Weekly Updates 2

Palladium Weekly Update - September 05, 2024

ONE GAME SYSTEM – EVERY GENRE – COUNTLESS WORLDS – ENDLESS ADVENTURE

Line art by Dan Berger, colors by Steve Lavigne

Alliance Open House * Granite State Comic Con * History of Palladium Books

Happy Thursday, Palladium Friends!

Convention Appearances

Happy Thursday, Everyone.

By the time you read this, Wayne, Caleb and I will be on our way to the Alliance Open House. It’s a trade show and meet and greet event with retailers and their managers hosted by our largest distributor. It is always an insightful event where we can showcase product and chat with store owners. If you are attending the event, please stop by our booth to chat and get books signed. Sean has elected to stay behind to work on the TMNT & Other Strangeness Redux edition through the weekend.

 

Our next (last) convention of the year will be Granite State Comic Con in New Hampshire, the weekend of September 20th. It’s a TMNT-centric comic convention where Kevin Eastman, Jim Lawson, many of the Mirage Studio crew, and many other notable comic book artists attend. This will be our first time attending this convention and we are looking forward to it. There’s a Canadian convention happening in London, Ontario, Canada, where Kevin Eastman is appearing … I think the weekend of the 13th that we’d like to attend (it’s only 2-3 hours away), but we have so much other stuff to do.


Thanks for your support of the Explore the Megaverse Sale. We’re happy to see so many of you enjoying it. Thanks to you we saw Rifters and After the Bomb titles flying out the door! Enjoy.

What’s Hot at Palladium this Week

 

The Rifter® and After the Bomb® titles were hot due to the sale, as well as the Archival Editions of The Rifter® #48, 58, and 65 that weren’t on sale. Otherwise, it was the usual suspects in demand: Rifts, Palladium Fantasy, and a smattering of game lines and products.

 

The Glitterbois’ History of Palladium Books continues with a new conversation to get posted soon. (This weekend?)  We spoke about Beyond the Supernatural and modern horror RPGs and had a great time. My only disappointment was that I failed to talk about the Creature Feature BTS Sourcebook which is a great book filled with cool monsters (15 of ‘em), rules clarifications, an adventure and adventure hooks. I think I keep forgetting to mention it because we are doing game lines in loose chronological order and Creature Feature came out in 2022 while the BTS RPG was released in 1988. It’s a fun chat that includes BTS 1 and 2, Boxed Nightmares, and working with legendary artists like Richard Corben and Stephen Bissette. I think this conversation may go live this weekend or next. You’ll want to check it out. By the way, don’t forget that BTS 1st RPG with the Operation Minotaur adventure as bonus material is available as a deluxe red foil edition hardcover (Cat. No. 699HC) . Likewise, Beyond the Supernatural 2nd Edition (hardcover and softcover), Boxed Nightmares and Creature Feature (epic) are all in stock.  

 

My next conversation with the Glitterbois will be about the original Robotech RPG (1986), and I imagine, Robotech II: The Sentinels.

 

I want to thank the dozens of you who stopped by the Palladium Gen Con booth to tell us how much you are enjoying my conversations with the Glitterbois and Legion of Myth. We’re glad, because there are a lot of conversations with the Glitterbois yet to come. And we’ll continue to drop in on Legion of Myth as well as offer history and fun on Palladium’s own YouTube channel in the months ahead.

The Rifter #48 Archival Edition – Available now!

We have gotten so many requests to reprint select, out of print Rifters that we have decided to give it a try. Other than the Archival Edition in a gold box on the spine and the front and back covers, these are exactly the same book printed years ago, including old news and ads. Enjoy.

 

- Rifts® Return to N.O.R.A.D., expansive material & adventure.

- Palladium Fantasy RPG look at variant clergy

- Nightbane® Questions and Answers.

- Scared Spitless - expanded Horror Factor rules.

- Dead Reign® impersonator Zombie.

- Old news, announcements and ads.

- 96 pages - $20.99 Retail – Cat. No 148

The Rifter #58 Archival Edition – Available now!

- Rifts® Lenuria “official” source material, O.C.C.s, monsters and animals; expansive.

- Rifts® Lazlo – Unofficial, fun and expansive.

- Rifts® and Phase World – The Kezel super-powered mutants.

- Nightbane® short story.

- Old news, announcements and ads.

- 96 pages - $20.99 Retail – Cat. No 158

The Rifter #65 Archival Edition – Available now!

- Rifts® Black Market source material.

- Rifts®, Fantasy, & Others – 60 new Necromancy spells + magic items.

- Rifts® Chaos Earth short story.

- Heroes Unlimited – Bionics, robots, and more.

- Heroes Unlimited – A super-hero team and adventure ideas.

- Beyond the Supernatural Hollow Road adventure, part one.

- Old news, announcements and ads.

- 96 pages - $20.99 Retail – Cat. No 165

BACK IN STOCK!  

Yin-Sloth Jungles, 2nd Edition, Revised and Expanded!

 

The Yin-Sloth Jungles™ is a savage and unexplored wilderness filled with exotic people, strange creatures, ancient ruins, dark gods, and ancient secrets waiting to be unearthed.

 

📕 15 O.C.C.s, all updated and expanded, making them seem brand new: Beastmaster, Holy Crusader, Jungle Fighter, Man-Catcher, the unique Tezcat and Pygmy Shamans, Spy, Undead Hunter, and Witch Hunter, among others.

📕 18 Jungle People and monsters updated and expanded to feel like new, plus a few additions.

📕 New and expanded Shaman Chant magic.

📕 New and unique Pygmy Shaman Chant magic.

📕 New and expanded history of the Yin-Sloth Jungles.

📕 Expanded and clarified weapons, jungle armor, poisons, & more.

📕 The Orcish Empire and a few notable cities.

📕 Filled with great artwork by Peterson (ROG) and Mike Mumah.

📕 Written by Kevin Siembieda, John Klinkel, and Patrick Nowak.

📕 160 pages – $24.99 retail – Cat. No. 459 – available now.

📕 COMING SOON! Yin-Sloth Expeditions setting and adventure book.

BACK IN STOCK!

After the Bomb® RPG “Bonus” Edition Hardcover – Available now

 

Create any type of intelligent, mutant animal from a turtle or raccoon to a lion or an elephant. The RPG presents stats for 100+ mutant animals, plus rules for creating any mutant animal you can imagine. Suitable for use with Heroes Unlimited™, Ninjas & Superspies™, Rifts®, Chaos Earth®, Phase World® and Palladium Fantasy®. Whatever the setting, playing anthropomorphic animal characters is a blast.

 

📙 100+ mutant animal stats included.

📙 Mutant animal creation rules to mutate ANY animal.

📙 52 Mutant Animal Powers.

📙 33 Mutant Animal Psionic Powers.

📙 New Animal Chimeras and their abilities.

📙 New back story to the After the Bomb® world of mutants.

📙 The post-apocalyptic Earth setting of “After the Bomb” is just one use for your mutant animal heroes.

📙 A complete RPG written by Erick Wujcik.

📙 72 pages of “bonus” material includes the original After the Bomb® sourcebook and Yucatan Adventures from the old Game Shield.

📙 296 pages (72 bonus pages) – $44.99 retail – Cat. No. 503HC – now shipping. Also available as a 224 page softcover book ($26.99 retail – Cat. No. 503). Note: After the Bomb sourcebooks provide additional mutant animal stats and settings.

BACK IN STOCK!

Rifts® Book of Magic Hardcover

 

A compendium of magic from across Rifts Earth. Hundreds of magic spells plus magic weapons and devices from across the Megaverse.

 

📔 900+ magic spells, Elemental Magic, Ley Line Magic.

📔 Necromancy, Nature Magic, Cloud Magic, Ocean Magic, Biomancy.

📔 Tattoo magic, Temporal magic, Whalesongs, Conjuring, Nazca Lines.

📔 Techno-Wizard devices, Rune Weapons, Holy Weapons, fetishes.

📔 Bio-Wizard Weapons, the Bio-Borg, symbiotes, and herbs.

📔 Magic stones, talismans, staves, wands, and more.

📔 $39.99 – 352 pages of pure magic – Cat. No. 848HC – available now. Also available in softcover ($31.99 retail, Cat. No. 848).

Palladium offers more than 300 of our books, every issue of The Rifter, sneak previews, and more in PDF format via DriveThruRPG

CLOSING THOUGHTS

Yin-Sloth Expeditions Playtest

 

Over the Labor Day weekend, I playtested one of the brand new adventures appearing in the Yin-Sloth Expeditions sourcebook. Sean, his daughter, and Caleb were my victims … um, I mean, players. It was a blast. I thought their characters might be dead meat because they all rolled up first-level characters, none of which were very physically powerful, and there were only three of them: a first level Thief, Man-Catcher/Bounty Hunter, and Druid. They used their actual dice rolls and skills to build their attributes and select a character class. Coincidentally, all three had high I.Q.s, but were not particularly physically powerful nor built for deadly combat. The foes they faced were not pushovers and they, potentially, held the fate of the world in their hands.


I wondered if I would need to dial down the level of difficulty, but they played great. They were smart, strategic, worked together as a team, used their skills and weapons very wisely (especially Sean), and had a few very lucky, critical rolls; one of which I could hardly believe!


We  all had so much fun. The game ran about three and a half hours, they saved the world, and as a result of their unbelievable success, leap-frogged to second level. I mean, they saved the world from … oops, sorry … I can’t say more because it would be a spoiler. I guess you’ll just have to buy Yin-Sloth Expeditionsto see for yourselves. It should be a fall release.


I think this adventure, amongst others in the book, very nicely set the stage for life and jungle adventures in this ancient land of mystery and its dark, brutal past (and present). G.M.s should be able to build on all of these jungle locations, villains, monsters, magic artifacts, and ideas. Players will have fun and come out with unique experiences you cannot find in any other part of the world, as well as get some cool weapons, magic items, and plenty of fond memories. This was the first game I have run since Kathy’s passing, so I was a little worried, but I was glad to see I still had my chops as a writer and Game Master. There were so many – “gosh, this is why I love role-playing games”  – moments. RPGs, there ain’t nothin’ like em.


Alright, that’s it for this Weekly Update. Remember, playing RPGs brings you escape, visceral excitement and fun with friends and family, so whip out those game books and throw together your own game. You’ll be glad you did.

 

 

– Kevin Siembieda, Game Designer, Writer, Friend

Palladium Weekly Update - August 29, 2024

ONE GAME SYSTEM – EVERY GENRE – COUNTLESS WORLDS – ENDLESS ADVENTURE

Tribute art for TMNT&OS by Freddie Williams

LABOR DAY SALE!

Happy Thursday, Palladium Friends!

Labor Day Sale!

Palladium’s Explore the Megaverse Sale continues through Labor Day. The Rifter at a 30% discount and all After the Bomb sourcebooks at 50% discount, plus you get the original, out of print, AtB sourcebook filled with Peter Laird artwork FREE when you order the After the Bomb RPG or any AtB sourcebook. Don’t worry, we added 50 copies to the original 100 so nobody misses out on this unique free gift. Gamers have gone wild over this sale but time is running out. This is the final weekend for the sale through Labor Day. Make your purchase before your long weekend of summer fun so you don’t forget. There is a similar sale for PDF books on DriveThruRPG.com thru Labor Day as well.

What’s Hot at Palladium this Week

 

The Rifter and After the Bomb titles remain smoking hot thanks to the sale, and that includes the Archival Editions of The Rifter® #48, 58, and 65 not on sale. Art prints, pens, logo coffee mugs, T-shirts and Fantasy sales also remain strong, and we’ve seen an uptick in Heroes Unlimited and Ninjas & Superspies sales this week. Please continue to spread the word about this fun sale before it ends; it runs thru Labor Day. Thank you. Note: A similar sale is taking place on DriveThruRPG.com for PDF books.

 

Upcoming Appearances!

 

Kevin Siembieda and Sean Roberson will both attend the Alliance Open House (September 5-6) and they are guests at Granite State Comic Con (September 20-21). If you are attending either event, please come by to chat and get books signed. Alliance is a trade show for retailers while Granite Con in New Hampshire is a TMNT-centric comic convention. Kevin Eastman, Jim Lawson and a bunch of the Mirage Studio guys, attend along with Freddie E. Williams and many other notable comic book artists. This will be our first time attending Granite State, and it is the last convention of the year for us.

 

Video History of Palladium Books

 

I have been making videos talking about the history and game settings of Palladium Books, the thought process behind them, the people, books and movies that may have inspired elements that appear in them, as well as fun behind the scenes stories about their creation and the people who contributed to them. This video history should begin to appear on the Palladium Books YouTube channel in the months ahead – October perhaps. I hope you like them. We try to keep them loose and fun.


I will also continue a series of similarly themed conversations with The Glitterbois. You might think this to be a bit redundant, but though we may cover some of the same ground, the questions and the people asking them are different, so the answers vary and may include new and different details. Doing these interviews reminds me of how much I have done over the years. The people I have met and worked with over the years are many and incredible. There are a lot of stories and details that do not get covered in every interview, and the questions asked may jog different memories. Besides, you can hear my conversations on the Glitterbois Podcast sooner than the series of interviews I’m doing for Palladium’s YouTube presentations.

 

A lot of people at Gen Con told us how much they have been enjoying my conversations with the Glitterbois as well as Sean and my appearances on Legion of Myth. In fact, just last Friday, Sean joined a panel of game publishers on Legion of Myth to discuss the ins and outs of getting started as an RPG creator and running crowdfunding campaigns. The listeners and panelists were so energetic about the topic that the anticipated 3 hour streaming event went on for 5 hours. Pretty cool. I know Sean enjoyed it immensely and hopes it helps a lot of startups navigate Kickstarter and other crowdfunding platforms. We hope to do more social media in the months ahead, both on our own outlets and others.

NEWS BITS:

Karai by Kevin Eastman for TMNT&OS Redux

Update: TMNT & Other Strangeness Redux Edition

 

Kevin Eastman turned in his original drawing of Karai – a Kickstarter stretch goal – last week. It looks great, of course, and digital painter Mike Majestic has already applied the colors. I think Sean has written up her stats already too [yep, already submitted to Paramount/Nickelodeon for their review. ~Sean].

 

The rest of the Redux Editions are going well. The small handful of people who have seen the finished pages (editors and a few fan insiders, not to mention Paramounts’ approval people) have LOVED everything they have seen from art, to text and rules clarifications, to layout. These books are beautiful and fun.

 

We are also squeezing in a few last minute written remembrances by notable creators such as comic book writer Tom Waltz (Last Ronin, etc.) and celebrity cake artist Ralph Attanasia (Cake Boss, Buddy vs. Duffy), among others.  We want to make these books a treat you will enjoy and cherish for years.

 

 

Update: Yin-Sloth Expeditions (Fantasy)

 

I have been pulled in a million directions this week (some of the things happening behind the scenes will blow your minds when we are able to announce them), so I am not as far along as I had hoped, but I’m slowly getting there. It will be a fall release. I’m also hoping to have a fun little surprise release this fall as well.

🔥🔥 Explore the Megaverse SALE🔥🔥

In the Weekly Update before Gen Con I said when we came back we would offer a sale similar to our Gen Con coupon special. Well, here it is and it’s a doozy; similar but different so everyone can find a little something to fill out their collection.

After the Bomb RPG Hardcover – 20% off

Includes the original After the Bomb sourcebook and Yucatan Adventures as bonus material; 296 pages.

FREE! The first 100 orders purchasing any After the Bomb books

get a FREE copy of the out of print, original After the Bomb sourcebook, 7th Printing. Wrap-around cover and interior artwork by Peter Laird.

DriveThruRPG.com Explore the Megaverse® PDF Book Sale!

The pen is an instrument of discovery!

 

Unleash your power, Live the Fantasy, or Explore the Megaverse with these new branded pens!

NEW! Available TODAY! Due to popular demand:
Archival Edition reprints of The Rifter®

 

Because you’ve asked for it, Palladium is testing doing reprints of select issues of The Rifter. Many out of print Rifters sell for $30-$90 on the collector’s market, if they can be found at all. We have decided to offer reprints of some of the most popular and rarest issues available as Archival Editions.

 

The words “Archival Edition” are emblazoned on the spine, front and back covers. We are testing the market with The Rifter #48, #58, and #65 – all of which sell for $70+ dollars on the collector's market. Each is $20.99 retail – 96 pages – and is an exact reprint, ads, news and all, making it a bit of a time capsule of that period. See details in the descriptions below and in Palladium’s online store. Special thanks to Palladium fan, Joseph Sousa, for his helpful input and suggestions.  Note: ALL issues of The Rifter are available as PDF books from DriveThruRPG.com.

The Rifter #48 Archival Edition – Available now!

- Rifts® Return to N.O.R.A.D., expansive material & adventure.

- Palladium Fantasy RPG look at variant clergy

- Nightbane® Questions and Answers.

- Scared Spitless - expanded Horror Factor rules.

- Dead Reign® impersonator Zombie.

- Old news, announcements and ads.

- 96 pages - $20.99 Retail – Cat. No 148

The Rifter #58 Archival Edition – Available now!

- Rifts® Lenuria “official” source material, O.C.C.s, monsters and animals; expansive.

- Rifts® Lazlo – Unofficial, fun and expansive.

- Rifts® and Phase World – The Kezel super-powered mutants.

- Nightbane® short story.

- Old news, announcements and ads.

- 96 pages - $20.99 Retail – Cat. No 158

The Rifter #65 Archival Edition – Available now!

- Rifts® Black Market source material.

- Rifts®, Fantasy, & Others – 60 new Necromancy spells + magic items.

- Rifts® Chaos Earth short story.

- Heroes Unlimited – Bionics, robots, and more.

- Heroes Unlimited – A super-hero team and adventure ideas.

- Beyond the Supernatural Hollow Road adventure, part one.

- Old news, announcements and ads.

- 96 pages - $20.99 Retail – Cat. No 165

Everyone looks good in these stylish black t-shirts!

We made the shirts available before Gen Con and they are selling like crazy. The Rifts logo T-shirt (which had been out of print in most sizes for years) is just flying off the shelves. In fact, we nearly sold out of what we took to Gen Con; returning with only three shirts. The Heroes Unlimited T-Shirt (a personal favorite of mine – Kevin) and the ever-popular Fantasy T-shirt (red 3-headed hydra and red print, another fave) are also selling well. Don’t miss out!

New! Rifts® Logo T-shirt

 

This evocative, iconic Kevin Long logo design is back on a T-shirt for the first time in years! I have no idea why we waited so long because we’ve sold thousands of this shirt in the past. A fan favorite and mine. Ideal for any occasion! (Well, maybe not any occasion. – Kevin Siembieda). See the matching, 16 ounce coffee mug.


👕 White print on a black T-shirt.

👕 50/50 blend. Machine washable (follow instructions on the shirt).

👕 Art is the iconic Rifts® logo – art and design by Kevin Long.

👕 Available in sizes Small to 5XL while supplies last.

👕 Cat. No. 2611 – $19.99 retail for sizes small, medium, large, and XL. Larger sizes cost more, see store for complete details. Available now.

NEW! Heroes Unlimited Logo T-shirt

Commemorating the 40th Anniversary of Heroes Unlimited

 

We’ve never done a Heroes Unlimited logo T-Shirt before, but I’m glad we did, because that lightning bolt logo looks great – powerful in its simplicity. Get yours and feel like a superhero. And just in time for Heroes Unlimited’s 40th Anniversary! Also see the matching 16 ounce coffee mug.


🦸 White print on a black T-shirt.

🦸 Art is the iconic lightning bold logo.

🦸 50/50 blend. Machine washable (follow instructions on the shirt).

🦸 Available in select sizes Small to 5XL, while supplies last.

🦸 Cat. No. 2610 – $19.99 retail for sizes small, medium, large, and XL. Larger sizes cost more, see store for complete details.

Back in Stock! Palladium Fantasy RPG – Red Dragon – Living the Fantasy T-shirt

 

The famous Red Dragon from the cover of the original Palladium Fantasy RPG and the words Living the Fantasy printed in red on a black T-shirts. Another fan favorite we’ve reprinted many times. I think I’ve worn out 3 of them, myself, over the years - Kevin. See the matching, 16 ounce coffee mug.

 

👚 Red print on a black T-shirt.

👚 Art is the iconic dragon by artist Kevin Siembieda.

👚 50/50 blend. Machine washable (follow instructions on the shirt).

👚 Available in select sizes Small to 5XL, while supplies last.

👚 Cat. No. 2571 – $19.99 retail for sizes small, medium, large, and XL. Larger sizes cost more, see store for complete details. Available now.

Everything tastes better in a fancy new mug!

New! Rifts Logo Coffee Mug

 

A large, 16 ounce coffee mug featuring Kevin Long’s iconic Rifts® Logo printed white on a classy, black satin mug, with a ley line blue glossy interior to add a little magic to your morning or game time beverage. New style of mug. See the matching logo T-Shirt.

☕ The Rifts® logo appears on both sides of the mug. White print on a black mug. Very dynamic.

☕ Art is the iconic Kevin Long logo displaying technology and magic.

☕ Satin black exterior with a playful ley line blue glossy interior.

☕ 16 ounce ceramic mug.

☕ Dishwasher and microwave safe.

☕ $10.99 retail – Cat. No. 2612.

New! Heroes Unlimited Logo Coffee Mug

 

A large, 16 ounce coffee mug with a white logo on a classy, black satin mug. Art is the iconic Heroes Unlimited logo, and a yellow glossy interior to add an electric splash of color to your morning or game time beverage. New style of mug. See the matching logo T-Shirt.

 

⛾ The Heroes Unlimited logo appears on both sides of the mug. White print on a black mug.

⛾ Art is the iconic lightning bolt logo, powerful in its simplicity.

⛾ Satin black exterior with a warm yellow glossy interior.

⛾ 16 ounce ceramic mug.

⛾ Dishwasher and microwave safe.

⛾ $10.99 retail – Cat. No. 2613.

New! Palladium Fantasy RPG Coffee Mug

 

A large, 16 ounce coffee mug with a classy, satin black finish. Red art and logo. Art is by the game’s creator, Kevin Siembieda, and the mug has a color interior to add a nice splash of color to your morning or game time beverage. New style of mug. See the matching T-Shirt.

 

🍵 Art is the iconic dragon of the original RPG cover by Kevin Siembieda on one side, the words “The Palladium Fantasy RPG” on the other side. Red on black.

🍵 Satin black exterior with a deep red glossy interior. Red printing.

🍵 16 ounce ceramic mug.

🍵 Dishwasher and microwave safe.

🍵 $10.99 retail – Cat. No. 2614.

SALE! SALE! SALE!
Dead Reign® (Zombie attack) Coffee Mug - ONLY $6

 

A nice, large, 16 ounce coffee mug with artwork by Marvel Comics artist Steven Cummings on both sides of the mug, and the mug has a color interior, adding a splash of color to your morning or game time beverage. The old style, glossy black mug is a different style than the three new mugs, above, but pretty cool.

 

♨️ The Dead Reign® logo with three hungry zombies ready to attack. Art designed specifically for this mug by artist Steven Cummings of comic book renown (Wayward®, Star Wars, and various Marvel Comics). White image on a black mug.

♨️ Art and logo is located on the front and back of the mug.

♨️ Glossy black exterior with a blood red interior.

♨️ 16 ounce ceramic mug.

♨️ Dishwasher and microwave safe.

♨️ SALE price $6.00 while supplies last (was $10.99) – Cat. No. 2594.

BACK IN STOCK!  

Exotic Weapons

 

100+ strange and deadly weapons from around the world throughout history.

🪃 Axes of all kinds – Bullova, Hurlbats.

🪃 Knives like the Tjaluk, Katar, Kukri, Kris, bracelet Dagger, Bagh Nakh/Tiger Claws, and more.

🪃 Swords like the Beheading Sword, Shotel, Sickle Swords, Lantern Sword, Boarsword, and more.

🪃 Throwing irons like the Chakram, Kangaroo Rat, Shaken, Piau, and others.

🪃 Throwing sticks like the boomerang and Eskimo and African throwing sticks.

🪃 War clubs like the Nunchaku, Tonfa, Maquahuilt, Kotiate and others.

🪃 Polearms from Pike and Runka to the Roman Pilum and Fuscina trident.  🪃 Staves and sword staves, spear shields, flails, blowpipes, and fighting whips.

🪃 All real world weapons from around the globe and throughout history.  Easily adaptable to ANY role-playing game regardless of the company. Completely compatible with all Palladium Books RPGs from Palladium Fantasy RPG® and Heroes Unlimited™ to Dead Reign® and Rifts®.

🪃 48 pages – $10.99 retail – Cat. No. 409 – available now.

BACK IN STOCK!  

European Castles

 

40 notable European castles with artwork and their actual floor plans.

🏰 Glossary of terms regarding the parts of the castle.            

🏰 Cutaway of a traditional square keep and wall ratings.

🏰 40 European castles by country, like Karlstein castle (Czechoslovakia), Bolton Castle (England), Dover Castle (England), Ludlow Castle (England), Chateau De Chillon (France), Tarasco Castle (France), Ortenberg Castle (Germany), Ferrara Castellow D’este (Italy), the Kremlin (Russia), Borthwick Castle (Scotland), Belmonte Castel (Spain), Margat Castle (Syria), Chepstow Castle (Wales), and others.

🏰 56 floor plans.

🏰 Artwork and floor plans by comic book creator Mike Gustovich.

🏰 All real world castles from across Europe. An excellent reference and starting place for ideas to build your own fantasy castles for Palladium Fantasy®, Dungeons & Dragons®, Pathfinder® and any fantasy role-playing game setting.

🏰 Easily adaptable to ANY role-playing game system.

🏰 48 pages – $10.99 retail – Cat. No. 410 – available now.

BACK IN STOCK!  

Civilization Gone, Dead Reign Sourcebook

 

There is so much packed into this sourcebook no wonder it is a fan favorite.

📖 A few additional zombies.

📖 12 madmen and psychopaths including the Zombie Lover and Zombie Master, plus Bandits, Raiders, and street gangs.

📖 Random house encounter and resource tables

📖 Survivor camp creation tables and more.

📖 Written by Kevin Siembieda. Cover by master of horror, E.M. Gist.

📖 $16.99 retail – 64 pages – Cat. No. 231 – Available now.

BACK IN STOCK!  

Yin-Sloth Jungles, 2nd Edition, Revised and Expanded!

 

The Yin-Sloth Jungles™ is a savage and unexplored wilderness filled with exotic people, strange creatures, ancient ruins, dark gods, and ancient secrets waiting to be unearthed.

 

📕 15 O.C.C.s, all updated and expanded, making them seem brand new: Beastmaster, Holy Crusader, Jungle Fighter, Man-Catcher, the unique Tezcat and Pygmy Shamans, Spy, Undead Hunter, and Witch Hunter, among others.

📕 18 Jungle People and monsters updated and expanded to feel like new, plus a few additions.

📕 New and expanded Shaman Chant magic.

📕 New and unique Pygmy Shaman Chant magic.

📕 New and expanded history of the Yin-Sloth Jungles.

📕 Expanded and clarified weapons, jungle armor, poisons, & more.

📕 The Orcish Empire and a few notable cities.

📕 Filled with great artwork by Peterson (ROG) and Mike Mumah.

📕 Written by Kevin Siembieda, John Klinkel, and Patrick Nowak.

📕 160 pages – $24.99 retail – Cat. No. 459 – available now.

📕 COMING SOON! Yin-Sloth Expeditions setting and adventure book.

BACK IN STOCK!

After the Bomb® RPG “Bonus” Edition Hardcover – Available now

 

Create any type of intelligent, mutant animal from a turtle or raccoon to a lion or an elephant. The RPG presents stats for 100+ mutant animals, plus rules for creating any mutant animal you can imagine. Suitable for use with Heroes Unlimited™, Ninjas & Superspies™, Rifts®, Chaos Earth®, Phase World® and Palladium Fantasy®. Whatever the setting, playing anthropomorphic animal characters is a blast.

 

📙 100+ mutant animal stats included.

📙 Mutant animal creation rules to mutate ANY animal.

📙 52 Mutant Animal Powers.

📙 33 Mutant Animal Psionic Powers.

📙 New Animal Chimeras and their abilities.

📙 New back story to the After the Bomb® world of mutants.

📙 The post-apocalyptic Earth setting of “After the Bomb” is just one use for your mutant animal heroes.

📙 A complete RPG written by Erick Wujcik.

📙 72 pages of “bonus” material includes the original After the Bomb® sourcebook and Yucatan Adventures from the old Game Shield.

📙 296 pages (72 bonus pages) – $44.99 retail – Cat. No. 503HC – now shipping. Also available as a 224 page softcover book ($26.99 retail – Cat. No. 503). Note: After the Bomb sourcebooks provide additional mutant animal stats and settings.

BACK IN STOCK!

Rifts® Book of Magic Hardcover

 

A compendium of magic from across Rifts Earth. Hundreds of magic spells plus magic weapons and devices from across the Megaverse.

 

📔 900+ magic spells, Elemental Magic, Ley Line Magic.

📔 Necromancy, Nature Magic, Cloud Magic, Ocean Magic, Biomancy.

📔 Tattoo magic, Temporal magic, Whalesongs, Conjuring, Nazca Lines.

📔 Techno-Wizard devices, Rune Weapons, Holy Weapons, fetishes.

📔 Bio-Wizard Weapons, the Bio-Borg, symbiotes, and herbs.

📔 Magic stones, talismans, staves, wands, and more.

📔 $39.99 – 352 pages of pure magic – Cat. No. 848HC – available now. Also available in softcover ($31.99 retail, Cat. No. 848).

BACK IN STOCK!

Rifts® Index & Adventures™ Vol. One

 

This sourcebook offers adventures and an index. Back in print after being unavailable for a year (and 15+ years before that!), it presents more than 40 pages of adventures and offers a ton of Hook, Line & Sinker™ adventures. Many involving the Army of the Coalition States. Plus an Index for Rifts® World Books 1-6, Sourcebooks 1 and 3, Rifts® Conversion Books 1 & 2, Rifts® Mercenaries, Dimension Books 1 and 2, and the original Rifts® RPG, First Edition rules. Worth it for the 30 plus adventure hooks alone.

 

📘 A must for Rifts® collectors.

📘 40+ pages of adventures: Five adventures and NPCs.

📘 20+ Hook, Line and Sinker™ adventures.

📘 An index of early Rifts® titles.

📘 96 pages – $20.99 retail – Cat. No. 823 – Available now.

BACK IN STOCK!

Rifts® World Book 8: Japan

 

There are few places on Rifts Earth as divided with magic and the supernatural vs technology. All sorts of technological wonders await including Japanese dragons, demons, and goblins, plus Glitter Boys, Cyber-Samurai and other suits of power armor, Dragon-Cyborgs, Ninja Crazies, Ninja Juicers, Cyberoids, weapons, Rune Swords, demons and more.

 

📗 Dragon cyborgs and living Japanese dragons.

📗 Ninja Cyborg and Mystic Ninja.

📗 Ninja Juicer, Tech-Ninja, Fighting Monks, Ronins, and more.

📗 Cyber-Samurai and Traditional Samurai; 20 O.C.C.s in all.

📗 The living Samurai Sword and the supernatural.

📗 SAMAS Samurai, Glitter Boys, weapons, and gear.

📗 Martial arts, mystic powers, and magic items.

📗 Pre-Rifts city, super-science, Glitter Boys, and more.

📗 216 pages – $26.99 retail – Cat. No. 818 – Available now.

BACK IN PRINT!

Rifts® China One

 

Everything you could want for a World Book set in China. Here are the bad guys, and Chinese myths and legends brought to life.

 

🐼 The Yama Kings and their 11 Kingdoms of Hell on Earth.

🐼 34 Chinese demons and ghosts.

🐼 20+ curses

🐼 The return of the First Emperor and the Terra Cotta Warriors,

🐼 Overview of China and the Yama Kings.

🐼 Dragon Lands, Demon Villages, and more.

🐼 Written by Erick Wujcik and Kevin Siembieda.

🐼 $24.99 retail – 160 pages – Cat. No. 857 – available now.

BACK IN STOCK!

Rifts® China Two

 

Heroes of the Celestial Court – it is time for China’s greatest heroes to rise and fight the darkness. Heroes, magic, and technology that will blow your mind.

 

Both Rifts China World Books are great companions to Rifts Japan, Warlords of Russia, Rifts Mystic Russia and The Minion War series. Characters, magic and concepts can be ported over to Ninjas & Superspies, Heroes Unlimited and the Redux TMNT & Other Strangeness RPG.

 

🧧 12 Mystic Martial Arts.

🧧 12 Mythic Heroes including the Enlightened Demon.

🧧 The hidden army of Geo-Front, the Gun Master and Lightning Warrior.

🧧 Chi Weapons, Chi Powers, Chi Sight, and magic.

🧧 Demon Queller and magical demon-binding items.

🧧 Demon Skin, Gun Dragon, Black Tiger power armor.

🧧 Geo-Front cyborgs, weapons, technology, and more.

🧧 Written by Erick Wujcik.

🧧 $24.99 retail – 160 pages – Cat. No. 858 – available now.

Palladium offers more than 300 of our books, every issue of The Rifter, sneak previews, and more in PDF format via DriveThruRPG

CLOSING THOUGHTS

Enjoy your Labor Day Weekend

 

Labor Day is a holiday in the US and Canada that provides a long weekend for people to enjoy one last summer blast – a barbecue, a trip to the cottage, a swim at the beach, family get-togethers, etc. Be safe and have fun!

 

I recommend you start the fun by taking advantage of our Explore the Megaverse Sale to get some RPG sourcebooks and issues of The Rifter at big savings. Fun that will carry you into the fall and winter by providing all kinds of adventure ideas across the Megaverse. A similar sale is taking place on DriveThruRPG.com for PDF books.

Then party and play all weekend long with friends and family. Or just lay around the house and enjoy (hopefully) beautiful weather..

 

That’s it for this update. Enjoy the last days of summer and game on.

 

 

– Kevin Siembieda, Game Designer, Writer, Friend

Palladium Weekly Update - August 22, 2024

ONE GAME SYSTEM – EVERY GENRE – COUNTLESS WORLDS – ENDLESS ADVENTURE

After the Bomb up to 50% Off * The Rifter 30% Off

Happy Thursday, Palladium Fans!

The Explore the Megaverse Sale is popping!

Hi Everyone, we hope you are doing well. Our current Explore the Megaverse Sale, offering many issues of The Rifter at a 30% discount and all After the Bomb sourcebooks at 50% discount, is crazy popular. Fantastic. Plus you get the original, out of print, AtB sourcebook filled with Peter Laird artwork FREE when you order the After the Bomb RPG or any AtB sourcebook. (The AtB RPG softcover is on sale at a 30% discount, the hardcover at a 20% discount.) We appreciate your support and hope you’ll tell your fellow gamers about it as we enter into the second week of this epic sale.

 

 

What’s Hot at Palladium this Week

 

The Rifter and After the Bomb titles are on fire! Even the three, new Archival Editions of The Rifter® #48, 58, and 65 which are not on discount, are selling great. We’re also seeing a little bit of everything going out the door, especially art prints, the three new pens (a surprise hit), the three new logo coffee mugs and T-shirts, as well as Palladium Fantasy, Nightbane, and Rifts® titles have all remained sizzling hot. I should add the Ninjas & Superspies hardcover to that list, though hardcovers for all the game lines are consistently selling. Thank you and keep the orders coming.

🔥🔥 Explore the Megaverse SALE🔥🔥

In the Weekly Update before Gen Con I said when we came back we would offer a sale similar to our Gen Con coupon special. Well, here it is and it’s a doozy; similar but different so everyone can find a little something to fill out their collection.

After the Bomb RPG Hardcover – 20% off

Includes the original After the Bomb sourcebook and Yucatan Adventures as bonus material; 296 pages.

FREE! The first 100 orders purchasing any After the Bomb books

get a FREE copy of the out of print, original After the Bomb sourcebook, 7th Printing. Wrap-around cover and interior artwork by Peter Laird.

DriveThruRPG.com Explore the Megaverse® PDF Book Sale!

The pen is an instrument of discovery!

 

Unleash your power, Live the Fantasy, or Explore the Megaverse with these new branded pens!

NEW! Available TODAY! Due to popular demand:
Archival Edition reprints of The Rifter®

 

Because you’ve asked for it, Palladium is testing doing reprints of select issues of The Rifter. Many out of print Rifters sell for $30-$90 on the collector’s market, if they can be found at all. We have decided to offer reprints of some of the most popular and rarest issues available as Archival Editions.

 

The words “Archival Edition” are emblazoned on the spine, front and back covers. We are testing the market with The Rifter #48, #58, and #65 – all of which sell for $70+ dollars on the collector's market. Each is $20.99 retail – 96 pages – and is an exact reprint, ads, news and all, making it a bit of a time capsule of that period. See details in the descriptions below and in Palladium’s online store. Special thanks to Palladium fan, Joseph Sousa, for his helpful input and suggestions.  Note: ALL issues of The Rifter are available as PDF books from DriveThruRPG.com.

The Rifter #48 Archival Edition – Available now!

- Rifts® Return to N.O.R.A.D., expansive material & adventure.

- Palladium Fantasy RPG look at variant clergy

- Nightbane® Questions and Answers.

- Scared Spitless - expanded Horror Factor rules.

- Dead Reign® impersonator Zombie.

- Old news, announcements and ads.

- 96 pages - $20.99 Retail – Cat. No 148

The Rifter #58 Archival Edition – Available now!

- Rifts® Lenuria “official” source material, O.C.C.s, monsters and animals; expansive.

- Rifts® Lazlo – Unofficial, fun and expansive.

- Rifts® and Phase World – The Kezel super-powered mutants.

- Nightbane® short story.

- Old news, announcements and ads.

- 96 pages - $20.99 Retail – Cat. No 158

The Rifter #65 Archival Edition – Available now!

- Rifts® Black Market source material.

- Rifts®, Fantasy, & Others – 60 new Necromancy spells + magic items.

- Rifts® Chaos Earth short story.

- Heroes Unlimited – Bionics, robots, and more.

- Heroes Unlimited – A super-hero team and adventure ideas.

- Beyond the Supernatural Hollow Road adventure, part one.

- Old news, announcements and ads.

- 96 pages - $20.99 Retail – Cat. No 165

Everyone looks good in these stylish black t-shirts!

We made the shirts available before Gen Con and they are selling like crazy. The Rifts logo T-shirt (which had been out of print in most sizes for years) is just flying off the shelves. In fact, we nearly sold out of what we took to Gen Con; returning with only three shirts. The Heroes Unlimited T-Shirt (a personal favorite of mine – Kevin) and the ever-popular Fantasy T-shirt (red 3-headed hydra and red print, another fave) are also selling well. Don’t miss out!

New! Rifts® Logo T-shirt

 

This evocative, iconic Kevin Long logo design is back on a T-shirt for the first time in years! I have no idea why we waited so long because we’ve sold thousands of this shirt in the past. A fan favorite and mine. Ideal for any occasion! (Well, maybe not any occasion. – Kevin Siembieda). See the matching, 16 ounce coffee mug.


👕 White print on a black T-shirt.

👕 50/50 blend. Machine washable (follow instructions on the shirt).

👕 Art is the iconic Rifts® logo – art and design by Kevin Long.

👕 Available in sizes Small to 5XL while supplies last.

👕 Cat. No. 2611 – $19.99 retail for sizes small, medium, large, and XL. Larger sizes cost more, see store for complete details. Available now.

NEW! Heroes Unlimited Logo T-shirt

Commemorating the 40th Anniversary of Heroes Unlimited

 

We’ve never done a Heroes Unlimited logo T-Shirt before, but I’m glad we did, because that lightning bolt logo looks great – powerful in its simplicity. Get yours and feel like a superhero. And just in time for Heroes Unlimited’s 40th Anniversary! Also see the matching 16 ounce coffee mug.


🦸 White print on a black T-shirt.

🦸 Art is the iconic lightning bold logo.

🦸 50/50 blend. Machine washable (follow instructions on the shirt).

🦸 Available in select sizes Small to 5XL, while supplies last.

🦸 Cat. No. 2610 – $19.99 retail for sizes small, medium, large, and XL. Larger sizes cost more, see store for complete details.

Back in Stock! Palladium Fantasy RPG – Red Dragon – Living the Fantasy T-shirt

 

The famous Red Dragon from the cover of the original Palladium Fantasy RPG and the words Living the Fantasy printed in red on a black T-shirts. Another fan favorite we’ve reprinted many times. I think I’ve worn out 3 of them, myself, over the years - Kevin. See the matching, 16 ounce coffee mug.

 

👚 Red print on a black T-shirt.

👚 Art is the iconic dragon by artist Kevin Siembieda.

👚 50/50 blend. Machine washable (follow instructions on the shirt).

👚 Available in select sizes Small to 5XL, while supplies last.

👚 Cat. No. 2571 – $19.99 retail for sizes small, medium, large, and XL. Larger sizes cost more, see store for complete details. Available now.

Everything tastes better in a fancy new mug!

New! Rifts Logo Coffee Mug

 

A large, 16 ounce coffee mug featuring Kevin Long’s iconic Rifts® Logo printed white on a classy, black satin mug, with a ley line blue glossy interior to add a little magic to your morning or game time beverage. New style of mug. See the matching logo T-Shirt.

☕ The Rifts® logo appears on both sides of the mug. White print on a black mug. Very dynamic.

☕ Art is the iconic Kevin Long logo displaying technology and magic.

☕ Satin black exterior with a playful ley line blue glossy interior.

☕ 16 ounce ceramic mug.

☕ Dishwasher and microwave safe.

☕ $10.99 retail – Cat. No. 2612.

New! Heroes Unlimited Logo Coffee Mug

 

A large, 16 ounce coffee mug with a white logo on a classy, black satin mug. Art is the iconic Heroes Unlimited logo, and a yellow glossy interior to add an electric splash of color to your morning or game time beverage. New style of mug. See the matching logo T-Shirt.

 

⛾ The Heroes Unlimited logo appears on both sides of the mug. White print on a black mug.

⛾ Art is the iconic lightning bolt logo, powerful in its simplicity.

⛾ Satin black exterior with a warm yellow glossy interior.

⛾ 16 ounce ceramic mug.

⛾ Dishwasher and microwave safe.

⛾ $10.99 retail – Cat. No. 2613.

New! Palladium Fantasy RPG Coffee Mug

 

A large, 16 ounce coffee mug with a classy, satin black finish. Red art and logo. Art is by the game’s creator, Kevin Siembieda, and the mug has a color interior to add a nice splash of color to your morning or game time beverage. New style of mug. See the matching T-Shirt.

 

🍵 Art is the iconic dragon of the original RPG cover by Kevin Siembieda on one side, the words “The Palladium Fantasy RPG” on the other side. Red on black.

🍵 Satin black exterior with a deep red glossy interior. Red printing.

🍵 16 ounce ceramic mug.

🍵 Dishwasher and microwave safe.

🍵 $10.99 retail – Cat. No. 2614.

SALE! SALE! SALE!
Dead Reign® (Zombie attack) Coffee Mug - ONLY $6

 

A nice, large, 16 ounce coffee mug with artwork by Marvel Comics artist Steven Cummings on both sides of the mug, and the mug has a color interior, adding a splash of color to your morning or game time beverage. The old style, glossy black mug is a different style than the three new mugs, above, but pretty cool.

 

♨️ The Dead Reign® logo with three hungry zombies ready to attack. Art designed specifically for this mug by artist Steven Cummings of comic book renown (Wayward®, Star Wars, and various Marvel Comics). White image on a black mug.

♨️ Art and logo is located on the front and back of the mug.

♨️ Glossy black exterior with a blood red interior.

♨️ 16 ounce ceramic mug.

♨️ Dishwasher and microwave safe.

♨️ SALE price $6.00 while supplies last (was $10.99) – Cat. No. 2594.

BACK IN STOCK!  

Exotic Weapons

 

100+ strange and deadly weapons from around the world throughout history.

🪃 Axes of all kinds – Bullova, Hurlbats.

🪃 Knives like the Tjaluk, Katar, Kukri, Kris, bracelet Dagger, Bagh Nakh/Tiger Claws, and more.

🪃 Swords like the Beheading Sword, Shotel, Sickle Swords, Lantern Sword, Boarsword, and more.

🪃 Throwing irons like the Chakram, Kangaroo Rat, Shaken, Piau, and others.

🪃 Throwing sticks like the boomerang and Eskimo and African throwing sticks.

🪃 War clubs like the Nunchaku, Tonfa, Maquahuilt, Kotiate and others.

🪃 Polearms from Pike and Runka to the Roman Pilum and Fuscina trident.  🪃 Staves and sword staves, spear shields, flails, blowpipes, and fighting whips.

🪃 All real world weapons from around the globe and throughout history.  Easily adaptable to ANY role-playing game regardless of the company. Completely compatible with all Palladium Books RPGs from Palladium Fantasy RPG® and Heroes Unlimited™ to Dead Reign® and Rifts®.

🪃 48 pages – $10.99 retail – Cat. No. 409 – available now.

BACK IN STOCK!  

European Castles

 

40 notable European castles with artwork and their actual floor plans.

🏰 Glossary of terms regarding the parts of the castle.            

🏰 Cutaway of a traditional square keep and wall ratings.

🏰 40 European castles by country, like Karlstein castle (Czechoslovakia), Bolton Castle (England), Dover Castle (England), Ludlow Castle (England), Chateau De Chillon (France), Tarasco Castle (France), Ortenberg Castle (Germany), Ferrara Castellow D’este (Italy), the Kremlin (Russia), Borthwick Castle (Scotland), Belmonte Castel (Spain), Margat Castle (Syria), Chepstow Castle (Wales), and others.

🏰 56 floor plans.

🏰 Artwork and floor plans by comic book creator Mike Gustovich.

🏰 All real world castles from across Europe. An excellent reference and starting place for ideas to build your own fantasy castles for Palladium Fantasy®, Dungeons & Dragons®, Pathfinder® and any fantasy role-playing game setting.

🏰 Easily adaptable to ANY role-playing game system.

🏰 48 pages – $10.99 retail – Cat. No. 410 – available now.

BACK IN STOCK!  

Civilization Gone, Dead Reign Sourcebook

 

There is so much packed into this sourcebook no wonder it is a fan favorite.

📖 A few additional zombies.

📖 12 madmen and psychopaths including the Zombie Lover and Zombie Master, plus Bandits, Raiders, and street gangs.

📖 Random house encounter and resource tables

📖 Survivor camp creation tables and more.

📖 Written by Kevin Siembieda. Cover by master of horror, E.M. Gist.

📖 $16.99 retail – 64 pages – Cat. No. 231 – Available now.

BACK IN STOCK!  

Yin-Sloth Jungles, 2nd Edition, Revised and Expanded!

 

The Yin-Sloth Jungles™ is a savage and unexplored wilderness filled with exotic people, strange creatures, ancient ruins, dark gods, and ancient secrets waiting to be unearthed.

 

📕 15 O.C.C.s, all updated and expanded, making them seem brand new: Beastmaster, Holy Crusader, Jungle Fighter, Man-Catcher, the unique Tezcat and Pygmy Shamans, Spy, Undead Hunter, and Witch Hunter, among others.

📕 18 Jungle People and monsters updated and expanded to feel like new, plus a few additions.

📕 New and expanded Shaman Chant magic.

📕 New and unique Pygmy Shaman Chant magic.

📕 New and expanded history of the Yin-Sloth Jungles.

📕 Expanded and clarified weapons, jungle armor, poisons, & more.

📕 The Orcish Empire and a few notable cities.

📕 Filled with great artwork by Peterson (ROG) and Mike Mumah.

📕 Written by Kevin Siembieda, John Klinkel, and Patrick Nowak.

📕 160 pages – $24.99 retail – Cat. No. 459 – available now.

📕 COMING SOON! Yin-Sloth Expeditions setting and adventure book.

BACK IN STOCK!

After the Bomb® RPG “Bonus” Edition Hardcover – Available now

 

Create any type of intelligent, mutant animal from a turtle or raccoon to a lion or an elephant. The RPG presents stats for 100+ mutant animals, plus rules for creating any mutant animal you can imagine. Suitable for use with Heroes Unlimited™, Ninjas & Superspies™, Rifts®, Chaos Earth®, Phase World® and Palladium Fantasy®. Whatever the setting, playing anthropomorphic animal characters is a blast.

 

📙 100+ mutant animal stats included.

📙 Mutant animal creation rules to mutate ANY animal.

📙 52 Mutant Animal Powers.

📙 33 Mutant Animal Psionic Powers.

📙 New Animal Chimeras and their abilities.

📙 New back story to the After the Bomb® world of mutants.

📙 The post-apocalyptic Earth setting of “After the Bomb” is just one use for your mutant animal heroes.

📙 A complete RPG written by Erick Wujcik.

📙 72 pages of “bonus” material includes the original After the Bomb® sourcebook and Yucatan Adventures from the old Game Shield.

📙 296 pages (72 bonus pages) – $44.99 retail – Cat. No. 503HC – now shipping. Also available as a 224 page softcover book ($26.99 retail – Cat. No. 503). Note: After the Bomb sourcebooks provide additional mutant animal stats and settings.

BACK IN STOCK!

Rifts® Book of Magic Hardcover

 

A compendium of magic from across Rifts Earth. Hundreds of magic spells plus magic weapons and devices from across the Megaverse.

 

📔 900+ magic spells, Elemental Magic, Ley Line Magic.

📔 Necromancy, Nature Magic, Cloud Magic, Ocean Magic, Biomancy.

📔 Tattoo magic, Temporal magic, Whalesongs, Conjuring, Nazca Lines.

📔 Techno-Wizard devices, Rune Weapons, Holy Weapons, fetishes.

📔 Bio-Wizard Weapons, the Bio-Borg, symbiotes, and herbs.

📔 Magic stones, talismans, staves, wands, and more.

📔 $39.99 – 352 pages of pure magic – Cat. No. 848HC – available now. Also available in softcover ($31.99 retail, Cat. No. 848).

BACK IN STOCK!

Rifts® Index & Adventures™ Vol. One

 

This sourcebook offers adventures and an index. Back in print after being unavailable for a year (and 15+ years before that!), it presents more than 40 pages of adventures and offers a ton of Hook, Line & Sinker™ adventures. Many involving the Army of the Coalition States. Plus an Index for Rifts® World Books 1-6, Sourcebooks 1 and 3, Rifts® Conversion Books 1 & 2, Rifts® Mercenaries, Dimension Books 1 and 2, and the original Rifts® RPG, First Edition rules. Worth it for the 30 plus adventure hooks alone.

 

📘 A must for Rifts® collectors.

📘 40+ pages of adventures: Five adventures and NPCs.

📘 20+ Hook, Line and Sinker™ adventures.

📘 An index of early Rifts® titles.

📘 96 pages – $20.99 retail – Cat. No. 823 – Available now.

BACK IN STOCK!

Rifts® World Book 8: Japan

 

There are few places on Rifts Earth as divided with magic and the supernatural vs technology. All sorts of technological wonders await including Japanese dragons, demons, and goblins, plus Glitter Boys, Cyber-Samurai and other suits of power armor, Dragon-Cyborgs, Ninja Crazies, Ninja Juicers, Cyberoids, weapons, Rune Swords, demons and more.

 

📗 Dragon cyborgs and living Japanese dragons.

📗 Ninja Cyborg and Mystic Ninja.

📗 Ninja Juicer, Tech-Ninja, Fighting Monks, Ronins, and more.

📗 Cyber-Samurai and Traditional Samurai; 20 O.C.C.s in all.

📗 The living Samurai Sword and the supernatural.

📗 SAMAS Samurai, Glitter Boys, weapons, and gear.

📗 Martial arts, mystic powers, and magic items.

📗 Pre-Rifts city, super-science, Glitter Boys, and more.

📗 216 pages – $26.99 retail – Cat. No. 818 – Available now.

BACK IN PRINT!

Rifts® China One

 

Everything you could want for a World Book set in China. Here are the bad guys, and Chinese myths and legends brought to life.

 

🐼 The Yama Kings and their 11 Kingdoms of Hell on Earth.

🐼 34 Chinese demons and ghosts.

🐼 20+ curses

🐼 The return of the First Emperor and the Terra Cotta Warriors,

🐼 Overview of China and the Yama Kings.

🐼 Dragon Lands, Demon Villages, and more.

🐼 Written by Erick Wujcik and Kevin Siembieda.

🐼 $24.99 retail – 160 pages – Cat. No. 857 – available now.

BACK IN STOCK!

Rifts® China Two

 

Heroes of the Celestial Court – it is time for China’s greatest heroes to rise and fight the darkness. Heroes, magic, and technology that will blow your mind.

 

Both Rifts China World Books are great companions to Rifts Japan, Warlords of Russia, Rifts Mystic Russia and The Minion War series. Characters, magic and concepts can be ported over to Ninjas & Superspies, Heroes Unlimited and the Redux TMNT & Other Strangeness RPG.

 

🧧 12 Mystic Martial Arts.

🧧 12 Mythic Heroes including the Enlightened Demon.

🧧 The hidden army of Geo-Front, the Gun Master and Lightning Warrior.

🧧 Chi Weapons, Chi Powers, Chi Sight, and magic.

🧧 Demon Queller and magical demon-binding items.

🧧 Demon Skin, Gun Dragon, Black Tiger power armor.

🧧 Geo-Front cyborgs, weapons, technology, and more.

🧧 Written by Erick Wujcik.

🧧 $24.99 retail – 160 pages – Cat. No. 858 – available now.

Palladium offers more than 300 of our books, every issue of The Rifter, sneak previews, and more in PDF format via DriveThruRPG

CLOSING THOUGHTS

Why pens, mugs, and other paraphernalia

 

Some people have wondered why Palladium Books (and other companies) offer pens, mugs, art prints, T-shirts, bookmarks, and other non-book items. That’s easy to answer.

 

First, some people like these types of products, us included. We wear our shirts and use our pens and notepads all the time. I love the stupid Rifts notepads with that great Kevin Long art at the top. These are also items that a gamer’s spouse, kids, and non-gaming friends and family might enjoy. Kathy often used our pens. Caleb, our warehouse guy, was just saying this morning how much he likes our T-shirts (he was wearing the Rifts Logo shirt) and pens, and that he loves the quality of all our merchandise. As long time fans already know, we are all about quality, fun, and giving our customers things they enjoy.

 

Second, these types of products take very little of my or Sean’s time – in many cases as little as a few minutes to an hour or two. Often these ancillary products are left to Wayne to do, with us offering the initial idea, tweaks, and final approval. By comparison, a book takes months of writing, editing, art direction, coordination, and actual printing.

 

Writing a book well is not as easy as some people may think. It is time consuming and in the case of Sean and myself, we are dealing with all manner of day to day responsibilities which, by the way, include the coordination of books in progress that we have not yet revealed to you. Bwahahaha.

 

Real world challenges and emotions can hamper being creative. I know I sound pretty darn good in person and in interviews, because a lot of people have told me so. They are happy to see me doing so well after the death of my beloved Kathy Simmons. I have been told by numerous people, including my grief therapist (never be afraid to ask for help), that I’m doing great and managing my grief well, but it’s been difficult and it is a long process. My grief has been on par with the loss of my Mom and Erick Wujcik. Some days I’m pretty inspired and can write-up a storm, other days I’ve got nothing, or the words come slowly. On rough days, I usually try to do business things or artwork and other less mentally and emotionally strenuous things rather than write. Yes, writing with passion is strenuous [that it is! ~Sean]. It requires concentration, focus, and creativity. Still, overall, I’m doing well and I appreciate your understanding and soft-spoken concern about me and Palladium Books. We’ll be fine.


Take advantage of our popular Explore the Megaverse sale, spread the word about it, and enjoy your weekend. We have had beautiful weather here, I hope you are too. Game on.

 

 

– Kevin Siembieda, Game Designer, Writer, Friend

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