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| CELEBRATING 45 YEARS OF RPG FUN – ONE GAME SYSTEM – EVERY GENRE – COUNTLESS WORLDS – ENDLESS ADVENTURE |
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| | Palladium Books® – Weekly Update – April 23, 2026 |
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| A Weekend Conversation with Kevin Siembieda (and Friends)Admissions available for order online AND at the Door – April 24 & 25 – Palladium warehouse in Westland, Michigan |
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| Come for one or both days. Buy RPG books, sourcebooks, miniatures, dice, artwork, negatives, some out of print books, and more. You’ll even have first crack at a few new items, plus get free giveaways and autographs, and have fun, fun, fun.
I will meet people at the Detroit Historical Museum from 10:00-12:00 in the morning. Palladium Warehouse will be open 2:00-10:00 PM for conversation and hanging out.
Meet and Visit With: Kevin Siembieda – Founder of Palladium Books, game designer, artist, writer. Sean Owen Roberson – Palladium’s Creative Director, game designer, and writer. Wayne Smith – Staff Editor, The Rifter, and so much more. Alex Marciniszyn – Staff Editor and Researcher. Caleb Nelson – Lord of the Warehouse and order processing. Brett/“Heathendog” – Legion of Myth Podcaster and Pundit. Steve Dawes – Writer – Beyond the Supernatural and The Rifter. Greg Diaczyk – Writer – Thundercloud Galaxy and The Rifter. Ed Kwiatkowski – Artist – Weapons, Armor & Castles of the Orient. Mark Dudley – Artist – Rifts, Heroes Unlimited and more. Mike Majestic – Artist – Cover Painter (TMNT Redux Editions, Titan Robotics, Psi-Ops). Ben Rodriguez – Artist – Rifts, The Rifter. Rex Barkdoll – Web Designer and long-time friend and helper. Michelle Ivey – Host of Cowabunga Corner, TMNT historian, writer. Miki Ivey – Artists, sculptor, TMNT historian. And others.
Share your stories about Palladium Books. Tell us fun and funny stories about your encounters with me, Erick, Kathy, Palladium creators and staff, Palladium Open House and other convention and gaming experiences. Did you ever meet gaming legends like Gary Gygax, Dave Arneson, Greg Stafford, Keith Parkinson, Steve Jackson, Mike Pondsmith, Sandy Peterson, Mark Millar, Jordan Weisman, Michael Stackpole, etc.? Share those stories with us.
Reserve your admissions online now or pay at the door April 24th and/or 25th. |
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| FINAL HOURS – Rifts® Phase World® Kickstarter – ENDS Friday Night – Please support it if you can – an official license |
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| Tonight and tomorrow are your last chance to get in on the ground floor of this epic new Phase World and the Three Galaxies Sourcebook. A new, official license with Star Anvil Studios to create new Rifts® Phase World® sourcebooks using the Rifts for Savage Worlds rules. It is NOT a Palladium Books publication, but a trusted, third party licensee, Star Anvil Studios, who is excited to bring Phase World to the Savage Worlds game system. (Note: Palladium has its own plans for new Rifts and Phase World sourcebooks using our Megaversal rules in the coming months and years.)
Though created for Savage Worlds, the sourcebook material can be converted to Palladium’s game system, especially the expanded galactic setting information, new characters, weapons, spacecraft, and adventures. This Kickstarter is a must for Rifts for Savage Worlds players and Game Masters, and a fun idea and adventure generator for Palladium gamers. Star Anvil has big plans for future Phase World and the Three Galaxies sourcebooks, so Sean and I hope many of you support it. Phase World® has enthralled RPG players for decades, and with Rifts®: Phase World® for Savage Worlds, Star Anvil Studios brings this amazing setting to a whole new segment of role-playing game fans. Fun and adventure for traditional Rifts players and Rifts for Savage Worlds players. Check it out. You only need the Savage Worlds Adventure Edition game system and Savage Worlds Science Fiction Companion to play. Produced by Star Anvil Studios, an authorized licensee of Palladium Books.
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| TMNT & Other Strangeness Redux RPG and TMNT Transdimensional Adventures sourcebook are hot – because they are so much fun for everyone |
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| Have you gotten your copy yet? If not, don’t delay. These two books are must own items for EVERY TMNT fan from gamer to comic book collector to fans of all things TMNT.
Coffee table book quality, full color art by Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird, Jim Lawson, Kevin Long, and many comic book and gaming legends in both. Each hardcover collects three of the beloved TMNT & Other Strangeness RPG titles. Each thoughtfully remastered with clean layout, rules updates, added material, more mutant animals, 12+ pages of brand new tribute art, all in full color for the first time ever.
A joy for old school gamers, fun for experienced gamers, and easy to learn for first-time gamers. The tons of art and delightful Animal Creation tables and rules are worth the cost of the books all by themselves. WARNING: You may find yourself spending hours and hours creating mutant animal heroes. TMNT & Other Strangeness Redux RPG – Cat. No. 502HC – 272 pages of fun and imagination. Full color. TMNT Transdimensional Adventures sourcebook – Cat. No. 508HC – 256 pages of time travel, mutant dinosaurs, alien invaders, magic, 20 pages of comic strips, and more. TMNT & Other Strangeness Game Master Screen – Cat. No. 512 – customizable folders. Mutagen Green Dice Set – Cat. No. 510 – Seven liquid-filled dice that appear to simmer with boiling mutagenic ooze when they come to a rolling stop. Black, White, & Red TMNT & Other Strangeness Redux RPG Edition – Cat. No. 504BWR – 272 nostalgia pages that harken back to the original RPG and comic books with its shades of grey, reds, and whites. Black, White, & Red TMNT Transdimensional Adventures sourcebook – Cat. No. 509BWR – 256 pages of noir colors through space and time.
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| | | Social Media Fun with Palladium Books |
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| NEW! 3D6 Down the Line – Actual Play TMNT & Other Strangeness RPG Redux Adventure: Looking for something fun and funny, check this out. Looking to get some insight into the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness Role-Playing Game? Check this out, it’s informative and fun. The players each randomly rolled up their character’s background and played a team of mutant squid in New York City. I listened to some of it and thought it was pretty awesome. Available now. |
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| | | NEW! Sean Roberson and the Glitterbois’ TMNT & Other Strangeness “Live Play” video is now available for your listening enjoyment. Check it out. Sean said they had a blast playing. There’s also an earlier Fantasy RPG session with Kevin Siembieda. |
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| | | Legion of Myth: The livestream last Sunday, April 19th, was very fun and insightful. It should be available to view right now. It was full of energy about Palladium Books’ influence on the RPG tabletop industry, as well as news and loads of fun with me, Kevin Siembieda, Sean Owen Roberson, Max Laio, and Heathendog. Come meet Heathendog at the Weekend with Kevin Siembieda (and Friends), April 24th and 25th. The fun all happens at the Palladium Books Warehouse, 39074 Webb Court, Westland, Michigan. Please join all the fun. Available now. |
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| NEW on the Palladium Books YouTube Channel – Almost every video is designed to be timeless, so you can listen to them now, in the weeks ahead, or years from now. You do not need to listen to them in any particular order, just pick a topic and enjoy. Available now – The Rifter Origin Story and Other Tales Available now – Pursue Your Passion – and follow your dreams. A message to creative individuals whether you’re a Game Master, artist, writer, game designer, musician, entrepreneur, or whatever you may aspire toward. April 30th – Stories behind Recon, Macross II, and Systems Failure May 14th – Campaign Design – tips and considerations for building campaigns.
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| | | | At the Printer! Island at the Edge of the World™ – Updated 2nd Edition – A Palladium Fantasy Adventure Sourcebook |
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| You demanded it, so Island at the Edge of the World™ is back, remastered, and updated to Second Edition rules in time for Palladium’s 45th Anniversary.
Island at the Edge of the World™ reveals little known history about the Palladium World, the Time of a Thousand Magicks, the Changeling Inquisition, and dark secrets that could threaten life everywhere. Learn about forgotten Crystal Magic (as powerful as Rune Weapons!), Church of the Scar, the legendary Circle of Absolute Elemental Power, and frightening prophecies about the end of the world. The hidden Crystal Forest and Crystal Palace. The Psychic Science of Magic and Crystals. New magic weapons and items. The Town of a Dozen Fracts, an adventure setting. The Silent Forest adventure. Quest for the Tombs adventure. The Old Kingdom Mountains and adventures. The Valley at the Top of the World, an adventure setting. The Island at the End of the World, an adventure setting. Ancient ruins and additional places, people and secrets of note. Written by Thomas Bartold. Additional text by Kevin Siembieda and John Klinkel. Stats updated to Second Edition rules, updated artwork, and new index. 144 pages – $24.99 – Cat. No. 458 – at the printer – available in May.
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| | | Fantasy: Mysteries of Magic: The Heart of Magic – Cat. No. 472 – $20.99 – the history, secrets, and mysteries behind Wizardy; new Wizard and Warlock Elemental spells, the Forsaken Mage and Half-Wizard O.C.C.s, and more. Available now.
Fantasy: Bizantium and the Northern Islands – Cat. No. 474 – $26.99 – Secrets, dangers and mysteries of the North Sea, the Great Ice Shelf, and the Iceborn, plus magi, monsters, sea serpents, Necromancers, Skinbinders, Iceborn Sea Witch, and more. Available now.
Rifts® Mercenaries – Cat. No. 813 – $24.99 – The bestselling fan favorite sourcebook is back. It introduces Naruni Enterprises, Wellington Industries, Iron Heart Armaments, Golden Age Weaponsmiths, Angrar Robotics, Chipwell Armaments, and the weapons, vehicles, and gear they offer, plus 6 mercenary companies, 8 Merc O.C.C.s, and more. Available now.
Rifts® Splynn Dimensional Market – Cat. No. 836 – $26.99 – They say you can buy anything at the market if you’re willing to pay the price. Tons of magic items like Bio-Wizard weapons, armor, and Bio-Borgs, magic restraints, Venom Blades, Kittani weapons and vehicles, 15 alien creatures, notable shops of Splynn, and more. Available now.
Rifts® Dimension Book: Thundercloud Galaxy – Cat. No. 883 – $24.99 – 17 alien races. Monsters, minions, Gene-Tech, 101 ruins and adventure table, monster creation table, overview of the galaxy, and more. Available now.
Nightbane®: Between the Shadows – Cat. No. 731 – $24.99 – Astral Mage, Dream Dancer, Arcane Detective and other O.C.C.s, plus the Astral Plane, the Dreamstream, Spook Squad, and more. All of it epic and intriguing. Available now.
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| Visit the Detroit Historical Museum and see the Worlds of Palladium exhibit – now thru September 13, 2026 |
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| The exhibit is freakin’ awesome and how many times does a role-playing game company get recognized like this? Not often. The exhibit itself is historic, so come and see it and all the impressive exhibits at the museum, like Heroes & Villains: Detroit’s Comic Book Story, Streets of Old Detroit (a fave), 100 Years of Red Wings Hockey, and America’s Motor City, among others. The Detroit Institute of Arts museum is across the street and is one of the best in the country. Detroit Historical Museum – 5401 Woodward Ave, Detroit, Michigan, 48202 – telephone: 313-833-1805 – Admission: $15 for adults, Children 6-12 $8. Closed Mondays and Tuesdays, Open Wednesday thru Saturday 10 AM to 5 PM, Sunday 1-5 PM. |
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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, 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!
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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| | | | An exciting weekend
The Weekend Conversation with Kevin Siembieda – and friends is this Friday and Saturday. We’re expecting around 60-70 gamers/friends/fans from around the country. It’s also partly my 70th Birthday celebration too.
It has been a hectic week preparing for this two-day event, and I’m feeling pretty tuckered out, but I’m sure the adrenaline will kick in and keep me going once friends and fans start to arrive.
We’ll be reminiscing about Palladium’s 45 year long history, the Detroit Gaming Center, favorite books, favorite close encounters, favorite people, the loved ones we have lost, the future of Palladium Books, and … well, everything Palladium and gaming.
So with it all starting tomorrow, I’m going to end this Update here. Please support the Star Anvil Phase World Kickstarter in its final hours, game on, and spread the word about Palladium’s awesome RPG worlds. Thanks and enjoy your weekend.
– Kevin Siembieda, Game Designer, Writer, Friend |
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