Month: January 2026

Palladium Books Museum Exhibit – Weekly Update – January 30, 2026

Written by Wayne Smith on January 30, 2026. Posted in Weekly Updates.

SALES, NINJA TURTLES, & MORE – ONE GAME SYSTEM – EVERY GENRE – COUNTLESS WORLDS – ENDLESS MUTANTS AND ADVENTURE

BY KEVIN SIEMBIEDA

Palladium Books Museum Exhibit – Weekly Update – January 30, 2026

Worlds of Palladium exhibit at the Detroit Historical Museum

NEWS! Palladium Books and Kevin Siembieda recognized by the Detroit Historical Museum for contributions to tabletop games

Exhibit Opening is February 7th, 1 PM, please join us

This is one of the greatest honors of my life (a DragonCon award and GAMA Hall of Fame are up there too). To be recognized in an exhibit at the Detroit Historical Museum in downtown Detroit feels like a wonderful dream.

Learn more & come see the Exhibit

Come to the Worlds of Palladium Exhibit OPENING – Saturday, February 7 – Meet Kevin Siembieda at 1 PM till closing (5 PM)

Ask me questions, bring books for me to sign, and meet Palladium Books staffers like Alex Marciniszyn, Wayne Smith, and Caleb Nelson who will also be present at 1 PM for a while. There is a more formal discussion with me and the curator from 3:00-3:30pm, but I will be there till closing. How many game designers and RPG companies have ever had an exhibit in a historical museum? It’s astonishing to be recognized by my home town of Detroit in my lifetime. Please share in this joyful and historic celebration.

ALSO see the Heroes vs. Villains: Detroit’s Comic Book Story exhibit nearby. I am just one of the many Detroit comic creators recognized. (Alex and I created and published Detroit’s first comic book, A+Plus!) Mike Kucharski, who did artwork for various early Palladium titles as well as Erick’s Amber Diceless RPG and Amberzine, is also recognized in the Comic Book exhibit (which ends September 13, 2026).

Learn more & come see the Exhibit

The Worlds of Palladium Exhibit – runs from February 7 thru September 19, 2026 – Detroit Historical Museum – 5401 Woodward Ave, Detroit, Michigan, 48202 – telephone: 313-833-1805 – Admission: $15 for adults, Children 6-12 $8. Closed Mondays and Tuesdays, Open Wednesday thru Saturday 10 AM to 5 PM, Sunday 1-5 PM. Heck, make a day of it, and see all the awesome Historical Museum exhibits including the Streets of Old Detroit (my all-time fave) and the Detroit art museum is across the street; it’s one of the best in the country.

Learn more & come see the Exhibit

In the months ahead, when you’re in the area to see the Worlds of Palladium exhibit, you may call Palladium ahead of time (734-721-2900) to see if Kevin and/or staff member may be available to give you a brief tour of the Palladium office and warehouse – practically a gaming museum in and of itself – and hang out for 20 minutes or so, bring books to sign. If we are not too busy and available, we are happy to do this for you. Entire families and groups of friends are welcome. Subject to availability and our production schedule. No guarantee you can visit. (734-721-2900 office tel – 39074 Webb Court – Westland, MI – near Ford Road and I-275 and an Ikea).

COMING! A weekend of conversation with Kevin Siembieda this spring

Because so many friends and fans have told me they want to come in from out of town to see and celebrate the Worlds of Palladium Exhibit with me (thank you everyone, I am deeply touched) – I thought I would do a special weekend event when it’s warmer and nicer, like the end of April or early May, to help make their trip special.

This is NOT a Palladium Open House! No gaming. YOU will be responsible for your own food, hotel, and travel arrangements. Probably limited to 50 or 60 people on a first-come, first-served basis.This is a weekend with me and the guys. A gathering of friends like a family reunion or a big birthday party. (Hey, I am turning 70 in April.) A time to just visit and chat. I’m thinking of a Friday AND Saturday event in April or May.

The idea is, you go see the exhibit at the Detroit Historical Museum (see the Comic Book one too) one morning or early afternoon, and then you come to the Palladium Books warehouse to hang out that afternoon and evening. Nothing fancy. Ask me and the rest of us questions about the history of Palladium Books, the Detroit Gaming Center, Erick Wujcik, the early days of the RPG industry, your favorite game books, world settings, game design, etc., get autographs, buy stuff you’re missing, and have a nice time. More details to follow.

Back in Stock and available now

– Rifts® Psi-Ops: Psychic War – Available now – Cat. No. 894 – Learn about the Coalition States and the psychology of CS citizens. $26.99 retail.

– Rifts® Atlantis – Available now – Cat. No. 804 – 160 pages – Overview of Splugorth controlled Atlantis, True Atlanteans, Atlantean Tattoo Magic, 56 magic tattoos, the Sunaj assassin, 14 Minions of Splugorth, 20+ D-Bee slaves, 20 Bio-Wizard augmentations, 10 micro-parasites, 7 parasites, 6 symbiotic organisms, 12 Bio-Wizardry weapons, 9 Rune Weapons and more! $24.99 retail.

– Rifts® World Book 33: Northern Gun™ One – Available now – Cat. No. 887 – 224 pages – 70+ Northern Gun weapons, 27 NG giant robots, plus weapon systems, robot drones, NG Bounty Board, and more. $26.99 retail.

– Rifts® World Book 34: Northern Gun™ Two – Available now – Cat. No. 888 – 256 pages – More information about Northern Gun, 30+ power armor suits, 30+ M.D.C. body armor, 20+ types of armored clothing, 15 combat vehicles, hovercycles and more. $28.99 retail.

– Rifts® Ultimate Edition SOFTCOVER – Available now – Cat. No. 800-SE – 376 page core rule book, 24 color pages – on sale for $31.99 (normally $39.99 retail) – available now.

– Rifts® Ultimate Edition Hardcover – Available now – Cat. No. 800HC – 376 page core rule book, 24 color pages – on sale for $39.99 (normally $49.99 retail) – available now.

– Rifts® 30th Anniversary Hardcover – Available now – Cat. No. 800HC30 – 288 pages – The original Keith Parkinson Rifts RPG cover and core rules (still compatible with all Rifts titles) plus 24 color pages of behind the scenes secrets, photos, never before seen concept art, and a color gallery of every cover to date. Beautiful – on sale for $39.99 (normally $49.99 retail) – available now.

– Rifts® Cyberworks Collection Hardcover – Available now – Cat. No. 900HC – 384 pages – Collects the remastered Rifts Sourcebook One Revised and Expanded, Rifts Sourcebook 2: The Mechanoids, Shemarrian Nation, and world-building storyline updates from Rifts Aftermath. Discover the many secrets of the Machine God ARCHIE and his robot legion – on sale for $39.99 (normally $49.99 retail) – available now.

TMNT & Other Strangeness RPG Redux Editions – in stores and available now from Palladium Books

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness Redux Editions are just starting to hit stores, but we’re already getting reports of the books selling out in a matter of days. Fear not, we have more for reorders. Reminder: Each Redux Edition collects THREE TMNT & Other Strangeness titles, so you are getting 3 books and 250+ pages in each Redux Edition Hardcover. Check your favorite game store or order directly from Palladium Books.

– Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness Redux Edition RPG Hardcover – 272 pages – Cat. No. 502HC – $59.99 retail. Contains the core rule book and two sourcebooks (Truckin’ Turtles and Turtles Go Hollywood) – 19 adventures – 80+ mutant animals (20 NEW!), fun mutant creation and rules that are great for beginners, plus written tributes, lush full color throughout, and more. Comic book and art fans note: There are 60+ illustrations, concept art, and an original 8 page comic strip by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird made exclusively for the RPG. Plus additional art by Kevin Long, Freddie E. Williams II, Ciro Nieli, Sophie Campbell, Jim Lawson, Eric Talbot, Mirage Studio artists and others (18 pages of color tribute art in all) created special for this book. This is the only book you need to play (but you’ll want TMNT Transdimensional Adventures too).

– TMNT Transdimensional Adventures Hardcover Sourcebook – 256 pages – Cat. No. 508HC – $59.99 retail. Contains Erick Wujcik’s three most famous and bestselling sourcebooks (Transdimensional TMNT, TMNT Guide to the Universe, and TMNT Adventures). Expand your adventures, time travel, and create teenage mutant ninja dinosaurs! Includes dimension and time travel rules, space travel, expanded vehicle combat and creation rules, 12 adventures, mutant dinosaurs, Utroms, Triceratons, and more. Comic book and art fans note: 50+ illustrations and two 10 page comic strips by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird, and 30+ illustrations by Jim Lawson all made exclusively for this book, as well as 15 pages of new color tribute art by comic book and gaming artists like Fero Pe, Freddie E. Williams II, Vincenzo Federici, David Petersen, Delgado, and others.

– TMNT & Other Strangeness Customizable G.M. Screen – 4 panels – plastic sleeves with 4 included inserts – featuring pulse-pounding artwork by Kevin Eastman and Freddie E. Williams II. Cat. No. 512 – $24.99 retail.

– Mutagen Green Dice – Liquid-filled, looks like they are filled with sizzling ooze every time you roll them. Dice come in a plastic test tube with the TCRI logo – Cat. No. 510 – $59.99 retail.

– Black, White, & Red Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness RPG – 272 pages – Cat. No. 504BWR – $59.99 retail. Same big RPG book with red bandana Ninja Turtles in a retro color profile that harkens back to the original black and white comics. It looks amazing..

– Black, White, & Red Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Transdimensional Adventures – 256 pages – Cat. No. 509BWR – $59.99 retail. The same fantastic sourcebook painted in grays and reds that harkens back to the original black and white comics. It looks incredible.

DriveThruRPG.com

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®.

Expand your digital library on DriveThruRPG!

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

Palladium collectibles, books, artwork, and negatives, as well as action figures, toys, and other items from Kevin Siembieda’s personal collection are available from this Ebay store!

One-of-a-kind Palladium Books 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. Last year at Granite State Comic Con, Kevin Eastman had TMNT negatives from the first comic book on display.

Before digital printing, pages of a book were laid out by hand on a board, and each page was photographed. These are the photographic negatives being sold as individual works of art and collectibles. When matted or framed on a white background they look like dynamic wood cut prints. And they are on sale right now!

Get yours now

CLOSING THOUGHTS

Being part of gaming history is a precious gift

The Worlds of Palladium at the Detroit Historical Museum, February 7 thru September 19th, has more significance for me than you might think. The Detroit Historical Museum has always been one of my favorite places to visit, especially in my youth, and holds a truly special place in my heart.

Whenever I went to the Detroit Institute of Arts museum across the street, or the main library across the other street, I would pop into the Historical Museum and visit all three. (And when I was a little kid, my family would make a stop at the Children’s Museum a little ways down on Kirby Street.) There was a period in my teens when I would make this pilgrimage by bus almost every weekend. These were three of my happy places. Each a home away from home and a place that fueled my imagination and inspired my creativity. The Streets of Old Detroit permanent exhibit in the basement still fires up my imagination.

These bastions of the arts and history, and the area around them, not only played a huge role in my development as an artist, writer, and publisher, but seemed like part of my destiny. I would end up attending the Center for Creative Studies, College of Art and Design just a couple blocks east of the Detroit Historical Museum. A few years later I’d become involved with the Wayne Weregamers, the gaming club at Wayne State University whose campus lies one block west of the museum. Not only that, Erick Wujcik and I (with help from many others) would establish the Detroit Gaming Center (DGC), another happy place, about 6 blocks south on Cass Avenue not far from Erick’s apartment on Prentis. So in a way, this all feels like coming home.

It is amazing and humbling to be recognized and celebrated by my hometown of Detroit. I am happy to have had such a positive influence on not just the gaming industry, but millions of gamers and creative individuals. Countless numbers of fans continue to tell us how much joy our games have brought into their lives and inspired their own creative pursuits.

Here are some of the milestones of Palladium Books’ 45 years

– Our covers, artwork, worldbuilding, and lore raised the standards of the RPG industry and continue to inspire generations of game designers, writers, artists, comic book creators, actors, filmmakers, and all kinds of people.

– Palladium was the first to introduce softcover “perfect bound” books onto the RPG market.

– Palladium was one of the very first to move away from generic game settings in a big way, starting with The Mechanoid Invasion Trilogy (1981) and Palladium Fantasy RPG (1983) and quickly followed by Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness, Robotech, Ninjas & Superspies, Beyond the Supernatural, Rifts, Nightbane, and all the rest.

– Palladium was the first to produce a universal game system starting with the Mechanoid Invasion Trilogy (1981).

– We were proud to learn that the Palladium Weapon Series books by me and Matthew Balent (and one by Erick Wujcik and another by Maryann Garner) were being added to libraries and used in some schools. They are indeed, well researched and historically accurate. Great job, Matt.

– Palladium Books is the first RPG company to create a true universe of many unique game worlds that fit almost every genre from fantasy and science fiction to super-heroes, modern horror, urban fantasy, zombies, post-apocalypse, space opera, military/war, and the mult-genre mixing pot that is uniquely Rifts.

For the proof, see game lines like The Mechanoids Trilogy, Palladium Fantasy RPG, Heroes Unlimited, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness, Robotech, Macross II, RECON, Ninjas & Superspies, Beyond the Supernatural, Rifts, Phase World, Nightbane, Systems Failure, Dead Reign, and After the Bomb. By the way, there are a few genres we plan to explore in the future.

– Palladium Books was the first company to license the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1985). Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness RPG became our first mega-hit. See the new, remastered, full color, Redux Editions available now.

– Palladium Books was the first game company to license Robotech (1986) and it became our second mega-hit.

– Palladium Books was the first to release on VHS tape (1989/1990) the following Robotech anime series: Robotech II: The Sentinels, Southern Cross/The Masters Saga, and New Generation. Each a bestseller that helped launch the anime VHS explosion in the early 1990s.

– Palladium was the first game license of Macross II (1989).

– Rifts was one of the first RPGs to combine two genres such as fantasy and science fiction into a unique world setting – Shadowrun and TORG being the other two that came out within the same time period. And Rifts is the very first to combine five or more genres in one setting.

– Rifts has out sold TMNT & Other Strangeness and Robotech combined, making it our biggest hit ever. There are 100+ Rifts titles continuously in print.

– Palladium is the first and only game publisher to anything like the Christmas Surprise Package.

– I had the incredible honor of helping found the Detroit Gaming Center (DGC; 1980) with the illustrious Erick Wujcik, Renee Vega, Matthew Balent, and a few others. The first of its kind in Detroit, and perhaps the nation, as an independent non-profit organization not funded or supported by a university or school. Erick and Matthew kept it going at one location or another and form or another for two decades.

– I had the great honor of being the first (and only?) role-playing game designer to be invited to the campus of Blizzard Entertainment to speak on the subject of worldbuilding (2010).

– I have written or co-written more than 200 RPG books and created more than a dozen unique worlds.

– I had the privilege of giving some legendary artists their first published art job including Ramon K. Perez, Tyler Walpole, and Freddie E. Williams II, amongst others. And have had the joy of working with many artists of renown (Steranko, Corben, Bissett, Hickman, Elmore, Eastman, Laird, and others).

I love meeting and chatting with some of the millions of gamers who have played our games and gotten countless hours of joy from them. I’m absolutely tickled every time I hear about parents passing our games on to their children, cousins, nieces and nephews.

When I first started Palladium Books, I didn’t even consider the lasting positive and joyful experience our games would bring to the players. I just wanted people to have fun and to share the types of games, worlds, heroes, and stories that I loved.

I have always been a big kid with an overactive imagination. I have a deep affection for art and stories of every kind, in every medium. I have been blessed with sharing those stories and inspiring others for 45 years, and I hope to continue to do so for many years to come.

My dear, dear friend Alex Marciniszyn says the Worlds of Palladium exhibit at the Detroit Historical Museum, along with increasing invitations to be a guest at conventions, is the recognition I deserve for a lifetime of creativity. Sean agrees. All I know for sure is, I find it beautiful and humbling to have inspired and brought joy to so many. Please keep your own imaginations burning bright and dare to follow your dreams like I did. You’ll never regret it.

– Kevin Siembieda, Game Designer, Writer, Friend

Rifts®, The Rifter®, RECON®, Splicers®, Powers Unlimited®, Palladium Books®, The Palladium Fantasy Role-Playing Game®, Phase World®, Nightbane®, Megaverse®, The Mechanoids®, The Mechanoid Invasion®, Coalition Wars®, Chaos Earth®, Dead Reign®, and After the Bomb® are Registered Trademarks of Palladium Books Inc.; Beyond the Supernatural, Coalition States, Garden of the Gods, Heroes Unlimited, Ninjas & Superspies, Minion War, Mysteries of Magic, Psychic Scream, SAMAS, Thundercloud Galaxy, Three Galaxies, Vampire Kingdoms, and other published book titles, names, slogans and likenesses are trademarks of Palladium Books Inc., and Kevin Siembieda.

TMNT © 2026 Viacom International Inc. All Rights Reserved. Nickelodeon, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and all related titles, logos, and characters are trademarks of Viacom International Inc.

Sale, News & More – Weekly Update – Palladium Books® – January 23, 2026

Written by Wayne Smith on January 23, 2026. Posted in Weekly Updates.

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

BY KEVIN SIEMBIEDA

Sale, News & More – Weekly Update – Palladium Books^® – January 23, 2026

Make sure you read all the news, partake in the new sale, and see the books back in print, the PAGE Report, and fun Fan Comments at the end. Now dive into it.

Back in Stock!

You all made our Christmas season very busy. Thank you, but that meant many titles sold out by the end of the season. The four fan-favorites listed below sold out almost immediately and are now back in stock.

– Rifts® Psi-Ops: Psychic War – Available now – Cat. No. 894 – Learn about the Coalition States and the psychology of CS citizens. Discover the CS psychic training program, secret psychic defenses, Psi-Ops Thought Police, and Emperor Prosek’s elite secret enforcers: The Coalition Manhunters. 80+ new psionics for investigation & man-hunting, 9 CS Manhunters O.C.C.s, new skill packages, secret psi-technology, Dog Boys and Kill Hounds revisited, the 7 Dangers Prophecy, D-Bees, and more. New title (formerly Rifts Coalition Manhunters) and epic new cover. $26.99 retail.

– Rifts® Atlantis – Available now – Cat. No. 804 – 160 pages – Overview of Splugorth controlled Atlantis, True Atlanteans, Atlantean Tattoo Magic, 56 magic tattoos, the Sunaj Assassin, Stone Master and Stone Magic, the Splugorth, 14 Minions of Splugorth, 20+ D-Bee slaves, Bio-Wizardry, 20 Bio-Wizard augmentations, 10 micro-parasites, 7 parasites, 6 symbiotic organisms, 12 Bio-Wizardry weapons, 9 Rune Weapons, Rune statues, power armor, and more! $24.99 retail.

– Rifts® World Book 33: Northern Gun™ One – Available now – Cat. No. 887 – 224 pages – The fortified city-state of Ishpeming, a.k.a. Northern Gun, the largest independent weapons manufacturer in North America. Its people, government, showrooms, and stockpiles of robots, weapons, and vehicles. 70+ Northern Gun weapons, 27 NG giant robots, plus weapon systems and robot drones; NG hovertrain and freighter generation tables; NG Bounty Board, police, spies, and 6 O.C.C.s. The Northern Gun city-state, its defenses, neighbors and rivals. $26.99 retail.

– Rifts® World Book 34: Northern Gun™ Two – Available now – Cat. No. 888 – 256 pages – More information about Northern Gun and its vast array of M.D.C. body armor, power armor, ride armor, robot gladiators, and more. 30+ power armor suits, 30+ M.D.C. body armor, 20+ types of armored clothing, 15 combat vehicles, 14 hovercycles plus motorcycles, jet packs, aircraft, and more. And you may want to compete in the NG Robodome robot gladiatorial arena. $28.99 retail.

Also back in stock and ON SALE at 20% off

– Rifts® Ultimate Edition SOFTCOVER – 376 page core rule book, 24 color pages – Cat. No. 800-SE – on sale for $31.99 (normally $39.99 retail) – available now.

– Rifts® Ultimate Edition Hardcover – 376 page core rule book, 24 color pages – Cat. No. 800HC – on sale for $39.99 (normally $49.99 retail) – available now.

– Rifts® 30th Anniversary Hardcover – 288 pages – the original Keith Parkinson Rifts RPG cover and core rules (still compatible with all Rifts titles) plus 24 color pages of behind the scenes secrets, photos, never before seen concept art, and a color gallery of every cover to date. Beautiful – Cat. No. 800HC30 – on sale for $39.99 (normally $49.99 retail) – available now.

– Rifts® Cyberworks Collection Hardcover – Collects the remastered Rifts Sourcebook One Revised and Expanded, Rifts Sourcebook 2: The Mechanoids, Shemarrian Nation, and world-building storyline updates from Rifts Aftermath. Discover the many secrets of the Machine God ARCHIE and his robot legion – Cat. No. 900HC – on sale for $39.99 (normally $49.99 retail) – available now.

NEWS! Join us for the RPG Pundit Live Stream with Kevin Siembieda – Sunday, January 25, 2026 – probably around 6 PM Central / 7 PM Eastern (exact time to be determined). The topic will be Remembering Erick Wujcik who would have turned 75 years old this month. We’ll talk about Erick the man, the gamer, and the game designer as well as the Detroit Gaming Center, TMNT & Other Strangeness, how Erick and I worked together (we were each other’s muse and sounding board), and a zillion other stories, so this should be very fun.

DON’T MISS the Palladium Books YouTube Channel for more stories about Erick Wujcik, his work on TMNT RPG, Ninjas & Superspies, the Detroit Gaming Center, and all kinds of stories about Palladium Books and its many game lines. Each interview is timeless. Also take a look at the Glitterbois podcast and Legion of Myth for chats with me (Kevin Siembieda), Sean Roberson, and more.

NEWS! TMNT & Other Strangeness RPG Redux Editions – Selling out in stores

Get yours now

– Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness Redux Edition RPG Hardcover – 272 pages – Cat. No. 502HC – $59.99 retail. Contains the core rule book and two sourcebooks (Truckin’ Turtles and Turtles Go Hollywood) – 19 adventures – 80+ mutant animals (20 NEW!), fun mutant creation and rules that are great for beginners, plus written tributes, lush full color throughout, and more. Comic book and art fans note: There are 60+ illustrations, concept art, and an original 8 page comic strip by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird made exclusively for the RPG. Plus additional art by Kevin Long, Freddie E. Williams II, Ciro Nieli, Sophie Campbell, Jim Lawson, Eric Talbot, Mirage Studio artists and others (18 pages of color tribute art in all) created special for this book. This is the only book you need to play (but you’ll want TMNT Transdimensional Adventures too).

– TMNT & Other Strangeness Customizable G.M. Screen – Cat. No. 512 – $24.99 retail. 4 panels – plastic sleeves with 4 included inserts – featuring pulse-pounding artwork by Kevin Eastman and Freddie E. Williams II.

– Mutagen Green Dice – Cat. No. 510 – $59.99 retail. Liquid-filled, looks like they are filled with sizzling ooze every time you roll them. Dice come in a plastic test tube with the TCRI logo.

– Black, White, & Red Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness RPG – 272 pages – Cat. No. 504BWR – $59.99 retail. Same big RPG book with red bandana Ninja Turtles in a retro color profile that harkens back to the original black and white comics. It looks amazing.

– Black, White, & Red Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Transdimensional Adventures – 256 pages – Cat. No. 509BWR – $59.99 retail. The same fantastic sourcebook painted in grays and reds that harken back to the original black and white comics. It looks incredible.

DriveThruRPG.com

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®.

Expand your digital library on DriveThruRPG!

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

Palladium collectibles, books, artwork, and negatives, as well as action figures, toys, and other items from Kevin Siembieda’s personal collection are available from this Ebay store!

One-of-a-kind Palladium Books 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. Last year at Granite State Comic Con Kevin Eastman had TMNT negatives from the first comic book on display.

Get yours now

CLOSING THOUGHTS

PAGE Report

The Philadelphia Area Game Expo (PAGE) last weekend was a lot of fun for me. I was disappointed to find soooo many gamers who didn’t know I was a guest until they stumbled across me, but I still signed a lot of books and chatted with a lot of gamers. I’m there as a guest to make your convention experience fun and memorable. I love meeting and talking with fans. I will be a returning guest at PAGE, January 14-17, 2027. Take note and start planning now, seriously.

Why should you consider attending PAGE, especially if you live on the east coast (and eastern Canada)? Because there ain’t nothing else like it in that part of the US.

1. PAGE is the largest old-school role-playing game convention on the east coast! 3,000 attendees this year and continuing to grow by leaps and bounds.

2. 100+ guests! Yes, they get one hundred gaming guests. The old guard have amazing stories from the start of the RPG industry. Many of these people started it all in the 1970s and 1980s through today! Folks like Frank Mentzer (AD&D, D&D Red Box), Bob Watts (Grenadier Miniatures, Wizards of the Coast), Jamie Chambers (Dragonlance, Serenity RPG), Jeff Dee (Villains & Vigilantes, D&D artist), me (Kevin Siembieda), and way too many others to list here. How often do you get to meet and chat with so many gaming legends from the start of the RPG industry to present day? And let’s face it, as we get older, there are fewer and fewer of us left as the years go by. Please, come see us while you still can. As noted I will be a returning guest and so will Matt Balent and others.

3. New guard gaming celebrities included Professor Dungeon Master, Matt Forbeck (Marvel Multiverse RPG), Kelsey Dionne (Shadow Dark), Ed Stark (D&D 3.5E, Birthright), Al Spader (Star Trek), Chris Arneson (artist), Chet Minton (artist), the folks from Troll Lords, Top Secret, and many others. Check out the roster on their web site of the 100 guests that attended this year and expect similar next year.

4. The PAGE Charity Auction is mind blowing and fun! Hundreds of old, rare D&D games, books, dice, and original art, as well as games from other companies. I bid on a gorgeous original Jeff Easley illustration, but I let someone else get it.

5. Game companies and vendors in the Exhibitor Area. Palladium Books was there and you could have snapped up TMNT & Other Strangeness books before they hit store shelves, as well as gotten early printings of the original TMNT RPG and other old Palladium titles, Rifts negatives, etc. Other companies, creators, and artists are present like Wiz Kids, Troll Lords, Top Secret, etc.

6. Kevin Siembieda will be back at the Philadelphia Area Game Expo, January 14-17, 2027. And I’ll bring even more cool, rare, stuff for the charity auction and to sell at my booth. Please join me and other guests for a weekend of gaming, panel talks, autographs, selfies, autographs, and fun. Start planning for yourself and spread the word. I only attend Gen Con and one or two conventions every year; PAGE is one of them.

I enjoyed my time at PAGE last week. It was wonderful to see my old pal Matthew Balent from the Detroit Gaming Center and early days of Palladium, and his daughter Rhiannon, a talented young artist. We had booths right next to each other. I also loved that my dear friends J-M DeFoggi and Molly Osmus came to help out and hang out, as did my buddy Thomas Roache (Red Duke Games). Having a table next to Matt brought back fond memories of our very first Gen Con and Origins trips together. Matt was my convention travel companion from 1982-1988. Those were fun times.

It was nice seeing other old friends and acquaintances like Chris Arneson (I love his art and we shared a room), Al Spader, Frank Mentzer, Sean Patrick Fannon, Jeff Dee, and others. Everyone, from the convention organizers and volunteers to other guests to gamers, made me feel very welcome. Fan-girl Sara and her husband Gary were among the highlights as were Jon and Byrn, Wesley, Mike K, Dakota, and others. My Fantasy game was fun too, and the players were great. Oh, and talking to Bob Watts! Bob has a million amazing stories over the last 45-50 years in the hobby. I walked him to his booth after our Early Days of Role-Playing panel and had the pleasure of talking with him for another hour and a half. He’s a great storyteller and has had many enthralling experiences with many important gaming companies.

At my booth, I found it interesting that when people saw the TMNT & Other Strangeness Black, White, & Red Editions in person next to the full color books, they had a very hard time deciding which version they wanted. We sold an equal number of the color and BWR books at PAGE. I also found it fascinating that most people were drawn to the BWR editions first. I sold some Rifts and Fantasy books too. I hope to see more fans and gamers at the next PAGE.

Enjoy the Rifts® sale, snag yourself copies of TMNT & Other Strangeness Redux books, and take a peek at the fun and funny Surprise Package fan comments below.

– Kevin Siembieda, Game Designer, Writer, Friend

Surprise Package comments from fans like you

Even though the Christmas Surprise Package deal is over until next Christmas season, we like to continue to post customer comments through the end of January. It’s a nice acknowledgement and thank you to them (you know who you are) and you enjoy reading them as much as we do. I read each and every comment that comes in the Surprise Packages and I like to post a brief response to the ones that appear in these Updates.

Now you need to focus on getting your copy of the TMNT & Other Strangeness RPG Redux books, G.M. Screen, and dice while supplies last, especially if you want a first printing. We suspect once they hit store shelves the first printing will sell out fast, just like the original TMNT & Other Strangeness RPG and sourcebooks back in the 1980s. You know you don’t want to get caught in between print runs for a few months as you wait for the next printings to arrive from China. Everyone is raving about the quality and fun content of what is one of the most beloved RPGs of all time – given the deluxe treatment it deserves. You’ll love them. Now onto fan comments.

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S.T. in Spokane, Washington writes (in part): I just got the new TMNT & Other Strangeness books and they are amazing. I hope your year ahead is amazing and wonderful. Thank you for all the years of imagination, time with friends, and beautiful places to explore.

[You are very welcome, S.T., and those TMNT & Other Strangeness books are amazing, aren’t they? We hope the year ahead is amazing and wonderful for us, you, and all our fans, S.T. Keep your imagination burning bright. – Kevin]

C.C. in Lucasville, Ohio, writes: I’ve really enjoyed the social media involvement over the past year or so. The Palladium Books YouTube channel, Legion of Myth, Glitterbois, etc. I’ve listened to so many interviews that I feel like I could sit down and chat with Kevin and Sean like they were old pals. Keep it coming.

[Glad to hear you are enjoying our many interviews and chats, C.C. We will most certainly continue to do more on social media, so keep your eyes and ears open. If you are ever in the area, come on over so we can chat like old friends. – Kevin]

D.H. in Walla Walla, Washington, writes: Love what you have done and continue to do to the world of gaming!

[Thank you, D.H. We march to the beat of a different drummer as we follow our dreams and try to bring you great games. That means trying different things and offering games that push the envelope in the areas of art and storytelling. Enjoy. – Kevin]

M.S. in St. Louis, Missouri, writes (in part): All I can say is, thank you for 45 years of entertainment, through good and bad. (Has it really been that long? Yes, it has!) Even today I go back and reread many of the books and get reminded of something new every time.

[That’s awesome M.S., I’m glad you get so much use and enjoyment from our books. Sometimes it is hard to believe that I’ve been doing this for so many decades. Other times, it feels like The Mechanoid Invasion® and Palladium Fantasy came out yesterday. I’ve done a lot and, God willing, I hope to do a whole lot more in the years ahead. Game on. – Kevin]

B.W. in Winnipeg, Canada, writes: I love all the books you have made. Please keep it up and protect Kevin at all costs.

[I love it, B.W. Your sincere comment about protecting me at all costs made me laugh out loud. Thank you, kind sir, I appreciate it. And this is why people should come to see me and other old-timers at PAGE, Gen Con, and other conventions. I hate to say it, but I’m getting old and who knows what the Good Lord has in store for me or any of us. Visit me when you can. – Kevin]

G.K. in Louisville, Kentucky, writes: I appreciate all you’ve accomplished. I’ve been playing this game in one form or another since high school in the 1990s. And while I’ve tried and played many other RPGs I always come back to Rifts®.

[Awesome, G.K., we’re thrilled you enjoy Rifts® so much. Keep that imagination of yours burning bright. – Kevin]

C.S. in Grande Prairie, Canada, writes: TMNT & Other Strangeness Redux has brought me back to Palladium! I haven’t ordered a Surprise Package in years, but I think it’s time to get some new books. Keep up the awesome work.

[Welcome back, C.S., and thanks for your support of the Kickstarter. Game on. – Kevin]

D.N. in Longmont, Colorado, writes: It’s been a blast backfilling my Rifts® library [with the Surprise Packages] and it’s been giving me all the reading/playing material I’ll need for 2026. Thanks for pulling through and keeping Rifts® alive all these years.

[You are very welcome, D.N., enjoy those many books. – Kevin]

J.S. in Church Hill, Maryland, writes: Old player returning after a long hiatus. Thank you for making my teenage years so great!

[Welcome back to the Palladium Megaverse®, J.S., from an old game designer. Time for new adventures! – Kevin]

K.M. in Albuquerque, New Mexico, writes (in part): Started with Robotech® and then Rifts® RPG and have been hooked ever since. I have a YouTube channel of our RPG games. Lots of Palladium stuff on there. Mister Martin is our gaming channel … happy new year to everyone.

[We appreciate your years of support, K.M. We will try to take a look at your Mister Martin YouTube channel, but we are just so busy I don’t know when. Good luck with it, thanks for the positive Palladium hype, and happy new year to you and yours. – Kevin]

C.R. in Provo, Utah, writes: Thanks for all the hard work. Been playing Palladium’s games since TMNT & Other Strangeness first came out.

[Awesome, C.R., we appreciate your many years of support. Game on! – Kevin]

M.G. in Old Bridge, New Jersey, writes: Thank you for everything you guys do. Please keep it coming. It’s so nice to see you guys catching up to the big guys with your tech and community. I feel like you are heading to be back on top again with all the great work you are banging out. Hope 2026 is great for you all and thank you again for keeping wild imagination alive for 40+ years.

[Happy to do it, M.G., our goal is to rebuild and grow Palladium Books to new heights. Glad you and so many others are along for the ride. Things are about to get really exciting, so skim these Weekly Updates to stay informed and spread the word about new releases and things you are excited for. – Kevin]

J.T. in Carrollton, Texas, writes: Greatest RPG system ever. Just now getting to teach my sons the Palladium system after they have played 5E with their friends.

[We appreciate that you think our rules are the greatest, J.T., and we’re happy that you are having fun getting your sons into the Palladium game system. Awesome. Game on. – Kevin]

PAGE & More – Weekly Update – Palladium Books® – January 15, 2026

Written by Wayne Smith on January 15, 2026. Posted in Weekly Updates.

NINJA TURTLES, & MORE – ONE GAME SYSTEM – EVERY GENRE – COUNTLESS WORLDS – ENDLESS MUTANTS AND ADVENTURE

BY KEVIN SIEMBIEDA

PAGE & More – Weekly Update – Palladium Books® – January 15, 2026

Hey Everyone, the Surprise Package deal is over. We want to thank everyone who participated. It’s our pleasure to do them for you. The Surprise Package offer will not be available again until next Christmas season, so start saving now.

I’m a special guest at PAGE – the Philadelphia Area Game Expo, which means I cannot pull your grab bag orders from your Wish List or sign your books until I get back next Monday. I appreciate your patience and understanding.

The Philadelphia Area Game Expo sounds pretty awesome with a huge emphasis on role-playing games and their creators – something like 100 RPG guests will be in attendance and I’m honored to be one of the Special Guests. I hope to see a lot of fans swing by my table to say hello and snag some TMNT and other RPG books, chat, and get autographs. I only have one small booth so the focus is on TMNT & Other Strangeness. By the way, Matthew Balent, OG from the Detroit Gaming Center and early days of Palladium Books has his table right next to mine. Come visit us.

Gamers are raving about the TMNT & Other Strangeness RPG Redux products – now available from Palladium Books

Everyone is going wild over the color and the Black White & Red Edition books, dice set, and GM screen. They are much more than “just reprints” which is what some people assume they are. If you loved the original RPG and sourcebooks you will adore these new, full color (or black, white and red) books. They also make great gifts for birthdays and anniversaries for any TMNT fan, not just gamers, because there are 100+ illustrations by Eastman and Laird as well as art by other Mirage studio artists and top illustrators. This makes the books appealing to comic book collectors and all TMNT fans, not gamers alone.

Note: These products will begin to arrive on store shelves over the next week or two, while supplies last. The bonus PDF adventure by Sophie Campbell and me is in the final editing and tweaking stage. You kept us so busy from November till now that I could barely find time to work on it. Fear not, it’s coming to you, our Backers.

TMNT & Other Strangeness RPG Redux products available now!

Kickstarter Backers are going wild over these books, pre-orders have shipped, and we’re waiting for your order. You know you want at least the two core books. They also make perfect gifts for birthdays and anniversaries, and are so detailed and beautiful they appeal to comic book collectors and all TMNT fans.

See details below or click on the links to go directly to each item.

Turtle Power

TMNT & Other Strangeness Redux Products – now available from the Palladium Books online store

– Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness Redux Edition RPG – 272 pages – lush full color – hardcover book – Cat. No. 502HC – $59.99 retail. 60+ illustrations and an original 8 page comic strip by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird made exclusively for the RPG! Additional art by Kevin Long, Freddie E. Williams II, Ciro Nieli, Sophie Campbell, Jim Lawson, Eric Talbot, Mirage Studio artists and others (18 pages of color tribute art in all) created special for this RPG. Plus concept art, 80+ mutant animals (20 NEW!), 19 epic RPG adventures, and more. This core rule book and dice are all you need to start playing.

– TMNT Transdimensional Adventures Sourcebook – 256 pages – lush full color – hardcover book – Cat. No. 508HC – $59.99 retail. 50+ illustrations and two 10 page comic strips by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird, and 30+ illustrations by Jim Lawson all made exclusively for the sourcebook, as well as 15 pages of new color tribute art by comic book and gaming artists like Fero Pe, Freddie E. Williams II, Vincenzo Federici, David Petersen, Delgado, and others. Includes mutant dinosaurs, time travel rules, space travel, NEW expanded vehicle combat and creation rules, 12 adventures, and more.

– TMNT & Other Strangeness G.M. Screen – 4 panels – plastic sleeves with 4 included inserts – featuring pulse-pounding artwork by Kevin Eastman and Freddie E. Williams II. Cat. No. 512 – $24.99 retail.

Back in Stock – Order now

Rifts Ultimate Edition SOFTCOVER (Cat. No. 800-SE) – Available now. It is the most beautiful edition yet, as Palladium continues to make some of the best quality RPG books on the market.
Rifts Ultimate Edition Hardcover (Cat. No. 800HC) – Available now.
Rifts 30th Anniversary Commemorative Hardcover (Cat. No. 800HC30) – Available now.

Temporarily Out of Stock – But they’ll be back

Christmas season and Surprise Packages were off the hook this year. Thank you for all your support! However, that has left us temporarily out of stock of many fan favorite titles like Mysteries of Magic, Bizantium, Aliens Unlimited, Rifts England, Rifts Northern Gun 1 & 2, China 1 & 2, Rifts Adventure Guide, Rifts Atlantis, Bionics Sourcebook, Fleets of the 3 Galaxies, Thundercloud Galaxy, and even Rifts Psi-Ops Psychic War, amongst others. We’re working on getting something like 20 titles (out of stock or running low) sent to the printers but you’re probably looking at the end of February or mid-March for most of them.

Game Masters Needed to Run Palladium Gen Con Game Events – we need YOU

Palladium is looking for experienced Game Masters to run Palladium RPG events at Gen Con. That can be any of our game worlds using our rules as well as Rifts® for Savage Worlds. If you were thinking about running games at Gen Con or want to help out Palladium, please coordinate with Palladium Books in order to get a dedicated room and other perks like a free Game Master badge, and discounts on your purchases at the Palladium Books booth.

To earn a free GM badge, all you need to do is run 4 games with 6 or more players in each game, 4 hours each. This will earn you enough credits with Gen Con to earn a GM badge – $155 value!

We hope to add to our usual crew of Gen Con Game Masters to run Palladium game events for any Palladium setting:

Rifts®
Rifts® for Savage Worlds
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles® & Other Strangeness
After the Bomb®
Chaos Earth®
Palladium Fantasy RPG®
Heroes Unlimited
Ninjas & Superspies
Nightbane®
Dead Reign®
Beyond the Supernatural and any of our other settings.

We need your commitment, game description and info by March 28. Send to Jeff Ruiz, aka NMI, via email at nmi {at} thedeificnmi.com

Game Masters and Game Event Descriptions NEEDED by March 28, 2025.

(See Gen Con’s website for details about the info needed for each game listing; G.M.’s name, number of players, length of time, name of game, difficulty level, etc.) Submitting your games to us enables Palladium to coordinate and submit them as a batch to Gen Con and guarantees to have your event listed in the onsite Gen Con Program Book. Being listed onsite is very important to have full attendance for your event. This date gives us enough time to compile and send Gen Con everything they need. Thank you!

Prospective Game Masters, please contact Jeff Ruiz, aka NMI, via email at nmi {at} thedeificnmi.com

Podcast and YouTube fun!

COMING! RPG Pundit Live Stream with Kevin Siembieda – Sunday, January 25, 2026 – probably around 6 PM Central / 7 PM Eastern (exact time to be determined). The topic will be Remembering Erick Wujcik who would have turned 75 this month. We’ll talk about Erick the man, the gamer, and the game designer as well as the Detroit Gaming Center, TMNT & Other Strangeness, how Erick and I worked together (we were each other’s muse and sounding board), and a zillion other stories, so this should be fun.

The Palladium Books YouTube Channel continually posts new, timeless interviews and chats every two weeks, and with the holiday season we’ve been posting bonus episodes! Gamers and industry professionals are loving these informal and fun chats, so try a few, and please spread the word.

Recent episodes include:

TMNT Redux Review
Interview with Sophie Campbell comic book artist and writer (TMNT, Supergirl).
Interview with Sean Owen Roberson who offers behind the scenes insight about the making of the TMNT & Other Strangeness Redux Editions, hidden gems in the books, and running a Kickstarter.
NEW! Interview with fan-fave Palladium writer Carl Gleba (Three Galaxies, Secrets of Atlanteans, Hades, Dyval, and much more).
NEW Today! Coalition War Campaign discussion with Kevin Siembieda.
Coming January 29th – Interview with artist/cover painter John Zeleznik.
Coming February 12 – Rifts Dimension Books discussion with Kevin Siembieda.
Coming – Nightbane discussion with Kevin Siembieda.

Watch one now

For more online fun listen to:

– The Glitterbois / Breakfast Puppies – Kevin Siembieda and the guys create characters and play in a Palladium Fantasy game. I, Kevin, am one of the 4 players (I rolled up a Goblin Cobbler Thief named Weasel Pete). It is both fun and informative. We used first edition rules.

Listen now

– Ever wonder what Palladium’s game design philosophy is? Find out by watching or listening to the Legion of Myth marathon discussion with Sean Owen Roberson and Kevin Siembieda. It is fun, informative, and has applications for creating tabletop campaigns. TMNT is the primary example of discussion.

Watch it now

– Turtle Tracks Podcast – Brian VanHooker’s interview with Kevin Siembieda and Sean Owen Roberson about the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles RPG past and present.

Listen now

DriveThruRPG.com

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®.

Expand your digital library on DriveThruRPG!

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

Palladium collectibles, books, artwork, and negatives, as well as action figures, toys, and other items from Kevin Siembieda’s personal collection are available from this Ebay store!

One-of-a-kind Palladium Books 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. Last year at Granite State Comic Con Kevin Eastman had TMNT negatives from the first comic book on display.

Get yours now

CLOSING THOUGHTS – PAGE & Conventions 2026

I’m nervous about traveling alone and attending PAGE as one of the Special Guests. I haven’t done a lot of traveling, especially flying, or being a special guest in probably a decade. I always worry I will disappoint.

It’s not that I don’t like to be a guest at conventions, I do, but I’m always so busy and I hate traveling alone. I much prefer to have a traveling companion, but most conventions can’t afford two of us, and if the other person is a Palladium staffer, that’s two of us absent from work for 4-5 days. Worse, I’m not the greatest at mingling and networking. I have my moments and I love the fans, but that shy kid sneaks out when I’m at a new venue filled with people I don’t know. Silly, but true.

That said, I am nervously looking forward to the Philadelphia Area Game Expo (PAGE). It sounds pretty awesome and there will be at least a dozen industry people there that I already know. Heck, by the time you’re reading this the convention will be in full swing.

The next event I’ll be attending is the GAMA Tradeshow in Louisville, Kentucky, March 5-8. This is an industry event, but we always encourage retailers and their managers to stop by the Palladium Books booth to chat, get the latest news, and to bring books for me and Wayne to sign.

Gen Con is probably the next and last event of the year for me and Palladium. That’s the big game event of the year at Indianapolis, Indiana, end of July and early August. Come on over and visit us.

Toying with the idea of attending Granite State Comic Con because Kevin Eastman and other TMNT artist buddies will be there, but it’s a long, grueling drive even for 2-3 of us, so probably not.

I think that’s it for this Update. I hope to see some of you at PAGE. Please continue to spread the word about the TMNT & Other Strangeness Redux Editions. We really did put our hearts and souls into these beautiful and fun RPG books, and enjoy the fan statements pulled from the comment sections of Surprise Packages.

– Kevin Siembieda, Game Designer, Writer, Friend

Surprise Package comments from fans like you

Now you need to focus on getting your copy of the TMNT & Other Strangeness RPG Redux books, G.M. Screen, and dice while supplies last, especially if you want a first printing. We suspect once they hit store shelves the first printing will sell out fast, just like the original TMNT & Other Strangeness RPG and sourcebooks back in the 1980s. You know you don’t want to get caught in between print runs for a few months as you wait for the next printings to arrive from China. Everyone is raving about the quality and fun content of what is one of the most beloved RPGs of all time – given the deluxe treatment it deserves. You’ll love them. Now onto fan comments.

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A.B. in Suffield, Ohio, writes: I just wanted to thank you all. Your RPGs helped me get better at storytelling. Now I’m in the process of getting my own modern Fantasy book published. Thanks for having such a diverse system that allows my players to do insane things and still not be the strongest characters in the room.

[That’s pretty cool, A.B., good luck and game on! – Kevin]

B.M. in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, writes: Thanks for extending the sale into January [ended January 14th]. I was waiting for all my TMNT Kickstarter stuff to arrive before getting a package this year. Everything showed up a couple weeks ago and looks fantastic.

[Glad to hear it, B.M. Folks are loving the TMNT & Other Strangeness products and go absolutely gaga over the books. That includes non-gamers. It’s rewarding to see because we all put our hearts and souls into them. Game on! – Kevin]

H.H. in Albany, Oregon, writes: This is my second Surprise Package. By the way, the After the Bomb® Starter Pack is awesome! I’m loving the community as well.

[That’s great! We are thrilled you’re enjoying your entire Palladium Books experience, H.H. The discounted After the Bomb® Starter Pack is a great way to get additional mutant animals and source material for it and for TMNT & Other Strangeness too. Game on! – Kevin]

R.D. in Lebanon, Tennessee, writes (in part): … keep releasing all the bad ass content that we have loved and cherished over the years. All of us out here love you guys to pieces.

[The feeling is mutual R.D. and friends. And you can count on more pulse-pounding releases coming your way in the months and years to come. – Kevin]

S.C. in Burbank, California, writes: Just getting back into Rifts after a 10 year lapse. Pulling out my old books that I got as a kid in the 90s so I can now share it with my own son is a trip! Keep up the good work.

[We will, S.C. Welcome back to the Rifts Megaverse® and you have fun gaming with your son. Heck, next thing you’ll know, he’ll be G.M.ing for you. – Kevin]

D.B. in Morgantown West Virginia, writes: Most favorite: Rifts®, Savage Rifts®, TMNT & Other Strangeness, and Heroes Unlimited. Love the games. All of them!

[Thanks, D.B., me too. lol. Game on. – Kevin]

P.D. in Kingwood, Texas, writes: Kevin and Team– thanks for keeping the tradition of extending the Surprise Package. For me it’s a tradition of looking at my Christmas haul and saying to myself, “I need a little more.” Thanks.

[You’re welcome, P.D., enjoy your haul. The rest of you will have to wait till next Christmas to get yours, but watch for other sales coming in spring. – Kevin]

T.P. in Ogden, Utah, writes: I truly appreciate the many games I’ve played from Palladium Books over the years, starting with the original Rifts® back in 1993 when I was AIT in the Army. Since then I acquired all of the Robotech and Macross II books and many more. You guys and gals are awesome. I hope Palladium Books remains in business for years to come.

[Thanks, T.P., and thank you for your service. We’re putting things in place to keep Palladium going for decades. And boy, oh, boy, do Sean and I have ideas for the future that you’re gonna love. – Kevin]

J.M. in Columbus, Indiana, writes: I was told to ask about Open House tickets. Seriously though, I appreciate all the hard work you guys have put in (to everything). I am catching up on the Glitterbois episodes and enjoyed the interviews with Kevin and Ramon.

[It’s funny, J.M., after almost every Open House I would say it might be the last, but in 2023, I did not, and it might be the last one. We’ve talked about and thought about doing another one, but it just won’t be the same without Julius Rosenstein and Kathy Simmons. Both played a huge role in its operation and I miss them both deeply. We are also reorganizing the company and the warehouse, so I just don’t know. I am delighted that you and so many others enjoy the Glitterbois interviews with me, Sean Roberson, Ramon Perez, and other Palladium creators. You must watch or listen to the dozens of timeless interviews between me and J-M DeFoggi on the history of Palladium and our many game books on the Palladium Books YouTube channel as well as on Legion of Myth, Turtle Track, (RPG Pundit coming the January 25th) and others. – Kevin]

R.M. in Barrie, Ontario, Canada, writes: I have been a fan for many years and you all have done a wonderful job making books that inspire the imagination.

[Thank you R.M., our mission is accomplished. I love to stoke the fire of imagination in other people and we’ll continue to do so. That’s part of Palladium’s legacy.. – Kevin]

C.W. in Reston, Virginia, writes: I’ve been playing and Game Mastering RPGs since [the day that] my brother brought home a copy of TMNT & Other Strangeness in 1991. I then purchased Heroes Unlimited Revised and Robotech with my hard-earned allowance money and never looked back! Since then, I’ve played a million games and a million systems and always enjoy Palladium’s art and writing.

[I’m happy we started you on your RPG journey, C.W., and that you continue to enjoy our work along with many others. Keep your splendid imagination burning bright. – Kevin]

Sale Final Days – Weekly Update – Palladium Books® – January 8, 2026

Written by Wayne Smith on January 8, 2026. Posted in Weekly Updates.

SALE, NINJA TURTLES, & MORE – ONE GAME SYSTEM – EVERY GENRE – COUNTLESS WORLDS – ENDLESS MUTANTS AND ADVENTURE

BY KEVIN SIEMBIEDA

Sale Final Days – Weekly Update – Palladium Books^® – January 8, 2026

Things continue to be crazy busy at Palladium Books as these are the last 6 days of the Surprise Package deal (get yours while you still can, offer ends next Wednesday). We are shipping orders, shipping contributor books, prepping for the Philadelphia Area Gaming Expo next weekend (see some of you there), prepping for Gen Con (yes, Gen Con), working on books and reprints, and juggling a lot of different things we can’t yet reveal. I talk about 2026 releases and Palladium’s future in Closing Thoughts and offer some more fun fan Surprise Package comments right after it. We’ve been so busy that I still have Christmas presents I need to finish wrapping and ship to friends.

TMNT & Other Strangeness RPG Redux products available now!

See details below or click on the links to go directly to each item.

Turtle Power

Surprise Package deal – ENDS in 6 days, January 14, 2026

The Surprise Package offer really is the best deal in gaming. After it ends, you’ll have to wait until next Christmas season to order one. You’ve been warned.

The equivalent of a 40-60% discount.
Signed books if you request autographs.
Surprises.
Fun and heartfelt appreciation from us to you.
ENDS January 14, 2026 – get yours today. This deal will not be extended further.
A great way to try new game settings – After the Bomb®, Beyond the Supernatural, Chaos Earth®, Dead Reign®, Heroes Unlimited, Ninjas & Superspies, Palladium Fantasy, Nightbane®, Rifts®, RECON, Splicers®, Systems Failure, etc. — or to get something for your favorite Game Master. Or perhaps, to get your player group to consider a new game or setting.

Get yours now

Philly & East Coast Residents – please visit me – Kevin Siembieda – at PAGE: Philadelphia Area Gaming Expo – January 15-18, 2026

There’s still time to make plans to attend PAGE and enjoy its many notable role-playing game guests including a number of Palladium Books personalities: me (Kevin Siembieda), Matthew Balent (Palladium Weapon Series, Valley of the Pharaohs), J-M DeFoggi, Thomas Roache (Red Duke Games), and many others. I’ll have a booth and am bringing a selection of TMNT, After the Bomb, Rifts, select other titles, and some out-of-print books – maybe even some original artwork and choice negatives from 40+ years of RPG publishing.

Learn more here

Back in Stock – Order now

Rifts Ultimate Edition SOFTCOVER (Cat. No. 800-SE) – Available now. It is the most beautiful edition yet, as Palladium continues to make some of the best quality RPG books on the market.
Rifts Ultimate Edition Hardcover (Cat. No. 800HC) – Available now.
Rifts 30th Anniversary Commemorative Hardcover (Cat. No. 800HC30) – Available now.

Temporarily Out of Stock – But they’ll be back

Podcast and YouTube fun!

Recent holiday episodes include:

TMNT Redux Review
Christmas Surprise Packages
Kevin’s Convention adventures (Gen Con, etc.)
PAGE – Philadelphia Area Game Expo, January 2026 – Kevin Siembieda is a guest, Matthew Balent, J-M DeFoggi, and others are also attending. This sounds like a great Old School RPG convention that is already attracting thousands of gamers. Join the fun, January 15-18, 2026.
NEW! Interview with Sophie Campbell comic book artist and writer (TMNT, Supergirl).
NEW! Interview with Sean Owen Roberson who offers behind the scenes insight about the making of the TMNT & Other Strangeness Redux Editions, hidden gems in the books, and running a Kickstarter.
NEW! Interview with fan-fave Palladium writer Carl Gleba (Three Galaxies, Secrets of Atlanteans, Hades, Dyval, and much more).

Watch one now

For more online fun listen to:

Listen now

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– Turtle Tracks Podcast – Brian VanHooker’s interview with Kevin Siembieda and Sean Owen Roberson about the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles RPG past and present.

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Palladium collectibles, books, artwork, and negatives, as well as action figures, toys, and other items from Kevin Siembieda’s personal collection are available from this Ebay store!

One-of-a-kind Palladium Books 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. Last year at Granite State Comic Con Kevin Eastman had TMNT negatives from the first comic book on display.

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CLOSING THOUGHTS

Palladium Books 2026

As is our current policy, I am not going to set specific dates or even a month, but I will give you an idea of what’s on the drawing board. When you’re done reading this, enjoy the fan comments that follow.

New Releases for 2026

Life and the world has been crazy and rather volatile these past five years. Even the good stuff, like bringing on Sean Owen Roberson to help rebuild Palladium Books from the foundation up, and reacquiring the TMNT license, takes a lot of time and energy. We feel like we are making considerable progress, but you can’t see all of it because most of it is happening behind the scenes.

One of our shared goals is to bring you many (not all) of the books that were announced in the past but got shelved for one reason or another. You’ll see some of those on the list of titles below. In fact, the return of the TMNT license was the most requested book/game line of the last 20 years. You asked. We listened. You have it back. Please continue to talk it up and recommend it to friends, comic books buddies, and hobby and comic book stores. Thanks.

– Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness Redux RPG and TMNT Transdimensional Adventures (which collects and updates the beloved sourcebooks: Transdimensional TMNT, TMNT Adventures, and TMNT Guide to the Universe). Yes, I include TMNT & Other Strangeness Redux Editions as a 2026 release because though they shipped to Kickstarter backers in December, and we made them available in the Palladium online store in late December, these books will not be hitting store shelves until this month, January 2026. The books are designed to appeal to ALL TMNT fans from gamers and comic book collectors to people who loved them as toys, cartoons, video games, and movies.

Crowdfunding backers, gamers, fans and friends who have gotten their copy are ecstatic over the Redux Editions of both Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness RPG and the TMNT Transdimensional Adventures sourcebook. They love the overall quality, the artwork, the color, the bonus art, the layout, the type font, the tweaks and clarification, the index – they love it all. You will too.

Which has led to the question: Can you expect more Palladium RPG books of this caliber in the future?

The answer is yes. Sean and I like to tell people that Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness is your glimpse of things to come. A peek at the types of quality books we aim to produce in the future. Not every new book will be full color or hardcover, but yes, we want to do more color hardcover books of a similar caliber. This is especially true of core rule books and special releases offered through crowdfunding. That said, many new books – especially sourcebooks – will remain in the black and white format with dynamic line art and/or grayscale artwork.

– Fantasy: Island at the Edge of the World – A long-time favorite that is finally getting updated to 2nd edition rules by John Klinkel and Jeremy Colantonio. It includes updated stat blocks and a few clarifications and additions, but nothing on the scale of Yin-Sloth Jungles which was so expanded it has turned into two books (Yin-Sloth Jungles and the upcoming Yin-Sloth Expeditions). In fact, we’re working hard to keep IEW at 144 or 160 pages. The big change is that much of the exquisite line art has been upgraded with beautiful grayscale shading by Jeremy Colwell, the fantastic artist who colorized the Black, White, and Red TMNT & OS Redux Editions. This gives the art a new, fresh, modern feel.

– Fantasy: Yin-Sloth Expeditions. You can think of Expeditions as Yin-Sloth Jungles Part 2. It is filled with a dozen updated and expanded adventures, a couple of new adventures, plus new details about certain locations, adventure hooks, new villains, 30+ maps (all the old maps have been redone), and more! This is the next book to be finished by me, Kevin Siembieda.

– Rifts Bestiary Volume 2. A couple different people have taken a run at completing this hotly anticipated title, but it’s in Sean’s hands now as he works on the final manuscript and presentation. It follows a similar approach to Rifts Bestiary Volume One. Like its predecessor, the descriptions and stats of the beasts have been standardized, cleaned up, and updated, requiring additional text, editing, and in some cases, new artwork. Note: Rifts Bestiary Volume 2 was originally self-crowdfunded by Palladium Books via our Insider program. We have all the backers’ information and the original artwork promised to our top-tier backers is safely tucked away. When the book is ready to go to the printer, backers will be contacted for updated addresses and other pertinent information.

– Rifts Chaos Earth: First Responders. This is another book that Sean has taken under his wing. Most of the interior artwork is by Steven Cummings and has been completed, and we have an awesome cover painting that we look forward to sharing soon. Sean works on the manuscript as he can when ideas strike, but we want to finish Bestiary 2 and get it shipped before he gives First Responders his full attention. Though specifically a Chaos Earth sourcebook, it will be fully compatible with Rifts – especially the Golden Age cache loot tables which will make fantastic additions to Rifts campaigns – and adaptable to Phase World and other settings.

– Rifts Antarctica. This is another one of those books jam-packed with cool ideas, magic, monsters, and mystery. The original manuscript is by Matthew Clements with additional material, ideas, editing and rewrites by me, Kevin Siembieda. It includes ice magic, ice witches, ley lines under the ice, the Splugorth, human and Splugorth outposts, alien creatures, and a strange citadel of stone and ice that appears to be an ally of humans and an enemy of the Splugorth (and D-Bees). This book is going to blow your mind.

– Beyond the Supernatural Sourcebooks. I will try my best to have at least one, if not both, Beyond Arcanum (magic for the modern world) and Tome Grotesque (BTS monsters and demons) completed by the end of this year, 2026. No promises, because things seem to happen to prevent my work on these books, but I’m determined to get them done. Their addition changes the landscape of the Beyond the Supernatural setting in ways that will make this world even more unique and epic.

If we can get these seven titles released in 2026 it will be a big accomplishment, and we know you’ll be as thrilled as we are, but …

There is more brewing behind the scenes: We have additional book ideas and even manuscripts in the works for Rifts, Palladium Fantasy, Chaos Earth, Heroes Unlimited, Ninjas & Superspies, Dead Reign, and all our game lines. Our plans for Rifts and Palladium Fantasy alone, over the next five years, are mind boggling, but we aren’t ready to share them with you yet.

Licensing

So here is the thing about licensing, it’s a ton of work and you never know if it will pan out. Years ago, Palladium negotiated a promising license for a Splicers TV series. The script outline was fantastic. The script for the pilot episode was compelling, fun, and totally in line with the RPG. We were soooo excited, but we kept it quiet. I’m glad we did, because nothing came of it. Eight years of anticipation and hope for nothing. 18 years of the same for the Rifts movie. A half dozen inquiries about a Rifts video game, that led to nothing.

Licenses are tricky. The bigger the license, the trickier it gets. Even with a signed licensing deal, the odds of a licensed product coming out and being good, let alone everything you wish it could be, are slim to none. So take the following with a grain of salt and don’t assume any of them will come to fruition, but it’s some of the stuff happening behind the scenes.

1. Will there be new TMNT & Other Strangeness books and products? Bwahaha … I mean … stay tuned. [I’m stoked, it’s gonna be radical! ~Sean]

2. Palladium Books has been in discussions for the acquisition of a license we know you’ll be happy to see. (No, it’s not Robotech.) If successful, the crowdfunder is likely to launch later this year (all very tentative at this stage).

3. Suddenly, Palladium has been approached by three different companies (large and small) interested in doing Rifts comic books and/or graphic novels. Will any of them pan out? Will all of them happen? We don’t know yet. We are exploring the options.

4. Phase World and the Three Galaxies RPG and adventure sourcebooks for Savage Worlds coming from Star Anvil Studios. Adaptable to Palladium’s Rifts. Crowdfunding in 2026 (tentative).

5. More audiobooks are coming. Why start with Nightbane? Why not? We thought Nightbane was a nice test subject with 7 titles (not 100+) and the Urban Fantasy genre is popular. Something big is coming for the Nightbane audiobooks soon – in the next month or two. Something that will appeal to role-players as well as those interested in audiobooks. Watch for it.

More Kickstarters/Crowdfunding

You can expect to see more offerings and experimentation in the crowdfunding arena (BackerKit and Kickstarter) by Palladium in the new year and beyond. Crowdfunding is an excellent tool for not just gathering the resources to manufacture new products, but to advertise, try new ideas, and test the waters. You can expect to see large and small crowdfunders coming from us, especially for unique undertakings.

That’s your glimpse into our plans for 2026 and a little beyond. There’s more, of course, but this is all we can share at this time. Sean might have a heart attack if I say any more than I already have.

Don’t forget to get yourself or a friend a Surprise Package before the offer ends next Wednesday, and you need to get a copy of the two TMNT & Other Strangeness Redux editions. You know you need them; and the GM Screen, and Mutagen Green Dice, and the Black, White, and Red editions … and … that’s all for now. Stay warm, gather a bunch o’ gamers together for some RPG action, and game on.

Oh, and I hope to see some of you at PAGE in Philadelphia.

– Kevin Siembieda, Publisher, Game Designer, Writer, Friend

Surprise Package comments from fans like you

Every year we like to post a selection of the comments we get from Surprise Package customers. It’s a nice acknowledgement and thank you to them (you know who you are) and you enjoy reading them. I read each and every comment that comes in the Surprise Packages and I like to post a brief response to the ones that appear in these Updates. We appreciate each and every one of you whether you included a comment or not. Happy New Year!

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S.B. in Rouses Point, New York, writes: I have purchased a Surprise Package every year for almost 20 years and want to thank you all for the [many] Christmas gifts to me. Have a great New Year.

[S.B., comments like these are music to my ears. Enjoy and happy new year. – Kevin]

S.Q. in Fuquay Varina, North Carolina, writes: I played [Palladium RPGs] as a kid 35 years ago and started getting back into it two years ago as an adult. I leave my books out occasionally and my 16-year old son picked up the core Rifts book and immediately got a game going with his friends. He’s hooked and it’s very nostalgic for me watching him play. Rifts® is his first table top RPG.

[I love these stories of discovery, S.Q., I think this is awesome. I hope you both continue to enjoy our games for years to come. – Kevin]

D.B. in Indianapolis, Indiana, writes: Thank you guys so much for putting the Surprise Packages together. This is a gift for my younger brother. He and I grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. We’d ride our bikes to Napoleon’s RPG and Miniatures store and play TMNT & Other Strangeness. My favorite mutant animal was always the ferret. His was the ankylosaurus.

[Great story, D.B., I love hearing these tales of role-playing. Mutant ferrets are cool, but it’s hard to beat any mutant dinosaur. Jurassic Park has got nothing on Palladium. Erick Wujcik’s time travel rules, mutant dinosaurs, and Jim Lawson’s incredible artwork has always made TMNT Transdimensional Adventures a personal favorite of mine. – Kevin]

A.S. in Cheney, Washington, writes (in part): You guys have been great. This isn’t my first Surprise package … love your work … My current group has had a running campaign for over five years now.

[Glad you enjoy the Surprise Packages, A.S., and use the books as fuel for your long-running campaign. Game on. – Kevin]

B.C. in Gilbert, Arizona, writes (in part): Rifts/Palladium has meant a great deal. My brother stumbled upon it around 1990. It was very special to us and I have collected [for years] … I don’t get to play like I used to, but I will always support Palladium. I am grateful to have your world as part of my world. Thank you.

[B.C., I’m pleased our books have given you so much joy and good memories. Thank you for your kind words and support. Game on. – Kevin]

R.D. in Kirkland, Washington, writes (in part): Thank you for offering the Christmas Package every year – the surprises are truly amazing! I also wanted to express my deep gratitude for all the wonderful books you have created and published. Rifts® and Palladium Fantasy were my best sources of entertainment while I was serving in the Navy in the Gulf from 1996 to 1999. I have genuinely enjoyed every single book I have used to create amazing campaigns with my shipmates, friends, and family. Here’s a wonderful irony in my journey: In the third grade I found your first edition After the Bomb sourcebook on the playground – and I’ve been a dedicated fan ever since! The Adventures I’ve been able to take my friends on are all due to your books. Thank you again for everything.

[It was destiny, R.D., you were meant to find that book and become an RPG player. Pretty cool. Thanks for sharing, I love it. – Kevin]

T.F. in Ocala, Florida, writes: I am excited to see what Sean will do going forward with the books. The TMNT & Other Strangeness Redux books are amazing, I love his work with Titan Robotics, and I’m anticipating Yin-Sloth Expeditions from Kevin. The Beastmaster class [from Yin-Sloth Jungles] fits my wife like a glove and I use it in my Dinosaur Swamp game with Chaos Earth characters. Last year I received the Dead Reign mug and fell in love with it. You guys allow me to do anything my imagination creates.

[That’s the magic of quality RPGs and sourcebooks, T.F., they light up your imagination. Keep it burning and game on throughout the new year. Sean and I are only getting started! You’re gonna love Yin-Sloth Expeditions, Rifts® Antarctica, Rifts® First Responders, Bestiary Volume 2, and the other epic books and plans we are quietly hatching behind the scenes for 2026. – Kevin]

R.S. in Tucson, Arizona, writes: Thank you all again for the great Surprise Packages. I hope you all have a wonderful year!

[You are very welcome, R.S., and best wishes for a wonderful new year to you and yours as well. – Kevin]