Palladium Books® – Weekly Update – December 3, 2020

One game system – every genre – countless worlds – endless adventure

By Kevin Siembieda

I hope everyone enjoyed a Happy Thanksgiving as best you could, as well as taking advantage of the weekend long cavalcade of sales. You certainly kept us busy with a wonderful avalanche of Black Friday/Cyber-Monday Sale and Christmas Surprise Package orders. THANK YOU! We appreciate your support so very much, especially during these strange and scary times. We are glad you enjoyed ALL the sales, and while the Black Friday/Cyber-Monday sales are over, the Surprise Package Offer continues. It runs thru December 24th. Likewise, the Red Duke Games Playmats Kickstarter runs through December 28, 2020, so there is still time for both.

Of course, if you are getting a Christmas Surprise Package or any order as a gift for the holidays, it is best if you order within the next 14 or so days to get it in time for Christmas, especially if shipping via Media Mail. UPS and Priority Mail are always faster and more reliable, but cost more. WARNING: All shippers – UPS, FedEx, DHL, and the US Postal Service – are expecting a record number of mail and packages to ship and deliver this holiday season. That could lead to delays in shipping, especially as we get closer to Christmas. If you can, please place your holiday orders sooner than later. Btw, I have been loading up Christmas Surprise Packages to help bring gaming fun and joy to customers around the world. The Surprise Package offer is a great gift for any holiday, birthday, anniversary, or as a treat for yourself (you deserve it), and is a great way to try new settings or fill out your collection.

Processing and shipping book orders and Surprise Packages is our top priority this time of year, squeezing in writing and art assignments wherever and whenever I can. I am most definitely not complaining. Some days, the large number of orders that have been arriving have brought tears to my eyes. Like so many of you, we did not know (and still do not know) what the future holds for us and Palladium Books due to the pandemic. Your strong support purchasing regular orders and Surprise Packages has been a comforting godsend. Your many kind words buoying our spirits and keeping us motivated and joyful.

Strong sales help us catch up on bills and put aside money and plan for the uncertain months ahead. Together you have helped us to continue our operations and I am deeply gratified to hear from so many of you that our games and my words in these Weekly Updates and Murmurs from the Megaverse® have helped you in return. A little good during a storm of uncertainty and worry.

My heart goes out to those who have gotten ill or lost loved ones, and to business owners and individuals who are not so fortunate. Personally, I have found myself donating to food drives, food banks, and charities like the Red Cross and Salvation Army more than I have in recent years. All in an effort to help those less fortunate in whatever little ways I am able. I hope and pray the vast majority of you are managing to stay well, hang tough, and survive it all without too much sacrifice and loss. I have a much better understanding of how the pandemic is affecting lives since an unexpected incident the day before Thanksgiving. See my Closing Thoughts for details.

Rifts® Hammer of the Forge™ Novel, Volume One: The Cosmo-Knight is selling like crazy so people are loving it. Only the Rifts® Lazlo Raw Preview is outselling it! Nice.

Rifts® Hammer of the Forge™ Novel, Volume Two: The Reckoning is at the printer. It is a little bit larger than the first novel – 304 pages – $14.99 retail – Cat. No. 307. Taking orders now. It should ship around December 17. See the full description later in this Update.

Strong sales across the board among all our game and product lines: Rifts® and ALL game settings, all novels, prints, coffee mugs, back issues of The Rifter®, the three special reprints (Systems Failure RPG being rediscovered as a fun, complete game and setting people are really enjoying, Nightbane® Shadows of Light, BTS Boxed Nightmares, and RECON), miniatures, T-shirts, and, well, pretty much everything is selling well. So thank you again, keep those orders rolling in, and happy holidays.

The Palladium Fantasy RPG® line is the other hot seller after Rifts®. In fact, sales of the Fantasy RPG® and LOTD 3: The Bleakness Raw Preview and a couple other Fantasy titles have been so strong, we may temporarily run out of them for a week or two. That’s also true of a few other titles across our various game lines. We hate to run out of anything at Christmas time, but sometimes it is unavoidable. We hope you understand. Note: The Fantasy RPG is at the printer.

Rifts® Lazlo Raw Preview – available now

The Lazlo Raw Preview (and Hammer of the Forge Novel) continues to blow out the door faster than we expected. Awesome. If you have not ordered one, what are you waiting for? Remember, the Raw Preview is a limited edition collector’s item with only 350 copies available to you on a first come, first served basis while supplies last.

Get your first glimpse of Lazlo with the Rifts® Lazlo Raw Preview. A noble experiment and idealistic utopia where all manner of people are accepted. A place where learning and education are embraced, and its people strive to be better, braver, bolder, and kinder. An oasis of comparative peace and goodness in a world that is still climbing out of the smoldering ruins and chaos of the Great Cataclysm and the Coming of the Rifts.

Here mages and visitors from across the Megaverse safely rub shoulders with adventurers, mages, mercs, D-Bees, dragons, and creatures of all sorts. Many of these outsiders are bristling with rumors and tales of their exploits, treasures to be won, monsters and villains to be slain or opposed, and wonders to be experienced by those up to the challenge. Author Mark Oberle did a great job setting the stage and leaving all kinds of little enticements and hints about Lazlo and things to come like the Expeditionary Corp, the Lazlo Defense Force, and a whole lot more.

Rifts® Lazlo Raw Preview – Collector’s Edition – limited to 350 copies

An overview of the Free State of Lazlo.
Its government, business districts, Schools of Magic, and more.
New magic O.C.C.s.
New Techno-Wizard items and armor.
New spells.
Erin Tarn, notable characters, notable places.
Adventure ideas and more.
Only 350 copies of this limited collector’s item are available.
Sold on a first come, first served basis, while supplies last.
Written by Mark Oberle.
160 pages – $25.99 retail – Cat. No. 882-RAW.
Available now while supplies last. Don’t delay, order today.
What is a Raw Preview Edition? It is the unfinished, unedited, advance manuscript subject to rewrites and expansion. It gets a limited print run of around 200-350 copies and is fun for collectors to have something rare and unique. Game Masters and players get a glimpse into the future and may be able to get a jump on visiting Lazlo and plotting adventures. It is especially handy for writers and game designers who get to see the development process at Palladium when they compare what is in the Raw Preview and what sees print in the final book; i.e. what gets expanded, developed further, added, dropped out, etc. And remember, Rifts® Lazlo is likely to be the first of 3 or more related, but standalone titles. That is how comprehensive we want to make Lazlo. Heck, fans have waited 30 years for Lazlo to be defined, and we do not want to disappoint. The Raw Preview is 160 pages all by itself. Note: Yes, you may request it in your Surprise Package Wish List but this is a limited edition collector’s item so only a certain amount are being put aside for the Surprise Package.

Rifts^® Hammer of the Forge^™ Novel, Volume One – available now

Becoming a Cosmo-Knight™ is something children across the Three Galaxies dream about. But for Caleb Vulcan of Earth, the stories of the Cosmic Forge are unknown. As he teeters at a crossroads, he has no idea what is speaking to him nor the power of the choice he is about to make.

Join Caleb on his adventures across the Megaverse®, visit Phase World and meet an eclectic range of people from True Atlanteans and Space Wulfen to the Kreeghor and Cosmo-Knights.

The Cosmo-Knight™ is the first of two Hammer of the Forge™ novels that collect the epic, fan fave stories serialized in The Rifter®. It is a roller coaster ride that brings Rifts Earth, Phase World® and the Three Galaxies to action-packed life. Very fun. It is available as a physical novel from Palladium Books AND as a PDF from DriveThruRPG.com – so are the Rifts® Trilogy of novels by Adam Chilson and the Rifts® Anthology book (11 authors) set in the Chi-Town ‘Burbs. Note: The further adventures of Cosmo-Knight Caleb Vulcan and friends are found Rifts® Hammer of the Forge™ Novel, Volume Two: The Reckoning, at the printer and expected to ship December 17, 2020.

Great cover. A fun read.
5 x 8 inch paperback.
Written by James M.G. Cannon.
Re-edited and compiled into two novels. The second available in December.
288 pages – $13.99 – Cat. No. 306 – available now.
Note: Hammer of the Forge and ALL Rifts® novels are available as physical books from PalladiumBooks.com as well as PDF books on DriveThruRPG.com – epic adventure that spans the Megaverse®.

NEW! Rifts^® Hammer of the Forge^™ Novel, Volume Two – at the printer – available December 17

The continuing adventures of Cosmo-Knight Caleb Vulcan take our hero across space and time to be pitted against one enemy after another. The first is the wicked Royal Kreeghor, Geryon, commander of the Shadowstar, a dreadnaught rumored to carry a star-slaying weapon capable of snuffing out entire solar systems.

Then Caleb must once again face the mad Elf, Elias Harkonnen. A soulless psychopath who quit the Invincible Guardsmen because they did not offer him enough opportunities to kill people. A mad dog who relishes the thought of adding a Cosmo-Knight to his list of illustrious victims.

As each chapter unfolds, our hero faces new challenges and encounters friends and foes, and twists and turns too shocking to reveal here. Such is the power and legacy of a Cosmo-Knight.

The Reckoning is the second of two Hammer of the Forge™ novels that collect the epic, fan fave stories serialized in The Rifter®. Available as a PDF on DriveThru around December 10. As a physical book December 17.
Great cover. A fun read.
5 x 8 inch paperback.
Written by James M.G. Cannon.
Re-edited and compiled into two novels. The first is available now. The second novel is at the printer and should ship around December 17.
304 pages – $14.99 – Cat. No. 307 – at the printer and ships around December 17, 2020.
Note: The Hammer of the Forge novels, the Rifts® Trilogy of novels by Adam Chilson, the Rifts® Anthology: Tales of the Chi-Town ‘Burbs (11 authors), Machinations of Doom graphic novel by Ramon K. Perez, and Path of the Storm, a proposed Rifts® movie script, are all available as physical books from PalladiumBooks.com as well as PDF books on DriveThruRPG.com – epic adventure that spans the Megaverse®.

Get your Surprise Package now

Give the gamers in your life a gift for Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Boxing Day (for you in Canada and elsewhere), birthdays, anniversaries, graduation and any gift-giving occasion. Or treat yourself. After this crazy year, you deserve to do something nice for yourself. Physical game books at PDF prices, and we will sign them if you would like us to.

What is a Christmas Surprise Package?

A smile and a hug that comes in a box filled with signed game books from available Palladium staff and freelancers. And God knows this year has been so crazy, we need something fun like the Christmas Surprise Package to bring a little joy and laughter into our lives. With so many people suffering from Covid-19 related doldrums, frustration, and in some cases, money issues, they need to escape to realms of role-playing adventures. Not to mention the huge savings and autographs, if you want them, available via a Palladium Christmas Surprise Package.

A Surprise Package is your way to get physical books (and autographs if you want them) for PDF prices! $95-$100+ worth of Palladium products for only $50 (plus shipping and handling)! That can nab you four or more items when these days one core rule book can cost you that alone.

These Surprise Packages are our way of saying thank you for your support and showing you our love and appreciation. It’s a surprise because you never know exactly what you’re going to get or who will sign your books, because we pick from your Wish List and may surprise you with stuff you are not expecting. Extra items may include other RPGs, sourcebooks, issues of the Rifter®, novels, miniatures, prints, art books, greeting cards, T-shirts, negatives, original art, and other items. Some books may be slightly damaged (scuffs, scratches, dings, a crunched corner, etc.) so we can send you more.

Truly the best deal in gaming, Palladium's 23rd Annual Christmas Surprise Package gets you $95-$105, sometimes MORE, worth of product for ONLY $50 (plus shipping and handling), as gifts for others or for yourself. That’s physical books at PDF prices. And if you want them signed we will sign each and every one of them. Plus we have some original art by Chuck Walton and maybe a few others you may request. But don’t count on it, still provide us with a juicy Wish List. Art is donated by the artists and very limited.

Christmas Surprise Packages are not just for Christmas. Whether you celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, or the Winter Solstice, or you are looking for that special gift for a birthday, anniversary, graduation, or any special occasion that falls between now and the end of the year, a Surprise Package may be the ideal way to go. You get a ton of stuff on the cheap, you can get a bunch of autographs (if you want ‘em), and you look like you spent a fortune.

This is also a great way to try that game setting you’ve wondered about – Splicers®, Dead Reign®, Chaos Earth®, Palladium Fantasy®, Nightbane®, Mechanoid Invasion®, Rifts®, After the Bomb®, etc. – or to get something for your favorite Game Master. Or perhaps, to get your player group to consider a new game or setting.

Your “Wish List” is vital – the Palladium Surprise Packages are designed to simulate the joy and surprise of the Christmas Season of Giving. To do this, you submit a list of 10-15 Palladium products (or more) FOR EACH Surprise Package you order. This list of 10-15 items for EACH Grab Bag is critical, because you will not know which items we will select to send you. That makes it just like a Christmas gift because it’s a surprise. Plus, Santa Kevin, who personally hand-picks every item for every Grab Bag, may toss in something extra like a limited edition print, or a negative or similar collector’s item, or an issue of The Rifter®, or something else he thinks you’ll enjoy.

Autographed books. For those of you who want them (which are most people), available members of the Palladium staff, and any freelancers we can lasso at the time, are happy to autograph each and every book in your Surprise Package. This is the only way many fans across the country and overseas can ever get signed books.

Send us your brief comments. There is a special form and format to fill out for Christmas Surprise Packages, including a place where you can offer your brief comments, suggestions, greetings and salutations.

First-timers are always nervous until they see the great value in their first Surprise Package. A typical Grab Bag has $95-$105 worth of product, sometimes more! Yes, sometimes more, for only $50 plus shipping and handling. Many people order 2-3. Some order 4-6, and some maniacs order even more! It makes sense, because it is a great way to fill holes in your own collection, treat yourself, get autographs, try new games and settings, rebuild your collection, replace worn out books, and get your gaming pals gifts. PLEASE spread the word about this great offer.

To those of you outside the USA, the X-Mas Surprise Package is a way to get books and circumvent the damn high cost of shipping from the United States, since you are getting $95-$100 (often more) worth of product and only paying $50 plus a small handling charge. Shipping via Priority Mail International (required for packages weighing more than four pounds) to most locations in Europe, Canada and many other countries is around $50-$60 US dollars. HOWEVER, because the cost of the product is so low, that’s the equivalent of paying retail for the products and only $0-$30 for shipping. A very good deal. Plus you get autographs if you want them! X-Mas Surprise Packages are the way to go for those of you outside the USA. Please take advantage of it to get all those products you’ve wished you could get except the shipping was too prohibitive. We feel your pain. Game on!

Please spread the word. The Christmas Surprise Package is only publicized by word of mouth, on Palladium's website, and social media, so please tell everyone you know. Buy one for every gamer you know. They make astonishing gifts for every occasion.

Shipping Timeline Suggestions – 21 days till Christmas Eve – but ONLY about 5 days left to guarantee delivery by Christmas via Media Mail

Those of you buying books, Raw Editions, Rifts® poker decks, mugs, baseball caps and Christmas Surprise Packages as holiday gifts NEED to place your orders no later than the dates below to guarantee delivery in time for Christmas (by December 24, 2019) without incurring additional costs for expedited shipping. These recommendations come from the shipping companies themselves.

United States Postal Service: Media Mail – December 8, 2020. You should get packages shipped via Media Mail as late as December 14, but after the 8th, we cannot guarantee delivery in time for Christmas.
UPS Standard Ground (anywhere in the contiguous USA) – December 15.
United States Postal Service (in USA): Priority Mail – December 15.
UPS 3-Day Select – December 20.
UPS 2nd Day Air – December 21.
UPS Next Day Air (to arrive December 24) – December 22, remember, we need time to process and pack your order!
To our friends in Canada and overseas – December 9. We suggest ordering no later than December 9, but SOONER is better as we cannot guarantee delivery in time for Christmas. Your package should arrive in time, but if there are delays at Customs, work strike, bad weather, etc., it might miss. Order sooner rather than later. A Surprise Package mitigates overseas shipping costs – take advantage of this while you can. It is, in effect, the equivalent of getting the books you want at retail, plus autographs, and paying the equivalent of only $5-$20 for overseas shipping! MANY overseas customers take advantage of the Surprise Packages for this reason! And it is likely the ONLY way for you to get autographs. Give it a try, we don’t think you will be disappointed.
Any orders placed after these dates may arrive in time for Christmas but we cannot guarantee it AND you should assume they will NOT arrive in time for Christmas. Please spread the word and place those orders as soon as you can. Ho, ho, ho and happy holidays.

2020 Shipping Note: Due to the pandemic and the massive amounts of goods expected to ship this holiday season, I do not know if we can honestly “guarantee” any delivery after December 14 to arrive in time for Christmas. They should, but we don’t know.

As always, at Palladium, we will be working overtime and do everything we can to process orders as fast as we can to get them to you for the holidays. However, after the package leaves the Palladium warehouse, delivery is out of our hands. As we get closer to Christmas, UPS Ground and Priority Mail will be your most reliable and timely methods of shipping. Thank you for your understanding.

BACK IN STOCK for the Holidays only – Systems Failure^™ RPG – BTS Boxed Nightmares – Nightbane^®: Shadows of Light sourcebook

Whew, these titles are flying off the shelf, so I guess we were right to do a limited run for the holidays like we did a few years ago. Get ‘em while you can. Available on a first come, first served basis, while supplies last. Also available as PDF books on DriveThruRPG.

Systems Failure™ RPG: It is time to fight back, kill some bugs, and take our world back! In this invasion setting you battle a plague of bugs – alien bugs – that drink electrical energy and have plunged the world into crisis. This fun, standalone post-apocalypse game was designed at the start of the New Millennium and poked fun at the Y2K fears about the end of the world in 2000. The game is a blast whether you play it deadly serious or with a touch of humor. Kill the bugs! $22.99 retail – Cat. No. 650 – Shipping now.

Boxed Nightmares, a Beyond the Supernatural sourcebook: Six adventures, monsters, and many adventure ideas. Scary fun. $17.99 retail – Cat. No. 701 – Shipping now.

Shadows of Light, a Nightbane® Sourcebook: The angel-like Athanatos, Fallen Guardians, the Reapers, info about various factions, a vampire conspiracy, a Pittsburgh adventure, and more. $22.99 retail – Cat. No. 734 – Shipping now.

Palladium Playmats via PLAYMATS by Red Duke Games Kickstarter – happening right NOW!

This is your chance to get Palladium Books’ iconic artwork on 24x14 inch playmats, because we do not know if they will ever be offered again. They are being made available via a special arrangement with Red Duke Games, the people who brought you the Necronomnomnom Cookbook. Palladium selections include full color art from Rifts®, Chaos Earth®, Nightbane®, Dead Reign®, and Palladium Fantasy® covers along with many other Red Duke Games Playmats. This is a limited time Kickstarter offer, so you need to act before the Kickstarter ends and before you get caught up in the holiday frenzy.

This is the first time ever that Palladium’s artwork has been made available on playmats and they are available only via this holiday Kickstarter. Btw, if the response is strong enough, Red Duke Games may ask us to include MORE, so go check out the Playmats by Red Duke Games Kickstarter and spread the word.

A great way to start the New Year. I believe they said the playmats will be printed and shipped sometime in February. See the Playmats by Red Duke Games Kickstarter for complete details.

BACK IN STOCK: Rifts^® Novel: Sonic Boom – New size – Re-edited – Available now

Experience Rifts North America through the eyes of soldiers of the Coalition States. Follow the exploits of a CS platoon led by the courageous and well-intentioned Lieutenant Greg Merrick and Military Specialist Lieutenant Michael Sorenson, sworn to protect humankind from all threats be they aliens, dragons, or masters of magic.

Rifts® Sonic Boom™ is your introduction to the multi-genre setting of the popular, post-post-apocalypse science-fantasy Rifts® Role-Playing Game. Where high-technology, magic and the supernatural coexist on a transformed Earth that is both familiar and alien.

Read all three novels in this epic journey of discovery and adventure.

5 x 8 inch paperback.
Written by Adam Chilson.
Book One in a fast paced trilogy.
294 pages – $13.99 – Cat. No. 301 – available now.
Rifts® Sonic Boom™ has been re-edited, slightly expanded, and cleaned up for your enjoyment.
Note: All three novels are available as physical books from PalladiumBooks.com as well as PDF books from DriveThruRPG.com – the three novels make a great read.

Rifts^® Novel: Deception’s Web – available now

Lt. Merrick’s mission: To hunt down and destroy the so-called Army of the New Order. A terrorist group composed of mercenaries and practitioners of magic. They have been a thorn in the side of the Coalition States for long enough, it’s time to put a stop to them.

When their seek and destroy mission suddenly goes sideways, the soldiers find one of their own accused of treason and arrested for court-martial. The lives they had known and the people they trust collide with events and realizations that strain friendships and test their loyalty to the Coalition States and each other.

Hard choices, strange bedfellows, a living enigma, and the hand of evil each play a role in Rifts® Deception’s Web™.

4 x 7 inch paperback.
Written by Adam Chilson.
Book Two in the trilogy.
409 pages – $9.95 – Cat. No. 302 – available now.
Note: All three novels are available as physical books from PalladiumBooks.com as well as PDF books from DriveThruRPG.com – the three novels make a great read.

Rifts^® Novel 3: Treacherous Awakenings

It seems clear to Lieutenants Merrick and Sorenson and the elite team under their command that they are being used as pawns in a larger conspiracy. A secret agenda that may lead straight to the top of the Coalition’s High Command.

But who? And how do they ferret out that person and find the evidence they need to bring an end to it without destroying themselves in the process?

Rifts® Treacherous Awakenings™ is the pulse-pounding conclusion to a trilogy of books based on the popular Rifts® Role-Playing Game.

The epic conclusion is satisfying and fun.

5 x 8 inch paperback.
Written by Adam Chilson.
426 pages – $15.99 – Cat. No. 303 – Available now!
Note: All three novels are available as physical books from PalladiumBooks.com as well as PDF books from DriveThruRPG.com – enjoy.

NEW! 4 different Palladium Coffee Mugs – available now

With so many people working from home, Palladium’s fun and attractive coffee mugs have been in high demand. The Rifts® logo mug sold out a couple of weeks ago, and the Palladium Fantasy® mug sold out last week. As a result, we sent them in for another printing as well as two new mugs: A new, dynamic Dead Reign® zombie mug with an illustration by Steven Cummings done specifically for use on this coffee mug, and a Rifts® Titan Robotics™ mug, also featuring artwork by Steven Cummings. All four are in stock and ready to ship now! See details below.

NEW! Dead Reign® (Zombie attack) Coffee Mug – now shipping

A nice, large, 16 ounce coffee mug with artwork that appears on both sides of the mug, and the mug has a color interior, adding a nice splash of color to your morning or game time beverage. Everyone loves these mugs.

The “Dead Reign®” logo with three hungry zombies ready to attack. Art designed specifically for this mug by artist Steven Cummings of comic book renown (Wayward® and various Marvel Comics). White on a black mug. Very dynamic.
Art is located on the front and back of the mug.
Glossy black exterior with a blood red interior.
16 ounce ceramic mug.
Dishwasher and microwave safe.
$10.99 retail – Cat. No. 2594.

NEW! Rifts^® Titan Robotics^™ Coffee Mug – now shipping

The “Rifts® Titan Robotics™” mug features the Rifts logo with the words Titan Robotics below it. Above the logo is one of the new Titan robots from the upcoming book release, standing in a dynamic pose. Art by Steven Cummings.
Art is located on the front and back of the mug.
Glossy black exterior with a blue interior.
16 ounce ceramic mug.
Dishwasher and microwave safe.
$10.99 retail – Cat. No. 2595.

Fan Favorite: Rifts^® LOGO Coffee Mug – now shipping

Back due to popular demand! A nice, large, 16 ounce coffee mug with large artwork that appears on both sides of the mug, and the mug has a color interior, adding a nice splash of color to your morning or game time beverage. Fans have been loving these mugs.

The famous Rifts® logo in white on a black mug.
Art is located on the front and back of the mug.
Glossy black exterior with a bright blue interior.
16 ounce ceramic mug.
Dishwasher and microwave safe.
$10.99 retail – Cat. No. 2587.

Fan Favorite: Palladium Fantasy RPG^® “Dragon” Coffee Mug – now shipping

Back due to popular demand. A nice, large, 16 ounce coffee mug with large artwork that appears on both sides of the mug, and the mug has a color interior, adding a nice splash of color to your morning or game time beverage. Fans have been loving these mugs.

The fan favorite “3-Headed Hydra” battling a knight from the iconic, original Palladium Fantasy RPG® cover. Red art on a black mug harkens back to the original RPG red and black cover.
Art appears on the front and back of the mug.
Glossy black exterior with an attractive orange interior.
16 ounce ceramic mug.
Dishwasher and microwave safe.
$10.99 retail – Cat. No. 2589.

COMING (tentative): Re-releases of fan favorite sold out Rifts^® miniatures

As I believe I mentioned in a previous Weekly Update, I am looking into re-releasing some old favorite Rifts® miniature sets. I’m waiting on quotes right now. That would include the Coalition soldiers and the original Glitter Boy. The G.B. is not quite as large and dynamic as the new Glitter Boy miniature, but we know collectors still want it, so we are considering offering it again. More details when I know more.

And we may be releasing other new miniatures created by Carmen Bellaire. Keep your eyes peeled.

Retailers can order direct from Palladium Books at discount terms

Retailers, are you having trouble getting Palladium products from your distributors? Join the growing number of stores to whom Palladium sells direct. 95-99% of all our game lines are ALWAYS IN STOCK and ready to ship. Palladium has your back!

Until we put into place something more formal, retailers can call the office at 734-721-2903 and leave a message and phone number on the answering machine, or send an inquiry via the Help Desk, and Palladium will respond pronto. Glad to help. As long as you are a brick and mortar store, we are happy to do business with you.

We added another store to our direct sales roster just yesterday, and others have inquired. Retailers and gamers alike, please spread the word to let game stores and comic book shops know if they are having difficulty getting Palladium Books products from distributors, they should contact Palladium Books to buy from us direct! Spread the fun and game on!

In the Face of Death^™ – Available now

A Dead Reign® Sourcebook that reimagines the Zombie Apocalypse while remaining true to the genre

In the Face of Death™ is part survival guide, part cityscape, and part heroic adventure the likes of which you have never quite seen before in a zombie RPG. Adventure is built upon human ingenuity, courage, hope, and insanity. Characters include children and teenagers, and heroes driven by madness. Human predators and other villains stalk the ruins of human civilization. Ruins inhabited by the omnipresent hungry dead.

This is a book that pushes the genre and challenges the imagination. It brings to focus a setting of heroic adventure that combines elements of horror, zombies, survival, and madness in a post-apocalyptic world with classic dungeon exploring and epic adventure. In the Face of Death™ helps make Dead Reign® into A Quiet Place meets Mad Max in the world of Dawn of the Dead.

“Pure fun, action, and excitement. A sourcebook packed with new ideas unlike any I have ever seen. This is what role-playing games and imagination are all about.” – Alex Marciniszyn, Editor

Rethinking the Zombie Apocalypse.
It is time to fight back and do more than survive.
Life on the rooftops and in the heart of the city.
Resources, defenses, traps, urban homesteads, and more.
City survival tactics, traps, resources, and Rat Runs.
Parkour, Zombie Survival Training, and other skills.
New O.C.C.s like the Rat Runner and Urban Explorer.
Kids and teenagers as player characters and kid O.C.C.s.
Heroic Masked Lunatics – a new type of hero as player characters.
Predators and villains like Gutter Rats, Flesh Peddlers, Skinners, and more.
Dungeon crawl-style exploration through the ruins of human civilization.
100+ adventure hooks and dozens of additional ideas.
Death Cults, their orientation and practices.
Adaptable to other settings like Rifts®, Chaos Earth®, Heroes Unlimited™, Nightbane®, and more.
Cover by E.M. Gist. Interior art by Bradshaw, Cummings, Mumah, and Ashbaugh.
Written by Kevin Siembieda and Mark Oberle.
160 pages – $22.99 retail – Cat. No. 237 – Available now.

Rifts^® Ultimate Edition – Cat. No. 800HC – Available now

This big, 376 page role-playing game is everything you need to start playing Rifts®. Just add some dice, some players, and a heaping helping of imagination and you are ready to go.

If you have never played the rich, unpredictable, genre-melding Rifts® setting, you are missing epic adventure that never grows old, because anything is possible. No other RPG blends science fiction, fantasy, horror, and post-apocalyptic adventure with demons and aliens, robots and cyborgs, magic and the supernatural in such a plausible and dynamic way. A setting that lets you play any type and style of game you can imagine. With characters like Dragon Hatchlings, Cyber-Knights, Glitter Boys, Ley Line Walkers, Techno-Wizards, and Juicers that challenge the imagination. And those are just a tiny handful of the O.C.C.s you can play in Rifts®. Not to mention hundreds of different alien, supernatural, magical, and other beings available as player characters. All of it set on an Earth that is both familiar and as alien as a thousand different planets. So check it out, build your character, start a campaign, and watch your characters become legends.

30+ player characters to choose from; tech, magic, or psychic.
Cyborgs, robot and power armor pilots, Scout, Assassin, and more.
140+ magic spells, plus Techno-Wizards, Shifters, and more.
90 psionic powers and psychic characters.
Sourcebooks offer hundreds of different alien, supernatural beings, creatures of magic, and other beings, many available as player characters.
There has never been another RPG quite like Rifts®.
376 page hardcover, some color – $41.99 retail – Cat. No. 800HC – available now.

COMING SOON! Rifts^® CS Manhunters^™ – A Secrets of the Coalition States^™ Sourcebook

Hey, I’m as frustrated as you are that this awesome book (BTS Creature Feature, too) is not done yet, but it will be soon. It has been rough being short-handed and juggling so much, but it will be worth the wait. Rifts® CS Manhunters™ is packed with good stuff. I will try to offer a few snippets in my Murmurs from the Megaverse® and social media.

Coalition Manhunters™ reveals more Coalition States secrets about the super-secret CS Manhunters. So secret that most people have never heard of them, and those who have do not believe they really exist. But that’s not all – there are new psionic abilities, new CS characters available as player characters and NPC villains, more insight about the CS and Psi-Battalion, and more. All of it building toward something epic.

Who watches the watchmen? CS Manhunters. A secret division within the Coalition’s Psi-Battalion who hunt not only the most dangerous spies and fugitives, but also traitors within the Coalition States. This elite force of psychics, Kill Hounds, Dog Boys, and CS soldiers are trained hunters of men and cold-blooded killing machines. They follow orders without question and kill without hesitation.

New Coalition Psychic O.C.C.s.
New psionic abilities and revisits of some favorites.
CS Manhunter Divner and Precog.
CS Manhunter Psi-Interrogator and Psi-Enforcer.
CS Manhunter Bursters and Zappers.
CS Manhunter Psi-Healers and CS Slayers.
CS Manhunter Killhound and Dog Boy O.C.C.s.
CS Manhunter Mind Melters, the deadliest of them all.
CS Manhunter squads and special operations.
Insight on the Coalition’s infamous Psi-Battalion.
The impact of the demon plagues from the Minion War.
Non-Player Characters, background info, adventure ideas, and more.
96-128 pages – $17.99 retail – Cat. No. 894 – In production and nearing completion.

COMING! Creature Feature^™, a Beyond the Supernatural^™ sourcebook

The manuscript is in. Artwork is being created. And the world of Beyond the Supernatural™ is about to be expanded. This sourcebook builds on material that has appeared in various issues of The Rifter® but there is a ton of new material and information useful to both Game Masters and players.

A gallery of supernatural creatures. Some new. Some familiar, updated and expanded. All terrifying.
Rules clarifications and errata.
Game Master source material and advice on rules, psychic abilities, proximity and threat levels, I.S.P. multipliers, and more.
Advice about running modern horror RPGs and using supernatural creatures in your games.
Lots of adventure ideas, including an updated and expanded full adventure, “The Squatter.”
New background and setting information for the BTS setting and a few surprises.
Written by Steven Dawes, Kevin Siembieda, and others.
Art by Steven Cummings, Nick Bradshaw and others.
160-192 pages – $22.99 or $26.99 depending on final size – Cat. No. 704.

COMING! Rifts^® Titan Robotics^™

Rifts® Titan Robotics™ is a high-tech toy box presenting new types of armor, sleek power armor, giant robots, vehicles, and weapons sold by Titan Robotics that will make gamers salivate. Ah, but Titan Robotics is much more than just another weapons manufacturer, it is the secret operation of ARCHIE-3 and all part of his plan to monitor and manipulate the outside world. Learn about Archie’s androids that run Titan Robotics, his current schemes and plans for the future. Probably a 160 page World Book around $22.99 retail, but may expand into 192 pages.

New Giant Robots.
New Power Armor, equipment and accessories.
30+ power armors and robots, plus other equipment.
New weapons, gear and vehicles.
Titan Robotics Corporation and structure.
Archie’s secret kingdom and plans for the future.
New O.C.C.s and key Non-Player Characters (NPCs).
Android executives, security and much more.
Wellington Industries, Campaign prompts and more.
Art by Zeleznik, Walton, Cummings, Atkins, and others.
Written by Matthew Clements and Kevin Siembieda. Cover by Zeleznik.
160-192 pages (tentative) – $22.99 retail (or $26.99) – Cat. No. 899.

COMING: Rifts^® Bestiary^™ Volume Two

The second big, “monster book” reference for Rifts® of what we anticipate to be three volumes in the series, more if we decide to make ghosts, spirits and Entities and/or Creatures of Magic part of the Bestiary series. Much like Volume One, Rifts® Bestiary™ Volume Two collects 70-100 monsters and animals plus 12-24 new beasts found across Rifts North America. The anticipated page count is 224-256 pages.

All volumes of the Rifts® Bestiary™ series are a great resource for players and Game Masters alike. Each description is updated, expanded, and highly detailed to present players with exotic and alien creatures as pets, guardians and riding animals, as well as slobbering monsters to battle and fierce beasts for Game Masters to throw at their players. Designed to offer adventure ideas, offers notes on young, adult, male and female creatures, and all provide plenty of ways to enhance your characters and spice up adventures. Each is accompanied by a map that shows at a glance where the beast can be encountered. Ah, but in the presence of Rifts and magic means any of the creatures may appear anywhere in the world, so be on your toes.

Monsters and animals of Rifts North America organized into big, easy to use sourcebooks.
Updated and expanded descriptions and information for each existing monster.
Updated and uniform stat blocks.
New exotic creatures – predators, exotic riding animals, beasts of burden, alien horrors, giant insects, and more.
A map for every creature showing where it is found.
Easily adapted to any Palladium setting – Palladium Fantasy®, Chaos Earth®, Splicers®, Phase World®, the Three Galaxies™, The Mechanoids®, Heroes Unlimited™/Aliens Unlimited™, and others.
Basic S.D.C. stats included with each creature description.
Fully illustrated, with art by Charles Walton II, Ramon Perez, Robert Atkins, and many others. Written by Kevin Siembieda.
256 pages each volume – $26.99 – Cat. No. 897 (Volume Two) – shooting for a winter or spring release.

UPDATE: Rifts^® Chaos Earth^® Psychic Scream^™

This is another book that is going to surprise and wow. New and insane psionics, some taken to the level of super abilities due to the massive amount of P.P.E. energy surging across the planet and boosting survivors with ambient and alien energy. Some become heroes and defenders of fellow survivors. Some become power-mongers and killers. And still others become just one more monster or madman threatening to destroy humanity. I’m assigning some additional artwork for it this week.

UPDATE: Forgotten People – A Fantasy RPG Sourcebook

I spoke with one of the contributing writers last week and his ideas for Bug Bears sounded fabulous. Because some of this material has appeared in past issues of The Rifter® you may think you know what to expect. You don’t. There is a lot of new and exciting material in this bad boy. Things you never knew and may have been afraid to ask.

MORE Material for Fantasy

Several different freelance writers have submitted additional and unexpected Fantasy material for sourcebooks. Though I have not had a chance to review any of them – too much on my plate at the moment as I stay focused on finishing books already in the pipeline – I am very excited by this turn of events. Palladium Fantasy is on the move! Heck, several game lines are.

UPDATE: Other titles – like CS Arsenal^™ and Beyond the Supernatural^™ sourcebooks

Please remember, just because I do not mention or list a specific title in an Update, does not mean it has been removed from the production schedule. All it means is that we are focused and talking about more immediate, upcoming releases, or projects we are excited about that week, or there’s no substantive news to report. We are anxious to put as many books you’ve been waiting for into your hands as possible over the next 18 months, as well as new projects being worked on by freelance writers. That includes Rifts® Antarctica, The Disavowed™, Rifts® CS Arsenal™, Chaos Earth® First Responders™, Land of the Damned™ 3, Rifts® Living Nowhere™, Beyond the Supernatural™ sourcebooks, more Fantasy sourcebooks and other titles. So if a book you are waiting for is not mentioned in an Update, it means there is nothing new to report, but it should still be in the pipeline and news for it will be coming in the weeks or months ahead. Right now, we are focused on releases for the next six months, which by our count is 6-7 titles. And many of them are in various stages of final production or development. We are shooting for one or two new physical book releases every month as well as a couple new PDF products on DriveThruRPG.

NEW on DriveThruRPG.com – Hammer of the Forge Novel Volume One with Volume Two coming to DriveThru next week

NEW! Rifts® Hammer of the Forge, Volume One: The Cosmo-Knight is now available as a PDF novel. See the full description for The Cosmo-Knight earlier in this Update.

COMING to DriveThru Next Week! Rifts® Hammer of the Forge™ Novel, Volume Two: The Reckoning. The continuing adventures of Cosmo-Knight Caleb Vulcan take our hero across space and time to be pitted against one enemy after another. As each chapter unfolds, our hero faces new challenges and encounters friends and foes, and twists and turns too shocking to reveal here. Such is the power and legacy of a Cosmo-Knight. Available as a PDF on DriveThru next week. Note: The Hammer of the Forge novels, the Rifts® Trilogy of novels by Adam Chilson, the Rifts® Anthology: Tales of the Chi-Town ‘Burbs (11 authors), Machinations of Doom graphic novel by Ramon K. Perez, and Path of the Storm, a proposed Rifts® movie script, are all available as physical books from PalladiumBooks.com as well as PDF books on DriveThruRPG.com – epic adventure that spans the Megaverse®.

Also Coming: Sneak previews of upcoming books, more novels and fun.

Available now! In the Face of Death™, the latest in Palladium’s Zombie Apocalypse series. It deals with survival in the big city and the suburbs where it is said survival is impossible, and yet communities thrive. New survivor O.C.C.s, human urban predators, cults, heroes, city resources, new villains, bold survivor children as player characters, superhuman survivors, 101 adventure ideas, and much more.

Reminder: Rifts® Index One and Two, as well as Rifts® Novel 3: Treacherous Awakenings are available as PDF titles along with the first two novels and 300+ other Palladium Books RPG Titles. Gen Con Online talked about Rifts®, Rifts® Bestiary, Rifts® Dimension Books, Palladium Fantasy RPG®, Beyond the Supernatural™, Nightbane®, Dead Reign®, Heroes Unlimited™, and other Palladium game lines, ALL of which are available as PDFs from DriveThru and most of which are available as physical books from Palladium directly.

Recent Release – Rifts® Novel 3: Treacherous Awakenings™, the pulse-pounding and satisfying conclusion to the Rifts® trilogy by Adam Chilson. It is available as a PDF on DriveThruRPG.com right now! $9.99 – Cat. No. 303. The other two novels, Rifts® Sonic Boom and Rifts® Deception’s Web, are also available as PDFs from DriveThru for your reading pleasure along with more than 300 RPG titles with more stuff coming your way. Note: We also plan to make it available as our first Print On Demand title from DriveThruRPG in the near future. Watch for it.

In the works for DriveThru in the weeks ahead: In no particular order, Duty’s Edge™, a new Rifts® novel in the pipeline from Will Erwin, the collected The Hammer of the Forge™ (cosmic adventure across Phase World® and the Three Galaxies), and more.

Recent on DriveThruRPG – Rifts® Sonic Boom™. Follow the exploits of a CS platoon sworn to protect humankind from all threats, be they aliens, dragons, masters of magic or fellow humans out for themselves; the second novel in this trilogy, Deception’s Web™, reveals a conspiracy within the Coalition military that could spell disaster for our protagonists. All of it building up to the pulse-pounding events of the 3rd novel: Rifts® Treacherous Awakenings™. The Rifter® #84 offers adventure source material for Rifts® (Golems in the Myst), Heroes Unlimited™ (the City of Cascade by Wujcik and Reed), Palladium Fantasy RPG® (an Elven Kingdom), Beyond the Supernatural™ (an epic adventure, a short story, and a monster), Nightbane® (Spellbound O.C.C.), why The Rifter® is on hiatus, and more.

Also available: Free Garden of the Gods™ (Fantasy) and Rifts® Bestiary™ Volume One Sneak Previews, and the Palladium Fantasy RPG® Interactive Character Sheet: A Microsoft Excel-based character management system. Packed with features and data collected from every official Palladium Fantasy sourcebook to enable you to create Fantasy characters quickly (25 minutes!) and help you to update and manage them for years to come.

Dead Reign® Paper Miniatures Volume Three: Zombies, Dead Reign® Paper Miniatures Volume Two: Civilians and Dead Reign® Paper Miniatures Volume One: Survivors. There are also paper miniatures for Heroes Unlimited™, Palladium Fantasy® and Rifts®. A new, up-to-date, PDF Palladium Books Catalog. Nightbane® Dark Designs™ sourcebook with 60 new Common Talents, 38 new Elite Talents, 18 new Morphus Tables, all other Morphus Tables collected and more. Systems Failure™ RPG, a 160 page RPG that deals with alien invasion and a post-apocalypse setting that is fun and dynamic. Civilization is on the verge of collapse when the so-called "bugs" invade and turn humans into zombie-like slaves. Monsters, heroes and fun. A complete RPG and setting. Rifts® World Book 34: Northern Gun™ Two: 256 pages of technology and fun. 30+ power armors, 30+ body armors, 15 combat vehicles, 45 vehicles (hovercycles, etc.), 10 robot haulers, the Robodome and more. Bizantium and the Northern Islands™: the northernmost part of the Known World, the Cold Born, Necromancy ships made from dead sea serpents, 15 creatures, Random Sea Monster Generator, and more. Rifts® Northern Gun™ One. This fan favorite might be thought of as the big book of giant robots – an in-depth look at Northern Gun, 70+ weapons, 27 robots, NG O.C.C.s, key people and places, and much more. Mysteries of Magic™ Book One: The Heart of Magic™ with Wizards, their Apprentices, nearly 60 new magic spells and remember, magic and monsters in the Fantasy RPG are easily adapted to Rifts®, Chaos Earth®, HU2 and other settings. Wolfen Empire™ Fantasy sourcebook, the Great Northern Wilderness and Killer Winters, 12 Wolfen Tribes, Wolfen military and society, 15+ creatures, 5 full adventures, 101 adventure ideas, random encounter tables, notable people, places, plus FREE Sneak Previews of The Rifter® #80, The Rifter® #81, The Rifter® #82, and more on DriveThruRPG.com.

Rifts® is a genre-bending setting that combines science fiction, fantasy, horror, post-apocalypse survival, magic, and endless possibilities for adventure. Imagine a near perfect world of advanced technology 100 years in the future. Then imagine that world crashing down overnight in an apocalyptic upheaval not seen since the formation of the planet. A Great Cataclysm caused by the explosive return of magic. Now fast forward 300 years into the future where magic, dragons, and mythic gods coexist with cyborgs, giant robots and super-science rediscovered from humanity's Golden Age as humans rise from a lengthy Dark Age. But they must contend with countless alien life forms, monsters, and supernatural horrors from beyond the Rifts.
Rifts® core titles we would suggest: Rifts® Ultimate Edition, Rifts® Game Master Guide, Rifts® Book of Magic, Rifts® Adventure Guide, D-Bees of North America™, Rifts® World Book 11: Coalition War Campaign and Rifts® Sourcebook One. Note: The Rifts® RPG, 1st Edition and Rifts® Ultimate, 2nd Edition are both available.
80+ Rifts® supplements, most of them available as PDFs with more coming. Where to start? Wherever sounds fun.
Rifts® Dimension Books™: Travel to alien worlds and dimensions via the Rifts for off-world adventure and intrigue.
Rifts® Chaos Earth® RPG and sourcebook series (all). Live through the Great Cataclysm and the Coming of the Rifts. Rifts® Chaos Earth® RPG, Creatures of Chaos™, Rise of Magic™, and Chaos Earth® Resurrection™ are all available.
FREE Sneak Previews for Nightbane® Dark Designs™, Rifts® Secrets of the Atlanteans™, Rifts® CS Heroes of Humanity, and many other previews as well as free and low cost items that we make available. All of it adds to the growing list of Rifts and other Palladium RPG game titles available as PDF books, cards and support. A new title should be added every week or two, so keep watching for them.
The Rifter® #1-84, ALL issues of The Rifter®. Each issue is a wealth of source material and ideas for 3-6 different Palladium game lines. Most are easily adapted to ANY Palladium game setting. Each issue a gem. 8,500 pages of source material and ideas for heroes, villains, monsters, magic, gear, and adventure.
Splicers® RPG is like Iron Man meets Game of Thrones with elements of Terminator – except this army of Iron Men are clad in living body armor and wield living, organic weapons and devices. Created in 2004 by writer and game designer Carmen Bellaire, Splicers® was nominated for an Inquest Gamer Magazine Fan Awards Game of the Year, and has since developed a rabid fan base. Science fiction and horror where humans are forced to use genetically engineered, living weapons and organic war machines to battle an insane Artificial Intelligence and her robot legions. Unlike anything you have ever played before!
Splicers®: I Am Legion™ Adventure Sourcebook: 6 new Great Houses, 4 new Host Armors, 6 new War Mounts, 19 new Bio-Weapons, 15 new killer machines, new Bio-Enhancements, Amalgam creation tables, Legion and a series of adventures that build into a small campaign, and more.
Palladium Fantasy RPG®, 1st Edition Rules and sourcebooks. A unique world of magic, monsters and heroes. Dozens of nonhuman player characters including Wolfen, Bearmen, Ogres, Orcs and more. 100,000 years of history.
Palladium Fantasy RPG®, 2nd Edition Rules and many sourcebooks. The expanded world of high fantasy, magic, mystery and heroes of every variety. Includes the Mind Mage and psychic abilities, mages and spells, magic circles and symbols, men-at-arms, scoundrels and a wide range of inhuman player characters including Wolfen, Bearmen, Ogres, Orcs and many more. 100,000 years of history.
Heroes Unlimited™ RPG first edition rule book and sourcebooks.
Heroes Unlimited™ RPG Second Edition rule book and sourcebooks. Create any type of superhuman you can desire and bring comic book adventures to life.
Dead Reign® RPG (Zombie Apocalypse). The dead have risen. It is the battle for survival in the zombie apocalypse, but this setting is much more than your typical zombie game. Play ordinary people or special characters better equipped to survive and hunt zombies. Many unusual types of zombies.
Dead Reign® Sourcebooks: 6 sourcebooks from Civilization Gone™ to Hell Followed™ (the latter features stats for 23 disasters, masked lunatics, 11 new zombies, 7 apocalyptic character classes, and more) are available.
Beyond the Supernatural™ RPG, 1st Edition Rules. Supernatural horror in the modern world. Play ordinary people, psychics, paranormal investigators or for something different: Victim Characters!
Beyond the Supernatural™ RPG, 2nd Edition: The complete, revised core game, 14 character classes and 42 occupations for "ordinary people," 100+ psychic abilities, 16 monsters, the Lazlo Agency, world setting and rules.
Nightbane® RPG and sourcebooks. An RPG setting we call superhero horror. Dark conspiracy, a secret, demon invasion starting with world leaders and law enforcement, and it is spreading. The player characters are the Nightbane®, reluctant superhumans who must turn into monsters themselves to unleash their powers and battle the evil that is clear only to them. A dark, sinister and challenging world of horror.
After the Bomb® RPG and sourcebooks. Planet of the Apes meets the X-Men! Animal creations, powers and more. Create any type of intelligent mutant animal you can imagine as friend or foe.
Ninjas & Superspies™ RPG and the Mystic China™ sourcebook. James Bond meets Enter the Dragon. 41 types of martial arts, ninjas, and super-spies with gadgets, gizmos and advanced weapons.
The Mechanoid Invasion® Trilogy RPG is a long time, cult favorite with a fatalistic world-view of humans vs aliens with superior technology.
The Palladium Weapon Series of real world weapons, armor and castles throughout history. Designed for use with ANY game system.
200+ Palladium titles in all, plus G.M. kits, paper miniatures and more.
Heroes Unlimited™ Paper Miniatures – Two sets are now available!
Palladium Fantasy RPG® Paper Miniatures – Volumes #1-6 are available now. More are coming in the weeks ahead.
Rifts® Paper Miniatures: Men at Arms – $2.99
Rifts® Paper Miniatures: Coalition Dead Boys – $2.99
Rifts® Paper Miniatures: Adventurers – $2.99
Rifts® Paper Miniatures: Practitioners of Magic (new) – $2.99
Rifts® Paper Miniatures: Extras (new) – $2.99
And more to come in the weeks ahead.

Palladium Collectibles, Negatives, Artwork, other Collectibles and Toys are always available in Kevin’s Online Toy & Collectibles eBay Store along with other good things

My eBay store is one of the few places where you can find original artwork by Charles "Chuck" Walton, Kevin Long, and others, as well as one-of-a-kind negatives from classic Rifts® and other Palladium RPG books (they look awesome framed!), rare Palladium collector hardcovers, signed books, other Palladium memorabilia, toys from my personal collection and other collectibles. Check every couple of weeks because we often post new stuff or offer a new sale. There is a sale on negatives starting today, in fact.

Other one-of-a-kind original artwork available by me (Kevin Siembieda), Kevin Long, Charles Walton II (money goes to the artist), other artists, as well as collectible negatives, prints, limited edition hardcovers, proofreader copies, out of print items, Star Wars toys, Marvel toys and many other toys and collectibles from my personal collection. Alex and I will keep adding items as our busy schedules allow, but we have a lot of fun collectibles available now and coming soon. Hundreds of items. Take a look every weekend for new additions.

Available now: One-of-a-kind book negatives. Negatives were very popular items at the Palladium Open House and people went crazy over them at Gen Con – including actor Joe Manganiello who scooped up a pile of TMNT negatives, while Palladium's own Mark Oberle, Carmen Bellaire, Brandon Aten and a whole lot of Palladium gamers went for negatives from Rifts® New West, Lone Star and Free Quebec. Fun.

Negatives are unique and attractive, one-of-a-kind (on rare occasions two-of-a-kind if a page was replaced or a second edition was made) works of art that resemble woodcut art and are very dynamic conversation pieces. Before digital printing, pages of a book were laid out by hand on a board, and each page was photographed. The plastic film negatives were then "ganged" on a massive sheet of Mylar 16 pages per big sheet, and the printing plates were made from the negatives – everything white, printing black.

When our printer, McNaughton and Gunn, went completely digital, they asked if Palladium Books wanted the negs, otherwise they would be destroyed. Regrettably, I let a few dozen be destroyed, but the negatives of many books were sent to Palladium. They have sat in our warehouse for years until I started to offer them for sale. I have also started signing the negatives in silver and each comes with a Certificate of Authenticity. Each negative comes on a white board inside a plastic magazine bag and looks fabulous framed! Fits in an 8x10 inch matt opening in a frame (each neg is roughly 8½ x 11 inches).

http://stores.ebay.com/kevinstoys-artandcollectibles

Closing Thoughts – Life’s Unexpected Moments

Do you have someone who is the light of your life? A special someone who fills your life with laughter, beauty, and joy? Someone who is your safe harbor where you can be yourself and always makes you feel happy and safe? This might be a spouse or lover, or perhaps a precious sibling, friend, or child. Someone you cannot imagine not being a vibrant part of your life.

Now picture that beautiful someone having to suddenly and unexpectedly face a potentially life and death health crisis the day before Thanksgiving.

Upon the doctor’s urgent orders you take them to the nearest emergency room. All your quiet and intimate Thanksgiving Day plans for tomorrow are thrown out the window and, in an instant, unimportant. You are only concerned for your special someone and want to be at their side to comfort and help in any way you can. To help by just being there for them.

You are stopped at the emergency room door by a nurse exclaiming that you need to STOP right there and take a few steps back. You cannot enter. There is a pandemic, you know.

You aren’t expecting that. Your head is elsewhere, filled with concern and love.

Your special someone’s temperature is taken and is asked a battery of questions. They turn to you with pleading and frightened eyes as they are taken from you. You stand there like a mime trapped behind an invisible barrier. Trapped and helpless as they take the person you love most in the world away from you.

They vanish down a dark hallway with a nurse. Or was it an orderly? All you know is, suddenly, they are gone and you are alone.

As you stand there feeling helpless and afraid for your special someone, you are told they will do everything they can to make everything be okay. But will they? Will everything be okay? And then they insist you leave. You have to go. There is a pandemic, you know.

Somehow, all the color in the world turns to grey. The birds have stopped singing and the sounds of road traffic are muffled as if stuffed inside a bottle of cotton. You are lost in a swirl of emotions and ebbing adrenaline. The cold barrier of the emergency room doors a devouring maw that has swallowed your special someone. Fate unknown.

You sit there for awhile in your car feeling suddenly and terribly alone. Should you go home? Why? Your special someone won’t be there. Work will keep you busy and your mind occupied while you wait.

If the prognosis is what the doctors fear (and it is), your special someone will be taken to the hospital – provided they can even find a bed and a place that will take them. It is the afternoon before Thanksgiving Day so the hospitals are all short-staffed due to the long holiday weekend and beds are sparse due to the rising number of Covid cases. It will take three hours before a bed is found at a hospital. Of course, you are denied entry there too because of the pandemic. All you can do is hope for the best and talk with the love of your life between tests and consults via cell phone and text messages. And worry between the long silences.

Your special someone knows you are with them in thought and spirit, but it is of little solace. You feel sad and afraid for them. You feel like you have abandoned them when they need you most. And it hurts. They trust because you are their light and joy too, and you left them alone and scared. Even as you pray – pray harder than you have in a very long time – your love and concern drifts into a dark place.

I have been there for loved ones all my life – Mom, Dad, Erick, and many others – but it is different and awful when you cannot be at their side. When you have to drop them off and walk away. It is the worst feeling ever. A new level of helplessness.

Our story has a very happy ending. My special someone responded so well and so quickly to treatment that despite the initial potential seriousness, she was back home by Thanksgiving evening. We were stunned by this equally unexpected turn of events, and delighted. We had a lot to be thankful for that night.

For us, until last week Wednesday, the pandemic was more surreal than real. Oh sure, we all wear masks, observe social distancing, yadda yadda, but really, the pandemic was kept at arm’s length; numbers and craziness on the television and online. Wednesday it became very real and scary as it impacted us in an indirect but very real and personal way we never anticipated. I cannot imagine what it must be like for family members to be hospitalized for Covid-19 or any illness or injury that keeps them isolated in the hospital for weeks. That isolation and distance is so hard on the individual and the family.

I have decided to reschedule the 2021 Palladium Open House to April, 2022. I had been struggling with this decision for a long while now, however, our experience last week has convinced me that we need to reschedule the POH for April 2022. Please hear me out.

Even with vaccines on the horizon, the logistics mean that getting them to the vast majority of people by April is unlikely. I have been monitoring the situation closely, and most vaccine projections to innoculate the majority of Americans is June or July 2021. It would devastate me if anyone who came to the Palladium Open House got seriously ill with Covid-19 or, God forbid, died from it. I would not be able to live with myself. We have lost too many members of the Palladium family this year as it is and I don’t want to risk it. Especially after getting a glimpse of what the family and ill person would go through. I do NOT want to put anyone through that. I have a dear friend going through this right now with his grandfather. And medical authorities are saying things are going to get worse over the next few months before they get better, so please, all of you stay safe and let us gather the following year.

Moreover, I don’t think my heart would be in the Open House if we held it this coming April. I, like all of you, want this crap to be over, and I’m looking for any reason to gather and celebrate, but after this past year, I am feeling emotionally and even physically drained. I know Kathy, fellow Palladium staff members, many freelancers, friends and fans feel similarly worn out and spent. While others are facing financial difficulty or still struggling over the loss of a loved one.

Please, let us all take 2021 to catch our collective breaths, recuperate emotionally, physically, and financially (I hope you are all hanging tough and doing okay on all these fronts), and enjoy the biggest, best, and happiest Palladium Open House ever in April 2022.

I know my decision will disappoint some of you, but I hope you understand. I also hope you can come to the POH in 2022 because I miss you and I want to celebrate and game with you when Covid-19 is well behind us. Of course, your Palladium Open House ticket purchase for 2021 will apply to the 2022 POH. If you cannot make it in 2022 or are angry about this decision and want a refund, just send us a request for a refund and I will take care of it.

I hate announcing this downer when spirits are starting to rise and the holidays are only a few weeks away, but the POH is getting closer and more of you are asking about it. Since I have made my decision, based on many factors, I thought I should make the announcement. Please understand that I make this tough decision out of love and concern for you and our crew of amazing talent.

Please do not let this dampen your spirits. I sincerely think this is for the best. Keep on role-playing, placing orders, getting Christmas Surprise Packages, and enjoying the Rifts® Lazlo Raw Preview, the novels, mugs, and all that Palladium has to offer. There are worlds of adventure waiting for you to enjoy, with much more coming your way.

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

Surprise Package comments from fans like you

Every year there is a section where the customer can offer comments and suggestions with his or her Surprise Package order. Every year, in acknowledgment of our fans, and because they are fun to read, we offer a sampling in the Weekly Updates. Our heartfelt thanks to all of you who have stuck with Palladium through thick and thin and now these new strange days. Please help use our games to find escape from the pandemic and to bring a little joy, laughter, and adventure to the holiday season.

I want you to know that your comments and support mean the world to all of us. Everyone at Palladium enjoys reading your brief comments and they always brighten our day. Thank you for making us smile and feel useful. As always, I have tried to write a short response [in brackets] to each.

J.J. in Mount Pleasant, Iowa, writes: Love pretty much everything Palladium puts out, and hope everyone is managing to stay safe and sane.

[Thanks J.J., we appreciate the high praise. We are staying safe but cannot speak to our level of sanity. lol. Happy holidays. – KS]

J.T. in Longwood, Florida, writes (in part): Favorites: Rifts®, Nightbane®, Heroes Unlimited™, TMNT RPG®, Robotech® and Splicers® ... You guys always come through every single year! Thank you again.

[I’m so glad you enjoy our RPGs so much, J.T. We do our best to come through every year. Game on! – KS]

J.J. in Bloomington, Indiana, writes (in part): Loved the first box [Surprise Package] and I am excited to see the second. I could not wait till Christmas to open it and have already used the new books ... 25 years of playing Rifts® and it never gets old! Still my favorite RPG of all. Thank you all and Merry Christmas.

[Wow J.J., thank you for that incredible compliment. I am humbled and thrilled at the same time. Game on and Merry Christmas! – KS]

N.C. in Portland, Oregon, writes: Favorites: Palladium Fantasy®, Nightbane®, Rifts® and TMNT® RPG. This year has been an absolute delight bringing Palladium back to the table for brand new players. Please keep up the awesome work, y’all.

[Great to hear, N.C. and we will definitely keep pounding out the best games we know how to make. Game on! – KS]

M.L. in Copperas Cove, Texas, writes: This is an awesome idea [the Surprise Package]. This will be my third year doing this and I’m LOVING IT. Thanks for being awesome and keep it up.

[Thank you M.L., we appreciate your support and thinking we are so awesome. Happy holidays. – KS]

S.S. in Geneva, Ohio, writes: Thanks for doing this again [the Surprise Package offer], I love this time of year. 2 down. See you again soon! Thank you so much for the opportunity and please stay safe.

[You’ve got it S.S., on both counts. You too. – KS.]

C.L. in Portland, Oregon, writes: Thank you, Kevin, et al, for the years – decades – of story fodder and good times.

[The pleasure is all mine, C.L., thanks for the support. – KS]

T.M. in Tucson, Arizona, writes: Favorites: Rifts® and Palladium Fantasy®. Just keep up the good work and great quality Palladium Books is known for.

[Will do, T.M. Enjoy that Surprise Package and Happy Holidays. – KS]

D.W. in Hixton, Wisconsin, writers: Favorites: Rifts® and Heroes Unlimited™. I have always wondered what stat modifiers you would give a corgi as a Dog Boy. I have a player that loves corgis but they aren’t on the variety list. Haha.

[Corgi, you say. Hmmm, you never know what might appear in a future Rifts sourcebook, D.W. And if it does, well, you’ll be the reason why. Bwahhahaha. – KS]

L.L. in Salem, Oregon, writes (in part): I’ve been ordering at least one Christmas Surprise Package since 2011. Through this amazing service I’ve finished out [much of] my collection ... I loved the novels and the base books for Dead Reign®, Palladium Fantasy® and Chaos Earth® ... Thank you for doing this [Surprise Package].

[Happy to do it L.L., game on. – KS]

D.M. in West Bend, Wisconsin, writes (in part): Favorites: Rifts® or bust. Seriously, I have been collecting your games for years. I love all your game settings and the compatibility to use my favorite flavors in Rifts® ... and I’ll be exposing a group of young players to Rifts® for the first time. Help me wow ‘em!

[I did what I can D.M., the rest is up to you. lol. Thanks for your years of support and good luck with your new campaign with the new crew of players. I’m sure you will rock. Game on! – KS]

D.H. in London, Ontario, Canada, writes (in part): Hello Kevin and Palladium Books staff. I was introduced to Palladium’s Rifts® about 5 years ago and have played many amazing and memorable campaigns in Rifts®, Dead Reign® and Palladium Fantasy®. My group and I love the Palladium system. I ordered a X-Mas Surprise Package 3 years ago and was absolutely thrilled with all the signed books. This year I am looking to fill out my Dead Reign collection ...

[I think you’ll enjoy this Surprise Package just as much D.H. Keep the imagination burning and beware the walking dead. – KS]

Rifts^® Bestiary^™ Vol. Two – Coming

More monsters and exotic animals of Rifts® North America as part of an ongoing series of Rifts® Bestiary sourcebooks. The first two or three Rifts® Bestiary™ books will focus on monsters and animals of North America. They collect creatures from all current World Books and Sourcebooks, plus some new creatures by Kevin Siembieda, Charles Walton, and others. Presented in alphabetical order, with maps showing their range and location at a glance.

Note: The Rifts® Bestiary™ series is more than a few big books of monsters, they are deliberately designed to provide players with a useful, living resource (pet, guard animal, riding animal, food source, etc.) as well as present many and varied opportunities for adventure and fun. Some creatures are helpful, some are inadvertently a threat or danger, while others are slobbering predators or wicked beasts that kill and eat you, or capture you, or sabotage you, or worse.

Monsters and animals of Rifts North America in a second easy to use sourcebook.
Predators, exotic riding animals, beasts of burden, alien horrors, giant insects and more.
Notable Splugorth hunting animals.
Some new creatures, but most are existing creatures.
Updated information where applicable.
Updated and uniform stat blocks.
A map for every creature showing where it is found.
Fully illustrated.
Art by Chuck Walton, Siembieda, Cummings, Bradshaw, Atkins, Ashbaugh, and many others.
192-224 pages – $26.99 retail – Cat. No. 897. In production.

In the Face of Death^™ – Now Shipping!

A Dead Reign® Sourcebook that re-imagines the Zombie Apocalypse while remaining true to classic tropes

“Pure fun, action, and excitement. A sourcebook packed with new ideas unlike any I have ever seen. This is what role-playing games and imagination are all about.” – Alex Marciniszyn, Editor

Rethinking the Zombie Apocalypse.
It is time to fight back and do more than survive.
Life on the rooftops and in the heart of the city.
Resources, defenses, traps, urban homesteads, and more.
City survival tactics, traps, resources, and Rat Runs.
Parkour, Zombie Survival Training, and other skills.
New O.C.C.s like the Rat Runner and Urban Explorer.
Kids and teenagers as player characters and kid O.C.C.s.
Heroic Masked Lunatics – a new type of hero as player characters.
Predators and villains like Gutter Rats, Flesh Peddlers, Skinners, and more.
Dungeon crawl-style exploration through the ruins of human civilization.
100+ adventure hooks and dozens of additional ideas.
Death Cults, their orientation and practices.
Adaptable to other settings like Rifts®, Chaos Earth®, Heroes Unlimited™, Nightbane®, and more.
Cover by E.M. Gist. Interior art by Bradshaw, Cummings, Mumah, and Ashbaugh.
Written by Kevin Siembieda and Mark Oberle.
160 pages – $22.99 retail – Cat. No. 237 – shipping now.

COMING! Rifts^® Coalition Manhunters^™ – A Secrets of the Coalition States^™ Sourcebook

A secret division within the Coalition’s Psi-Battalion, the CS Manhunters hunt not only the most dangerous spies and fugitives, but also their own. Coalition soldiers, brass, government leaders, and anyone who becomes designated as having gone rogue, AWOL, or turned traitor (including the Disavowed), become targets of CS Manhunters to be tracked down and brought to justice. This elite force of psychics, Kill Hounds, and manhunters are trained killing machines who follow orders without question and kill without hesitation.

More often than not, the assignment is straight-up find and terminate. If your name has been given to a Manhunter squad, your fate is sealed, and no one is untouchable. The CS Manhunters operate in secret, find their target, terminate, and vanish as if they were never there at all. They don’t seek credit or limelight. They serve their country from the blood-soaked shadows.

CS Manhunter squads and special operatives.
Manhunter Killhound and Dog Boy O.C.C.s.
CS Manhunter Psi-Healer.
CS Manhunter Psi-Interrogator (Mind Melter).
CS Manhunter Psi-Enforcer (Mind Melter).
CS Manhunter Bursters and Zappers.
CS Manhunter Slayer (a variation of the Psi-Slayer or Psi-Warrior).
CS Manhunter Mind Melter, the most insidious and deadliest of them all.
Weapons, gear, and tactics.
Some notable Non-Player Characters, adventure ideas, and more.
Written by Kevin Siembieda. Art by Nick Bradshaw.
96 pages – $17.99 retail – Cat. No. 894.

NEW! Garden of the Gods^™, Palladium Fantasy^® Sourcebook – Shipping now!

The Garden of the Gods™ sourcebook is a toy box of gods, magical blessings, ancient artifacts, and hundreds of opportunities and adventure ideas for players and Game Masters alike.

The Garden of the Gods is a place of miracles and wisdom where people of all occupations and races, nobility and the poor, come to find inspiration, blessings and adventure. Many insist the gods themselves are present and may visit heroes and followers in dreams, visions, or in person as an avatar. The gods also look for champions and assign heroic quests and gifts of knowledge and magic. Here, all gods are equal and many a forgotten god seeks to be rediscovered and worshiped by offering blessings, vision quests, and magical artifacts to potential heroes to champion their name.

There is also an dangerous evil on the island of Lopan. An open wound in the earth known as the Black Pit, as well as dark gods within the Garden itself.

212 Blessings.
101 Magic Artifacts.
45 Forgotten gods.
50+ Curses and dark magic.
100+ Random quests and encounters, and each god offers adventure hooks.
Restore forgotten gods to power. Become a Champion of the Gods.
5 Weapons of destruction created by the Old Ones.
Godly insight, visitations, knowledge and purpose.
The Garden of the Gods and its protectors.
Ghosts, Faeries, mysteries, and ancient secrets.
Rumors of a secret way to the Land of the Damned.
The Black Pit, a place of legend and dark secrets. Is it a counterbalance to the good of the Garden or something more sinister?
Easily adapted to Rifts®, Phase World® and any game system. One game system – a Megaverse® of adventure!™
Written by Kevin Siembieda and Matthew Clements.
224 pages – $26.99 retail – Cat. No. 475.

**Land of the Damned^™ Three: The Bleakness^™ Raw Preview – available now**

Available now! The “Raw Preview Edition” of LotD-3: The Bleakness™, for Palladium Fantasy RPG®, is an advance copy of the unedited, unillustrated, working manuscript for this new Fantasy World Book. You get to see the unfinished book months before the final title is released. A rare look at the raw manuscript before final edit, rewrites and publication. Limited to a total of 200 copies.

This epic sourcebook presents the forbidden Land of the Damned in all its brutal glory. Includes information about the ancient and forgotten eldritch races, the Minotaur legions, dark magic, the Citadel, countless adventure hooks and ideas, and much, much more. The long awaited final book in the Land of the Damned series, with connections to the Garden of the Gods™ and the upcoming Lopan Fantasy World Book.

Limited collector’s edition – only 200 collector copies.
Sold on a first come, first served basis, while supplies last.
A rare glimpse at the virgin manuscript and a work in progress.
Written by Matthew Clements, based on ideas by Kevin Siembieda.
96 pages – Limited Edition – $20.99 – Cat. No. 470-RAW – available now. Note: The finished book with artwork and more is anticipated to ship in a few months, but you can see what it’s all about right now and even start playing with this special Preview Edition!

Palladium Fantasy RPG^® Interactive Character Sheet

The Palladium Fantasy RPG® Interactive Character Sheet is a Microsoft Excel-based character management system. Packed with features and data collected from every official Palladium Fantasy sourcebook, this sheet saves you time and hassle with each character you create. Available now, directly from Palladium Books AND DriveThruRPG.com – this is a digital, online product only.

Features & Benefits:

The Main Character Sheet Page collects the important data from across multiple tabs and puts it in one place for quick and easy reference.
Separate sheets examine character construction (worktable), Skills, Magic, Psionics, and Combat in greater detail.
Built-in leveling system that calculates skill advancement for you! Experience Tables for over 80 O.C.C.s already programmed.
Recognizes the percentages for nearly 150 skills, plus combat bonuses for over 20 Weapon Proficiencies and 7 Hand to Hand styles.
Calculates the speed and distance a character can run and jump based on character Attributes.
Also calculates how much a character can lift, carry, and throw for humanoids, Giants, and Supernatural Beings.
Add in your own Hand to Hand style, custom Skills, unique Weapon Proficiencies, and Experience Tables.
Estimated time to build a character reduced by 20% or more.
Instructions on how to use the sheet included, as well as a video walkthrough below.
Important Note: This character sheet is built to be used with Microsoft Excel 2010+ and it comes in .XLSX format. Opening this file in other spreadsheet programs is NOT guaranteed to work as intended.
Watch the Overview video here: https://vimeo.com/322271758

Psychic Scream^™ – Rifts^® Chaos Earth^® Sourcebook

A storm has rolled in. A psychic storm. With the Coming of the Rifts, survivors are bombarded by terrifying visions and overwhelmed with powers and abilities they never asked for, and often cannot control.

Where do you hide from the madness boiling inside of you?

What would you do when you know evil lurks hidden among your fellow survivors?

Why do the voices of alien creatures speak to you?

How do you cope when the power you unleashed to destroy a monster and save the innocent, destroys everyone but you?

Have you become a hero or another monster born in chaos?

Are these powers your family’s salvation or their damnation?

Find out in Psychic Scream!

In the wake of the Coming of the Rifts, people begin to see ghosts and demons, they unleash lightning from their fingertips, command fire and water, hurl boulders and girders with their minds, and manifest a wide range of mental powers. Psionic abilities fueled by the explosive return of magic and the unchecked flow of dimensional energy that is off the charts.

Psychic abilities more powerful than anything known after the Two Hundred Years Dark Age. Wondrous and lifesaving. But also seething and out of control. The psychics’ own minds bombarded by feelings of dread, visions of horror, and the thoughts and emotions of everyone around them. For many, it is too much, sending them careening into madness. For others, it creates heroes forged from chaos.

Untamed psychic abilities. More powerful than anything known later on Rifts Earth.
New psychic powers and character classes.
New psionic monsters and invaders.
Insanity, side-effects and horror.
Adventure ideas and more. All people, powers and monsters that become myths and legends told about the events during the Two Hundred Years Dark Age.
Written by Taylor White and Kevin Siembieda.
96-128 pages – $17.99 retail – Cat. No. 667.

COMING: Rifts^® Titan Robotics^™

Rifts® Titan Robotics™ is high-tech toy box presenting new types of armor, sleek power armor, giant robots, vehicles, and weapons sold by Titan Robotics. Ah, but Titan Robotics is much more than just another weapons manufacturer, it is the secret operation of ARCHIE-3 and all part of his plan to monitor and manipulate the outside world. Learn about Archie’s androids that run Titan Robotics, his current schemes and plans for the future. Probably a 160 page World Book around $22.99 retail, but may expand into 192 pages.

New Giant Robots.
New Power Armor, equipment and accessories.
30+ power armors and robots, plus other equipment.
New weapons, gear and vehicles.
Titan Robotics Corporation and structure.
Archie’s secret kingdom and plans for the future.
New O.C.C.s and key Non-Player Characters (NPCs).
Android executives, security and much more.
Wellington Industries, campaign prompts and more.
Art by Zeleznik, Walton, Cummings, Atkins, and others.
Written by Matthew Clements and Kevin Siembieda. Cover by Zeleznik.
160-192 pages (tentative) – $22.99 retail (or $26.99) – Cat. No. 899.

COMING: The Island of Lopan Sourcebook, a fantasy sourcebook

The island kingdom described and mapped, rare and ancient magic, trade with the Old Kingdom, Centaurs, Western intrigue, and more.

History and overview.
Key cities and locations.
Lopan O.C.C.s and people of note.
And Old Kingdom City that is a trade partner.
The mysterious and nearly forgotten Mosaic Magic.
New monsters and magic, weapons and gear.
Written by Glen Evans.
192 pages – $26.99 – Cat. No. 476.

COMING: Rifts^® Antarctica

Rifts® Antarctica is a truly compelling and exotic land beyond what anyone expects. A frozen continent transformed by the power of magic and alien wildlife. Long isolated from the rest of the world, Rifts, D-Shifting events and the threat of war have now brought the distant South Pole within reach. And unearthed something ancient and so dangerous that even the Splugorth fear it and dare not go there.

New alien monsters and D-Bees.
Strange new weapons and vehicles. Some left over from the Golden Age of Humanity, others completely alien.
The Splugorth’s secret outpost. More than it would seem.
A Splugorth zoo and place of secret Bio-Wizard experiments.
Snow and Ice Golems created specifically for the cold environment.
Danger from the elements, Ice Witches, Icecraft, and other horrors.
Vostok City, a city of magic carved from the ice itself.
Cold-weather skills, technology and survival techniques.
Ancient danger and dark secrets.
Written by Matthew Clements, Carmen Bellaire, and Kevin Siembieda.
160 pages (tentative) – $22.99 retail – Cat. No. 898.

COMING! Rifts^® The Disavowed^™ – Secrets of the Coalition States^™

The Disavowed are so Top Secret that their existence is known only to a handful of the Coalition States’ most elite, top echelon, with Joseph Prosek II the mastermind behind the Disavowed operation, and Colonel Lyboc its shadowy face. Find out who these men and women are. How the Disavowed get away with using magic, traveling to other parts of Rifts Earth and even to other dimensions in pursuit of enemies and strategic information that cannot be had through conventional means. Learn about the secret parameters in which these hard-boiled warriors, secretly hand-picked by Joseph Prosek II, operate, why almost every mission is considered a suicide mission, and why they must forever be the Disavowed.

CS operatives so secret that even the top military and political leaders right up to Emperor Prosek know nothing about them. And if they did know, would they condone their activity or condemn it?
Are the Disavowed heroes or renegades? Assassins or soldiers? Madmen or super-patriots? Or a little of them all?
Unsung heroes who keep the CS safe, or thugs and pawns of a shadow agency within the Coalition government?
What role does the Vanguard play in this group?
How do they reward their D-Bee “teammates” when the mission is over?
What happens to the Disavowed when they have seen or learned too much? Adventure ideas galore and so much more.
Written by Kevin Siembieda and Matthew Clements.
96 pages – $17.99 retail – Cat. No. 892.

**COMING! Heroes of Humanity^™ Arsenal – Rifts^® Secrets of the Coalition States^™ Sourcebook**

Rifts® Heroes of Humanity gave you updated Coalition Army O.C.C.s, ways to upgrade men-at-arms, new O.C.C.s, battle plans and strategies and tactics. CS Heroes of Humanity™ Arsenal provides an array of new Coalition hardware: weapons, armor, additional SAMAS, other power armor, robots, combat vehicles, gear and info.

New CS weapons and gear.
New CS SAMAS and power armor.
New CS robots and combat vehicles.
More secrets and information about the Coalition States.
Wild adventure opportunities, fun and more.
Part of the Minion War™ “Crossover” series.
Written by Kevin Siembieda, Clements, Gleba and others.
96-128 pages – $17.99 retail – Cat. No. 893.

Rifts^® Bestiary^™, Volume One – Shipping Now!

Could the monsters known as Caterpillar Things be the larval form of the Mothman Monster? Is the Corrival Battler as aggressive and dangerous as adventurers claim? Are Darkhounds really magically mutated Dog Boys? Is that why they see Coalition soldiers as friends and allies? Ee-Bee Gee-Bees are kinda cute, how dangerous can they be? Is it true the animals and people slain by the Death Springer rise as zombies?! What on Rifts Earth is a Field Reaper?

This book reveals it all.

Designed with both Players and Game Masters in mind, with creatures that can be used as pets, companions, riding animals, attack animals, and even unlikely allies, as well as slobbering monsters and catalysts for adventure. Adult, juvenile, and young stages of life give every creature three different levels of power and danger. Presented as a complete ecosystem, with maps and details to bring each animal to life. All provide plenty of spice to add to your characters and adventures.

Monsters and animals of Rifts North America.
80+ creatures described in detail, updated and expanded.
New predators, exotic riding animals, alien horrors, giant insects, and more.
A map for every creature showing where it is found at a glance.
Easily adapted to any Palladium setting. Powerful art.
Includes basic S.D.C. stats for each creature description.
Written by Kevin Siembieda, Charles Walton and others.
256 pages – $26.99 retail – Cat. No. 896 – Shipping Now!

Rifts^® Bestiary^™ Vol. One – “Gold Edition” Hardcover – Signed and Numbered – Now Shipping!

A deluxe, limited, Gold Edition hardcover, signed and numbered by Palladium staff and maybe a few freelancers. It is the same content of unique creatures that can be used as familiars, pets, riding animals, guard animals, and slobbering monsters as the softcover edition in a durable hardcover. Very limited run of only 300 copies, numbered and signed by Kevin Siembieda, Palladium staff members and possibly available contributing artists and writers. Note: Historically, Palladium Books’ Gold Editions have doubled, tripled or increased in value many times over. Valued as cherished collectibles. Sold on a first come, first served basis, while supplies last. Please note the slight increase in price to $55.

Gold foil on a black faux leather hardcover.
Sewn and glued for long-lasting durability.
Only 300 signed and numbered copies.
Available only from Palladium Books.
Sold on a first come, first served basis while supplies last.
Signed by Kevin Siembieda and Palladium staff.
Monsters and animals of Rifts North America.
80+ creatures described in detail.
Same contents as the softcover edition.
New predators, exotic riding animals, alien horrors, giant insects and more.
Easily adapted to any Palladium setting; basic S.D.C. stats included for each creature description.
256 pages – $55.00 retail – Cat. No. 896HC (Volume One). Shipping Now!

UPDATE: The Rifter^® #84 – available and shipping now

The Rifter® #84 focuses on adventure in dark corners of various world settings. Places where danger threatens, monsters and evildoers lurk in the shadows, and people are in need of heroes. Adventure source material for The Palladium Fantasy RPG®, Heroes Unlimited™, Beyond the Supernatural™, Nightbane®, and Rifts®. And remember, adventures and source material for one game setting can also be adapted to other world settings with some easy and obvious modifications. Most of all, have fun.

Rifter® #84 Highlights:

The City of Cascade™ by Erick Wujcik and Matt Reed, A modern city in desperate need of heroes.
The Kingdom of Raf-Chalon™ for Palladium Fantasy RPG® by Glen Evans. An Elven Kingdom in the Eastern Territory™.
Golems in the Myst™ for Rifts® by Greg Diaczyk. Techno-Wizard experiments go wrong and Golems run amok.
Spellbound O.C.C. for Nightbane® RPG by Ian Herbert.
An Adventure for Beyond the Supernatural™ by Kyle Osterberg.
The Dimma, a short story and a scary new monster for Beyond the Supernatural™ by Steven Dawes.
2021 Palladium Open House and other news.
Coming attractions, product descriptions and more.
96 pages – $14.99 retail – Cat. No. 184 – Shipping now!

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Palladium Books® – Weekly Update – December 3, 2020

One game system – every genre – countless worlds – endless adventure

By Kevin Siembieda

Rifts® Lazlo Raw Preview – available now

Rifts® Lazlo Raw Preview – Collector’s Edition – limited to 350 copies

Rifts® Hammer of the Forge™ Novel, Volume One – available now

NEW! Rifts® Hammer of the Forge™ Novel, Volume Two – at the printer – available December 17

Get your Surprise Package now

What is a Christmas Surprise Package?

Shipping Timeline Suggestions – 21 days till Christmas Eve – but ONLY about 5 days left to guarantee delivery by Christmas via Media Mail

BACK IN STOCK for the Holidays only – Systems Failure™ RPG – BTS Boxed Nightmares – Nightbane®: Shadows of Light sourcebook

Palladium Playmats via PLAYMATS by Red Duke Games Kickstarter – happening right NOW!

BACK IN STOCK: Rifts® Novel: Sonic Boom – New size – Re-edited – Available now

Rifts® Novel: Deception’s Web – available now

Rifts® Novel 3: Treacherous Awakenings

NEW! 4 different Palladium Coffee Mugs – available now

NEW! Dead Reign® (Zombie attack) Coffee Mug – now shipping

NEW! Rifts® Titan Robotics™ Coffee Mug – now shipping

Fan Favorite: Rifts® LOGO Coffee Mug – now shipping

Fan Favorite: Palladium Fantasy RPG® “Dragon” Coffee Mug – now shipping

COMING (tentative): Re-releases of fan favorite sold out Rifts® miniatures

Retailers can order direct from Palladium Books at discount terms

In the Face of Death™ – Available now

A Dead Reign® Sourcebook that reimagines the Zombie Apocalypse while remaining true to the genre

Rifts® Ultimate Edition – Cat. No. 800HC – Available now

COMING SOON! Rifts® CS Manhunters™ – A Secrets of the Coalition States™ Sourcebook

COMING! Creature Feature™, a Beyond the Supernatural™ sourcebook

COMING! Rifts® Titan Robotics™

COMING: Rifts® Bestiary™ Volume Two

UPDATE: Rifts® Chaos Earth® Psychic Scream™