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Palladium Weekly Update — July 20, 2024

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

NEW MERCH! * Holding Down Prices * Gen Con Info * Back In Stock

Hope you’re enjoying the weekend, Palladium Fans!

New Releases!


Finally, some fun new releases!
Rifts®, Heroes Unlimited and Palladium Fantasy logo mugs and T-Shirts are available now!

The 3 coffee mugs are a bit different than those in the past and look great. They have a black satin exterior finish (not glossy) that really makes the images pop. Each of the three mugs has a different interior color, the mug holds 16 ounces, and because so many of you suggested it, we made the logos smaller for a more elegant and classy appearance. Holding the price to $10.99 per mug. See complete details below.


Back due to popular demand! 3 fan favorite T-shirts – the ever popular Rifts® Logo featuring the entire Kevin Long design, the Heroes Unlimited Logo (it’s HU’s 40th Anniversary and the first time a T-shirt features just the logo), and the Palladium Fantasy RPG “Live the Fantasy” T-shirt with art and colors that harkens back to the original red and black RPG cover.


I forgot how powerful and fun these logo T-shirts are. The minute I pulled the Heroes Unlimited and Rifts® logo shirts out of the box, my heart soared and memories of great games filled my heart and mind. It wasn’t just me either, every Palladium staff member ran over to ask if they could have one. Heroes Unlimited and Rifts® T-Shirts are white printed on a black T-shirt; the Palladium Fantasy shirt is my iconic dragon and the slogan “Living the Fantasy” printed red on a black shirt (always one of my personal favorite shirts). Sizes Small to 5XL though the smallest and largest sizes are in limited quantities. Prices start at $19.99 and increases with the larger sizes; Gildan 50/50 cotton blend. See complete details below.


Small-XL $19.99 * 2XL $21.99 * 3XL 23.99 * 4XL $25.99 * 5XL $27.99


Holding down the cost of Palladium products.


As you can see by the prices of our mugs and T-shirts (no price increase!), we are trying hard to hold the line on prices. Likewise, most Palladium book titles are 20-30% less than the majority of our competitors. Not sure how long we can maintain that as the cost of printing, manufacturing, and shipping all continue to rise. Get ‘em while you can. [Kev isn’t kidding, act now! – Sean]


Gen Con Indy – August 1-4 – Palladium Books, Booth 607


We’ll be there with a life-size Ninja Turtle (Leonardo!), and an After the Bomb super sale, lots of RPG books for you to buy, original art, art prints, and more! Come over to say hello and meet the Palladium crew – me (Kevin Siembieda), Sean Owen Roberson, Wayne Smith, Caleb Nelson, authors Mark Oberle, Glen Evans, John Klinkel, and Mike Leonard – all happy to chat a bit and sign your books.  


What’s hot at Palladium this week.


Rifts® and Palladium Fantasy titles. Thank you for your support.


NEW T-Shirts!

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.

Three NEW MUGS and
another on SALE!

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! Dead Reign® (Zombie attack) Coffee Mug


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!  

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 – 48 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) – $39.99 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. 848 – available now. Also available in softcover.

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. 816 – 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.

🧧 $22.99 retail – 160 pages – Cat. No. 857 – available now.

COMING Soon! The Rifter® Archival Editions


Due to popular demand and frequent requests from fans, Palladium will be reprinting select, out of print issues of The Rifter. These Rifter re-releases will have the words Archival Edition in a yellow box to differentiate them from the original printings, which are collector items. These are exactly the same book just with Archival Edition on the cover and made available at prices you can afford. Most will sell for $20.99 retail, much less than the $40-$80 these titles are selling for on the collector’s market. The first trial Archival Editions are The Rifter #48, #58, and #65, at the printer now. Special thanks to Palladium fan, Joseph Sousa, for his helpful input and suggestions.


The Rifter #48 Archival Edition – Coming Soon

– 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 – Coming Soon

– 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 – Coming Soon

– 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

COMING! Art Prints Back in Stock and New – SOON!


13 full color art prints are also being printed for your enjoyment. All should be in stock by the middle of next week. More details in the next Weekly Update.

New at the 8 ½ x 11 inch size for the first time (fits 8×10 mat or frame):

🖼️ Rifts Japan cover

🖼️ Rifts Psyscape cover

🖼️ Rifts Coalition War Campaign – That’s in addition to numerous other fan favorites like Rifts Mercenaries: Crimes Against the Coalition, the Red Borg, and Ley Line Walker and …

🖼️ CS Strike Force (CS troops on patrol; Kevin Long art; 17 x 11 inch size)

🖼️ Ley Line Scene (Kevin Long art; 17 x 11 inch size).

Find us at Gen Con


Gen Con – Palladium Books Booth #607 – near Chaosium


Palladium Books will at Gen Con as usual, though in a different location, booth #607. This year we are situated near our pals at Chaosium (Booth #511) and between Paizo and Asmodee near the first hall entrance.


Come on over to booth 607 to meet, chat with, and get autographs from me (Kevin Siembieda), Sean Owen Roberson (Creative Director and author), Wayne Smith (editor), Mark Oberle (author), Glen Evans (author), John Klinkel (author), Mike Leonard (artist and author), Caleb Nelson (Palladium staff), and others. We’ll have Yin-Sloth Expeditions and maybe a few other new releases, a large back stock selection of RPG books, playing cards, some original art, art prints, and collectibles for your enjoyment. We are also happy to sign any books you bring with you.


Enjoy a photo op with a life-size Ninja Turtle!


We have a talented sculptor working away on creating a life-sized statue of Leonardo. It’s shaping up beautifully, so swing by the booth to check it out and get a photo with Leo as well as notable Palladium Books creators.


🚨🚨Gen Con Convention Super-Sale = After the Bomb RPG (softcover) and ALL AtB sourcebooks 50% off! 🚨🚨

And there may be other sale items and specials!

Two panel talks with Kevin and Sean.


Tickets are still available for both.

🤖🌌RIFTS and the Future of Palladium – Friday 5 PM – JW Marriott 203
Join Kevin Siembieda and Sean Owen Roberson to talk about all things Palladium, especially RIFTS!
https://www.gencon.com/events/257512

🐢🥋
Palladium Talks Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – Saturday 4 PM – JW Marriott 203
Kevin and Sean discuss the wildly successful Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Other Strangeness REDUX edition and future plans.
https://www.gencon.com/events/257514

There are also something like 16 or 20 Palladium Books based RPG game events being run this year at Gen Con, including some by writers John Klinkel and Glen Evans, among others. Check ‘em out!


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

CLOSING THOUGHTS

A Whirlwind of Activity


🌀 Books are coming back in stock by the dozen. The first dozen arrived this week. Another dozen next week.


🌀 Sent in 14 art prints to the printer – some reprints, some new, all beautiful. Many will be at Gen Con.


🌀 I’m trying hard to finish Yin-Sloth Expeditions! What a great book. Lots of expansions, new source material, new villains and danger, new adventures, and 30 maps all recreated by artist Phil Stone.


🌀 Sean is pounding away on the TMNT and other Strangeness RPG Redux editions and other Kickstarter material.


🌀 Life-size Leonard Ninja Turtle sculpture is being created in our warehouse for Gen Con! It’s awesome. Come by to see it and get your photo with Leo! It’s like he stepped off the TMNT RPG cover!

🌀 Lots and lots of Gen Con preparations!


That’s all for now. Enjoy those mugs and T-Shirts and books back in print. Gotta run. So much to do! Oh no, am I turning into the Mad Hatter? Game on!


– Kevin Siembieda, Game Designer, Writer, Friend

Palladium Weekly Update — July 4, 2024

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

Celebrate! *  4th of July Sales * Gen Con is a month away

Happy 4th of July, Palladium Fans!

Happy Independence Day!


Hello Fellow Gamers,

We are thrilled to see so many of you enjoying
Palladium’s 4th of July Sale of 40+ items including select books, poker decks, most miniatures, and other good stuff at exceptional savings. Good news, the sale continues thru the holiday weekend and ends the morning of Wednesday, July 10, 2024, so there is still time for great savings to be had during and after your long weekend.


More good news! We have a
DriveThruRPG.com 4th of July sale for PDF items happening at the same time. See complete details for both sales below.


What’s Hot at Palladium this Week?


It has been a mixed bag. The sale items, of course, so a lot of resin and metal miniatures, Heroes Unlimited, and After the Bomb titles, but also Rifts, Palladium Fantasy, and a smattering of Dead Reign books.


Gamers continue to discover the Rifts® 30th Anniversary Special Edition Hardcover with an additional 24 page bonus color section in the back of the book with behind the scenes history, concept art, and gallery of every Rifts cover, because we seem to ship out 1-3 copies of it almost every day. Happy to see that, because it is a great book. Thank you, spread the word, and keep the orders coming.


TMNT & Other Strangeness BackerKit pledge manager is Closed.


Our heartfelt thank you to all our Backers and supporters. You can still preorder the mass market editions at a price lower than the final retail price on the BackerKit Preorder Store, which remains open, for now.


Enjoy the Holiday!


Those of you able to take a long weekend, have fun and relax, but please be safe. We are battling deadlines, so most of us are working through the weekend here in Palladiumville. Think of us as you lie on the beach and enjoy your barbecue. Since it is a holiday in the United States I will keep this Update short.

Palladium Books – 4th of July Sale


We thought we would heat up your summer by putting a number of  patriotic RPG titles, most metal and resin miniatures, and a bunch of fun accessories on sale. I mean, everyone needs a Glitter Boy on their desk or shelf (I love the Chainsaw Glitter Boy, and Juicer, and Line Walker, etc.) and I use the Rifts notepad and pens all the time.

The
sale runs thru the 4th of July weekend. Please spread the word and enjoy!


Books and Accessories on Sale


🗽Heroes Unlimited Hardcover – Sale price $35.99

🗽Heroes Unlimited Softcover – Sale price $25.59

🗽Rifts® Chaos Earth RPG softcover (30%) – Sale price $19.99

🗽Rifts® Chaos Earth RPG Hardcover (20%) – Sale price $29.59


🦅 PR820 Stand Strong Print – Chaos Earth cover (Glitter Boy & Flag) – Sale price $5

🦅Rifts® Color Poker Deck – Cat. No. 2575 – Sale price $8.00

🦅Rifts® Black & White Poker Deck – Cat. No. 2576 – Sale price $8.00

🦅Rifts® Cyberworks Color Poker Deck – Cat. No. 2609 – Sale price $9.00


🧨Rifts® Tales of the Chi-Town ‘Burbs Anthology – Cat. No. 304 – Sale price $8.00

🧨Rifts® Notepad & Pencil Set – Cat. No. 2603 – Sale price $8.00

🧨Rifts® Notepad Only – Cat. No. 2597 – Sale price $3.00


🎆Palladium Bookmarks Set one – (Rifts®, Fantasy, Heroes Unlimited, Dead Reign®) – Cat. No. 2554 – Sale price $3.00

🎆Palladium Bookmarks Set Two – (Rifts® Chaos Earth, Phase World®, Nightbane®, Beyond the Supernatural) – Cat. No. 2554 – Sale price $3.00

🎆Fantasy Mouse Pad (Old Ones/Minotaur) – Cat. No. 2567 – Sale price $6.00

🎆Dead Reign Mouse Pad (Zombie Graveyard) – Cat. No. 2568 – Sale price $6.00


🖋️Blue Pen with Stylus – Rifts® logo and words: Unleash your imagination – Cat. No. 2586 – Sale price $3.00

🖋️ Red Pen with Stylus – Rifts® logo and words: Explore the Megaverse® – Cat. No.2604 – Sale price $3.00

🖋️ Black Pen with Stylus – Palladium Books 40 years of Adventure – Cat. No. 2605 – Sale price $3.00

🖋️Greeting Cards Mixed Set (6 cards – 2 Rifts, 2 Birthday, 1 Thinking of you, and 1 Faerie Folk/humorous) – Sale price $7.00


Rifts® 25mm Metal Miniatures on Sale – Big Savings

🤖 MI8002 Xiticix – Sale price $9.00

🤖 MI8004 Dog Boy Pack #1 – Sale price $9.00

🤖 MI8005 Men of Magic – Sale price $9.00

🤖 MI8006 Cyborgs #1 – Sale price $9.00

🤖 MI8007 Simvan Rider on Ostrosaurus – Sale price $9.00
🤖 MI8008 Coalition Skelebots #1 Miniature Pack – Sale price $9.00

🤖 MI8009 Coalition SAMAS #1 Miniature Pack – Sale price $11.00

🤖 MI8010 Coalition Sky-Cycle – Sale price $11.00

🤖 MI8015 Damaged Skelebots #1 – Sale price $9.00

🤖 MI8016 Cyber Adventurers – Sale price $9.00

🤖 MI8017 Rogues and Scouts – Sale price $9.00
🤖 MI8018 Brodkil & Witchling Miniature Pack – Sale price $9.00

🤖 MI8019 Damaged Skelebots #2 – Sale price $6.00 super-saver!

🤖 MI8020 Psi-Stalkers & Scouts – Sale price $9.00


Rifts® Heroic 28mm Resin Miniatures on Sale – detailed and dynamic

🤺 MI8046 Glitter Boy (only, classic) – Sale price $25.00

🤺 MI8047 CS Fire-Breather Rifleman – Sale price $7.00

🤺 MI8048 Juicer Assassin – Sale price $7.00

🤺 MI8049 CS Missile Launcher Soldier – Sale price $7.00

🤺 MI8050 CS Officer – Sale price $7.00

🤺 MI8051 Ley Line Walker with Observation Ball – Sale price $10.50

🤺 MI8052 Triax Cyborg with Rail Gun – Sale price $10.50

🤺 MI8053 DELUXE Glitter Boy & Pilot (2 figures) Battle Scene (slain CS soldier lays at its feet on the base); G.B. and pilot both wield a battlefield chainsaw ideal for slaying cyborgs and demons in close combat – Super-Saver sale price $25.00!


📜Sale ends the morning of July 10th (Wednesday)📜

Find us at Gen Con


Check out the Closing Thoughts for a can’t-miss Gen Con Photo Opportunity!


Gen Con – Palladium Books Booth #607 – near Chaosium


Palladium Books will at Gen Con as usual, though in a different location, booth #607. This year we’re located close to our pals at Chaosium (Booth #511) and between Paizo and Asmodee near the first hall entrance.


Come on over to booth 607 to meet, chat with, and get autographs from Kevin Siembieda (Founder), Sean Owen Roberson (Creative Director and writer), Wayne Smith (editor), Mark Oberle (author), Glen Evans (author), John Klinkel (author), Mike Leonard (artist and author), Caleb Nelson (Palladium staff), and others. We’ll have Yin-Sloth Expeditions and maybe a few other new releases, a large back stock selection of RPG books, playing cards, some original art, art prints, and collectibles for your enjoyment. We are also happy to sign any books you bring with you.


This year Kevin and Sean are hosting
TWO panel talks for you to bring your questions and find out about the exciting future plans we have in store for you and all things Palladium, so grab your tickets now:

🤖🌌RIFTS and the Future of Palladium – JW Marriott 203 – Fri 5pm EDT
Join Kevin Siembieda and Sean Owen Roberson to talk about all things Palladium, especially RIFTS!
https://www.gencon.com/events/257512

🐢🥋
Palladium Talks Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – JW Marriott 203 – Sat 4pm EDT
Kevin and Sean discuss the wildly successful Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Other Strangeness REDUX edition and future plans.
https://www.gencon.com/events/257514

There are also something like 16 or 20 Palladium Books based RPG game events being run this year at Gen Con, including some by writers John Klinkel and Glen Evans, among others. Check ‘em out!


DriveThruRPG.com 4th of July PDF Sale


We can’t leave those who prefer digital out of the 4th of July celebration, so enjoy big savings on some of the same products we have on sale in print and some unique digital offerings we’re sure you’ll love: specially at a discount!

🎆
Heroes Unlimited RPG 1st & 2nd Edition

🎆 After the Bomb® RPG and sourcebooks – compatible with TMNT & Other Strangeness RPG, Heroes Unlimited, Rifts® and Phase World®.

🎆 Chaos Earth RPG and sourcebooks – the origin of Rifts Earth.

🎆 2 Game Master Kits (Rifts® and Palladium Fantasy)

🎆 All Paper minis


✨Sale ends the morning of July 10th (Wednesday)✨

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

CLOSING THOUGHTS

Moments to Cherish


It’s the Independence Day holiday and many of you in the United States have a long weekend. Nice. Have a good time, enjoy the two Palladium sales, and have fun with your friends and family. You may not realize it now, but these are the moments you’ll cherish always.

With love and appreciation,


– Kevin Siembieda, Game designer, writer, friend

Palladium Weekly Update — June 21, 2024

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

Sold Out! * Honored at Origins * TMNT pledge manager Closing

Happy Friday, Palladium Fans!

Showing the Love!


By the gods of Dragonwright, you folks loved that Fantastic Fantasy and Hardcovers sale. I was considering extending the offer another week, but we actually sold out of a few key Palladium Fantasy titles, and many others are too few to extend the sale, Yin-Sloth Jungles among them. That’s what we love to see. This feels appropriate to me because I’m working hard to finish Yin-Sloth Expeditions in time to have it available at Gen Con (Booth #607) along with the reprinted Yin-Sloth Jungles hot off the press.


We’ve already gotten a lot of positive feedback from the Legion of Myth live chat that took place last Sunday. Sean and I talked about the loss of Kathy, the TMNT & Other Strangeness RPG Redux editions, Yin-Sloth Expeditions, Rifts® Bestiary, Rifts® Antarctica (the full lowdown), Beyond the Supernatural, and other topics, as well as a long discussion about Game Mastering and storytelling. We got so caught up in all the fun topics that I believe our conversation went over 4 hours! Check it out when they make it available online. More about happenings at Palladium Books in my Closing Thoughts.


What’s Hot at Palladium this Week?


The Fantastic Fantasy sales made Palladium Fantasy titles super-hot. So hot we sold out of some titles and others are running low. We also saw a ton of hardcover sales across the board, especially the Rifts® 30th Anniversary hardcover (original Rifts 1st edition rules, Parkinson cover, plus the making of color section in the back complete with every Rifts cover to date). Other Rifts, Heroes Unlimited, and After the Bomb titles were also in high demand.


Weekly Updates are now posted on the Palladium website. A technical issue prevented us from being able to post our Weekly Updates on the Palladium website. That problem has been solved and you can get caught up on the last several updates as you may desire; Some had cool art and other info you might enjoy.

Honored at Origins

One of the highlights of the Redux campaign for TMNT&OS is the renewed interest and appreciation for the incomparable game design magic of Erick Wujcik — Origins Lifetime Achievement Award 2008, Hall of Fame Inductee 2011.

The Origins Game Fair is going on now through the 23rd in Columbus, Ohio.

TMNT&OS pledge manager Closing SOON!

It’s NOT too late for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness backers to add the campaign-exclusive Heroes and Villains Miniatures or Kevin Eastman variant cover to their orders, but time IS running out.

We’re closing the BackerKit pledge manager for the campaign at the end of this month, next Friday June 28th!  And cards for any add-ons will be charged the following week on July 3rd.

These collector’s items will NOT be available at retail or through Palladium after the campaign manager closes, so grab them now!

Find us at Gen Con


Gen Con – Palladium Books Booth #607 – near Chaosium


Palladium Books will at Gen Con as usual, though in a different location, booth #607. This year we’re located close to our pals at Chaosium (Booth #511) and between Paizo and Asmodee near the first hall entrance.


Come on over to booth 607 to meet, chat with, and get autographs from Kevin Siembieda (Founder), Sean Owen Roberson (Creative Director and writer), Wayne Smith (editor), Mark Oberle (author), Glen Evans (author), John Klinkel (author), Mike Leonard (artist and author), Caleb Nelson (Palladium staff), and others. We’ll have Yin-Sloth Expeditions and maybe a few other new releases, a large back stock selection of RPG books, playing cards, some original art, art prints, and collectibles for your enjoyment. We are also happy to sign any books you bring with you.


This year Kevin and Sean are hosting
TWO panel talks for you to bring your questions and find out about the exciting future plans we have in store for you and all things Palladium, so grab your tickets now:

🤖🌌RIFTS and the Future of Palladium – JW Marriott 203 – Fri 5pm EDT
Join Kevin Siembieda and Sean Owen Roberson to talk about all things Palladium, especially RIFTS!
https://www.gencon.com/events/257512

🐢🥋
Palladium Talks Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – JW Marriott 203 – Sat 4pm EDT
Kevin and Sean discuss the wildly successful Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Other Strangeness REDUX edition and future plans.
https://www.gencon.com/events/257514

There are also something like 16 or 20 Palladium Books based RPG game events being run this year at Gen Con, including some by writers John Klinkel and Glen Evans, among others. Check ‘em out!


Palladium offers more than 300 of our books in PDF format via DriveThruRPG

CLOSING THOUGHTS

Feel the Magic


It feels good to have so much in production and going on behind the scenes. The Redux TMNT RPG is magnificent. Everyone loves the written remembrances and art tributes – some are touching, some are beautiful, some are funny, all are worth reading. Many of you will be able to relate to one or more of them and will enjoy reading all of them. The list of writers range from film writer/director Rawson Marshall Thurber and TV producer Ciro Nieli to comic book and RPG creators like Jim Lawson, Sophie Campbell, Freddie E. Williams II, Louis Antonio Delgado, Kevin Long, and many others, as well as notable friends of Erick Wujcik.  


Sean Owen Roberson has been breathing new life into the redux books and all the TMNT & OS Kickstarter items. Everything is looking beautiful and reading well. He’s been lovingly rediscovering and working on Erick Wujcik’s original game materials. What a joyful project! Gamers worldwide are going to love these RPGs more than ever.


Note: Kickstarter Backers, remember the pledge manager WILL close at the end of June, so please fill in your Backerkit survey if you haven’t done so already, and think about adding Exclusives now, while you still can because that capability ENDS when the BackerKit pledge manager closes in a week. When we say Kickstarer exclusive we mean it!


Wayne and Alex are working to keep many projects moving along, including sending in something like 20 books for reprint. Our cheerful warehouse guy, Caleb, is excited to be shipping so many books to gamers and distributors. Me and Sean too!


As for me, I’m swept up in a whirlwind of activity. I’m deep into Yin-Sloth Expeditions and writing up a storm. I love this book. I’m even doing a few new pieces of art for it.


When I’m not writing, planning, or handling business, I have been doing a series of video chats with JM DeFoggi covering, in depth, the history of Palladium Books. This will be expansive and pointed discussions to eventually appear on Palladium Books’ YouTube channel in various forms and segments. This idea is the result of our fans asking me to write an autobiography or history of Palladium Books. I would like to except I have a zillion game books to write that people want even more. Besides, it’s more fun to hear and see the person talk about their creative journey. These chats are inspired, in part, by videos with the Glitterbois and Legion of Myth, among others, and the clear fan interest in these subjects and the history of gaming. I don’t know about you, but I would love to be able to watch videos with industry iluminaries like Gary Gygax, Dave Arneson, Greg Stafford, Erick Wujcik, Keith Parkinson, and others, but they’re no longer with us and no such video archive exists. The recent loss of Kathy Simmons and Julius Rosenstein have made this feel all the more imperative to both me and Sean, who has insisted on comprehensively documenting these memories.


I think JM and I have 15 subjects in our chronological outline, and we may add a few more as I remember additional fun stories and Sean keeps suggesting subjects we should include. It has been fun and I hope you’ll enjoy watching them as much as JM and I are enjoying making them. By the way, I intend to continue a similar series of interviews with the Glitterbois. Why? Because they are approaching the subject from a different point of view, ask different questions, have a different audience, and I like chatting with them. Plus there are so many details and events to talk about that I could do a hundred interviews and still touch on different subjects within them.


On a personal note, everyday I’m trying to be my best self and celebrate Kathy’s beautiful life as best I can. I’m trying to be the light. Meaning, I’m trying to embrace the beauty and magic life has to offer. Life is hard and it can get ugly at times. I’m choosing to embrace the light. To focus on fun, kindness, and goodness and to pay it forward. So please, try not to let day-to-day strife, worry, and hardships get you down. Don’t lose hope. Remember that role-playing games are a wonderful, fun way to escape your everyday stress with friends and fellow gamers – even if it’s only for a few hours.


Kathy is my renewed inspiration. I have come to realize she created beauty, joy, and real world magic without even realizing she was doing so. I know this from the endless stories by neighbors and people we knew. And from complete strangers.


I have had a cavalcade of strangers – people who don’t know Kathy has passed – who will see me in the front yard and walk over to tell me how much they loved our Halloween display, or how much they liked to stop and chat with Kathy on their way to the nature trail at the end of our street. Others have told me how they enjoyed Kathy’s lovely landscaping and especially how much they enjoy the menagerie of wildlife attracted to our home and to her.


Just yesterday morning, the water meter reader waved and motioned to me as he made a detour down the driveway toward the house. I was worried there was problem, but he smiled and said he had been doing this work in our area for the last three years, and our house is always his favorite. He explained he always enjoys seeing the dozens of squirrels and wide variety of colorful birds, and sometimes a deer or other wildlife in our yard. It was magical, he said, and always made him feel happy. He then commented on the beautiful white cat he saw trot across the yard. Just one of the 9 feral cats Kathy had neutered, spayed, and fed daily. She cared about and fed everyone and everything. Her gentle, inner beauty just spilled out into the world and made our home a magical paradise in the middle of the city. There are so many enchanting moments that feel like a scene are from Walt Disney’s Sleeping Beauty.


I hope I can keep the magic going as well as she did, and be the light that helps to show people that there is magic in the world and in our books. I encourage you to be the light in your part of the world and game on.


– Kevin Siembieda, Game designer, writer, friend