Palladium Books® – A Quick Mini-Update – May 19, 2020

Palladium Books^® – A Quick Mini-Update – May 19, 2020

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

By Kevin Siembieda

Mainly I wanted to let you know that In the Face of Death™ is done. It is marvelous, and it is at the printer! I have not gotten a delivery date yet, but I’m guessing around June 10th.

Someone recently asked me if there was another zombie RPG on the market, and I could not say. I know that there had been a few one-shot zombie role-playing games over the years, and a number of zombie miniature games and video games, but a fully fleshed out Zombie Apocalypse RPG that pushes the envelope and challenges players like Dead Reign® and its sourcebooks, especially ones like Hell Followed™ and In the Face of Death™, I don’t think so.

I hope gamers enjoy In the Face of Death™ as much as I did writing it. Someone who recently saw the book loved it, but was especially impressed by the section about Resources. Saying that it felt real and was a viable survival guide for the real world. I’m not sure if I agree with that, and I do not pretend this is a “survival guide” for anyone but your fictional RPG characters, but it is a fun read and a very rich game resource.

In the Face of Death^™ – at the printer – A Dead Reign® Sourcebook that re-imagines the Zombie Apocalypse

It is time to fight back and do more than survive. In the Face of Death™ takes an approach to the Zombie Apocalypse unlike any other. This sourcebook is all about unique characters, adventures and heroism that goes beyond just surviving against impossible odds.

In the Face of Death is part survival guide, part cityscape-setting the likes of which you have never before considered or explored, and part adventure book built upon human ingenuity, courage, hope, and madness. Bold new adventures and heroes for the Zombie Apocalypse that will blow your mind.

“Pure fun, action, and excitement. A sourcebook packed with new ideas unlike any I have ever seen. This is what role-playing games and imagination are all about.” – Alex Marciniszyn, Editor

Rethinking the Zombie Apocalypse.
Living on the rooftops in the heart of the city.
City survival tactics, traps, resources, and Rat Runs.
Parkour, Zombie Survival Training, and other skills.
New O.C.C.s like the Rat Runner and Urban Explorer.
Kids and teenagers as player characters and kid O.C.C.s.
Heroic Masked Lunatics – a new type of hero as player characters.
Predators and villains like Gutter Rats, Flesh Peddlers, Skinners, and more.
Death Cults, their orientation and practices.
100+ adventure hooks and dozens of additional ideas.
Dungeon crawl-style exploration through the ruins of human civilization.
Adaptable to other settings like Rifts®, Heroes Unlimited™, Nightbane®, and more.
160 pages – $22.99 retail – Cat. No. 237 – at the printer – ships June 10 (estimated).

COMING! Rifts^® CS Manhunters^™
A Secrets of the Coalition States^™ Sourcebook

I’m dabbling with a number of new book projects, but my main focus of writing is Coalition Manhunters™. More Coalition States secrets are revealed along with new CS characters, more CS insight, new psionics, Psi-Battalion, and dangerous villains. And all of it is building toward something epic. Who watches the watchmen? CS Manhunters. I think that Coalition Manhunters™ is going to be a fun surprise for people and is the next book to be completed.

CS Manhunters are a secret division within the Coalition’s Psi-Battalion. The CS Manhunters hunt not only the most dangerous spies and fugitives, but also their own. This elite force of psychics, Kill Hounds, and soldiers are trained killing machines who follow orders without question and kill without hesitation.

CS Manhunter squads and special operatives.
Manhunter Killhound and Dog Boy O.C.C.s.
CS Manhunter Psi-Interrogator and Psi-Enforcer.
CS Manhunter Bursters and Zappers.
CS Manhunter Psi-Healers and CS Slayers.
CS Manhunter Mind Melters, deadliest of them all.
Non-Player Characters, adventure ideas, and more.
96-128 pages – $17.99 retail – Cat. No. 894 – In Production – Shooting for a June release.

COMING! Rifts^® Titan Robotics^™

Rifts® Titan Robotics™ is a high-tech toy box presenting new types of armor, sleek power armor, giant robots, vehicles, and weapons sold by Titan Robotics that will make gamers salivate. Ah, but Titan Robotics is much more than just another weapons manufacturer, it is the secret operation of ARCHIE-3 and all part of his plan to monitor and manipulate the outside world. Learn about Archie’s androids that run Titan Robotics, his current schemes and plans for the future. Probably a 160 page World Book around $22.99 retail, but may expand into 192 pages.

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

COMING: Rifts® Bestiary^™ Volume Two – Summer 2020

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

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

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

That’s all for now. Stay safe and game on!

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Palladium Books® – A Quick Mini-Update – May 19, 2020