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| | Sale, News & More – Weekly Update – Palladium Books® – January 23, 2026 |
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| Make sure you read all the news, partake in the new sale, and see the books back in print, the PAGE Report, and fun Fan Comments at the end. Now dive into it. |
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| | Back in Stock!
You all made our Christmas season very busy. Thank you, but that meant many titles sold out by the end of the season. The four fan-favorites listed below sold out almost immediately and are now back in stock.
– Rifts® Psi-Ops: Psychic War – Available now – Cat. No. 894 – Learn about the Coalition States and the psychology of CS citizens. Discover the CS psychic training program, secret psychic defenses, Psi-Ops Thought Police, and Emperor Prosek’s elite secret enforcers: The Coalition Manhunters. 80+ new psionics for investigation & man-hunting, 9 CS Manhunters O.C.C.s, new skill packages, secret psi-technology, Dog Boys and Kill Hounds revisited, the 7 Dangers Prophecy, D-Bees, and more. New title (formerly Rifts Coalition Manhunters) and epic new cover. $26.99 retail. |
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| | – Rifts® Atlantis – Available now – Cat. No. 804 – 160 pages – Overview of Splugorth controlled Atlantis, True Atlanteans, Atlantean Tattoo Magic, 56 magic tattoos, the Sunaj Assassin, Stone Master and Stone Magic, the Splugorth, 14 Minions of Splugorth, 20+ D-Bee slaves, Bio-Wizardry, 20 Bio-Wizard augmentations, 10 micro-parasites, 7 parasites, 6 symbiotic organisms, 12 Bio-Wizardry weapons, 9 Rune Weapons, Rune statues, power armor, and more! $24.99 retail. |
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| | – Rifts® World Book 33: Northern Gun™ One – Available now – Cat. No. 887 – 224 pages – The fortified city-state of Ishpeming, a.k.a. Northern Gun, the largest independent weapons manufacturer in North America. Its people, government, showrooms, and stockpiles of robots, weapons, and vehicles. 70+ Northern Gun weapons, 27 NG giant robots, plus weapon systems and robot drones; NG hovertrain and freighter generation tables; NG Bounty Board, police, spies, and 6 O.C.C.s. The Northern Gun city-state, its defenses, neighbors and rivals. $26.99 retail. |
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| | – Rifts® World Book 34: Northern Gun™ Two – Available now – Cat. No. 888 – 256 pages – More information about Northern Gun and its vast array of M.D.C. body armor, power armor, ride armor, robot gladiators, and more. 30+ power armor suits, 30+ M.D.C. body armor, 20+ types of armored clothing, 15 combat vehicles, 14 hovercycles plus motorcycles, jet packs, aircraft, and more. And you may want to compete in the NG Robodome robot gladiatorial arena. $28.99 retail. |
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| | Also back in stock and ON SALE at 20% off
– Rifts® Ultimate Edition SOFTCOVER – 376 page core rule book, 24 color pages – Cat. No. 800-SE – on sale for $31.99 (normally $39.99 retail) – available now.
– Rifts® Ultimate Edition Hardcover – 376 page core rule book, 24 color pages – Cat. No. 800HC – on sale for $39.99 (normally $49.99 retail) – available now.
– Rifts® 30th Anniversary Hardcover – 288 pages – the original Keith Parkinson Rifts RPG cover and core rules (still compatible with all Rifts titles) plus 24 color pages of behind the scenes secrets, photos, never before seen concept art, and a color gallery of every cover to date. Beautiful – Cat. No. 800HC30 – on sale for $39.99 (normally $49.99 retail) – available now.
– Rifts® Cyberworks Collection Hardcover – Collects the remastered Rifts Sourcebook One Revised and Expanded, Rifts Sourcebook 2: The Mechanoids, Shemarrian Nation, and world-building storyline updates from Rifts Aftermath. Discover the many secrets of the Machine God ARCHIE and his robot legion – Cat. No. 900HC – on sale for $39.99 (normally $49.99 retail) – available now. |
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| | NEWS! Join us for the RPG Pundit Live Stream with Kevin Siembieda – Sunday, January 25, 2026 – probably around 6 PM Central / 7 PM Eastern (exact time to be determined). The topic will be Remembering Erick Wujcik who would have turned 75 years old this month. We’ll talk about Erick the man, the gamer, and the game designer as well as the Detroit Gaming Center, TMNT & Other Strangeness, how Erick and I worked together (we were each other’s muse and sounding board), and a zillion other stories, so this should be very fun. |
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| | DON’T MISS the Palladium Books YouTube Channel for more stories about Erick Wujcik, his work on TMNT RPG, Ninjas & Superspies, the Detroit Gaming Center, and all kinds of stories about Palladium Books and its many game lines. Each interview is timeless. Also take a look at the Glitterbois podcast and Legion of Myth for chats with me (Kevin Siembieda), Sean Roberson, and more. |
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| NEWS! TMNT & Other Strangeness RPG Redux Editions – Selling out in stores |
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| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness Redux Editions are just starting to hit stores, but we’re already getting reports of the books selling out in a matter of days. Fear not, we have more for reorders. Reminder: Each Redux Edition collects THREE TMNT & Other Strangeness titles, so you are getting 3 books and 250+ pages in each Redux Edition Hardcover. Check your favorite game store or order directly from Palladium Books. |
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| – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness Redux Edition RPG Hardcover – 272 pages – Cat. No. 502HC – $59.99 retail. Contains the core rule book and two sourcebooks (Truckin’ Turtles and Turtles Go Hollywood) – 19 adventures – 80+ mutant animals (20 NEW!), fun mutant creation and rules that are great for beginners, plus written tributes, lush full color throughout, and more. Comic book and art fans note: There are 60+ illustrations, concept art, and an original 8 page comic strip by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird made exclusively for the RPG. Plus 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 book. This is the only book you need to play (but you’ll want TMNT Transdimensional Adventures too). |
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| – TMNT Transdimensional Adventures Hardcover Sourcebook – 256 pages – Cat. No. 508HC – $59.99 retail. Contains Erick Wujcik’s three most famous and bestselling sourcebooks (Transdimensional TMNT, TMNT Guide to the Universe, and TMNT Adventures). Expand your adventures, time travel, and create teenage mutant ninja dinosaurs! Includes dimension and time travel rules, space travel, expanded vehicle combat and creation rules, 12 adventures, mutant dinosaurs, Utroms, Triceratons, and more. Comic book and art fans note: 50+ illustrations and two 10 page comic strips by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird, and 30+ illustrations by Jim Lawson all made exclusively for this book, 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. |
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| – Mutagen Green Dice – Cat. No. 510 – $59.99 retail. 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. |
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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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| | PAGE Report
The Philadelphia Area Game Expo (PAGE) last weekend was a lot of fun for me. I was disappointed to find soooo many gamers who didn’t know I was a guest until they stumbled across me, but I still signed a lot of books and chatted with a lot of gamers. I’m there as a guest to make your convention experience fun and memorable. I love meeting and talking with fans. I will be a returning guest at PAGE, January 14-17, 2027. Take note and start planning now, seriously.
Why should you consider attending PAGE, especially if you live on the east coast (and eastern Canada)? Because there ain’t nothing else like it in that part of the US.
1. PAGE is the largest old-school role-playing game convention on the east coast! 3,000 attendees this year and continuing to grow by leaps and bounds.
2. 100+ guests! Yes, they get one hundred gaming guests. The old guard have amazing stories from the start of the RPG industry. Many of these people started it all in the 1970s and 1980s through today! Folks like Frank Mentzer (AD&D, D&D Red Box), Bob Watts (Grenadier Miniatures, Wizards of the Coast), Jamie Chambers (Dragonlance, Serenity RPG), Jeff Dee (Villains & Vigilantes, D&D artist), me (Kevin Siembieda), and way too many others to list here. How often do you get to meet and chat with so many gaming legends from the start of the RPG industry to present day? And let’s face it, as we get older, there are fewer and fewer of us left as the years go by. Please, come see us while you still can. As noted I will be a returning guest and so will Matt Balent and others.
3. New guard gaming celebrities included Professor Dungeon Master, Matt Forbeck (Marvel Multiverse RPG), Kelsey Dionne (Shadow Dark), Ed Stark (D&D 3.5E, Birthright), Al Spader (Star Trek), Chris Arneson (artist), Chet Minton (artist), the folks from Troll Lords, Top Secret, and many others. Check out the roster on their web site of the 100 guests that attended this year and expect similar next year.
4. The PAGE Charity Auction is mind blowing and fun! Hundreds of old, rare D&D games, books, dice, and original art, as well as games from other companies. I bid on a gorgeous original Jeff Easley illustration, but I let someone else get it.
5. Game companies and vendors in the Exhibitor Area. Palladium Books was there and you could have snapped up TMNT & Other Strangeness books before they hit store shelves, as well as gotten early printings of the original TMNT RPG and other old Palladium titles, Rifts negatives, etc. Other companies, creators, and artists are present like Wiz Kids, Troll Lords, Top Secret, etc.
6. Kevin Siembieda will be back at the Philadelphia Area Game Expo, January 14-17, 2027. And I’ll bring even more cool, rare, stuff for the charity auction and to sell at my booth. Please join me and other guests for a weekend of gaming, panel talks, autographs, selfies, autographs, and fun. Start planning for yourself and spread the word. I only attend Gen Con and one or two conventions every year; PAGE is one of them.
I enjoyed my time at PAGE last week. It was wonderful to see my old pal Matthew Balent from the Detroit Gaming Center and early days of Palladium, and his daughter Rhiannon, a talented young artist. We had booths right next to each other. I also loved that my dear friends J-M DeFoggi and Molly Osmus came to help out and hang out, as did my buddy Thomas Roache (Red Duke Games). Having a table next to Matt brought back fond memories of our very first Gen Con and Origins trips together. Matt was my convention travel companion from 1982-1988. Those were fun times.
It was nice seeing other old friends and acquaintances like Chris Arneson (I love his art and we shared a room), Al Spader, Frank Mentzer, Sean Patrick Fannon, Jeff Dee, and others. Everyone, from the convention organizers and volunteers to other guests to gamers, made me feel very welcome. Fan-girl Sara and her husband Gary were among the highlights as were Jon and Byrn, Wesley, Mike K, Dakota, and others. My Fantasy game was fun too, and the players were great. Oh, and talking to Bob Watts! Bob has a million amazing stories over the last 45-50 years in the hobby. I walked him to his booth after our Early Days of Role-Playing panel and had the pleasure of talking with him for another hour and a half. He’s a great storyteller and has had many enthralling experiences with many important gaming companies.
At my booth, I found it interesting that when people saw the TMNT & Other Strangeness Black, White, & Red Editions in person next to the full color books, they had a very hard time deciding which version they wanted. We sold an equal number of the color and BWR books at PAGE. I also found it fascinating that most people were drawn to the BWR editions first. I sold some Rifts and Fantasy books too. I hope to see more fans and gamers at the next PAGE.
Enjoy the Rifts® sale, snag yourself copies of TMNT & Other Strangeness Redux books, and take a peek at the fun and funny Surprise Package fan comments below.
– Kevin Siembieda, Game Designer, Writer, Friend
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| Surprise Package comments from fans like you |
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| Even though the Christmas Surprise Package deal is over until next Christmas season, we like to continue to post customer comments through the end of January. It’s a nice acknowledgement and thank you to them (you know who you are) and you enjoy reading them as much as we do. I read each and every comment that comes in the Surprise Packages and I like to post a brief response to the ones that appear in these Updates.
Now you need to focus on getting your copy of the TMNT & Other Strangeness RPG Redux books, G.M. Screen, and dice while supplies last, especially if you want a first printing. We suspect once they hit store shelves the first printing will sell out fast, just like the original TMNT & Other Strangeness RPG and sourcebooks back in the 1980s. You know you don’t want to get caught in between print runs for a few months as you wait for the next printings to arrive from China. Everyone is raving about the quality and fun content of what is one of the most beloved RPGs of all time – given the deluxe treatment it deserves. You’ll love them. Now onto fan comments. |
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| | | S.T. in Spokane, Washington writes (in part): I just got the new TMNT & Other Strangeness books and they are amazing. I hope your year ahead is amazing and wonderful. Thank you for all the years of imagination, time with friends, and beautiful places to explore.
[You are very welcome, S.T., and those TMNT & Other Strangeness books are amazing, aren’t they? We hope the year ahead is amazing and wonderful for us, you, and all our fans, S.T. Keep your imagination burning bright. – Kevin]
C.C. in Lucasville, Ohio, writes: I’ve really enjoyed the social media involvement over the past year or so. The Palladium Books YouTube channel, Legion of Myth, Glitterbois, etc. I’ve listened to so many interviews that I feel like I could sit down and chat with Kevin and Sean like they were old pals. Keep it coming.
[Glad to hear you are enjoying our many interviews and chats, C.C. We will most certainly continue to do more on social media, so keep your eyes and ears open. If you are ever in the area, come on over so we can chat like old friends. – Kevin]
D.H. in Walla Walla, Washington, writes: Love what you have done and continue to do to the world of gaming!
[Thank you, D.H. We march to the beat of a different drummer as we follow our dreams and try to bring you great games. That means trying different things and offering games that push the envelope in the areas of art and storytelling. Enjoy. – Kevin]
M.S. in St. Louis, Missouri, writes (in part): All I can say is, thank you for 45 years of entertainment, through good and bad. (Has it really been that long? Yes, it has!) Even today I go back and reread many of the books and get reminded of something new every time.
[That’s awesome M.S., I’m glad you get so much use and enjoyment from our books. Sometimes it is hard to believe that I’ve been doing this for so many decades. Other times, it feels like The Mechanoid Invasion® and Palladium Fantasy came out yesterday. I’ve done a lot and, God willing, I hope to do a whole lot more in the years ahead. Game on. – Kevin]
B.W. in Winnipeg, Canada, writes: I love all the books you have made. Please keep it up and protect Kevin at all costs.
[I love it, B.W. Your sincere comment about protecting me at all costs made me laugh out loud. Thank you, kind sir, I appreciate it. And this is why people should come to see me and other old-timers at PAGE, Gen Con, and other conventions. I hate to say it, but I’m getting old and who knows what the Good Lord has in store for me or any of us. Visit me when you can. – Kevin]
G.K. in Louisville, Kentucky, writes: I appreciate all you’ve accomplished. I’ve been playing this game in one form or another since high school in the 1990s. And while I’ve tried and played many other RPGs I always come back to Rifts®.
[Awesome, G.K., we’re thrilled you enjoy Rifts® so much. Keep that imagination of yours burning bright. – Kevin]
C.S. in Grande Prairie, Canada, writes: TMNT & Other Strangeness Redux has brought me back to Palladium! I haven’t ordered a Surprise Package in years, but I think it’s time to get some new books. Keep up the awesome work.
[Welcome back, C.S., and thanks for your support of the Kickstarter. Game on. – Kevin]
D.N. in Longmont, Colorado, writes: It’s been a blast backfilling my Rifts® library [with the Surprise Packages] and it’s been giving me all the reading/playing material I’ll need for 2026. Thanks for pulling through and keeping Rifts® alive all these years.
[You are very welcome, D.N., enjoy those many books. – Kevin]
J.S. in Church Hill, Maryland, writes: Old player returning after a long hiatus. Thank you for making my teenage years so great!
[Welcome back to the Palladium Megaverse®, J.S., from an old game designer. Time for new adventures! – Kevin]
K.M. in Albuquerque, New Mexico, writes (in part): Started with Robotech® and then Rifts® RPG and have been hooked ever since. I have a YouTube channel of our RPG games. Lots of Palladium stuff on there. Mister Martin is our gaming channel … happy new year to everyone.
[We appreciate your years of support, K.M. We will try to take a look at your Mister Martin YouTube channel, but we are just so busy I don’t know when. Good luck with it, thanks for the positive Palladium hype, and happy new year to you and yours. – Kevin]
C.R. in Provo, Utah, writes: Thanks for all the hard work. Been playing Palladium’s games since TMNT & Other Strangeness first came out.
[Awesome, C.R., we appreciate your many years of support. Game on! – Kevin]
M.G. in Old Bridge, New Jersey, writes: Thank you for everything you guys do. Please keep it coming. It’s so nice to see you guys catching up to the big guys with your tech and community. I feel like you are heading to be back on top again with all the great work you are banging out. Hope 2026 is great for you all and thank you again for keeping wild imagination alive for 40+ years.
[Happy to do it, M.G., our goal is to rebuild and grow Palladium Books to new heights. Glad you and so many others are along for the ride. Things are about to get really exciting, so skim these Weekly Updates to stay informed and spread the word about new releases and things you are excited for. – Kevin]
J.T. in Carrollton, Texas, writes: Greatest RPG system ever. Just now getting to teach my sons the Palladium system after they have played 5E with their friends.
[We appreciate that you think our rules are the greatest, J.T., and we’re happy that you are having fun getting your sons into the Palladium game system. Awesome. Game on. – Kevin] |
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