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ONE GAME SYSTEM – EVERY GENRE – COUNTLESS WORLDS – ENDLESS ADVENTURE
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Nightbane® Sales & More – Palladium Books® – Weekly Update – January 23, 2025
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This week Nightbane® is the center of attention! The Nightbane: Dark Designs audiobook crowdfunding campaign starts today, January 23, 2025. Plus there are two related Nightbane® sales. Be part of this historic event: Palladium’s first audiobook. Of course, if the Nightbane® audiobook series does well, we will do audiobooks for Rifts®, Palladium Fantasy, Dead Reign®, BTS, Heroes Unlimited, and all of our games. Thank you for your support. Say yes to RPG audiobooks! The crowdfunder lasts only two weeks.
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Nightbane®: Dark Designs Audiobook
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An RPG audiobook may sound crazy, but it won’t after you listen to the sample presented in this Nightbane: Dark Designs Audiobook crowdfunder taking place on Backerkit by one of Palladium’s new licensing partners. It sounds amazing! We were all blown away by the quality.
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Fun to listen to.
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Relaxing game prep.
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Professional narration.
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Convenient for the busy G.M.
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Hearing the words spoken by a professional narrator makes the book come to life in a whole new way and feel brand new.
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Hearing it also makes you notice game and adventure details you may have missed reading it yourself.
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EVERYONE at Palladium endorses this product 100%. Go to the page and listen for yourself. You’ll be as pleased as we are.
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Dive into the thrilling Urban Fantasy world of Nightbane® with Nightbane: Dark Designs.
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Your Next RPG Adventure starts here when you experience the Nightbane: Dark Designs sourcebook in a whole new way with a professionally narrated audiobook. Packed with new Morphus tables, Talents, and tools for players and GMs.
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Perfect for enhancing your Nightbane campaign or exploring its lore on the go.
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Nightbane: Dark Designs audiobook takes you through new Morphus tables, Talents, and insights into Nightbane. Perfect for GMs and players, this audiobook transforms your rulebook into a listening experience you’ll love.
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The project is crowdfunding on Backerkit now!
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Nightbane® SALE – Save 20-30% on physical books – limited time offer
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- Nightbane® RPG Softcover – Cat. No. 730 – $20.29 (normally $28.99 retail) – 240 pages. Urban Fantasy! Nightbane creation rules, Talents, and powers, but to use their powers, the young Nightbane must turn into monsters themselves. Includes inhuman factions, magic, psychic abilities, sorcery, dozens of monsters, world info, and a gallery of enemies and monsters. Nightlords, Vampires, Lightbringers, Hunters, Hounds, and Hollow Men are just some of the bizarre beings your tragic heroes will encounter on their journey of self-discovery and heroism. Join the secret war against a demonic invasion most people do not even know has taken place. The shapeshifting Nightlords, their evil Dopplegangers and other demonic minions are quietly taking over the world, starting with the most powerful nations. You know it is happening because you are the Nightbane. And only you can stop it.
- Nightbane® RPG “Bonus” Edition Hardcover – Cat. No. 730HC – $ 31.99 (normally $44.99 retail) – 304 pages – 60 extra pages of bonus material. Urban Fantasy! Your teenage or young adult Nightbane characters face dark magic, vampires, demons, monsters and conspiracy, but that won’t stop them! Join the secret war against a demonic invasion most people do not even know has taken place. You see the truth and know what is happening because that is one of the many Nightbane gifts. You can see the true demonic forms of these invaders and you can destroy them. The only wrinkle is you must reveal 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 who fear and hunt all Nightbane. Available while supplies last.
- Nightbane®: Between the Shadows™ – Cat. No. 731 – $17.49 (normally $24.99 retail) – 144 pages. Psychic agents, more monsters, navigating the Dreamscape and the Astral Plane, the vampire conspiracy, and more.
- Nightbane®: Nightlands™ – Cat. No. 732 – $17.49 (normally $24.99 retail) – 144 pages. 12+ monsters, 12+ demonic and mystical villains, the twisted mirror-dimension of Earth that is the Nightlands described, and more.
- Nightbane®: Through the Glass Darkly™ – Cat. No. 733 – $17.49 (normally $24.99 retail) – 152 pages. New types of magic including Fleshsculptor, Cybermage, Mirrormage, Nemesis, Living Pathways, and 50 magic spells, plus talismans, magic artifacts, three new full adventures, dozens of adventure hooks, and other source material to make you cringe with delight.
- Nightbane® Shadows of Light – Cat. No. 734 – $17.49 (normally $24.99 retail) – 160 pages. new insights to the world of the Nightbane, new dangers and strange beings, Fallen Guardians, a vampire conspiracy, the city of Pittsburgh outlined, and more.
- Nightbane® Survival Guide – Cat. No. 735 – $17.49 (normally $24.99 retail) – 160 pages. Everything you want to know about Nightbane but were afraid to ask. How to unleash your potential as a Nightbane®, many new Morphus tables, many new powers, new magic and new dangers. A complete adventure plus adventure ideas, Nightbane creation guidelines, Nightbane history, psychology and more.
- Nightbane®: Dark Designs™ – Cat. No. 736 – $17.49 (normally $24.99 retail) – 160 pages. The ultimate guide to creating the Nightbane and a sourcebook for players and Game Masters alike. 18 new and comprehensive Morphus Tables. 60 new Common Talents, 38 new Elite Talents, Transformation Transition Table, Talent creation and conversion rules, Appendix of 23 Morphus Tables, Appendix of 53 Talents gathered from the Nightbane® RPG and Sourcebooks, Ancient Nightbane R.C.C. and more. Available while supplies last.
- The Rifter® #82 – Cat. No. 182 – $10.49 (normally $14.99 retail) – 96 pages. Chaos Earth® Nebraska Conclusion, the Pyromancer O.C.C., 50+ new Pyromancy spells; Nightbane® age tables, and more.
- The Rifter® #84 – Cat. No. 184 – $10.49 (normally $14.99 retail) – 96 pages. BTS: Monster and adventure, NIghtbane® Spellbound O.C.C., Golems, an Elven Kingdom, HU2: City of Cascade, and more.
- The Rifter® #85 – Cat. No. 185 – $18.89 (normally $24.99 retail) – 224 pages. The largest printed issue of The Rifter® ever. Filled with fun across the Megaverse®. Glitter Boy upgrades, weapons, and variants; a Rifts® Story with Skelebots, dinosaurs, and innocent people in the way; the Rifts State of Rapid City; Fantasy Elven Empire, Fantasy Colony of Gonarn and adventure; 3 Heroes Unlimited Hardware O.C.C.s, an HU tribute by Freddie E. Williams; Phase World®; 25 Dead Reign® vehicle encounter tables and adventure; BTS story and adventure plot hooks; the Nightbane® Redeemer, and more.
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Nightbane® PDF SALE on DriveThruRPG.com – limited time offer
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The PDFs of the Nightbane® titles listed above are on sale at DriveThruRPG.com for a limited time. Both sales end with the two week crowdfunding campaign for the Nightbane® audiobook.
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Palladium Books® YouTube Channel
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I am currently doing a comprehensive ongoing series hosted by the affable J-M DeFoggi on the Official History of Palladium Books. A new episode posts every other week, plus the occasional bonus episode. It is being presented in rough chronological order and includes Secret Stories of the Defilers. The Defilers are my legendary, first campaign at the Detroit Gaming Center (DGC) where I ran 26 regular players for 12 hours every Saturday night for three and a half years. The DGC is also where I met folks like Erick Wujcik, Matthew Balent, Julius Rosenstein, and my first wife Maryann, and developed concepts and play-tested many Palladium rules and RPGs. We will also be sliding into topics about running games, writing, game design, character and monster creation, and lots of other themes as well as interviewing other people such as Matthew Balent, Ramon K. Perez, Freddie E. Williams II, etc., and a host of Palladium staff and creators. Please don’t hesitate to offer topic suggestions to any of the social media outlets listed here.
Here are some of the episodes currently available:
Coming YouTube Videos: Stories behind the creation of Heroes Unlimited, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness, Robotech®, Robotech® VHS tapes, Ninjas & Superspies, Beyond the Supernatural, Rifts® (a few episodes), Dead Reign®, and more, including Games that Almost Happened (but didn’t), and Close Encounters (with Hollywood and videogames).
A new episode goes up every other week with the occasional bonus episode in between. Many more chats are coming. Each one a friendly and candid conversation that gamers are enjoying. J-M Defoggi and I, Kevin Siembieda, reveal the origin stories behind your favorite Palladium role-playing games and sourcebooks. We will eventually switch to topics about running RPGs, designing adventures, Game Master and player tips, alignments, magic, writing RPGs, and others.
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Legion of Myth live chat with Kevin Siembieda – Sunday, January 26, 2025
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Sean is out of the country on business, so you’ll have to put up with just me, MaxLiao, and Heathdog. Silliness, fun, and information are almost a guarantee. The chat with me starts at 2:00 PM till about 4:00 PM but the show will be recorded and made available after the live broadcast. We’ll touch on what’s happening at Palladium a bit and then engage in some role-playing game topics like risk/reward in combat and more. Please spread the word and join the fun.
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Glitterbois and RealPlayGames Podcasts
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I will be returning to do more interviews with the ever popular Glitterbois in February. Meanwhile, there are numerous discussions about role-playing and Palladium's many game settings and book titles by the hosts, as well as an ongoing series of chats about the history of Palladium Books with me (Kevin Siembieda, the guy who started the company and has written or co-written 200+ RPG books). These are a blast and sometimes digress to include our views on various aspects of role-playing and Game Mastering. Lots of fun and stories.
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- RealPlayGames Podcast – These talented fans have been creating radio-play style podcasts based on various Palladium RPG worlds for years. Their audience is growing. They are currently at the tail end of their Season One Palladium Fantasy series: Surviving Love. It sees a bunch of sexy dating show singles from the real world flung into the Palladium Fantasy world. The reception to it has been reported as nothing short of fantastic; their biggest and, by a large margin, best-performing podcast release to date! Check it out. They also plan to release their second season of Cozy Caverns Mysteries, based on Beyond the Supernatural 2E, in February, and have plans for other projects in development. Meanwhile, previous podcasts based on After the Bomb, Heroes Unlimited, and BTS remain available for your listening enjoyment.
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Valley of the Pharaohs RPG Expanded 40th Anniversary Edition – available for a limited time
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Waaaay back when, Palladium Books published the Valley of Pharaohs RPG as a box game. Well, 40 years later, I gave the author, my pal, Matthew Balent (best known for Weapons & Armour, Weapons & Castles, Weapons & Castles of the Orient, etc.), permission to reuse my artwork in a new, vastly expanded redux edition of the original game. It is a big 200+ page RPG. (The original was only 64 or 96 pages plus a dozen maps and diagrams.) The game rules are Matthew’s own creation with some unique ideas and mechanics you may find interesting, Meanwhile, the spells, characters, and ideas can be adapted to the Palladium game system with a little work. The lore, history, and writing is outstanding, so if you love Egyptian mythology, this is a must have item. Likewise, Palladium collectors may want one because the original 1985 box game is super-rare and expensive, but this authorized expanded 40th Anniversary edition is affordable and a good read. Available from Palladium Books for a limited time. Thank you for supporting the hard work of my friend, Matthew Balent, who played an important role in the early days of Palladium Books.
254 page softcover – $40 retail – Cat. No. 2621
274 page hardcover with bonus material – $60 retail – Cat. No. 2621HC
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NEW! Nightbane® Automated Character Sheet
Now available on DriveThruRPG.com – The Nightbane Automated Character Sheet follows a similar format as the popular Rifts® Automated Character Sheet designed by Greg Diaczyk.
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Microsoft Excel-based system for creating, updating, and tracking your Nightbane RPG characters quickly and easily. Once you know the system, you can have characters up and ready in 10-15 minutes!
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Create your human Facade and Nightbane Morphus in minutes.
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Offers a vast range of Morphus choices.
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Select from scores of Common and Elite Nightbane Talents.
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Spells, psionics, and more.
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$5.00 – Available now on DriveThruRPG.com and coming soon on PalladiumBooks.com – Created by Greg Diaczyk.
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300+ RPG products on DriveThru – a dozen unique world settings – one game system – endless possibilities. No other game company offers game worlds for so many different genres. Best of all, learn to play one Palladium RPG and you can play them all, because each uses the same basic core rules and combat. There are differences, but the fundamentals are the same. This also means you can bring characters, villains, monsters, powers, magic, weapons, gear, and adventure ideas from one setting into another or mash them together!
In addition to PDF titles for entire game lines like Rifts®, Palladium Fantasy®, Heroes Unlimited™, Ninjas & Superspies™, After the Bomb®, Beyond the Supernatural™, Dead Reign® (zombies), Nightbane® (Urban Fantasy), Rifts Chaos Earth®, Systems Failure™, Splicers®, RECON®, The Rifter® #1-85, and others, there are Game Master and player aids, character generators, paper minis, map packs, and FREE Previews of books like Creature Feature™, Dead Reign, Coalition Manhunters, Titan Robotics™, Rifts Bestiary Volume One, World Books, Dimension Books, and more to give you a glimpse of what’s in the book. Enjoy endless adventures across the Megaverse®.
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Palladium Collectibles – at Kevin’s Online Toy & Collectibles eBay Store
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I am adding new collectibles of all kinds to my Ebay store in time for the holiday season. Some are Palladium negatives, rare and out of print books, original Palladium artwork, prints, posters, as well as other collectible toys, action figures, Nightmare Before Christmas items, one-of-a-kind proofreader copies, books, and other good stuff – including Erick Wujcik’s rare and sought after Amberzine #12-15. Check in every week or so to see what’s new. All items come from Kevin Siembieda’s personal collection.
One-of-a-kind Palladium Books negatives (special and rare collectibles). Negatives are always very popular items at the Palladium Open House, Gen Con, and conventions, and are catching on as rare collectibles, unique in and of themselves. Before digital printing, pages of a book were laid out by hand on a board, and each page was photographed.
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Each negative is truly unique, attractive, and fun to have.
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Own a piece of Palladium Books and RPG history you will treasure.
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Each was used to print the very book you may have in your collection (1981-2004).
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Each is signed in silver ink by Kevin Siembieda and comes with a Certificate of Authenticity.
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Each negative is a one-of-a-kind work of art (on rare occasions, two-of-a-kind if a page or section of pages were replaced or a second edition was made).
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Looks great matted or framed! Fits an 8x10 inch matt opening. Each neg is roughly 8 ½ x 11 inches.
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Prices vary depending on the title, the art, and quality of the negative. Note: Many have scratches, or blemishes, and/or an opaque medium on the negative. Still, they look great and are a piece of RPG history. We recommend you carefully examine the photographs of each item to avoid disappointment. The negatives of many books are sold out or were never available.
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Back among the living
Gah. I have a killer head cold or bug of some kind, but it’s the fever that I hate. It has had me out of commission all week and part of last. I think I might have had it beaten because I was feeling great Saturday and Sunday until I overdid it working and staying up late. Monday morning the bug had returned with a vengeance. I’m finally feeling better, but now I’m coughing and look and feel worn out, so my apologies in advance if I’m not in top form on Legion of Myth this Sunday afternoon (2:00 PM Eastern Time, please join us) or in a DeFoggi interview or two. Sheesh. Still it’s good to be back among the living (mostly), after a very zombie-like Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday.
Despite my being ill, we actually made a lot of headway on several fronts. TMNT & Other Strangeness being one of them (everything looks so good) and GAMA Trade Show (February 23-27) preparations being another that I’m at liberty to talk about.
The infamous J-M DeFoggi (and Molly) will be braving the Plague Zone here at the office with a highly anticipated visit to the Palladium Books studio. Though we met in person at last year’s Chaosium Con in 2024, J-M and his pal Molly have never been onsite at Palladium and they are looking forward to it. By the way, Sean thinks we should refer to the offices/warehouse/Palladium HQ as the Palladium Books Studio, because we really are more of a “studio” than an office. I mean, this is where the books are conceived, designed, and laid out, there is original art and prints, games, and life-sized statues (Leonardo, Storm Trooper, Stan Winston Alien, and numerous Halloween props) all over the place, so definitely NOT your typical office environment. It very much has a playful studio vibe. I also like the “studio” designation, so that’s what we’ll be transitioning over to calling Palladium H.Q. – the Palladium Books Studio. Sean and I just need to remember to do so consistently.
Say yes to RPG audiobooks! It may sound crazy, but you MUST check out the Nightbane: Dark Designs audiobook being crowdfunded right now on Backerkit. It sounds amazing. I always thought making RPG audiobooks was a good idea, but we were all blown away by the quality. You are going to love these, especially if you already listen to novels as audiobooks. It makes the books come alive in a different way. The publisher has chosen to start with the sourcebooks to lead into the grand finale of the core rule book to build excitement and anticipation for the RPG. Please check it out!
Nightbane SALE. We thought we’d offer the Nightbane RPG and sourcebooks on sale while the crowdfunder was going to help spur excitement. You can find books on sale at the Palladium online store and PDF titles on sale on DriveThruRPG.com – enjoy.
– Kevin Siembieda, Publisher, Game Designer, Writer and Friend
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Surprise Package Comments from fans like you
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Yes, Christmas has come and gone, the 2024 Surprise Package deal has come to an end, and the New Year is upon us. Yet, I still like to share with you some of the fun and interesting fan comments we receive in the Christmas Surprise Packages till the end of January. Our thanks for all the kind words, great suggestions, and love that you all send our way. Enjoy and let us try to keep the spirit and joy of Christmas in our hearts every day throughout the year. A tall order, but let’s try.
– Kevin Siembieda (and the Palladium Crew)
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T.C. in Corvallis, Oregon, writes (in part): ... I just want to give you folks money. Love your stuff. What a lovely list of great memories with my best friends you folks have given me.
[Glad to hear it T.C., the important things in life are the great memories and friendships. Here’s to many more years of RPG fun. Oh, and please feel free to give us money any time. Ha, ha, ha. – Kevin]
M.G. in Old Bridge, New Jersey, writes (in part): Thank you guys for everything and keep at it. Been loving the podcasts on Glitterbois and getting all the history and mind set of the development of this vast world. Thank you for not selling out and [for] working so hard to keep it in house and so pure ...
[The Glitterbois podcasts, Legion of Myth, and Palladium Books YouTube channel chats have been a blast to do, M.G., with much more to come. Rest assured there are no plans to “sell out.” We’ve had plenty of offers, but we love keeping it real and pure. Sean and other people joining our ranks understand what Palladium is all about. So you should expect more of the same for years to come. – Kevin]
J.O.L. in East Moline, Illinois, writes (in part): I have always enjoyed the Palladium game system. I just wish there were more new books coming out ...
[With any luck, J.O.L., you’ll begin to see a lot more new releases, starting this year. Game on! – Kevin]
L.M. in Christchurch, New Zealand, writes: Rifts® has been really fun to G.M. and the lore is still keeping me interested.
[Glad to hear it, L.M., thanks for the years of support. Game on! – Kevin]
J.F. in Reston, Virginia, writes (in part): ... this is for my husband. He loves your material. You should see his bookshelf. In fact, you should listen to his one-man game, Dying Psi podcast.
[I hope he enjoyed the Surprise Package J.F. I’m so busy I don’t have much time to listen to many new podcasts, but I’ll try to remember. Meanwhile, maybe others will discover his podcast with this mention. – Kevin]
D.C. Jr., in Oxford, Georgia, writes (in part): ... Thanks for all of y’all’s amazing hard work. I really enjoy the shows you do with the Legion of Myth, and Kevin, I’m deeply saddened for the loss of your life partner. Let her loving memory be your inspiration.
[Thank you, D.C., we enjoy doing the shows with the Legion of Myth, the Glitterbois, and others. In fact, I will be on the Legion of Myth, Sunday, January 26, and back on Glitterbois in February I think. Sean and I are so happy so many thousands of fans enjoy them so much. My memories of Kathy warm my heart and are, indeed, my inspiration to keep going and to be the best person I can be. – Kevin]
S.D. in Omaha, Nebraska, writes (in part): I’ve recently realized that come this month (January, 2025), I’ve been playing various Palladium Books games for 35 years! Here’s hoping that I get to for 35 more!
[Amen, S.D., good health and a long, happy life to you. I’ve brought in Sean and others to help ensure that Palladium Books grows and gets stronger so it keeps on going for generations to come. Game on, my friend. – Kevin]
J.D. in Odessa, Texas, writes: Just like to say thank you for years of enjoyment. I purchased my first Palladium RPG back in the late 1980s and you guys have always been my favorite. I’m looking forward to the TMNT & Other Strangeness RPG Redux books and everything else you offer. All the best in the future. Take care.
[Thank you J.D., same to you. You’ll love those books. And folks can still pre-order them at the lower Kickstarter price, but not for very much longer. – Kevin]
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J.N. in Martinez, California, writes (in part): I’ve been playing Rifts® since 1991, when I was in 6th grade ... I started an online game during the pandemic ... and been playing the same characters ever since ... Thank you for keeping Rifts® going. It’s given me over 30 years of joy and friendships.
[I love stories like these J.N., and it’s what I love about RPGs. It’s not just about cooperative gaming and weaving of epic stories, but the friendships that are formed. Game on! – Kevin]
C.A. in Crystal Lake, Illinois, writes: Love this company and the game system.
[Thanks, C.A., and we love and appreciate you. – Kevin]
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