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| CELEBRATING 35 YEARS OF RIFTS® – ONE GAME SYSTEM – EVERY GENRE – COUNTLESS WORLDS – ENDLESS ADVENTURE |
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| | Halloween Sales & More – Weekly Update – Palladium Books® – October 3, 2025 |
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| A sincere thank you to all who supported the five Rifts Mega-Bundle of Holding offers. What a deal, eh? Now you have material for a dozen winter Rifts campaigns.
Palladium has been offering Rifts sales all year long as part of our 35 year celebration of Rifts, but making all of September Rifts Month and truly special wouldn’t have been possible without the Mega-Bundle of Holding offers. A tip of the hat and our thanks to the good people behind the Bundles of Holding.
Last Sunday’s Legion of Myth live chat was enthusiastic and fun. We used the Bundles of Holding as a starting point to explore the Rifts Megaverse® and talk about a dozen different Rifts titles. I loved it. There’s been so much going on here at Palladium, however, that we forgot to tell you about it in advance, sorry about that. It was recorded and is available to listen to on the Legion of Myth channel right now. Note: Our next LoM chat will be October 12 and feature Nightbane and other Palladium horror RPGs. Plus our thoughts and tips about running horror settings. |
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| | Palladium Books is enjoying growing support and excitement over the Palladium Books YouTube interviews with J-M DeFoggi, me, and other Palladium luminaries. The feedback has been glowing, and not just from gamers and Palladium fans, but from fellow industry professionals. I’m constantly surprised by who is tuning in to these chats. All tell me how much they enjoy the behind the scenes insights, the snippets of gaming history (it helps that I’m an old guy), the positivity, and friendliness of these videos. Count on many more throughout the year and into the next one.
We have a number of fun topics and new people in line for interviews, including chats with Sean Owen Roberson, Carl Gleba, Sophie Campbell, and other Palladium creators.
I’m also trying to schedule interviews with The Glitterbois and Turtle Tracks podcasts. If you’d like us on your show, reach out via the Palladium Help Desk. We’re juggling a lot so if we don’t respond, please reach out again. Thanks! |
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| NEW! Nightbane® Through the Glass Darkly Audiobook Crowdfunder |
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| It’s October and time for friendly Halloween frights and fun. To that end, AudioRPG is crowdfunding the Nightbane® Through the Glass Darkly sourcebook as its latest audiobook offering. This is one of my (Kevin Siembieda) favorite sourcebooks and I also enjoyed the voice actor they chose for this one. The sourcebook delves into the dark and transformative magicks of the Fleshsculptor, Cybermage, and Mirror Mage. It includes 50+ magic spells, plus charms, talismans, Living Pathways, three full adventures and ideas for many more. Don’t overlook this deep and scary sourcebook.
We are always amazed that the spoken book version always sounds so different and dramatic.
Audiobook Highlights: Professional voice actor. The audiobook narration is moody and compelling. (We love it.) Fun and relaxing. A very different experience than reading the book yourself. Excellent for revisiting the world of Nightbane. Excellent for Game Master prep and generation of ideas. An immersive experience you will never forget. Whether you’re familiarizing yourself with the setting or rules, searching for ideas, preparing your next campaign, or just enjoying the Urban Fantasy world of Nightbane, you’ll find the audiobook a worthwhile experience.
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| NEW! Palladium Horror Sale |
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| ‘Tis the season to battle supernatural evil, so we thought we’d offer select horror titles. Happy Halloween.
PDF Horror Sale All Nightbane® PDFs – 30% off All Dead Reign® PDFs – 30% off All Beyond the Supernatural PDFs – 30% off Systems Failure RPG (alien invasion) – 30% off
Physical Books on sale |
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| Please help me and Sean save lives via BRIC |
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| We know finances are tight for many of you during these uncertain times, but this is your chance to make a genuine difference in the world, protect families, and save lives. All proceeds go to the charity. Even a $10 donation helps. In fact, if we could get a bunch of Palladium’s thousands of fans and customers to pledge as little as $10 it would make a profound difference. If you can afford it, please do so. This is your chance to make a real difference for people who are largely forgotten by the outside world. It’s not often that you know every penny goes to the people in need like this one.
Sean and I support and endorse this charity because we know the organizers and know that our efforts make a direct and immediate difference in the lives of the children and families of the BRIC compound. Our efforts have helped this compound in the African Congo to build walls and schools to fend off Warlord rebel forces and slavers. The BRIC compound has become a safe haven for local families. A haven that provides food and shelter as needed, and a school to educate children and teach teens and young adults a trade so they can become self-sufficient. These life-sustaining improvements could not happen without your prayers and financial assistance since 2022, but our crusade to save and improve the lives of the people in the region is far from complete.
The Democratic Republic of Congo is currently facing one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises. People are displaced, starving, and homeless, making safe havens like BRIC necessary for survival. Please join me (Kevin Siembieda) and Sean Owen Roberson by helping in any way you can. Your donations, small or large, will save lives.
The link to the current webpage is listed below. Gamers unite and help if you can. The fundraising campaign runs through October 15, 2025. Thank you. – Kevin Siembieda & Sean Owen Roberson |
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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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Our hearts go out to those of you who have fallen to, or are facing, oncoming layoffs and possible firing from your jobs. Try to stay positive and frosty. Please don’t slide into depression, hate, or disillusionment. I’ve been there and I know how difficult that can be, but you can do it. Life is hard and it can be challenging at times. Stay strong and hopeful. You will survive this. Count the small blessings and appreciate them. And if you have your health, family, friends and loved ones at your side, those are huge blessings.
We gamers have an ace up our sleeves when it comes to finding escape and release from our troubles. You guessed it, gaming. We can escape into imaginary worlds of triumphant heroes and bold adventurers. Best of all, we get to explore those worlds with friends/family and likeminded gaming maniacs. There’s nothing more stress relieving than to win against wicked monsters and villains in a role-playing game. Sure, most games can bring about a certain amount of escape and stress release, but nothing like the immersive worlds of role-playing. RPGs call upon you to use your imagination and cleverness like no other game. Those epic campaigns, teamwork, and heroic triumphs make us laugh and our hearts sing.
Go to RPGs to find at least temporary relief from your real world troubles. Laugh heartily in the face of danger, crush villainy, rescue the innocent, and enjoy the camaraderie of your fellow heroes – gamers all.
– Kevin Siembieda, Publisher, Game Designer, Writer and Friend |
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