Granite State Comic Con – Weekly Update – Sept 17, 2026

CELEBRATING 45 YEARS OF RPG FUN

A LEGACY OF INNOVATION – ONE GAME SYSTEM – ENDLESS ADVENTURE

By Kevin Siembieda and Daniel Lansdown

We’re loading up the truck and driving to Manchester, New Hampshire for the Ninja Turtles-centric Granite State Comic Con. We can’t wait to hang out with our gaming,  comic book, and Ninja Turtles creator friends.

It will be an exhausting trek which is why we’re letting the new End of Summer Super-Sale, featuring Ninja Turtles and Rifts®, run from now till the end of September. That means it is time for you to snatch up TMNT & Other Strangeness products and enjoy the fun of mutant outcasts and heroic adventure. Create mutant animals, mutant dinosaurs, mutant prehistoric mammals, mutant hominids, travel through time, visit other dimensions, battle invading Triceraton, fight Shredder and the Foot, Doc Feral, the Terror Bears, play the Ninja Turtles, and stop evildoers in the sewers, on the street, and across space and time. Play as a stand alone game or easily combined with Rifts®, Phase World®, Heroes Unlimited™, Ninjas & Superspies™, After the Bomb®, and most Palladium RPG game settings – even Dead Reign® for a very different kind of zombie apocalypse.

Moreover, these Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness books are as beautiful as they are fun to play, making them the ideal gift for any Ninja Turtles fan. All destined to become collectors’ items.  

End of Summer Super-Sale
40% Off Now Through the end of September

Summer may be winding down, but the adventure is just getting started. Our End of Summer Super-Sale is underway, with 40% off select TMNT & Other Strangeness, Rifts®, and other Palladium favorites through the end of September.

Whether you’re filling gaps in your collection, stocking up for your next campaign, or diving into something new, this is a great time to explore the Megaverse® and save. From mutant heroes and dimensional adventures to Rifts®, Dead Reign®, The Rifter®, art books, and more, there is something here for every Palladium fan.

Stock up, save 40%, and make your next adventure a big one!

• TMNT & Other Strangeness RPG REDUX – Cat. No. 502HC

• TMNT Transdimensional Adventures REDUX –  Cat. No. 508HC

• TMNT & Other Strangeness RPG BWR –  Cat. No. 504HC

• TMNT Transdimensional Adventures BWR –  Cat. No. 509HC

• TMNT Game Screen –  Cat. No. 512

• Mutagen Green Dice Set – Cat. No. 510

• Rifts Ultimate Edition SOFTCOVER –  Cat. No. 800SE

• Rifts South America One – Cat. No. 814

• Rifts Juicers Uprising – Cat. No. 820

• Rifts Final Siege – Cat. No. 844

• Rifts Naruni Wave 2 – Cat. No. 860

• The Rifter #85 – Cat. No. 185

• Rifts & the Megaverse Softcover (Zeleznik Art Book) – Cat. No. 2510

• Future Visions (Charles Walton Art Book) – Cat. No. 2562

• Fear the Reaper (Dead Reign Sourcebook) – Cat. No. 234

• Graveyard Earth (Dead Reign Sourcebook) – Cat. No. 235

End of Summer – Rifter® PDF Sale

on DriveThruRPG.com – Now through September 23rd

It’s time to build your Rifter PDF library! Issues #1-85 are now on sale on DriveThru. While every issue of The Rifter has worthwhile source material, adventures, optional rules, great art and fun, if nothing else, we recommend you focus on the rare out of print issues that sell for big bucks on the Ebay collectors’ market.

This way you at least have the content for reference in PDF. And, you’ll be getting them on the cheap. That includes issues #4, 7, 8, 27, 31, 32, 33, 45, 46, 52, 54, 58, 59, 62, 63, 64, 71/72 double issue, and 77, among many others — Enjoy!

Join Us for Granite State Comic Con

September 18, 19, 20 – You wont want to miss it!

Palladium Books will have a big presence this year plus it is the unofficial Ninja Turtles convention. This year’s guests include Kevin Siembieda, Kevin Eastman, Simon Bisley, Jim Lawson, Steve Lavigne, Dan Berger, Eric Talbot, Michael Dooney, Fero Pe, Luis Antonio Delgado, Freddie E. Williams II, Ben Bishop, Esau & Isaac Escorza, Mike Rooth, Smith, Tom Waltz, and dozens of other Ninja Turtles, comic book, and Hollywood icons like Lou Diamond Phillips, Khary Payton, voice actor James Saito (Shredder), Kevin Clash (Splinter) and more.

THIS IS YOUR CHANCE to have them all sign your Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness Redux books!

Palladium Books will have a booth connected to Artists Alley with a slew of TMNT & Other Strangeness Redux Edition and After the Bomb sourcebooks featuring artwork by Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird, Jim Lawson, and many of the other artists who contributed to these books at the convention.

Did you know that Peter Laird did the cover and all the interior art in the original After the Bomb sourcebook? (We’ll have some copies at our booth.) Or that Kevin Eastman did the covers to Road Hogs and Mutants Down Under? (We’ll have some at our booth.) Or that Jim Lawson did all the interior art for Mutants Down Under? (We’ll have some at our booth!) AND all three of these artists and many of the ones listed above contributed art to TMNT & Other Strangeness and Transdimensional Adventures Redux Editions! (We’ll have tons of both books at our booth along with dice and GM Screen.)

We’ll also be bringing a selection of Rifts®, Palladium Fantasy, Heroes Unlimited, After the Bomb, and other books for your enjoyment. Oh yeah, and some incredible convention special deals you won’t want to miss, so be sure to swing by our booth.

Philadelphia Area Gaming Expo (PAGE)

will be here before you know it – January 14-17, 2027

This is another fun and rapidly growing convention. A must for gamers in the northeastern U.S., especially old school gamers!

Last year it had nearly 100 guests – many of them legends in the role-playing game industry. Including little ol’ me, Kevin Siembieda, Matthew Balent, Matt Forbeck, Frank Mentzer, Zeb Cook, Ed Stark, Jeff Dee, Darlene, Harold Johnson, Professor Dungeon Master, Kelsey Dionne (Shadowdark), Chris Arneson, and dozens more.

I will be back as a guest, and I’m scheduled for two panel talks with J-M DeFoggi. I believe Jim Zub, writer of Conan for Titan Comics, is one of the new guests this year. The Saturday Night auction is amazing too.

AVAILABLE NOW! A new fun online Chat. Check out the September 11, Friday Night Live on the Philadelphia Area Game Expo website/YouTube Channel.

I did a fun livestream on the show with Ron Meischler, Phil Wert, Jennifer Cash the Blind Bard, and fellow guest Rob Aldermann at Pulp Hummock Press (his Overlords of Steel RPG crowdfunder, it looks very interesting).  We had a blast talking about a lot of different subjects. Check it out below!

COMING SOON! Legion of Myth Live Chat with Siembieda and Roberson – September 27, 2026

Yep, the dynamic duo (me and Sean, that is) are back to chat about the Rifts® Glitter Boy Codex and all the super-cool items this mid-October crowdfunder on Backerkit will offer. There are a lot and you will want them, so start saving your pennies. As always, we’ll cover other fun game topics as well.

Four Reasons to Join the Rifts® Glitter Boy Codex Pre-Launch Page on Backerkit

One, a $5 reservation now gets you a bonus $30 Rifts Surprise Bundle when you pledge on the crowdfunder!

Two, Backers of any previous Palladium Crowdfunder will get a bonus art print when they back this one.

Three,  advanced look and information about the Rifts Glitter Boy Codex. A newly written and illustrated sourcebook devoted to the most iconic character in Rifts: the Glitter Boy Pilot and their fabled chromium power armor. It contains Glitter Boy suit modifications for the USA-G10, legendary suits, new and variant weapons, new gear, new adventures, never before revealed history of the Glitter Boys, famous Glitter Boy groups, notorious individuals, and powerful new artwork. Choose from a Glitter Boy Codex Softcover with classic black-and-white interior art by Steven Cummings or the full-color Glitter Boy Codex Hardcover with color art throughout – which makes it the landmark, first full-color Rifts® book ever! Art by Steven Cummings, colors by Michael Majestic.

Four, an advanced look at the many unique Backer Rewards and RPG accessories available as Add-Ons, such as:

• Rifts Glitter Boy EXCLUSIVE Foil/Chromium Cover Edition.

• Rifts® Customizable Game Master Screen – In the same style as the TMNT® Game Master Screen – 4-folding, color panels.

• 1–3 Dice Sets – Nine dice per set.

• 1–3 Rifts® Playmats

• Exclusive Metal Collector Coin – A new unique coin for each crowdfunder moving forward.

• Glitter Boy Print Set

• The Full Color Rifts Poker Deck – this fan-fave poker deck with a unique color image on every card has been out of print for a few years, and will be upgraded to a quality, linen card stock.

• And there is plenty more still to be revealed.

  
  

Plus the Rifts® Glitter Boy Codex Pre-Launch Page will offer more updates, previews, info, and artwork every week as we get closer to the Live Launch on BackerKit, mid-October. Our first update is already live.

Sign Up, Reserve for $5, Share, and Get Ready to Suit Up!

Also Coming to Backerkit Soon!

Our friends at Strange Owl Games are proud to announce the release of Timothy Brown’s Dragon Kings in a brand-new edition suitable for 5E play, with conversion rules for 2E included. Brown, the award-winning co-creator of the Dark Sun® universe, has further refined the desperate, savage world of Khitus, his spiritual successor to those exciting tropes and themes.

This crowdfunding campaign for Dragon Kings includes the Core Book with the entire setting and 5E-compatible rules, 2E conversion, maps, adventures, setting-appropriate dice, game master’s screen, and audiobook.

This crowdfunding campaign for Dragon Kings includes the Core Book with the entire setting and 5E-compatible rules, 2E conversion, maps, adventures, setting-appropriate dice, game master’s screen, and audiobook.

Closing Thoughts – A Rollicking End to Summer and an Explosive Start to Autumn

Granite State Comic Con is this weekend, so naturally the Ninja Turtles have been on our minds.

I can hardly believe that I have known “the boys” – Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird (not to mention Jim Lawson, Steve Levigne, Eric Talbot and other Mirage Studio artists) – since the very beginning. It’s also hard to believe Palladium Books was the first TMNT license and the first to introduce the idea of other mutant animals. Or that Erick Wujcik was so inspired that he knocked out one of the most beloved role-playing games ever. Or that I was the guy who introduced Kevin and Peter to Mark Freedman of Surge Licensing. What a wild ride.

You can read all about it in the TMNT & Other Strangeness Redux Edition along with fond remembrances from many of them, along with 17 pages of tribute art in that one book, and another 15 pages in Transdimensional Adventures.

I’m proud of my friends and the wonderful legacy they have created for generations of us all to enjoy. I marvel at the array of new, talented writers and artists expanding the TMNT universe and love watching them take it to new heights. Bravo, Ladies and Gentlemen, bravo. You’ve brought the world so much joy across so many mediums – comic books, graphic novels, animation, movies, toys, action figures, clothing … I better stop there.

That’s what makes going to Granite State Comic Con so special to us. It’s a celebration with old friends and new ones, warm and fuzzy Ninja Turtle nostalgia, and inspiring glimpses of their continuing future.

By the way, you may be surprised to learn that the TMNT & Other Strangeness Redux RPG and Transdimensional Adventures sourcebook offer sweeping possibilities as supplements for Rifts. Those mutant animals can be used to create D-Bees, Coalition mutants, and monsters, heroes, and villains from beyond the rifts. Create mutant dinosaurs to populate Rifts Dinosaur Swamp, South America, and the New West. Create mutant experiments from the Lone Star Complex, or aliens for Phase World and the Three Galaxies. Meanwhile, Transdimensional Adventures – with its time travel and dimensional travel rules and magic – is compatible with the dimension spawning concepts of Rifts, and suitable for sending characters on unexpected adventures in new dimensions or across time.

The TMNT & Other Strangeness Redux RPG and related products will be available at Granite State Comic Con – as well as on sale for the next two weeks for the multitude of gamers who cannot join us at the convention. We want everyone to discover and enjoy the Ninja Turtles role-playing game and create their own legion of mutant animal heroes, villains, and enthralling adventures.

Other stuff …

• Rifts fans! Check out and sign up to the Rifts Glitter Boy Codex – Backerkit pre-launch Page! You will not want to miss any of the very cool offerings in this crowdfunding campaign, especially the special 45th Anniversary book I am forbidden to reveal just yet.

  
  

• Take a listen to the fun and silliness of the September 11, Friday Night Live on the Philadelphia Area Game Expo website/YouTube Channel with Ron, Phil, Jenn, and Rob. I love these folks and the PAGE convention.

  
  

• The Worlds of Palladium exhibit has come to an end. My thanks to the curators who made this exhibit possible, and to everyone who made the pilgrimage to come see it.

We’ll see some of you at Granite State. The rest of you enjoy the End of Summer Super-Sale for huge savings and heroic fun that will keep you warm all fall and winter.

– Kevin Siembieda, Game Designer, Writer, Friend

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