| | CELEBRATING 45 YEARS OF RPG FUN ONE GAME SYSTEM – EVERY GENRE – COUNTLESS WORLDS – ENDLESS ADVENTURE
By Kevin Siembieda
Hello, my fellow Americans, happy Independence Day this weekend. Enjoy some good eats off the grill, fireworks, parades, sales, and time with friends and family. I think you’ll get a kick out of this week’s Closing Thoughts and you’ll love our 2 new sales.
Palladium has its own fireworks to share with you, two super-sales: The Mutants & Ninjas Bundle of Holding (pay less than $29 to get 21 PDF books worth $279) and Palladium’s Mutant & Ninja Mania SALE offering physical RPGs and sourcebooks including several back in print Rifts books and the two TMNT & Other Strangeness Redux editions. |
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| July 5th – Join us LIVE on Legion of Myth with Sean Owen Roberson and Kevin Siembieda – Noon EST
Yep, another fun chat with the guys and viewers about a bunch of different things — including lots of Game Master and role-playing advice. It’s always fun and we hope it’s helpful and insightful. You can check out recent and past chats below.
Legion of Myth & Palladium Books – Live Steam – May 24, 2026 |
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| The MUTANTS & NINJAS Bundle of Holding Pay less than $29 for $279 worth of PDF books – Save $250
The Mutants & Ninjas Bundle of Holding is your way to get PDFs of the core rules and piles of sourcebooks for fun characters, settings, and plenty of adventure ideas on the cheap. The sooner you order, the bigger the savings, so do not wait. This kind of deal is hard to ignore. Please spread the word. Thanks. Pay less than $29 to get 21 PDF books worth $279 retail. Includes 2 Core Rule Books and 19 sourcebooks in this epic Bundle of Holding (Starter Collection and Bonus Collection). Retail value of $279 – for only $27.95 to start (price will go up slightly as the sale goes on). 2 different game settings/RPGs: Ninjas & Superspies and After the Bomb® 19 sourcebooks with mutants, spies, powers, immortals, and adventure. Create and play ANY type of mutant animal; 200+ animals statted. Play Martial Arts Masters – 40+ combat styles to choose from. Play Super-Spies and create secret organizations. Mystic China alone presents ancient magic, martial arts powers, immortals, demons & more.
The total retail value of the titles in this offer is $279 US dollars. Customers who pay just $12.95 get ALL 8 titles in the Starter Collection (retail value $120.50) as DRM-free PDF ebooks, including the complete Ninjas & Superspies Revised rule book of martial arts and espionage action (retail price $10.50); and After the Bomb 2nd Edition (2001) rule book which depicts a post-holocaust Earth ruled by intelligent animals; the road-warrior rules expansion and location sourcebook Road Hogs; and five issues (#3-7) of Palladium’s in-house magazine, The Rifter® with Ninjas articles and scenarios.
IMPORTANT: Those who pay more than the threshold price of $27.95 to start, also get the Bonus Collection, with 13 more titles worth an additional $158.50 – you can not beat these deals. $279 is the total value of both bundles starting at only $27.95 – get yours today!
STARTER COLLECTION (US$12.95 – retail value $120.50) Ninjas and Superspies Revised RPG (retail price $22) After the Bomb RPG [formerly “2E”] (retail $22) After the Bomb Book 2: Road Hogs ($11.50) The Rifter – 5 Ninjas & Superspies issues (#3-7) (total retail $65)
Grand Total Starter Collection: $120.50 retail value for $12.95
BONUS COLLECTION (threshold starts at $27.95 – additional retail value $158.50) Mystic China ($22) 5 After the Bomb supplements (total retail value $60): Mutants Down Under ($11.50) Mutants of the Yucatan ($11.50) Mutants in Avalon ($14) Mutants in Orbit ($17), plus
Adventures in the Yucatan ($6) The Rifter – 4 more Ninjas issues (#14, 16, 25, 50) (total retail $45) The Rifter – 3 After the Bomb issues (#41, 61, 77) (total retail $31.50)
Grand Total: $279 retail value for $27.95 to start |
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| Mutant & Ninja Mania SALE on Palladiumbooks.com Huge Savings on PHYSICAL RPGs and sourcebooks Limited Time Offer – One Week Only!
To celebrate America’s 250th Anniversary this 4th of July and the Mutants & Ninjas Bundle of Holding PDF Sale ($279 worth of PDF books for under $30) Palladium is offering a patriotic 25-50% discount on a selection of physical books, including the two, full color, TMNT & Other Strangeness Redux Editions, After the Bomb titles, and some iconic Rifts titles. Get ‘em while you can at these low prices. Rifts Ultimate Edition RPG – the complete role-playing game – Sale Price $37.49 Rifts Africa – world book – Sale Price $18.74 Rifts Black Market – adventure sourcebook – Sale Price $20.24 Rifts Coalition War Campaign – world book – Sale Price $20.24 Rifts Dinosaur Swamp – world book – Sale Price $18.74 Rifts England – world book – Sale Price $18.74 Rifts Federation of Magic – world book – Sale Price $18.74 Rifts Chaos Earth RPG Hardcover – complete RPG and setting – Sale Price $33.74 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness Redux RPG – the complete game, and two beloved sourcebooks in one deluxe, full color hardcover – create any mutant animal – Sale Price $44.99 TMNT & Other Strangeness Redux Sourcebook: Transdimensional Adventures – create mutant dinosaurs – time travel – 12 adventures, and more – Sale Price $44.99 Heroes Unlimited RPG – complete role-playing game – Sale Price $23.99 Armageddon Unlimited – adventure sourcebook – Minion War Crossover – Sale Price $18.74 Mutant Underground – adventure sourcebook – Sale Price $15.74 Ninjas and Superspies Revised – Written by Erick Wujcik – 40 martial arts, martial arts powers, spies, gadgets, secret organization creation rules, and more. – Sale Price $20.24 Mystic China, sourcebook for N&S – more martial arts, powers, Chi, magic, demons, and more – written by Erick Wujcik – Sale Price $20.24 After the Bomb RPG 2nd Edition (2001) – Written by Erick Wujcik – think Planet of the Apes meets the X-Men – Sale Price $20.24 Road Hogs, After the Bomb sourcebook – Written by Erick Wujcik – Sale Price $7.00 Mutants Down Under, After the Bomb sourcebook – Written by Erick Wujcik – Sale Price $7.00 Mutants of the Yucatan, After the Bomb sourcebook –Written by Erick Wujcik – Sale Price $7.00 Mutants in Avalon, After the Bomb sourcebook – Sale Price $8.50
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| | Fantasy Sourcebook – available now
Heroic and challenging adventures, Crystal Magic, the Life Force Mage and other deadly villains, forgotten history that reveals information about the Palladium World, the Time of a Thousand Magicks, the Changeling Inquisition, prophecies, and other dark secrets. Stats updated to Second Edition rules, updated artwork, and new index. 144 pages – $24.99 – Cat. No. 458 – available now!
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Visit Palladium Books at GEN CON Booth 1523 – Indianapolis – starts July 30th
We’ll be there with hundreds of our RPG titles from Rifts and Phase World to Nightbane, Palladium Fantasy, and all the rest, plus some original art, negatives, dice, and more. And we’ll sign books and chat with you for a while. See a sneak peek of Rifts Bestiary Vol. 2 and the Glitter Boy Codex.
Use the Gen Con Coupon Book to get special discounts on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness RPG, Transdimensional Adventures sourcebook, Game Master Reference Screen, and Mutagen Green dice set as well as all After the Bomb titles, while supplies last. Sold on a first come, first served basis.
Meet and chat with Palladium creators: Kevin Siembieda, game designer and founder of Palladium Books Sean Owen Roberson, game designer, business partner, and Creative Director Daniel Lansdown, Office and Marketing Manager Wayne Smith, Editor and so much more Caleb Nelson, order processing and Lord of the Warehouse JUST ADDED – Matthew Clements, writer (Northern Gun, Dead Reign) Mark Oberle, writer (Nightbane, Dead Reign, Rifts) Glen Evans, writer (Palladium Fantasy, The Rifter) Mike Leonard (The Rifter, paper minis)
All are happy to sign your books and chat with you for a little while. |
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| Dive Into The Megaverse® at DriveThruRPG.com
DriveThruRPG.com always has 300+ Palladium RPG products – 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! There are also G.M. and player aids, character generators, paper miniatures, character sheets, and FREE Previews of select books, The Rifter® #1-85, and more. Explore the Megaverse®. |
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| 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! New items added regularly.
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. |
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| | | Closing Thoughts – Why I Love Mutants, Superspies & Ninjas
They are part of my pop-culture DNA and I encourage you to include them in some way in all of your games as heroes, villains, and non-player characters.
Mutants. The X-Men was my favorite comic book. The Island of Doctor Moreau – all about mutant animals – was one of my favorite H.G. Wells novels and so was Mysterious Island, clearly filled with giant, mutated animal monsters! Before you knew it, mutants were popping up more and more, especially in comics and works of science fiction.
Superspies. As a child growing up in the 1960s, spy movies and TV shows were all the rage: James Bond, Harry Palmer, Matt Helm, Our Man Flint, Mission Impossible, The Avengers (not the superhero team), The Saint, Man from U.N.C.L.E., I Spy, Secret Agent, Danger Man, The Prisoner (my fave), The Champions (superpowered spies), Man in a Suitcase, Get Smart, and others! Spies were everywhere and I loved them all.
Ninjas and Martial Arts. As a history buff, I was already intrigued by the historical ninja and samurai of Japan, but had my first hints of martial arts from old Green Hornet radio shows and Bruce Lee as Kato in the Green Hornet TV show, Race Bannon in the Jonny Quest cartoon, and Diana Rigg as Emma Peel in the Avengers. (Boy did I have a crush on her, lol.) Then, the 1970s ushered in a new cinematic era of martial arts. For me that started with the Kung-Fu TV show, followed by Bruce Lee’s Enter the Dragon, Jackie Chan, Chuck Norris, and a host of imported and domestic martial arts/kung-fu movies.
So I encourage all of you to embrace the two current sales that feature mutants, ninjas, and superspies. Here are my thoughts about the sale and how to use the books and characters in game settings that may not seem obvious.
The current Mutants & Ninjas Bundle of Holding is a mind-boggling deal. I mean, you get nearly $300 worth of digital products for under $30. Wow. Even if you’re not big into PDFs or digital books, snap up the Starter and Bonus Collections for your future reference. You may find yourself using them more than you imagine. I just sent a friend and freelancer a couple of signed physical books, but also a dozen PDF sourcebooks for their easy searchability and ease of reference. I’m sure if there are PDF books he likes, he’ll order the physical books too. PDF files are just nice to have. By the way, PDF books may appeal to your children and the younger generation of gamers, so give these Bundles of Holding a try.
For those of you, like me, who prefer physical books, Palladium has many of those same books and others in our Mutant and Ninja Mania SALE as physical books at a substantial discount. Including the two full color TMNT & Other Strangeness hardcovers. So a little something for everyone.
Mutants, ninjas, martial arts, and superspies add fun and surprises to every setting. Use them in the world presented in the specific RPG or drop them into almost ANY setting. They are obviously ideal for the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness books, Heroes Unlimited, and After the Bomb.
But stop and think about how beautifully they fit into Rifts, Chaos Earth, and Phase World. Mutant animals can be the result of CS Lone Star, Gene-Splicer, or Splugorth experiments as well as D-Bees or mutants caused by the rifts or magic. What better place than Rifts Earth for Mutant Dinosaurs!?! See TMNT Transdimensional Adventures for mutant dinosaur creation rules as well as tables and rules for time travel and dimensional travel that easily work with Rifts, Chaos Earth, and Phase World. Transdimensional Adventures could almost be a sourcebook for Rifts!
Ninjas, martial artists and spies (especially if they have mystical, martial arts powers or Chi Magic!) have a place with every faction on Rifts Earth! They should be wanted by rebel forces, bands of heroes and adventurers, to mercenary companies, the Black Market, Federation of Magic, Lazlo, Tolkeen (before and after the Siege), the Coalition States/CS Army (and as outsiders hired by the CS) as well as hirelings and agents of Triax, Northern Gun, Free Quebec, MercTown, the Vampire Kingdoms, Vampire Hunters, True Atlanteans, Minions of Splugorth, the Phoenix Empire, factions within Rifts China, and the list goes on and on! Ninjas, mutants, and superspies… oh, yes. Use the resources from the books and PDFs currently on sale to surprise players in other settings.
Otherwise, enjoy a safe and joyful 4th of July weekend and use your beautiful imaginations to create epic adventures and new wonders.
– Kevin Siembieda, Game Designer, Writer, Friend |
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