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Palladium Books® – Weekly Update & New Sale – June 1, 2023

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

By Kevin Siembieda and Sean Owen Roberson

We are starting June off with a killer sale, followed by the Revised and Expanded Yin-Sloth Jungles, 2nd Edition (Fantasy) and the return of Dragons & Gods (Fantasy) and Rifts® Africa in a couple of weeks, and ending June with Titan Robotics, The Cyberworks Collection and Cyberworks Poker Deck. More news and info follows.

Chilling Horror Sale

New! Chilling Horror RPG Summer Sale – Big 30% discount

Look what crawled out from the grave. Horror, zombies, and tales of the supernatural abound on TV/streaming and movies this summer. This sale offers a deadly 30% discount on Palladium’s chilling horror and supernatural RPG games and sourcebooks. Isn’t it time to bring a little terror to your gaming table?

Note: There is a similar sale on DriveThruRPG for PDF titles.

DriveThruRPG.com Chilling Horror RPG Sale

Perhaps your nightmares come from the digital realm. In that case, see our Chilling Horror RPG Sale on DriveThruRPG.com for a similar selection of PDF horror titles as listed above. Get ‘em at more bone chilling discounts while you can. Sale runs from June 1-7.

A Terrifying Kickstarter to Consider – Hell Train adventure

Hell Train is a 1st level horror adventure for Weird Frontiers, a Weird West setting that is compatible with DCC (Dungeon Crawl Classics) by Goodman Games. Hell Train is published by Rugby-Melee Games. By the way, Palladium is in talks with the main writer, John Watson, to write new RPG material for Palladium Books in 2024, so you know he’s good. The Hell Train adventure is weird fun that most G.M.s should be able to adapt to Beyond the Supernatural and maybe even Rifts® New West with some work. Just saying.

Hell Train takes place in the 1880s Old West at a small town in East Texas. The heroes encounter a small community with a dark past and restless dead. You heard right, ghosts and zombies (and something worse?!) walk the streets and travel a train from the spirit realm. Board the train and battle the dead responsible for the turmoil and restore the town. Just make sure you are not on the Hell Train when it leaves the station, because its destination: Hell by way of the very heart of madness. Link below.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rugby-melee-games/hell-train-a-weird-frontiers-adventure?ref=4b6qz6

Rifts Coalition Manhunters

Have you read Rifts® Coalition Manhunters™?

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

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

Gen Con® Indy – August 3-6 – Palladium Books Booth #903

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

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

Titan Robotics and Cyberworks

LAST CHANCE! We need your Titan Robotics™ BackerKit Surveys NOW!

Titan Robotics™ BackerKit Pledge Manager – CLOSES Monday, June 5th!

There are 17 backers who have NOT yet submitted their survey. Please do so as soon as possible to avoid delays in receiving your physical products. BackerKit CLOSES in FOUR DAYS, on Monday, June 5th! If you haven’t done it, DO IT NOW – enter your Kickstarter email to begin here: https://titanrobotics.backerkit.com

FINAL DAYS – CLOSES June 5th – Titan Robotics™ BackerKit Pre-Order Store

Final Days! If you are going to change your order or ADD additional items, do it over the next FOUR DAYS before it closes on June 5th.

Remember, if you backed the Kickstarter at any level, even one dollar, you don’t need the Pre-Order Store – you can upgrade your pledge in Backerkit to ANY of the higher Kickstarter pledge levels to get those superior deals. That’s the privilege of being a Backer! But do it soon because when the BackerKit pre-order period ends on JUNE 5th, those deals are done and no longer available. Time is running out to make your final decisions, upgrades, and add-on purchases.

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

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

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

The Cyberworks™ Pre-Order Bundle ($120)

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

UPDATE: Titan Robotics™ Kickstarter Fulfills in June. Everything will be in, packaged up, and sent to Quartermaster Logistics for shipping in a few weeks!

  • – Titan Robotics™ and The Cyberworks™ Collection are on schedule for June release.
  • – Titan Robotics Poker Deck – at the printer. We should receive them in mid-June.
  • – Titan Robotics art prints are at the printer.
  • – Rifts® Miniatures have been restocked to make sure we have enough to fulfill your orders.
  • – Remaining Digital Rewards are complete & entering final review and layout. They should be delivered around the time Backers receive their physical rewards.

Consider supporting this Kickstarter and save lives

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

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

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

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

Please contribute if you can and spread the word, even $5-$10 makes a difference. Thank you. I’ll be making my contribution today. – Kevin Siembieda

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

Original Palladium Fantasy 1st Edition Foil Hardcover

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

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

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

Original Palladium Fantasy 1st Edition Foil Hardcover

List of Palladium Books® RPG Hardcovers Available Now

Notable Palladium Releases – a Megaverse® of adventure awaits you

  • NEW! Palladium Fantasy RPG® Interactive NPC Sheet to help you create monsters and villains quickly. This Excel spreadsheet is available on DriveThruRPG.com and PalladiumBooks.com.
  • NEW! “Original” Beyond the Supernatural™ RPG Commemorative “Bonus” Foil Hardcover (1st Edition rules) – described above.
  • Beyond the Supernatural™ RPG, 2nd Edition – A plausible modern horror setting unlike any other. One that makes sense and will challenge your role-playing skills. 14 Psychic Character Classes. 42 occupations for “ordinary” people, 100+ psychic abilities, including Fire Walker abilities, creatures of darkness, the Lazlo Agency, and more. All of these unlikely heroes stand against supernatural evil in a world of disbelievers who brand them as practitioners of fringe science and lunatics. Only your characters know the truth: supernatural evil is real and dangerous. Are you ready to join the battle? 256 pages – Cat. No. 700. Also available as a hardcover edition.
  • Creature Feature™, a Beyond the Supernatural™, 2nd Edition Sourcebook – 15 new creatures, rules clarifications, player and Game Master tips, adventure and more – 192 pages – $26.99 retail – Cat. No. 704 – available now.
  • Rifts® Coalition Manhunters™ Sourcebook – 224 pages of Coalition data to blow your mind. 80+ new psionic abilities, 9 Manhunter psychic assassins, Psi-Ops thought police, Dog Boys, Kill Hounds, Coalition secrets, and more – 224 pages – Cat. No. 894.
  • The Rifter® #85 Annual – Rifts®, Fantasy, and many RPG settings – Cat. No. 185 – Also available as a bookmarked PDF book on DriveThruRPG where it has made the Top 10 Best Sellers List.
  • European Castles – 40+ real world castles from across Europe and their actual floor plans whenever available – for use with ANY game system – 48 pages – $10.99 – Cat. No. 410 – available now.
  • Exotic Weapons – 100+ strange and exotic weapons from around the globe – for use with ANY game system – 48 pages – $10.99 – Cat. No. 409 – available now.
  • The Compendium of Modern Weapons – 450+ real world weapons from around the globe – for use with ANY game system – 176 pages – Cat. No. 415.
  • Palladium Fantasy RPG®, 2nd Edition – A fantasy setting like no other, rich in history and inviting adventure. Not only are you able to play iconic fantasy heroes, but also characters such as the Mind Mage, Druid, Diabolist, Summoner and an array of nonhuman characters from Elves and Dwarves to Wolfen, Changelings, Kobolds, Orcs, Ogres, and many others. 25+ Occupational Character Classes (O.C.C.s), 14+ inhuman player races (more in sourcebooks), 300+ magic spells, 60 magical wards, 50 magic circles, 70+ psychic powers, dozens of magic items and potions, and so much more. 336 pages – Cat. No. 450. Also available as a hardcover edition. More than a dozen sourcebooks support this game line.
  • Lopan™ (Fantasy) Raw Preview – Cat. No. 476-RAW.
  • Land of the South Winds™ (Fantasy) Raw Preview – Cat. No. 477-RAW.
  • Heroes Unlimited™ RPG, 2nd Edition – A hit super-hero RPG for 30+ years. Why? Because it enables you to create any type of comic book hero you can imagine. 101 super abilities plus a multitude of sub-powers within them, bonuses and special combat capabilities. 72 psychic powers and 100+ magic spells, plus enchanted weapons and objects that turn a person into a superhuman. Psychics, super-powered aliens, mutants, super soldiers, Mega-Heroes, mages, immortals, cyborgs, robots, power armor, weapon masters, and more. Plus a dozen sourcebooks provide you with hundreds of additional super abilities, hero categories, bad guys, and adventures. 352 pages for a complete RPG – Cat. No. 500. Also available as a hardcover edition.
  • After the Bomb® RPG – Erick Wujcik’s mutant magnum opus. Create any mutant animal from a turtle to an elephant, animal psionics, animal powers, chimeras, and more. Use the mutants as modern world heroes, or play within the AtB post-apocalypse setting, Rifts®, or just about any setting. 224 pages – Cat. No. 503. Also available as a hardcover edition.
  • Ninjas & Superspies™ RPG – 40+ styles of martial arts, mystic abilities, spies, gadgets, and creating secret organizations. 176 pages – Cat. No. 525. Also available as a hardcover edition.
  • Dead Reign® RPG – The Zombie Apocalypse unleashed! Can you survive? Play Post-Apocalyptic heroes or ordinary people. Part zombie game, part survival manual. All fun. A great beginner’s game. If you are looking for a zombie game that truly captures the feel of survival after the apocalypse and the nightmare of being stalked by zombies, Dead Reign® is it. Game mechanics are designed to create a real sense of escalating terror and dread when the zombies swarm. 224 pages – Cat. No. 230. Also available as a hardcover edition. Sourcebooks expand the world, player options, and adventure ideas as well as present new zombies and dangers.
  • Nightbane® RPG – Join the secret war against a demonic invasion most people do not even know has taken place. The demonic Nightlords, their evil Dopplegangers and other demon minions are quietly taking over the world, starting with the most powerful nations. You know it is happening because you are the Nightbane. You can see the true demonic form of these invaders, and you can stop them. The only wrinkle is you must turn into your monstrous supernatural form – your Morphus – to call upon your superhuman and magical powers. Oh, and the government is controlled by the Nightlords and their shape-changing demonic minions hunt the Nightbane. 224 pages – Cat. No. 730. Also available as a hardcover edition.
  • And more, like the Rifts® Ultimate Edition (and 90+ Rifts® sourcebooks), Rifts® Chaos Earth®, The Mechanoid Trilogy®, Systems Failure, Splicers®, RECON®, Phase World®, etc.

Chilling Horror Sale

SALE! DriveThruRPG.com – A Chilling Horror RPG Summer Sale

Look what crawled out from the grave. Horror, zombies, and tales of the supernatural abound on TV/streaming and movies this summer. Isn’t it time to bring a little terror to your gaming table?

Note: There is a similar sale from PalladiumBooks.com for physical books at PDF prices.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Palladium PDFs at DriveThruRPG.com

FUN Podcast Adventures

These fun podcasts are created by Palladium fans like you.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Other collectibles include art prints, posters, comic books, Palladium limited edition hardcovers, out of print items, signed books, one-of-a-kind proofreader copies, Star Wars toys, superhero action figures, and many other toys and items from my personal collection. Yeah, I used to be a crazy toy and art collector. Alex and I will keep adding items as our busy schedules allow, but we have a lot of fun collectibles available now and coming soon. Hundreds of items. Take a look every weekend for new additions.

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

Closing Thoughts – This and that

Several book projects are moving forward here at Palladium. A number of back stock items should arrive from the printer any day now, including Rifts® Africa and Dragons & Gods (Fantasy).

I’m wrapping up Yin-Sloth Jungles, Revised and Expanded to Second Edition rules, and it is really expanded. A number of people have seen the manuscript now and they have been wowed by it and that it is updated on the level of Rifts® Bestiary. Another person compared it to Garden of the Gods, a fan favorite sourcebook. I really went to town on the O.C.C.s and creatures. Folks are over the moon with them all, especially the Tezcat, Holy Crusader, Undead Hunter, Witch Hunter, and Pygmy. Yes, the Pygmy is truly unique and awesome now. But there are so many other cool and fun upgrades and additions, including Sea Giants, new maps, and some new art.

All the Rifts® Titan Robotics products – Titan Robotics softcover, hardcovers, print sets, and The Cyberworks Collection hardcovers and poker deck – are all at the various printers and we anxiously await their arrival along with all of you. Any week now!

Rifts® Bestiary Volume 2, Rifts® Antarctica, and The Rifter® #86 are next among other things. Sean and I cannot wait to get even more books dropping into your hands.

A new, updated and gorgeous Palladium Books website has been one of our behind the scenes projects and it should go live any week now, so do not be alarmed when everything looks different and cleaner. Btw, due to your feedback, remastered, quality, purchasable PDFs are being added to the Palladium web store.

We have also been exploring and putting into place other avenues of promotion, sales, distribution, and new product releases. That has meant a lot of in-person and online meetings, phone calls, and wheeling and dealing, so we have been busy bees this spring in order to bring you an exciting summer and fall.

Gen Con will be here in no time and we can’t wait. The usual crew will be present – me, Wayne, Crystal, Mark Oberle, Glen Evans, Mike and Sam Leonard – plus Sean Owen Roberson and Carmen Bellaire will be joining us this year! Palladium is Booth #903 at the front of the hall. Please swing by to buy stuff, get books signed, and say hello. We are always happy to sign books, chat and spend a bit of time with you as circumstance and business permits. We don’t do many other conventions and this year Gen Con is the only one we’ll be attending.

Please enjoy our expansive Chilling Horror Summer Sales, tell others about them, and stock up on books and PDFs to read, fill your collection, and give you ideas. If you are in a heat wave like we are here in Michigan, you need something to help you chill off. Of course, these cool titles are likely to fire up your imaginations. In fact, I recommend you go back and reread some of your favorite books and games to rediscover the gems contained in each title. For example, I forgot many of the characters and things in Yin-Sloth Jungles, and not only is it one of my all-time favorite books, I co-wrote the dang book!

– Kevin Siembieda, Publisher, Writer, Friend

Original Beyond the Supernatural RPG 1st Edition Foil Hardcover

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

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

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

1st Edition Beyond the Supernatural Foil Hardcover at palladium-store.com

Creature Feature

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

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

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

Creature Feature in the Palladium Online Store

Palladium Fantasy Interactive NPC Sheet

NEW! The Palladium Fantasy RPG® Interactive NPC Sheet

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

Features & Benefits:

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

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Original Palladium Fantasy RPG® Interactive Character Sheet

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

Features & Benefits:

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

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Still Hot! Rifts® Automated Character Sheet for EXCEL

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

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

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