Palladium Books® – Weekly Update – February 16, 2023

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

By Kevin Siembieda & Sean Owen Roberson

Hey, everyone. I hope you are getting through these dog days of winter. Our winter here in southeastern Michigan hasn’t been too bad. Light snow and unseasonably warm temperatures overall. Still, we are all looking forward to spring, real warmth, and green. [It still seems like an arctic wasteland to me. – Sean]

 

SALE! Robot Rampage – 25% Discount on robot and bionic filled titles; mostly Rifts® World Books and sourcebooks! Physical product from Palladium Books. PDF titles from DriveThruRPG.com – see the complete list and descriptions below.

 

UPDATE: The Titan Robotics Kickstarter Survey AND Pledge Manager is about to go live! Final approval by Backerkit is underway and it should be available in the coming days. Please fill out the survey and begin to manage your pledge at your earliest convenience. You will see there is a large range of other Palladium RPG titles available in Backerkit because it is a cost effective way for many of our fans in Canada and around the world to order product at much more affordable shipping rates than Palladium Books can provide through standard commercial shipping. Please, spread the word and take advantage of it. See more exciting details from Sean in Closing Thoughts. Much of setting up Backerkit and the survey, among other things, has fallen on Wayne’s shoulders, so thank you Wayne.

 

NEW! The Palladium Fantasy Interactive NPC/Villains Sheet by Travis Guerrero has people pretty excited. Check out the various interactive character sheets. Available from both Palladium Books and DriveThruRPG.com – enjoy.

 

My Thanks to those of you who supported the BRIC Perimeter Wall & Armored Gate Kickstarter. Like you, Sean, Wayne, and I have also donated to the project. It is such a worthy cause and a rare chance to do something meaningful for a specific community of people.

 

My eBay Store for collectibles. As promised, I have been working with Alex to add more Robotech® RPG books and negatives, first printings, other out of print Palladium titles, toys, and a couple dozen one-of-a-kind negatives to my eBay store (http://stores.ebay.com/kevinstoys-artandcollectibles). And there is more to come. While I’m at it, I have been putting aside goodies for our next Palladium Open House auction.

 

No Palladium Open House (POH) this year – We have been getting a lot of inquiries about the next POH. That’s pretty cool and exciting to see so much desire for another one, but it will be a couple of years. First, the Palladium Open House is not an annual event. Like the Olympics it takes place every 3-4 years. Second, it takes a lot of planning and work, but right now all our energy is focused on pounding out numerous new releases this year and building the company. As a result, we’re thinking maybe spring 2025 at the soonest, and that is NOT a set date. There are a lot of variables that influence when we may host another POH and we will keep you posted. Meanwhile, we hope to see a whole lot of you at Gen Con Indy this August.

 

Progress – As you can see, things are moving forward with the Kickstarter as well as behind the scenes. Sean, Wayne, and I are still bouncing between a number of projects as we continue to shepherd several titles toward completion, as well as approving a seemingly endless stream of artwork and writing for upcoming Savage Rifts® books from Pinnacle. Thank you for your support and love; warm regards right back at you. Don’t miss out on the sale and see Closing Thoughts for more insight on the Kickstarter.

 

Robot Rampage SALE – 25% Discount

In anticipation of Titan Robotics we thought we’d give you a sale featuring all things robotic and cybernetic.

• Rifts® Sourcebook One – Archie Three, the Republicans, robot creation rules, robots, cyborgs, monsters, adventure, and more. 160 pages – Cat. No. 801.
• Rifts® Sourcebook Two: The Mechanoids – More Archie, Hagan, Mechanoid® invaders, the Seven Dangers Prophecy, and more. 112 pages – Cat. No. 805.
• The Mechanoid Invasion® Trilogy – World devouring aliens with a hatred for humans and all humanoids. The science fiction game that launched Palladium Books. 224 pages – Cat. No. 400.
• Rifts® World Book 5: Triax & the NGR – Triax super-technology (robots, cyborgs, vehicles) vs the savage Gargoyle Empire. 224 pages – Cat. No. 810.
• Rifts® World Book 6: South America – Robots and cyborgs, robot dinosaurs, weapons and gear of notable South American nations, plus the Anti-Monster, Biomancy magic, Jaguar People, mutants, pirates, vampires, and more. 168 pages – Cat. No. 814.
• Rifts® World Book 8: Japan – All sorts of technological wonders await, including robots, power armor, Dragon-Cyborgs, Cyber-Samurai, Ninja Crazies, Ninja Juicers, Cyberoids, weapons, Rune Swords, demons and more. 216 pages – Cat. No. 818.
• Rifts® World Book 9: South America 2 – A ton of robots, cyborgs, vehicles, weapons, and gear from the Arkhon alien invaders, Empire of the Sun, Megaversal Legion, Cordoba, Santiago, and others, plus Nazca Line Magic, dark gods, and more. 192 pages – Cat. No. 819.
• Rifts® World Book 11: Coalition War Campaign – The war machines of the Coalition: Skelebots, robots, power armor, cyborgs, combat vehicles, aircraft, Juicers, Rangers, and much more. 224 pages – Cat. No. 821.
• Rifts® World Book 14: New West – Introducing Bandito Arms and its SAMAS, power armors, weapons, vehicles, robot horses, hovercycles, cyborgs, 20 O.C.C.s including the Psi-Slinger and Wired Gunslinger, plus Lyn-Srial Sky-Knights and Cloud Magic, a host of creatures, D-Bees, and more. 224 pages – Cat. No. 826.
• Rifts® World Book 17: Warlords of Russia – Cyborg shocktroops the likes of which you’ve never seen, plus 30 O.C.C.s, the warlords, vehicles, weapons, and gear! 224 pages – Cat. No. 832.
• Rifts® World Book 22: Free Quebec – Glitter Boy and Glitter Boy variants, the Glitter Girl, Pale Death and Violator SAMAS, cyborgs, robots, combat vehicles, weapons, gear, key locations, and more. 224 pages – Cat. No. 837.
• Rifts® World Book 31: Triax 2 – New Triax weapons, 10 giant robots, robot drones, power armor, cyborgs, vehicles, aircraft, mobile fortress, war update and more. 192 pages – Cat. No. 881.
• Rifts® World Book 33: Northern Gun One – 27 giant robots, 70+ weapons, a hovertrain, the NG city, people, bounty board, and more. 224 pages – Cat. No. 887.
• Rifts® World Book 34: Northern Gun Two – 30+ new power armors, 30+ new M.D.C. body armors, 15 combat vehicles, 14 hovercycles, 10 robot haulers and drones, Robodome arena and more. 256 pages – Cat. No. 888.
• Rifts® World Book 36: Sovietski – Robots, cyborgs, tanks and combat vehicles, weapons, bionic animals, 9 O.C.C.s with 40+ M.O.S. skill packages, the Sovietski, its people, mutants, D-Bees, and more. 224 pages – Cat. No. 891.
• Rifts® Bionics Sourcebook – 220+ bionic components and features, 47 commercial cybernetics, 24 Black Market cybernetics, TW Cybernetics, 7 City Rat O.C.C.s, the Cyber-Snatcher, and more. 112 pages – Cat. No. 850.
• Rifts® Black Market Sourcebook – Bandito Arms and BigBore merc weapons and gear, robots, power armor, body armor, vehicles, robot animals and the TW Ironmage Glitter Boy, plus details about the Black Market and its O.C.C.s. 192 pages – Cat. No. 886.

Note: A similar sale of PDF books is taking place at DriveThruRPG.com – enjoy.

 

Palladium needs G.M.s to run Gen Con 2023 Game Events

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

Please reach out and coordinate with Jeff Ruiz (NMI) at nmi {at} thedeificnmi.com to have your games listed at Gen Con as part of the Palladium group. NMI, aka Jeff Ruiz, is Palladium Books’ experienced event coordinator. He will create a spreadsheet and submit your games and descriptions on your behalf. Palladium freelance writer Glen Evans will provide Game Master badges, information, coupons, etc., on site at Gen Con.

nmi {at} thedeificnmi.com

You can request Gen Con game event submission forms and send event descriptions to the email address above.

Gen Con Game Event Deadlines:

• Early Event Submissions End February 12th
• Standard Event Submissions End March 10th, but the SOONER the better to guarantee full game attendance!

Submit your game descriptions as soon as possible to guarantee they are listed both online and in the program book! The more eyeballs that see your game event listing and description, the more likely you are to SELL OUT the event tickets, and enjoy full participation at your event. Thanks.

The lineup for Palladium creators at the Gen Con booth includes Kevin Siembieda (writer/game designer), Sean Owen Roberson (writer/game designer), Wayne Smith (editor/The Rifter®), Crystal Willard (sales), Glen Evans (writer), and a range of freelancers such as Mark Oberle (writer), Mike Leonard, and others. Let’s make this Gen Con a great one that’s fun for everyone.

 

NEW! The Palladium Fantasy RPG^® Interactive NPC Sheet

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

Features & Benefits:

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

 

Original Palladium Fantasy RPG^® Interactive Character Sheet

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

Features & Benefits:

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

 

Still Hot! Rifts^® Automated Character Sheet for EXCEL

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

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

 

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

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

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

 

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

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

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

 

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

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

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

 

List of Palladium Books^® RPG Hardcovers Available Now

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

 

Recent and Notable Palladium Products – 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.

 

New on DriveThruRPG.com – Robot Rampage SALE

In anticipation of Titan Robotics we thought we’d give you a sale featuring all things robotic and cybernetic.

• Rifts® Sourcebook One – 160 pages – Cat. No. 801.
• Rifts® Sourcebook Two: The Mechanoids – 112 pages – Cat. No. 805.
• The Mechanoid Invasion® Trilogy – 224 pages – Cat. No. 400.
• Rifts® World Book 5: Triax & the NGR – 224 pages – Cat. No. 810.
• Rifts® World Book 6: South America – 168 pages – Cat. No. 814.
• Rifts® World Book 8: Japan – 216 pages – Cat. No. 818.
• Rifts® World Book 9: South America 2 – 192 pages – Cat. No. 819.
• Rifts® World Book 11: Coalition War Campaign – 224 pages – Cat. No. 821.
• Rifts® World Book 14: New West – 224 pages – Cat. No. 826.
• Rifts® World Book 17: Warlords of Russia – 224 pages – Cat. No. 832.
• Rifts® World Book 22: Free Quebec – 192 pages – Cat. No. 837.
• Rifts® World Book 31: Triax 2 – 192 pages – Cat. No. 881.
• Rifts® World Book 33: Northern Gun One – 224 pages – Cat. No. 887.
• Rifts® World Book 34: Northern Gun Two – 256 pages – Cat. No. 888.
• Rifts® World Book 36: Sovietski – 224 pages – Cat. No. 891.
• Rifts® Bionics Sourcebook – 112 pages – Cat. No. 850.
• Rifts® Black Market Sourcebook – 192 pages – Cat. No. 886.
• Note: A similar sale of physical books is taking place at PalladiumBooks.com – enjoy.

 

300+ titles – one game system – nearly every genre – endless adventure:

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

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

 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 

FUN Podcast Adventures

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

 

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

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

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

• Each is truly unique, attractive, and fun to have.
• Own a piece of Palladium Books and RPG history you will treasure.
• Each was used to print the very book you may have in your collection (1981-2004).
• Each signed in silver ink by Kevin Siembieda, the founder and owner of Palladium Books. He is also the game designer and often the author or co-author of the book from which the negative originates. And some negatives bear his artwork.
• Each signed negative comes with a Certificate of Authenticity.
• Each signed negative is a one-of-a-kind work of art (on rare occasions, two-of-a-kind if a page or section of pages were replaced or a second edition was made) that resembles woodcut art, and a very dynamic conversation piece.
• Each signed negative is on a white board inside a clear plastic bag.
• Negatives looks fabulous matted or framed! Fits in an 8x10 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 – Titan Robotics Survey and Pledge Manager are Ready

Howdy Rifters,

As Kevin mentioned earlier, the Titan Robotics Kickstarter rewards are coming along nicely and digital rewards will begin flowing soon. We are also excited to inform you that the pledge manager is under final review by our friends at BackerKit (to make sure we didn’t mess anything up).

But Sean, why is that so exciting? Well, besides the fact that this is an important part of smoothly rolling out the rewards to you, it’s also really neat on another level – shipping.

But Sean, shipping is annoying and expensive, not cool and fun. Aha! That’s where we are making some progress. Many of you asked us to figure out a way to reduce shipping prices, and we listened! Shipping has vastly changed over the past few years, so we’ve been hard at work finding the best solutions possible in this brave new world of post-pandemic logistics.

The result? Steeply discounted shipping rates for customers outside the USA, through the magic of bulk shipping negotiated through our partners at Spiral Galaxy Games (for the UK and EU) and Quartermaster Logistics (for the rest of the world). We anticipate the shipping rates for items fulfilled through the Titan Robotics campaign to come in well below the standard commercial shipping rates you would normally incur ordering directly via Palladium’s online store, especially from outside the USA. USA backers should also see savings, though smaller.

In addition to the Titan Robotics items, many of Palladium’s other titles are available through the BackerKit pledge manager and you can get those mailed to you at this steep discount.

You will be able to update your shipping address and pay shipping-related fees through the BackerKit pledge manager, which will be open until the printed books are ready to mail out (estimated June 2023).

For this crowdfunder, we have added the Rifts line of books and a selection of other core titles to BackerKit. We plan on expanding what other titles are available in future crowdfunding campaigns but that might be quite a few months down the road, so please take advantage of this unique opportunity while you can. For those who didn’t back the Kickstarter, you can buy products a la carte through the BackerKit “Pre-Order Store” and get in on the low overseas shipping too; you don’t even have to buy Titan Robotics. The Pledge Manager (for Kickstarter backers) and the Pre-Order Store (for everyone else) will be open in a few days, as soon as they are approved by BackerKit. Cheers!

– Sean Owen Roberson, Creative Director

 

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