mail service so orders placed after December 9th cannot be assured of delivery in time for Christmas; they may or may not. Last year, mail delivery was very good, but we cannot guarantee delivery in time for Christmas when you use Media Mail after December 9th. Moreover, YOU assume ALL risk when you ship via Media Mail. If an order arrives late, goes missing, or is damaged in transit, it will NOT be replaced by Palladium Books.


– United States Postal Service (in USA): Ground Advantage – December 17th.


– United States Postal Service (in USA): Priority Mail – December 18th.


– United States Postal Service (in USA): Priority Mail EXPRESS (expensive) – December 19th.


– UPS Ground (anywhere in the contiguous USA) – December 15. Last year, UPS was astonishing in its speed and accuracy of shipping. After that date, all bets are off.


– UPS 3-Day Select – December 17th, but you will pay for expedited shipping.


– UPS 2nd Day Air – December 18th, but you will pay for expedited shipping.


– UPS Next Day Air – December 19th (to arrive December 24, Christmas Eve) – Palladium Needs that order submitted by December 19th, so we can pack and ship it December 20th to arrive Monday, Christmas Eve, but please don’t cut it that close or pay such a high price for expedited shipping.


– To our friends in Canada and overseas – December 5 with no guarantee that the package will arrive by Christmas. We suggest ordering no later than December 2, but SOONER is better, and even NOW, we cannot guarantee delivery in time for Christmas. Your package should arrive in time, but if there are delays at Customs, work strikes, bad weather, etc., it might miss. Order as soon as possible. Note: Right now, we are finding overseas packages are taking 15-30 days to arrive, sometimes longer! Cost Saver: A Surprise Package mitigates overseas shipping costs – take advantage of this while you can. It is, in effect, the equivalent of getting the books you want at retail, plus autographs, and paying the equivalent of only $10-$30 for overseas shipping! MANY overseas customers take advantage of the Surprise Packages for this reason! And it is likely the ONLY way for you to get autographs. Give it a try, we don’t think you will be disappointed.


– Any orders placed after these dates may arrive in time for Christmas but we cannot guarantee it AND you should assume they will NOT arrive in time for Christmas. Please spread the word and place those orders as soon as you can. Ho, ho, ho and happy holidays.


– 2024 Shipping Note: Please make sure your address is complete and correct! As always, at Palladium, we will be working overtime and doing everything we can to process orders as fast as possible to get them to you for the holidays. However, after the package leaves the Palladium warehouse, delivery is out of our hands. As we get closer to Christmas, UPS Ground and Priority Mail will be your most reliable and timely methods of shipping. Thank you for your understanding.

FUN! Surprise Package Comments can be found at the end of the Update. Every holiday season, I (Kevin) share a selection of Surprise Package comments from gamers like you. I do so to give a shout out for their (and your) support and because I know many of you enjoy reading them nearly as much as we do. We can’t post them all, but we share as many as we can. They are located at the end of each Weekly Update.

TMNT & Other Strangeness Redux Pre-Order Store

News! TMNT & Other Strangeness Pre-Order Store. There is now a link on the front page of the Palladium website to the TMNT & Other Strangeness Pre-Order Store (as well as below). Please note that these products will not ship until 2025. The advantage to placing your pre-order before March, 2025, is that you will get the items at the lower Kickstarter price. For example, you save $10 on each of the two color cover volumes of the two main books, because the final retail price will be higher than the current Kickstarter price. Moreover, Sean Owen Roberson has outdone himself on the Redux editions. Clear and concise rules clarifications, new and helpful tables and charts, sweet layout, gorgeous color art, and so much more.

News! TMNT & Other Strangeness Backers who have not yet filled out the Backerkit fulfillment survey with your ship to addresses, etc., please do so. There are a few hundred of you who have not done it yet and you cannot receive your pledge rewards unless you have filled it out. We fear some of you may have had our many reminders blocked by filters. Click here to take care of it now!

News! Rifts® for Savage Worlds: Europa Kickstarter by Pinnacle Entertainment is in full swing! Even if you don’t use the Savage Worlds game system you may want to check it out. Why? Because it fills in the blanks about Rifts® Europe (Italy, Germany, France, England, Scandinavia, etc.) as of 109 PA. This is ALL “official” world and source material authorized and approved by Palladium Books (specifically Sean Roberson and Kevin Siembieda). Which means you can easily adapt the world information, gear, maps, adventures, and more into your Palladium Rifts campaign or start a new one. Learn more by clicking the link below to see the Rifts® Europa Kickstarter preview page. Game on and enjoy.

History of Palladium Books on YouTube

News! Palladium Books® YouTube Channel offers the Official History of Palladium Books – Here’s what’s coming:

  • November 21 – The Mechanoid Trilogy

  • December 5 – Palladium’s Weapons & Armor series

  • December 19 – Palladium Fantasy RPG


A new episode goes up every other week with the occasional bonus episode in between. Many more chats are coming. Each one a friendly and candid conversation that people are loving. J-M Defoggi and I, Kevin Siembieda, reveal the origins and inside story behind the creation of your favorite Palladium role-playing games and sourcebooks. Presented in rough chronological order.

News! Glitterbois podcasts are offering a series of conversations about the origins of, and thought process behind, Palladium’s many game lines and specific books. These podcasts always cover additional details and memories about the games and Palladium’s history. More fun times.

News! What’s hot at Palladium this week – Rifts® and Palladium Fantasy® remain sizzling hot and Fantasy has gotten even hotter with the Palladium Fantasy 2nd Edition Bundle of Holding super-sale happening through Cyber-Monday. Thank you for your support and keep the orders coming. Remember to order your Christmas Surprise Package in time for the holidays.

Notebook and Pen Sets

NEW – 3 Notebook & Pen Sets

If you’re looking for the perfect stocking stuffer or a fun practical gift, we have three for you.

NEW! Rifts® Unleash Your Imagination Blue Notebook & Pen Set

  • Black ink pen with comfortable, “soft touch” finish.

  • Matching 80 page, ruled paper notepad with matching color ribbon bookmark.

  • Pocket-size 3 ½ by 5 ½ inches to slip nicely into a back pocket or purse.

  • $9.99 per set – Cat. No. 2618 – available now.

NEW! Palladium Books® Live the Fantasy Black Notebook & Pen Set

  • Black ink pen with comfortable, “soft touch” finish.

  • Matching 80 page, ruled paper notepad with matching color ribbon bookmark.

  • Pocket-size 3 ½ by 5 ½ inches to slip nicely into a back pocket or purse.

  • $9.99 per set – Cat. No. 2619 – available now.

New! Heroes Unlimited™ Unleash Your Power Red Notebook & Pen Set

  • Black ink pen with comfortable, “soft touch” finish.

  • Matching 80 page, ruled paper notepad with matching color ribbon bookmark.

  • Pocket-size 3 ½ by 5 ½ inches to slip nicely into a back pocket or purse.

  • $9.99 per set – Cat. No. 2620 – available now.

Palladium Fantasy Bundle of Holding

NEW! 2 Palladium Fantasy 2E – Second Edition (current rules) Bundle of Holding – for epic fantasy adventures – available now

The Palladium Fantasy RPG® 2nd Edition Bundle of Holding was such a smash hit in 2022 that Allen Varney is bringing it back with a couple extra books added for good measure. And just in time for the holidays. A great way to build your PDF library on the cheap, we recommend you get both the Starter and the Bonus Collections, because you will never get these titles at a better discount than this! The Palladium Fantasy Bundle is available now and runs through Black Friday and Cyber-Monday – but order before the holiday rush so you don’t forget!


For those of you new to the Bundles of Holding, you get huge savings on these PDF titles whenever you “buy in.” However, the biggest savings are during the first couple weeks of the offer. Ah, but a Bundle of Holding is always a big bargain no matter when you buy in, even on the last day!


What’s that? You don’t use the Palladium game system? That’s okay, because you can easily adapt it to any edition of D&D or other fantasy game. The unique character classes, monsters, magic, weapons, magic items, locations, and adventures are easy to adapt and surprise your players with things they are not expecting.


Please tell everyone about the Bundles and help new gamers discover the fun and depth of the Palladium Fantasy setting. Snag one for yourself and then, please, spread the word far and wide.


Everything you need to launch a sprawling campaign using the current 2nd Edition FRPG rules. Hundreds of spells, human and inhuman player characters, magic items, monsters, heroes, 100,000 years of history in a unique world, and adventures galore all presented with Palladium’s trademark depth of story.


https://bundleofholding.com/presents/2024Palladium2E


2E STARTER Collection (US $17.95 – total retail value $71.50)

  • Palladium Fantasy RPG®, 2nd Edition ($13.50)

  • Dragons & Gods ($12.50)

  • Monsters & Animals ($12.50)

  • Mysteries of Magic 1: The Heart of Magic ($9)

  • The Western Empire ($13)

  • Library of Bletherad ($11; epic source for adventure)

Total PDF retail value of $71.50, all for only $17.95!


2E BONUS Collection (threshold starts at US $32.95 – retail $125 more for a total of $196.50!):

Gets you everything in the Starter Collection plus PDFs of …

  • Old Ones 2E ($12.50)

  • Adventures on the High Seas 2E ($12.50)

  • Wolfen Empire ($11)

  • Eastern Territory ($13)

  • Land of the Damned 1 – Chaos Lands ($13)

  • Land of the Damned 2 – Eternal Torment ($13)

  • Mount Nimro ($11)

  • Baalgor Wastelands ($13)

  • Northern Hinterlands ($13)

  • Bizantium and the Northern Islands ($13)

If you have never played Palladium Fantasy® 2nd Edition, it is epic, and the Starter and Bonus Collections give you plenty to get rolling. Also easily adaptable to D&D and other fantasy settings.


If you are a long time Palladium Fantasy® fan, you get the Second Edition RPG and other “core” books to have available as a digital reference for your current games. Build your PDF reference library on the cheap via the Bundle of Holding. And the sooner the better, because as more people buy, the price goes up, but it’s always an exceptional bargain.


The Palladium Fantasy 2E Bundle will END on December 2, 2024 at 11 PM Pacific Time – don’t miss out on this limited time offer!


Again, please spread the word and tell everybody about these PDF bundles. All PDF bundles are hosted in association with OneBookShelf, DriveThruRPG’s parent company, and you get your PDF bundle added directly into your DriveThruRPG library. What? You don’t have a DriveThruRPG account yet? No worries, they are FREE and very easy to set up.

Xmas Grab Bags are back!

Christmas Surprise Package – Now Shipping – 3 weeks till Christmas – offer ENDS Christmas Eve, 2024

When you factor the time it takes for you to place an order and for Palladium to process, pack and ship it, you really only have about 2 ½ weeks to order and ship in time for Christmas without having to pay rush fees. So don’t delay, order today and ship via Media Mail or Ground Advantage while you have the time.


The Surprise Package offers huge savings, surprises, and autographs (if you request them) that thrill the purchaser. This is the 26th year we are offering this fan favorite Christmas season bargain because we love doing it as much as you love getting them.


What is a Christmas Surprise Package?


A smile and a hug that comes in a box filled with signed game books from available Palladium staff and freelancers. It is a way for you to get physical books (and autographs if you want them) at PDF prices! $100+ worth of Palladium products for only $60 (plus shipping)! That can nab you four or more items when these days one core rule book can cost you that alone.


These Christmas Surprise Packages are our way of saying thank you for your support and showing you our love and appreciation. It’s a surprise because you never know exactly what you’re going to get or who will sign your books, because we pick from your Wish List and may surprise you with stuff you are not expecting. Extra items may include other RPGs, sourcebooks, issues of the Rifter®, novels, miniatures, prints, art books, greeting cards, T-shirts, negatives, and other items. Some books may be slightly damaged (scuffs, scratches, dings, a bent or crunched corner, etc.) so we can send you more.


No other RPG company on the planet has an offer like this. Truly the best deal in gaming to get unique and special holiday gifts for the gamers in your life, or for yourself.


Christmas Surprise Packages are not just for Christmas. Whether you celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, or the Winter Solstice, or you are looking for that special gift for a birthday, anniversary, graduation, or any special occasion that falls between now and the end of the year, a Surprise Package may be the ideal way to go. You get a ton of stuff on the cheap, you can get a bunch of autographs (if you want ‘em), and you look like you spent a fortune.


This is also a great way to try that game setting you’ve wondered about – Splicers®, Dead Reign®, Chaos Earth®, Palladium Fantasy®, Nightbane®, Beyond the Supernatural, Rifts®, RECON, After the Bomb®, etc. – or to get something for your favorite Game Master. Or perhaps, to get your player group to consider a new game or setting.


Your “Wish List” is vital – the Palladium Surprise Packages are designed to simulate the joy and surprise of the Christmas Season of Giving. To do this, you submit a list of 12-15 Palladium products (or more) FOR EACH Surprise Package you order. This list of 12-15 items for EACH Grab Bag is critical, because you will not know which items we will select to send you. That makes it just like a Christmas gift because it’s a surprise. Plus, Surrogate Santa Kevin, who personally hand-picks every item for every Grab Bag, may toss in something extra like a limited edition print, or a negative or similar collector’s item, or an issue of The Rifter®, or something else he thinks you’ll enjoy.


Autographed books. For those of you who want them (which are most people), available members of the Palladium staff, and any freelancers we can lasso at the time, are happy to autograph each and every book in your Surprise Package. This is the only way many fans across the country and overseas can ever get signed books.


Send us your brief comments. There is a special form and format to fill out for Christmas Surprise Packages, including a place where you can offer your brief comments, suggestions, greetings and salutations.


First-timers are always nervous until they see the great value in their first Surprise Package. A typical Grab Bag has $100+ worth of product. Yes, often more, for only $60 plus shipping. Many people order 2-3. Some order 4-6, and some maniacs order even more! It makes sense, because it is a great way to fill holes in your own collection, treat yourself, get autographs, try new games and settings, rebuild your collection, replace worn out books, and get your gaming pals gifts. Only from PalladiumBooks.com – happy holidays. PLEASE spread the word about this great offer. Note: Search online for Palladium Surprise Package box opening videos to get an idea of what you can expect to receive. I know the Legion of Myth, among others, has such videos.


To those of you outside the USA, the X-Mas Surprise Package is a way to get books and circumvent the damn high cost of shipping from the United States, since you are getting $110 (often more) worth of product and only paying $60 plus shipping. Shipping via Priority Mail International (required for packages weighing more than four pounds) to most locations in Europe, Canada and many other countries is around $70-80 US dollars. HOWEVER, because the cost of the product is so low, that’s the equivalent of paying retail for the products and only $20-$40 for shipping. A very good deal. Plus you get autographs if you want them! X-Mas Surprise Packages are the way to go for those of you outside the USA. Please take advantage of it to get all those products you’ve wished you could get except the shipping was too prohibitive. We feel your pain. Game on!


Please spread the word. The Christmas Surprise Package is only publicized by word of mouth, on Palladium’s website, and social media, so please tell everyone you know. Buy one for every gamer you know. They make astonishing gifts for every occasion. Only from PalladiumBooks.com – happy holidays.

NEW! Nightbane® Automated Character Sheet


Now available on DriveThruRPG.com – The Nightbane Automated Character Sheet follows a similar format as the popular Rifts® Automated Character Sheet designed by Greg Diaczyk.

  • Microsoft Excel-based system for creating, updating, and tracking your Nightbane RPG characters quickly and easily. Once you know the system, you can have characters up and ready in 10-15 minutes!

  • Create your human Facade and Nightbane Morphus in minutes.

  • Offers a vast range of Morphus choices.

  • Select from scores of Common and Elite Nightbane Talents.

  • Spells, psionics, and more.

  • $5.00 – Available now on DriveThruRPG.com and coming soon on PalladiumBooks.com – Created by Greg Diaczyk.

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


In addition to PDF titles for entire game lines like Rifts®, Palladium Fantasy®, Heroes Unlimited™, Ninjas & Superspies™, After the Bomb®, Beyond the Supernatural™, Dead Reign® (zombies), Nightbane® (Urban Fantasy), Rifts Chaos Earth®, Systems Failure™, Splicers®, RECON®, The Rifter® #1-85, and others, there are Game Master and player aids, character generators, paper minis, map packs, and FREE Previews of books like Creature Feature™, Dead Reign, Coalition Manhunters, Titan Robotics™, Rifts Bestiary Volume One, World Books, Dimension Books, and more to give you a glimpse of what’s in the book. Enjoy endless adventures across the Megaverse®.

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

I am adding new collectibles of all kinds to my Ebay store in time for the holiday season. Some are Palladium negatives, rare and out of print books, original Palladium artwork, prints, posters, as well as other collectible toys, action figures, Nightmare Before Christmas items, one-of-a-kind proofreader copies, books, and other good stuff – including Erick Wujcik’s rare and sought after Amberzine #12-15. Check in every week or so to see what’s new. All items come from Kevin Siembieda’s personal collection.


One-of-a-kind Palladium Books negatives (special and rare collectibles). Negatives are always very popular items at the Palladium Open House, Gen Con, and conventions, and are catching on as rare collectibles, unique in and of themselves. Before digital printing, pages of a book were laid out by hand on a board, and each page was photographed.

  • Each negative is truly unique, attractive, and fun to have.

  • Own a piece of Palladium Books and RPG history you will treasure.

  • Each was used to print the very book you may have in your collection (1981-2004).

  • Each is signed in silver ink by Kevin Siembieda and comes with a Certificate of Authenticity.

  • Each negative is a one-of-a-kind work of art (on rare occasions, two-of-a-kind if a page or section of pages were replaced or a second edition was made).

  • Looks great matted or framed! Fits an 8×10 inch matt opening. Each neg is roughly 8 ½ x 11 inches.

  • Prices vary depending on the title, the art, and quality of the negative. Note: Many have scratches, or blemishes, and/or an opaque medium on the negative. Still, they look great and are a piece of RPG history. We recommend you carefully examine the photographs of each item to avoid disappointment. The negatives of many books are sold out or were never available.

CLOSING THOUGHTS

Being Joyful and Thankful


Don’t let politics and holiday stress drag you down. This is a great time to take a deep breath and be thankful for what you have. Not just that, but find solace and joy in the people around you and the things that make you smile and happy. (Like Palladium Books! lol)


I miss my beautiful Kathy Simmons and her amazing cooking that beguiled everyone during the holidays. But mostly I miss her sweet voice, her lovely smile, and cheery wit. We joked and teased and laughed a lot, even when times were difficult. She could get me to decompress from the worst day in a matter of minutes. She and our home were my safe haven. My happy place. Even though all those cherished things are now missing, I’m super-thankful to have had them for so many years. I have thousands (millions?) of glorious memories – some make me smile, others make me laugh out loud, while others make me cry. The tears come, not because they are sad memories – no they are sweet memories – but because there are no new memories to be made together. Still I’m thankful for the wonderful time we shared. Funny, it’s all the little things, the sweet moments and quiet time together that seem to be most important now. We faced some of our worst nightmares together and still found ways to laugh and be joyful in each other’s company.


So please, tell the people you love – your friends and family and fellow gamers – how much they mean to you. Tell them how they are special and matter. That they are loved and appreciated and are the most important thing in the whole wide world. I’m glad Kathy knew that, because one minute she was there, and the next, she was gone.


Tell them and be thankful to have them, because even one great friend is of immeasurable value. And if you have more than one great friend and a loving family, you are rich beyond measure. The rest is all just the frosting on the cake.


Me? I’m rich beyond measure. Not only do I have friends who I consider to be amongst the most amazing people on Earth, but I have the greatest fans, a great business partner, and a job I love. Thank you, one and all, for being part of my incredible life and everchanging Megaverse. Enjoy your life and all its wonders. Happy Thanksgiving.


– Kevin Siembieda, Publisher, Game Designer, Friend, and Surrogate Santa

Surprise Package Comments from fans like you

Every year we like to post a selection of the comments we get from Surprise Package customers. It’s a nice acknowledgement and thank you to them (you know who you are) and you enjoy reading them. I read each and every comment that comes in the Surprise Packages, and they always brighten our day. We all appreciate your kind words, suggestions, and insights. In fact, the idea to do hardcover editions of core rule books came from fan comments in the Grab Bags. We get a lot so we can only offer a sampling of these comments in the Weekly Updates.


Our heartfelt thanks to all of you who have stuck with Palladium through thick and thin and now these new strange times. Please use our games to find escape from your day to day grind and worries. Use them to bring a little joy, laughter, and adventure to the holiday season and beyond.


Your comments and support mean the world to all of us. Thank you for making us smile and feel valued. As always, I have tried to write a short response [in brackets] to each comment. Happy holidays.


– Kevin Siembieda (and the Palladium Crew)

R.H. in Tonawanda, New York, writes: Always need to do a second one [Surprise Package]. Thank you again for providing this fantastic deal!


[You are very welcome R.H., but why stop at two? Just saying. Happy Holidays. – Kevin]



M.A. in Wasco, California, writes: Love you guys! Grateful for anything you can send me in my list. Thank you very much, Kevin, for the Deluxe books I ordered a week ago, beautiful.


[M.A., we love you too – you and all our wonderful fans. We try to make all our books top notch, but some, like the TMNT & Other Strangeness books coming in 2025, are extra special and exceed even our expectations. We cannot wait to put them in your hands next spring. Enjoy and happy holidays. – Kevin]



C.P. in Rapid City, South Dakota, writes (in part): Long time Rifts® fan, but I’m getting more and more into horror gaming. I would love to delve into Beyond the Supernatural and Nightbane … please load me up with the essentials for those lines as I love Palladium Stuff and would like to start exploring those lines. Happy Holidays and New Year, all. I love you guys.


[Hey C.P., I’m loving all the love in these Grab Bag comment sections. We love you all too or we wouldn’t offer the Surprise Package deal. Palladium Fans are the world’s greatest and we appreciate you all more than you may ever realize. Happy holidays and here’s to an extraordinary New Year. Game on! – Kevin]



J.A. in Eagle Point, Oregon, writes: I am glad to see this [Surprise Package offer] return for another year, it makes me happy to see Palladium doing well. I am extremely excited for the TMNT & Other Strangeness Redux editions. I backed it and am eagerly awaiting both the Red, White and Black editions and the regular editions. Thank you so much for all you and the crew do for the gaming community. My condolences on your loss, it was a shock to us all that follow and support Palladium. I am happy that you continue to see the light and good in everything around you. Keep up the work and game.


[Hi J.A., I appreciate your sincere and heartfelt comments. You will love both editions of the TMNT & Other Strangeness RPG Redux. We’re always happy to do the Surprise Package offer again to bring a little extra joy to our fellow gamers around the world.


Kathy Simmons’ sudden death was a shock to us all. Thank you for your condolences. Losing her made this year a strange and bittersweet one, and something of a blur. But we have all pushed forward as best we can just as Kathy would want us to do. She loved me and Palladium Books, and our fans, so much. Doing the Surprise Package offer these many years and reading all the comments from the sweet and kind ones like this one, to the serious and the silly ones, and everything in between, made the holiday season a special time for me and Kathy. A shared time and experience for us both. Kathy, like me, would read every single comment. She would point out the ones that touched her heart or made her laugh, or needed special attention, as well as point out regular customers and friends. I’m grateful to have had so many wonderful Christmas seasons with her – and with all of you. The tradition must go on! Happy Holidays and tell those you love how much they mean to you, especially during the holidays. Trust me, you’ll be glad you did. – Kevin]



J.H. in Vancouver, Washington, writes: Hi, I’m back again. The last box I got was too good and I had to get another one. Thanks again guys. Have a good one.


[Welcome back, J.H., get as many Surprise Packages as your heart desires. – Kevin]



C.H.K. in Casselberry, Florida, writes (in part): Special wants: Hell Followed because Alex Marciniszyn says it’s fun. I say, I want to try that! … role-playing helps me live a positive life and my favorite, most caring company of all is you guys, Palladium Books. I look forward to more Legion of Myth interviews, so I have more Palladium goodness to share with my friends … Take care and BE THE LIGHT!


[Yes, C.H.K., be the light! I love it. We all need to focus more on the positive, and deal with the negative as best we can. When you appreciate the beauty, people, and good things that bring you joy, you are happy and feel lighter. Life is too short and precious to do otherwise. Your comments and kind words made us all smile, as did the wonderful surprise prize package you sent to us in the mail. We were all like, what the heck? Thank you, so much. This is just one example of why I always say Palladium fans are the world’s greatest and a welcomed part of our extended family. Whatever Alex tells you, it must be true, and he’s right, Hell Followed is epic and fun. From what I can see, I’d say you’re doing a good job at being the light. Keep it up. With sincere respect and appreciation – Kevin and Crew]



A.K. in Corbin, Kentucky, writes: An update on Tomes Grotesque if possible. Beyond the Supernatural is my favorite game from you guys and I would love additional sourcebooks.


[Hey A.K., you and a few thousand other people. Publishing Tomes Grotesque and Beyond Arcanum some time in 2025 is a personal objective for me and Sean. No promises, but I’ll be doing my best to put them into your hands by this time next year. – Kevin]



J.N. in Springfield, Missouri, writes: Favorites: Palladium Fantasy. Looking forward to purchasing TMNT & Other Strangeness RPG Redux Editions as soon as they release in 2025!


[You will love them, J.N., they are amazing on so many levels. FYI: If you pre-order them before March 2025, you will get them at the Kickstarter price; about a $10 savings for each of the two main books. – Kevin]

W.A.S. in Fairbanks, Alaska, writes: Keep the Rifts® books coming! Looking forward to TMNT & Other Strangeness Redux Kickstarter [items] coming our way. Please make the Savage Worlds Europe a full Rifts® sourcebook in the future. What’s going on with the Lazlo sourcebook? Seems like it fell into limbo.


[Hey, W.A.S., you will love the TMNT & Other Strangeness Redux editions. They are beautiful and remastered. If all goes well, 2025 will offer a number of new releases for Rifts®, Fantasy, and other settings. Rifts City of Lazlo is in a bit of a limbo but far from forgotten. It’s our policy not to talk much about upcoming releases or Palladium’s plans until items are going to print, so you’ll just have to wait to see what the new year has in store for Rifts – Rifts® Bestiary 2 and Rifts® Antarctica are at the top of our list. As for the City State of Lazlo, Rifts Europa, and others, they are on our radar. Happy holidays! – Kevin]



E.A. in Olympia, Washington, writes (in part): I have enjoyed every game setting from Palladium Books, though Rifts® and Heroes Unlimited are most favored. These are rich worlds where we can play anything or anyone in every type of scenario we wish. The character creation process is so much fun, my group and I will even get together for the joy of creating random characters and then crafting back stories for them … I was introduced to Rifts®, Heroes Unlimited, and Palladium Fantasy all at the same time. I was hooked on the system and art. It has been a fantastic journey within these worlds and the people I met and shared time with – lasting friendships. Kevin and Sean are assured to have Palladium Books grow and [continue] the Megaverse®.


[Hi E.A., thank you for the delightful, love-filled note in the comment section. It warms our hearts when we see how much joy our simple games have brought to so many people. I’m thankful and glad to inspire imaginations and help bring laughter and friendship to tables around the world. Talk about humbling (and to my mind, miraculous). Merry Christmas and game on. – Kevin]



D.H. in Troy, Michigan, writes (in part): Thank you Kevin and Crew for doing this every year. This will be my second year ordering. It’s a little Christmas treat for myself. Will you do an Open House next year [2025], I would love to come just to say I was at Palladium Books! Keep up the good work and thank you for years of memories with friends.


[You are very welcome, D.H., it is our pleasure to do these Surprise Packages. No 2025 Open House, but we are considering doing one in 2026. More details when we decide when and where. Meanwhile, you know you can swing by the office any time to get a little tour of the place. Happy Thanksgiving and Merry Christmas. – Kevin]



B.C. in Spring, Texas, writes (in part): Kevin, I admire how you’ve handled all the tragedy and stress of this year. Strength and health and healing to you … Grateful for the new automated Nightbane excel sheet and hope one is coming for Heroes Unlimited … I’m also loving the Kevin interviews, but I’m now eager for an interviewer to ask about your Game Mastering advice … to foster story and improvisation …


[Thank you for your kind words, B.C. The healing continues every day and my emotional strength and health improves daily. I learned that from Kathy, Erick, and my Mom, all amazing human beings. Legion of Myth has been asking me and Sean all kinds of G.M. and storytelling questions, and you’ll see more in upcoming interviews after we’ve covered Palladium’s long history. Wow, I’ve done a lot. Lol. I loved your suggestions and will keep them in mind. Keep your imagination burning bright. Happy holidays. – Kevin]

Palladium Books® Weekly Update – October 31, 2024

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Weekly Update

ONE GAME SYSTEM – EVERY GENRE – COUNTLESS WORLDS – ENDLESS ADVENTURE

Palladium Books® Weekly Update

October 31, 2024

Happy Halloween! Be safe out there when trick or treating with the kids or going to parties tonight and over the weekend. There’s a lot of news and updates. Enjoy.


SALE FINAL Hours – DriveThruRPG.com Halloween Horror Sale. This is your last chance to stock up on thousands of horror RPG products as PDF books from Palladium and many other companies. Beyond the Supernatural, Dead Reign®, Nightbane®, and other Palladium titles across the Megaverse® with an element of horror are all part of the sale. And it’s not just haunting Palladium PDF titles, but those of Chaosium, Pinnacle, and dozens of other RPG companies to get your scare on. Check it out before it’s too late. Sale ends 10:00 AM Eastern Time Friday morning, November 1.

Also available on DriveThruRPG.com – The Nightbane® Automated Character Sheet! It follows a similar format as the popular Rifts® Automated Character Sheet designed by Greg Diaczyk. There’s also a Palladium Fantasy Interactive Character Sheet and NPC Sheet. See more details below or on DriveThruRPG.

SALE! The best deal in gaming – Palladium Christmas Surprise Package – $100+ in product for $60 plus shipping – available now! But don’t take our word for it.


A.W. in Mountain Grove, Missouri, had this to say (in part): “This will be my second Surprise Package this year! The first one arrived so soon after ordering, I wasn’t expecting it. Which makes it one of the best birthday gifts I’ve ever received … I will definitely be buying a few more of these before the year is out.”


W.M.C. in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, said (in part): “Wow. Is it that time of year already? Love these Christmas packages. With the godawful exchange and shipping rates to Canada, this is the best way to acquire new (and rare) Palladium book titles.


R.M. in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada, writes: “Second year ordering the Grab Bag. It’s a fantastic deal I now look forward to. Thank you and happy holidays!”


A typical Surprise Package nets you 4-6 books, signed by Kevin Siembieda and available staff if you request it. That’s 4-6 books for what you’d usually pay for ONE core rule book! The Surprise Package is the perfect gamer gift for the holidays, birthdays, and anniversaries; something special and all on the cheap! You can also treat yourself with books you’ve been wanting, or try new game settings, or replace battered old books. Don’t limit yourself to just books either, everything in the Palladium store can be considered for your Surprise Package – miniatures, poker decks, art prints, bookmarks, coffee mugs, greeting cards, and other products. See more details by clicking the link below and learn why the Christmas Surprise Package has been a fan favorite for 26 years. No other game company does anything like this. Limited time offer.

News! Join Kevin Siembieda and Sean Owen Roberson for a “live chat” about magic and psionics on Legion of Myth – Sunday, November 3, at 3:00 PM Eastern Time. Join the fun. Do we need to say more?

News! Glitterbois podcast – Rifts® Part One and Two coming soon. We believe the Rifts® Part One podcast with Kevin Siembieda and the guys has been made available or will be posted soon (this weekend?). Meanwhile, Kevin and the Glitterbois have already recorded Rifts® Part Two so it should go live in a week or two. We’re delighted you are enjoying these podcasts, as well as the chats on Legion of Myth and Palladium’s YouTube video history of Palladium Books with Kevin Siembieda and J-M DeFoggi.

History of Palladium Books on YouTube

News! Palladium Books® YouTube Channel offers the Official History of Palladium Books. Two episodes are available now with many more coming every other week (20+ are in the can). These friendly and candid conversations are already a hit with fans, which makes us all very happy, especially Kevin and J-M.


The first 24 or so episodes recount the history of Palladium Books in loose chronological order by game line. Watch for more fun in the months ahead including Tales of the Defilers and interviews with notable Palladium Books creators like Sean Owen Roberson, Matthew Clements, Matthew Balent, Ramon K. Perez, Freddie E. Williams II, and others. Please offer suggestions about topics of discussion for our future consideration. Thank you.

News! What’s hot at Palladium this week – Palladium Fantasy® remains crazy hot this week along with all things Rifts® and Dead Reign®. Among Surprise Packages we are seeing requests for all our game lines across the board, but particularly Rifts®, Chaos Earth®, Palladium Fantasy, Heroes Unlimited, Ninjas & Superspies, Systems Failure, Dead Reign® and Nightbane®. Thank you for your support and keep the orders coming.

Rifts for Savage Worlds: Europa Kickstarter

News! Coming November 12, 2024 – Rifts® for Savage Worlds: Europa Kickstarter by Pinnacle Entertainment – Even if you don’t use the Savage Worlds game system you may want to check it out. Why? Because it fills in the blanks about Rifts® Europe (Italy, Germany, France, England, etc.) as of 109 PA. This is ALL “official” world and source material authorized and approved by Palladium Books (specifically Sean Roberson and Kevin Siembieda). Which means you can easily adapt the world information, gear, maps, adventures, and more into your Palladium Rifts campaign or start a new one. Learn more by clicking the link below to see the Rifts® Europa Kickstarter preview page. Game on and enjoy.

Xmas Grab Bags are back!

Christmas Surprise Package – Now Shipping

Huge savings, surprises, and autographs (if you request them) that thrill the purchaser. This is the 26th year we are offering this fan favorite Christmas season bargain because we love doing it as much as you love getting them.


What is a Christmas Surprise Package?


A smile and a hug that comes in a box filled with signed game books from available Palladium staff and freelancers. It is a way for you to get physical books (and autographs if you want them) at PDF prices! $100+ worth of Palladium products for only $60 (plus shipping)! That can nab you four or more items when these days one core rule book can cost you that alone.


These Christmas Surprise Packages are our way of saying thank you for your support and showing you our love and appreciation. It’s a surprise because you never know exactly what you’re going to get or who will sign your books, because we pick from your Wish List and may surprise you with stuff you are not expecting. Extra items may include other RPGs, sourcebooks, issues of the Rifter®, novels, miniatures, prints, art books, greeting cards, T-shirts, negatives, and other items. Some books may be slightly damaged (scuffs, scratches, dings, a bent or crunched corner, etc.) so we can send you more.


No other RPG company on the planet has an offer like this. Truly the best deal in gaming to get unique and special holiday gifts for the gamers in your life, or for yourself.


Christmas Surprise Packages are not just for Christmas. Whether you celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, or the Winter Solstice, or you are looking for that special gift for a birthday, anniversary, graduation, or any special occasion that falls between now and the end of the year, a Surprise Package may be the ideal way to go. You get a ton of stuff on the cheap, you can get a bunch of autographs (if you want ‘em), and you look like you spent a fortune.


This is also a great way to try that game setting you’ve wondered about – Splicers®, Dead Reign®, Chaos Earth®, Palladium Fantasy®, Nightbane®, Beyond the Supernatural, Rifts®, RECON, After the Bomb®, etc. – or to get something for your favorite Game Master. Or perhaps, to get your player group to consider a new game or setting.


Your “Wish List” is vital – the Palladium Surprise Packages are designed to simulate the joy and surprise of the Christmas Season of Giving. To do this, you submit a list of 12-15 Palladium products (or more) FOR EACH Surprise Package you order. This list of 12-15 items for EACH Grab Bag is critical, because you will not know which items we will select to send you. That makes it just like a Christmas gift because it’s a surprise. Plus, Surrogate Santa Kevin, who personally hand-picks every item for every Grab Bag, may toss in something extra like a limited edition print, or a negative or similar collector’s item, or an issue of The Rifter®, or something else he thinks you’ll enjoy.


Autographed books. For those of you who want them (which are most people), available members of the Palladium staff, and any freelancers we can lasso at the time, are happy to autograph each and every book in your Surprise Package. This is the only way many fans across the country and overseas can ever get signed books.


Send us your brief comments. There is a special form and format to fill out for Christmas Surprise Packages, including a place where you can offer your brief comments, suggestions, greetings and salutations.


First-timers are always nervous until they see the great value in their first Surprise Package. A typical Grab Bag has $100+ worth of product. Yes, often more, for only $60 plus shipping. Many people order 2-3. Some order 4-6, and some maniacs order even more! It makes sense, because it is a great way to fill holes in your own collection, treat yourself, get autographs, try new games and settings, rebuild your collection, replace worn out books, and get your gaming pals gifts. Only from PalladiumBooks.com – happy holidays. PLEASE spread the word about this great offer. Note: Search online for Palladium Surprise Package box opening videos to get an idea of what you can expect to receive. I know the Legion of Myth, among others, has such videos.


To those of you outside the USA, the X-Mas Surprise Package is a way to get books and circumvent the damn high cost of shipping from the United States, since you are getting $110 (often more) worth of product and only paying $60 plus shipping. Shipping via Priority Mail International (required for packages weighing more than four pounds) to most locations in Europe, Canada and many other countries is around $70-80 US dollars. HOWEVER, because the cost of the product is so low, that’s the equivalent of paying retail for the products and only $20-$40 for shipping. A very good deal. Plus you get autographs if you want them! X-Mas Surprise Packages are the way to go for those of you outside the USA. Please take advantage of it to get all those products you’ve wished you could get except the shipping was too prohibitive. We feel your pain. Game on!


Please spread the word. The Christmas Surprise Package is only publicized by word of mouth, on Palladium’s website, and social media, so please tell everyone you know. Buy one for every gamer you know. They make astonishing gifts for every occasion. Only from PalladiumBooks.com – happy holidays.

GiveSendGo Fundraising for BRIC needs our help

Some of you have supported this good cause before. It is a charity close to the heart of me and Sean, and every dollar goes direct to the people who need it, which makes a HUGE difference in saving lives in the Congo. Even a small donation is greatly appreciated, so please give if you can. Thank you so very much for your past financial support of RIGHT’s efforts to feed and protect the people rescued and sustained by the lifesaving BRIC project.


Through your donations, BRIC has been able to install an armored security gate, build enclosure walls, construct a building for offices and classrooms, and an enlarge a stage where students perform the creative, self-help exercises learned through BRIC seminars, as well as music and dance performances that inform and uplift the community. Most recently, they have built a small structure with a toilet and shower, as well as installed basic electricity to the compound. All of this is in addition to rescuing and rehabilitating those once forced into service as child soldiers and worse by rogue warlords and bandits.


These life sustaining improvements could not happen without your prayers and financial assistance since 2022, but our crusade to save and improve the lives of the people in the region is far from complete.


Feuding rebel warlords dangerously close to the homes of the people of Goma continue to control many roads, disrupt and block food supply lines, and harass the people. This has forced many citizens of Goma to turn to BRIC for help. Without that help, they must resort to foraging for food in the rebel-filled forest where they risk their lives or capture. Children left alone while parents forage for food are at great risk of being kidnapped and trafficked. BRIC allows fathers and mothers to drop their children at the enclosure. At this safe haven the children are fed with limited supplies of food, given school lessons, and provided other help as needed.


The Democratic Republic of Congo is currently facing one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises. People are displaced, starving, and homeless. Making safe havens like BRIC necessary for survival. Please join me (Kevin Siembieda) and Sean Owen Roberson by helping in any way you can. Your donations, small or large, will save lives. Thank you.

AVAILABLE NOW!

Yin-Sloth Jungles cover

BACK IN STOCK!

Yin-Sloth Jungles, 2nd Edition, Revised and Expanded!


The Yin-Sloth Jungles™ is a savage and unexplored wilderness filled with exotic people, strange creatures, ancient ruins, dark gods, and ancient secrets waiting to be unearthed.


– 15 O.C.C.s, all updated and expanded, making them seem brand new: Beastmaster, Holy Crusader, Jungle Fighter, Man-Catcher, the unique Tezcat and Pygmy Shamans, Spy, Undead Hunter, and Witch Hunter, among others.

– 18 Jungle People and monsters updated and expanded to feel like new, plus a few additions.

– New and expanded Shaman Chant magic.

– New and unique Pygmy Shaman Chant magic.

– New and expanded history of the Yin-Sloth Jungles.

– Expanded and clarified weapons, jungle armor, poisons, & more.

– The Orcish Empire and a few notable cities.

– Filled with great artwork by Peterson (ROG) and Mike Mumah.

– Written by Kevin Siembieda, John Klinkel, and Patrick Nowak.

– 160 pages – $24.99 retail – Cat. No. 459 – available now.

– COMING SOON! Yin-Sloth Expeditions setting and adventure book.

Now on DriveThruRPG!

NEW! Yin-Sloth Jungles, 2nd Edition Revised and Expanded PDF on DriveThruRPG.com


Yin-Sloth Jungles, 2nd Edition is now available as a PDF book on DriveThruRPG.com – and so is the original 1st Edition book. Get one or both to compare or have in your PDF reference library.

DriveThruRPG.com Halloween Horror Sale offers all kinds of horror RPGs and sourcebooks as PDF books from Palladium and many other companies. Palladium’s Halloween Sale may be over (Or is it? Use the Surprise Package to get all the spooky books you want!) but the DriveThruRPG Halloween Sale has only just begun. And it’s not just haunting Palladium PDF titles on sale but those of Chaosium, Pinnacle, and dozens of other RPG companies. Thousands of titles to get your scare on. Check it out.


NEW! Nightbane® Automated Character Sheet


Now available on DriveThruRPG.com – The Nightbane Automated Character Sheet follows a similar format as the popular Rifts® Automated Character Sheet designed by Greg Diaczyk.

  • Microsoft Excel-based system for creating, updating, and tracking your Nightbane RPG characters quickly and easily. Once you know the system, you can have characters up and ready in 10-15 minutes!

  • Create your human Facade and Nightbane Morphus in minutes.

  • Offers a vast range of Morphus choices.

  • Select from scores of Common and Elite Nightbane Talents.

  • Spells, psionics, and more.

  • $5.00 – Available now on DriveThruRPG.com and coming soon on PalladiumBooks.com – Created by Greg Diaczyk.

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


In addition to PDF titles for entire game lines like Rifts®, Palladium Fantasy®, Heroes Unlimited™, Ninjas & Superspies™, After the Bomb®, Beyond the Supernatural™, Dead Reign® (zombies), Nightbane® (Urban Fantasy), Rifts Chaos Earth®, Systems Failure™, Splicers®, RECON®, The Rifter® #1-85, and others, there are Game Master and player aids, character generators, paper minis, map packs, and FREE Previews of books like Creature Feature™, Dead Reign, Coalition Manhunters, Titan Robotics™, Rifts Bestiary Volume One, World Books, Dimension Books, and more to give you a glimpse of what’s in the book. Enjoy endless adventures across the Megaverse®.

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

I am adding new collectibles of all kinds to my Ebay store in time for the holiday season. Some are Palladium negatives, rare and out of print books, original Palladium artwork, prints, posters, as well as other collectible toys, action figures, Nightmare Before Christmas items, one-of-a-kind proofreader copies, books, and other good stuff – including Erick Wujcik’s rare and sought after Amberzine #12-15. Check in every week or so to see what’s new. All items come from Kevin Siembieda’s personal collection.


One-of-a-kind Palladium Books negatives (special and rare collectibles). Negatives are always very popular items at the Palladium Open House, Gen Con, and conventions, and are catching on as rare collectibles, unique in and of themselves. Before digital printing, pages of a book were laid out by hand on a board, and each page was photographed.

  • Each negative is truly unique, attractive, and fun to have.

  • Own a piece of Palladium Books and RPG history you will treasure.

  • Each was used to print the very book you may have in your collection (1981-2004).

  • Each is signed in silver ink by Kevin Siembieda and comes with a Certificate of Authenticity.

  • Each negative is a one-of-a-kind work of art (on rare occasions, two-of-a-kind if a page or section of pages were replaced or a second edition was made).

  • Looks great matted or framed! Fits an 8×10 inch matt opening. Each neg is roughly 8 ½ x 11 inches.

  • Prices vary depending on the title, the art, and quality of the negative. Note: Many have scratches, or blemishes, and/or an opaque medium on the negative. Still, they look great and are a piece of RPG history. We recommend you carefully examine the photographs of each item to avoid disappointment. The negatives of many books are sold out or were never available.

CLOSING THOUGHTS

Scary Stuff


Gonna keep this one short. There’s a lot of scary and worrisome things going on in the world, but try not to let them bring you down. Instead, focus on gaming and good things like friends and family, and gaming. (Did I mention gaming?) Games, especially role-playing games, are an amazing escape from everyday worries. Sean and I were just gushing and recounting each of our favorite past games with friends involving demonic swords. We both got animated and excited retelling these adventures like a couple of nerdy fan boys. But you know what, we were laughing and having a good time just talking about our past games. This is why we love role-playing games so much. There’s nothing like them and the joyful memories and friendships last a lifetime.


I haven’t mentioned it much in these Updates lately, but the TMNT and Other Strangeness RPG Redux editions and related items are moving along. The books look amazing. How amazing? A visiting Westland Fire Department Captain expressed interest in the project, so Sean showed him the finished layout pages on his computer. This gentleman is not even an active gamer, but he went nuts over what he saw. He loved the art and layout and kept saying how these books are “going to kill” when they hit the stores. He went wild over the miniatures, too. He even wants to buy the books just to have and read. And this is from a non-gamer. Looking great. Sean is pulling out all the stops.


As for the election next week, if your preferred candidate loses, it is not the end of the world. Things will be okay. Stay frosty and hopeful. Drown your misery in a Palladium Surprise Package. Game on.


– Kevin Siembieda, Publisher, Game Designer, Friend, and Surrogate Santa

Palladium Weekly Update – September 27, 2024

Written by pb_addy on . Posted in Weekly Updates.

Weekly Update

ONE GAME SYSTEM – EVERY GENRE – COUNTLESS WORLDS – ENDLESS ADVENTURE

There is a lot to talk about in this update so please let other Palladium fans know they should check it out. I’m gonna dive right into it.

Palladium’s Big Scary Horror Sale – 20-70% savings while supplies last

Palladium Books is a master of horror with several horror game lines – Beyond the Supernatural modern horror, Dead Reign the Zombie Apocalypse with several fun twists and unique zombies, Nightbane RPG Urban Fantasy (you must become a monster to fight the monsters in this truly dark game), but many of our games have elements of horror and the supernatural, so we are also including select sourcebooks for other game settings. All at steep discounts. Most are 30-50% off, a few at a 70% discount, and a few at 20% off. These steep discounts mean this sale is very limited. Perfect for bringing a touch of horror and suspense into your games. I have tried to make this sale fun by offering a number of nonbook horror products in the mix. Get your fright on and enjoy.

What’s hot at Palladium this week – all things Rifts® plus with Halloween around the corner we’re seeing interest in Dead Reign®, BTS, and Nightbane® books, which is why we are offering the Big Scary Horror Sale to make your Halloween joyfully terrifying. But don’t be afraid to delve into the darkness for fun and escape.

COMING SOON – Kevin Siembieda and Sean Owen Roberson live chat on the Legion of Myth – Sunday, October 6. We’ll be talking about running games in wilderness settings from Rifts to Palladium Fantasy. A fun time for all. Oh, and we take fan questions so tune in at 2:00 PM Eastern Time next Sunday and submit your questions in advance.


ENJOY! Two recent Glitterbois podcasts – The Beyond the Supernatural and Robotech® podcasts are now available! Both are part of an ongoing History of Palladium Books podcast series with the Glitterbois.


COMING SOON – Rifts® Glitterbois podcasts starting around mid-October. There will probably be at least a couple podcasts about Rifts®. WARNING: We sometimes digress into fun topics about game mechanics, Game Mastering, personal RPG experiences, and the many talented people who helped me create these iconic games. Always a fun, casual conversion amongst gamers.

COMING SOON – Palladium Books Channel on YouTube! The Palladium YouTube channel already exists, but we’ll be adding to it soon. One of the many things we have been working on behind the scenes is a series of “official” chats/interviews between me and JM Defoggi regarding the history of Palladium Books. We start by touching upon my career as an artist in comic books and gaming for such companies as Judges Guild (D&D), GDW (Traveller) and others. For those of you who don’t know, my original plan was to be a comic book creator/artist/writer. Palladium Books and game design was supposed to be temporary until I broke into comics. The next thing I knew, I had a successful company on my hands and a new career that I loved.


These Palladium Books Channel YouTube videos should start getting posted sometime in October. I hope you like ‘em. The focus of the first 20 videos has been a chronological presentation by game line with a focus on the books and their creation; all subjects we think you would like to hear about most. But we are considering going back to cover more personal moments, people, and events after we finish that initial book release chronology. Doing these chats with the energetic and knowledgeable JM has made us both realize what a wonderful life I have lived, all the things I have done, and all the amazing people I have met and worked with. So we may go back to talk about my experiences during the early days of Gen Con, the early Palladium crew (Maryann, Alex, Erick, Matt Balent, Bill Loebs, Kevin Long, Ramon Perez, Keith Parkinson, etc.), and moments like our first small warehouse flooding on Christmas Eve, storing and shipping books from my little house on Casper street that was constantly getting broken into and robbed, Detroit’s comic book convention history and my meeting people like Gene Roddenberry, George Romero, Stan Lee, Neal Adams, and countless others. Watch for it.


Granite State Comic Con was amazing! Sean and I had the best time there. The love and positivity from Turtles fans and gamers was palpable. The gaming coordinator, Doug Shute, was sharp and helpful, and became a life saver when neither we nor the hotel could find a taxi, shuttle, or Uber at 4:00 AM Monday morning to take us to the airport for our 5:40 red-eye flight home. I wish I’d had the presence of mind to take a photo of Doug in his pajamas for blackmail purposes. What a great guy, that Doug. Granite State Comic Con is a convention Sean and I highly recommend. And their RPG area is growing by leaps and bounds. We’re already talking about coming back as guests next year in a much bigger way.


Kevin Eastman gave me a big hug, signed a few books, let us grab a few photos, and chatted awhile. I love that guy … but who doesn’t, right?. It was also wonderful to reconnect with my dear friend and artist extraordinaire Freddie E. Williams. It had been years. I had the privilege of finally meeting his delightful and lovely wife Kiki, in person, and more hugs, laughter, and chatting ensued. Luis Antonio Delgado also leapt up from behind his table all smiles to hug and chat with me and Sean, as did Jim Lawson, Mike Rooth, and others. There were dozens of TMNT comic book artists and writers present and we had the pleasure of meeting a host of them including Ben Bishop, Fero Pe, Erick Talbot, Steve Lavigne, Danny Harrell, Hugh Rookwood, Erik Burnham, and Michael Dialynas to name but a few.


The gaming area was right next to the TMNT artist alley which was super-convenient, but we still didn’t have the time to meet and chat with everyone. I very much wanted to talk with Tom Waltz and others but we just didn’t have time. Why? Because we were thrilled with the number of gamers who came by our booth to say hello. I signed more TMNT & Other Strangeness RPGs and early editions of Rifts® RPGs than I have in 20 years. Awesome! I was so busy prior to the convention that I had forgotten to send in my bio and photo to the convention until a week or two before the event, so I was not listed in the program book and a lot of people didn’t know I was attending. Sorry, that’s all my fault and will NOT happen again. Sean and I are 90% certain we will be back next year with the Redux Editions and a much larger selection of our books. So start planning now you East Coast gamers, we’ll see you next year.


It was a delight to catch up with my old pal Steve Jackson and we enjoyed meeting and talking with SJG’s CEO Meredith Placko and SJG game designer Irene Zielinski, both awesome human beings like Steve. We had a rollicking fun time with Chaosium cartographer and writer Matt Ryan and his wife Casey. They are very nice and fun people. In fact, Matt has threatened to swing by the Palladium studio the next time he’s in town.


Our thanks to the convention organizers, workers/Red Shirts, guests, and the multitude of gamers and TMNT fans who paid us a visit at our table. It all adds up to a great time and fond memories I will cherish my entire life. Yes, it was that good. See my Closing Thoughts for a bit more about the convention and William Shatner.

GiveSendGo Fundraising for BRIC needs our help

Some of you have supported this good cause before. It is a charity close to the heart of me and Sean, and every dollar goes direct to the people who need it, which makes a HUGE difference in saving lives in the Congo. Even a small donation is greatly appreciated, so please give if you can. Thank you so very much for your past financial support of RIGHT’s efforts to feed and protect the people rescued and sustained by the lifesaving BRIC project.


Through your donations, BRIC has been able to install an armored security gate, build enclosure walls, construct a building for offices and classrooms, and an enlarge a stage where students perform the creative, self-help exercises learned through BRIC seminars, as well as music and dance performances that inform and uplift the community. Most recently, they have built a small structure with a toilet and shower, as well as installed basic electricity to the compound. All of this is in addition to rescuing and rehabilitating those once forced into service as child soldiers and worse by rogue warlords and bandits.


These life sustaining improvements could not happen without your prayers and financial assistance since 2022, but our crusade to save and improve the lives of the people in the region is far from complete.


Feuding rebel warlords dangerously close to the homes of the people of Goma continue to control many roads, disrupt and block food supply lines, and harass the people. This has forced many citizens of Goma to turn to BRIC for help. Without that help, they must resort to foraging for food in the rebel-filled forest where they risk their lives or capture. Children left alone while parents forage for food are at great risk of being kidnapped and trafficked. BRIC allows fathers and mothers to drop their children at the enclosure. At this safe haven the children are fed with limited supplies of food, given school lessons, and provided other help as needed.


The Democratic Republic of Congo is currently facing one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises. People are displaced, starving, and homeless. Making safe havens like BRIC necessary for survival. Please join me (Kevin Siembieda) and Sean Owen Roberson by helping in any way you can. Your donations, small or large, will save lives. Thank you.

TMNT Film Kickstarter – an epic TMNT documentary – get yours now

We want to let you know about this very unique Kickstarter because it sounds amazing to us. A 4 hour DVD packed with history and interviews with Eastman, Laird, Mirage Studios creators, Freedman, Siembieda, and others. Plus lots of inside reveals regarding never released art, toys and other prototypes and experimentation. It’s a must-have item for me and I think it should be for most TMNT fans. I know I’m going to get the DVD. Check it out and spread the word!


The Kickstarter is called TMNT: Evolution, Mutation, and Reboot – a new documentary from Definitive Film that says it delves into the complete history of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles — one of pop culture’s most beloved franchises. This Kickstarter campaign offers a 4 hour, feature-length film packed with interviews, behind-the-scenes stories, art, and images, and personal stories from creators Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird, and many others (including Palladium’s very own Kevin Siembieda). We don’t want Turtles fans to miss out on what sounds like a fun and comprehensive documentary about the TMNT from its origins till today. Don’t miss out and tell ‘em Palladium sent you.

AVAILABLE NOW!

The Rifter #48 Archival Edition – Available now!

We have gotten so many requests to reprint select, out of print Rifters that we have decided to give it a try. Other than the Archival Edition in a gold box on the spine and the front and back covers, these are exactly the same book printed years ago, including old news and ads. Enjoy.


– Rifts® Return to N.O.R.A.D., expansive material & adventure.

– Palladium Fantasy RPG look at variant clergy

– Nightbane® Questions and Answers.

– Scared Spitless – expanded Horror Factor rules.

– Dead Reign® impersonator Zombie.

– Old news, announcements and ads.

– 96 pages – $20.99 retail – Cat. No 148

The Rifter #58 Archival Edition – Available now!

– Rifts® Lenuria “official” source material, O.C.C.s, monsters and animals; expansive.

– Rifts® Lazlo – Unofficial, fun and expansive.

– Rifts® and Phase World – The Kezel super-powered mutants.

– Nightbane® short story.

– Old news, announcements and ads.

– 96 pages – $20.99 retail – Cat. No 158

The Rifter #65 Archival Edition – Available now!

– Rifts® Black Market source material.

– Rifts®, Fantasy, & Others – 60 new Necromancy spells + magic items.

– Rifts® Chaos Earth short story.

– Heroes Unlimited – Bionics, robots, and more.

– Heroes Unlimited – A super-hero team and adventure ideas.

– Beyond the Supernatural Hollow Road adventure, part one.

– Old news, announcements and ads.

– 96 pages – $20.99 retail – Cat. No 165

BACK IN STOCK!  

Yin-Sloth Jungles, 2nd Edition, Revised and Expanded!


The Yin-Sloth Jungles™ is a savage and unexplored wilderness filled with exotic people, strange creatures, ancient ruins, dark gods, and ancient secrets waiting to be unearthed.


– 15 O.C.C.s, all updated and expanded, making them seem brand new: Beastmaster, Holy Crusader, Jungle Fighter, Man-Catcher, the unique Tezcat and Pygmy Shamans, Spy, Undead Hunter, and Witch Hunter, among others.

– 18 Jungle People and monsters updated and expanded to feel like new, plus a few additions.

– New and expanded Shaman Chant magic.

– New and unique Pygmy Shaman Chant magic.

– New and expanded history of the Yin-Sloth Jungles.

– Expanded and clarified weapons, jungle armor, poisons, & more.

– The Orcish Empire and a few notable cities.

– Filled with great artwork by Peterson (ROG) and Mike Mumah.

– Written by Kevin Siembieda, John Klinkel, and Patrick Nowak.

– 160 pages – $24.99 retail – Cat. No. 459 – available now.

– COMING SOON! Yin-Sloth Expeditions setting and adventure book.

BACK IN STOCK!

After the Bomb® RPG “Bonus” Edition Hardcover – Available now


Create any type of intelligent, mutant animal from a turtle or raccoon to a lion or an elephant. The RPG presents stats for 100+ mutant animals, plus rules for creating any mutant animal you can imagine. Suitable for use with Heroes Unlimited™, Ninjas & Superspies™, Rifts®, Chaos Earth®, Phase World® and Palladium Fantasy®. Whatever the setting, playing anthropomorphic animal characters is a blast.


– 100+ mutant animal stats included.

– Mutant animal creation rules to mutate ANY animal.

– 52 Mutant Animal Powers.

– 33 Mutant Animal Psionic Powers.

– New Animal Chimeras and their abilities.

– New back story to the After the Bomb® world of mutants.

– The post-apocalyptic Earth setting of “After the Bomb” is just one use for your mutant animal heroes.

– A complete RPG written by Erick Wujcik.

– 72 pages of “bonus” material includes the original After the Bomb® sourcebook and Yucatan Adventures from the old Game Shield.

– 296 pages (72 bonus pages) – $44.99 retail – Cat. No. 503HC – now shipping. Also available as a 224 page softcover book ($26.99 retail – Cat. No. 503). Note: After the Bomb sourcebooks provide additional mutant animal stats and settings.

BACK IN STOCK!

Rifts® Book of Magic Hardcover


A compendium of magic from across Rifts Earth. Hundreds of magic spells plus magic weapons and devices from across the Megaverse.


– 900+ magic spells, Elemental Magic, Ley Line Magic.

– Necromancy, Nature Magic, Cloud Magic, Ocean Magic, Biomancy.

– Tattoo magic, Temporal magic, Whalesongs, Conjuring, Nazca Lines.

– Techno-Wizard devices, Rune Weapons, Holy Weapons, fetishes.

– Bio-Wizard Weapons, the Bio-Borg, symbiotes, and herbs.

– Magic stones, talismans, staves, wands, and more.

– $39.99 – 352 pages of pure magic – Cat. No. 848HC – available now. Also available in softcover ($31.99 retail, Cat. No. 848).

Palladium offers more than 300 of our books, every issue of The Rifter, sneak previews, and more in PDF format via DriveThruRPG

CLOSING THOUGHTS

Fond memories and William Shatner


I’ve said it before and I will say it till the day I die, Palladium fans are the greatest in the world, bar none. Though TMNT fans come darn close, and we have a lot of them in our corner too. We met a lot of nice fans from both camps at Granite State Comic Con, and folks loved seeing color preview pages of the Redux Edition and the Mutagen Green dice. As people talked with Sean about the layout and rules clarifications, and other elements of the book, you could just see the excitement building inside of them. Many were pleased to learn they could still pre-order the main Redux editions, the Black White and Red editions, the Game Master Screen, and the Mutagen Green Dice Set via the Pre-Order Store at the lower Kickstarter prices – saving around $10 per book. Speaking of TMNT stuff, you should take a look at the TMNT: Evolution, Mutation, and Reboot Kickstarter for what sounds like a comprehensive new TMNT documentary from Definitive Film.


Sean and I want to give a special shout out to long time Palladium fan, supporter, and friend Peter Porcaro who drove in to help man the booth all day Saturday. This enabled Sean and me to participate in a number of panel talks and chat with other guests. We enjoyed a nice dinner Saturday night with Peter and on Sunday night with Nicholas Kay from TransPerfect Gaming [they did the beautiful TMNT miniature sculpts, and hopefully even more interesting things in the future. ~Sean]. Like I said, we had a great time visiting with great friends and wonderful fans. Sean and I love and appreciate our fans and enjoy talking with you and signing your books. That includes Adam and Jennifer from Pinckney, Michigan, who dropped by the Palladium offices for a tour and some signatures.


Sean and I took a break Wednesday evening to experience the William Shatner Live on Stage event at the Fisher Theater in Detroit. First we watched a special screening of the movie Star Trek II The Wrath of Khan, followed by Shanter coming out to do an hour and a half chat with the audience. The man is 93 years old, yet full of life and vitality. He was sharp, fun, and absolutely hilarious! I don’t know the last time I laughed that much at any event. At the end, Sean turned to me and asked, “Is it just me, or is William Shatner the funniest man alive?” You know, he might just be. Seriously. I have seen many comedy legends in my lifetime and I must say, Shatner stands right up there with the best of them. It was a complete surprise that left us astonished. Worth every penny. If you’re a William Shatner fan and this show comes to your town, you must see it. It was so much fun.


Palladium’s Big Scary Horror Sale is epic – spread the word and don’t miss it. With Halloween on the horizon you may find yourselves in the mood to run a horror and/or the supernatural campaign. Or perhaps you’d like to plan a special Halloween game. Palladium is making it easy for you with its Big Scary Horror Sale starting right now. Many physical Palladium RPGs and select sourcebooks are on sale now at a 20-70% discount. That includes some horror themed sourcebooks for Rifts, Fantasy, and other settings as well other select items. Save some money and have a blast, my friends. See complete details above.


That’s enough chit chat for now. Live long and prosper.


– Kevin Siembieda, Publisher, Game Designer, and Friend

Palladium Weekly Update – September 19, 2024

Written by pb_addy on . Posted in Weekly Updates.

Weekly Update

ONE GAME SYSTEM – EVERY GENRE – COUNTLESS WORLDS – ENDLESS ADVENTURE

Hi, everyone. Are you enjoying wonderful weather where you live? This is the warmest and driest September on record in Michigan. Sixties in the mornings, 78-84 Fahrenheit in the afternoon; beautiful, dry, and sunny. It has been gorgeous here.


We were pleased to see so many people enjoy our RPG Back to School Sale. It’s hard to pass up a 20-70% off sale.


What’s hot at Palladium this week – all things Rifts® plus notepads, pens, Heroes Unlimited RPG and sourcebooks, Ninjas & Superspies RPG, and most Hardcover titles are smoking hot this week, due in part to the very popular sale that just ended. Keep the love and orders coming.

TMNT Convention Appearance – Granite State Comic Con! By the time you read this, Sean and I will be on our way to Manchester, New Hampshire for a cool comic con. We hope to spread the word about the TMNT & Other Strangeness RPG Redux Editions, the Black, White & Red Editions, the G.M. Screen, and Mutagen Green Dice Set (I love these dice), and that you can still pre-order most of these items and save money! For example, the main TMNT & OS RPG and Transdimensional Adventures are at $50 each in the pre-order store, but will retail for $60 each when released in stores first quarter 2025.

Manchester, New Hampshire is the birthplace of the original TMNT comic books that started it all, and was home to Kevin, Peter, and many of the Mirage Studios creators. So the convention is very TMNT-centric with lots and lots of Ninja Turtles creators present. This is our first time attending so we are traveling light. We sent only one big box of books to display and sell at the Palladium Books table. Mostly After the Bomb sourcebooks, Rifts, and a smattering of other titles. We’re flying in so no, we are not bringing the life-sized Leo with us. Ah, but we’ll have flyers, a sneak peek of pages from the finished books, and stories to share. As always, we are happy to sign books and chat, so please drop by our table to say hello.


Granite Con is our last convention of 2024. Our next event will probably be the GAMA Trade Show in Louisville, Kentucky, February 2025.


No Palladium Open House in 2025. Maybe one in 2026 as a combination POH and 70th Birthday party for me (Kevin), but even that is a big question mark. 2026 is tempting, but we have so many books and surprise products we want to put in your hands that we may not have the time or bandwidth to host an Open House for a few more years. We hope you understand.

TMNT Film Kickstarter – an epic TMNT documentary – get yours now

We want to let you know about this very unique Kickstarter because it sounds amazing to us. A 4 hour DVD packed with history and interviews with Eastman, Laird, Mirage Studios creators, Freedman, Siembieda, and others. Plus lots of inside reveals regarding never released art, toys and other prototypes and experimentation. It’s a must-have item for me and I think it should be for most TMNT fans. I know I’m going to get the DVD. Check it out and spread the word!


The Kickstarter is called TMNT: Evolution, Mutation, and Reboot – a new documentary from Definitive Film that says it delves into the complete history of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles — one of pop culture’s most beloved franchises. This Kickstarter campaign offers a 4 hour, feature-length film packed with interviews, behind-the-scenes stories, art, and images, and personal stories from creators Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird, and many others (including Palladium’s very own Kevin Siembieda). We don’t want Turtles fans to miss out on what sounds like a fun and comprehensive documentary about the TMNT from its origins till today. Don’t miss out and tell ‘em Palladium sent you.

History of Palladium Books Podcast

The Glitterbois’ Beyond the Supernatural podcast is available now! I believe the Robotech podcast will be made available this coming Sunday. Both are part of our ongoing History of Palladium Books podcast series in which we talk about Palladium Books’ many role-playing games lines. WARNING: We sometimes digress into fun topics about game mechanics, Game Mastering, personal RPG experiences and the many talented people who helped me create these iconic games. Always fun. The first of what may be a few Rifts chats are coming in October.


Kevin Siembieda and Sean Owen Roberson will be on Legion of Myth – Sunday, October 6 to talk about gaming and wilderness adventures from Rifts to Palladium Fantasy. A fun time for all. Oh, and we take fan questions on the subject so tune in 2:00 PM Eastern Time.

Art by Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird, and Freddie Williams II

UPDATE: TMNT & Other Strangeness RPG Redux Kickstarter

To the few hundred Backers who have not yet registered in Backerkit, please do so as soon as possible! Without your mailing address and other contact info we can NOT send out the rewards you have paid for. We do not want anyone to miss out on these amazing products; especially the super-limited Kickstarter Exclusive items such as variant cover edition books, foil editions, dice, miniature sets, print sets, etc. All exclusives are being made specific to your orders and will NOT be available to the public.


You must fill out what is called a Backerkit survey. This survey is how you provide Palladium with your full contact and shipping info and any upgrades to your pledge. We cannot ship your product without this survey information. Please help us, help you.


FYI: We are concerned that those of you who use AppleID emails (“[email protected]”) on Kickstarter and thus in BackerKit have missed our many emails sent via BackerKit and MailChimp, and messages through Kickstarter, because they are NOT being delivered to your inbox. If you used a private relay Apple ID email on Kickstarter – or – you have still not filled out your BackerKit survey, please reach out to us at [email protected] or call the Palladium office (734-721-2900) to update your email address. Thank you.


You can recover a link to your survey using the form here: https://teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-and-other-strangeness.backerkit.com/


NOTE: Upgrades you made to your pledge in BackerKit do not reflect on your Kickstarter account. Nor does changing your address on Kickstarter automatically update it with BackerKit. Since we are using BackerKit for fulfillment, you must verify your pledge and address via  Backerkit. You will have the opportunity to update your address at any time there and verify it before shipping starts (current estimate March 2025) when you will pay for shipping.


Our thanks to the thousands of Backers who have already provided this information.

AVAILABLE NOW!

The Rifter #48 Archival Edition – Available now!

We have gotten so many requests to reprint select, out of print Rifters that we have decided to give it a try. Other than the Archival Edition in a gold box on the spine and the front and back covers, these are exactly the same book printed years ago, including old news and ads. Enjoy.


– Rifts® Return to N.O.R.A.D., expansive material & adventure.

– Palladium Fantasy RPG look at variant clergy

– Nightbane® Questions and Answers.

– Scared Spitless – expanded Horror Factor rules.

– Dead Reign® impersonator Zombie.

– Old news, announcements and ads.

– 96 pages – $20.99 retail – Cat. No 148

The Rifter #58 Archival Edition – Available now!

– Rifts® Lenuria “official” source material, O.C.C.s, monsters and animals; expansive.

– Rifts® Lazlo – Unofficial, fun and expansive.

– Rifts® and Phase World – The Kezel super-powered mutants.

– Nightbane® short story.

– Old news, announcements and ads.

– 96 pages – $20.99 retail – Cat. No 158

The Rifter #65 Archival Edition – Available now!

– Rifts® Black Market source material.

– Rifts®, Fantasy, & Others – 60 new Necromancy spells + magic items.

– Rifts® Chaos Earth short story.

– Heroes Unlimited – Bionics, robots, and more.

– Heroes Unlimited – A super-hero team and adventure ideas.

– Beyond the Supernatural Hollow Road adventure, part one.

– Old news, announcements and ads.

– 96 pages – $20.99 retail – Cat. No 165

BACK IN STOCK!  

Yin-Sloth Jungles, 2nd Edition, Revised and Expanded!


The Yin-Sloth Jungles™ is a savage and unexplored wilderness filled with exotic people, strange creatures, ancient ruins, dark gods, and ancient secrets waiting to be unearthed.


– 15 O.C.C.s, all updated and expanded, making them seem brand new: Beastmaster, Holy Crusader, Jungle Fighter, Man-Catcher, the unique Tezcat and Pygmy Shamans, Spy, Undead Hunter, and Witch Hunter, among others.

– 18 Jungle People and monsters updated and expanded to feel like new, plus a few additions.

– New and expanded Shaman Chant magic.

– New and unique Pygmy Shaman Chant magic.

– New and expanded history of the Yin-Sloth Jungles.

– Expanded and clarified weapons, jungle armor, poisons, & more.

– The Orcish Empire and a few notable cities.

– Filled with great artwork by Peterson (ROG) and Mike Mumah.

– Written by Kevin Siembieda, John Klinkel, and Patrick Nowak.

– 160 pages – $24.99 retail – Cat. No. 459 – available now.

– COMING SOON! Yin-Sloth Expeditions setting and adventure book.

BACK IN STOCK!

After the Bomb® RPG “Bonus” Edition Hardcover – Available now


Create any type of intelligent, mutant animal from a turtle or raccoon to a lion or an elephant. The RPG presents stats for 100+ mutant animals, plus rules for creating any mutant animal you can imagine. Suitable for use with Heroes Unlimited™, Ninjas & Superspies™, Rifts®, Chaos Earth®, Phase World® and Palladium Fantasy®. Whatever the setting, playing anthropomorphic animal characters is a blast.


– 100+ mutant animal stats included.

– Mutant animal creation rules to mutate ANY animal.

– 52 Mutant Animal Powers.

– 33 Mutant Animal Psionic Powers.

– New Animal Chimeras and their abilities.

– New back story to the After the Bomb® world of mutants.

– The post-apocalyptic Earth setting of “After the Bomb” is just one use for your mutant animal heroes.

– A complete RPG written by Erick Wujcik.

– 72 pages of “bonus” material includes the original After the Bomb® sourcebook and Yucatan Adventures from the old Game Shield.

– 296 pages (72 bonus pages) – $44.99 retail – Cat. No. 503HC – now shipping. Also available as a 224 page softcover book ($26.99 retail – Cat. No. 503). Note: After the Bomb sourcebooks provide additional mutant animal stats and settings.

BACK IN STOCK!

Rifts® Book of Magic Hardcover


A compendium of magic from across Rifts Earth. Hundreds of magic spells plus magic weapons and devices from across the Megaverse.


– 900+ magic spells, Elemental Magic, Ley Line Magic.

– Necromancy, Nature Magic, Cloud Magic, Ocean Magic, Biomancy.

– Tattoo magic, Temporal magic, Whalesongs, Conjuring, Nazca Lines.

– Techno-Wizard devices, Rune Weapons, Holy Weapons, fetishes.

– Bio-Wizard Weapons, the Bio-Borg, symbiotes, and herbs.

– Magic stones, talismans, staves, wands, and more.

– $39.99 – 352 pages of pure magic – Cat. No. 848HC – available now. Also available in softcover ($31.99 retail, Cat. No. 848).

Palladium offers more than 300 of our books, every issue of The Rifter, sneak previews, and more in PDF format via DriveThruRPG

CLOSING THOUGHTS

Spread the Word


I have been enjoying attending conventions, chatting with gamers, retailers, and fellow game designers, and doing podcasts with the Glitterbois as well as video chats with JM DeFoggi for Palladium’s own YouTube channel. The Palladium YouTube chats should start to drop in October. The Glitterbois podcasts are ongoing with new episodes now appearing. We’ll also continue to make appearances on Legion of Myth and other YouTube programs. We would appreciate it if you could spread the word to other fans who would enjoy these chats and interviews. That goes for awareness about the TMNT pre-order store, sales, and upcoming book releases too.


It’s easy to think gamers are tuned in to every Update and bit of news, but you might be surprised. People are busy and there is so much happening in our lives that it is easy to miss all kinds of events and news we’d love to know about. Palladium’s TMNT & Other Strangeness RPG Kickstarter had all kinds of coverage and ads. So much so, that it’s easy to think everyone must have heard about it, but it’s not true. Half the retailers we spoke with at the Alliance Trade Show didn’t know a thing about it! They were thrilled to hear that the TMNT & Other Strangeness RPG was coming back as a remastered, deluxe, full color edition, but it was the first they were hearing of it. The same was true at Gen Con. A lot of gamers knew about and even backed the Kickstarter, but for many it was exciting news reaching them for the very first time.


So please help us out by spreading the word about new releases, sales, and special events and videos, because your gaming friends may not know about it. This helps much more than you might imagine. Thank you, we appreciate your support on all levels.

– Kevin Siembieda, Publisher, Game Designer, and Friend

Palladium Weekly Update — September 13, 2024

Written by pb_addy on . Posted in Weekly Updates.

ONE GAME SYSTEM – EVERY GENRE – COUNTLESS WORLDS – ENDLESS ADVENTURE

RPG Back to School Sale – up to 70% off!

Happy Friday the 13th!

Hello, fellow gamers! The big news this Update is Palladium’s RPG Back to School Sale offering hardcover RPGs, select sourcebooks, and other items ranging from 20% to 70% discounts. See complete details below.


What’s hot at Palladium this week – Rifts®, The Rifter®, After the Bomb®, and Palladium Fantasy® titles remain hot this week.

The Glitterbois’ podcast on the History of Palladium Books: My chats with the Glitterbois continue, and our recent Beyond the Supernatural episode is available now. We also had a very lively two hour conversation about the original Robotech RPG series this past Sunday that should go live in a week or two. We’re having a blast with these conversations. The Glitterbois ask great questions and we try not to veer off topic too much (but it happens).


Legion of Myth – Sean and I will be appearing on Legion of Myth, Sunday, October 6 to talk about gaming and wilderness adventures.


Convention Appearance – Granite State Comic Con in New Hampshire, the weekend of September 20th. It’s a TMNT-centric comic convention where Kevin Eastman, Jim Lawson, many of the Mirage Studios crew, and many other notable comic book artists attend. This will be the first time Sean and I attend this convention and we are looking forward to it.

RPG Back to School SALE – 20-70% savings


With summer drawing to a close and the school year starting, some people seem down in the dumps, so to cheer you up, we’re offering an insane sale of select books and items – including many hardcover editions, the Living the Fantasy T-Shirt, pens, and more. Most are 30-50% off, a couple at a 70% discount, and a few at 20% off. Smile and get ‘em while you can! These steep discounts mean this sale is very limited. 6 days only, while supplies last.

RECOMMENDED READING

MORE SAVINGS!


A sale of similar PDF titles is available on DriveThruRPG.com – many RPG book titles, novels, G.M. aids, character generators, and Rifts, HU, and Fantasy paper minis to help you build your PDF library for quick searchable references.

Line art and colors by Fero Pe

UPDATE: TMNT & Other Strangeness RPG Redux Kickstarter


Backers, please see the newest update filled with artwork and updates. The books are looking amazing as we enter into the final layout and approvals phase. We anticipate shipping to Backers sometime in the first quarter of 2025.


Speaking of which, there are a few hundred of you who have yet to register in Backerkit and provide us with your addresses and contact information. Without this data we can NOT send out your rewards and we do not want anyone to miss out on these amazing products; especially the super-limited Kickstarter Exclusive items such as variant cover edition books, foil editions, dice, miniature sets, print sets, etc. All exclusives are being made specific to your orders. YOU will not get your rewards unless you get us your address and rewards and upgrade requests. Stragglers, please get us this information as soon as possible.


To provide us with your shipping address and other important info, you must fill out what is called a Backerkit survey. This survey is how you provide Palladium with your full contact and shipping info and any upgrades to your pledge. We cannot ship your product without this survey information. Time is running out. Please help us, help you.


FYI: We are concerned that those of you who use AppleID emails (“[email protected]”) on Kickstarter and thus in BackerKit have missed our many emails sent via BackerKit and MailChimp, and messages through Kickstarter, because they are NOT being delivered to your inbox. If you used a private relay Apple ID email on Kickstarter – or – you have still not filled out your BackerKit survey, please reach out to us at [email protected] or call the Palladium office (734-721-2900) to update your email address. Thank you.


You can recover a link to your survey using the form here: https://teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-and-other-strangeness.backerkit.com/


NOTE: Upgrades you made to your pledge in BackerKit do not reflect on your Kickstarter account. Nor does changing your address on Kickstarter automatically update it with BackerKit. Since we are using BackerKit for fulfillment, you must verify your pledge and address via  Backerkit. You will have the opportunity to update your address at any time there and verify it before shipping starts (current estimate March 2025) when you will pay for shipping.


Our thanks to the thousands of Backers who have already provided this information.

Another TMNT Kickstarter you might enjoy – a TMNT documentary – launches Saturday, September 14, 2024


This sounds fascinating to us, but we’re super-TMNT fans. Check out this Kickstarter to decide if you might be interested in its offerings for yourselves. It’s called TMNT: Evolution, Mutation, and Reboot, a new documentary from Definitive Film that says it delves into the complete history of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles — one of pop culture’s most beloved franchises. This Kickstarter campaign offers a 4 hour, feature-length film packed with interviews, behind-the-scenes stories, art, and images, and personal stories from creators Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird, and many others (including Palladium’s very own Kevin Siembieda). We didn’t want Turtles fans to miss out on what sounds like an epic and expansive documentary filled with fun and revealing history and new details and information.

The Rifter #48 Archival Edition – Available now!

We have gotten so many requests to reprint select, out of print Rifters that we have decided to give it a try. Other than the Archival Edition in a gold box on the spine and the front and back covers, these are exactly the same book printed years ago, including old news and ads. Enjoy.


– Rifts® Return to N.O.R.A.D., expansive material & adventure.

– Palladium Fantasy RPG look at variant clergy

– Nightbane® Questions and Answers.

– Scared Spitless – expanded Horror Factor rules.

– Dead Reign® impersonator Zombie.

– Old news, announcements and ads.

– 96 pages – $20.99 Retail – Cat. No 148

The Rifter #58 Archival Edition – Available now!

– Rifts® Lenuria “official” source material, O.C.C.s, monsters and animals; expansive.

– Rifts® Lazlo – Unofficial, fun and expansive.

– Rifts® and Phase World – The Kezel super-powered mutants.

– Nightbane® short story.

– Old news, announcements and ads.

– 96 pages – $20.99 Retail – Cat. No 158

The Rifter #65 Archival Edition – Available now!

– Rifts® Black Market source material.

– Rifts®, Fantasy, & Others – 60 new Necromancy spells + magic items.

– Rifts® Chaos Earth short story.

– Heroes Unlimited – Bionics, robots, and more.

– Heroes Unlimited – A super-hero team and adventure ideas.

– Beyond the Supernatural Hollow Road adventure, part one.

– Old news, announcements and ads.

– 96 pages – $20.99 Retail – Cat. No 165

BACK IN STOCK!  

Yin-Sloth Jungles, 2nd Edition, Revised and Expanded!


The Yin-Sloth Jungles™ is a savage and unexplored wilderness filled with exotic people, strange creatures, ancient ruins, dark gods, and ancient secrets waiting to be unearthed.


📕 15 O.C.C.s, all updated and expanded, making them seem brand new: Beastmaster, Holy Crusader, Jungle Fighter, Man-Catcher, the unique Tezcat and Pygmy Shamans, Spy, Undead Hunter, and Witch Hunter, among others.

📕 18 Jungle People and monsters updated and expanded to feel like new, plus a few additions.

📕 New and expanded Shaman Chant magic.

📕 New and unique Pygmy Shaman Chant magic.

📕 New and expanded history of the Yin-Sloth Jungles.

📕 Expanded and clarified weapons, jungle armor, poisons, & more.

📕 The Orcish Empire and a few notable cities.

📕 Filled with great artwork by Peterson (ROG) and Mike Mumah.

📕 Written by Kevin Siembieda, John Klinkel, and Patrick Nowak.

📕 160 pages – $24.99 retail – Cat. No. 459 – available now.

📕 COMING SOON! Yin-Sloth Expeditions setting and adventure book.

BACK IN STOCK!

After the Bomb® RPG “Bonus” Edition Hardcover – Available now


Create any type of intelligent, mutant animal from a turtle or raccoon to a lion or an elephant. The RPG presents stats for 100+ mutant animals, plus rules for creating any mutant animal you can imagine. Suitable for use with Heroes Unlimited™, Ninjas & Superspies™, Rifts®, Chaos Earth®, Phase World® and Palladium Fantasy®. Whatever the setting, playing anthropomorphic animal characters is a blast.


📙 100+ mutant animal stats included.

📙 Mutant animal creation rules to mutate ANY animal.

📙 52 Mutant Animal Powers.

📙 33 Mutant Animal Psionic Powers.

📙 New Animal Chimeras and their abilities.

📙 New back story to the After the Bomb® world of mutants.

📙 The post-apocalyptic Earth setting of “After the Bomb” is just one use for your mutant animal heroes.

📙 A complete RPG written by Erick Wujcik.

📙 72 pages of “bonus” material includes the original After the Bomb® sourcebook and Yucatan Adventures from the old Game Shield.

📙 296 pages (72 bonus pages) – $44.99 retail – Cat. No. 503HC – now shipping. Also available as a 224 page softcover book ($26.99 retail – Cat. No. 503). Note: After the Bomb sourcebooks provide additional mutant animal stats and settings.

BACK IN STOCK!

Rifts® Book of Magic Hardcover


A compendium of magic from across Rifts Earth. Hundreds of magic spells plus magic weapons and devices from across the Megaverse.


📔 900+ magic spells, Elemental Magic, Ley Line Magic.

📔 Necromancy, Nature Magic, Cloud Magic, Ocean Magic, Biomancy.

📔 Tattoo magic, Temporal magic, Whalesongs, Conjuring, Nazca Lines.

📔 Techno-Wizard devices, Rune Weapons, Holy Weapons, fetishes.

📔 Bio-Wizard Weapons, the Bio-Borg, symbiotes, and herbs.

📔 Magic stones, talismans, staves, wands, and more.

📔 $39.99 – 352 pages of pure magic – Cat. No. 848HC – available now. Also available in softcover ($31.99 retail, Cat. No. 848).

Palladium offers more than 300 of our books, every issue of The Rifter, sneak previews, and more in PDF format via DriveThruRPG

CLOSING THOUGHTS

Life, the universe and everything


Have you been feeling down lately?


I don’t know what it is, but I have been down or in a malaise for too much of the last few weeks. I perked up during the Alliance Open House (fun and informative), but otherwise, I had been feeling low. Not sad per se, but blah. Low ebb. Some of that is continuing grief over the loss of Kathy Simmons, but it seems like there’s something in the air affecting not just me, but a lot of people.


I’ve spoken to a large number of folks who have been feeling down, blasé, and grumpy. Sometimes it’s over money woes, other times health concerns, or work, or politics, or other worries. Life may have its challenges and frustrations, but life is also beautiful and joyful. Try to never lose sight of that. Enjoy your life, friends, family, and gaming.


A few days ago, I caught the old George Pal movie, 7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1964). It’s a little corny and the special-effects are dated by today’s standards, but it mesmerized me when I was an eight-year-old child and remains a sentimental favorite. The movie ends with wise and magical Doctor Lao disappearing into a dust devil with a voiceover that says, in part, “… every time you stop and think, ‘I’m alive, and being alive is fantastic,’ every time such a thing happens, you are part of the [magical] circus of Doctor Lao.”


Translation: You realize that life is fantastic, magical, and full of joyful wonder and adventure if you look for it and let it in.


I always try to see and let the magic in. Watching the movie made me smile. It reminded me that even in my personal time of sorrow, life really is fantastic. I’m happy to be alive and loving every moment of it. I am blessed to have so many wonderful people – past and present – in my fantastic life. Those thoughts snapped me out of my malaise and energized me. I have been working fast and furious on multiple projects and business matters ever since.


To give you a little boost and something to feel good about, I have created a sale with some steep discounts and a few items I hope will surprise and please you. A similar sale is also on DriveThruRPG.com. Remember, RPGs are a portal to fun, adventure, laughter, and camaraderie like no other games can provide. Use RPGs to escape from your worries and have a little fun with friends and family. Heck, I’m always surprised by how much fun it is to even reread a favorite RPG or sourcebook. Every time, I seem to find parts that I have completely forgotten or that inspire me and give me new ideas.


Enjoy the sale and please be kind to yourself and others. Have a little fun this weekend and keep those beautiful imaginations burning bright. Live long and prosper.


– Kevin Siembieda, Game Designer, Writer, Friend

Palladium Weekly Update — September 05, 2024

Written by pb_addy on . Posted in Weekly Updates.

ONE GAME SYSTEM – EVERY GENRE – COUNTLESS WORLDS – ENDLESS ADVENTURE

Line art by Dan Berger, colors by Steve Lavigne

Alliance Open House * Granite State Comic Con * History of Palladium Books

Happy Thursday, Palladium Friends!

Convention Appearances

Happy Thursday, Everyone.

By the time you read this, Wayne, Caleb and I will be on our way to the Alliance Open House. It’s a trade show and meet and greet event with retailers and their managers hosted by our largest distributor. It is always an insightful event where we can showcase product and chat with store owners. If you are attending the event, please stop by our booth to chat and get books signed. Sean has elected to stay behind to work on the TMNT & Other Strangeness Redux edition through the weekend.


Our next (last) convention of the year will be Granite State Comic Con in New Hampshire, the weekend of September 20th. It’s a TMNT-centric comic convention where Kevin Eastman, Jim Lawson, many of the Mirage Studio crew, and many other notable comic book artists attend. This will be our first time attending this convention and we are looking forward to it. There’s a Canadian convention happening in London, Ontario, Canada, where Kevin Eastman is appearing … I think the weekend of the 13th that we’d like to attend (it’s only 2-3 hours away), but we have so much other stuff to do.


Thanks for your support of the Explore the Megaverse Sale. We’re happy to see so many of you enjoying it. Thanks to you we saw Rifters and After the Bomb titles flying out the door! Enjoy.

What’s Hot at Palladium this Week


The Rifter® and After the Bomb® titles were hot due to the sale, as well as the Archival Editions of The Rifter® #48, 58, and 65 that weren’t on sale. Otherwise, it was the usual suspects in demand: Rifts, Palladium Fantasy, and a smattering of game lines and products.


The Glitterbois’ History of Palladium Books continues with a new conversation to get posted soon. (This weekend?)  We spoke about Beyond the Supernatural and modern horror RPGs and had a great time. My only disappointment was that I failed to talk about the Creature Feature BTS Sourcebook which is a great book filled with cool monsters (15 of ‘em), rules clarifications, an adventure and adventure hooks. I think I keep forgetting to mention it because we are doing game lines in loose chronological order and Creature Feature came out in 2022 while the BTS RPG was released in 1988. It’s a fun chat that includes BTS 1 and 2, Boxed Nightmares, and working with legendary artists like Richard Corben and Stephen Bissette. I think this conversation may go live this weekend or next. You’ll want to check it out. By the way, don’t forget that BTS 1st RPG with the Operation Minotaur adventure as bonus material is available as a deluxe red foil edition hardcover (Cat. No. 699HC) . Likewise, Beyond the Supernatural 2nd Edition (hardcover and softcover), Boxed Nightmares and Creature Feature (epic) are all in stock.  


My next conversation with the Glitterbois will be about the original Robotech RPG (1986), and I imagine, Robotech II: The Sentinels.


I want to thank the dozens of you who stopped by the Palladium Gen Con booth to tell us how much you are enjoying my conversations with the Glitterbois and Legion of Myth. We’re glad, because there are a lot of conversations with the Glitterbois yet to come. And we’ll continue to drop in on Legion of Myth as well as offer history and fun on Palladium’s own YouTube channel in the months ahead.


The Rifter #48 Archival Edition – Available now!

We have gotten so many requests to reprint select, out of print Rifters that we have decided to give it a try. Other than the Archival Edition in a gold box on the spine and the front and back covers, these are exactly the same book printed years ago, including old news and ads. Enjoy.


– Rifts® Return to N.O.R.A.D., expansive material & adventure.

– Palladium Fantasy RPG look at variant clergy

– Nightbane® Questions and Answers.

– Scared Spitless – expanded Horror Factor rules.

– Dead Reign® impersonator Zombie.

– Old news, announcements and ads.

– 96 pages – $20.99 Retail – Cat. No 148

The Rifter #58 Archival Edition – Available now!

– Rifts® Lenuria “official” source material, O.C.C.s, monsters and animals; expansive.

– Rifts® Lazlo – Unofficial, fun and expansive.

– Rifts® and Phase World – The Kezel super-powered mutants.

– Nightbane® short story.

– Old news, announcements and ads.

– 96 pages – $20.99 Retail – Cat. No 158

The Rifter #65 Archival Edition – Available now!

– Rifts® Black Market source material.

– Rifts®, Fantasy, & Others – 60 new Necromancy spells + magic items.

– Rifts® Chaos Earth short story.

– Heroes Unlimited – Bionics, robots, and more.

– Heroes Unlimited – A super-hero team and adventure ideas.

– Beyond the Supernatural Hollow Road adventure, part one.

– Old news, announcements and ads.

– 96 pages – $20.99 Retail – Cat. No 165

BACK IN STOCK!  

Yin-Sloth Jungles, 2nd Edition, Revised and Expanded!


The Yin-Sloth Jungles™ is a savage and unexplored wilderness filled with exotic people, strange creatures, ancient ruins, dark gods, and ancient secrets waiting to be unearthed.


📕 15 O.C.C.s, all updated and expanded, making them seem brand new: Beastmaster, Holy Crusader, Jungle Fighter, Man-Catcher, the unique Tezcat and Pygmy Shamans, Spy, Undead Hunter, and Witch Hunter, among others.

📕 18 Jungle People and monsters updated and expanded to feel like new, plus a few additions.

📕 New and expanded Shaman Chant magic.

📕 New and unique Pygmy Shaman Chant magic.

📕 New and expanded history of the Yin-Sloth Jungles.

📕 Expanded and clarified weapons, jungle armor, poisons, & more.

📕 The Orcish Empire and a few notable cities.

📕 Filled with great artwork by Peterson (ROG) and Mike Mumah.

📕 Written by Kevin Siembieda, John Klinkel, and Patrick Nowak.

📕 160 pages – $24.99 retail – Cat. No. 459 – available now.

📕 COMING SOON! Yin-Sloth Expeditions setting and adventure book.

BACK IN STOCK!

After the Bomb® RPG “Bonus” Edition Hardcover – Available now


Create any type of intelligent, mutant animal from a turtle or raccoon to a lion or an elephant. The RPG presents stats for 100+ mutant animals, plus rules for creating any mutant animal you can imagine. Suitable for use with Heroes Unlimited™, Ninjas & Superspies™, Rifts®, Chaos Earth®, Phase World® and Palladium Fantasy®. Whatever the setting, playing anthropomorphic animal characters is a blast.


📙 100+ mutant animal stats included.

📙 Mutant animal creation rules to mutate ANY animal.

📙 52 Mutant Animal Powers.

📙 33 Mutant Animal Psionic Powers.

📙 New Animal Chimeras and their abilities.

📙 New back story to the After the Bomb® world of mutants.

📙 The post-apocalyptic Earth setting of “After the Bomb” is just one use for your mutant animal heroes.

📙 A complete RPG written by Erick Wujcik.

📙 72 pages of “bonus” material includes the original After the Bomb® sourcebook and Yucatan Adventures from the old Game Shield.

📙 296 pages (72 bonus pages) – $44.99 retail – Cat. No. 503HC – now shipping. Also available as a 224 page softcover book ($26.99 retail – Cat. No. 503). Note: After the Bomb sourcebooks provide additional mutant animal stats and settings.

BACK IN STOCK!

Rifts® Book of Magic Hardcover


A compendium of magic from across Rifts Earth. Hundreds of magic spells plus magic weapons and devices from across the Megaverse.


📔 900+ magic spells, Elemental Magic, Ley Line Magic.

📔 Necromancy, Nature Magic, Cloud Magic, Ocean Magic, Biomancy.

📔 Tattoo magic, Temporal magic, Whalesongs, Conjuring, Nazca Lines.

📔 Techno-Wizard devices, Rune Weapons, Holy Weapons, fetishes.

📔 Bio-Wizard Weapons, the Bio-Borg, symbiotes, and herbs.

📔 Magic stones, talismans, staves, wands, and more.

📔 $39.99 – 352 pages of pure magic – Cat. No. 848HC – available now. Also available in softcover ($31.99 retail, Cat. No. 848).

Palladium offers more than 300 of our books, every issue of The Rifter, sneak previews, and more in PDF format via DriveThruRPG

CLOSING THOUGHTS

Yin-Sloth Expeditions Playtest


Over the Labor Day weekend, I playtested one of the brand new adventures appearing in the Yin-Sloth Expeditions sourcebook. Sean, Autumn, and Caleb were my victims … um, I mean, players. It was a blast. I thought their characters might be dead meat because they all rolled up first-level characters, none of which were very physically powerful, and there were only three of them: a first level Thief, Man-Catcher/Bounty Hunter, and Druid. They used their actual dice rolls and skills to build their attributes and select a character class. Coincidentally, all three had high I.Q.s, but were not particularly physically powerful nor built for deadly combat. The foes they faced were not pushovers and they, potentially, held the fate of the world in their hands.


I wondered if I would need to dial down the level of difficulty, but they played great. They were smart, strategic, worked together as a team, used their skills and weapons very wisely (especially Sean), and had a few very lucky, critical rolls; one of which I could hardly believe!


We  all had so much fun. The game ran about three and a half hours, they saved the world, and as a result of their unbelievable success, leap-frogged to second level. I mean, they saved the world from … oops, sorry … I can’t say more because it would be a spoiler. I guess you’ll just have to buy Yin-Sloth Expeditionsto see for yourselves. It should be a fall release.


I think this adventure, amongst others in the book, very nicely set the stage for life and jungle adventures in this ancient land of mystery and its dark, brutal past (and present). G.M.s should be able to build on all of these jungle locations, villains, monsters, magic artifacts, and ideas. Players will have fun and come out with unique experiences you cannot find in any other part of the world, as well as get some cool weapons, magic items, and plenty of fond memories. This was the first game I have run since Kathy’s passing, so I was a little worried, but I was glad to see I still had my chops as a writer and Game Master. There were so many – “gosh, this is why I love role-playing games”  – moments. RPGs, there ain’t nothin’ like em.


Alright, that’s it for this Weekly Update. Remember, playing RPGs brings you escape, visceral excitement and fun with friends and family, so whip out those game books and throw together your own game. You’ll be glad you did.



– Kevin Siembieda, Game Designer, Writer, Friend

Palladium Weekly Update — August 15, 2024

Written by pb_addy on . Posted in Weekly Updates.

ONE GAME SYSTEM – EVERY GENRE – COUNTLESS WORLDS – ENDLESS ADVENTURE

After the Bomb up to 50% Off * The Rifter 30% Off

Happy Thursday, Palladium Fans!

We’re Busy!

It has been another busy week in Palladiumville. Lots of distributor orders and a good number of mail orders have been keeping us so busy, we still haven’t caught up with Gen Con follow-ups. Awesome, please keep the orders coming.


What’s Hot at Palladium this Week!


The initial response to the three, new Archival Editions of The Rifter® #48, 58, and 65 (reprints of those original Rifters) has been strong, now let’s see if sales remain steady enough to warrant Archival Editions of other long-out-of-print Rifters. If the demand is there, we will do more. To help that along, we are putting a number of Rifters on sale; see details below.


The three new pens are a surprise hit, at least they’re a surprise to me. You good folks have been snapping them up like crazy. They are attractive and nice to have. I grabbed two of each for myself. Otherwise, Palladium Fantasy, Nightbane, and Rifts® have been hot items this week, and hardcovers also remain in demand.


In the Weekly Update before Gen Con I said when we came back we would offer a sale similar to our Gen Con coupon special. Well, here it is and it’s a doozy; similar but different so everyone can find a little something to fill out their collection.

After the Bomb RPG Hardcover – 20% off

Includes the original After the Bomb sourcebook and Yucatan Adventures as bonus material; 296 pages.

FREE! The first 100 orders purchasing any After the Bomb books

get a FREE copy of the out of print, original After the Bomb sourcebook, 7th Printing. Wrap-around cover and interior artwork by Peter Laird.

DriveThruRPG.com Explore the Megaverse® PDF Book Sale!

**Note** the DTRPG sale might not be live when this newsletter first goes out on Thursday, but keep checking, it will be soon!

The pen is an instrument of discovery!


Unleash your power, Live the Fantasy, or Explore the Megaverse with these new branded pens!

NEW! Available TODAY! Due to popular demand:
Archival Edition reprints of The Rifter®


Because you’ve asked for it, Palladium is testing doing reprints of select issues of The Rifter. Many out of print Rifters sell for $30-$90 on the collector’s market, if they can be found at all. We have decided to offer reprints of some of the most popular and rarest issues available as Archival Editions.


The words “Archival Edition” are emblazoned on the spine, front and back covers. We are testing the market with The Rifter #48, #58, and #65 – all of which sell for $70+ dollars on the collector’s market. Each is $20.99 retail – 96 pages – and is an exact reprint, ads, news and all, making it a bit of a time capsule of that period. See details in the descriptions below and in Palladium’s online store. Special thanks to Palladium fan, Joseph Sousa, for his helpful input and suggestions.  Note: ALL issues of The Rifter are available as PDF books from DriveThruRPG.com.

The Rifter #48 Archival Edition – Available now!

– Rifts® Return to N.O.R.A.D., expansive material & adventure.

– Palladium Fantasy RPG look at variant clergy

– Nightbane® Questions and Answers.

– Scared Spitless – expanded Horror Factor rules.

– Dead Reign® impersonator Zombie.

– Old news, announcements and ads.

– 96 pages – $20.99 Retail – Cat. No 148

The Rifter #58 Archival Edition – Available now!

– Rifts® Lenuria “official” source material, O.C.C.s, monsters and animals; expansive.

– Rifts® Lazlo – Unofficial, fun and expansive.

– Rifts® and Phase World – The Kezel super-powered mutants.

– Nightbane® short story.

– Old news, announcements and ads.

– 96 pages – $20.99 Retail – Cat. No 158

The Rifter #65 Archival Edition – Available now!

– Rifts® Black Market source material.

– Rifts®, Fantasy, & Others – 60 new Necromancy spells + magic items.

– Rifts® Chaos Earth short story.

– Heroes Unlimited – Bionics, robots, and more.

– Heroes Unlimited – A super-hero team and adventure ideas.

– Beyond the Supernatural Hollow Road adventure, part one.

– Old news, announcements and ads.

– 96 pages – $20.99 Retail – Cat. No 165

Everyone looks good in these stylish black t-shirts!

We made the shirts available before Gen Con and they are selling like crazy. The Rifts logo T-shirt (which had been out of print in most sizes for years) is just flying off the shelves. In fact, we nearly sold out of what we took to Gen Con; returning with only three shirts. The Heroes Unlimited T-Shirt (a personal favorite of mine – Kevin) and the ever-popular Fantasy T-shirt (red 3-headed hydra and red print, another fave) are also selling well. Don’t miss out!


New! Rifts® Logo T-shirt


This evocative, iconic Kevin Long logo design is back on a T-shirt for the first time in years! I have no idea why we waited so long because we’ve sold thousands of this shirt in the past. A fan favorite and mine. Ideal for any occasion! (Well, maybe not any occasion. – Kevin Siembieda). See the matching, 16 ounce coffee mug.


👕 White print on a black T-shirt.

👕 50/50 blend. Machine washable (follow instructions on the shirt).

👕 Art is the iconic Rifts® logo – art and design by Kevin Long.

👕 Available in sizes Small to 5XL while supplies last.

👕 Cat. No. 2611 – $19.99 retail for sizes small, medium, large, and XL. Larger sizes cost more, see store for complete details. Available now.

NEW! Heroes Unlimited Logo T-shirt

Commemorating the 40th Anniversary of Heroes Unlimited


We’ve never done a Heroes Unlimited logo T-Shirt before, but I’m glad we did, because that lightning bolt logo looks great – powerful in its simplicity. Get yours and feel like a superhero. And just in time for Heroes Unlimited’s 40th Anniversary! Also see the matching 16 ounce coffee mug.


🦸 White print on a black T-shirt.

🦸 Art is the iconic lightning bold logo.

🦸 50/50 blend. Machine washable (follow instructions on the shirt).

🦸 Available in select sizes Small to 5XL, while supplies last.

🦸 Cat. No. 2610 – $19.99 retail for sizes small, medium, large, and XL. Larger sizes cost more, see store for complete details.

Back in Stock! Palladium Fantasy RPG – Red Dragon – Living the Fantasy T-shirt


The famous Red Dragon from the cover of the original Palladium Fantasy RPG and the words Living the Fantasy printed in red on a black T-shirts. Another fan favorite we’ve reprinted many times. I think I’ve worn out 3 of them, myself, over the years – Kevin. See the matching, 16 ounce coffee mug.


👚 Red print on a black T-shirt.

👚 Art is the iconic dragon by artist Kevin Siembieda.

👚 50/50 blend. Machine washable (follow instructions on the shirt).

👚 Available in select sizes Small to 5XL, while supplies last.

👚 Cat. No. 2571 – $19.99 retail for sizes small, medium, large, and XL. Larger sizes cost more, see store for complete details. Available now.

Everything tastes better in a fancy new mug!

New! Rifts Logo Coffee Mug


A large, 16 ounce coffee mug featuring Kevin Long’s iconic Rifts® Logo printed white on a classy, black satin mug, with a ley line blue glossy interior to add a little magic to your morning or game time beverage. New style of mug. See the matching logo T-Shirt.

☕ The Rifts® logo appears on both sides of the mug. White print on a black mug. Very dynamic.

☕ Art is the iconic Kevin Long logo displaying technology and magic.

☕ Satin black exterior with a playful ley line blue glossy interior.

☕ 16 ounce ceramic mug.

☕ Dishwasher and microwave safe.

☕ $10.99 retail – Cat. No. 2612.

New! Heroes Unlimited Logo Coffee Mug


A large, 16 ounce coffee mug with a white logo on a classy, black satin mug. Art is the iconic Heroes Unlimited logo, and a yellow glossy interior to add an electric splash of color to your morning or game time beverage. New style of mug. See the matching logo T-Shirt.


⛾ The Heroes Unlimited logo appears on both sides of the mug. White print on a black mug.

⛾ Art is the iconic lightning bolt logo, powerful in its simplicity.

⛾ Satin black exterior with a warm yellow glossy interior.

⛾ 16 ounce ceramic mug.

⛾ Dishwasher and microwave safe.

⛾ $10.99 retail – Cat. No. 2613.

New! Palladium Fantasy RPG Coffee Mug


A large, 16 ounce coffee mug with a classy, satin black finish. Red art and logo. Art is by the game’s creator, Kevin Siembieda, and the mug has a color interior to add a nice splash of color to your morning or game time beverage. New style of mug. See the matching T-Shirt.


🍵 Art is the iconic dragon of the original RPG cover by Kevin Siembieda on one side, the words “The Palladium Fantasy RPG” on the other side. Red on black.

🍵 Satin black exterior with a deep red glossy interior. Red printing.

🍵 16 ounce ceramic mug.

🍵 Dishwasher and microwave safe.

🍵 $10.99 retail – Cat. No. 2614.

SALE! SALE! SALE!
Dead Reign® (Zombie attack) Coffee Mug – ONLY $6


A nice, large, 16 ounce coffee mug with artwork by Marvel Comics artist Steven Cummings on both sides of the mug, and the mug has a color interior, adding a splash of color to your morning or game time beverage. The old style, glossy black mug is a different style than the three new mugs, above, but pretty cool.


♨️ The Dead Reign® logo with three hungry zombies ready to attack. Art designed specifically for this mug by artist Steven Cummings of comic book renown (Wayward®, Star Wars, and various Marvel Comics). White image on a black mug.

♨️ Art and logo is located on the front and back of the mug.

♨️ Glossy black exterior with a blood red interior.

♨️ 16 ounce ceramic mug.

♨️ Dishwasher and microwave safe.

♨️ SALE price $6.00 while supplies last (was $10.99) – Cat. No. 2594.

BACK IN STOCK!  

Exotic Weapons


100+ strange and deadly weapons from around the world throughout history.

🪃 Axes of all kinds – Bullova, Hurlbats.

🪃 Knives like the Tjaluk, Katar, Kukri, Kris, bracelet Dagger, Bagh Nakh/Tiger Claws, and more.

🪃 Swords like the Beheading Sword, Shotel, Sickle Swords, Lantern Sword, Boarsword, and more.

🪃 Throwing irons like the Chakram, Kangaroo Rat, Shaken, Piau, and others.

🪃 Throwing sticks like the boomerang and Eskimo and African throwing sticks.

🪃 War clubs like the Nunchaku, Tonfa, Maquahuilt, Kotiate and others.

🪃 Polearms from Pike and Runka to the Roman Pilum and Fuscina trident.  🪃 Staves and sword staves, spear shields, flails, blowpipes, and fighting whips.

🪃 All real world weapons from around the globe and throughout history.  Easily adaptable to ANY role-playing game regardless of the company. Completely compatible with all Palladium Books RPGs from Palladium Fantasy RPG® and Heroes Unlimited™ to Dead Reign® and Rifts®.

🪃 48 pages – $10.99 retail – Cat. No. 409 – available now.

BACK IN STOCK!  

European Castles


40 notable European castles with artwork and their actual floor plans.

🏰 Glossary of terms regarding the parts of the castle.            

🏰 Cutaway of a traditional square keep and wall ratings.

🏰 40 European castles by country, like Karlstein castle (Czechoslovakia), Bolton Castle (England), Dover Castle (England), Ludlow Castle (England), Chateau De Chillon (France), Tarasco Castle (France), Ortenberg Castle (Germany), Ferrara Castellow D’este (Italy), the Kremlin (Russia), Borthwick Castle (Scotland), Belmonte Castel (Spain), Margat Castle (Syria), Chepstow Castle (Wales), and others.

🏰 56 floor plans.

🏰 Artwork and floor plans by comic book creator Mike Gustovich.

🏰 All real world castles from across Europe. An excellent reference and starting place for ideas to build your own fantasy castles for Palladium Fantasy®, Dungeons & Dragons®, Pathfinder® and any fantasy role-playing game setting.

🏰 Easily adaptable to ANY role-playing game system.

🏰 48 pages – $10.99 retail – Cat. No. 410 – available now.

BACK IN STOCK!  

Civilization Gone, Dead Reign Sourcebook


There is so much packed into this sourcebook no wonder it is a fan favorite.

📖 A few additional zombies.

📖 12 madmen and psychopaths including the Zombie Lover and Zombie Master, plus Bandits, Raiders, and street gangs.

📖 Random house encounter and resource tables

📖 Survivor camp creation tables and more.

📖 Written by Kevin Siembieda. Cover by master of horror, E.M. Gist.

📖 $16.99 retail – 64 pages – Cat. No. 231 – Available now.

BACK IN STOCK!  

Yin-Sloth Jungles, 2nd Edition, Revised and Expanded!


The Yin-Sloth Jungles™ is a savage and unexplored wilderness filled with exotic people, strange creatures, ancient ruins, dark gods, and ancient secrets waiting to be unearthed.


📕 15 O.C.C.s, all updated and expanded, making them seem brand new: Beastmaster, Holy Crusader, Jungle Fighter, Man-Catcher, the unique Tezcat and Pygmy Shamans, Spy, Undead Hunter, and Witch Hunter, among others.

📕 18 Jungle People and monsters updated and expanded to feel like new, plus a few additions.

📕 New and expanded Shaman Chant magic.

📕 New and unique Pygmy Shaman Chant magic.

📕 New and expanded history of the Yin-Sloth Jungles.

📕 Expanded and clarified weapons, jungle armor, poisons, & more.

📕 The Orcish Empire and a few notable cities.

📕 Filled with great artwork by Peterson (ROG) and Mike Mumah.

📕 Written by Kevin Siembieda, John Klinkel, and Patrick Nowak.

📕 160 pages – $24.99 retail – Cat. No. 459 – available now.

📕 COMING SOON! Yin-Sloth Expeditions setting and adventure book.

BACK IN STOCK!

After the Bomb® RPG “Bonus” Edition Hardcover – Available now


Create any type of intelligent, mutant animal from a turtle or raccoon to a lion or an elephant. The RPG presents stats for 100+ mutant animals, plus rules for creating any mutant animal you can imagine. Suitable for use with Heroes Unlimited™, Ninjas & Superspies™, Rifts®, Chaos Earth®, Phase World® and Palladium Fantasy®. Whatever the setting, playing anthropomorphic animal characters is a blast.


📙 100+ mutant animal stats included.

📙 Mutant animal creation rules to mutate ANY animal.

📙 52 Mutant Animal Powers.

📙 33 Mutant Animal Psionic Powers.

📙 New Animal Chimeras and their abilities.

📙 New back story to the After the Bomb® world of mutants.

📙 The post-apocalyptic Earth setting of “After the Bomb” is just one use for your mutant animal heroes.

📙 A complete RPG written by Erick Wujcik.

📙 72 pages of “bonus” material includes the original After the Bomb® sourcebook and Yucatan Adventures from the old Game Shield.

📙 296 pages (72 bonus pages) – $44.99 retail – Cat. No. 503HC – now shipping. Also available as a 224 page softcover book ($26.99 retail – Cat. No. 503). Note: After the Bomb sourcebooks provide additional mutant animal stats and settings.

BACK IN STOCK!

Rifts® Book of Magic Hardcover


A compendium of magic from across Rifts Earth. Hundreds of magic spells plus magic weapons and devices from across the Megaverse.


📔 900+ magic spells, Elemental Magic, Ley Line Magic.

📔 Necromancy, Nature Magic, Cloud Magic, Ocean Magic, Biomancy.

📔 Tattoo magic, Temporal magic, Whalesongs, Conjuring, Nazca Lines.

📔 Techno-Wizard devices, Rune Weapons, Holy Weapons, fetishes.

📔 Bio-Wizard Weapons, the Bio-Borg, symbiotes, and herbs.

📔 Magic stones, talismans, staves, wands, and more.

📔 $39.99 – 352 pages of pure magic – Cat. No. 848HC – available now. Also available in softcover ($31.99 retail, Cat. No. 848).

BACK IN STOCK!

Rifts® Index & Adventures™ Vol. One


This sourcebook offers adventures and an index. Back in print after being unavailable for a year (and 15+ years before that!), it presents more than 40 pages of adventures and offers a ton of Hook, Line & Sinker™ adventures. Many involving the Army of the Coalition States. 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, First Edition rules. Worth it for the 30 plus adventure hooks alone.


📘 A must for Rifts® collectors.

📘 40+ pages of adventures: Five adventures and NPCs.

📘 20+ Hook, Line and Sinker™ adventures.

📘 An index of early Rifts® titles.

📘 96 pages – $20.99 retail – Cat. No. 823 – Available now.

BACK IN STOCK!

Rifts® World Book 8: Japan


There are few places on Rifts Earth as divided with magic and the supernatural vs technology. All sorts of technological wonders await including Japanese dragons, demons, and goblins, plus Glitter Boys, Cyber-Samurai and other suits of power armor, Dragon-Cyborgs, Ninja Crazies, Ninja Juicers, Cyberoids, weapons, Rune Swords, demons and more.


📗 Dragon cyborgs and living Japanese dragons.

📗 Ninja Cyborg and Mystic Ninja.

📗 Ninja Juicer, Tech-Ninja, Fighting Monks, Ronins, and more.

📗 Cyber-Samurai and Traditional Samurai; 20 O.C.C.s in all.

📗 The living Samurai Sword and the supernatural.

📗 SAMAS Samurai, Glitter Boys, weapons, and gear.

📗 Martial arts, mystic powers, and magic items.

📗 Pre-Rifts city, super-science, Glitter Boys, and more.

📗 216 pages – $26.99 retail – Cat. No. 818 – Available now.

BACK IN PRINT!

Rifts® China One


Everything you could want for a World Book set in China. Here are the bad guys, and Chinese myths and legends brought to life.


🐼 The Yama Kings and their 11 Kingdoms of Hell on Earth.

🐼 34 Chinese demons and ghosts.

🐼 20+ curses

🐼 The return of the First Emperor and the Terra Cotta Warriors,

🐼 Overview of China and the Yama Kings.

🐼 Dragon Lands, Demon Villages, and more.

🐼 Written by Erick Wujcik and Kevin Siembieda.

🐼 $24.99 retail – 160 pages – Cat. No. 857 – available now.

BACK IN STOCK!

Rifts® China Two


Heroes of the Celestial Court – it is time for China’s greatest heroes to rise and fight the darkness. Heroes, magic, and technology that will blow your mind.


Both Rifts China World Books are great companions to Rifts Japan, Warlords of Russia, Rifts Mystic Russia and The Minion War series. Characters, magic and concepts can be ported over to Ninjas & Superspies, Heroes Unlimited and the Redux TMNT & Other Strangeness RPG.


🧧 12 Mystic Martial Arts.

🧧 12 Mythic Heroes including the Enlightened Demon.

🧧 The hidden army of Geo-Front, the Gun Master and Lightning Warrior.

🧧 Chi Weapons, Chi Powers, Chi Sight, and magic.

🧧 Demon Queller and magical demon-binding items.

🧧 Demon Skin, Gun Dragon, Black Tiger power armor.

🧧 Geo-Front cyborgs, weapons, technology, and more.

🧧 Written by Erick Wujcik.

🧧 $24.99 retail – 160 pages – Cat. No. 858 – available now.

Palladium offers more than 300 of our books, every issue of The Rifter, sneak previews, and more in PDF format via DriveThruRPG

CLOSING THOUGHTS

Hope


Life is a challenge filled with ups and downs. Good and bad – and sometimes tragedy and profound sorrow. But as bad as things may get, please continue to seek and find hope. Try to continue to see the goodness and the beauty all around you. (It is there.) Recognize that you have friends and loved ones who care about you. Cling fiercely onto hope, even if it’s only a shred of hope, and the promise that things will get better. And take care of yourself. That means forcing yourself to eat when you don’t feel like it, getting sleep and forcing yourself to go out and do things, and be around people.


It’s okay to feel sad and cry or to be angry and want to be left alone, but don’t give in to it. Fight for yourself by finding moments of joy and camaraderie even if they are fleeting – and even when you hurt so bad it’s hard to breathe and you feel like giving up.


Don’t give up on yourself or give in to the dark emotions of sorrow and hopelessness that, in the moment, may somehow seem reasonable or comforting. They are neither. Things will get better. Focus on your tiny accomplishments and little triumphs. It’s hard as hell, but keep finding the way, whatever it may be for you.


In the initial weeks that I was grieving for Kathy but had finally come back to work, there were many a day where I barely accomplished one task. Rather than beat myself up for doing so little I chose to see each as an accomplishment. One thing off my list of many things to do.  Under the circumstances, each one thing was an accomplishment. Little triumphs that grew in number with every passing day.


I also made myself go out and do things. Not just shopping and going to work, but going out with friends, going to a movie or dinner, going to Chaosium Con and to the Ann Arbor Library event when all I wanted to do was curl up into a ball at home and cry. I did a host of similar little things. Each one a tiny accomplishment. Each one helping me to find a few moments of joy and camaraderie and connection to the world around me.


I want to share this with you as I work through my own grief and loss, because I know there are others going through the same thing. And though I wish no one ever had to feel the deep loss of a spouse, child, parent, or loved one, you will. It’s inevitable. When that time comes, I hope you’ll realize you are not alone, and that my words of hope may encourage and guide you through your own sorrow.


My grief is easing a bit. I find myself laughing and having fun without forcing myself to do so. I still struggle with the loss of Kathy, and my grief is still a beast that attacks when I least expect it. I still have bad days. In fact the past weekend was brutal. Everything reminded me of Kathy. I was flooded with memories that came in pounding waves. There were moments when I felt like I was drowning in my grief and sorrow, but there were also memories that made me smile or chuckle even as tears streamed down my cheeks. I focused on the smiles because they are a big accomplishment. I had feared I’d never be able to think of Kathy without tears or sadness, but there it was: genuine emotions of happiness – some accompanied by tears and some without.


I was blessed to have Kathy in my life for any length of time at all. We were best friends and more. I’ve been blessed to have incredible people come and go throughout my life. My challenge now is moving forward toward happiness and a life without my beautiful Kathy. That’s a big challenge, but I’ll get there no matter how long it may take. I’m already beginning to slowly travel down that path. I got there by hanging on to a sliver of hope even as I felt hopeless, by achieving a thousand tiny accomplishments, and with help from my friends. And that’s how I’ll continue down this path.


If I can do it, so can you. To quote the movie Galaxy Quest – “Never give up. Never surrender!” Not even when you feel like you have nothing left to give and can’t go on. You can. You will. You must. And you’ll be glad you did; and so will all the people who care about you. Life is hard. It can be horrible and agonizing at times, but it’s also good and wonderful. A true adventure in which you are the one going through the hero’s journey. A journey filled with love and loss, triumph and failure. That’s all okay, because that’s what life is all about.


I hope I didn’t get too philosophical on you. Life is beautiful. Smell the roses, delight in your friends, enjoy the good times, revel in your triumphs, and game on.  Today, I saw a deer and her fawn and I was able to smile and enjoy the joyful moment. As Erick would say, it’s all good.  



– Kevin Siembieda, Game Designer, Writer, Friend