| | CELEBRATING 45 YEARS OF RPG FUN ONE GAME SYSTEM – EVERY GENRE – COUNTLESS WORLDS – ENDLESS ADVENTURE
By Kevin Siembieda
Hi everyone, a whole bunch of awesome sales are ending and new sales starting, so of course, we have been having problems with our website. We were experiencing a problem on the backend that prevented some of you from placing your orders earlier this week. This problem has been resolved. So please, please, please come back and place your orders. If you run into any problems, please notify us via our Help Desk or even call the office (734-721-2900). You are important to us and we will do everything we can to help. We are very sorry for your inconvenience. Please enjoy the savings on these great sales and game. |
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| Turtlemania on the Rise
The Ninja Turtles are hotter than ever. The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #300 comic book has broken pre-order sales records; every TMNT TV show is streaming on Paramount+; a videogame is in development; and gamers can play the TMNT or any mutant animal with Palladium’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness RPG right now. You can even travel through time and play mutant dinosaurs and saber-tooth tigers with Transdimensional Adventures. Both are big, full color hardcovers books that gamers are going wild over. Each contains source material and more than a dozen adventures at your fingertips, plus great art, and bonus material. Easy for beginners to learn, fun and challenging for experienced gamers. A blast to play. Ideal for ages 12 and up. Check them out. |
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Sale ENDS first thing Friday morning!
Get ‘em while you can. This sale includes select other titles including Beyond the Supernatural RPG, Dead Reign (zombie) RPG, and Rifts 30th Anniversary RPG – all scary fun. The Nightbane setting is truly a unique and fun setting. Think X-Men meets Call of Cthulhu filled with dark conspiracies, secret groups, magic, powers, monsters, heroes, and adventure in every dark corner of the world. Transformative in every sense of the word. |
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Final Hours – Nightbane® PDF SALE on DriveThruRPG.com – Ends First Thing Friday
Enjoy the Nightbane Horror Sale in its final hours. DriveThruRPG.com always has 300+ Palladium RPG products – 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! There are also G.M. and player aids, character generators, paper miniatures, character sheets, and FREE Previews of select books, The Rifter® #1-85, and more. Explore the Megaverse® |
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Final hours to get any of the 7 red foil Nightbane® hardcover editions
Each is sure to become a collector’s item. The Audio RPG crowdfunder offering them ENDS at high noon, Friday, June 12. And snag some of those audiobooks too. They’re more fun and helpful than you may realize. Embrace the new opportunities they represent. I did, and I really enjoy the audiobook version of our games and sourcebooks. |
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| | Fantasy Sourcebook – available now
Heroic and challenging adventures, Crystal Magic, the Life Force Mage and other deadly villains, forgotten history that reveals information about the Palladium World, the Time of a Thousand Magicks, the Changeling Inquisition, prophecies, and other dark secrets.
● Stats updated to Second Edition rules, updated artwork, and new index. ● 144 pages – $24.99 – Cat. No. 458 – available now! |
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| News Briefs
Palladium is on the move. We are exploring new things and working on many opportunities behind the scenes. Opportunities that should help build and secure the future of Palladium Books. We can’t reveal much to you now, but wowser. There are ongoing efforts to bring you new sourcebooks over the next few years. We’ve been planning new crowdfunding campaigns, looking into another license that will delight you, trying to secure broader book distribution, expanding our social media presence, making a big marketing push, and … grrrr, I think that’s all I can say for now.
Glitter Boy Codex, a Rifts sourcebook – The cover and interior artwork are looking fantastic. This will be one of a few upcoming crowdfunders.
Rifts Bestiary Volume Two and other books are coming along, but slowly. Sean and I have been working on business matters and opportunities that should help make Palladium strong. Like you, we’d rather be writing book after book, but we also have business that splits our time. Fear not, all of this is great stuff and good for Palladium.
See Closing Thoughts for some more insight on this subject and boldly going where no one has gone before.
AtB, Rifts, Fantasy, Nightbane, and more titles BACK in Stock – Available Now. The After the Bomb RPG, Ninjas & Superspies RPG, Mystic China, Heroes Unlimited books, Nightbane and Palladium Fantasy titles and something like 20 Rifts titles back in stock including Rifts Bionics Sourcebooks, Rifts China 1 & 2, and others. And there are more coming from the printer over the next few weeks. Wayne and Caleb are working diligently to keep your favorite RPG books in stock.
Palladium Books Convention/Events Schedule
Kevin Siembieda and other Palladium creators at these events are always happy to sign your books and chat a little bit.
– Gen Con – July 30, 31 and Augusts 1 & 2 – Indianapolis, Indiana – join the fun and take advantage of the special offer in the Coupon Book. Me (Kevin), Sean, Wayne, Caleb, Daniel, Mark Oberle, and Glen Evans will all be available to sign your books and chat a bit.
– Universal Summit USA – August 27-29 – Fort Wayne, Indiana – Retailer tradeshow.
– Universal Summit Canada – September 12-13 – Montreal, Canada – Retailer tradeshow.
– Granite State Comic Con – September 19-20 – Manchester, New Hampshire – special guests include Kevin Eastman and many of the TMNT comic artists of the past 40 years! In addition to me, Kevin Siembieda, Steve Jackson, and many gaming and media guests. This is a great event and the perfect place to get your TMNT & Other Strangeness and After the Bomb books signed by dozens of TMNT artists. Comics too.
– PAGE/Philadelphia Area Gaming Expo – January 14-17, 2027 – Oaks Pennsylvania – where I, Kevin Siembieda and a bunch of famous RPG game designers across the ages are special guests.
Be sure to follow our Project Status Page for the most up-to-date status on all of our ongoing projects. |
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These books are everything you could want for superhero adventure. Great for beginners or gamers looking to try something different. Play dark and violent like the original black and white comic that inspired this RPG, or with the silly whimsy of the cartoons or movies. Play the Ninja Turtles and their pals or your own band of original mutant animals.
Character creation is so much fun that many gamers create dozens of mutant animal heroes before they play their first adventure.
Easy to combine with Heroes Unlimited, Ninjas & Superspies, and After the Bomb (post apocalypse mutant animals).
● TMNT & Other Strangeness Redux RPG – Cat. No. 502HC – 272 pages of fun and imagination. Create any mutant animal, 19 adventures to get you started. Includes the RPG and the Turtles Go Hollywood and Truckin’ Turtles sourcebooks, all in one big, full color hardcover – $59.99 retail.
● TMNT Transdimensional Adventures Redux – Cat. No. 508HC – 256 pages of time travel, mutant dinosaurs, alien invaders, magic, 20 pages of TMNT comic strips, 12 adventures, and more. Includes three books in one: Transdimensional TMNT, TMNT Guide to the Universe and TMNT Adventures. All Full Color – $59.99 retail.
● TMNT & Other Strangeness Game Master Screen – Cat. No. 512 – Customizable plastic folders – dynamic color artwork – $24.99 retail.
● 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. The set comes in a TCRI test tube and looks awesome on your desk or game shelf – $59.99 retail.
● 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 by artist Jeremy Colwell, plus the full color bonus art section and behind the scenes art and history – $59.99 retail.
● Black, White, & Red TMNT Transdimensional Adventures Redux Editon – Cat. No. 509BWR – 256 pages of noir colors through space and time, create mutant dinosaurs, 12 adventures, returning villains, epic fun, plus full color bonus art section – $59.99 retail. |
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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! New items added regularly.
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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| | Closing Thoughts – Boldly Go
Recently Sean and I have been catching up on Star Trek – having watched Picard season three (wonderful) and seasons one and two of Strange New Worlds (pretty good). Many people take away different things from these shows. For, this morning, “to boldly go where no one has gone before” looms on my mind, but on a more personal level.
Though our own world seems increasingly uncertain and scary these days, please don’t let that stop you from living your life to the fullest. Believe in yourself, follow your dreams, and boldly go.
I recently had a falling out with a friend. We had hoped to do a project together, but it became very apparent (to me at least) that this is a journey he needs to travel on his own. I hope he continues that journey, because it’s one he should take. It may be the harder way to go, but maybe it’s a path he’s meant to take. Maybe this is a journey of learning and growth. As long as he realizes you are always learning and pivoting on all fronts, he has a good shot at success. My friend certainly has the passion and the heart to pursue his dream and he’s already put a lot of hard work into it. Now he needs to go into the unknown and see where it carries him. Ultimately, it does not matter if he sinks or swims, he is boldly following his dream. Besides, I have discovered that we often learn more from our failures than from our successes. Challenges make us think harder to be creative, find solutions, and be our best selves.
We should all try to follow our dreams. Big or small, doesn’t matter, just find what brings joy and passion into your life.
Palladium Books has added a new person to its crew. Daniel Lansdown. He joined Palladium to follow his passion to be part of the gaming industry and vent his creative energy on many fronts. He’s a Ninja Turtles maniac and actually co-created the IDW boardgame: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures. So far he seems like an excellent addition to the team, but time will tell. Some of you will get to meet Daniel at Gen Con.
What’s that? It’s scary following your dream or to boldly go? There is no certainty of success and failure can be painful? Yes, all true. But don’t let that stop you! Boldly live your life with gusto and joy. Be curious and creative and appreciative. Take reasonable and calculated chances. Nothing ventured, nothing gained, is a famous saying. So give it a go. Everything is a risk. Just try to make it a calculated risk. Try to be smart. Hedge your bets with research, trust your gut instinct, prepare for the risks as best you can, and then, as my friend Larry Jordan would say, “hold your nose and jump into the unknown.”
Even today, after 45 years of running Palladium Books and creating role-playing games of all kinds, there are scary risks and uncertainty all the stinkin’ time. Life is scary. Business is scary, especially when you have a crew of people counting on you for their livelihood and a legion of fans you don’t want to disappoint. Every time we take the chance to pursue new avenues of creation, production, marketing, and licensing, it’s uncertain and scary. Every book Sean or I write – no matter how good we may think it is – its success is uncertain. When we go into new territory and try new things it’s even scarier and less certain.
Right now is a scary time for all of us, but please don’t let the Iran War and economic uncertainty paralyze you. Boldly go! Businesses all around us are floundering, our sales are up and down, yet Palladium is making aggressive moves. Strategic moves to seize opportunities and make the company stronger. We’re bringing in new people and taking chances to build a stronger foundation and drive prosperity. Foundational work that is critical to make a new era of prodigious role-playing game releases and unbound creativity a reality. Business strategies are a different type of creativity calculated to make Palladium much stronger in the long run. It’s all a ton of work (and worry), but it’s also invigorating and exciting. The possibilities seem endless as we focus on what needs to be done now, but with an eye on the future.
We hope you’ll begin to see the fruits of our labor in the months ahead. Until then, please stay with us as we boldly go forward. We need your support. Please stick with us, take advantage of every sale, buy the occasional new release, and spread the word about Palladium’s game lines to help us grow. There are so many gamers who have yet to discover the Palladium Megaverse. Help them find us, won’t you. Fun things are brewing. And we are doing them together.
In the end, life is a thrill ride with some scary twists and turns, but it’s worth every moment, and like every great ride, it ends too soon. So boldly go where you’ve not gone before, try not to be too scared, and enjoy the ride.
– Kevin Siembieda, Game Designer, Writer, Friend |
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