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| | Sale & News – Palladium Books® – Weekly Update – March 19, 2026 |
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| March is supposed to come in like a lion and go out like lamb, but it has been a ferocious ice dragon this past week. Western and Northern Michigan as well as parts of the midwest got clobbered with snow and ice, and lots of it. We’ve been hit with below freezing temperatures and high winds that knocked out power last Friday and Saturday. We hope wherever you live you are faring better.
Stuck indoors? Can’t spare money on outside dining and entertainment? Then it’s time to pull out your favorite Palladium role-playing game and lose yourself in epic RPG adventure. Looking for something new and fresh? Give TMNT & Other Strangeness a try, it’s super-fun and easy to learn; or take advantage of the Dead Reign Zombie Apocalypse Sale below. Can you survive the zombie apocalypse? Play and find out. |
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What’s hot from Palladium? TMNT & Other Strangeness products, Rifts® (everything), Palladium Fantasy (all) and the Dead Reign® (Zombie Apocalypse) RPG and sourcebooks. These titles were hot at the GAMA Expo, too. |
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| | | SALE! Dead Reign® Zombie Apocalypse SALE! People are going crazy over the Dead Reign game line. Use this sale to find out why. Fast, fun, clear combat, weird zombies, and challenges to survive make this setting a blast to play. The sale also offers select other titles. See more details below or click here. |
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| | | IN PERSON EVENT! A Weekend Conversation with Kevin Siembieda (and Friends)? – Join the fun – April 24 & 25, 2026 – Westland, Michigan – admissions available now. Limited to 60 or so visitors so order as soon as you know you are coming! It also helps us to plan accordingly so do so sooner than later.
We’ll meet at the Worlds of Palladium exhibit at the Detroit Historical Museum and then return to the Palladium warehouse for an intimate afternoon and evening with me, Kevin Siembieda, the Palladium staff, and industry friends like Matthew Balent, Steve Dawes, Greg Diaczyk, artists, writers, and others. Friday and Saturday only. See complete details for this unique and limited event by clicking on the link below. |
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| | | UPDATE: Island at the Edge of the World, 2nd Edition Rules Update with enhanced art is in the final layout stage and should go to the printer soon. Reprints of fan fave titles are also being sent to the printer as quickly as Wayne can prep them. |
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| | TMNT & Other Strangeness Redux RPG news – There’s a whole section about TMNT news elsewhere in this update. Read on. |
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| | COMING SOON! Star Anvil’s Rifts® Phase World® for Savage Worlds Kickstarter – Watch for it and sign up to their pre-launch page now so you don’t miss it. Like the Pinnacle books, this material is all official and sanctioned by Palladium Books. New characters, villains, weapons, gear, spacecraft, and adventures, are easy to adapt to your Palladium Phase World campaigns as well as offering a zillion ideas. They’ll be exploring new ground, offering new weapons, gear, villains, settings, adventures, and more across the Three Galaxies™. Follow this project now so you don’t miss out when it launches (soon). |
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| SALE! Dead Reign® Zombie Apocalypse Sale – Now thru March 25 |
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| Spring officially starts on Friday, but it has felt like the dead of winter here in Michigan. That has inspired the Dead Reign® Zombie Apocalypse SALE. People are going crazy over this game line, use this sale to find out why. Plus we included some related books of dead monsters, and because March is National Reading Month we put some insane discounts on a few literature and art titles. One Week only! Enjoy. |
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| | Dead Reign RPG Softcover – Cat. No. 230 – 25% off. Everything you need to play, complete with survival guidelines, unique zombies, fast, intuitive combat, and more. Dead Reign RPG Deluxe HARDCOVER – Cat. No. 230HC – 25% off. Let Brad Ashley help you survive … if you can. Everything you need to get started. Civilization Gone, a Dead Reign sourcebook – Cat. No. 231 – 25% off. The government is gone. No army is coming to save you. You’re on your own. And not only do you have to deal with the zombie hordes, but roving gangs of raiders and bandits. Includes random encounter tables, house encounters and salvage tables, survivor camp creation tables and more. Dark Places, a Dead Reign sourcebook – Cat. No. 232 – 25% off. Four new types of creepy zombies, survival in sewer and steam tunnels, traveling along train tracks, box car random content tables, encounter tables and more. Endless Dead, a Dead Reign sourcebook – Cat. No. 233 – 25% off. The title kinda says it all. 9 frightening new zombies, 5 new player classes, vehicle combat, armoring vehicles, random tables for military bases, police stations, and other places, plus survivor caravans, hideouts, and more. Fear the Reaper, a Dead Reign sourcebook – Cat. No. 234 – 25% off. Like apocalyptic knights on motorcycles and armored vehicles, these zombie hunters live by a code and protect the living. Graveyard Earth, a Dead Reign sourcebook – Cat. No. 235 – 25% off. An overview of the world with many random travel tables and adventure ideas. In the Face of Death, a Dead Reign sourcebook – Cat. No. 237 – 25% off. This big, 160 page adventure sourcebook offers city survival tips, life amongst the skyscrapers, kid and teenager player characters, more survival tips, 100+ adventure hooks, and dungeon crawl style exploration of city ruins. Plus masked lunatics, death cults, and more. Note: Sorry, there are too few copies in stock to offer the fan-fave Hell Followed sourcebook, Cat. No. 236 as part of this sale. Available on a first come, first served basis at full price. Land of the Damned One: Chaos Lands (Fantasy) – Cat. No. 468 – 25% off. More than two dozen new monsters and infernals, 200+ adventure hooks and ideas, plus lore, legends, and challenges for only the bravest of heroes. Land of the Damned Two: Eternal Torment (Fantasy) – Cat. No. 469 – 25% off. 15 types of monstrous Undead, 15 Beasts of Chaos, curses, danger, and 100+ adventure hooks and ideas. Machinations of Doom Sourcebook & Graphic Novel by Ramon K. Perez – Cat. No. 871 – 25% off. Fan fave artist Ramon Perez’s first graphic novel. He’s gone on to do comic book work for DC and Marvel Comics, amongst others, including work on Spider-Man and The Flash. Tales of the Chi-Town Burbs Anthology – Cat. No. 305 – 60% off. A dozen different short stories by different authors. Rifts® Novel: Deception’s Web (Part 2 of a Trilogy) – 60% off. Rifts® Novel Hammer of the Forge: The Reckoning (part 2 of 2 novels) – 60% off. Rifts® & the Megaverse® softcover – 60% off. Future Visions, the Art of Chuck Walton – 60% off.
Enjoy. |
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| | | | The free TMNT & Other Strangeness Errata is now available to everyone. You can find it on the Palladium Books website. |
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| The Free Official Character Sheet is available on the Palladium Website. Kickstarter backers and fans have been loving it, so check it out and give it a try. GM Joshua Hill has been using it in his games and convention events to great satisfaction. Both Printable and Form Fillable versions. Mutant Animal Bio-E Worksheet to make building your character a breeze, including an automated version. Remastered from the original, and updated with a modern design. Keep track of your backstory, skills, combat, psionics, spells, and other strangeness with this fantastic character sheet.
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| | | TMNT & Other Strangeness Rewards Update – Palladium recently learned that a hundred or so Backers were not shipped due to a SNAFU by our third party, fulfillment shipper. We are working on resolving this issue as quickly as possible. A couple batches shipped out this week and we will continue to ship as quickly as possible. If you have questions or concerns about your TMNT & Other Strangeness Kickstarter rewards please reach out to us via the Help Desk or call the office (734-721-2900). Thank you for your patience and understanding. |
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| | TMNT & Other Strangeness is NOT available as PDF Books – Sorry, but PDFs are not currently available of the TMNT & Other Strangeness Redux RPG titles. We hope to negotiate PDF rights in the future. Stay tuned, but it will not be anytime soon. |
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| Two special offers for Traveler 5E RPG Crowdfunder – Core Rules Box Set |
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| I want to let you know about a crowdfunder you may want to support. It’s by the same team that did the successful World’s Largest Dungeon. This time they’re adapting the legendary science fiction Traveler game to 5E in coordination with Mongoose Publishing and spearheaded by GDW and TSR veteran Timothy Brown. It will be presented as a four-book slipcase set that includes the core rules, character creation, starships, weapons, worlds, and more – build entire sectors of space for your campaigns.
Free bonus item if you join the launch party now! The crowdfunding campaign will also feature tabletop extras such as dice sets, patches, and other Traveller-themed accessories. In fact if you follow the project now, you will receive a free Traveller 5E patch when you pledge. Reserve for just $2 and you’ll receive a cool-looking Traveller coin free when you pledge. Who doesn’t like cool free and bonus stuff? But you need to join before March 31st to be eligible. Click on the link below to learn more and sign up.
https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/world-s-largest-rpgs/traveller-5e/launch_party?ref=mongooseeb |
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| | Palladium Books Social Media |
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| The March 15th livestream on Legion of Myth is available for your viewing pleasure. Sean Roberson and I had a lot of fun with this lively discussion about Palladium Books, our goals, our achievements, and love for our fans. I think you’ll enjoy it. The link is below. |
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| | For online TMNT fun with Sean Roberson and the Glitterbois crew, take a look at the first of two TMNT & Other Strangeness Redux RPG interviews and the TMNT & Other Strangeness RPG game session coming soon. Sean and the Glitterbois each rolled up a character and played them through an adventure that was a blast. |
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| | Palladium Books YouTube Channel – RPG Tips from me, Kevin Siembieda, and J-M DeFoggi goes live today, March 19th. Our Nightbane RPG discussion became available at the beginning of March, and there are many more to come. All of these interviews with me and occasional guests like Ramon Perez, Carl Gleba, Matthew Balent, and others are designed to be timeless so you can listen to them in the weeks ahead or years from now. You do not need to listen to them in any particular order, just pick your favorite topic and enjoy. |
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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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| | | | Busy Beyond Belief
We are busy following up leads and contacts from GAMA, working on new books, reprinting fan favorite books, hammering out contracts, wheeling and dealing, and working to resolve a handful of lingering TMNT Kickstarter shipping issues, among other things. If you are waiting to hear back from us, you will as soon as we can.
Palladium’s onsite team is small and we’re juggling a lot. To make matters worse, I got sick immediately after GAMA and was knocked out for a week. I’m feeling much better and working away, but still not a hundred percent and moving slow.
Rest assured there are many cool things happening behind the scenes that should make the rest of the year exciting with big announcements, new book releases, and 45th Anniversary specials and sales.
Enjoy the Dead Reign Sale and we hope to see 60 or so of you at the Weekend Conversation with Kevin Siembieda – April 24 & 25 – here at the Palladium warehouse. It should be a lot of fun. Intimate gatherings like this are rare so take advantage of it. Plus, a bunch of other Palladium creators and long-time friends are coming. Also see the Worlds of Palladium exhibit at the Detroit Historical Museum this spring and summer if you can. It’s open till September 13th.
I hope we get to see spring actually arrive soon. Until then, buy Palladium and game on!
– Kevin Siembieda, Game Designer, Writer, Friend |
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