By Kevin Siembieda

Our imaginations are on fire! The source material written for The Rifter® #73 is the same quality you would see in one of our game line sourcebooks or World Books. The ideas, fresh. New. Challenging. And most of all, fun. Things that should inflame the imaginations of Game Masters and enthrall players.

I’m happy to say, you’ll find more of the same in upcoming sourcebooks for Rifts®, Palladium Fantasy®, Robotech®, Splicers®, HU2 and all the rest. Our imaginations are on fire. We have big plans for Robotech® RPG Tactics, Rifts® and all our game lines. And you’ll be seeing a lot of them happening this year.

I know what you are thinking. It was voiced by a fan and supporter last weekend: “That sounds great, but ... I’m sorry, but the last few years Palladium has been unable to release more than four new books. Why should this year be any different?” A fair question. I’m going to keep my answer brief.

We have gone through a lot the last several years, professionally and personally. Events, tragedies and challenges knocked us down and took the wind out of our sails. But things change. We have mustered our strength, found renewed energy and motivation, and we are fired up and committed to shower you – all of you – with an array of new products that will excite you and leave you wanting more. Palladium is moving forward with support for our many role-playing game lines. We expect to be able to move Robotech® RPG Tactics™ Wave 2 along much more quickly now, have big plans for it and other Palladium game lines, and hope to see new third party ventures, like Rifts® Savage Worlds, expand the Palladium Megaverse®. All are things that should surprise and please you.

Will we miss release dates? I’m sure we will, but by days or weeks, not many months or a year. The proof will be in the products that are going to be out soon. And we are coming out of the gates with The Rifter® #73 packed with “official” source material that is going to knock your socks off. You wanted lots of products. Well, you are going to get them. Please show your support by purchasing them and spreading the word about them.

By Kevin Siembieda

2016 is only two weeks old and it is shaping up to be one of the best and most exciting years in a decade. Exciting for you and us, because we anticipate a large number of new RPG sourcebooks to be released throughout the year. We also expect to relaunch Robotech® RPG Tactics™ and get Wave Two expansion packs and Kickstarter exclusives into final manufacturing. Plus you should see some third party team-ups for releases like Rifts® Savage Worlds and announcements for a few others. Read on to get all the details in this Weekly Update. Reminder: Tonight is your last night to order a Palladium Surprise Package. Offer ends at midnight.

New Books Slated for the First 5-6 Months of 2016

• The Rifter® #73 – Winter issue – Cat. No. 173 – 96 pages, filled with “official” source material by Siembieda, Rosenstein, Walton, Kluge and others. In final production right now. Ships early February.
• Rifts®, The Coalition States: Heroes of Humanity™ Sourcebook by Kevin Siembieda and Matthew Clements – in final production right now. Ships end of February.
• Rifts® The Disavowed™ Sourcebook by Kevin Siembieda and Matthew Clements – in production right now. Ships March, 2016.
• Rifts® Secrets of the Atlanteans™ Sourcebook by Carl Gleba – Spring, 2016.
• Rifts® Haunted Tech™ by Kevin Siembieda sourcebook – Spring or Summer.
• The Rifter® #74 – Spring issue – 96 pages, filled with “official” and optional source material. Ships April or May.
• Garden of the Gods™, a Palladium Fantasy RPG® Sourcebook by Kevin Siembieda – Spring.
• Lopan™, a Palladium Fantasy RPG® Adventure Sourcebook by Glen Evans, additional material by Kevin Siembieda – Spring or Summer.
• Dead Reign® Sourcebook: Hell Followed™ by Taylor White – a large, juicy, 160 page sourcebook. Spring or Summer.
• Chaos Earth® First Responders (more than you may imagine) – Summer.
• The Rifter® #75 – Summer issue.