Palladium Weekly Update – October 3, 2024

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

There is still a lot happening at Palladium Books so please skim through all this and let other Palladium fans know they should check out the Big Scary Horror Sale and this Update for all the latest news. Things like a live chat with me (Kevin Siembieda) and Sean Owen Roberson on Legion of Myth this Sunday from 2:00-5:00 PM Eastern, the Yin-Sloth Jungles 2nd Edition Revised & Expanded PDF is now available on DriveThruRPG.com, and fun photos from Granite State Comic Con in Closing Thoughts. Oh, and if you can, please support the BRIC charity. Every dollar helps to protect and save the lives of children and families. Thank you so much. – Kevin Siembieda

Palladium’s Big Scary Horror Sale – 20-70% savings while supplies last – last weekend to save – sale ends Wednesday, October 9, 2024

Palladium Books is a master of horror with several horror game lines – Beyond the Supernatural modern horror, Dead Reign the Zombie Apocalypse with several fun twists and unique zombies, Nightbane RPG Urban Fantasy (you must become a monster to fight the monsters in this truly dark game), but many of our games have elements of horror and the supernatural, so we are also including select sourcebooks for other game settings. All at steep discounts. Most are 30-50% off, a few at a 70% discount, and a few at 20% off. These steep discounts mean this sale is very limited. Perfect for bringing a touch of horror and suspense into your games. I have tried to make this sale fun by offering a number of nonbook horror products in the mix. Get your fright on and enjoy.

• Rifts® Xiticix Miniature Pack – Cat. No. MI8002 – $9.00 – 50% discount

• Rifts® Simvan & Ostrosaurus Miniature Pack – Cat. No. MI8007 – $9.00 – 50% discount

• Rifts® Coalition Skelebots #1 Miniature Pack (fear the Coalition) – Cat. No. MI8008 – $9.00 – 50% discount

• PRINT: Death and Ice (Bizantium cover) – Size: 8 ½ x 11 inches – Cat. No. PR812 – artist: Charles Walton – $5.00 – 50% discount

• PRINT: Glitter Boy vs Zombies (Chaos Earth Resurrection cover) – Size: 8 ½ x 11 inches – Cat. No. PR814 – artist Charles Walton – $5.00 – 50% discount

• PRINT: The Mechanoids® (Rifts Sourcebook 2 cover) – Size: 8 ½ x 11 inches – Cat. No. PR837 – artist Kevin Long – $5.00 – 50% discount

• PRINT: Rifts® Nuclear Glitter Boy with Rifts Flag Poster – Size: 11 x 17 inches – Cat. No. PR844 – artist Freddie E. Williams II and Mike Majestic – $7.50 – 50% discount

• PRINT: Rifts® Coalition Strike Force (Dead Boys & Skelebots) – Size: 17 x 11 inches (horizontal) – Cat. No. PR819 – artist Kevin Long – $7.50 – 50% discount

• PRINT: Dead Reign® Endless Dead (Palladium staff and freelancers as zombies - signed by staff; historical and fun) – Size: 17 x 11 inches (horizontal) – Cat. No. PR809-17 – artist Michael Mumah – $5.00 – 50% discount – one of Kevin’s personal favorites.

• Dead Reign® Mouse Pad (zombie rising from the grave) – Cat. No. 2568 – $4.98 – 50% discount

• Fantasy Old Ones Mouse Pad (Minatour and Old One) – Cat. No. 2567 – $4.98 – 50% discount

• Systems Failure RPG (because alien invasion is scary) – Cat. No. 650 – $12.50 – 50% discount

• Beyond the Supernatural 1st Edition RPG Red Foil Hardcover – Cat. No. 699HC – $38.50 – 30% discount

• Beyond the Supernatural 2nd Edition RPG Softcover – Cat. No. 700 – $20.29 – 30% discount

• Boxed Nightmares BTS adventure sourcebook (fun) – Cat. No. 701 – $14.69 – 30% discount

• Creature Feature BTS sourcebook (monsters & adventures) – Cat. No. 704 – $18.89 – 30% discount

• Dead Reign® RPG Hardcover – Cat. No. 230HC – $25.89 – 30% discount

• Dead Reign® RPG Softcover – Cat. No. 230 – $18.89 – 30% discount

• Dead Reign® Civilization Gone sourcebook – Cat. No. 231 – $11.89 – 30% discount

• Dead Reign® Dark Places sourcebook – Cat. No. 232 – $11.89 – 30% discount

• Dead Reign® Endless Dead sourcebook – Cat. No. 233 – $10.50 – 50% discount

• Dead Reign® Fear the Reaper sourcebook – Cat. No. 234 – $4.20 – 70% discount

• Dead Reign® Graveyard Earth sourcebook – Cat. No. 235 – $5.10 – 70% discount

• Future Visions the Art of Chuck Walton – Cat. No. 2562 – $4.19 – 70% discount

• Nightbane® RPG Hardcover – Cat. No. 730HC – $27.99 – 30% discount

• Nightbane® Between the Shadows Sourcebook – Cat. No. 731 – $19.99 – 20% discount.

• Nightbane® Nightlands Sourcebook – Cat. No. 732 – $17.49 – 30% discount.

• Nightbane® Through the Glass Darkly Sourcebook (horrific magic) – Cat. No. 733 – $17.49 – 30% discount.

• Nightbane® Survival Guide Sourcebook – Cat. No. 735 – $17.49 – 30% discount.

• Palladium Fantasy RPG® 1st Ed. “Bonus” Red Foil Hardcover – Cat. No. 449HC – $44.00 – 20% discount

• Land of the Damned 1: Chaos Lands (Fantasy) – Cat. No. 468 – $13.50 – 50% discount

• Land of the Damned 2: Eternal Torment (Fantasy) – Cat. No. 469 – $13.50 – 50% discount

• Rifts® Chaos Earth® Hardcover – Cat. No. 660HC – $25.89 – 30% discount

• Rifts® Chaos Earth® Resurrection – Cat. No. 666 – $17.49 – 30% discount

• Rifts® Ultimate Edition Hardcover – Cat. No. 800HC – $37.59 – 20% discount

• Rifts® Vampire Kingdoms World Book – Cat. No. 802-E – $18.89 – 30% discount

• Rifts® Vampires Sourcebook – Cat. No. 884 – $18.89 – 30% discount

• Rifts® Arzno World Book – Cat. No. 868 – $17.49 – 30% discount

• Rifts® Dark Conversions – Cat. No. 852 – $18.89 – 30% discount

• Rifts® South America One – Cat. No. 814 – $12.50 – 50% discount

• Rifts® Atlantis World Book – Cat. No. 804 – $17.49 – 30% discount

• Rifts® Splynn Dimensional Market – Cat. No. 836 – $18.89 – 30% discount

• Rifts® Shadows of Evil – Cat. No. 843 – $10.50 – 50% discount

• Rifts® Tolkeen Final Siege – Cat. No. 844 – $13.50 – 50% discount

• Rifts® Bestiary Volume One – Cat. No. 896 – $20.29 – 30% discount

• Rifts® Titan Robotics (Archie and more) – Cat. No. 899 – $13.50 – 50% discount

• Rifts® Wormwood Dimension Book – Cat. No. 809 – $17.49 – 30% discount

• The Rifter® #85 Annual – Cat. No. 185 – $18.89 – 30% discount

News Bits

What’s hot at Palladium this week – With our Big Scary Horror Sale and Halloween just around the corner, we’re seeing Dead Reign®, Beyond the Supernatural, and Nightbane® books flying off the shelves along with Rifts®, The Rifter® and Fantasy titles. Don’t be afraid to delve into the darkness for fun and escape.

NEW PDF book on DriveThruRPG.com – Yin-Sloth Jungles, 2nd Edition Revised and Expanded is now available on DriveThruRPG. So is the original 1st Edition book.

Palladium Collectibles – at Kevin’s Online Toy & Collectibles eBay Store – over the next several weeks Alex will be adding all sorts of new collectibles to my Ebay store in time for the holiday season. See the larger description below for more details.

COMING SOON – Kevin Siembieda and Sean Owen Roberson live chat on Legion of Myth – Sunday, October 6. We’ll be talking about running games in wilderness settings from Rifts to Palladium Fantasy. A fun time for all. Oh, and we take fan questions so tune in at 2:00 PM Eastern Time this Sunday and submit your questions in advance.

ENJOY! Two recent Glitterbois podcasts – The Beyond the Supernatural and Robotech® podcasts are now available! Both are part of an ongoing History of Palladium Books podcast.

COMING SOON – The Glitterbois podcasts about Rifts® will start to appear later this month. We anticipate at least two podcasts that talk about Rifts® and some of the sourcebooks. WARNING: We sometimes digress into fun topics about game mechanics, Game Mastering, personal RPG experiences, and the many talented people who helped me create these iconic games, but it is always a fun, playful conversation gamers are enjoying very much.

COMING SOON – Palladium Books Channel on YouTube! The Palladium YouTube channel already exists, but we’ll be adding a series of “official” chats/interviews between me and JM Defoggi regarding the chronological history of Palladium Books. We start by touching upon my career as an artist in comic books and gaming for such companies as Judges Guild (D&D), GDW (Traveller) and others. For those of you who don’t know, my original plan was to be a comic book creator/artist/writer. Palladium Books and game design were supposed to be temporary until I broke into comics. The next thing I knew, I had a successful company on my hands and a new career that I loved. These videos should start getting posted sometime in October. I hope you like ‘em. When we’ve covered the history, we will probably go back to explore personal moments, people, and events.

A BIT OF FUN – Granite State Comic Con photos in Closing Thoughts! We’re letting photos do most of the talking in this week’s Closing Thoughts. The convention was a blast and we can’t wait to return next year.

GiveSendGo Fundraising for BRIC needs our help

Some of you have supported this good cause before. It is a charity close to the heart of me and Sean, and every dollar goes direct to the people who need it, which makes a HUGE difference in saving lives in the Congo. Even a small donation is greatly appreciated, so please give if you can. Thank you so very much for your past financial support of RIGHT’s efforts to feed and protect the people rescued and sustained by the lifesaving BRIC project.

Through your donations, BRIC has been able to install an armored security gate, build enclosure walls, construct a building for offices and classrooms, and an enlarge a stage where students perform the creative, self-help exercises learned through BRIC seminars, as well as music and dance performances that inform and uplift the community. Most recently, they have built a small structure with a toilet and shower, as well as installed basic electricity to the compound. All of this is in addition to rescuing and rehabilitating those once forced into service as child soldiers and worse by rogue warlords and bandits.

These life sustaining improvements could not happen without your prayers and financial assistance since 2022, but our crusade to save and improve the lives of the people in the region is far from complete.

Feuding rebel warlords dangerously close to the homes of the people of Goma continue to control many roads, disrupt and block food supply lines, and harass the people. This has forced many citizens of Goma to turn to BRIC for help. Without that help, they must resort to foraging for food in the rebel-filled forest where they risk their lives or capture. Children left alone while parents forage for food are at great risk of being kidnapped and trafficked. BRIC allows fathers and mothers to drop their children at the enclosure. At this safe haven the children are fed with limited supplies of food, given school lessons, and provided other help as needed.

The Democratic Republic of Congo is currently facing one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises. People are displaced, starving, and homeless. Making safe havens like BRIC necessary for survival. Please join me (Kevin Siembieda) and Sean Owen Roberson by helping in any way you can. Your donations, small or large, will save lives. Thank you.

TMNT Film Kickstarter – an epic TMNT documentary – get yours now

We want to let you know about this very unique Kickstarter because it sounds amazing to us. A 4 hour DVD packed with history and interviews with Eastman, Laird, Mirage Studios creators, Freedman, Siembieda, and others. Plus lots of inside reveals regarding never released art, toys and other prototypes and experimentation. It’s a must-have item for me and I think it should be for most TMNT fans. I know I’m going to get the DVD. Check it out and spread the word!

The Kickstarter is called TMNT: Evolution, Mutation, and Reboot – a new documentary from Definitive Film that says it delves into the complete history of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles — one of pop culture’s most beloved franchises. This Kickstarter campaign offers a 4 hour, feature-length film packed with interviews, behind-the-scenes stories, art, and images, and personal stories from creators Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird, and many others (including Palladium’s very own Kevin Siembieda). We don’t want Turtles fans to miss out on what sounds like a fun and comprehensive documentary about the TMNT from its origins till today. Don’t miss out and tell ‘em Palladium sent you.

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.

Now on DriveThruRPG!  

NEW! Yin-Sloth Jungles, 2nd Edition Revised and Expanded PDF on DriveThruRPG.com

Yin-Sloth Jungles, 2nd Edition is now available as a PDF book on DriveThruRPG.com – and so is the original 1st Edition book. Get one or both to compare or have in your PDF reference library.

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®.

Palladium Collectibles – at Kevin’s Online Toy & Collectibles eBay Store

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.

• Each negative is truly unique, attractive, and fun to have.

• Own a piece of Palladium Books and RPG history you will treasure.

• Each was used to print the very book you may have in your collection (1981-2004).

• Each is signed in silver ink by Kevin Siembieda and comes with a Certificate of Authenticity.

• 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).

• Looks great matted or framed! Fits an 8x10 inch matt opening. Each neg is roughly 8½ x 11 inches.

• 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.

CLOSING THOUGHTS

Fun at Granite State Comic Con

They say a picture is worth a thousand words. So enjoy these photos from Granite State Comic Con, join us for our live chat this Sunday afternoon on Legion of Myth, please support BRIC, and spread the world about Palladium’s Big Horror Sale before it ends!

And don’t forget, you can still preorder TMNT & Other Strangeness RPG, Transdimensional Adventures, the two Black White & Red Edition (interior art in beautiful gray-scale and red much like the covers), Game Master Shield, and Mutagen Green Dice at Kickstarter prices.

– Kevin Siembieda, Publisher, Game Designer, and Friend

Kevin and Sean with Kevin Eastman

Kevin Eastman autographs Sean’s original copy of TMNT & Other Strangeness

Kevin and Sean with Rifts and TMNT artist Freddie E. Williams II

Sean and Kevin with Steve Jackson, Irene Zielinski, and Meredith Placko

A table showing TMNT Negatives