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2009 Xmas Surprise Package
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Code: XMAS
Price:$37.00
Shipping Weight: 10.00 pounds
2009 Christmas Surprise Package
Every year for the last 11 or 12 years now, Palladium has been doing its Christmas Surprise Package – our way of saying thank you to our fans and making their Christmas a little bit more special.
This year is bigger than ever!
What is a Palladium Christmas Surprise Package?
$80-$90 (or more!) worth of Palladium Books product for only $37 plus shipping!
Get role-playing games, sourcebooks, prints, greeting cards, coffee mugs, T-shirts, magnets, and other products, as well as original artwork and sketches – all items “handpicked” by Kevin Siembieda from YOUR “wish list.” Upon request, we are happy to autograph all items; signed by Kevin Siembieda and available staff members and freelancers.
It’s a surprise package because you never know exactly what you’re going to get or who will sign your books. We try to include many of the items on your “wish list,” but we’ll surprise you with stuff you are not expecting. Things like a special print(s), or issues of The Rifter®, or a Palladium RPG or sourcebook(s) or other items that we think you might enjoy. Plus you can ask for unusual items like a signed photograph of Kevin Siembieda and the staff (includes Henry Siembieda, Wayne Smith, Julius Rosenstein and Alex Marciniszyn), or out of print books (as suggested here), or special gold editions (as suggested here), art prints, and maybe even some original art. ALL with autographs if you want them. For many of you, this is the only way to get autographs!
Yep, it’s our way of saying thank you to our loyal fans, delivering a little Christmas cheer, and putting a smile on the faces of some big kids.
This year, with the economy being so bad for so many people, Kevin decided to make the Christmas Surprise Package even more spectacular, with more items and surprises to brighten up your holiday season. To increase the value by $10-$20 (and that’s a conservative estimate) we had to raise the price two thin dollars, but we think you’ll find it well worth it.
Spread the word
The Christmas Surprise Package is only being publicized by word of mouth, to readers of The Rifter® and on Palladium's Web Site – www.palladiumbooks.com – so tell your friends, buy one for every gamer you know, get autographs, and have a very Merry Christmas.
When you can order? Right now!
Now till December 21, 2009. HOWEVER, we are NOT likely to ship the first batch before October 9, 2009. But ordering now will give us ample time to put the first rush of orders together and make them truly special. Note: Orders received by Palladium after December 14th can NOT be guaranteed to arrive before Christmas. Likewise, Palladium makes no promise that orders sent to countries outside the USA or to military bases will be received before December 25th regardless of when they are placed. The first orders WILL NOT be filled before October 9, 2009.
The Cost
$37.00 plus shipping and handling (usually another $10-$15, approximately $47-$52 total for most purchasers in the USA, about $15-$20 more to Canada. Shipping overseas is about twice the cost to Canada. Our apologies to our friends outside the USA. We are only passing along the increased postal rates of Priority International mail (typically 4-8 days delivery; anything weighing more than 4 pounds must ship Priority mail). But for most of you, this is the only way you’ll ever be able to get autographed books, limited edition prints, art or unique items. Plus, we always try to make the orders going to countries outside of North America, extra special.
Credit card orders are welcomed. Visa and MasterCard are preferred, but we accept most cards. Place orders online, by mail, or by telephone (734-721-2903; this is an order line only).
What you get
$80-$90 or MORE worth of goodies. A minimum of eighty dollars ($80) retail in Palladium product, probably more! Sometimes much more! Santa Kevin has pledged to make the 2009 Christmas Surprise Packages the biggest and best ever in hopes of lifting everyone’s spirits in these gloomy and uncertain times. The word he used was “epic.”
Autographs from Kevin Siembieda and available staff and freelance artists and writers. If you “request” autographs we will sign every book in your box! For many, especially those across the country or overseas, this is the only way they are likely to get autographs from Kevin Siembieda and crew. Take advantage of it. This year, Henry Siembieda (the creator of Kevin Siembieda) is signing select books (not every book, but many of them). Many people find autographs make the item that much more special and valuable, and we are happy to oblige. Get ‘em while you can.
Each order is handpicked by Kevin Siembieda from a “wish list” you provide! Please list at least 8-12 items that you know are in stock. PLEASE do not list books you know are out of print; you will not get them.
Sketches by Palladium artists. Brian Manning, Allen Manning, Kevin Siembieda, Mark Dudley, Nick Bradshaw, Kent Burles and other artists have volunteered to do fun, quick sketches to drop into some of the Surprise Packages but you MUST ASK FOR ONE to even be considered.
Special items may include out of print books (only use titles suggested here), gold editions, art prints, posters, greeting cards, bumper stickers, books, T-shirts, coffee mugs, magnets, and other items.
The Grab Bag makes a wonderful gift for Christmas, birthdays, or anniversaries for the gamers in your life. Since there will be so much in every Surprise Package, ordering just one might enable you to give books to two or more pals. Of course, you never know what we might select from your list, so that might be a little risky.
Impress your friends with a gift worth $80 or more for a cost of only $37 (plus shipping and handling).
Fill holes in your own collection or get books and product you’ve been meaning to get or have been eyeballing longingly. As a “grab bag/surprise package” you never know exactly what you will receive, but that’s the fun “surprise” part of this offer and we always try to send as many of your “special wants” as we can (at least three, almost always more). Extra items may include other RPG books, The Rifter®, posters, prints, art books, greeting cards, magnets, Rifts® calculator, Rifts® Sticky Note pads, back stock items, uncut covers, original art sketch, and other items or a surprise or two.
Multiple orders WILL result in some duplication.
If you ask for signatures, every book will be signed by Kevin Siembieda and available staff members and freelancers. Note: If you do NOT want autographs, please state – “No autographs.” If you do not want to be considered for a T-shirt, write – “No T-shirts.”
Your “Wish List”
To insure your X-Mas Surprise Package is everything you want it to be, send us a wish list of your “wants.” The more items listed, the more likely you are to get items you want. List them in order of preference (at least 7 or 8 items, but 10 or more is better). That way, you don’t know what you’re getting and we have a large selection to choose from, making it fun for you and easier on us. Thanks.
PLEASE do not ask for books you know are not yet available or out of print like Palladium Fantasy Crimson Hardcover, Tome Grotesque, Armageddon Unlimited, or Mechanoid Space®.
Note: Santa Kev and his elves are NOT mind readers. If you do not give us a clear idea of your wants, you may be disappointed by what comes in your Surprise Package.
You do NOT make our job easier when you say something like “I own everything, surprise me,” or “I don’t care, anything special.” It makes our job much, much more difficult. We want to make each Grab Bag special, but because we don’t know you or what books you own, like or want, we do not have a clue as to what to send you unless you give us a variety of items on your list.
Please say something like this: “I own it all, but would love any duplicate Fantasy books signed by the Palladium crew.” Or “I have most of it, surprise me with T-shirts or unique items like signed prints, T-Shirts or a coffee mug, if available;” and so on. BETTER YET, list 8-12 books or specific items on your wish list.
Ideas for “Special Wants”
Rifts® Ultimate Edition hardcover core rule book.
Rifts® Core Books like Rifts® G.M. Guide, Rifts® Book of Magic, and Rifts® Adventure Guide. Note: The Rifts® G.M. Guide is currently available only as a damaged book (until it is reprinted next year).
For Rifts®: Shemarrian Nation™, Fleets of the Three Galaxies™, Tales of the Chi-Town ‘Burbs™ (short stories), Rifts® Machinations of Doom™ (graphic novel and awesome sourcebook), Rifts® & the Megaverse® – the Art of John Zeleznik (soft cover art book or the $50 hardcover; color throughout), the Zeleznik Coloring Book, Rifts® Sourcebook One Revised (has lots of adventures and new material), Three Galaxies™ (back in print), Hades, Dyval™, Dimensional Outbreak (not available till November), Naruni Wave 2™ (back in print), World Book 10: Juicer Uprising™ (back in print), WB 11: Coalition War Campaign™ (back in print), WB 12: Psyscape, WB 14: Rifts® New West™ (back in print), WB 15: Rifts® Spirit West™ (back in print), WB 26: Rifts® Dinosaur Swamp™ and/or WB 27: Rifts® Adventures in Dinosaur Swamp™, Rifts® Atlantis, Rifts® Australia, Rifts® South America, Rifts® Mercenaries, Rifts® MercTown™, Rifts® Merc Ops™, Rifts® Merc Adventures, Rifts® WB 28: Arzno™, Rifts® WB 29: Madhaven™, Rifts® WB 30: D-Bees™ of North America (86 D-Bees!), Rifts® Chaos Earth™ RPG (and sourcebooks), etc.
Dimension Books like Fleets of the Three Galaxies™ (Minion War™ and standalone title), Hades (Minion War™), Dyval™ (Minion War™), Naruni Wave 2™, Wormwood™ (weird demonic horror), Skraypers™ (alien superheroes), Phase World®, Phase World® Sourcebook, The Three Galaxies™, The Anvil Galaxy™, Megaverse® Builder™ and others. Dimensional Outbreak™ (Minion War™) and Heroes of the Megaverse™ (Minion War™) will not be available until November.
Rifts® Conversion Books. All three are great references: Rifts® Conversion Book One and Rifts® Conversion Book 2: Pantheons of the Megaverse® are available. (Rifts® Dark Conversions™ is temporarily out of print.)
Rifts® Ultimate Gold (limited and signed). We have approximately 30 copies put aside special for the 2009 Grab Bags. That means only those of you who win us over with a short, but compelling pitch on why you should get one will be considered. Note: The Rifts® Ultimate Gold originally sold for $70 and currently has a value of $100+ as a collector’s item – request it, and it is the ONLY item you are likely to get in your X-Mas Surprise Package.
Rifts® First Edition Rules – “Silver” Hardcover. This item is sold out, and even Palladium only has about a dozen or so copies available for this X-Mas Surprise Package. This is considered to be a $80 collector’s item – request it and you are likely to get only one other item in your X-Mas Surprise Package.
Are you a Phase World® fan? Do you need a copy of Rifts® Dimension Book 2: Phase World®, Phase World® Sourcebook, Naruni Wave Two, Fleets of the Three Galaxies™, or Megaverse® Builder? Did you know the upcoming Rifts® Dimensional Outbreak™ takes place on Phase World®?
Robotech® RPG – Manga Edition and Hardcover Edition. This is Palladium’s hot return of the Robotech® role-playing game series. As a “licensed” property, the number of Robotech® books we can include in our X-Mas Surprise Packages is limited. You can ask, but we can’t promise you’ll get one. Manga Edition is $16.95, the hardcover is $30.95
Robotech® Sourcebooks include Macross Saga™, The Masters Saga™, and Robotech® UEEF Marines™ sourcebook (not be available till November).
Robotech® RPG™ “Gold” Collectors Edition Hardcover (limited & signed). Only 500 signed and numbered copies were created. We have 10 signed printer proofs (a couple signed, but slightly damaged) available for the 2009 Grab Bags. That means only those of you who win us over with a short, compelling pitch on why you should get one will be considered. You can beg or you can be witty, but only Santa Kev will decide who gets a copy. Note: The signed and numbered Robotech Gold® Collector’s Edition currently sells for $70 exclusively from Palladium Books, this is a “printer’s proof,” even rarer (estimated value $100+) – request it, and it is the ONLY item you get in your X-Mas Surprise Package.
Rifts® and the Megaverse® – The Art of John Zeleznik, hardcover art book. Gorgeous. $50 value. Limited to 500 copies. Sorry, Masterwork edition is not available as a grab bag item.
Heroes Unlimited™ and sourcebooks: Any of the following make for great superhero gaming! Heroes Unlimited™ G.M.’s Guide, Powers Unlimited™ One (back in print), Powers Unlimited™ Two, Powers Unlimited™ Three, Villains Unlimited™ Revised, Century Station™, Gramercy Island™, Aliens Unlimited Galaxy Guide™, Compendium of Contemporary Weapons, Ninjas & Superspies™ RPG, and Mystic China™, among others. Skraypers™ with alien superheroes and villains, though designed as a Rifts® Dimension Book, it is easy to adapt to HU2 and could make an exciting alien world or alien invasion campaign.
Palladium Fantasy RPG® and sourcebooks. A unique fantasy world with human and non-human races that go well beyond the Elf, Dwarf, and Gnome of other games: Mysteries of Magic™ Book One (new!), the Palladium Fantasy RPG® itself, plus epic sourcebooks like Western Empire™, Eastern Territory™, Mount Nimro™, Northern Hinterlands™, Land of the Damned™ One and Two, (Larry Elmore cover), Monsters & Animals™ (epic), Dragons & Gods™, and others.
Dead Reign™ RPG is Palladium’s zombie apocalypse game. There is also the Civilization Gone sourcebook (came out this spring) and the new Dark Places sourcebook (out in October).
Beyond the Supernatural™ RPG Soft Cover Edition: Modern day horror and weirdness reminiscent of the new, hit TV show, Fringe. Can be used with Dead Reign™ and Nightbane®. New sourcebooks coming for BTS-2 in 2010.
Beyond the Supernatural™ “Gold” Hardcover, Limited Edition RPG. Limited to 600 signed and numbered copies (two-thirds are already sold). Only about 1 in 100 will get a copy if it is requested. This is a $50 item.
Nightbane® RPG and sourcebooks. New Nightbane® Survival Guide. All Nightbane® titles are in stock except the discontinued Shadows of Light (which is available as a PDF from DriveThruRPG.com). Did you know Nightbane characters can be used in Heroes Unlimited™, Ninjas & Superspies™, Beyond the Supernatural™ 2nd Ed. and even Dead Reign™?
Back stock: RPGs, sourcebooks, world books, and supplements you’ve been meaning to get, but haven’t gotten around to. This is a great way to fill those holes in your collection, get hard to find back stock items or try a new game like Rifts® RPG, Palladium Fantasy®, Nightbane®, Heroes Unlimited™, Ninjas & Superspies™, Mystic China™, After the Bomb®, After the Bomb® Sourcebooks, Beyond the Supernatural™, Chaos Earth™, Deluxe RECON® or Splicers®.
Rifter® back issues. Palladium has stopped reprinting back issues of The Rifter® and issues 1-13 are no longer available – except for the X-Mas Surprise Package and conventions attended by Palladium. We have kept 30-100 copies of most issues of The Rifter® especially for this purpose, but some issues are already completely gone (including issues #4, #8, #22-26, #28, #29, #30-35). Other numbers are nearly gone, so they are available only while supplies last. Oh, and don’t forget The Best of The Rifter® (which includes a listing and index of everything that has ever appeared in Rifter issues #1-33).
The Magic of Palladium Books® Collection, a reprint of the original tabloids, only available upon request. Almost out of stock. Need Compendium of Contemporary Weapons or the After the Bomb® RPG or AtB sourcebooks?
Rifts® Miniatures. Many are already completely sold out, others are running low and we don’t have plans to recast them anytime soon, if ever. Get ‘em while you can. Normally sell for 4-6 dollars per pack, but order ‘em for the 2009 Surprise Package and we’ll send you a heap of ‘em along with your other goodies.
Mutants by Erick Wujcik. If you’ve never seen any of the old After the Bomb® sourcebooks or the newer After the Bomb® RPG (the last RPG written by Erick Wujcik), you might want to consider trying them. They are great, fun to play and easily used with Heroes Unlimited™, Ninjas & Superspies™, and even Nightbane®, Dead Reign™ or Rifts®.
AtB sourcebooks include Road Hogs™, Mutants Down Under™, Mutants in Avalon™, Mutants of the Yucatan™ and Mutants in Orbit™ (half the book is for Rifts® and the other half for After the Bomb®).
Other titles you might want to try include Splicers®, RECON®, Beyond the Supernatural™, Nightbane®, Heroes Unlimited™, Ninjas & Superspies™, Dead Reign™ and Rifts® Chaos Earth™.
Rifts® “Dog Boys Playing Poker” – Unsigned Edition Print – This print is NOT signed and NOT numbered. About 100 copies are available by special request in the X-Mas Grab Bag! Available only while supplies last. 13x10 inch image, heavy paper stock, full color – suitable for framing. $10 value (signed and numbered editions are available for $15 only from the Palladium Online Store).
Only people who request art prints will be considered.
8x10 autographed, color photo of Publisher, Kevin Siembieda at his desk or Kevin and the key Palladium staff (still includes Henry Siembieda). Hey, we offer this item because we get a surprising number of people asking for them every year (like 100 last year!). Estimated Value: Priceless. Okay, how about six bucks? We may have John Zeleznik prints available too.
Only people who request such a photo will be considered.
Original artwork is available again, sort of. This time it is as “simple sketches” by select artists including Brian Manning, Allen Manning, Kevin Siembieda, Mark Dudley, Nick Bradshaw, Kent Burles and possibly other artists. These are made possible only because Palladium’s artists have VOLUNTEERED to do them for you. These are simple, convention sketch style drawings. Nothing elaborate, but always fun and worth having. Each is an original, signed, one-of-a-kind sketch with an estimated $20+ value. Other artists may be added later.
Only people who request a sketch will be considered.
2009 Special X-Mas Print Package – A special set of prints by Kevin Siembieda and 3-4 different Palladium artists. Each signed by the artist. Value for this package is $30-$40. One idea we are kicking around is Santa Claus depicted for the various Palladium settings. Can’t you just picture “Zombie Santa” by Nick Bradshaw (funny, we can). Exclusive to the 2009 Grab Bag and limited to 500.
Only people who request the 2009 X-Mas Print Package will be considered.
Rifts® Christmas Cards! Hey it’s Christmas time (okay soon), order some Rifts Christmas cards! One is the Rifts® Ultimate cover with Christmas hats on the heads of the Alien Intelligence. Another is the famous Kevin Long Rifts® ley line scene. Plus we have two birthday cards, a Rifts® “Thinking of You” and a fun Fantasy piece. Get a mixed set of six different cards, or six of the same (we have two different Christmas cards ideal for Rifts® players, two birthday cards, one thinking of you and one, um, funny Fantasy card). Value: $9 per set of six. They look GREAT!
Non-Book Palladium Products and Novelty items. Don’t forget about the various coffee mugs, Rifts® calculator (very cool), Rifts® Sticky Note pads, blue Rifts® dice bag (gold imprint), magnets, art prints (various), A+Plus comics (out of print for decades, $10+ value each) and other items. Remember, most of these items are limited to less than 500 total pieces and are, in effect, collector items.
Palladium T-Shirts available while supplies last; some sizes are already gone; first come, first served. All have a $20+ value.
Game Master Unleashed – 2XL only.
25th Anniversary (2006; gold on black) – XL only.
I Survived the 2006 Open House – Large & XL only.
Lazlo Society – XL only.
Rifts® Dog Pack – XL only.
F’in Brilliant - Small to 4XL
Property of the Coalition States – Small to 3XL
Gamer – Small to 4XL
Gamer “Zombie” – Small to 4XL
Hell was full so I came back (color!) – Small to 4XL.
Note: If you do NOT want a T-shirt write – “No T-shirt.” If you do want to be considered for a T-shirt make sure you give us your size.REMEMBER, this is a “Surprise Package.” While Kevin Siembieda and the Palladium staff personally TRY to make each and every Surprise Package something special, we cannot guarantee satisfaction. It is a "Grab Bag." Buyers may not always be satisfied (although we seem to succeed with most) and duplication will occur with multiple orders.
Note: Some book titles may be slightly damaged (bent corner, scuffed, nicked, etc.) so we can send you MORE. Of course, we cannot control damage that may occur in the mail/shipping (Media Mail being the worst in that regard), but we do ship everything in a cardboard box or tube. The Rifts® G.M. Guide is currently available only as a damaged book (until it is reprinted next year).
Method of Shipping. Ordering online allows you to select the desired method of shipping, and we recommend UPS because it is fast, reliable and easy to track. It also has lowest loss and damage statistics.
Media Mail is the least expensive, but it is also the least dependable. Media Mail can take anywhere from 5-21 days, sometimes 1-2 weeks longer, and it and most other U.S. Post Office methods of mail can NOT be tracked. If you want your 2009 Surprise Package quickly, DO NOT ship via Media Mail. Use UPS or Priority Mail instead. Note: Rare books and one-of-a-kind items, like art prints or gold editions, can NOT be replaced if lost or damaged in the mail.
Make sure you give us your entire, correct street address and APARTMENT NUMBER!
Palladium is NOT responsible for loss if you give us an incorrect or incomplete address, or if you move before the grab bag arrives.
UPS cannot ship to a P.O. Box; provide a street address.
Place your orders now – we start shipping October 9, 2009
Happy Holidays from all of us at Palladium Books®
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