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| 6 DAYS TILL CHRISTMAS – TMNT SHIPPING – ONE GAME SYSTEM – EVERY GENRE – COUNTLESS WORLDS – ENDLESS MUTANTS AND ADVENTURE |
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| | PDF Sale – Weekly Update – Palladium Books® – December 19, 2025 |
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| Christmas is next week. Here’s what you need to know about our new sale, Surprise Package offer, a friend’s crowdfunder, and some fun.
There are six days till Christmas, but only 3 shipping days, requiring you to pay for expedited shipping for Christmas Eve delivery. UPS Ground – No additional fee, but only a 30% chance it will arrive in time for Christmas. Best odds are for packages headed to the eastern part of the country. UPS 2nd Day Air – Order by Sunday, December 21st, but you will pay a high price for expedited shipping. UPS Next Day Air – Order by Monday, December 22nd (to arrive December 24, Christmas Eve) – Even though it arrives the day after it ships, Palladium needs that order submitted by Monday, December 22nd. Next Day Air costs a high price for expedited shipping and will be delivered on Christmas Eve. All other means of shipping have a slim chance of arriving in time for Christmas, but we cannot guarantee you or your person will receive the package in time for the holidays. You should assume it will arrive a few days AFTER Christmas. I’m always surprised and impressed by the effort made by UPS, the USPS (United States Postal Service), and most shipping companies, but holiday delivery is at your own risk.
If you don’t need a Surprise Package (or an ordinary order) by Christmas, the Surprise Package offer runs thru Christmas Eve and is still the best deal around and you can ship it via Media Mail or Ground Advantage for the least expensive methods of shipping. |
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| | NEW PDF Sale – 25% off – in Palladium Books online store
Can’t get the physical book in time for the holidays? Then consider getting the PDF version of the books you want. The game settings listed below are on sale now thru January 2, 2026. All Rifts PDF titles – 25% off All Heroes Unlimited PDF titles – 25% off All After the Bomb PDF titles – 25% off And Ninjas & Superspies and Mystic China PDFs are on sale – 25% off Sale ends January 2, 2026.
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| Christmas Surprise Package – Ends December 24, 2025
This really is the best deal in gaming and our way of saying thank you and giving back to the community. If you’ve never gotten one you must try it, but time is running out. The offer is set to end Christmas Eve. The equivalent of a 40-60% discount. Signed books if you request autographs. Fun surprises. But it all comes to an END December 24, 2025 – get yours today.
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| | | Palladium’s annual Surprise Package Offer is not just for Christmas. It is a great gift for birthdays, anniversaries, graduation, house warmings, and any gift-giving occasion. It’s also a fun and inexpensive way to rebuild your collection, replace worn out books, and try new game settings you’ve wondered about – After the Bomb®, Beyond the Supernatural, Chaos Earth®, Dead Reign®, Heroes Unlimited, Ninjas & Superspies, Nightbane®, Palladium Fantasy, Rifts®, RECON, and others without spending a fortune.
Your “Wishlist” is vital – the Palladium Surprise Packages are designed to simulate the joy and surprise of the Christmas Season of Giving. To do this, you submit a list of 12-15 Palladium products (or more) FOR EACH Surprise Package you order. This list of 12-15 items for EACH Grab Bag is critical, because you will not know which items we will select to send you. That makes it just like a Christmas gift because it’s a surprise. Plus, Surrogate Santa Kevin, who personally hand-picks every item for every Grab Bag, may toss in something extra like a limited edition print, notepad, pen, bookmarks, poker deck, an issue of The Rifter®, or something else he thinks you’ll enjoy.
Autographed books. For those of you who want them (which are most people), available members of the Palladium staff, and any freelancers we can lasso at the time, are happy to autograph each and every book in your Surprise Package. This is the only way many fans across the country and overseas can ever get signed books.
Send us your brief comments. There is a special form and format to fill out for Christmas Surprise Packages, including a place where you can offer your brief comments, suggestions, greetings and salutations.
Please spread the word. The Christmas Surprise Package is only publicized by word of mouth, on Palladium’s website, and social media, so please tell everyone you know. They make astonishing gifts for every occasion. Only from PalladiumBooks.com – NOTE: TMNT books are too new to include in the Surprise Packages. |
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| | | TMNT & Other Strangeness RPG Redux products available now from Palladium Books
Kickstarter Backers are going wild over these books and Kickstarter rewards. By the time you read this all but a couple hundred US and Canadian Kickstarter rewards have shipped! Our third party shipper was suffering a manpower shortage, but they got back on track this week and only those couple hundred are yet to ship. We are told they will go out today and next week. Everything else is on its way. (Or in your hands!)
The TMNT & Other Strangeness RPG Redux products are currently available at Palladium Books online store.
See details below or click on the links to go directly to each item.
The items should be arriving at distributors in a week or two and finding their way into stores after Christmas – most reaching store shelves early or mid-January. They are designed to appeal to gamers, comic book collectors, and TMNT fans of every variety. |
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| | | The Palladium Books YouTube Channel continually posts new, timeless interviews and chats every two weeks, and with the holiday season we’ve been posting bonus episodes! Gamers and industry professionals are loving these informal and fun chats, so try a few, and please spread the word.
Recent holiday episodes include: TMNT Redux Review Christmas Surprise Packages Kevin’s Convention adventures (Gen Con, etc.) PAGE – Philadelphia Area Game Expo, January 2026 – Kevin Siembieda is a guest, Matthew Balent, J-M DeFoggi, and others are also attending. This sounds like a great Old School RPG convention that is already attracting thousands of gamers. Join the fun, January 15-18, 2026. NEW! Interview with Sophie Campbell comic book artist and writer (TMNT, Supergirl). COMING Christmas Day – Interview with Sean Owen Roberson who offers behind the scenes insight about the making of the TMNT & Other Strangeness Redux Editions, hidden gems in the books, and running a Kickstarter. COMING on New Year’s Day – Interview with fan-fave Palladium writer Carl Gleba (Three Galaxies, Secrets of Atlanteans, Hades, Dyval, and much more).
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| | | For more online fun over the holidays listen to:
– The Glitterbois / Breakfast Puppies – Kevin Siembieda and the guys create characters and play in a Palladium Fantasy game. I, Kevin, am one of the 4 players (I rolled up a Goblin Cobbler Thief named Weasel Pete). It is both fun and informative. We used first edition rules. |
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| | | – Ever wonder what Palladium’s game design philosophy is? Find out by watching or listening to the Legion of Myth marathon discussion with Sean Owen Roberson and Kevin Siembieda. It is fun, informative, and has applications for creating tabletop campaigns. TMNT is the primary example of discussion. |
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| | | – Turtle Tracks Podcast – Brian VanHooker’s interview with Kevin Siembieda and Sean Owen Roberson about the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles RPG past and present. |
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| | | Philly & East Coast Residents – please visit me – Kevin Siembieda – at PAGE: Philadelphia Area Gaming Expo – January 15-18, 2026
There’s still time to make plans to attend PAGE and enjoy its many notable role-playing game guests including a number of Palladium Books personalities: me (Kevin Siembieda), Matthew Balent (Palladium Weapon Series, Valley of the Pharaohs), J-M DeFoggi, Thomas Roache (Red Duke Games), and many others. I’ll have a booth and am bringing a selection of TMNT, After the Bomb, Rifts, select other titles, and some out-of-print books – maybe even some original artwork and choice negatives from 40+ years of RPG publishing. |
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| | | Amboria RPG – A J-M DeFoggi Backerkit Crowdfunder you might want to support |
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| Like many of you, J-M enjoys designing RPGs and sourcebooks. He worked on the World’s Largest Dungeon and was the sole-designer/writer of the Jackals RPG and two Jackals sourcebooks published by Osprey Games. So he ain’t no amateur. Many of you know J-M from the dozens of YouTube chats and interviews on Palladium’s YouTube channel and elsewhere.
Take a look at the Amboria Kickstarter – based on the world building of Richard Rohlin Amboria: Roleplaying in the World Under Starlight is a tabletop RPG of high adventure and culture-building set in The World Under Starlight, an original fantasy setting two decades in the making. The game draws on the liturgy, lore, romance, and history of eastern Europe and the Black Sea, presenting a rich tapestry of legends and folklore for players to explore. Players portray Adventurers—courageous figures on the kingdom’s frontier who journey into darkness, battle monsters, and uncover long-buried secrets as they struggle to build communities that can withstand the coming night. Amboria’s rules assume a long-form campaign spanning multiple in-game seasons and years. As Adventurers grow in power, their ties to their community deepen—and so too do the threats arising from within and without. Over time, player characters are challenged to become more than mere Adventurers: to put down roots, create art, patronize shrines, enrich the present with the treasures of the past, and protect the weak and vulnerable. “Richard’s Amboria is a genuinely unique setting, one of culture, lore, and language so well-conceived and integrated that it brings to mind Tolkien’s approach to world creation. I’ve never read anything quite like it, an immediately immersive breath of fresh air.” – Tim Brown (Dark Suns)
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| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness Redux Products available to order in Palladium online store and shipping now |
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| – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness Redux Edition RPG – 272 pages – lush full color – hardcover book – Cat. No. 502HC – $59.99 retail. 60+ illustrations and an original 8 page comic strip by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird made exclusively for the RPG! Additional art by Kevin Long, Freddie E. Williams II, Ciro Nieli, Sophie Campbell, Jim Lawson, Eric Talbot, Mirage Studio artists and others (18 pages of color tribute art in all) created special for this RPG. Plus concept art, 80+ 20 NEW mutant animals (80+ total), 19 epic RPG adventures, and more. This core rule book and dice are all you need to start playing. |
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| – TMNT Transdimensional Adventures Sourcebook – 256 pages – lush full color – hardcover book – Cat. No. 508HC – $59.99 retail. 50+ illustrations and two 10 page comic strips by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird, and 30+ illustrations by Jim Lawson all made exclusively for the sourcebook, as well as 15 pages of new color tribute art by comic book and gaming artists like Fero Pe, Freddie E. Williams II, Vincenzo Federici, David Petersen, Delgado, and others. Includes mutant dinosaurs, time travel rules, space travel, NEW expanded vehicle combat and creation rules, 12 adventures, and more. |
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| – TMNT & Other Strangeness G.M. Screen – 4 panels – plastic sleeves with 4 included inserts – featuring pulse-pounding artwork by Kevin Eastman and Freddie E. Williams II. Cat. No. 512 – $24.99 retail. |
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| – Mutagen Green Dice – Liquid-filled, looks like they are filled with sizzling ooze every time you roll them. Dice come in a plastic test tube with the TCRI logo – Cat. No. 510 – $59.99 retail. |
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| | | Back in Stock in time for Christmas – Order now |
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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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| | | | Still time to save big bucks with Surprise Packages
It’s probably too late to get a Surprise Package – signed books (if you want our autographs) at discounted prices – in time for Christmas without paying for expedited shipping, but they are still a great deal and you have until Christmas Eve to get one or a few for yourself or as upcoming birthday, anniversary or even Valentine’s Day gifts.
The Surprise Packages are also a wonderful way to try books and settings you’ve been wondering about and might like to try, as well as to replace battle worn books. I often extend the offer a couple of weeks after Christmas, but will I this year? Keep the orders coming and watch to see if the extension of the offer happens on Christmas Eve.
You have kept us busy this season with Surprise Package orders, regular orders, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness RPG Redux product orders. It’s been fun but exhausting as we worked hard into the night and through the weekends to get people their orders in time for Christmas. That included something like 150 TMNT preorder customers. We put you, our customers first, so again this year, a bunch of friends and family will be getting their Christmas gifts from me AFTER Christmas.
What has been mind-blowingly exciting is how much people are going crazy over the quality of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness Redux RPG and Transdimensional Adventures books and the G.M. Screen, Mutagen Green Dice and Kickstarter rewards. And I mean everyone – even friends and business associates who visit the office and see the products go wild over them. We can’t wait to see how people react when they hit store shelves.
Enjoy the fan comments that follow and enjoy your weekend. If you’re out doing last minute shopping, be safe and don’t stress out. Okay, I need to go wrap a few dozen presents.
– Kevin Siembieda, Publisher, Game Designer, Writer, Friend |
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| Surprise Package comments from fans like you |
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| Every year we like to post a selection of the comments we get from Surprise Package customers. It’s a nice acknowledgement and thank you to them (you know who you are) and you enjoy reading them. I read each and every comment that comes in the Surprise Packages, and they always brighten my day. We all appreciate your kind words, suggestions, and insights. In fact, the idea to do hardcover editions of core rule books came from fan comments in the Grab Bags. We get a lot so we can only offer a sampling of these comments in the Weekly Updates.
Our heartfelt thanks to all of you who have stuck with Palladium through thick and thin and now these new chaotic times. Please use our games to find escape from your day to day grind and worries. Use them to bring a little joy, laughter, and adventure to the holiday season and beyond.
Your comments and support mean the world to all of us. Thank you for making us smile and feel valued. As always, I have tried to write a short response [in brackets] to each comment. Happy holidays.
– Kevin Siembieda (and the Palladium Crew) |
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| | | S.W. in Tucson, Arizona, writes: First Surprise Package was great, so I am back for more. I want to wish everyone at Palladium a fantastic holiday.
[Thank you S.W., we hope your holiday is fantastic as well, starting with these next two Surprise Packages. Ho, ho, ho. – Kevin]
D.R. in Hertfordshire, England writes: So this [Surprise Package] is an awesome deal. It was pointed out to me by a friend. TMNT & Other Strangeness was literally the first game I ever ran for my mates at school before the Turtles were even on TV over here. I also played Rifts® and a little bit of Palladium Fantasy, so finding out that Palladium Books is still a going concern and still making the games that formed me as a role-player nearly four decades ago is such a beautiful thing. Keep on keeping on.
[Welcome back to the Palladium Megaverse, D.R. We appreciate the kind words and you need to get the Redux Ninja Turtles RPG. You’ll love it. – Kevin]
C.B. in Flagstaff, Arizona, writes: My group and I just did a Christmas-themed one-shot game and all involved had a blast! FYI: All of the books I have are well loved, hardcovers are definitely appreciated. You guys are awesome, thank you for all your hard work and many hours of fun.
[Awesome, C.B. I used to run a Christmas-themed one-shot every holiday myself, and they are a blast. Keep your imagination burning bright and Merry Christmas! – Kevin]
C.K.E. in Los Angeles, California, writes: Getting back into the hobby and having an absolute blast reacquainting myself with the gonzo setting of Rifts®. Have been into it for years, but the Glitterbois got me back into it!
[Welcome back C.K.E.! I like that you’re also trying other Palladium settings. Cool, have fun. – Kevin]
J.M. in Taylorsville, Utah, writes: Thank you all for your creativity. You’re helping us all fulfill our own dreams at our tables and with our friends and family.
[The please is all ours, J.M., keep those beautiful imaginations burning bright. – Kevin]
J.A in Lake Orion, Michigan, writes: Thank you for doing the Christmas Surprise package. It’s the first time I’ve ordered one. Hope your staff has a pleasant, peaceful Christmas.
[Merry Christmas to you and yours, J.A., you’ll love the Surprise Package. – Kevin]
D.P. in Fort Wayne, Indiana, writes: Thank you for still going strong and not doing what Wizards of the Coast does: a new system every so many years and all new books at high prices. Merry Christmas.
[You are welcome, D.P., on both fronts. We’re glad to still be doing what we love for you all, and though we have had to raise our prices a bit, we try to keep them reasonable and offer more bang for your buck. Merry Christmas. – Kevin]
M.S. in Saint Louis, Missouri, writes (in part): Favorites: All of them! All I can say is, thank you for 44 and a half-years (has it really been that long? Yes it has!) of entertainment in the gaming industry … even today I go back and re-read many of the books and notice something new every time …
[Thanks for the love, M.S., and heartwarming comments. Yep, 2026 will be 45 years. I find it hard to believe too. lol. Keep your good heart and beautiful imagination burning bright. – Kevin]
E.J, in the military, writes: Keep doing what you’re doing. Thanks for the many years of fun. Merry Christmas to everybody at Palladium. Wishing you and your loved ones a great 2026.
[Right back at you E.J., may you and your loved ones know only joy and prosperity in the new year. And we’ll keep doing what we’re doing. – Kevin]
R.P. in Troy, New York, writes: Thank you for running this [Surprise Package offer], I like your game system a lot. I haven’t tried a lot of the many Rifts® settings, but overall have thoroughly enjoyed the love and hard work that goes into the main system at hand.
[Thank you R.P., we appreciate your kind words. Game on. – Kevin]
A.A. in West Valley City, Utah, writes: Palladium’s game system has been my favorite rules for 20+ years. Thank you.
[Delighted to hear it, A.A. Keep that imagination burning bright. – Kevin]
J.B. in Fishers, Indiana, writes: I hope that you are all with your loved ones this season, and that the love in your hearts keep you warm through the long, cold nights.
[Thank you, J.B., and the same to you and yours. Happy holidays. – Kevin]
C.G. in Okemos, Michigan, writes (in part): Greetings Palladium Friends, I am an avid Palladium fan and collector. I literally have every book you have published, except some of the Raw Previews and foil covers. As such I don’t really need to do a Christmas Surprise Package every year, but I usually do. Not only because it is a great deal, and the anticipation of what I will get, but mostly because I’ve been playing and loving your games since 1987 – and I want to support Palladium. And give thanks for all the years of fun and enjoyment you have provided me! Here’s to another 38 years of excellent gaming.
[We appreciate you C.G. Keep that amazing imagination of yours burning bright and Merry Christmas. Ho, ho ho. – Kevin] |
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