Vampire Kingdoms, Expanded and Updated Ships June 17

[DBX]

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NEW! Rifts® World Book One:
Vampire Kingdoms™, Expanded & Updated – ships June 17
Kevin Siembieda is rewriting, reorganizing, updating and expanding one of the most popular Rifts® World Books ever published: Vampire Kingdoms™. It will include rewrites throughout, much new material, some new artwork, and an expanded page count. The book will be updated and expanded in a more dramatic fashion that what Kevin did with Rifts® Sourcebook One a few years ago. Best of all, it will be quickly followed by the Rifts® Vampires Sourcebook™.

The Vampire Hunter O.C.C.
Techno-Wizard vampire slaying weapons and devices (new and old).
Vampires: Their strengths, weaknesses and powers.
The Vampire Kingdoms expanded.
Travel through the Vampire Kingdoms and surrounding areas.
Desert survival rules and guidelines.
Vampire strategies and plans for conquest.
The observations of Doc Reid.
Key locations including Juarez and El Paso.
The mystery of the Yucatan Peninsula, and adventure ideas galore.
Updated and revised to 110 P.A.
Cover by E.M. Gist.
New artwork by Mike Wilson, Kent Burles, Mike Mumah and Nick Bradshaw. Plus the best of the art from the original printing.
Written by Kevin Siembieda.
192 to 224 pages – $24.95 retail – Cat. No. 802-E. Ships June 17.

[Giant2005]

Updated and revised to 110 P.A.

Nice.

[mobuttu]

Looking forward for it!!!

[Dunia]

NEW! Rifts® World Book One:
The Vampire Hunter O.C.C.

Yay, Buffy will save mexico and the world of Rifts!

[Hystrix]

This all looks pretty cool. Though, I liked the old cover by Kevin Long...

[cl7277]

New cover, new info, I hope it's as good as the last two to three books have been. Looking forward to it.

[Jorel]

This is a must have.

[kmspade]

I just have one question about the book...Will vampires still be able to be killed by squirt guns? I've never really liked this part of Rifts vampires. I'm fine with the not crossing running water thing, and squirt guns filled with holy water I'm also fine with. But the idea that a vampire can be killed by a dozen or so $0.89 water balloons or a super soaker never sat well with me. I have my fingers crossed that Palladium will change this rule, but does anyone know if that's the plan or not?

P.S.: I realize if I don't like that rule I can omit it from my game, but everyone I've ever talked to has agreed with me on this point. If enough fans don't like something, I would think Palladium would consider changing it in a revised edition of a book.

[boxee]

NEW! Rifts® World Book One:
Vampire Kingdoms™, Expanded & Updated – ships June 17
Kevin Siembieda is rewriting, reorganizing, updating and expanding one of the most popular Rifts® World Books ever published: Vampire Kingdoms™. It will include rewrites throughout, much new material, some new artwork, and an expanded page count. The book will be updated and expanded in a more dramatic fashion that what Kevin did with Rifts® Sourcebook One a few years ago. Best of all, it will be quickly followed by the Rifts® Vampires Sourcebook™.

The Vampire Hunter O.C.C.
Techno-Wizard vampire slaying weapons and devices (new and old).
Vampires: Their strengths, weaknesses and powers.
The Vampire Kingdoms expanded.
Travel through the Vampire Kingdoms and surrounding areas.
Desert survival rules and guidelines.
Vampire strategies and plans for conquest.
The observations of Doc Reid.
Key locations including Juarez and El Paso.
The mystery of the Yucatan Peninsula, and adventure ideas galore.
Updated and revised to 110 P.A.

Desert survival rules LAME
Reprinted material- LAME
Yucatan LAME

[Hystrix]

NEW! Rifts® World Book One:
Vampire Kingdoms™, Expanded & Updated – ships June 17
Kevin Siembieda is rewriting, reorganizing, updating and expanding one of the most popular Rifts® World Books ever published: Vampire Kingdoms™. It will include rewrites throughout, much new material, some new artwork, and an expanded page count. The book will be updated and expanded in a more dramatic fashion that what Kevin did with Rifts® Sourcebook One a few years ago. Best of all, it will be quickly followed by the Rifts® Vampires Sourcebook™.

The Vampire Hunter O.C.C.
Techno-Wizard vampire slaying weapons and devices (new and old).
Vampires: Their strengths, weaknesses and powers.
The Vampire Kingdoms expanded.
Travel through the Vampire Kingdoms and surrounding areas.
Desert survival rules and guidelines.
Vampire strategies and plans for conquest.
The observations of Doc Reid.
Key locations including Juarez and El Paso.
The mystery of the Yucatan Peninsula, and adventure ideas galore.
Updated and revised to 110 P.A.

Desert survival rules LAME
Reprinted material- LAME
Yucatan LAME

Why is that lame? I'm just curious.

Desert survival rules is somthing that is missing from Rifts, and Post Apocalyptic Mexico is a big...well... desert.

Reprinted matierial is somewhat nessisary, as the cannot through everything out that was old.

And the Yucatan Rocks! ... not really, but if they add to what the old book had it may be very interesting...

[boxee]

NEW! Rifts® World Book One:
Vampire Kingdoms™, Expanded & Updated – ships June 17
Kevin Siembieda is rewriting, reorganizing, updating and expanding one of the most popular Rifts® World Books ever published: Vampire Kingdoms™. It will include rewrites throughout, much new material, some new artwork, and an expanded page count. The book will be updated and expanded in a more dramatic fashion that what Kevin did with Rifts® Sourcebook One a few years ago. Best of all, it will be quickly followed by the Rifts® Vampires Sourcebook™.

The Vampire Hunter O.C.C.
Techno-Wizard vampire slaying weapons and devices (new and old).
Vampires: Their strengths, weaknesses and powers.
The Vampire Kingdoms expanded.
Travel through the Vampire Kingdoms and surrounding areas.
Desert survival rules and guidelines.
Vampire strategies and plans for conquest.
The observations of Doc Reid.
Key locations including Juarez and El Paso.
The mystery of the Yucatan Peninsula, and adventure ideas galore.
Updated and revised to 110 P.A.

Desert survival rules LAME
Reprinted material- LAME
Yucatan LAME

Why is that lame? I'm just curious.

Desert survival rules is somthing that is missing from Rifts, and Post Apocalyptic Mexico is a big...well... desert.

Reprinted matierial is somewhat nessisary, as the cannot through everything out that was old.

And the Yucatan Rocks! ... not really, but if they add to what the old book had it may be very interesting...

I dislike buying books that reprint material. There is a dofference between updating and reprinting, updating I love reprinting I hate.
I do not see survival rules as a big thing, if you have a wilderness scout type of character there should be no worries, on the other hand if the group is all city rats I can see survival rolls. I as a player often see this as something that should be kept in the backdrop.
Yucatan dimension should have it own book, not the same book as vampire kingdoms.
I have been thinking about the Yucatan and to me it would work very well as a dimensional tear into the nightbane setting. Or a tear in dimensions that lead to hades or something of a nightmare dimension, or random hell.
I tend to get cranky, I apologize if I offended anyone.

[drewkitty ~..~]

I just hope everyone remembers when they are talking about VKe/VKr that they say VKe/VKr, not just VK. Which is hyper annoying when one just has VK and trying to cross check things.

Sort of like the annoying when they are quoting from RCB1r and them just saying it was from RCB1. Pulling out the incorrect book to counter check the quote is a annoying hassle.

[TechnoGothic]

@ Rogue_Scientist
With Artwork by Kent Burles, and Nick Bradshaw ... yeah I'll pass.
I have oVK (Original Vampire Kingdoms), I dont need a reprint.
Updated to 110 PA can be handled in the Sourcebook. VK itself does not need updating. Just release the darn VK-Sourcebook to update some material.

[Grell]

I do believe I will be getting this book! Palladium vamps rock.

[Hystrix]

NEW! Rifts® World Book One:
Vampire Kingdoms™, Expanded & Updated – ships June 17
Kevin Siembieda is rewriting, reorganizing, updating and expanding one of the most popular Rifts® World Books ever published: Vampire Kingdoms™. It will include rewrites throughout, much new material, some new artwork, and an expanded page count. The book will be updated and expanded in a more dramatic fashion that what Kevin did with Rifts® Sourcebook One a few years ago. Best of all, it will be quickly followed by the Rifts® Vampires Sourcebook™.

The Vampire Hunter O.C.C.
Techno-Wizard vampire slaying weapons and devices (new and old).
Vampires: Their strengths, weaknesses and powers.
The Vampire Kingdoms expanded.
Travel through the Vampire Kingdoms and surrounding areas.
Desert survival rules and guidelines.
Vampire strategies and plans for conquest.
The observations of Doc Reid.
Key locations including Juarez and El Paso.
The mystery of the Yucatan Peninsula, and adventure ideas galore.
Updated and revised to 110 P.A.

Desert survival rules LAME
Reprinted material- LAME
Yucatan LAME

Why is that lame? I'm just curious.

Desert survival rules is somthing that is missing from Rifts, and Post Apocalyptic Mexico is a big...well... desert.

Reprinted matierial is somewhat nessisary, as the cannot through everything out that was old.

And the Yucatan Rocks! ... not really, but if they add to what the old book had it may be very interesting...

I dislike buying books that reprint material. There is a dofference between updating and reprinting, updating I love reprinting I hate.
I do not see survival rules as a big thing, if you have a wilderness scout type of character there should be no worries, on the other hand if the group is all city rats I can see survival rolls. I as a player often see this as something that should be kept in the backdrop.
Yucatan dimension should have it own book, not the same book as vampire kingdoms.
I have been thinking about the Yucatan and to me it would work very well as a dimensional tear into the nightbane setting. Or a tear in dimensions that lead to hades or something of a nightmare dimension, or random hell.
I tend to get cranky, I apologize if I offended anyone.

I don't think you offended anyone (at lerast not me) I was just curious. To each his own.

I'm prolly gonna buy it anyway...

[boxee]

NEW! Rifts® World Book One:
Vampire Kingdoms™, Expanded & Updated – ships June 17
Kevin Siembieda is rewriting, reorganizing, updating and expanding one of the most popular Rifts® World Books ever published: Vampire Kingdoms™. It will include rewrites throughout, much new material, some new artwork, and an expanded page count. The book will be updated and expanded in a more dramatic fashion that what Kevin did with Rifts® Sourcebook One a few years ago. Best of all, it will be quickly followed by the Rifts® Vampires Sourcebook™.

The Vampire Hunter O.C.C.
Techno-Wizard vampire slaying weapons and devices (new and old).
Vampires: Their strengths, weaknesses and powers.
The Vampire Kingdoms expanded.
Travel through the Vampire Kingdoms and surrounding areas.
Desert survival rules and guidelines.
Vampire strategies and plans for conquest.
The observations of Doc Reid.
Key locations including Juarez and El Paso.
The mystery of the Yucatan Peninsula, and adventure ideas galore.
Updated and revised to 110 P.A.

Desert survival rules LAME
Reprinted material- LAME
Yucatan LAME

Why is that lame? I'm just curious.

Desert survival rules is somthing that is missing from Rifts, and Post Apocalyptic Mexico is a big...well... desert.

Reprinted matierial is somewhat nessisary, as the cannot through everything out that was old.

And the Yucatan Rocks! ... not really, but if they add to what the old book had it may be very interesting...

I dislike buying books that reprint material. There is a dofference between updating and reprinting, updating I love reprinting I hate.
I do not see survival rules as a big thing, if you have a wilderness scout type of character there should be no worries, on the other hand if the group is all city rats I can see survival rolls. I as a player often see this as something that should be kept in the backdrop.
Yucatan dimension should have it own book, not the same book as vampire kingdoms.
I have been thinking about the Yucatan and to me it would work very well as a dimensional tear into the nightbane setting. Or a tear in dimensions that lead to hades or something of a nightmare dimension, or random hell.
I tend to get cranky, I apologize if I offended anyone.

I don't think you offended anyone (at lerast not me) I was just curious. To each his own.

I'm prolly gonna buy it anyway...

I have alot of other books on my list to buy before I get this. I need the south america stuff, the germany stuff, phaseworld stuff, russia stuff, spirit west, new west, the list goes on and on.

[Hystrix]

I have alot of other books on my list to buy before I get this. I need the south america stuff, the germany stuff, phaseworld stuff, russia stuff, spirit west, new west, the list goes on and on.

Hmm... South America <shudder> good luck with that. So you just started you collection, eh? I take it you must already have the original Vampire Kingdoms...

[TechnoGothic]

I have alot of other books on my list to buy before I get this. I need the south america stuff, the germany stuff, phaseworld stuff, russia stuff, spirit west, new west, the list goes on and on.

Ohh South America One is goooood. You will love the Anti-Monster TW Borg OCC.
South America Two is another goood one. You will love the TW-Nazca PA. Awesome PA.

Triax & NGR. The Cyborgs and Jager PA were the best aspect of the book. worth it.
Warlords of Russia. Ahhh My Favorite WB. borgs, Borgs, BORGS !! Hero-Knights, War-Knights, Wingriders. Plus we have True Hero NPCs given to counter the Villanous npcs. Excellent book.
Mystic Russia. The Mystic-Smith is great. Really was needed.
New West and Spirit West. Good books. Get both at the same time though.

[boxee]

I have alot of other books on my list to buy before I get this. I need the south america stuff, the germany stuff, phaseworld stuff, russia stuff, spirit west, new west, the list goes on and on.

Hmm... South America <shudder> good luck with that. So you just started you collection, eh? I take it you must already have the original Vampire Kingdoms...

No, I have been playing for years, just am not wealthy.
I have 37 palladium book, I have been getting interested in them again. It seems I have a fair collection for a game I do not get to play anymore. I also have 12 books as PDF from drive through RPG. I have alot of interest in the game, just not alot of contact with local players.

[Dead Boy]

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NEW! Rifts® World Book One:
Vampire Kingdoms™, Expanded & Updated – ships June 17

Oh HELL yea!

The thing is, I can't remember if I preordered this one already or not. I preordered a whole mess of books about 18 months back, but neglected to write the details down. Guess if I don't see it in the mail by mid July, I'll have to order one.

[boxee]

copy/paste from latest weekly update

NEW! Rifts® World Book One:
Vampire Kingdoms™, Expanded & Updated – ships June 17

Oh HELL yea!

The thing is, I can't remember if I preordered this one already or not. I preordered a whole mess of books about 18 months back, but neglected to write the details down. Guess if I don't see it in the mail by mid July, I'll have to order one.

And if you have ordered it you could give it to an online friend, right buddy?

[kmspade]

I have alot of interest in the game, just not alot of contact with local players.

If you want, check out Explorers Unlimited. It's a play by post site, so no scheduling conflicts with local groups, or like my case, and sounds like yours as well, a general lack of local groups to game with.