Wild Times! Christmas Surprise Packages, Crowdfunding Excitement & TMNT Deals – Weekly Update – NOV 05, 2026

CELEBRATING 45 YEARS OF RPG FUN

A LEGACY OF INNOVATION – ONE GAME SYSTEM – ENDLESS ADVENTURE

By Kevin Siembieda and Daniel Lansdown

Saddle up, because these are wild, fun times for Palladium Books and its fans.

News Briefs

● The Glitter Boy Codex crowdfunder, featuring the new Glitter Boy Codex sourcebook, the Mechanoids RPG Redux, and all kinds of Rifts accessories (map, dice, G.M. screen, flag, and more), has entered the $200,000 strata. New stretch goals are waiting to be unlocked. Only 15 days to go. Spread the word because all of this stuff is awesome.

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● Christmas Surprise Packages – the best deal in gaming – are off to a great start. Get yours now and order more as gifts for the gamers in your life. $105 or more worth of RPGs and sourcebooks, plus autographs (if you want them), for only $65 plus shipping. Available now through Christmas Eve – only 7 weeks away.

Tell Me More – Christmas Surprise Package Details

● Watch your snail mail for a letter from Kevin Siembieda.

● Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness RPG shock and awe. The 40% off Closeout Sale has more gamers buying the books at the $35.99 sale price only to have their minds blown when they see them. We are regularly having exchanges like the following:

“Have you seen these books?”

“Um, yes, we’re the publisher.”

“They are amazing! Beautiful. I’ve never seen anything like it! The quality is fantastic. And so is the new layout and rule clarifications and new source material. It’s all amazing!”

“Yes, thank you. But we’ve been trying to tell people that for a couple years now. We pulled out all the stops and spared no expense to make them super-special.”

“But the art and images online don’t look this vibrant … this … great! I’m so glad I bought them.”

You will be glad too, so get yours today. People forget that “printed” books are a different medium. The experience of holding these books in your hands, printed in gorgeous color inks on a quality paper stock, is different from seeing the same art and images on an electronic device. It’s wonderful and visceral on a whole other level.

That’s why you want to get your copies while you still can. Available on a first-come, first-served basis while supplies last. You’ll regret not having these books, game screen, and liquid-filled dice in a TCRI test tube in your collection. They also make wonderful holiday and birthday gifts for any Ninja Turtles fan or gamer.

Shop The TMNT & Other Strangeness Closeout Sale Today

● Back in stock in time for Christmas: Rifts Game Master Guide, Book of Magic, Adventure Guide, Conversion Books 1, 2 & 3, Rifts Sourcebook 2: The Mechanoids, England, Africa, Psi-Ops, Triax 2, Sovietski, Wormwood, the two Vampire books, Phase World, Powers Unlimited 1, 2 & 3, Heroes of the Megaverse, Aliens Unlimited, Galaxy Guide, Library of Bletherad, Bizantium, Mystic China, Dead Reign RPG, and more.

● Check Kevin’s Online Toys & Collectibles eBay Store for signed, out of print books, negatives, artwork, and other Palladium Books Collectibles.

Shop Kevin’s Ebay Store

● To our Rifts Glitter Boy Codex Backers, wallpapers are being sent out and there is a massive new update on the crowdfunding page. Thank you for your support and enjoy

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● Four Crowdfunding campaigns you may want to consider. See more details below.

RIFTS FOR SAVAGE WORLDS: ENDS OF THE EARTH – Pinnacle Entertainment Group

Adventure awaits at the world’s edge! Explore China, Japan, the Pacific, Australia, and Antarctica in two new sourcebooks packed with factions, powers, equipment, deadly adversaries, Savage Tales, and an epic Plot Point Campaign!

Savage Worlds: Ends of the Earth Backerkit Now Live

DRAGON KINGS FOR DUNGEON CRAWL CLASSICS – Rugby-Melee Games

Experience the savage world of Khitus through the Dungeon Crawl Classics ruleset! Featuring new character classes, race-classes, psychic powers, dangerous magic, deadly monsters, and more.

Dragon Kings for Dungeon Crawl Classics Live on Backerkit

THE SECRET WORLD: EUROPE – Star Anvil Studios

Explore the dark conspiracies, supernatural horrors, and hidden mysteries of Europe in this exciting sourcebook for The Secret World RPG. Uncover the secrets of the Templar and their European stronghold!

Check Out The Secret World: Europe on Kickstater Now

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● Coming on social media: More interviews with Kevin Siembieda and/or Sean Roberson on Legion of Myth, the Glitterbois (on Breakfast Puppies), PAGE: Friday Night Live, Turtle Tracks, Palladium Books YouTube Channel, and others.

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● See Comments from Fans Like You from Surprise Packages right after Closing Thoughts. You can leave brief comments and suggestions with your Grab Bag order. We love reading them and over the years we found that you do too. As a result, we include 6-10 new ones in each Weekly Update into the new year. Enjoy.

TMNT & Other Strangeness Products

Marked Down 40% and It’s Selling Fast!

Holy Mutant Turtles! The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness Redux RPG, Transdimensional Adventures Redux sourcebook, Black, White & Red Editions, Mutagen Green Dice, and Game Screen are all marked down 40% and selling like mad.

It has been all hands on deck to pick, pack, and ship the oodles of orders pouring in. Fantastic! Spread the word and keep the orders coming.

As stated in the October 8th Weekly Update, though we would have loved to create brand new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness books and RPG accessories, we were unable to reach mutually acceptable licensing terms, and Palladium Books has chosen not to renew the Ninja Turtles license.

As a result, we are offering all TMNT & Other Strangeness items at a big 40% discount. Sold on a first-come, first-served basis, while supplies last. This is a limited time offer. Get yours while you still can.

Each book features the classic Palladium RPG rules system, updated, edited, revised and clarified for modern sensibilities. It has been thoughtfully remastered with a new easy-to-use layout and color art. Each book is jam-packed with all-new material including bonus artwork, upgraded adventures, and more.

And again, our heartfelt thanks to our crowdfunding backers. Your generous support helped make it all possible. We applaud you and thank you so very much.

TMNT & Other Strangeness RPG Redux Edition Provides You:

• 272 pages of RPG fun.

• 20 new mutant animals.

• New animal powers.

• New movement rules.

• New easy to use layout.

• New Feral Animal combat style.

• New! Stats for the Fugitoid (first time ever).

• New! Mutant character: Ferreterick the Ferret.

• New! Stats and art for Karai, Shredder’s villainous daughter.

• New! Expanded game rules updates and clarifications.

• New behind the scenes information and history behind the making of the RPG.

• New! Remembrances by notable comic book and gaming artists, creators, and friends.

• New! Full color with digital painting by Mike Majestic and Luis Antonio Delgado.

• New! 17 pages of tribute art by comic book and gaming legends.

• Filled with art by Eastman & Laird created special for these RPG books. Most never seen by comic book collectors and in full color for the first time ever.

• Create your mutant character in 10 minutes.

• 80 mutant animal stats for your quick and easy reference.

• Includes the RPG/core rule book plus the two sourcebooks: Turtles Go Hollywood and Truckin’ Turtles, providing you with 19 wild adventures, and more.

  
  

The Transdimensional Adventures Sourcebook

• 256 pages of adventures through space & time.

• Create Mutant Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Animals.

• New and expanded vehicle creation and combat rules.

• Time Travel tables and adventure prompts.

• Rules for Time Travel and Temporal Energy.

• Rules and Magic Spells for Dimensional travel.

• Rules and tables for Alternative Dimensions.

• Time Lords: Renet, Lord Simultaneous, and Lord Savanti Romero.

• 50 Wizard spells.

• Rules and tables for Upgrading vehicles; including space craft.

• The return of Doc Feral and the Terror Bears.

• Trouble with Triceratons and TCRI Aliens.

• 12 adventures and new villains like Mr. Bionic, White Ronin, and Tiger Aliens.

• Two seldom seen, 10 page comic strips by Eastman & Laird made special for the original sourcebooks.

• New! 15 pages of tribute art by comic book and gaming artists.

• New! Full color with digital painting by Luis Antonio Delgado and Mike Majestic.

• New! Remembrances by notable comic book and gaming artists, creators, and friends.

• Filled with art by Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird, and Jim Lawson. Most never seen by comic book collectors!

• New! Expanded game rules updates and clarifications.

Available Now – For a Limited Time – 40% Discount:

• TMNT & Other Strangeness RPG REDUX – Cat. No. 502HC – now $35.99

• TMNT Transdimensional Adventures REDUX – Cat. No. 508HC – now $35.99

• TMNT & Other Strangeness RPG BWR – Cat. No. 504HC – now $35.99

• TMNT Transdimensional Adventures BWR – Cat. No. 509HC – now $35.99

• TMNT Game Screen – Cat. No. 512 – now $14.99

• Mutagen Green Dice Set – Cat. No. 510 – now $35.99

Expect these full color Redux Editions, dice, and game screen to become cherished collector’s items, because there will be only be a first printing. (Backers who acquired Kickstarter exclusives like the variant covers, miniature sets, dice sets, dice tray, dice tower, poker deck, and other exclusive rewards, are already seeing increased value on the collector’s market.)

The Mechanoids® Redux Edition is part of the Glitter Boy Codex Crowdfunder

Before the Terminator. Before the Matrix. Before Rifts, Phase World, or Aliens Unlimited, there was The Mechanoids.

Did you hear the news?! The Mechanoids Redux Edition: The Complete RPG Collection is part of the Rifts® Glitter Boy Codex crowdfunder that runs till November 20th. This huge, 320+ page book will collect the original Mechanoid Trilogy: The Mechanoid Invasion (1981), The Journey (1982), and Homeworld (1983), parts of Rifts Mechanoids Sourcebook (1992), AND the long forgotten The Mechanoids® RPG (1985) that contained an extra hundred pages of source material, artwork, vehicles, weapons, and more that has been completely unavailable for over three decades!

Sean has called the 1985 Mechanoids RPG “a lost and forgotten gem” – and the Mechanoids “a dark science fiction setting and characters ahead of its time.” Which is why he wants to collect and completely remaster it all into one big, beautiful, Redux Edition with new layout, updated material, and full color art. How could I say no?

The Mechanoids® Redux Edition – The Complete RPG Collection. Highlights:

• Written by Kevin Siembieda; with an adventure series by Erick Wujcik.

• Redux design, layout, and updates by Sean Owen Roberson.

• Rules Upgrade: The original Mechanoids, Palladium’s first RPG, was a rough prototype of what was to come. Now the popular Redux rules upgrade the Mechanoids experience to the classic Palladium Megaversal RPG system – revised and clarified for modern sensibilities.

• Expanded vehicle combat rules, including the comprehensive Redux rules for land, sea, and aerospace combat (first featured in TMNT Transdimensional Adventures).

• Artwork remastered for modern printing, scanned from the original production boards, this is a huge visual upgrade over what was possible in the early 1980s.

• 80% of the artwork is by Kevin Siembieda. Remember, most of you have never seen the 100 pages worth of additional art, characters, gear, or the cover painting from the 1985 RPG  that has been out of print for 30+ years.

• Never before seen art, I (Kevin) have dug up many pages of additional art created back in the day.

• Additional art by William Messner-Loebs, Newton Ewel, Kevin Long, Mike Gustovich, and James A. Osten.

• Newly colored for the very first time by Luis Antonio Delgado, renowned colorist of The Last Ronin, amongst many other books.

• Deluxe, full color hardcover for this incredible collection.

• 320+ pages – another dream project for me (Kevin) and Sean.

Rifts® Glitter Boy Codex – Join the excitement

The Rifts® Glitter Boy Codex is a newly written and illustrated sourcebook devoted to one of the most iconic characters in Rifts – the Glitter Boy pilot and their legendary chromium power armor the USA-G10. Includes Glitter Boy suit modifications, new and variant weapons, new gear, adventure ideas, never-before-revealed Glitter Boy history, famous Glitter Boy groups, notorious individuals, powerful new artwork, and plenty of ways for players and Game Masters to make these legendary war machines their own. Plus there is so much more: The Mechanoids Redux hardcover, Rifts GM screen, deluxe Rifts dice sets, metal collector’s coins, Rifts playmats, Map of North America, Coalition Flag, poker deck, print sets, and more!

Funded in less than 2 hours with legions of new backers joining every day. Click the link to see what it’s all about and join this epic crowdfunder. Our thanks to all our supporters. Game on and spread the word far and wide.

Closing Thoughts – Wild Times

By the time you read this, Halloween will have passed (I hope yours was nice, mine was very nice), mid-term election madness will be over (thank heavens, I think the political ads are torture), gasoline prices keep rising and falling and rising again, and the big holidays are rapidly approaching. And with the holiday sales. Zillions of sales.

Please use Palladium’s sales and Surprise Package deal to buy gifts and treat yourself to some escapism by way of role-playing games. Whether you’re actively gaming or just reading the books, they are a great way to escape the madness of the holiday season. And when I say “holiday madness” I mean all the ads, sales, buying of presents, wrapping those presents, travel, etc. Stay frosty and focus on the fun aspects of the holidays: Good eats, giftgiving, and nice moments with family and friends. Use Palladium’s Christmas Surprise Package offer, the Ninja Turtles 40% off sale, and upcoming Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales to get yourself, friends, and loved ones gaming gifts (and escape) they’ll enjoy. Maybe even squeeze in a game or two.

Think ahead toward next year by backing Palladium’s Rifts Glitter Boy Codex & Mechanoids RPG Redux crowdfunding campaign to get a bunch of cool books and RPG accessories in 2027.

And if that’s not enough happening for you, we have friends and business associates running crowdfunders you might want to support, so check ‘em out.

Like I said, wild times. At least most of the above are good, fun things. Even the holiday madness results in bringing yourself and others holiday joy.

Enjoy the Turtles Sale, snag a Surprise Package (you’ll love it), support the Rifts Glitter Boy Codex crowdfunder if you can (only 15 days left!), and be good to yourself. Cut yourself a little slack, don’t stress out, and find time to do a few nice things for yourself. Speaking of which, enjoy the first batch of Comments from Fans Like You, below. They are always fun and we know you enjoy reading them. Who knows, maybe your comments might appear in a future Weekly Update. Happy holidays and persevere.

– Kevin Siembieda, Sean Owen Roberson, and Surrogate Santa Claus

Surprise Package Comments from Fans Like You

It has become tradition to provide a selection of comments from Surprise Package customers in the Weekly Updates for your reading enjoyment. We have found that many of you like reading them as much as we do. It’s also nice to acknowledge our fans whenever we can. We appreciate hearing your thoughts and suggestions and we know you get a kick out of seeing if we share one of your comments.

Our heartfelt thanks to all of you who have stuck with Palladium through thick and thin, and now, these new turbulent times. Stay frosty, and 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.

I want you to know that I, Kevin Siembieda, read the comments in every single Surprise Package as well as select what you receive in them. Heck, we all enjoy reading your brief comments as they often brighten our hectic day. 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.

A.V. in Fayetteville, North Carolina, writes: Greetings! I have an extensive Palladium collection, and the books listed are either holes in that collection or books that need a replacement due to wear. Congratulations on the great success of the Glitter Boy Codex crowdfunder. I backed it within the first hour.

[Wow, that’s awesome, A.V., thank you for your support and helping us reach our goal in less than two hours. You’ll love everything you’re getting. It’s fantastic. – Kevin]

J.G. in Caldwell, Ohio, writes: Played back in the late 1980s, early 90s. Then life happened. About 30 years later, I found Palladium’s new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness books, bought them, and now I’m obsessed again with Palladium’s RPGs. Thank you.

[Ah, but it’s a wonderful obsession, J.G. Welcome back to the Palladium Megaverse. Keep your imagination burning and game on. – Kevin]

M.B. in Dozsa, Hungary, writes (in part): Dear Kevin and Everyone at Palladium, you are dangerous! I can’t resist the temptation of the Surprise Package! Sooner or later, I’ll have all your games, because they are so cool. I’ve been on the fence regarding TMNT & Other Strangeness Redux, but I’m ordering them separately. As for the Grab Bags, I’m close to having all Rifts books, as well as beginning to try your other games, mainly Palladium Fantasy and Nightbane … Excited for the Glitter Boy Codex (backed it on Backerkit)… would really like to see more from Will Erwin as well as more codices for iconic Rifts characters …

[Wow, M.B., you sound almost as excited as we are about Palladium’s crowdfunder and future releases. You’ll love the Ninja Turtle game books, so that’s a smart purchase especially while they’re on sale and still available. That will be coming to an end all too soon. You’ll also love the Glitter Boy Codex and related items. You can count on seeing more from Will Erwin too! In short, the excitement will continue into the new year and beyond. Thank you for your support. – Kevin]

C.M. in London, Ontario, Canada, writes: Thanks for doing these [Surprise Packages]. It’s always fun seeing what’s in the Package. This is a big help with rebuilding a collection that had to be left behind in a move a few years ago. You guys are awesome and so are the games you make. They have provided so many hours of entertainment since I was a kid. I hope you keep releasing foil editions, they always look amazing.

[Hello C.M., sorry you lost a big hunk of your collection. You’re right, the Surprise Package deal is a great way to rebuild your collection. Good luck with that and thank you for your service to your country. Game on. – Kevin]

D.G. in Campbell River, British Columbia, Canada, writes: Anything Rifts-themed, dice are cool. Side note, I lost track of the company and the unfortunate situations encountered, glad to see you’re still alive and kicking.

[Hi D.G., welcome back. I hope you enjoy the Surprise Package. We’re glad to be alive and kicking too. Hopefully for decades yet to come. – Kevin]

M.S. in St. Louis, Missouri, writes (in part): Thank you very much for the Valley of the Pharaohs book [last year]. It has been incredibly useful with some friends who asked how to make our hex map with a realistic geographic layout. Here’s to 45 and many more.

[We aim to please, M.S., happy the book has been so useful. It was written and published by Palladium pal, Matthew Balent. We appreciate your kind words. – Kevin]

M.L. in Mills, Wyoming writes (in part): I hope everyone involved in Palladium is doing well, and has a great holiday season. I am unsure when, but I’m starting another Rifts campaign in the near future. I’m trying to flesh out my collection a little bit, and get copies of super-useful books beforehand. Been a long time Palladium fan. Got into the games well over a decade ago. I even had the red shark with legs shirt that I wore to most sessions. Excited no matter what ends up in the Surprise Package.

[Hey M.L., we are all doing well at Palladium, thanks for asking. I hoped to surprise you with a new red shirt, but after rummaging around I learned we are truly sold out of them, sorry. That said, I think you’ll like your Surprise Package. Good luck with your new Rifts campaign and keep your imagination burning bright. – Kevin]