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ONE GAME SYSTEM – EVERY GENRE – COUNTLESS WORLDS – ENDLESS ADVENTURE
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Surprise Packages Start – Palladium Books® Weekly Update – October 11, 2024
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I’m finally getting back into my stride here at Palladium where there are so many exciting things being explored or in actual development behind the scenes. Things small and large. Stuff that should help catapult Palladium Books to new heights over the next several years. The TMNT & Other Strangeness RPG Redux editions are just the start of great things.
Ah, but let us focus on the immediate, and please continue to read after the excitement of the first announcement.
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- Palladium Books’ ever popular Christmas Surprise Package offer starts now! We had planned to launch it on October 24, but so many of you have been asking about it, we decided to launch it two weeks early. And we’re keeping the price the same as last year.
What’s a Surprise Package? Only the best deal in gaming. No other game company dares to offer anything like it. A Surprise Package is a way to get physical RPGs and sourcebooks, poker decks, art prints, miniatures, pens, notepads, bookmarks, T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc., at huge discounts and books signed by the creators. EVERY PRODUCT is available for Surprise Package consideration. Plus, if you want autographs, just ask, and each book will be signed by Kevin Siembieda and the available Palladium staff. A 26 year annual tradition because you love it so much. Happy Holidays starting with Halloween. Enjoy. See more details below or hit the link for the comprehensive details.
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- Palladium Books® YouTube Channel presents the Official History of Palladium directly from the mind of founder Kevin Siembieda (that’s me!) – The first episode can be found on the Palladium Books® YouTube Channel now. A new chat should appear every two weeks. We have something like 20 of them taped and in the stage of final editing, with more to come. Presented in loose chronological order by game line. The host of each episode is the astute J-M DeFoggi. All are fun and full of details you have probably never heard before. We hope you enjoy them.
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- More Glitterbois Palladium histories are also coming soon. The podcasts take a loose, fan approach that gamers have been enjoying for several months now.
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- The Legion of Myth live chats with Kevin Siembieda and Sean Owen Roberson will begin to take place once a month. We talk about all things Palladium as well as other role-playing game topics. We are currently focusing on discussions about how to run various role-playing elements in your games, and offer ideas for players and Game Masters alike. All past episodes are available on their channel for your viewing enjoyment with more to come. (Psssst. I, Kevin Siembieda, will be one of the panelists Friday evening, October 18, talking about how to build and run a horror/Halloween game or campaign. Join us, won’t you?)
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- Support the BRIC crowdfunder to save lives. Me and a few Palladium freelancers already have. This is a special charity close to our hearts. See complete details in the Weekly Update or click here.
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- What’s hot at Palladium this week – With Halloween around the corner and our Big Scary Horror Sale having just ended, we have been seeing all our horror titles blowing off the shelves, especially Dead Reign® and Nightbane® books. But also Rifts, Palladium Fantasy, Ninjas & Superspies, and all of a sudden, Rifts Chaos Earth®. Now with the Christmas Surprise Package starting and EVERY Palladium product being part of it, the holiday madness begins. Spread the word and don’t miss out on this spectacular opportunity. This 26 year fan fave tradition only comes around once a year.
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- See the Starbreaker Kickstarter for an expansive and fun space opera setting for Savage World rules (and adaptable to Phase World and the Three Galaxies or Aliens Unlimited).
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Christmas Surprise Package – Now Shipping
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Huge savings, surprises, and autographs (if you request them) that thrill the purchaser. This is the 26th year we are offering this fan favorite Christmas season bargain because we love doing it as much as you love getting them.
What is a Christmas Surprise Package?
A smile and a hug that comes in a box filled with signed game books from available Palladium staff and freelancers. It is a way for you to get physical books (and autographs if you want them) at PDF prices! $100+ worth of Palladium products for only $60 (plus shipping)! That can nab you four or more items when these days one core rule book can cost you that alone.
These Christmas Surprise Packages are our way of saying thank you for your support and showing you our love and appreciation. It’s a surprise because you never know exactly what you’re going to get or who will sign your books, because we pick from your Wish List and may surprise you with stuff you are not expecting. Extra items may include other RPGs, sourcebooks, issues of the Rifter®, novels, miniatures, prints, art books, greeting cards, T-shirts, negatives, and other items. Some books may be slightly damaged (scuffs, scratches, dings, a bent or crunched corner, etc.) so we can send you more.
No other RPG company on the planet has an offer like this. Truly the best deal in gaming to get unique and special holiday gifts for the gamers in your life, or for yourself.
Christmas Surprise Packages are not just for Christmas. Whether you celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, or the Winter Solstice, or you are looking for that special gift for a birthday, anniversary, graduation, or any special occasion that falls between now and the end of the year, a Surprise Package may be the ideal way to go. You get a ton of stuff on the cheap, you can get a bunch of autographs (if you want ‘em), and you look like you spent a fortune.
This is also a great way to try that game setting you’ve wondered about – Splicers®, Dead Reign®, Chaos Earth®, Palladium Fantasy®, Nightbane®, Beyond the Supernatural, Rifts®, RECON, After the Bomb®, etc. – or to get something for your favorite Game Master. Or perhaps, to get your player group to consider a new game or setting.
Your “Wish List” is vital – the Palladium Surprise Packages are designed to simulate the joy and surprise of the Christmas Season of Giving. To do this, you submit a list of 12-15 Palladium products (or more) FOR EACH Surprise Package you order. This list of 12-15 items for EACH Grab Bag is critical, because you will not know which items we will select to send you. That makes it just like a Christmas gift because it’s a surprise. Plus, Surrogate Santa Kevin, who personally hand-picks every item for every Grab Bag, may toss in something extra like a limited edition print, or a negative or similar collector’s item, or an issue of The Rifter®, or something else he thinks you’ll enjoy.
Autographed books. For those of you who want them (which are most people), available members of the Palladium staff, and any freelancers we can lasso at the time, are happy to autograph each and every book in your Surprise Package. This is the only way many fans across the country and overseas can ever get signed books.
Send us your brief comments. There is a special form and format to fill out for Christmas Surprise Packages, including a place where you can offer your brief comments, suggestions, greetings and salutations.
First-timers are always nervous until they see the great value in their first Surprise Package. A typical Grab Bag has $100+ worth of product. Yes, often more, for only $60 plus shipping. Many people order 2-3. Some order 4-6, and some maniacs order even more! It makes sense, because it is a great way to fill holes in your own collection, treat yourself, get autographs, try new games and settings, rebuild your collection, replace worn out books, and get your gaming pals gifts. Only from PalladiumBooks.com – happy holidays. PLEASE spread the word about this great offer. Note: Search online for Palladium Surprise Package box opening videos to get an idea of what you can expect to receive. I know the Legion of Myth, among others, has such videos.
To those of you outside the USA, the X-Mas Surprise Package is a way to get books and circumvent the damn high cost of shipping from the United States, since you are getting $110 (often more) worth of product and only paying $60 plus shipping. Shipping via Priority Mail International (required for packages weighing more than four pounds) to most locations in Europe, Canada and many other countries is around $70-80 US dollars. HOWEVER, because the cost of the product is so low, that’s the equivalent of paying retail for the products and only $20-$40 for shipping. A very good deal. Plus you get autographs if you want them! X-Mas Surprise Packages are the way to go for those of you outside the USA. Please take advantage of it to get all those products you’ve wished you could get except the shipping was too prohibitive. We feel your pain. Game on!
Please spread the word. The Christmas Surprise Package is only publicized by word of mouth, on Palladium's website, and social media, so please tell everyone you know. Buy one for every gamer you know. They make astonishing gifts for every occasion. Only from PalladiumBooks.com – happy holidays.
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A Kickstarter we recommend –
Starbreaker Role-Playing – Space Opera Setting & Adventure Book for use with Savage Worlds
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Palladium’s Sean Owen Roberson has worked with both of the main creators and both of us are fired up about this rapidly growing, new tabletop game company. We like their imagination, concepts, artwork, and products.
Are you looking for epic space opera and galactic intrigue? Then you will want to look at the Starbreaker: SAINTs and Synners Kickstarter from Star Anvil Studios. Designed for use with the Savage Worlds rules, with approval of Pinnacle the publisher of Savage Words under their official Ace Licensing program.
Adventure starts at the edge of known space in a galaxy rife with danger, corruption, and crime lords. You don’t know who you can trust and there is always someone looking for hired guns like you and your crew. The question is, are you working for the good guys (SAINTs) or one of the many criminal syndicates (Synnners).
As SAINTs, you may find yourself on a mission of mercy or working undercover to take down one of the space-spanning Syndicates. You may fight for justice and free trade, or you might be a cosmic Robinhood who steals from criminal Syndicates and gives to the poor – after lining your own pockets to fund such noble operations. Whatever the case, you are up against powerful, self-serving scum who prey upon those who can’t fight back.
What’s that? You’re tired of playing the good guys? That’s just fine, because you can choose to play as a Synner out to make a big score or even to build your own criminal empire from the ground up.
Which will you be? Savior and SAINT or Synner and destroyer?
To be either, you need to back this dynamic, science fiction setting and adventure sourcebook. Complete with monsters, aliens, vehicles, gear, new edges and rules for Savage Worlds, great art and more! Please spread the word to other Savage Worlds gamers and sf fans who love settings with backstabbing space empires and noble underdogs.
Click here to see more and to back it today!
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GiveSendGo Fundraising for BRIC needs our help
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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.
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Final Days! – TMNT Film Kickstarter – an epic TMNT documentary – get yours now
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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®.
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Palladium Collectibles – at Kevin’s Online Toy & Collectibles eBay Store
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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.
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Each negative is truly unique, attractive, and fun to have.
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Own a piece of Palladium Books and RPG history you will treasure.
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Each was used to print the very book you may have in your collection (1981-2004).
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Each is signed in silver ink by Kevin Siembieda and comes with a Certificate of Authenticity.
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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).
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Looks great matted or framed! Fits an 8x10 inch matt opening. Each neg is roughly 8½ x 11 inches.
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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.
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The annual Surprise Package offer is back
This Update is pretty jam-packed with news and the start of Palladium’s Christmas Surprise Package offer, so I will keep my thoughts brief.
During this time of uncertainty and economic difficulty for many people, the Christmas Surprise Package provides a way to purchase holiday gifts (and birthday presents) at tremendous savings. It’s also a way to get autographs, replace worn out books, try new settings, collect Rifters, and treat yourself to RPG fun. So please spread the word. You’d be surprised at how many gamers have never heard about Palladium’s Christmas Surprise Package.
Don’t take our word for how fun and special this Grab Bag is, see any of the zillions of Christmas Surprise Package videos all over the Internet from years past. And, if you are thinking of trying a Surprise Package for the very first time, I suggest you do it soon, because you may want to order another one or more for yourself and fellow gamers in your life.
More Podcasts and YouTube videos. As per your requests, Sean and I are trying to have a growing presence online. That means more online interviews and events that you all seem to enjoy. An official history of Palladium Books with behind the scenes insight and stories launched this week! In fact, 240 of you have viewed it before we even announced it. Awesome, I hope you enjoy them. A new piece of history will be unveiled every other week on the Palladium Books YouTube channel. This is in addition to chats on the Glitterbois podcast and Legion of Myth on YouTube, and other streamers.
I love sharing stories with you and it has been fun doing this ongoing series. I hope it inspires others to discover role-playing games and to follow their dreams. Enjoy your weekend and game on.
– Kevin Siembieda, Publisher, Game Designer, and Friend
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