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| CELEBRATING 35 YEARS OF RIFTS® – ONE GAME SYSTEM – EVERY GENRE – COUNTLESS WORLDS – ENDLESS ADVENTURE |
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| | News & Deals – Weekly Update – Palladium Books® – October 16, 2025 |
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| Are you ready for Halloween? Thinking about Christmas? We are! Which is why we have the Palladium Horror Sale going on.
All Palladium horror PDF titles and many physical books are on sale. But that sale ENDS next week, so take a look before it’s over, especially if you have plans for a Halloween one shot adventure or a fall campaign. Dead Reign (Zombies Palladium style) is a great introductory RPG and fun for anyone. So is Systems Failure. (Fight the bug invaders!) Nightbane is some serious urban fantasy. (Twisted magic, secret demonic invasion and dark conspiracy that only you – the monstrous yet human Nightbane – can stop! Oh, and don’t trust anyone.)
Good news, shortly after this sale ends, Palladium’s annual Christmas Surprise Package super-deal should start up by the end of October. What’s that? You’ve never heard of the Christmas Surprise Package offer in which you can get signed books and wonderful goodies at an insanely low price? I’ll tell you all about it in the next Weekly Update. |
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| | | NEW! One-of-a-kind negatives from classic Rifts® titles, signed by Kevin Siembieda. I continue to add more Rifts negatives to my personal Ebay store (see store details toward the end of this Weekly Update), but they keep selling out fast. A Robotech M.A.C. II Monster negative and a Rifts Japan neg blew out the door yesterday. I will try to put a dozen up every week till Christmas. They look awesome and are suitable for framing. Note: Role-Playing Games from the 1970s, 80s, 90s and early 2000s have become collector items selling for big bucks by legitimate auction houses like Heritage Auctions (HA), as well as at game conventions. And I think prices will only continue to soar. Get ‘em while you can.
Original RPG art is even more rare and sought after by collectors. Most game and book publishers threw away the negatives when printing companies switched from film to digital printing. Palladium had dozens of book negatives destroyed too, but we kept several dozen and from time to time we make them available for sale. They are super-rare one- (sometimes two-) of-a-kind pieces of history, and quite attractive and unique. See more details just before my Closing Thoughts. |
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| | | Palladium Fans are the best! I’ve been saying that for decades and then you go and prove how true those words are. One of the key people behind BRIC reached out to ask me to thank everyone who donated to this lifesaving charity.
She wrote: “I am in awe of your fan base and all the wonderful personnel working at or for Palladium. I was floored when I checked our fundraising campaign. Our donations almost doubled in those final hours after your appeal went out. Thank you so much.”
Ditto. Thanks for being wonderful and making me proud. BRIC does a crowdfunder a few times a year, so those of you who couldn’t help this time will have a chance to save lives and protect families next year. I hope next time, together, we can help them reach or exceed their projected goal. Thanks again for being awesome. I love you. |
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| | SALE final days! Palladium’s Horror Sale Ends October 22. All horror PDF books on sale as well as many of the physical books. Ends October 22nd. See details below. |
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| | | FINAL DAYS! Nightbane® Through the Glass Darkly Audiobook! This terrifying and fun sourcebook is full of dark magic, scary character classes, 3 full adventures, and more. It is now becoming an audiobook. AudioRPG’s Backerkit crowdfunding campaign is in full swing. See details below or go to their campaign page to learn more. Audiobooks present an entirely different flavor and moody atmosphere than when you read the book yourself. Give it a try and see for yourself. Ends October 24th. |
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| Palladium Horror Sale – Final Days – Books and PDFs – ENDS Wednesday, October 22, 2025 |
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| Time is running out to get physical books in time for Halloween and battling supernatural evil. Sale ends Wednesday night, October 22, 2025. (Fortunately, the Palladium Christmas Surprise Package deal should start up around then. Whew.)
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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| | | UPDATE! Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness RPG Redux |
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| Coming in November and December! Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness Rewards are at sea! All TMNT & Other Strangeness RPG Redux books and Kickstarter rewards are at sea and on their way to the USA.
We tentatively anticipate Kickstarter Rewards to start shipping mid- or late-November (we don’t have an exact date yet). Backers, watch for Kickstarter Updates and Backerkit shipping charges coming soon! We are happy to report Palladium’s estimated shipping costs were pretty close for most, only a bit higher than anticipated. Shipping even for the top tier Backers isn’t too bad, but the amount of awesomeness they are receiving does jump up the shipping cost. We’ll get you the details next week.
You can still place TMNT & Other Strangeness Pre-Orders
The following TMNT & Other Strangeness products are still available for pre-order now thru November. They are anticipated to ship in December before Christmas (but no promises). |
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| – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness RPG Redux – 272 pages – includes the remastered TMNT & OS RPG, Turtles Go Hollywood sourcebook, and Truckin’ Turtles sourcebook, ALL remastered, updated, and new layout, in full color – PLUS bonus material (Behind the Scenes, concept art, written remembrances, and 17 pages of full color tribute art by Mirage Studio artists and other comic book and gaming artists). |
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| – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Transdimensional Adventures Redux – 256 pages – includes the remastered Transdimensional TMNT sourcebook (art by Eric Lawson), TMNT Adventures and TMNT Guide to the Universe sourcebook (art by Eastman and Laird), ALL remastered, updated, new layout, and in full color (including two 10 page Eastman and Laird comic strips created just for the sourcebooks) – PLUS bonus material (written remembrances and 15 pages of full color tribute art by renowned comic book and gaming artists). |
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| – Black White & Red Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness RPG Redux – 272 pages. The same glorious book painted in grays and reds as an homage to the original black and white comic books. It looks sensational. The bonus material is in full color. TMNT comic fans and gamers go nuts over this book. |
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| – Black White & Red Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Transdimensional Adventures Redux – 256 pages, The same fantastic book painted in grays and red as an homage to the original black and white comic books. It looks beautiful. The bonus material is in full color. TMNT comic fans and gamers go nuts over this book. |
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| – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness Mutagen Green Dice – 7 liquid-filled RPG dice that come in a plastic tube with the TCRI logo. TMNT fans and gamers alike love these dice. |
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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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| | 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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| | | | The Great People We Know
Because America and so much of the world are caught-up in celebrity, I think we forget what makes a person truly great. In fact, if you think about it, you personally know some pretty great people yourself. And I mean know well.
Greatness isn’t only about making movies or music or medicine or scientific breakthroughs, it’s about being an awesome human being. Not a flawless human being, that’s impossible, but someone who has empathy and cares about other people. Someone who tries not to judge or condemn others and strives to be the best they, themselves, can be. A person who is a beacon of light, joy, and hope whether they realize it or not.
One such individual was my friend Luis Arroy. A great man, in a casual, unassuming way.
Luis never let the unjust bigotry and hatred directed at him due to his ethnicity, crush his spirit or make him bitter. If anything, it furthered his resolve to be empathetic, kind, and caring toward others.
Luis Arroy was a proud American who legally immigrated from Mexico. He was a hard worker in a thankless job and never shirked his duty. He also knew how to live life large and enjoy the good things in life such as family, friends, and the people around him.
He was a loving husband, a caring father, and a steadfast friend. The kind of friend who would give somebody in need the shirt off his back. And do it without thinking twice about it.
When Palladium Books was going through the Crisis of Treachery back in 2006 – Luis was one of the many unsung heroes who lent the company money so it could survive. I later learned he really couldn’t afford to lend me as much as he did, but that didn’t stop Luis. And I was just one of dozens of people he helped with money and in other ways over the decades. Luis and his beautiful family opened their home to exchange students, helped other immigrants legally find their way to American citizenship, and always championed family and the underdog. My father, Hank, loved Luis. After Sean met Luis for the first time, he felt an instant connection and said to me, “That Luis, what a great guy.” Great indeed.
Luis Arroy didn’t cure cancer or have a best selling album (though he loved music). He was an open, honest, compassionate human being whose simple acts of kindness and sincerity touched the lives of hundreds of people in a profound way. Every one of them is better for having known him. If that’s not greatness, I don’t know what is.
Luis had a big heart. A kind heart. But even the strongest heart can only endure so much. My friend survived a lung transplant, countless procedures, and declining debilitating health. Five years of living hell for him and his family. Luis Arroy passed away on Monday, October 6, 2025, but he will never be forgotten. He lives in our hearts and his light helps shine the way for the rest of us.
I share this story of one man’s journey, because I think we can all follow in Luis’ footsteps. Too often we let the doomsayers and negativity color our vision and sense of reality. It causes us to see only the bad and ugly when there is so much beauty and goodness. The majority of us are good and kind people – or at least aspire to be. Like Luis, we try to see the beauty, wonder, and goodness our world has to offer. If you look closely, you’ll soon realize that many ordinary people we know are actually rather extraordinary. How cool is that? Rejoice in that knowledge and appreciate the people in our lives – especially the ones who mean so much to us.
Please don’t let the darkness win. Push away despair and hate, fear and bitterness. Hold tight the people and things that bring you joy and make your heart sing. Be the light that tries to make the lives around you better. Joy and positivity are contagious, so please spread it as much and as often as you can. Each of you is special and has the potential for greatness. I see it in you. Look at what your simple effort did for BRIC and the people it helps. You have the power. Believe in yourself (and others) and use that power for good.
As always, thank you for your love and support. Stay positive and game on.
– Kevin Siembieda, Publisher, Game Designer, Writer, Friend |
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