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Post Gen Con – Weekly Update – August 6, 2026

Written by Daniel on . Posted in Weekly Updates.

CELEBRATING 45 YEARS OF RPG FUN

A LEGACY OF INNOVATION – ONE GAME SYSTEM – ENDLESS ADVENTURE


By Kevin Siembieda


Hello, Fellow Gamers and Palladium Fans!


Gen Con was a fun blur of sights, sounds, color, and faces, with meetings and greetings, epic sales, good eats, and delightful fans woven throughout it all. Our thanks to everyone who stopped by the booth to say hello, purchase products, and hang out for a little while.


You can read my Gen Con Report and see more photos at the end of this Weekly Update under Closing Thoughts.

NEW! Mutants & Heroes SALE – One Week Only

Featuring TMNT & Other Strangeness & More


Palladium’s Gen Con Special had most of the TMNT & Other Strangeness products on sale at a 15% discount and After the Bomb sourcebooks at a 50% discount. We don’t want you to miss out because you couldn’t make it to Gen Con, so we’re giving you a similar sale with a slightly expanded range of titles and products. One week only, so order today and spread the word.


  • The TMNT & Other Strangeness Redux Edition RPG – on sale – Cat. No. 502HC

  • The TMNT & Other Strangeness Black, White, and Red Edition RPG – on sale – Cat. No. 504BWR

  • TMNT Transdimensional Adventures Redux Edition sourcebook – on sale – Cat. No. 508HC

  • TMNT Transdimensional Adventures Black, White, and Red Edition sourcebook– on sale – Cat. No. 509BWR

  • TMNT & Other Strangeness GAME MASTER SCREEN – on sale – Cat. No. 512

  • TMNT & Other Strangeness Mutagen Green DICE SET (7 dice) – on sale – Cat. No. 510

  • Ninjas & Superspies RPG – 40+ martial arts and special powers – on sale – Cat. No. 525

  • Mystic China – N&S sourcebook – magic, more powers, demons – on sale – Cat. No. 526

  • Heroes Unlimited RPG – make any type of hero – on sale – Cat. No. 500

  • Heroes Unlimited Game Master Guide – on sale – Cat. No. 516

  • Mutants in Orbit ATB & Rifts sourcebook – stats and mutants for both games – on sale – Cat. No. 514

  • Gramercy Island HU sourcebook – 100+ villains and more – on sale – Cat. No. 518

  • Armageddon Unlimited – save the world from demon invaders – on sale – Cat. No. 527

  • After the Bomb RPG – more mutant animals & the apocalypse – Cat. No. 503

  • Rifts Sports Bag – They hold a lot of books and gear – Cat. No. 2622

  • Palladium Books Sports Bag – Fans loved ‘em at Gen Con – Cat. No. 2623

  • HALF PRICE After the Bomb sourcebooks:

    • Road Hogs – Cat. No. 505

    • Mutants Down Under – Cat. No. 507

    • Mutants of the Yucatan – Cat. No. 511

    • Mutants in Avalon – Cat. No. 513


Rifts® Glitter Boy Codex – Crowdfunder

Pre-Launch Page is Live on Backerkit


The countdown to the Rifts Glitter Boy Codex has begun. Rifts fans went bonkers over this announcement at Gen Con. These books and the special crowdfunding rewards are all must-own items for Rifts fans. Sign up to the Pre-Launch page now for a preview and so you are notified when the BackerKit crowdfunder launches! You don’t want to miss a thing. And please spread the word.

Good News, Everyone! – Website Issues Resolved!


As of this writing, all of our recent website issues appear to be resolved. Checkout is functioning normally, and PDF purchases are once again linking and downloading properly.


We sincerely apologize for the string of recent website kerfuffles. Who knew that upgrading our server to solve one problem—slow loading times—would create such a mess behind the scenes?


A huge thank-you goes to our web developer, Rex, who has devoted countless hours to researching these issues, optimizing our website and server, and teaching us how to better maintain everything moving forward.


Who says you can’t teach an old dog new tricks?


Thank you all for your patience, understanding, and continued support.

Legion of Myth – Gamer Talk – August 16, 2026


Kevin Siembieda and Sean Owen Roberson (tentative) will be back to cause more trouble on Legion of Myth August 16th, around noon Eastern time. Join the fun. And while you’re waiting, watch some earlier chats, they’re all good. Just look at the hard questions asked in our previous Gamer Talk.

Dive Into The Megaverse® at DriveThruRPG.com


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®.

Palladium Collectibles – at Kevin’s Online Toy & Collectibles eBay Store


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.

GEN CON 2026 Photo Gallery

Closing Thoughts – Gen Con Report


Record attendance, big sales, fun panel talks, great fans, lots of autograph signing! Gen Con and most conventions are a blend of fun, work, laughs, and exhaustion.

This Gen Con was even crazier than most.


Thursday the exhibitor’s hall was packed with gamers. Sean and I stopped to sign one person’s Ninja Turtles RPG that morning and it turned into a cavalcade of fans that was non-stop autographs for four hours straight! It was amazing and so much fun. Of course, we continued to sign books the rest of the day and every day, but those first four hours were constant. It was wonderful to meet and chat with so many gamers from across the US from Alaska to Maine, and from around the world – the UK and France to New Zealand and Asia! For those of you who couldn’t make it to Gen Con, Sean and Palladium’s social media guy, Daniel Lansdown, posted photos all weekend to much excitement.


This year we were able to spend some time with Shane Hensley, founder of Pinnacle Entertainment Group (PEG) and the mastermind behind the Savage Worlds game system and RPGs like Deadlands. Shane hadn’t been to Gen Con in something like 10 years, so it was a treat to be able to hang out with him. We also got see old pals like Frank Uchmanowicz (Worlds Largest Dungeon, Audio RPG), Clint Black (Savage Worlds), Mike Stackpole (Star War & Battletech), Phil Reed (SJG), Steve Jackson (Munchkin), Mike and Lisa Pondsmith (Cyberpunk), Tim Brown (Dark Sun), Jim Zub (Conan), Jolly & Barb Blackburn (KODT), Jordan Wiseman (Battletech), Matthew Clements (Palladium), Glen Evans (Palladium), Mark Oberle (Palladium), Mike Leonard (Palladium), J-M DeFoggi (Jackals), Matthew Lempki (Through Gamers Goggles), the Brown Family, the Atens Family, Molly, John, Simon, Orson, Sarah, Peter, and Doug (all amazing human beings), and far too many others to list by name.


The best part of conventions – besides evangelizing role-playing games and making sales – is meeting and chatting with friends, fans, and industry pals. Talking to our fans about gaming, future plans, artwork, etc., and getting fan feedback and suggestions always inspire and reenergize us all. It’s heartwarming and joyful to see people’s faces light up when they meet me, Sean, or any of the people listed above. We signed more autographs and took more photos with people than ever before and loved every minute of it. That Dragon Head sketch I do sure is a crowd pleaser.


Both panel talks were well attended and fun. Sean and I had several people tell me they really enjoyed them. Fans went absolutely bonkers over the Glitter Boy Codex and can’t wait for the crowdfunder to start. They loved the cover and Sean’s description of what the book will contain. They also went wild over the fact that the G.B. Codex will be available as the traditional black and white softcover, AND as a full color hardcover (there will be a foil edition and some surprise exclusives and add-ons too!). The Glitter Boy Codex will be the very first FULL color Rifts book. Cool, right? They were also pleased to learn Yin-Sloth Expeditions would get a crowdfunder in October – and that Rifts Bestiary Vol. Two would see release this fall. Rifts Chaos Earth First Responders and Rifts Antarctica, among other projects, are all moving forward too.


The big sellers were all things Rifts and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, followed by Palladium Fantasy, After the Bomb, Dead Reign, and Heroes Unlimited. Folks were happy with the new Island at the Edge of the World fantasy sourcebook, and we nearly sold out of Rifts Ultimate Edition (and we brought a lot of them) amongst others.


Palladium’s 30 game events were also crowd pleasers. To the Game Masters who ran Palladium gaming events, thank you! Your time, experience, and enthusiasm helped bring over 125 new players to the Megaverse. We had games running from Rifts, Palladium Fantasy, Heroes Unlimited, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness throughout the weekend.


Sean and I had a number of exciting meetings with game manufacturers, printers, artists, and heads of crowdfunding platforms that all went very well. That’s excellent because you’ll be seeing more crowdfunders and a lot more books and RPG accessories coming from Palladium Books in the future. We also met a half-dozen artists we hope to do artwork for us in the future.


We worked our behinds off, but had a wonderful and prosperous Gen Con. We loved the positive energy from our fans, friends, and the overall event. As usual it has left us emotionally and creatively energized. We spent the drive home discussing all kinds of ideas for new products.


Until then, enjoy the Mutants & Heroes Sale, snag yourself some TMNT, superhero, After the Bomb, and martial arts RPG books and game on.



– Kevin Siembieda, Game Designer, Writer, Friend

Sizzling Sales – Weekly Update – July 9, 2026

Written by Daniel on . Posted in Weekly Updates.

CELEBRATING 45 YEARS OF RPG FUN

ONE GAME SYSTEM – EVERY GENRE – COUNTLESS WORLDS – ENDLESS ADVENTURE


By Kevin Siembieda


Two big sales to keep your summer sizzling.

Save $250 on the Mutants & Ninjas Bundle of Holding

One Week Left – Don’t Miss Out on this Great Deal!


Pay less than $30 to get 21 PDF books worth $279 retail – that’s a mindbending savings of $250.


Discover the world of mystic martial arts and superspies with the Ninjas & Superspies RPG and the mutant apocalypse with the After the Bomb RPG. Both tabletop RPGs and their sourcebooks are fun by themselves, but they can also be combined with Rifts, Heroes Unlimited and other Palladium Books role-playing games. And you can do it all on the cheap. Build your PDF reference library and tell other gamers about the huge savings.

Mutant & Monstrous Worlds – NEW SALE – 5 Days Only

Fan Favorite physical RPGs and sourcebooks at a 25% to 50% discount.


Continuing the summer savings, a new selection of books from the many worlds of Palladium are on sale for your enjoyment. They include titles from the following settings:

  • Rifts

  • Palladium Fantasy

  • Ninjas & Superspies

  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness

  • Heroes Unlimited

  • After the Bomb

  • Dead Reign


Sale ENDS Tuesday evening, July 14th, so get ‘em before it’s too late.

Continuing Webstore Issues : (


We are continuing to upgrade our website and discovering new issues we are resolving immediately. If you find yourself unable to place orders for books or PDFs, please let us know so we can investigate, identify, and fix the problem. If you have experienced difficulties placing your order over the last few weeks, please don’t give up on us. Give it another try. This current sale is a good incentive to do just that. We thank you for your understanding and patience.

The Making of the Dead Reign RPG

New on Palladium Books’ YouTube Channel


I didn’t know I was a zombie guy until I had to work on this RPG. It was a fun, if unexpected, journey and I’ve enjoyed every terror-filled moment. Listen to the Dead Reign video for the complete story. And if you get a hankering to try the Dead Reign RPG, it and a few sourcebooks are on sale at PalladiumBooks.com this weekend. The Sale on the Palladium website ends on Tuesday, so you need to move faster than a zombie to get your copy.



Visit Palladium Books at GEN CON – Booth 1523

Indianapolis, IN – starts July 30th


We’ll be there with hundreds of our RPG titles from Rifts and Phase World to Nightbane, Palladium Fantasy, and all the rest, plus some original art, negatives, dice, and more. And we’ll sign books and chat with you for a while. See a sneak peek of Rifts Bestiary Vol. 2 and the Glitter Boy Codex.


Use the Gen Con Coupon Book to get special discounts on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness RPG, Transdimensional Adventures sourcebook, Game Master Reference Screen, and Mutagen Green dice set as well as all After the Bomb titles, while supplies last. Sold on a first come, first served basis.


Meet and chat with Palladium creators:

  • Kevin Siembieda, game designer and founder of Palladium Books

  • Sean Owen Roberson, game designer, business partner, and Creative Director

  • Daniel Lansdown, Office and Marketing Manager

  • Wayne Smith, Editor and so much more

  • Caleb Nelson, order processing and Lord of the Warehouse

  • JUST ADDED – Matthew Clements, writer (Northern Gun, Dead Reign)

  • Mark Oberle, writer (Nightbane, Dead Reign, Rifts)

  • Glen Evans, writer (Palladium Fantasy, The Rifter)

  • Mike Leonard (The Rifter, paper minis)


All are happy to sign your books and chat with you for a little while.

Dive Into The Megaverse® at DriveThruRPG.com


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®.

Palladium Collectibles – at Kevin’s Online Toy & Collectibles eBay Store


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.

Closing Thoughts – Escape into Fantasy


Over the past few months – but especially these past few weeks – I have spoken to several friends and family members who are feeling down. They can’t point to anything specific and say things like: “Everything just seems bad – uncertain – ugly – hopeless.”


I understand, because I had been feeling that way myself lately, and I couldn’t point to anything specific either. I was just blah. Is it something in the zeitgeist? The political atmosphere? The summer heat? I didn’t know. I just wanted to stop feeling that way. I wanted to feel uplifted and happy.


What pulled me out of my doldrums was a sequence of events. I had a series of uplifting calls from people telling me how much they loved me and my work. A couple of people were fans but complete strangers. Several were friends I hadn’t heard from in quite a while so it was a pleasant surprise. But I still felt blah, and now I was angry with myself because such sincere and kind words didn’t seem to do much to lift me out of my doldrums. What’s wrong with me, I pondered. Had I become jaded? Was I suffering from depression? Or what? In reality, those calls meant the world to me, but those positive emotions were still being held down by the blahs.


I hesitantly bought an expensive art book featuring the work of Steve Ditko’s Spider-Man comic books from the 1960s. I made this impulsive decision based entirely on the cover, the promise of what awaited inside, and the desire to do something nice for myself. Ditko is a comic book legend on the level of Jack Kirby and his work was a big influence on my own art and development as an artist and storyteller. Lost in my despondent and angry mood, however, I spent the entire drive home beating myself up for spending so much money on a stupid book that’s probably not even worth it. I even thought about turning around and taking it back for a refund before I took it out of the box and cellophane wrapper. The damn book weighs a ton and made a loud thud when I plopped it down on the kitchen table, where I continued to further debate with myself about returning it.


Finally, I took the book out of the box and carried the massive tome to the couch, laid it down in the middle of the sofa, and carefully cut and peeled away the cellophane. The book is so large (the original comic book page size which was quite large in those days) and heavy (quality paper), that it filled an entire spot where a person would sit. I knelt down in front of the couch and opened the book to a random page. That’s when the sun shined through the window blinds and the angels began to sing.


The book was beautiful. The artwork was magnificent. The visual flow and artistry and storytelling combined to create one incredible masterwork after another. I know this will sound silly, but I could feel my heart swelling just like the Grinch’s on Christmas morning in Whoville. My blahs evaporated with every turn of the page. I spent two hours on my knees studying every panel and brush stroke. I let myself be swept away to a wondrous happy place that, somehow, I had almost forgotten. All of a sudden, as my heart soared and my mind cleared, ideas for RPG books and adventures began to form in my head. The blahs were gone and I was back.


Don’t you forget that our hobbies and the people and things that we love, inspire us, and bring us joy, are always there for us. They hold the power to make the blahs and hopelessness disappear and restore joyful and a happier perspective.


We role-playing gamers are doubly fortunate because the very design of RPGs is to inspire and create an escape into joyous, heroic adventure. They inspire our imaginations even when we just read the book or flip through the illustrations, let alone when we create a character and dive into a game. That was the gist of the calls from my friends and fans earlier that week: “Thank you, Kevin, for publishing RPGs that have inspired us as writers, artists, and gamers, and have brought us so much joy. We love them and we love you.” How beautiful is that? I am humbled and delighted.


So draw upon your RPG resources right there on your bookshelves and on your computers. Reread your favorite books as well as the ones you don’t fully remember because there are probably things that will spark your imagination and lift your spirits. Try new RPG settings especially when there are big sales. Take advantage of sales from Palladium Books like the Mutant and Monstrous Worlds Sale taking place this weekend and certainly the Mutants and Ninjas Bundle of Holding. For less than $30 you can get 21 PDF books worth nearly $300, and even if you aren’t into the setting or mutants, ninjas, mystical martial artists, or spies, you know the artwork and reading about the characters, villains, gear, powers, and world will give you ideas for whatever game setting you are into. Mine these sales and books for ideas and escape to a joyful place of adventure. A place that can chase away the blahs whenever you need them to do so. Stay frosty and game on.


– Kevin Siembieda, Game Designer, Writer, Friend

SALE & News – Palladium Books® – Weekly Update – May 29, 2025

Written by pb_addy on . Posted in Weekly Updates.

Weekly Update

ONE GAME SYSTEM – EVERY GENRE – COUNTLESS WORLDS – ENDLESS ADVENTURE

BY KEVIN SIEMBIEDA

SALE & News – Palladium Books® – Weekly Update – May 29, 2025

Rifts Promise of Power Reforged

We hope many of you in the United States were able to enjoy a fun and relaxing Memorial Day weekend with friends and family.


Sean and I worked through the weekend as we have many irons in the fire that need tending. That includes moving TMNT & Other Strangeness RPG Redux along (almost there!) and other books in the pipeline; promoting the prelaunch campaign and prepping for the Rifts Promise of Power video game Reforged crowdfunder in June (very exciting, please check out our pre-launch page and spread the word!); the Promise of Rifts SALE (some of the Rifts books that inspired the video game on sale), and a number of behind the scenes secret projects, all of which require a whole lot of logistics.

The Lost Rifts video game – The Backerkit pre-launch campaign for the Rifts Promise of Power Reforged video game started a week or so ago. There are Backer advantages later when you follow the campaign now. We hope you will help spread the word about it to video game enthusiasts as well as tabletop gamers. For the full story, click the button below and join as a follower. More info and details will be added from time to time. The actual crowdfunding will begin in mid-June. Oh, and you can hear Sean and I (Kevin Siembieda) talk about it on the Glitterbois and Legion of Myth. More interviews are likely to follow. Spread the word.

Promise of Rifts Sale

SALE! The Promise of Rifts® SALE – Imagination Unleashed – 20% to 50% off

Now that you’re back to work and in need of a little fun, take a look at our ongoing Promise of Rifts Sale! I have selected titles that feature characters and locations in the Rifts® Promise of Power REFORGED and which inspired the original video game.

4 New Podcasts & YouTube Interviews

The Glitterbois Podcast

NEW! The Glitterbois podcast was the first podcast to discuss Rifts Promise of Power Reforged in an interview with both Kevin Siembieda and Sean Owen Roberson. This was a lively and informative conversation about the reforging of the lost Rifts video game. Previous Glitterbois episodes talk about all things Palladium Books with an increasing number of chats with Palladium’s founder and writer Kevin Siembieda as a returning guest. Other Palladium creators have also begun to join the fun with more in the future.

Legion of Myth

NEW! Legion of Myth – 2 new episodes! The May 25th livestream chat with Kevin Siembieda and Sean Owen Roberson is being turned into two episodes for your viewing enjoyment. One is questions and answers about the Rifts® Promise of Power REFORGED video game. The second is a passionate and lengthy debate about the viability and playability of the Shifter in Rifts. Both are fun and informative, and it was another long, marathon session, but so worthwhile. Sean and I will continue to return every month to chat about Palladium Books news, game titles, characters, game mechanics, GM tips, writing and all things Palladium Books. So keep your eyes open throughout the year and join the (usually) monthly conversations.

The History of Palladium Books on YouTube

NEW on the Palladium Books YouTube Channel – Rifts Promise of Power BONUS episode available now. J-M and I talk about the history of the Lost Rifts Video Game to give listeners a deeper understanding about the original game and the N-Gage. It is part of the ongoing Official History of Palladium Books with Kevin Siembieda & J-M DeFoggi. A new episode every other week provides behind the scenes insight and secrets about the making of your favorite Palladium RPGs and the people behind them. Please continue to spread the word about these fun videos and enjoy.


Episodes include:

Coming Soon to Palladium’s YouTube channel:

  • Ninjas & Superspies RPG – June 5th.

  • Julius Rosenstein: Without whom there may have been no Palladium Books – June 19th.

  • Beyond the Supernatural RPG, 1st Edition – July 3rd.

  • Erick Wujcik Part 1: Meets Kevin Siembieda – July 17.

  • Rifts RPG Part 1 – July 31st.

  • Erick Wujcik Part 2: Game Designer – August 14.

  • Watch for a new episode every other week and enjoy bonus episodes.

Rifts Promise of Power Reforged

Rifts® Promise of Power Reforged crowdfunding pre-launch campaign

One of our secret projects has been bringing back the lost Rifts video game for the personal computer and other game platforms with improved art, graphics, and sound.


Follow the pre-launch campaign to see the official press release and get additional info, news, and the opportunity to get special rewards when the crowdfunding goes live mid-June.


The announcement of the Rifts® Promise of Power video game being remade for the PC and modern game platforms has been overwhelmingly positive, but we need your continued support and help spreading the word. This is a big undertaking requiring a professional video game design company to make all the upgrades and changes. We can only make the video game if we have a successful crowdfunding campaign.


Note: The Rifts video game is a wonderful way to introduce Rifts to your friends and family who don’t play RPGs. The video game is designed to introduce Rifts to an entirely new audience as well as thrill fans of the RPG. The crowdfunder goes live mid-June, 2025. Watch for live streaming when we launch and other fun stuff.

The Rifts® Promise of Power Reforged video game will feature the following:

  • 30+ hours of game play on the main storyline, more for completionists!

  • Increased aspect ratio. Instead of the small screen size of the original N-Gage mobile device, play on a greatly expanded aspect ratio for modern screens – see Rifts Earth like never before!

  • The Glitter Boy, Coalition Grunt, and other portraits restored to their iconic likeness.

  • Seventeen playable classes drawn directly from the original tabletop role-playing game, including the Glitter Boy, Burster, Ley Line Walker, Cyber-Knight, Juicer, Mind Melter, Cyborg, Headhunter, Crazy, and Mystic.

  • Gain powerful allies – mercenaries, psychics, and mages – as you cross the post-apocalyptic wastes and lead your party in combat using their unique abilities.

  • Tactical turn-based combat on scenic battle maps featuring a dynamic 3D camera perspective so you can always be in control of your weapons and powers.

  • More than 50 enemy types – mutants, supernatural creatures, high-tech soldiers, and more – plus a diverse cast of characters, reflecting the varied denizens of Rifts Earth.

  • Over 100 weapons, spells, and psionics, plus all new weapons and gear exclusive for backers of the Reforged edition.

  • Travel to multiple locations from the Rifts setting – North America, England, the New German Republic, and China – each filled with unique challenges.

  • New physical rewards exclusive to crowdfunding backers!


Rifts® Promise of Power Reforged Stretch Goals:

  • Unlock a high-definition update to the original in-game art, including combat graphics.

  • Unlock an all new modern soundtrack with beautiful music.

  • Unlock support for extra platforms including consoles and mobile devices.

  • And much more!

UPDATE! Gen Con – July 31 – August 3, 2025 – Visit Palladium Books at Booth 1515


Please swing by the Palladium Booth to chat with me (Kevin Siembieda), Sean Owen Roberson, Wayne Smith (The Rifter), Mark Oberle (writer), Glen Evans (artist), and other Palladium creators and insiders, get autographs, buy new RPG releases and back stock, and have fun.


For those of you who always visit the booth, please note that we are in the middle of the exhibitor’s hall rather than where we’ve been the last several years. We have no idea how or why, but we are in good company near Catalyst Games, Steve Jackson Games, Modiphius, Renegade Game Studio, Cool Stuff Inc., and only a couple isles away from our friends at Pinnacle/Studio 2 and Upper Deck. Please find us and visit.


Here are other events I, Kevin Siembieda (and sometimes Sean), will be attending over the next 8 months.

  • Gen Con – July/August (Kevin, Sean & the Palladium crew)

  • Alliance Open House (Tradeshow) – September (Kevin and others)

  • Granite State Comic Con – September (Kevin Siembieda & Sean Roberson)

  • Philadelphia Game Expo – January 2026 (Kevin Siembieda & Matthew Balent).

Palladium Books on DriveThruRPG

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®.

Palladium Collectibles – at Kevin’s Online Toy & Collectibles eBay Store

I am adding new collectibles of all kinds to my Ebay store every few weeks. Some are Palladium negatives, rare and out of print books, original Palladium artwork, prints, posters, as well as other collectible toys, action figures, Nightmare Before Christmas items, one-of-a-kind proofreader copies, books, and other good stuff – including Erick Wujcik’s rare and sought after Amberzine #12-15. Check in every week or so to see what’s new. All items come from Kevin Siembieda’s personal collection.


One-of-a-kind Palladium Books negatives (special and rare collectibles). 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. Before digital printing, pages of a book were laid out by hand on a board, and each page was photographed.

  • Each negative is truly unique, attractive, and fun to have.

  • Own a piece of Palladium Books and RPG history you will treasure.

  • Each was used to print the very book you may have in your collection (1981-2004).

  • Each is signed in silver ink by Kevin Siembieda and comes with a Certificate of Authenticity.

  • Each negative is a one-of-a-kind work of art (on rare occasions, two-of-a-kind if a page or section of pages were replaced or a second edition was made).

  • Looks great matted or framed! Fits an 8×10 inch matt opening. Each neg is roughly 8 ½ x 11 inches.

  • Prices vary depending on the title, the art, and quality of the negative. Note: Many have scratches, or blemishes, and/or an opaque medium on the negative. Still, they look great and are a piece of RPG history. We recommend you carefully examine the photographs of each item to avoid disappointment. The negatives of many books are sold out or were never available.

CLOSING THOUGHTS

Making the impossible, possible


One, the return of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness RPG. Dice are already being manufactured, everything else should go into final manufacturing in June. Shipping costs, final charges to your cards, and estimated shipping date to Backers are coming soon. It’s all beautiful and we cannot wait to put them in your hands.


Two, with your support, the Rifts Promise of Power Reforged video game for the PC and other platforms.


Three … hmmm. There are book titles and other surprises coming that we cannot yet reveal, but they are more things some people won’t expect or don’t believe possible. The above is just the beginning. The tip of the iceberg. Sean and I have big ideas for Palladium Books and products you’ll enjoy. Nothing is easy and everything takes time, but when we really get going, there will be no stopping us. And we couldn’t do any of it without your love and support. So thank you from the bottom of our hearts.


For now, keep the faith and be excited. Enjoy the Rifts Sale and please support and spread the word about Rifts Promise of Power Reforged.


– Kevin Siembieda, Publisher, Game Designer, Writer and Friend

Sale and News – Palladium Books® – Weekly Update – May 16, 2025

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Weekly Update

ONE GAME SYSTEM – EVERY GENRE – COUNTLESS WORLDS – ENDLESS ADVENTURE

BY KEVIN SIEMBIEDA

Sale and News – Palladium Books® – Weekly Update – May 16, 2025

Big announcement on Monday. Please, watch for it. I have been teasing you with the coming of a big announcement for a couple of weeks now. The big reveal should come on Monday (or Tuesday). It is one of Palladium’s long-held secret projects that, like the return of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness RPG Redux editions, has been part of our five year business plan. It’s big. It’s fun. It’s exciting. And it’s something we cannot do alone. We’ll need your support, along with the considerable talents of our production partners to make it a reality. Watch for it Monday (or Tuesday).


We are so busy at the moment, that this Update is a short one.


SALE! For now, take advantage of Palladium’s current adventure focused sale for campaign building and deep discounts. It spans a few different Palladium game lines, not just Fantasy, and was inspired by dungeon crawls and the World’s Largest Dungeon crowdfunder (see more about both below).

Dungeon Adventures Sale

Palladium Fantasy Dungeon Adventures Sale – 25% to 40% off

The World’s Largest Dungeon is cool, but while you’re waiting for it to be printed and shipped to you months from now, you can jump into epic dungeon (and other) adventures right now via the Palladium Fantasy Dungeon Adventures Sale!

  • Weapons & Armor (700+ weapons, 30+ suits of armor. All illustrated and real. Great for any Fantasy RPG and for any game system) – Cat. No. 401 – 40% off

  • Weapons & Castles (15 real world castles and floor plans, + bow weapons. All illustrated and real. For any game system) – Cat. No. 402 – 40% off

  • Weapons, Armor & Castles of the Orient (8 castles, 15 types of armor, 30+ weapons. All illustrated and real. For any game system) – Cat. No. 404 – 40% off

  • European Castles (40+ real world castles and floor plans. All illustrated and real. For any game system) – Cat. No. 410 – 40% off

  • Palladium Fantasy RPG Hardcover, 1st Edition Rules (everything you need to play, including the Tombs of Gersidi adventure and the Arms of Nargash-Tor adventure sourcebook) – Cat. No. 449HC – 25% off

  • Fantasy: Dragons & Gods (14 dragons, 40+ gods, plus demons, Elementals, and magic items to inhabit your dungeons and adventures) – Cat. No. 451 – 25% off

  • Fantasy: Old Ones (an epic dungeon crawl in the Place of Magic plus 50 different cities, towns, and forts to explore; all mapped and described) – Cat. No. 453 – 25% off

  • Fantasy: Monsters & Animals (120+ monsters and 200+ animals to populate your dungeon and other locales) – Cat. No. 454 – 25% off

  • Rifts® 30th Anniversary Hardcover (everything you need to start playing plus 32 bonus pages) – Cat. No. 800HC30 – 25% off

  • Rifts® Bestiary Vol. One (80+ creatures to stock your dungeon) – Cat. No. 896 – 25% off

  • Rifts® D-Bees of North America (80+ intelligent monsters to stock your dungeon or wilderness) – Cat. No. 874 – 25% off

  • Heroes Unlimited: Gramercy Island (100 villains because a prison is a lot like a dungeon) – Cat. No. 518 – 40% off

  • Dead Reign® RPG (because I love this game and zombies are great for dungeons) – Cat. No. 230 – 25% off

  • Dead Reign®: In the Face of Death sourcebook (cities and skyscrapers are a lot like dungeon crawls; plus I’m watching TWD: Dead City) – Cat. No. 230 – 40% off

The World’s Largest Dungeon 5e – Backerkit Crowdfunder has gone live

It’s big. It’s outrageous. It’s the World’s Largest Dungeon (WLD). Get in on the action and never be in need of a dungeon adventure ever again. Note: This is NOT a Palladium project, but we are friends with all the major parties behind it and we want to clue you in on something you may find to be fun and desirable. A big Palladium project will be announced this weekend. Enjoy.


https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/world-s-largest-rpgs/world-s-largest-dungeon


They have taken the epic, AEG World’s Largest Dungeon adventure sourcebook and have remastered and vastly expanded it to 1,500+ pages, divided into four attractive hardcover books with tons of new art, text, adventures and maps. You’ll never be without an adventure idea again! It uses 5e rules but you can plumb the adventures and ideas for any fantasy campaign. Take a peek.

  • A super-adventure resource with more than 1,600 original dungeon encounters!

  • 15 poster-sized maps and new interior detail maps.

  • 16 miniatures of dungeon monsters.

  • Exclusive Fanroll dice.

  • Audiobook from AudioRPG.

  • Palladium pals Frank Uchmanowicz, J-M Defoggi, Timothy Brown, and others are the primary madmen behind this epic, remastered and expanded WLD super-edition. Check it out.

Podcasts & YouTube Fun

The Glitterbois Podcast

The Glitterbois podcast revealing the backstory behind Nightbane®, Dead Reign®, and Systems Failure is now available for your listening enjoyment. We had a lot of fun and laughs during this one, so I know you’ll enjoy it. We’ll try to do another one in May. They also did a recent review on Matthew Balent’s Valley of the Pharoahs 40th Anniversary RPG.

Legion of Myth

Legion of Myth – April 27th chat with Kevin and Sean has been posted. It was another live chat about how to make O.C.C.s/character classes fun and uniquely your own by being creative and flexible. We touched upon other gaming insight too. We will try to do a new chat every month with LoM so keep your eyes open and join the conversation.

Palladium YouTube Channel featuring the Official History of Palladium Books with Kevin Siembieda & J-M DeFoggi. A new episode every other week. The 1980s Robotech RPG and sourcebooks is the most recent episode and a lot of fun. Always get behind the scenes insight and secrets about the making of your favorite Palladium RPGs and the people behind them, meet creators, and more. Please continue to spread the word about these fun videos and enjoy.

COMING! 20 reprint titles are at the printer


Palladium has sent 20 titles in for reprint. Most should be available before we sell out of our current print run, but a few will be temporarily out of print for a few weeks to a few months.

UPDATE! Gen Con – July 31 – August 3, 2025 – Visit Palladium Books at Booth 1515


Please swing by the Palladium Booth to chat with me (Kevin Siembieda), Sean Owen Roberson, Wayne Smith (The Rifter), Mark Oberle (writer), Glen Evans (artist), and other Palladium creators and insiders, get autographs, buy new RPG releases and back stock, and have fun.


For those of you who always visit the booth, please note that we are in the middle of the exhibitor’s hall rather than where we’ve been the last several years. We have no idea how or why, but we are in good company near Catalyst Games, Steve Jackson Games, Modiphius, Renegade Game Studio, Cool Stuff Inc., and only a couple isles away from our friends at Pinnacle/Studio 2 and Upper Deck. Please find us and visit.


Here are other events I, Kevin Siembieda (and sometimes Sean), will be attending over the next 8 months.

  • Gen Con – July/August (Kevin, Sean & the Palladium crew)

  • Alliance Open House (Tradeshow) – September (Kevin and others)

  • Granite State Comic Con – September (Kevin Siembieda & Sean Roberson)

  • Philadelphia Game Expo – January 2026 (Kevin Siembieda & Matthew Balent).

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®.

Palladium Collectibles – at Kevin’s Online Toy & Collectibles eBay Store

I am adding new collectibles of all kinds to my Ebay store every few weeks. Some are Palladium negatives, rare and out of print books, original Palladium artwork, prints, posters, as well as other collectible toys, action figures, Nightmare Before Christmas items, one-of-a-kind proofreader copies, books, and other good stuff – including Erick Wujcik’s rare and sought after Amberzine #12-15. Check in every week or so to see what’s new. All items come from Kevin Siembieda’s personal collection.


One-of-a-kind Palladium Books negatives (special and rare collectibles). 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. Before digital printing, pages of a book were laid out by hand on a board, and each page was photographed.

  • Each negative is truly unique, attractive, and fun to have.

  • Own a piece of Palladium Books and RPG history you will treasure.

  • Each was used to print the very book you may have in your collection (1981-2004).

  • Each is signed in silver ink by Kevin Siembieda and comes with a Certificate of Authenticity.

  • Each negative is a one-of-a-kind work of art (on rare occasions, two-of-a-kind if a page or section of pages were replaced or a second edition was made).

  • Looks great matted or framed! Fits an 8×10 inch matt opening. Each neg is roughly 8 ½ x 11 inches.

  • Prices vary depending on the title, the art, and quality of the negative. Note: Many have scratches, or blemishes, and/or an opaque medium on the negative. Still, they look great and are a piece of RPG history. We recommend you carefully examine the photographs of each item to avoid disappointment. The negatives of many books are sold out or were never available.

CLOSING THOUGHTS

Big stuff, fun stuff


We all hope you’ll be as excited as we are by the big announcement on Monday or Tuesday. To be honest, it’s not anything I ever thought was possible for Palladium Books, but that’s why I brought in Sean Owen Roberson as my business partner and Creative Director, and why we have been making other strategic maneuvers as we lay down the foundation for our business plan. It has all involved a lot of top secret planning, networking, and making valuable new business partners.


We have big things and new avenues of product and marketing, but fear not, Palladium’s key focus is, and always will be tabletop RPGs. And if I could share some of those plans with you, you’d probably faint. More to come. Keep the faith.


Enjoy the new Fantasy Adventures & Dungeon Crawl SALE spanning a few game lines and saving you money. Gotta run, but you keep your imaginations burning bright.


– Kevin Siembieda, Publisher, Game Designer, Writer and Friend

Copyright © 2025 Palladium Books Inc. All rights reserved.


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Happy Mother’s Day – Palladium Books® – Weekly Update – May 9, 2025

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Weekly Update

ONE GAME SYSTEM – EVERY GENRE – COUNTLESS WORLDS – ENDLESS ADVENTURE

BY KEVIN SIEMBIEDA

Happy Mother’s Day – Palladium Books® – Weekly Update – May 9, 2025

Happy Mother’s Day. To all the Moms out there, may this Mother’s Day be a bright and happy one. All of you kids – young and old – make sure you tell your mothers (and all the wonderful women in your life) how much you love and appreciate them. You can never tell anyone that enough. Send a card and make a phone call if you cannot actually visit them, it will mean the world to them. Do it.


Out Sick. I was sick for half the week with some darn stomach bug. I almost went to the emergency room on Wednesday, but then my extreme stomach distress began to wane. Whew. Of course, I topped it off by covering half my body with poison oak! Arms, legs, belly! Thank goodness for Original Tecnu Outdoor Skin Cleanser; it’s a modern miracle. I discovered I’m super-allergic to poison oak and poison ivy 20 years ago, so I’m always prepared, but it was all so exhausting. I’m still feeling a bit worn out and a little queasy.


Thank you. I’m delighted so many of you enjoyed the free book offer. Caleb and I are kicking around ideas for future giveaways with a purchase.


COMING! Sean is about to announce something big. Really BIG for Palladium Books. If all goes according to plan, you’ll get your first glimpse of it next week. It has been a passion project for us all, but especially Sean. It’s something near and dear to our hearts, but we truly can’t do it without you. Watch for it and spread the word.


Palladium YouTube: The Defilers in Hell (Fantasy adventure) – went live on Thursday, May 8th, and we’re already getting excited feedback. I’m happy that so many of you are enjoying the Official History of Palladium Books, including stories about my beloved game group The Defilers. Many more stories about your favorite RPGs and the talented people behind them are coming your way in the months ahead.


See Closing Thoughts for another bit of Kevin Siembieda history. Apparently I’m historic. Meaning I’m a part of gaming, comic books, and Detroit history, which is both super-cool and a little weird for me at the same time. Read about it in Closing Thoughts at the end of this Update.

NEWS! World’s Largest Dungeon for D&D 5e, a Backerkit crowdfunder

Some Palladium pals have been busy creating a big project of their own. It launches on Backerkit next Tuesday, but if you follow the pre-launch crowdfunding campaign you get a free item when you back it later. Click on the link below.


https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/world-s-largest-rpgs/world-s-largest-dungeon


They have taken the epic, AEG World’s Largest Dungeon adventure sourcebook and have remastered and vastly expanded it to 1,500+ pages, divided into four attractive hardcover books with tons of new art, text, adventures and maps. You’ll never be without an adventure idea again! It uses 5e rules but you can plumb the adventures and ideas for any fantasy campaign. Take a peek.

  • A super-adventure resource with more than 1,600 original dungeon encounters!

  • 15 poster-sized maps and new interior detail maps.

  • 16 miniatures of dungeon monsters.

  • Exclusive Fanroll dice.

  • Audiobook from AudioRPG.

  • Palladium pals Frank Uchmanowicz, J-M Defoggi, Timothy Brown, and others are the primary madmen behind this epic, remastered and expanded WLD super-edition. Check it out.

Podcasts & YouTube Fun

The Glitterbois Podcast

The Glitterbois podcast revealing the backstory behind Nightbane®, Dead Reign®, and Systems Failure is now available for your listening enjoyment. We had a lot of fun and laughs during this one, so I know you’ll enjoy it. We’ll try to do another one in May. They also did a recent review on Matthew Balent’s Valley of the Pharoahs 40th Anniversary RPG.

Legion of Myth

Legion of Myth – April 27th chat with Kevin and Sean has been posted. It was another live chat about how to make O.C.C.s/character classes fun and uniquely your own by being creative and flexible. We touched upon other gaming insight too. We will try to do a new chat every month with LoM so keep your eyes open and join the conversation.

Palladium YouTube Channel featuring the Official History of Palladium Books with Kevin Siembieda & J-M DeFoggi. A new episode every other week. The 1980s Robotech RPG and sourcebooks is the most recent episode and a lot of fun. Always get behind the scenes insight and secrets about the making of your favorite Palladium RPGs and the people behind them, meet creators, and more. Please continue to spread the word about these fun videos and enjoy.

COMING! 20 reprint titles are at the printer


Palladium has sent 20 titles in for reprint. Most should be available before we sell out of our current print run, but a few will be temporarily out of print for a few weeks to a few months.

UPDATE! Gen Con – July 31 – August 3, 2025 – Visit Palladium Books at Booth 1515


Please swing by the Palladium Booth to chat with me (Kevin Siembieda), Sean Owen Roberson, Wayne Smith (The Rifter), Mark Oberle (writer), Glen Evans (artist), and other Palladium creators and insiders, get autographs, buy new RPG releases and back stock, and have fun.


For those of you who always visit the booth, please note that we are in the middle of the exhibitor’s hall rather than where we’ve been the last several years. We have no idea how or why, but we are in good company near Catalyst Games, Steve Jackson Games, Modiphius, Renegade Game Studio, Cool Stuff Inc., and only a couple isles away from our friends at Pinnacle/Studio 2 and Upper Deck. Please find us and visit.


Here are other events I, Kevin Siembieda (and sometimes Sean), will be attending over the next 8 months.

  • Gen Con – July/August (Kevin, Sean & the Palladium crew)

  • Alliance Open House (Tradeshow) – September (Kevin and others)

  • Granite State Comic Con – September (Kevin Siembieda & Sean Roberson)

  • Philadelphia Game Expo – January 2026 (Kevin Siembieda & Matthew Balent).

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®.

Palladium Collectibles – at Kevin’s Online Toy & Collectibles eBay Store

I am adding new collectibles of all kinds to my Ebay store every few weeks. Some are Palladium negatives, rare and out of print books, original Palladium artwork, prints, posters, as well as other collectible toys, action figures, Nightmare Before Christmas items, one-of-a-kind proofreader copies, books, and other good stuff – including Erick Wujcik’s rare and sought after Amberzine #12-15. Check in every week or so to see what’s new. All items come from Kevin Siembieda’s personal collection.


One-of-a-kind Palladium Books negatives (special and rare collectibles). 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. Before digital printing, pages of a book were laid out by hand on a board, and each page was photographed.

  • Each negative is truly unique, attractive, and fun to have.

  • Own a piece of Palladium Books and RPG history you will treasure.

  • Each was used to print the very book you may have in your collection (1981-2004).

  • Each is signed in silver ink by Kevin Siembieda and comes with a Certificate of Authenticity.

  • Each negative is a one-of-a-kind work of art (on rare occasions, two-of-a-kind if a page or section of pages were replaced or a second edition was made).

  • Looks great matted or framed! Fits an 8×10 inch matt opening. Each neg is roughly 8 ½ x 11 inches.

  • Prices vary depending on the title, the art, and quality of the negative. Note: Many have scratches, or blemishes, and/or an opaque medium on the negative. Still, they look great and are a piece of RPG history. We recommend you carefully examine the photographs of each item to avoid disappointment. The negatives of many books are sold out or were never available.

CLOSING THOUGHTS

I’m Historic!


Me and a bunch of other native Detroiters are part of an exhibit about comic books – Heroes vs. Villains: Detroit’s Comic Book Story – at the Detroit Historical Museum. THE DETROIT HISTORICAL MUSEUM.

That’s surreal for me. The Historical Museum has always been one of my favorite places. I have visited it and the neighboring Detroit Institute of Arts, and the main Detroit Public Library in downtown Detroit my entire life. Heck, my alma mater, the Center for Creative Studies, and Wayne State University are just down the street a block or so away. And there I am, part of a special exhibit about comic book creators from Detroit.

Kevin with B.K. Taylor

Of course there are much bigger names in comic books than me in the exhibit – Matt Groening (Simpsons), Arvell Jones (a mentor to teenage Kevin), Tom Orzechowski (another mentor), B.K. Taylor (National Lampoon), Richard Buckler (Deathlok), Terry Austin (X-Men), Jim Starlin (Thanos), Gary Reed (Caliber Press), Jim O’Barr (the Crow), Al Milgrom, Keith Pollard, Guy Davis, Vince Locke, and lots of others – many of whom are friends and acquaintances. But it’s cool (and more than a little amazing) to be recognized and featured in an honest to goodness historical museum in the city of Detroit, my home town! Wow. What an honor. I am humbled.

I must admit Alex Marciniszyn and I published 5 issues of Detroit’s First comic book, A+Plus, an independent comic 10 years before the independent comic book boom that would be ushered in by the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. How different might my life have been if that comic book had taken off? It was a disappointment at the time, but I’m glad it failed, because I found my true place, my home, my extended family, as a creator and publisher of role-playing games.

Kevin with Mary Walsh

I was invited to the VIP opening night where I got to see a handful of those wonderful people including Arvell Jones, B.K. Taylor, Michael Kucharski, John Benson, and my old art collaborator on Palladium’s Weapons & Armor series, Mary Walsh. It was a fun night of memories and laughter. In fact. Alex and I had so much fun talking with old and new friends, that we never made it to the buffet.

I never dreamed I would be in a freakin’ museum about Detroit’s contribution to the comic book industry. Meanwhile, the museum is talking about doing a gaming exhibit that will prominently feature Palladium Books sometime in the future. Holy crap, right? I am so flattered and humbled. Kathy and my Mom and Dad would be so proud. I have lived an amazing and wonderful life. I can’t wait to see what the next 20 or 30 years brings me.


Cowabunga, Moms, Dads, and gamers everywhere. Dare to dream and unleash your own imaginations. It’s never too late to explore your creativity and live your lives to the fullest. And it all starts with a spark of imagination toward endless possibilities.


– Kevin Siembieda, Publisher, Game Designer, Writer and Friend

Sale, News & Updates – Palladium Books® – Weekly Update – May 2, 2025

Written by pb_addy on . Posted in Weekly Updates.

Weekly Update

ONE GAME SYSTEM – EVERY GENRE – COUNTLESS WORLDS – ENDLESS ADVENTURE

BY KEVIN SIEMBIEDA

A FREE Book when your order is $10 or more – the Future Visions art book ($13.95 value). This applies to ALL orders and any type of product (miniatures, T-shirts, mugs, poker decks, prints, etc.) when your order is $10 or more, as well as sale items in the Palladium Superhero Sale for more big savings.

Superhero RPG Sale

Superhero RPG SALE – 20-50% off

Saturday, May 3, 2025, is Free Comic Book Day, and to join that fun, Palladium is offering a super-duper sale on select RPGs and sourcebooks inspired by superheroes and comic books, as well as titles that have a comic strip inside. We even included two RPGs that feature classic comic book threats: Alien invasion (Systems Failure RPG) and zombies (Dead Reign RPG).


NOTE: Get a FREE Future Visions Art of Charles Walton ($13.95 value) when your order is $10 or more.

Podcasts & YouTube Fun

The Glitterbois Podcast

The Glitterbois podcast revealing the backstory behind Nightbane®, Dead Reign®, and Systems Failure is now available for your listening enjoyment. We had a lot of fun and laughs during this one, so I know you’ll enjoy it. We’ll try to do another one in May. They also did a recent review on Matthew Balent’s Valley of the Pharoahs 40th Anniversary RPG.

Legion of Myth

Legion of Myth – April 27th chat with Kevin and Sean has been posted. It was another live chat about how to make O.C.C.s/character classes fun and uniquely your own by being creative and flexible. We touched upon other gaming insight too. We will try to do a new chat every month with LoM so keep your eyes open and join the conversation.

Palladium YouTube Channel featuring the Official History of Palladium Books with Kevin Siembieda & J-M DeFoggi. A new episode every other week. The 1980s Robotech RPG and sourcebooks is the most recent episode and a lot of fun. Always get behind the scenes insight and secrets about the making of your favorite Palladium RPGs and the people behind them, meet creators, and more. Please continue to spread the word about these fun videos and enjoy.

  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness RPG – available now.

  • Secrets of the Defilers, Part 4: Battle through Hades – available now.

  • Robotech RPG series – available now.

  • The Defilers in Hell (Fantasy adventure) – May 8th.

  • Ramon K. Perez artist interview – fan favorite comic book and game artist Ramon K. Perez – May 22nd.

  • Ninjas & Superspies RPG – June 5th.

  • Julius Rosenstein: Without whom there may have been no Palladium Books – June 19th.

  • Beyond the Supernatural RPG, 1st Edition– July 3rd.

  • Erick Wujcik Part 1: Meets Kevin Siembieda – July 17.

  • Rifts RPG Part 1 – July 31st.

  • Erick Wujcik Part 2: Game Designer – August 14.

  • Watch for a new episode every other week and enjoy.

COMING! 20 reprint titles are at the printer


Palladium has sent 20 titles in for reprint. Most should be available before we sell out of our current print run, but a few will be temporarily out of print for a few weeks to a few months.

Gen Con – July 31 – August 3, 2025 – Come by the Palladium Books Booth


Please swing by the Palladium Booth to chat with me (Kevin Siembieda), Sean Owen Roberson, Wayne Smith (The Rifter), Mark Oberle (writer), Glen Evans (artist), and other Palladium creators and insiders, get autographs, buy new RPG releases and back stock, and have fun.


As many of you know, we don’t do a lot of conventions, but here’s what’s coming up over the next 8 months.

  • Gen Con – July/August

  • Alliance Open House (Tradeshow) – September

  • Granite State Comic Con – September

  • I’m probably adding a January 2026 convention.

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®.

Palladium Collectibles – at Kevin’s Online Toy & Collectibles eBay Store

I am adding new collectibles of all kinds to my Ebay store every few weeks. Some are Palladium negatives, rare and out of print books, original Palladium artwork, prints, posters, as well as other collectible toys, action figures, Nightmare Before Christmas items, one-of-a-kind proofreader copies, books, and other good stuff – including Erick Wujcik’s rare and sought after Amberzine #12-15. Check in every week or so to see what’s new. All items come from Kevin Siembieda’s personal collection.


One-of-a-kind Palladium Books negatives (special and rare collectibles). 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. Before digital printing, pages of a book were laid out by hand on a board, and each page was photographed.

  • Each negative is truly unique, attractive, and fun to have.

  • Own a piece of Palladium Books and RPG history you will treasure.

  • Each was used to print the very book you may have in your collection (1981-2004).

  • Each is signed in silver ink by Kevin Siembieda and comes with a Certificate of Authenticity.

  • Each negative is a one-of-a-kind work of art (on rare occasions, two-of-a-kind if a page or section of pages were replaced or a second edition was made).

  • Looks great matted or framed! Fits an 8×10 inch matt opening. Each neg is roughly 8 ½ x 11 inches.

  • Prices vary depending on the title, the art, and quality of the negative. Note: Many have scratches, or blemishes, and/or an opaque medium on the negative. Still, they look great and are a piece of RPG history. We recommend you carefully examine the photographs of each item to avoid disappointment. The negatives of many books are sold out or were never available.

CLOSING THOUGHTS

Something new, something big


Last week I talked about not letting our crazy world drive you nuts, but there is so much work and goings on here this past week or so, that it has been absolutely crazy. Mostly in good ways. A number of our projects are coming together and soon to be revealed, but they are each a ton of work – even with wonderful and astute helpers. As always, there are unexpected complications to be dealt with. It’s those complications that have conspired to drive us up a wall. So yes, me, Sean, Wayne, and the rest of the crew are feeling rather strung out.


In an Update a couple weeks ago, My Closing Thoughts teased at things to come. Well, you’ll start seeing those things soon. We – but especially, Sean – have been working on secret projects that we hope will thrill you to no end. All are cool, but one is potentially, really big and something new for Palladium. That announcement will happen in a week or two. Being privy to it all, knowing the caliber of the people we’re working with, and the design work we are seeing, has made us downright giddy some days. It’s all very exciting.


So hang tight, enjoy the Free book with a purchase of $10 or more, let the new Superhero Sale save you money (inspired by Free Comic Book Day, Saturday, May 3rd), and game on.


– Kevin Siembieda, Publisher, Game Designer, Writer and Friend

Copyright © 2025 Palladium Books Inc. All rights reserved.


Rifts®, The Rifter®, RECON®, Splicers®, Powers Unlimited®, Palladium Books®, The Palladium Fantasy Role-Playing Game®, Phase World®, Nightbane®, Megaverse®, The Mechanoids®, The Mechanoid Invasion®, Coalition Wars®, Chaos Earth®, Dead Reign®, and After the Bomb® are Registered Trademarks of Palladium Books Inc.; Beyond the Supernatural, Coalition States, Garden of the Gods, Heroes Unlimited, Ninjas & Superspies, Minion War, Mysteries of Magic, Psychic Scream, SAMAS, Thundercloud Galaxy, Three Galaxies, Vampire Kingdoms, and other published book titles, names, slogans and likenesses are trademarks of Palladium Books Inc., and Kevin Siembieda.

TMNT © 2025 Viacom International Inc. All Rights Reserved. Nickelodeon, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and all related titles, logos, and characters are trademarks of Viacom International Inc.

News & Updates – Palladium Books® – Weekly Update – April 25, 2025

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Weekly Update

ONE GAME SYSTEM – EVERY GENRE – COUNTLESS WORLDS – ENDLESS ADVENTURE

BY KEVIN SIEMBIEDA

News & Updates – Palladium Books® – Weekly Update – April 25, 2025

Hello, everyone. Are you enjoying the arrival of spring? It seemed like it took long enough to get here, at least, in this part of the country. Ah, but we welcome its warmth and glowing arrival.


With spring here and summer conventions and gaming around the corner, we are seeing people getting antsy about new releases from Palladium Books. I think concerns about tariffs and possible price increases also give people cause for worry. So let me provide some updates and news. Also see my Closing Thoughts and spread the word about this update so your fellow gamers don’t miss this information. Oh, and join me and Sean for a live chat on Legion of Myth this Sunday. Thank you.


UPDATE: Pricing. Keeping the price of all our products reasonable remains a priority for us at Palladium Books. We are renowned for the low price point and high quality of our RPG products and intend to continue that 40+ year tradition as long as we can. I mentioned a few months ago, before tariffs, that the low prices of our hardcover books will be going up $4-$10 each over the course of the year, but even with that increase, the cost of Palladium hardcovers remains lower than most in the RPG industry. Though you may see some other price increases in the future, we are not currently anticipating any extreme price hikes; the prices of most Palladium RPG titles are unchanged.


UPDATE: No end to physical books. The word books is part of our name for a reason, so while some game companies may lean toward doing more digital products and fewer books, Palladium will be supporting both the digital and physical book markets. Over the next few years, you should be seeing more physical books from Palladium than you’ve seen in a long time. Sean and I are brimming with ideas for exciting new books and we have plenty of announced titles we need to catch up on first.


UPDATE: High quality always. Top quality art and writing are Palladium’s hallmarks and that will not change. We have Steven Cummings, Mike Majestic, and other top artists as well as Matthew Clements and other writers working on various projects. The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness RPG Redux editions will give you a clear idea of what you can expect in the future regarding writing quality, artwork, layout, color and rules.


UPDATE: All Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness RPG Redux books and Kickstarter exclusives are at the printer. We’ve been dealing with the GPSR regulations of the EU – talk about overreaching and unfriendly for business – and other logistics regarding import, export and shipping. Updates to follow when we have more definitive information. Cannot wait to put these books in your hands.


UPDATE: Rifts® Bestiary Volume Two – coming in 2025. This is an example of why we have a policy of trying not to announce titles before they are in final layout or at the printer. Internally, we anticipated Bestiary Vol. 2 to be a spring release, but things changed. Additional writing and artwork are in the process of being completed right now.


UPDATE: Yin-Sloth Expeditions and Rifts® Antarctica. We expect both to be 2025 releases. I also hope to get to a few other titles before year end, but time will tell.


UPDATE: Long-awaited titles. You’ll see many titles (not all, some have been cancelled) you’ve been waiting for over the next few years. As we announced when Sean first joined Palladium, our plans include giving you the books you’ve been waiting for. Those plans have been delayed due to growing pains (all positive in the long run) and business and personal matters. Note: The Palladium website has a page that lists books that have been cancelled and the status of the titles that remain on the drawing board. Check it out.


A personal note: I want to humbly and sincerely apologize for being unable to work on books much these past 13 months. Besides dealing with business matters and planning, the unexpected loss of Kathy Simmons, my beloved life-partner of 20+ years, was devastating and it left me heartbroken and functioning at low capacity. Some days getting out of bed and going to work was a challenge. Being creative was not an option as I worked through my grief. That loss impacted all of us, as Kathy played a big role at Palladium. I hope you can understand.


That said, me, Sean, and the entire Palladium crew never stopped working behind the scenes to strengthen the company from the ground up. We’ve been planning and building new business relationships and putting various plans (and people) in place to make Palladium stronger and more resilient than ever before. And I’m happy to report the crew and I are all healing and feel incredibly positive about the future of Palladium. And the creative juices are flowing once again.


UPDATE: Palladium’s trajectory: You’ll begin to get a clearer picture of where Palladium Books is heading and what you can expect in the future when you see the TMNT & Other Strangeness books and Kickstarter exclusives, as well as when we reveal a few things in May and the months ahead. Just know that creating games, publishing RPG books, and you are what we love, and will be the focus of everything we do moving forward. We listen and hear you. We know what you want from us and it’s coming. I can’t say more without giving things away, but you’ll be pleased. Very pleased.

The Glitterbois Podcast

NEW Glitterbois podcast revealing the backstory behind Nightbane®, Dead Reign®, and Systems Failure goes live today, Friday, April 25, 2025. We had a lot of fun and laughs during this one, so I know you’ll enjoy it. We’ll try to do another one in May.

Legion of Myth

NEWS! Talk to us on Legion of Myth, 2:00 PM Eastern, Sunday, April 27, 2025. Yep, Sean and I will be back to chat with you and the madmen at Legion of Myth. We’ll try to answer some of your questions and stay on topic. Hmm, I forgot all of Sunday’s topic, but it involves Palladium’s RPGs, running combat, and other gaming insight. We are trying to do one chat every month with LoM so keep your eyes open for ‘em and join the conversation.

NEWS! The Robotech RPG Episode goes live at noon today, April 25, on the Palladium YouTube Channel presenting the Official History of Palladium Books with Kevin Siembieda & J-M DeFoggi – with a new episode every other week. Get behind the scenes insight and secrets about the making of your favorite Palladium RPGs and the people behind them, meet creators, and more. Please spread the word about these fun videos.

NEWS! 20 Reprint titles are at the printer! Palladium has sent 20 titles in for reprint. Most should be available before we sell out of our current print run, but a few will be temporarily out of print for a few weeks to a few months.

COMING! Behind the scenes reveals. A couple of behind the scenes projects shall be revealed over the next few weeks. We shared the information with some friends and insiders and everyone has gotten very excited about them, so I’m confident you will too. One is a huge surprise nobody sees coming that should raise excitement through the roof for fans across the Megaverse®.

Psst, Heads Up. We’ll be launching a sale next week as a tie-in with Free Comic Book Day (one of my favorite days of the year). Can you guess what Palladium Books titles we’ll be putting on sale? Watch for it.

Visit Us at a few events. Personal Appearances. As many of you know, we don’t do a lot of conventions, but here’s what’s coming up over the next 10 months:

  • Gen Con – July/August

  • Alliance Open House (Tradeshow) – September

  • Granite State Comic Con – September

  • I may add one, plus I’m considering a January 2026 Convention.

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®.

Palladium Collectibles – at Kevin’s Online Toy & Collectibles eBay Store

I am adding new collectibles of all kinds to my Ebay store every few weeks. Some are Palladium negatives, rare and out of print books, original Palladium artwork, prints, posters, as well as other collectible toys, action figures, Nightmare Before Christmas items, one-of-a-kind proofreader copies, books, and other good stuff – including Erick Wujcik’s rare and sought after Amberzine #12-15. Check in every week or so to see what’s new. All items come from Kevin Siembieda’s personal collection.


One-of-a-kind Palladium Books negatives (special and rare collectibles). 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. Before digital printing, pages of a book were laid out by hand on a board, and each page was photographed.

  • Each negative is truly unique, attractive, and fun to have.

  • Own a piece of Palladium Books and RPG history you will treasure.

  • Each was used to print the very book you may have in your collection (1981-2004).

  • Each is signed in silver ink by Kevin Siembieda and comes with a Certificate of Authenticity.

  • Each negative is a one-of-a-kind work of art (on rare occasions, two-of-a-kind if a page or section of pages were replaced or a second edition was made).

  • Looks great matted or framed! Fits an 8×10 inch matt opening. Each neg is roughly 8 ½ x 11 inches.

  • Prices vary depending on the title, the art, and quality of the negative. Note: Many have scratches, or blemishes, and/or an opaque medium on the negative. Still, they look great and are a piece of RPG history. We recommend you carefully examine the photographs of each item to avoid disappointment. The negatives of many books are sold out or were never available.

CLOSING THOUGHTS

Don’t let the crazies get to you


It is a crazy world and crazy times. So much change and conflicting information online and in the media about tariffs, the economy, and everything to worry about.


I know, the past two weeks have been insane as we dealt with fun and exciting things and crazy, unexpected speedbumps like the GPSR requirements for selling and shipping products into the European Union, amongst all the other craziness in the world.


It can be so daunting and troubling. There were moments this week where I wanted to tear my hair out or scream. So many obligations. So many demands on our time. Don’t worry, we’re doing alright and figuring it all out. It’s just not easy some days.


I know if I’m feeling this way, you must be too. Don’t let the crazies and worry drive you crazy too. Don’t lose sight of all the good things at your disposal like: Good friends and family, good books, great RPGs, comic books, movies, streaming, beautiful spring weather, trees coming back to life, spring flowers blooming, spring sales blooming too, and all the good people, places and things in your life.


It’s so easy to lose sight of the good things in life when you’re bombarded by the media and friends and family with fear and concerns. Don’t let it overwhelm you. Focus on the positive and things you can change and push away the garbage that’s bringing you down. There is so much goodness and beauty. Be the light. Be the change you want to see. Find escape and solace in your favorite RPGs, books, films, friends, and family.


When you’re feeling low or frustrated (I know the feeling all too well), call a friend and talk it out. Go on a walk or read or do something fun and/or relaxing. Take a deep breath. Smell the flowers and game on. You have the power. Use it. Love ya all.


– Kevin Siembieda, Publisher, Game Designer, Writer and Friend

Copyright © 2025 Palladium Books Inc. All rights reserved.


Rifts®, The Rifter®, RECON®, Splicers®, Powers Unlimited®, Palladium Books®, The Palladium Fantasy Role-Playing Game®, Phase World®, Nightbane®, Megaverse®, The Mechanoids®, The Mechanoid Invasion®, Coalition Wars®, Chaos Earth®, Dead Reign®, and After the Bomb® are Registered Trademarks of Palladium Books Inc.; Beyond the Supernatural, Coalition States, Garden of the Gods, Heroes Unlimited, Ninjas & Superspies, Minion War, Mysteries of Magic, Psychic Scream, SAMAS, Thundercloud Galaxy, Three Galaxies, Vampire Kingdoms, and other published book titles, names, slogans and likenesses are trademarks of Palladium Books Inc., and Kevin Siembieda.

TMNT © 2025 Viacom International Inc. All Rights Reserved. Nickelodeon, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and all related titles, logos, and characters are trademarks of Viacom International Inc.

Final Days of Sale – Palladium Books® – Weekly Update – April 17, 2025

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Weekly Update

ONE GAME SYSTEM – EVERY GENRE – COUNTLESS WORLDS – ENDLESS ADVENTURE

BY KEVIN SIEMBIEDA

Final Days of Palladium’s Annual Print Sale – 50% discount

Final Days of Palladium’s Annual Print Sale – 50% discount. This beloved sale ends next week, so this is your last weekend to get a few choice pieces at half off. This is a great way to build your art print collection, spruce up your gaming den, or to have colorful references to delight your players. (“Coming out of the forest you see something like this!”) Most prints, the poker decks, and bookmarks are all on sale at half-price. Get ‘em while you can. Sale ends Wednesday, April 23.

NEWS!

20 Reprint titles are at the printer! Palladium has sent 20 titles in for reprint. Most should be available before we sell out of our current print run, but a few will be temporarily out of print for a few weeks to a few months.

– Powers Unlimited One will be back in print by the end of May.

– Rifts Book of Magic will be back in print by the end of May.

– The Rifts Cyberworks Hardcover will be back in print in May.

– The Rifts Ultimate Edition SOFTCOVER will be back in print in July.

What’s hot at Palladium this week? Besides art prints, we’ve seen a sudden surge for Heroes  Unlimited and After the Bomb® titles. Meanwhile, Rifts® (particularly RUE, the Rifts 30th Anniversary hardcover, World Books), Dead Reign® and Palladium Fantasy titles also remain hot. Thank you everyone. As I’ve said in the past, I find it interesting when we see a surge of one or more game lines when there is no obvious catalyst for it. Is it something in the zeitgeist? Is it a podcast discussion I don’t know about? Something Sean or I said in an interview? We never know but it’s fun to see.  

More fun conversations. Last Sunday, I  had a spirited chat with the guys on the Glitterbois podcast. We talked about the backstory behind Nightbane®, Dead Reign®, and Systems Failure. It was a lot of fun and I was told the chat would be made live quickly, so it should be available this weekend or soon after. We’ll try to do another one in May.


April 27th will be the next Legion of Myth live chat with me and Sean.

J-M DeFoggi and I also continue making videos for the official history of Palladium Books. Each episode filled with stories about the creation of your favorite games and the people behind them. The people part means there will be episodes where we talk about Julius Rosenstein, Erick Wujcik, Keith Parkinson, and many others, as well as interviews with Sean Owen Roberson, Palladium staffers, and other notable Palladium writers, artists, and co-creators. Keep your eyes tuned into the Palladium YouTube channel.


COMING! Behind the scenes reveals. A couple of behind the scenes projects shall be revealed over the next few weeks. We shared the information with some friends and insiders and everyone has gotten very excited about them, so we think you will too.


ON WATCH! Personal appearances. As many of you know, we don’t do a lot of conventions, but here’s what’s coming up over the next 10 months:

Gen Con – July/August

Alliance Open House (Tradeshow) – September

Granite State Comic Con – September

I may add one plus I’m considering a January Convention.

Final Days – 50% off Art Prints – Sale ENDS Wednesday April 23, 2025

Last weekend – Palladium’s ever-popular annual spring art sale is coming to an END. If you love Pallaidum’s artwork as much as we do, this is your last few days to get some of your favorite art, and at half-price. Isn’t it time to redecorate your gaming space or add to your art print collection? Full color and black and white prints are half-price, so spruce up your gaming area with some of your favorite RPG artwork. Related art on sale: Bookmarks and Rifts poker decks. All of these items make fun birthday gifts and surprise Easter and Father’s Day presents (Mother’s Day too!).


– Nearly all of Palladium’s art prints – half price! Check ‘em out.

– Palladium Bookmarks Set One – Cat. No. 2554 – only $2.50 for a set of 4. Each one features different art (RUE, Fantasy, Heroes Unlimited, & Dead Reign).

– Palladium Bookmarks Set Two – Cat. No. 2555 – only $2.50 for a set of 4. Each one features different art (Chaos Earth, Nightbane, Phase World & Beyond the Supernatural).

– Rifts Poker Deck #1 (full color) – Cat. No. 2575 – only $5.98

– Rifts Poker Deck #2 (black and white art) – Cat. No. 2576 – only $5.98

– Rifts Cyberworks Poker Deck (full color backs and face cards) – Cat. No. 2609 – only $7.50

– Sale ENDS after midnight, Wednesday April 23.

Update! Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness RPG Redux

Everything in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness Redux project rewards are heading to the printers!


Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness RPG Redux and TMNT Transdimensional Adventures are done! That includes the four variant covers and the two impressive Black White & Red Editions. The final versions are all complete, and once approvals are finalized, they will be heading to the printers, probably this week. We’re one more step closer to getting these into your hands!


There is a ton of New and Expanded Content! We initially promised 256 pages in the core rule book, but thanks to your support and our dedicated team, we’ve expanded to 272 pages – that’s 16 pages of bonus content, in addition to a sleek new layout and typesetting, color artwork throughout, including TMNT comic strip, easy to read tables, a new index, there are 20 new mutant animals, new animal abilities, stats for Karai (new art by Kevin Eastman),  clarified and enhanced combat rules, 20 new vehicles, and more! That’s not counting the 15+ delightful, new, pinup pages of Tribute Art by comic book and gaming artists, wonderful written remembrances, the behind-the-scenes story about the making of the original RPG,  concept art and notes, and fun insights.


Get all the details and see more artwork in the newest Kickstarter Update by clicking the link below.

Likewise, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Transdimensional Adventures – is a juicy 256 page sourcebook that combines the original content of Transdimensional TMNT with the TMNT Guide to the Universe, and TMNT Adventures – now remastered and expanded with the same level of new layout, colors, comic strips (20 pages total; originally created specifically for these sourcebooks), as the core rule book. It too offers rules clarifications and expanded contents such as Fugitoid’s Stats, expanded vehicle creation rules,  expanded vehicle combat rules, vehicle hit location and critical damage tables, tribute art,  more behind-the-scenes insights, and touching and funny written remembrances.


As final approvals come in, we are sending the books, Game Master screen, dice, miniature sets, poker deck, print sets, and all the rest to the printers.


Once again, our humblest and most sincere thanks to every single one of you for supporting this project. This project is truly a labor of love, and we cannot wait for you to dive into this expanded and remastered TMNT & Other Strangeness Redux content.   –  Sean Owen Roberson


Note: Anyone can still pre-order the mainstream books at Kickstarter prices – a saving of $5-$10 per book. So do it while you still can, because the Pre-Order Store will be closing in a few weeks.

If you have NOT yet filled out your BackerKit Registration survey (shipping address, etc.) please do so now so to guarantee you get your rewards! Thank you.

The Official History of Palladium Books on YouTube

Please continue to enjoy and spread the word about the Official History of Palladium Books on the Palladium YouTube channel. Every YouTube episode is fun, candid, and offers insight and behind the scenes information from the publisher/creator of your favorite Palladium role-playing games, Kevin Siembieda. Hear fun stories, details and thought processes you probably never heard before. We are now getting into some of our most famous and beloved games: Palladium Fantasy RPG and Secrets of the Defilers have been a big hit. Behind the scenes of Heroes Unlimited RPG is the most recent episode, followed by Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness RPG releasing today. Did you know that TMNT & Other Strangeness was Mirage Studio’s very first license, or that Kevin introduced Eastman and Laird to licensing agent Mark Freedman who helped take the Turtles mainstream? Get the behind the scenes story straight from the guy who was there.

New Episodes coming on the Official History of Palladium Books with Kevin Siembieda & J-M DeFoggi. Behind the scenes insight into the making of one Palladium blockbuster RPG of the 1980s and 1990s after another.

  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness RPG – available now.

  • Secrets of the Defilers, Part 4: Battle through Hades – April 10th.

  • Robotech RPG series – April 24th.

  • Ramon K. Perez interview – fan favorite comic book and game artist Ramon K. Perez – May 8th.

  • Watch for a new episode every other week and enjoy.

Now Available!

Palladium Spring-Summer 2025 Catalog

NEW! Catalog of Palladium Books®, Spring/Summer 2025 – Folks are loving Palladium’s new, printed, color catalog. There’s just something about holding a physical catalog in your hand, especially one as fun and colorful as this one. Due to popular request, we’ve made it available for purchase. The price is what it cost Palladium to print them. Enjoy.

  • Full color, 8½ x 11 inch (magazine size), glossy paper stock, beautiful color.

  • The 48 page catalog describes and shows nearly the entire RPG library and features the TMNT & Other Strangeness RPG Redux Edition on the cover and the first few pages.

  • $2.50 retail – 48 pages – Cat. No. C2025-1

BACK in Stock: Yin-Sloth Jungles, Updated and Expanded, 2nd Edition Rules – The epic jungle adventure book is back. 15 O.C.C.s (like the Beastmaster, Holy Crusader, Undead Hunter, and Witch Hunter), 18 jungle people and monsters, new and expanded Shamans and their magic, the Battle of the Gods, setting overview, and more. $24.99 retail – 160 pages – Cat. No. 459. Note: Yin-Sloth Adventures with 30+ maps, notable locations and a lot of adventures and adventure hooks is coming soon.

Rifts Vampire Kingdoms

BACK in Stock: Rifts Vampire Kingdoms – Everything you need to know about Rifts vampires, variant types, vampire abilities, combat notes and henchmen, plus the Hero Vampire, Deluded Vampire, Vampire Hunters, vampire slaying weapons, monsters, town creation rules, the cities of El Paso and Ciudad Juarez, and more. $26.99 retail – 224 pages – Cat. No. 802-E.

Nightbane Dark Designs

BACK in Stock: Nightbane® Dark Designs – This Nightbane focused book collects and expands upon Nightbane Morphus Tables (18 in all), plus offers 60 new Common Talents, 38 new Elite Talents, Talent creation and conversion rules, Ancient Nightbane, and more. $24.99 retail – 160 pages – Cat. No. 736.

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®.

Palladium Collectibles – at Kevin’s Online Toy & Collectibles eBay Store

I am adding new collectibles of all kinds to my Ebay store every few weeks. Some are Palladium negatives, rare and out of print books, original Palladium artwork, prints, posters, as well as other collectible toys, action figures, Nightmare Before Christmas items, one-of-a-kind proofreader copies, books, and other good stuff – including Erick Wujcik’s rare and sought after Amberzine #12-15. Check in every week or so to see what’s new. All items come from Kevin Siembieda’s personal collection.


One-of-a-kind Palladium Books negatives (special and rare collectibles). 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. Before digital printing, pages of a book were laid out by hand on a board, and each page was photographed.

  • Each negative is truly unique, attractive, and fun to have.

  • Own a piece of Palladium Books and RPG history you will treasure.

  • Each was used to print the very book you may have in your collection (1981-2004).

  • Each is signed in silver ink by Kevin Siembieda and comes with a Certificate of Authenticity.

  • Each negative is a one-of-a-kind work of art (on rare occasions, two-of-a-kind if a page or section of pages were replaced or a second edition was made).

  • Looks great matted or framed! Fits an 8×10 inch matt opening. Each neg is roughly 8 ½ x 11 inches.

  • Prices vary depending on the title, the art, and quality of the negative. Note: Many have scratches, or blemishes, and/or an opaque medium on the negative. Still, they look great and are a piece of RPG history. We recommend you carefully examine the photographs of each item to avoid disappointment. The negatives of many books are sold out or were never available.

CLOSING THOUGHTS

Sharing my life and friends with you



It’s strange and wonderful having touched so many people’s lives with my work in role-playing games. It means I have made millions of friends around the world through my work. It’s really nice when I get to actually meet those friends in person at Gen Con and other gaming events. And it has been nice sharing my life experiences and my friends with you via podcasts, live chats, and YouTube videos. Now conventions are starting to reach out and ask me to come and talk about the early days of the RPG industry and Palladium Books’s role in it. Cool.


I’ve had the great privilege to know and work with many amazing people. Which is why J-M DeFoggi and I are adding to the history of Palladium books chats about some of those amazing people like Erick Wujcik, Julius Rosenstein, Keith Parkinson, and many others.


It’s wonderful to remember these brilliant and eccentric people I love so much. Each one contributed to the legacy of Palladium Books whether it was mostly behind the scenes like Julius and Kathy, or in the spotlight like Erick and Keith. I love that I can keep their memories alive through these talks. But even the remembrances only scratch the surface of who these people were (or are). We are approaching them from a historical point of view with a focus on their contributions to Palladium and the gaming industry. But there’s so much more to each of them. There are all kinds of zany stories I could tell about Julius Rosenstein and our gaming adventures. Heck, I don’t even remember if I mentioned his main job at Palladium Books was running my warehouse and shipping. What a great guy and a joy to game with.


I’m writing this week’s Closing Thoughts after coming off a delightful time with the Glitterbois last Sunday (that interview should be available for your viewing enjoyment) and an hour before I chat with J-M about Erick Wujcik. I’m not even sure we can get all the historical game industry stories into one chat, let alone any of the personal tales I could tell. There are our countless midnight chats that would often last 4-5 hours, our many collaborations on games that Erick never finished, the many parties, or that Erick gave me one of the greatest gifts I ever received. No, it’s not a game or dice or even a piece of artwork. It was a ping pong table. Erick knew I enjoyed ping pong at the Detroit Gaming Center and he wanted me to find more time to relax and get some exercise at the same time. That thoughtful gift gave me and my father Hank thousands of hours of enjoyment for many years. My Dad and I got so good at ping pong we’d stand five feet from the table and a single game could take 30-45 minutes. There was a decade when my Dad and I played for an hour and a half (three sets), five or six days a week. That gift brought us so much joy and lasting memories. I had them engrave “ping pong god” on my Dad’s tombstone.


Erick Wujcik and I were closer than brothers. We loved each other deeply and unconditionally. We talked about everything under the sun. There were no secrets between us. It was an epic friendship on a personal and creative level the depth of which I have only ever known with three other people among my army of friends. So, I’m thrilled to give you a little glimpse into some of these beautiful human beings who quietly helped shape me and Palladium Books over the years.


J-M and I have taped something like a year and a half worth of YouTube chats (one posted every other week), and continue to do more, so I don’t know when these “people episodes” will appear. Whether we’ll slot them in here and there, or whether they’ll come out after we cover the history of the game lines, or what, but they’re coming and they’re worth watching. Oh, and we’ll also be slotting in chats with other Palladium Creators. Fan fave artist, Ramon K. Perez is coming May 8th and there will be conversations with Sean Owen Roberson, Alex Marciniszyn, Wayne Smith (if we can get him in front of a camera), Matthew Balent, John Zeleznik, Freddie E. Williams, and hopefully many others. Okay, enough of my ramblings.


Enjoy the art print sale before it ends on Wednesday. There is a lot of dynamic art for you to make your selections. Each one a fond memory for many of you.


We continue to pound away on a zillion things (including finishing new releases) to make Palladium stronger than ever, and to bring you gaming fun you’ll remember forever. To those of you who celebrate it, Happy Easter.  Don’t eat too many chocolate rabbits and Peeps. Ho, ho, ho! (Ooops, wrong holiday.)


– Kevin Siembieda, Publisher, Game Designer, Writer and Friend

Copyright © 2025 Palladium Books Inc. All rights reserved.


Rifts®, The Rifter®, RECON®, Splicers®, Powers Unlimited®, Palladium Books®, The Palladium Fantasy Role-Playing Game®, Phase World®, Nightbane®, Megaverse®, The Mechanoids®, The Mechanoid Invasion®, Coalition Wars®, Chaos Earth®, Dead Reign®, and After the Bomb® are Registered Trademarks of Palladium Books Inc.; Beyond the Supernatural, Coalition States, Garden of the Gods, Heroes Unlimited, Ninjas & Superspies, Minion War, Mysteries of Magic, Psychic Scream, SAMAS, Thundercloud Galaxy, Three Galaxies, Vampire Kingdoms, and other published book titles, names, slogans and likenesses are trademarks of Palladium Books Inc., and Kevin Siembieda.

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3 Big Sales – Palladium Books® Weekly Update – March 13, 2025

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Weekly Update

ONE GAME SYSTEM – EVERY GENRE – COUNTLESS WORLDS – ENDLESS ADVENTURE

BY KEVIN SIEMBIEDA

3 Big Sales – Palladium Books® Weekly Update

March 13, 2025

Three Big Sales!

Nightbane Dark Designs

NEW SALE #1: Dark Megaverse® Sale (horror and heroics – 30-50% off) starts today. It ties in with the horror theme of the Nightbane® Survival Guide Audiobook being offered on Backerkit but also spans other corners of the Megaverse®. Get Nightbane, Dead Reign (the Zombie Apocalypse), Ninjas & Superspies, select Rifts and Fantasy titles at 30-50% off. One week only. See details below.

Nightbane Dark Designs

NEW SALE #2! Nightbane® Audiobook from AudioRPG – If you loved the Dark Designs crowdfunder, you’ll enjoy this one just as much. Nightbane® Survival Guide Audiobook is one of my favorite Nightbane sourcebooks. I love how the audiobook makes it feel fresh and new. Fun to listen to while on a drive or prepping for a game. If these initial aubiobook crowdfunders do well you can expect audiobooks for Rifts® and more. Only 7 days to get yours.

NEW SALE #3! G.M.’s Day Sale on DriveThruRPG.com – 40% off thousands of PDF titles; including many Palladium Books role-playing games, G.M. guides and select sourcebooks. This is DriveThru’s biggest sale of the year. ONLY 4 days left – Sale ends Monday.

NEWS! What’s hot this week at Palladium? We are also seeing strong interest in Phase World®, Palladium Fantasy, Heroes Unlimited, and Dead Reign® RPGs this week. Check the big new sale.

Game Masters Needed to Run Palladium Game Events. See details below. Your help is appreciated.

A Worthy Cause. Please Help if you can. The BRIC crowdfunder to save lives. We know times are tough and money is tight for some of you, but this charity is very important to me and Sean. Even a $5 or $10 contribution helps. All proceeds go directly to this charity and honestly protect and save the lives of children and families in the Congo. Use the link to donate and get more details. Thanks!

NEWS! The making of the Heroes Unlimited RPG goes live today as part of the Official History of Palladium Books on the Palladium YouTube channel. TMNT & Other Strangeness RPG and Robotech are coming soon. Watch for a new episode every other week and enjoy.

NEWS! Live chat with Kevin Siembieda and Sean on Legion of Myth coming soon. Sean is back from his secret mission in Asia so he will be part of the chat this month. No, we cannot discuss what Sean was up to in Asia, but it’s all good. Real good.

Dark Megaverse Sale

SALE! Dark Megaverse® Sale – 30% to 50% off

Fight the darkness and be a hero with this sale spanning the Megaverse®. Horror-based books on sale at a whopping 30-50% discount. Select PDF books are also on sale on DriveThruRPG.com – enjoy. And check out the Nightbane Survival Guide Audiobook crowdfunding campaign.

Nightbane Dark Designs

Nightbane® Survival Guide Audiobook crowdfunding on Backerkit – only 7 days left

AudioRPG is cranking out the audiobooks and is offering the Nightbane® Survival Guide sourcebook (one of my personal favorites) as their newest audiobook! It is live. They and we appreciate your support because it’s all leading toward other Palladium game lines like Rifts, Palladium Fantasy, and all the rest. Personally, I think Dead Reign® will make a great audiobook series.


We have been blown away by the quality production and that listening to the audiobook makes the sourcebook feel brand new. It’s a whole new experience. I love ‘em, check it out. The buy-in is only around $25.


An RPG audiobook may sound crazy, but it won’t after you listen to the samples presented in this Nightbane® Survival Guide Audiobook crowdfunder taking place on Backerkit by one of Palladium’s new licensing partners. It sounds amazing! We were all blown away by the quality.

  • Fun to listen to.

  • Relaxing game prep.

  • Professional narration.

  • Convenient for the busy G.M.

  • Hearing the words spoken by a professional narrator makes the book come to life in a whole new way and feel brand new.

  • Hearing it also makes you notice game and adventure details you may have missed reading it yourself.

  • EVERYONE at Palladium endorses this product 100%. Go to the page and listen for yourself. You’ll be as pleased as we are.

  • Dive into the thrilling Urban Fantasy world of Nightbane® with Nightbane Survival Guide.

  • Your new adventure starts here when you listen to the Nightbane Survival Guide filled with details about surviving in the world as a Nightbane, the Becoming (the first time they transform into something inhuman), transformation rules, how to make allies and contacts, the hidden war, the Nightbane underground railroad, more on Factions and rules for creating them, adventures, and adventure hooks. Fun for players and Game Masters.

  • The audiobook is perfect for enhancing your Nightbane campaign or exploring its lore on the go.

  • The project crowdfunding happens on Backerkit and it is happening right now. Game on and join the RPG audiobook revolution! The campaign only runs for two weeks, so don’t delay.

Game Masters Needed to Run Palladium Gen Con Game Events – we need YOU

Palladium is looking for experienced Game Masters to run Palladium RPG events at Gen Con. That can be any of our game worlds using our rules as well as Rifts® for Savage Worlds. If you were thinking about running games at Gen Con or want to help out Palladium, please coordinate with Palladium Books in order to get a dedicated room and other perks like a free Game Master badge, and discounts on your purchases at the Palladium Books booth.


To earn a free GM badge, all you need to do is run 4 games with 6 or more players in each game, 4 hours each. This will earn you enough credits with Gen Con to earn a GM badge – $155 value!


We hope to add to our usual crew of Gen Con Game Masters to run Palladium game events for any Palladium setting:

  • Rifts®

  • Rifts® for Savage Worlds

  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles® & Other Strangeness

  • After the Bomb®

  • Chaos Earth®

  • Palladium Fantasy RPG®

  • Heroes Unlimited

  • Ninjas & Superspies

  • Nightbane®

  • Dead Reign®

  • Beyond the Supernatural and any of our other settings.


We need your commitment, game description and info by February 28. Send to Jeff Ruiz, aka NMI, via email at nmi {at} thedeificnmi.com


Game Masters and Game Event Descriptions NEEDED by March 18, 2025.


(See Gen Con’s website for details about the info needed for each game listing; G.M.’s name, number of players, length of time, name of game, difficulty level, etc.) Submitting your games to us enables Palladium to coordinate and submit them as a batch to Gen Con and guarantees to have your event listed in the onsite Gen Con Program Book. Being listed onsite is very important to have full attendance for your event. This date gives us enough time to compile and send Gen Con everything they need. Thank you!


Prospective Game Masters, please contact Jeff Ruiz, aka NMI, via email at nmi {at} thedeificnmi.com

Now Available!

Palladium Spring-Summer 2025 Catalog

NEW! Catalog of Palladium Books®, Spring/Summer 2025 – Folks are loving Palladium’s new, printed, color catalog. There’s just something about holding a physical catalog in your hand, especially one as fun and colorful as this one. Due to popular request, we’ve made it available for purchase. The price is what it cost Palladium to print them. Enjoy.

  • Full color, 8½ x 11 inch (magazine size), glossy paper stock, beautiful color.

  • The 48 page catalog describes and shows nearly the entire RPG library and features the TMNT & Other Strangeness RPG Redux Edition on the cover and the first few pages.

  • $2.50 retail – 48 pages – Cat. No. C2025-1

BACK in Stock: Yin-Sloth Jungles, Updated and Expanded, 2nd Edition Rules – The epic jungle adventure book is back. 15 O.C.C.s (like the Beastmaster, Holy Crusader, Undead Hunter, and Witch Hunter), 18 jungle people and monsters, new and expanded Shamans and their magic, the Battle of the Gods, setting overview, and more. $24.99 retail – 160 pages – Cat. No. 459. Note: Yin-Sloth Adventures with 30+ maps, notable locations and a lot of adventures and adventure hooks is coming soon.

Rifts Vampire Kingdoms

BACK in Stock: Rifts Vampire Kingdoms – Everything you need to know about Rifts vampires, variant types, vampire abilities, combat notes and henchmen, plus the Hero Vampire, Deluded Vampire, Vampire Hunters, vampire slaying weapons, monsters, town creation rules, the cities of El Paso and Ciudad Juarez, and more. $26.99 retail – 224 pages – Cat. No. 802-E.

Nightbane Dark Designs

BACK in Stock: Nightbane® Dark Designs – This Nightbane focused book collects and expands upon Nightbane Morphus Tables (18 in all), plus offers 60 new Common Talents, 38 new Elite Talents, Talent creation and conversion rules, Ancient Nightbane, and more. $24.99 retail – 160 pages – Cat. No. 736.

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®.

Palladium Collectibles – at Kevin’s Online Toy & Collectibles eBay Store

I am adding new collectibles of all kinds to my Ebay store every few weeks. Some are Palladium negatives, rare and out of print books, original Palladium artwork, prints, posters, as well as other collectible toys, action figures, Nightmare Before Christmas items, one-of-a-kind proofreader copies, books, and other good stuff – including Erick Wujcik’s rare and sought after Amberzine #12-15. Check in every week or so to see what’s new. All items come from Kevin Siembieda’s personal collection.


One-of-a-kind Palladium Books negatives (special and rare collectibles). 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. Before digital printing, pages of a book were laid out by hand on a board, and each page was photographed.

  • Each negative is truly unique, attractive, and fun to have.

  • Own a piece of Palladium Books and RPG history you will treasure.

  • Each was used to print the very book you may have in your collection (1981-2004).

  • Each is signed in silver ink by Kevin Siembieda and comes with a Certificate of Authenticity.

  • Each negative is a one-of-a-kind work of art (on rare occasions, two-of-a-kind if a page or section of pages were replaced or a second edition was made).

  • Looks great matted or framed! Fits an 8×10 inch matt opening. Each neg is roughly 8 ½ x 11 inches.

  • Prices vary depending on the title, the art, and quality of the negative. Note: Many have scratches, or blemishes, and/or an opaque medium on the negative. Still, they look great and are a piece of RPG history. We recommend you carefully examine the photographs of each item to avoid disappointment. The negatives of many books are sold out or were never available.

CLOSING THOUGHTS

Forward Movement


Sean is back in Michigan after his trip to Asia. We cannot talk about all he was up to overseas, but it all seems to have gone very well. Likewise, we continue to lay the groundwork for upcoming projects, new book releases, a new website, and much more.


We expect to be making a major announcement about the progress of TMNT & Other Strangeness RPG Redux editions and related Kickstarter exclusives as they approach going into manufacturing. Everything is coming together nicely. Note: Gamers and Retailers can still place orders in the TMNT & Other Strangeness Pre-Order Store at the lower Kickstarter prices, but not for very much longer. (Backers, you can still add or change your Kickstarter selections, but do so soon.)


A few visitors, including writer Carmen Bellaire, have had the opportunity to see the finished book layouts and physical samples of some FanRoll items at the Palladium Studio, and love what they’ve seen. Carmen said, “Kev, the books look even better than I imagined. Fans are going to go crazy over these. And those metal Shredder dice are something special. Gotta make sure I ordered a set.”


New books coming soon: We also expect to announce the release of new books very soon – Yin-Sloth Expeditions and Bestiary Volume 2 amongst the first releases of 2025.


Social Media: The Official History of Palladium Books continues to post on the Palladium YouTube Channel every other week and you can expect to see me and Sean back on Legion of Myth, the Glitterbois, and elsewhere.


Nightbane Survival Guide Audiobook is the latest venture by the AudioRPG company to drum up excitement for role-playing game audiobooks. I think the actual Nightbane RPG will be offered next. If they get a good response (they were happy with the Dark Designs crowdfunder), they’ll do all of Palladium’s RPGs, including Fantasy, Dead Reign, and Rifts. We’re impressed with the quality of these audiobooks. Check it out. It’s only around $25 to get in on the ground floor. We think this has tremendous potential.


Enjoy the Dark Megaverse Sale for physical books at PDF prices from the Palladium online store and the GM’s Day Sale on PDF titles at DriveThruRPG for truly big savings. Game on and unleash those imaginations.


– Kevin Siembieda, Publisher, Game Designer, Writer and Friend

Copyright © 2025 Palladium Books Inc. All rights reserved.


Rifts®, The Rifter®, RECON®, Splicers®, Powers Unlimited®, Palladium Books®, The Palladium Fantasy Role-Playing Game®, Phase World®, Nightbane®, Megaverse®, The Mechanoids®, The Mechanoid Invasion®, Coalition Wars®, Chaos Earth®, Dead Reign®, and After the Bomb® are Registered Trademarks of Palladium Books Inc.; Beyond the Supernatural, Coalition States, Garden of the Gods, Heroes Unlimited, Ninjas & Superspies, Minion War, Mysteries of Magic, Psychic Scream, SAMAS, Thundercloud Galaxy, Three Galaxies, Vampire Kingdoms, and other published book titles, names, slogans and likenesses are trademarks of Palladium Books Inc., and Kevin Siembieda.

TMNT © 2025 Viacom International Inc. All Rights Reserved. Nickelodeon, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and all related titles, logos, and characters are trademarks of Viacom International Inc.

Palladium Books® – Weekly Update – February 20, 2025

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Weekly Update

ONE GAME SYSTEM – EVERY GENRE – COUNTLESS WORLDS – ENDLESS ADVENTURE

BY KEVIN SIEMBIEDA

Weekly Update – Palladium Books®
February 20, 2025

Hello, everyone. There is a lot of news and happenings this week. Three out of stock titles arrived from the printer and our new color catalog also arrived and looks great. We are moving along work on various new books, finalizing aspects of TMNT & Other Strangeness RPG books and packaging. In fact, Wayne just retooled the poker deck box and he and I are finalizing the covers of the various book editions. In addition, I’m going to see Kevin Eastman this weekend at the Great Lakes Comic-Con, finalizing display and presentation materials for GAMA Trade Show next week (new display and table cloth, catalog, sell sheets, etc.), prepping for Gen Con (we need Game Masters to run game events!), as well as working on some exciting behind the scenes stuff.


NOTE: There will not be a Weekly Update next week because Wayne and I will be at the GAMA Trade Show and Sean will be busy with some of the behind the scenes ventures. We hope to see some of you at GAMA and bring us books to sign.

SALE! Folks are loving the sale on most Palladium hardcovers and select sourcebooks. You actually save twice as much because you are saving now on the current, low book prices. We’ll be raising prices on hardcover books, so get them before they increase in price by $5-$10 for big savings now. Complete details below.

NEW SALE on DriveThru: We just added a similar sale on DriveThruRPG.com for RPG PDF books and select sourcebooks. Both sales end after midnight, March 4, 2025.

Palladium Spring-Summer 2025 Catalog

NEW! Catalog of Palladium Books®, Spring/Summer 2025 – Since I announced a new color catalog was being created for the GAMA Trade Show, several gamers have asked if they can purchase it. Sure, why not.

● Full color, 8½ x 11 inch (magazine size), glossy paper stock, beautiful color.

● The 48 page catalog describes and shows nearly the entire RPG library and features the TMNT & Other Strangeness RPG Redux Edition on the cover and the first few pages.

● $2.50 retail – 48 pages – Cat. No. C2025-1

BACK in Stock: Yin-Sloth Jungles, Updated and Expanded, 2nd Edition Rules – The epic jungle adventure book is back. 15 O.C.C.s (like the Beastmaster, Holy Crusader, Undead Hunter, and Witch Hunter), 18 jungle people and monsters, new and expanded Shamans and their magic, the Battle of the Gods, setting overview, and more. $24.99 retail – 160 pages – Cat. No. 459. Note: Yin-Sloth Adventures with 30+ maps, notable locations and a lot of adventures and adventure hooks is coming soon.

Rifts Vampire Kingdoms

BACK in Stock: Rifts Vampire Kingdoms – Everything you need to know about Rifts vampires, variant types, vampire abilities, combat notes and henchmen, plus the Hero Vampire, Deluded Vampire, Vampire Hunters, vampire slaying weapons, monsters, town creation rules, the cities of El Paso and Ciudad Juarez, and more. $26.99 retail – 224 pages – Cat. No. 802-E.

Nightbane Dark Designs

BACK in Stock: Nightbane® Dark Designs – This Nightbane focused book collects and expands upon Nightbane Morphus Tables (18 in all), plus offers 60 new Common Talents, 38 new Elite Talents, Talent creation and conversion rules, Ancient Nightbane, and more. $24.99 retail – 160 pages – Cat. No. 736.

GAMA Trade Show – February 24-27 – Visit Palladium Books at Booth #1176. If you are planning to attend, please visit me (Kevin Siembieda) and Wayne Smith at Booth #1176 to get more information about TMNT & Other Strangeness RPG Redux Edition and all Palladium Books RPGs and sourcebooks. And bring your favorite RPGs for us to sign. We are always happy to sign books and chat for a while.

NEWS! A new episode of the Official History of Palladium Books has been posted! More about the Palladium Fantasy RPG line with a focus on the first sourcebook, The Arms of Nargash-Tor. Every episode is fun, friendly, and reveals the back story behind a particular product or game line. Watch for a new episode every other week and enjoy.

NEWS! The live chat with Kevin Siembieda and the guys at the Legion of Myth last Sunday was a blast. We talked about turning Hook, Line and Sinker adventure outlines into a full adventure, impromptu adventures and even an ongoing campaign. It is available for your listening enjoyment now. My apologies for ranting about how much I love RPGs a couple of times. Hey, there is nothing like them and I’m passionate about role-playing games.

NEWS! What’s hot this week at Palladium? All hardcovers, but especially Rifts®, Palladium Fantasy, After the Bomb®, Ninjas & Superspies, Nightbane®, and Dead Reign® RPGs. Enjoy the hardcover sale while you can. It ends shortly after we return from GAMA.

Please Help if you can. The BRIC crowdfunder to save lives. We know times are tough and money is tight for some of you, but this charity is very important to me and Sean. Even a $5 or $10 contribution helps to protect and save the lives of children and families in the Congo. See complete details below or click here.

NEWS! Here is a zombie Kickstarter campaign you might find interesting – Dead Flesh RPG. It is a zombie game written by Palladium Books freelance writer Dan Frederick with art by Big Nick Bradshaw (Dead Reign® RPG series). As the name suggests, this is an RPG that deals with the zombie apocalypse. It sounds fun so check it out. Palladium gamers who already play Dead Reign® may find additional zombies, resources, and adventure ideas to fuel their current Dead Reign campaign.

NEWS! The Secret World – North America Kickstarter by Star Anvil Studios for Savage Worlds and 5e. This is another Kickstarter project you might be interested in checking out. It deals with the secret, dark underworld of North America, the illuminati, cryptids and more. It sounds like there may be ideas, adventures and characters you can apply to Nightbane, Beyond the Supernatural, and Ninjas & Superspies. The Kickstarter ends Saturday, so act quickly.

Palladium Hardcover Sale

Hardcover Sale – Save 25% – Sale Ends in 12 Days

This sale offers many hardcover RPGs and one or a few sourcebooks to go along with them. This is a bigger savings on hardcovers than you may think. As much as Palladium has held the line on the price of our books, we will be increasing the cover price of many titles over the months ahead. That starts with the hardcovers, which will be increasing $5-$10. Hardcovers currently selling for $36.99, like Dead Reign® RPG and Chaos Earth® RPG, will soon sell for $44.99. So get them now at sale prices based on the current, low retail price (while supplies last). That’s a significant savings when you buy before the prices increase. Get ‘em while you can and save. Sale ends after midnight March 4, 2025.










Game Masters Needed to Run Palladium Gen Con Game Events – we need YOU

Palladium is looking for experienced Game Masters to run Palladium RPG events at Gen Con. That can be any of our game worlds using our rules as well as Rifts® for Savage Worlds. If you were thinking about running games at Gen Con or want to help out Palladium, please coordinate with Palladium Books in order to get a dedicated room and other perks like a free Game Master badge, and discounts on your purchases at the Palladium Books booth.


To earn a free GM badge, all you need to do is run 4 games with 6 or more players in each game, 4 hours each. This will earn you enough credits with Gen Con to earn a GM badge – $155 value!


We hope to add to our usual crew of Gen Con Game Masters to run Palladium game events for any Palladium setting:

  • Rifts®

  • Rifts® for Savage Worlds

  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles® & Other Strangeness

  • After the Bomb®

  • Chaos Earth®

  • Palladium Fantasy RPG®

  • Heroes Unlimited

  • Ninjas & Superspies

  • Nightbane®

  • Dead Reign®

  • Beyond the Supernatural and any of our other settings.


We need your commitment, game description and info by February 28. Send to Jeff Ruiz, aka NMI, via email at nmi {at} thedeificnmi.com


Game Masters and Game Event Descriptions NEEDED by February 28, 2024.


(See Gen Con’s website for details about the info needed for each game listing; G.M.’s name, number of players, length of time, name of game, difficulty level, etc.). This enables Palladium to coordinate and submit them as a batch to Gen Con and guarantees to have your event listed in the onsite Gen Con Program Book. Being listed onsite is very important to have full attendance for your event. This date gives us enough time to compile and send Gen Con everything they need. Thank you!


Prospective Game Masters, please contact Jeff Ruiz, aka NMI, via email at nmi {at} thedeificnmi.com

COMING SOON! Nightbane®: Survival Guide – Audiobook Crowdfunder – February 27 (tentative)

AudioRPG is cranking out the audiobooks and will be offering the Nightbane®: Survival Guide sourcebook (one of my personal favorites) in a few weeks. They are tentatively looking to launch it on February 27, but that date could change.


We have been blown away by the quality production and that listening to the audiobook makes the sourcebook feel brand new. It’s a whole new experience. I love ‘em, check it out. The buy-in is only around $25.


An RPG audiobook may sound crazy, but it won’t after you listen to the samples presented in this Nightbane® Survival Guide Audiobook crowdfunder taking place on Backerkit in about a week by one of Palladium’s new licensing partners. It sounds amazing! We were all blown away by the quality.

  • Fun to listen to.

  • Relaxing game prep.

  • Professional narration.

  • Convenient for the busy G.M.

  • Hearing the words spoken by a professional narrator makes the book come to life in a whole new way and feel brand new.

  • Hearing it also makes you notice game and adventure details you may have missed reading it yourself.

  • EVERYONE at Palladium endorses this product 100%. Go to the page and listen for yourself. You’ll be as pleased as we are.

  • Dive into the thrilling Urban Fantasy world of Nightbane® with Nightbane Survival Guide.

  • Your new adventure starts here when you listen to the Nightbane Survival Guide filled with details about surviving in the world as a Nightbane, the Becoming (the first time they transform into something inhuman), transformation rules, how to make allies and contacts, the hidden war, the Nightbane underground railroad, more on Factions and rules for creating them, adventures, and adventure hooks. Fun for players and Game Masters.

  • The audiobook is perfect for enhancing your Nightbane campaign or exploring its lore on the go.

  • The project crowdfunding happens on Backerkit and tentatively begins Thursday, February 27, 2025. (Note: I think the next offering in March will be the Nightbane® RPG, but I may be mistaken on that.)

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®.

Palladium Collectibles – at Kevin’s Online Toy & Collectibles eBay Store

I am adding new collectibles of all kinds to my Ebay store every few weeks. Some are Palladium negatives, rare and out of print books, original Palladium artwork, prints, posters, as well as other collectible toys, action figures, Nightmare Before Christmas items, one-of-a-kind proofreader copies, books, and other good stuff – including Erick Wujcik’s rare and sought after Amberzine #12-15. Check in every week or so to see what’s new. All items come from Kevin Siembieda’s personal collection.


One-of-a-kind Palladium Books negatives (special and rare collectibles). 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. Before digital printing, pages of a book were laid out by hand on a board, and each page was photographed.

  • Each negative is truly unique, attractive, and fun to have.

  • Own a piece of Palladium Books and RPG history you will treasure.

  • Each was used to print the very book you may have in your collection (1981-2004).

  • Each is signed in silver ink by Kevin Siembieda and comes with a Certificate of Authenticity.

  • Each negative is a one-of-a-kind work of art (on rare occasions, two-of-a-kind if a page or section of pages were replaced or a second edition was made).

  • Looks great matted or framed! Fits an 8×10 inch matt opening. Each neg is roughly 8 ½ x 11 inches.

  • Prices vary depending on the title, the art, and quality of the negative. Note: Many have scratches, or blemishes, and/or an opaque medium on the negative. Still, they look great and are a piece of RPG history. We recommend you carefully examine the photographs of each item to avoid disappointment. The negatives of many books are sold out or were never available.

CLOSING THOUGHTS

Things are getting done


The fruits of many months of hard work and years of planning are starting to come to fruition. New books are nearing completion, the TMNT & Other Strangeness RPG Redux editions and related Kickstarter exclusives should be going into manufacturing very soon, the new color catalog looks great, the new convention display materials are dynamic and done, and a number of our plans and projects are moving along nicely. In short, all kinds of new things will be coming your way over the next several months. Including Palladium’s new website and online store, new business partners, and new licenses. And it feels good. I can’t wait to reveal more and more in the coming months.


For now grab a couple of the books back in print, enjoy the two sales (you know you want some of those attractive hardcovers), drop by our booth at the GAMA Trade Show next week if you can, and thank you for your continued support. Gotta run, so much still to do.


– Kevin Siembieda, Publisher, Game Designer, Writer and Friend

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