Palladium Books® Weekly Update – January 3, 2020
One game system – every genre – countless worlds – endless adventure
By Kevin Siembieda
I hope everyone enjoyed a nice New Year’s Eve and Day. We have been busy plotting out the first half of the year’s new releases. In fact, I’m trying to figure out how much I should reveal and when. I think I will focus on the most immediate books that I know are coming out in the first part of the New Year. I will be focused on completing 4-5 titles in the 96-160 pages range before I plunge into the larger, more demanding books at 192 pages and bigger, like Rifts® Bestiary Vol. 2.
Before I forget, ring in the New Year with the best deal in gaming – the Palladium Surprise Package – $95-$100+ for only $50 (and get books signed too), but time is running out. You only have 11 days left to place your orders. Do it soon, before you miss out.
The FREE PDF Sneak Preview of Garden of the Gods™ (fantasy) is now available on DriveThruRPG, so check it out. The book is at the printer and as soon as we have a firm ship date, we will let you know. Definitely mid-January. I’m anticipating the 10th or 12th. We are taking orders now. It is a great resource for Rifts®, Chaos Earth®, and just about any game setting where magic and gods exist, not just fantasy.
NEW – FANTASY: Garden of the Gods™ is a 224 page, Fantasy sourcebook shipping January – easily adapted to Rifts®, Chaos Earth®, Phase World® and the Three Galaxies™, even Nightbane®, Heroes Unlimited™, Aliens Unlimited®, and most game settings. Heck, any game system! The 200+ Blessings, 100+ magic items, 50+ curses, 45 forgotten gods, over 100 adventure hooks and more, can be tweaked to fit Rifts® or any setting! And yes, I said, and more. There are Ghosts, new Faeries, a Vampire Intelligence, the Knights-Fossar (2 O.C.C.s), more about the Old Ones, and all kinds of source material and adventure hooks that should thrill players and G.M.s alike. I think it is one of the best books I have ever written/co-authored, and that’s saying something, because I’ve written a lot of books. Order your copy this weekend (at the printer, ships in a couple weeks) and maybe snag a couple of Raw Previews while you are at it.
FANTASY: Land of the Damned™ 3: The Bleakness™ Raw Preview is still available but selling fast. A Raw Preview is the unfinished working manuscript, a work in progress, that gives you an advance look at what you can expect. A collector’s item limited to 200 copies. I am looking to make the finished book available as a late spring or summer release. See a description of it later in this Update.
FANTASY: Garden of the Gods™ Raw Preview – I believe there are about 8 copies remaining (some signed for Surprise Packages). You might find it interesting to see the difference between the initial, unfinished, raw manuscript and the finished book. In this case, the difference is quite profound. A fun collectible limited to 150 copies.
COMING NEXT! In the Face of Death™, a Dead Reign® Sourcebook – January/February Release – 96 pages of survival in the big cities during the Zombie Apocalypse, Death Cults and more. I am working on this book right now! Another exciting look at different ways to survive the Zombie Apocalypse. See a description of it later in this Update.
COMING SOON! Rifts® Coalition Manhunters™ – 96 pages, and is something of a prelude to The Disavowed™ (coming later in the year). This will be the book I finish next. It is one of my secret projects, and NO it does not have anything to do with the old Rifts® Manhunter title produced under license by a different company. This is completely new and deadly. See a full description of it later in this Update.
COMING SOON! Chaos Earth® Psychic Scream™ – 96-160 pages – is the book that will follow. And this one is going to be scary and fun at the same time. See a description of it later in this Update.
COMING SOON! Rifts® Titan Robotics™ – 160 pages (maybe bigger; lots of art, mechs, and gear). I know people are champing at the bit for this book. Me too. I have a handful of additional illustrations to assign before I dive into its final edits and additional material. See a description of it later in this Update.
COMING: Rifts® Bestiary™, Volume Two – 192 or more pages. Trying to decide if I do this or Rifts® Antarctica next. Probably the Bestiary, though Antarctica is calling to me. See a description of it later in this Update.
COMING: Rifter® inspired sourcebooks. We are also planning to release compilations of adventures and source material from issues of The Rifter®, re-edited and tweaked to make them “official” sourcebooks for Rifts®, Palladium Fantasy®, Nightbane®, After the Bomb®, Heroes Unlimited, Splicers®, and other settings!
Other titles. The books listed above are just the books already on the production schedule. Land of the Damned™ 3, Lopan™ (Fantasy®), The Disavowed™, CS Arsenal™, Rifts® Antarctica, Living Nowhere, Beyond the Supernatural™ sourcebooks, among other titles, are all on the radar along with projects we have not yet revealed. And we’ll be dropping those Rifter® inspired books into the schedule here and there throughout the year. Good stuff. For the moment I just want to stay focused on the next 5-7 titles and deliver on them, before I start announcing other release dates. See a description of some of them later in this Update. Of course, this does not include the three new Rifts® sourcebooks coming for Savage Worlds® Rifts® from Pinnacle Entertainment.
And that’s not all ...
New material for DriveThruRPG.com – you’ll be seeing a plethora of new items being made available on DriveThru both as PDFs and Print on Demand. The Rifter® #83 and #84 will be coming, the Rifts® trilogy of novels (the first novel in a week or two), a new Rifts® novel, and the Hammer of the Forge™ collected into two novels, and other things all coming in the first quarter of 2020. Sweet, right?
BACK IN STOCK and available now: Phase World®. This fan fave title was out of stock for awhile, but it is back and ready to ship. The Phase World® Sourcebook is also available now.
We are working like madmen to get you books fast. We think you will love what we have in store for you.
Remember, the Palladium Open House – April 22-25, 2021 – is less than a year and a half away and usually sells out 6 months before. It will be here in no time. Also, please read the Surprise Package comments and new book descriptions after my Closing Thoughts.
Time is running out – Palladium Surprise Package ENDS in 11 days
Get a box full of RPG books at PDF prices before it is too late
Why extend this amazing offer? Because we realize many of you are so full of the Christmas Spirit that you spend your money on gifts for your loved ones rather than yourself. This wonderful act of charity deserves to be rewarded, so we extend the offer so you selfless souls can pick up a Surprise Package after the holidays. It is also for you Johnny Come-Latelies who are so caught up in the holiday frenzy, work and life that somehow you miss placing your order for the Christmas Surprise Package before the offer ends. And it is a great way to start the New Year!
The best deal to start the New Year! A way to get $95-$100 or more worth of physical gaming product (not PDFs) for the price of PDFs! For ONLY $50 (plus shipping and handling), get gifts for others or for yourself. And each book is signed if you should want autographs. It is our way of saying thank you to our many fans for their support. You are appreciated more than you may realize.
You could pay $50 or more for just a single core rule book, but for $50 plus shipping, you can get 4-6 books in a Palladium Surprise Package, depending on their retail value. Or you can get that core rule book and 2-4 sourcebooks you have been meaning to try. And we will sign the books if you request it. How do you beat that? It simply is the best deal in gaming! Our way of giving back to the fans and making the holidays special for you. A 21 year tradition of which gamers cannot get enough.
- Treat yourself! You deserve it.
- Gifts for upcoming birthdays, anniversary or Valentine’s Day for the gamer in your life. A great gift for a birthday, anniversary, Valentine’s Day, or any special occasion that falls between now and March. You get a ton of stuff on the cheap, you can get a bunch of autographs, and you look like you spent a fortune.
- Fill holes in your own collection.
- Replace battered and worn out books.
- Try new game settings – Rifts®, Palladium Fantasy®, Heroes Unlimited™, Splicers®, Nightbane®, Dead Reign®, Beyond the Supernatural™, Rifts® Chaos Earth®, After the Bomb® (mutant animals), Ninjas & Superspies™, RECON® and all the rest.
- Get RPGs and books to fill those long winter days. Start a new campaign.
- Get cool stuff (miniatures, bookmarks, maps, prints, greeting cards, T-shirts, etc.).
- Request autographs and Kevin and available Palladium staff and freelancers will sign every book.
- Get something for your fellow gamers or favorite Game Master, husband, wife, brother, sister, child, etc.
- Be surprised when the package arrives.
- Offer ENDS January 14, 2020 and will not be extended.
Please spread the word to gamers everywhere. People only learn about the Palladium Christmas Surprise Package
Get an advance Sneak Preview of the 224 page, Garden of the Gods™ Palladium Fantasy RPG® sourcebook (shipping January) – a fantasy gamer’s toy chest – easily adapted to Rifts® and other settings and other game systems. Coming Soon to DriveThruRPG – PDFs of The Rifter® #83, The Rifter® #84, the Rifts® trilogy of novels (the first coming in a week or two), a new Rifts® novel, and the Hammer of the Forge™ (the adventures of a Cosmo-Knight™ and friends on Phase World® and through the Three Galaxies™) collected into two novels, and other things will be coming your way soon. Recent on DriveThru: The Rifter® #82 is a special, 112 page issue packed with official source material and a tribute to the late, great Erick Wujcik. It includes the Rifts® Chaos Earth® Pyromancer O.C.C. and 50+ new fire and lava-based spells, Nightbane® Age Modifier rules, Heroes Unlimited™ Vigilante revisited, gaming tips from Erick Wujcik, a moving tribute to Erick with insight into Palladium’s past, and more. Also recently uploaded, Rifts® World Book 36: Sovietski™. It is a diverse, fun, 224 page World Book full of cyborgs, weapons, tech, tanks, and details about the Sovietski war machine, the new KGB, key cities, its people and society, as well as D-Bees and adventure. Recent releases: Free Rifts® Bestiary™ Volume One Sneak Preview; The Rifter® #81: A big 112 page issue filled with “official” source material and Wolfen Vampire adventure for Palladium Fantasy RPG® (20+ NPCs), Gnomes of the Ophid’s Grasslands), Rifts® Chaos Earth® Nebraska Part 2, Heroes Unlimited™ (Super Sleuth), and more. Palladium Fantasy RPG® Interactive Character Sheet: A Microsoft Excel-based character management system. Packed with features and data collected from every official Palladium Fantasy sourcebook to enable you to create Fantasy characters quickly (25 minutes!) and help you to update and manage them for years to come. Rifts® Dimension Book™ 15: Secrets of the Atlanteans™ (True Atlanteans, their tribes, goals, and history, more about the Sunaj, new Magic Tattoos, new Shadow Magic™, new Shadow monsters, maps and descriptions of Atlantean Stone Pyramids, and more about the wicked Sunaj’s secret agenda. An awesome resource and fun read). The Rifter® #80: A big 112 page issue filled with “official” source material for Palladium Fantasy RPG®, Rifts®, Chaos Earth® (setting and monsters), Splicers® (desert setting), Heroes Unlimited™ (villains), and more. The Rifter® #79 (Rifts®, Palladium Fantasy®, Heroes Unlimited™, Gaming through History, G.M., and more), The Rifter® #78 (the Modern Necromancer, Palladium Fantasy®, Rifts®, Splicers®, more); Rifts® Heroes of Humanity™, the Coalition’s response to the escalating Minion War™ crisis, Psi-Battalion, CS Demon Hunter, special training and more). Dead Reign® Paper Miniatures Volume Three: Zombies, Dead Reign® Paper Miniatures Volume Two: Civilians and Dead Reign® Paper Miniatures Volume One: Survivors. There are also paper miniatures for Heroes Unlimited™, Palladium Fantasy® and Rifts®. A new, up-to-date, PDF Palladium Books Catalog. Nightbane® Dark Designs™ sourcebook with 60 new Common Talents, 38 new Elite Talents, 18 new Morphus Tables, all other Morphus Tables collected and more. Systems Failure™ RPG, a 160 page RPG that deals with alien invasion and a post-apocalypse setting that is fun and dynamic. Civilization is on the verge of collapse when the so-called "bugs" invade and turn humans into zombie-like slaves. Monsters, heroes and fun. A complete RPG and setting. Rifts® World Book 34: Northern Gun™ Two: 256 pages of technology and fun. 30+ power armors, 30+ body armors, 15 combat vehicles, 45 vehicles (hovercycles, etc.), 10 robot haulers, the Robodome and more. Bizantium and the Northern Islands™: the northernmost part of the Known World, the Cold Born, Necromancy ships made from dead sea serpents, 15 creatures, Random Sea Monster Generator, and more. Rifts® Northern Gun™ One. This fan favorite might be thought of as the big book of giant robots – an in-depth look at Northern Gun, 70+ weapons, 27 robots, NG O.C.C.s, key people and places, and much more. Mysteries of Magic™ Book One: The Heart of Magic™ with Wizards, their Apprentices, nearly 60 new magic spells and remember, magic and monsters in the Fantasy RPG are easily adapted to Rifts®, Chaos Earth®, HU2 and other settings. Wolfen Empire™ Fantasy sourcebook, the Great Northern Wilderness and Killer Winters, 12 Wolfen Tribes, Wolfen military and society, 15+ creatures, 5 full adventures, 101 adventure ideas, random encounter tables, notable people, places, plus FREE Sneak Previews of The Rifter® #80, The Rifter® #81, The Rifter® #82, and more on DriveThruRPG.com.
NEW on DriveThruRPG.com – Garden of the Gods™ FREE Sneak Preview
