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| | 5 Black Friday Sales – Palladium Books® – November 28, 2025 |
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| It’s time for the mad rush of Christmas shopping, special deals, big savings, and maybe a little something for yourself. Well, Palladium Books has 5 big sales for you. |
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| | Black Friday & Cyber-Monday Sales available now thru Wednesday |
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| SALE #1 – Palladium’s Thanksgiving, Black Friday & Cyber-Monday SALE – now thru Wednesday, December 3rd – 30% to 50% discount
The majority of the following game lines are on sale at big savings, while supplies last. Select hardcovers are also part of the sale. Note: Get much bigger savings but less certainty with the Surprise Package offer (see #2 below). Sorry! We are sorry, but other than a small handful of the Rifts® Ultimate Edition (hardcover) and Rifts® 30th Anniversary Editions (hardcover) reserved for the Surprise Package offer, we are temporarily out of stock of these two, super-popular RPG books! We are expecting a shipment of both titles AND the Rifts® Ultimate Edition SOFTCOVER from our printer around December 8th, so they will not be out of stock for long. Rifts® Cyberworks Collection (Cat. No. 900HC) and most Rifts® World Books and Sourcebooks are all 30% off (excludes titles that are low stock or temporarily out of stock). Most Rifts® World Books are 30% off (excludes titles that are low stock or temporarily out of stock). Most Rifts® Sourcebooks are 30% off (excludes titles that are low stock or temporarily out of stock). Phase World® and most Dimension Books are 30% off (excludes titles that are low stock or temporarily out of stock). Rifts® Chaos Earth® RPG Hardcover and sourcebooks are 30% off (excludes titles that are low stock or temporarily out of stock). Palladium Fantasy RPG® 1st Edition Rules Hardcover (Cat. No. 449HC) and 2nd Edition Hardcover (Cat. No. 450HC) are 30% off. The softcover RPG and most Palladium Fantasy sourcebooks are 30% off (excludes Island at the Edge of the World and Mysteries of Magic – both will be back in print early 2026 – and others that are very low stock). Dead Reign® the Zombie Apocalypse RPG and all sourcebooks are 30% off. Nightbane® Hardcover RPG (Cat. No. 730HC) and all sourcebooks are 30% off. Heroes Unlimited™ RPG (softcover and hardcover) and most sourcebooks are 30% off. SUPER-SAVER! The After the Bomb® RPG (softcover and hardcover) and Sourcebooks are all 50% off. Create mutant animal super-heroes using the After the Bomb® RPG and sourcebooks. Compatible with TMNT & Other Strangeness RPG Redux editions, Heroes Unlimited™, and Ninjas & Superspies™, but you can also use them to create animalistic Nightbane®, D-Bees for Rifts®, Frankenstein lab creations for Beyond the Supernatural, or aliens from other worlds and dimensions for Phase World® and any appropriate setting. Unleash your imagination. Sale runs now thru Wednesday, December 3. Please spread the word and Happy Thanksgiving!
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| SALE #2 – Christmas Surprise Package offer now through December 24
The best deal in gaming – $105+ worth of goodies (often more) for $62 (plus shipping). Books are signed if you want them to be. It is just 4 weeks till Christmas and Kwanzaa. Less when you account for the time to process and ship orders, so this weekend and the next are the perfect time to order yours for the holidays without having to pay for an express delivery. The Surprise Package Offer ends December 24, 2025.
A great gift for any holiday, birthdays, anniversaries, or a nice treat for yourself (you deserve it!), or a way to try new settings, and fill your collection. After these past four crazy years, you deserve to do something nice for yourself and your gaming pals. The Surprise Package Offer gets you physical game books at PDF prices, and we will sign them if you would like us to. See what other fans are saying in the comment section, below. Enjoy and happy holidays.
You get a ton of stuff on the cheap, you can get a bunch of autographs (if you want ‘em), and you look like you spent a fortune. This is also a great way to try that game setting you’ve wondered about – After the Bomb®, Heroes Unlimited, Ninjas & Superspies, Dead Reign®, Chaos Earth®, Nightbane®, Beyond the Supernatural, Palladium Fantasy, Systems Failure, Mechanoid Invasion®, RECON®, Rifts®, etc. – or to get something for your favorite Game Master. Or perhaps, to get your player group to consider a new game or setting.
Please spread the word. The Christmas Surprise Package is only publicized by word of mouth, on Palladium’s website, and social media, so please tell everyone you know. Buy one for every gamer you know. They make astonishing gifts for every occasion. |
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| | | SALE #3 – ALL PDFs in the Palladium Books online store – 50% off – now through Wednesday
What is there to say other than, it’s time to build your PDF library. If you’re like me, you prefer physical books, but I must say, PDFs make great searchable references especially when you’re creating your characters or building a campaign. Also for checking reference books you may not have on hand except as a digital book. Happy holidays. |
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| | | SALE #4 – DriveThruRPG.com Black Friday / Cyber-Monday Sale – now thru Monday
Hundreds of Palladium Books PDF editions are on sale now thru Cyber-Monday – including books with 1st edition rules, every issue of The Rifter, G.M. guidelines, select map packs, character sheets, paper minis, sneak previews and more. |
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| | | SALE #5 – Kevin’s Toys, Art and Collectibles SALE – now through December 15, 2025
Palladium negatives at half price, out of print books, rare editions, and other Palladium collectibles, plus action figures (Star Wars, Marvel and DC superheroes, etc.), Nightmare Before Christmas items, toys, and more. Check it out at: http://stores.ebay.com/kevinstoys-artandcollectibles |
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| | | Shipping Guidelines – Only 4 weeks to Christmas – order now! |
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| Whether you are buying a Surprise Package or a regular order, if you need it in time for Christmas, please order sooner than later to avoid needing to pay for express service or the package not arriving in time for Christmas. Take comfort in your gifts arriving before December 25 with these key ship-by dates. The closer you get to Christmas/Kwanzaa, the more we recommend UPS as the most reliable method of shipping.
– United States Postal Service: Media Mail – December 8th so order NOW!
– United States Postal Service (in USA): Ground Advantage – December 15th.
– United States Postal Service (in USA): Priority Mail – December 16th.
– United States Postal Service (in USA): Priority Mail EXPRESS (expensive) – December 21st.
– UPS Ground (anywhere in the contiguous USA) – December 16. Last year, UPS was astonishing in its speed and accuracy of shipping. After that date, all bets are off.
– UPS 3-Day Select – December 18th, but you will pay for expedited shipping.
– UPS 2nd Day Air – December 21st, but you will pay for expedited shipping.
– UPS Next Day Air – December 22nd (to arrive December 24, Christmas Eve) – Even though it arrives the day after it ships, Palladium needs that order submitted by Monday, December 22nd, so we can pack and ship it December 23rd to arrive Wednesday, Christmas Eve, but please don’t cut it that close or pay such a high price for expedited shipping.
– Any orders placed after these dates may arrive in time for Christmas but we cannot guarantee it AND you should assume they will NOT arrive in time for Christmas. Please spread the word and place those orders as soon as you can. Ho, ho, ho and happy holidays.
– 2025 Shipping Note: Please make sure your address is complete and correct! As always, at Palladium, we will be working overtime and doing everything we can to process orders as fast as possible to get them to you for the holidays. However, after the package leaves the Palladium warehouse, delivery is out of our hands. As we get closer to Christmas, UPS Ground and Priority Mail will be your most reliable and timely methods of shipping. Thank you for your understanding. |
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| DriveThruRPG.com – PDF SALE – now through Black Friday |
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| 300+ RPG products on DriveThru – a dozen unique world settings – one game system – endless possibilities. No other game company offers game worlds for so many different genres. Best of all, learn to play one Palladium RPG and you can play them all, because each uses the same basic core rules and combat. There are differences, but the fundamentals are the same. This also means you can bring characters, villains, monsters, powers, magic, weapons, gear, and adventure ideas from one setting into another or mash them together!
In addition to PDF titles for entire game lines like Rifts®, Palladium Fantasy™, Heroes Unlimited™, Ninjas & Superspies™, After the Bomb®, Beyond the Supernatural™, Dead Reign® (zombies), Nightbane® (Urban Fantasy), Rifts Chaos Earth®, Systems Failure™, Splicers®, RECON®, The Rifter® #1-85, and others, there are Game Master and player aids, character generators, paper minis, map packs, and FREE Previews of books like Creature Feature™, Dead Reign, Coalition Manhunters, Titan Robotics™, Rifts Bestiary Volume One, World Books, Dimension Books, and more to give you a glimpse of what’s in the book. Enjoy endless adventures across the Megaverse®.
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| | | Palladium Collectibles – at Kevin’s Online Toy & Collectibles eBay Store |
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| Palladium collectibles as well as action figures and other items from Kevin Siembieda’s personal collection are on sale!
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! |
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| | | | Odds and Ends
I hope everyone enjoyed a lovely Thanksgiving day with friends and family.
5 Palladium Books Black Friday Sales! Most of our game books on sale at 30-50%, the annual Surprise Package sale, most Palladium PDFs on sale at 50% off, DriveThruRPG.com PDF Sale (includes all issues of The Rifter and bonus material like character sheets, etc.), and Kevin’s Collectible Ebay Store sale. Take advantage of all the offers and big savings. All run Black Friday, through Cyber-Monday and ends next Wednesday night, December 3rd.
More Surprise Package Comments from Fans like you are found below and at the end of every Update. We know many of you enjoy reading them nearly as much as we do. We can’t post them all, but we share as many as we can. Enjoy
TMNT & Other Strangeness Kickstarter Rewards are arriving and people are loving them. A number of backers have begun posting comments and unboxing videos. Most overwhelmingly positive. Nice. By next Tuesday approximately 4,000+ Backers in the US will be in the mail. Most of you in the USA should receive your rewards BEFORE Christmas. Woohoo! I believe rewards are, or will soon be, shipping to Backers throughout the rest of the world.
Pre-Orders will begin to ship around December 8th (tentative) and make TMNT products available to the public at large. You can still preorder now.
Happy Thanksgiving and happy hunting for gifts and deals now, Black Friday and through Cyber-Monday.
Our thanks to our Kickstarter Backers and everyone who supports Palladium Books in any number of ways. You’re all busy relaxing over a long weekend, buying Black Friday Sales items, or back at work (like us!), so I will keep this short. Drive safe, happy holidays and game on.
– Kevin Siembieda, Publisher, Game Designer, Writer, Friend |
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| Surprise Package comments from fans like you |
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| 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 they always brighten my day. We all appreciate your kind words, suggestions, and insights. In fact, the idea to do hardcover editions of core rule books came from fan comments in the Grab Bags. We get a lot so we can only offer a sampling of these comments in the Weekly Updates.
Our heartfelt thanks to all of you who have stuck with Palladium through thick and thin and now these new chaotic times. Please use our games to find escape from your day to day grind and worries. Use them to bring a little joy, laughter, and adventure to the holiday season and beyond.
Your comments and support mean the world to all of us. Thank you for making us smile and feel valued. As always, I have tried to write a short response [in brackets] to each comment. Happy holidays.
– Kevin Siembieda (and the Palladium Crew) |
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| | | B.S. in Casper, Wyoming, writes (in part): This is my third consecutive Christmas Surprise Package … I’m slowly rebuilding my collection again … I’ve played them all except Beyond the Supernatural. Thanks for all you do and know you are appreciated.
[Aw, thanks B.S., we appreciate you and all our fans. Good luck rebuilding your collection. We’ll do what we can to help. – Kevin]
M.M.L. in Hertfordshire, England, writes: I’m a massive fan of your company and your work. Thank you all for your hard work and all the joy you’ve brought me over the years.
[Thanks for the kind words and years of support, M.M.L. It is our great honor to bring RPG joy to you and countless others around the world. Keep your imagination burning bright and happy holidays. – Kevin]
S.C. in Mesa, Arizona, writes: You are all amazing! Please keep up the good work.
[Thank you, S.C. We’re slaving away on Surprise Packages, TMNT shipments, and new books. Happy holidays. – Kevin]
J.M. in North Canton, Ohio, writes (in part): TMNT & Other Strangeness is my favorite, with Rifts, Palladium Fantasy, and Heroes Unlimited vying for second [place] in terms of lore. Long time follower of Kevin’s. I got to meet him this past Gen Con. I have the TMNT Kickstarter rewards all coming … repainting my game room and when it’s done we are framing and hanging the art coming with the TMNT books… When the boxes get here, I am going to do an unboxing with one of the big gaming influencers here locally.
[Hey J.M., I’m thrilled you are so excited about the TMNT books and art prints. Thanks for doing an unboxing video, that should be fun. It was nice meeting you at Gen Con and it’s good to know you can keep a secret. Cowabunga, Gamer Friend, and happy holidays. – Kevin]
S.S. in Kearney, Nebraska, writes: Love Palladium. Love Rifts. Love the stories.
[Very succinct and to the point, S.S. Thank you for all the love. We appreciate it and send the love right back at you. Happy holidays. – Kevin]
D.N. in Longmont, Colorado, writes (in part): I love Rifts®. Savage Rifts is cool and all, but I love the source material. I also really like OSR games and love to mush them all together for maximum fun. Love Palladium Fantasy, Heroes Unlimited and TMNT (my first RPG), too. Still some of the best art and source material available … trying to fill out my old collection with stuff I missed or misplaced. Planning to order one [Surprise Package] now and again before it ends, maybe another.
[D.N., order as often as you’d like, and we’ll try to make each one special and fun. Keep your imagination burning bright. – Kevin]
D.J. in San Francisco, California, writes (in part): I played a lot of Rifts® back in the 90s and I haven’t taken part in a game in decades, but I am glad to see you guys are still plugging away, doing your thing. I mean, wow, there are so many Rifts World Books now! I guess it was always Palladium’s games [for me].
[Welcome back to the Megaverse®, D.J. I think you’ll enjoy your first Surprise Package. You’ll need to order another couple to catch up on those World Books. (Just kidding.) Keep your imagination burning bright. – Kevin] |
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