Palladium Books® – Press Release – January 29, 2010
By Kevin Siembieda
The start of the New Year has been a bit nerve wracking.
Online sales are a rocky roller coaster ride. Sales always go down after the Holiday season, it’s expected. However, we need them to level out at a sustainable amount. The week’s sales were up and down. Most days they ranged 10-40% lower than what we need. This morning, sales were 80% lower. The overall week’s sales were 18% lower than the same week last year (and last year’s sales weren’t so good).
Hey, once in a while there’s a bad day – a really bad day. If sales bounce back, we’ll be fine. If they don’t, it will be a struggle. If they follow this morning’s sales level . . . it won’t be good.
Dad was not his bubbly self. As I’ve mentioned before, he tends to be a worrier, and his examination to see if the chemo-therapy has killed his bladder cancer or not, is February 11th. Consequently, he’s anxious and worried. Can’t say as I really blame him. Hoping for the best.
The Rifter® #49 shipped last Friday, and we’re already starting to get rave reviews about this issue. Glad you are enjoying it. If you haven’t gotten it, pick up a copy. While you’re at it, subscribe and save money, get a free gift, and have every issue delivered to your doorstep.
Great books in the pipeline. We have several books in various stages of production and development that are going to knock your socks off. Starting with Dimensional Outbreak™. Of course, everything seems to have its small problems and takes a little longer than we would like. For example, we needed to get Dimensional Outbreak™ to the printer today. That’s not happening. The book is going to take about a week longer than we had anticipated. It’s awesome, but sometimes awesomeness takes a little longer to get done right. In fact, writing and publishing – and making the books the best they can be – is more difficult and takes longer than most people imagine. Rifts® Triax™ Two, Heroes of the Megaverse®, Robotech® UEEF Marines™, the two Rifts® Vampire books, The Rifter® #50 and a few other things are all in various stages of completion and production. And coming soon. I promise.
The grind. All of us will be working through the weekend, again, to get Dimensional Outbreak™ finished. We’ll jump immediately from it into the next two books Heroes of the Megaverse® and Robotech® UEEF Marines™. Of course, business and a small 5-person staff puts other demands on our time and energy, but we’ll deal with them.
The blues. As you might imagine, the erratic sales, the delay of Outbreak and the grind of it all can wear on a person, especially when this has been the drill for the last few years. We (and you) so desperately want to see a big, sustainable improvement for Palladium, and it’s taking so long, that some days you just want to call it quits. No, we have no intention of quitting. Not after we’ve weathered one storm after another and have come this far. Besides, Palladium isn’t the only one with troubles and money woes, most of you reading this have them too. Times are tough. Things suck. We’re all feeling a little burned out and under pressure.
My idea for us beating the blues? Let’s party.
A Call to Celebration
Yep, you heard right. Let’s spit in the eye of our troubles and have a party. A big ol’ gaming party. And you know what, that’s exactly what the Palladium Open House is: 3-4 days of celebrating our fandom, our geeky selves, our love for role-playing games and the Palladium Family, and that includes YOU.
Seriously, the Palladium Open House is a three day long (4 for those of you attending VIP Thursday) party filled with games, fun and laughter. That’s what makes the Open House different and so special. It’s a gathering of friends and like-minded people from around the world. THE WORLD! It’s not stuffy, prim or proper, it’s a down to earth, big, loud party. And this year we’ll have a birthday cake to celebrate Rifts® turning 20 years old, and The Rifter® hitting landmark issue Number 50.
I mean it, let’s make the 2010 Palladium Open House the biggest, best, most riotously fun gathering ever. Join us from morning to midnight in losing yourself in fun and games. Play games till you drop, meet and chat with Palladium staff, writers, and artists. The crew and I are there ALL day long. Enjoy panel talks, ask questions, and enjoy the Saturday Costume Contest; better yet, come in costume and participate in the contest. Meet fellow gamers from around the world and have a blast.
Come for one day or the whole weekend, but do it. Do it not just to meet Palladium creators or to help out Palladium, do it for YOU. Do it because you, and all of us, need to forget our troubles and remember what life is all about. And that’s unleashing our imaginations and having fun with friends doing one of the things we all love, playing role-playing games.
If you decide to come for just one day – and those of you only a couple hours away in Michigan, Ohio and Windsor are crazy if you don’t – Friday or Saturday are probably your best choices. Friday is nothing but games and panel talks all day long. Saturday is more gaming plus the costume contest and the live auction. Sunday is more gaming, but the day ends early, around 5 or 6 PM. And don’t forget, me, the staff and the largest gathering of Palladium creators (writers, artists, etc.) anywhere, are available to sign books, chat and meet you the entire weekend. (Thursday is VIP night and you must get a VIP admission to attend. The last of them go on sale Monday, February 1, 2010. HOWEVER, there will be open gaming at the hotel all night Thursday and every day, provided you keep the volume down and are well behaved.)
It’s funny, I have been trying to figure out what makes the Palladium Open House so unique and different for years. It’s a party. It really is. We invite you into our home at Palladium Books and you are the welcomed guests, not the other way around. That’s what makes it so different.
Sorry, I don’t mean to go on about the Palladium Open House, and I sure didn’t mean to turn this opening of the Press Release into an advertisement for it. BUT I am very serious about making the 2010 Open House a celebration where we – as many of you as possible and the Palladium crew – push our troubles aside and lose ourselves to having fun, even if it is only for 1-4 days. We deserve it. We need it. Think about it. I’ll do my best to make the 2010 Palladium Open House the most fun and memorable event of your year. And I mean so good, that people who don’t attend will hear such wonderful things that they cry themselves to sleep for a month.
Remember, the Palladium Open House is not an annual event. We host it when we can. There are no current plans to host one next year (just as there wasn’t one in 2008), and we are limited to about 300 or so people. If we max out, we may have to turn people away, so pre-register as soon as possible to secure your place at the party.
Please consider this your personal invitation from me to you, to join the fun at the Rifts® Birthday Bash and 2010 Palladium Open House – April 29, 30, May 1 & 2, 2010. I hope to celebrate with as many of you as possible.
Meanwhile, stay frosty. Try not to let things weigh you down, focus on the positive and keep those imaginations burning bright.
– Kevin Siembieda, Publisher & Writer
V.I.P. Thursday admissions go on sale February 1, 2010
VIP Night at the Palladium Open House is a special afternoon and evening for around 70 gamers who get to enjoy a delicious catered dinner, a talk and questions and answers with Kevin Siembieda, followed by a night of gaming and chatting at the Palladium warehouse and office.
Doors open at 4:00 PM.
Catered Dinner (around 5:30 PM; no extra charge) with Kevin, the Palladium Staff and at least 20 other Palladium creators (freelance artists and writers).
Open Talk presented by Kevin Siembieda (around 7:00 PM) in which he will introduce the many members of the Palladium Crew, talk about the latest goings on, and then open to questions and answers. Any question may be “asked,” though we can’t promise all will be answered.
4-5 hours of gaming or hanging out and chatting with Kevin and the Palladium crew.
Snacks and soft drinks (no extra charge).
First crack at buying products, artwork, rare items, etc.
Private tour of the Palladium offices by Kevin Siembieda (worth it alone to see the artwork hanging on the walls and hear Kevin’s stories).
An intimate setting where you can chat with dozens of Palladium creators.
We held back 20 VIP tickets in an attempt to allow everyone who wants to attend a fair chance of attending this special night. Note: If you fail to get a ticket but want to attend, contact Palladium and let us know. We’ll put you on a list for eligibility to get cancellation tickets. Inevitably, there are a half a dozen “cancellations” which means you might be able to get 1-3 tickets at a much later date as they become available.
VIP Night: 4:00 PM till Midnight.
Cost: $60 per person, only 20 remaining VIP tickets go on sale February 1st. Limited to around 70 lucky individuals total.
Online: Sold Out.
By Telephone: Call (734) 721-2903 – have your credit card information ready.
Other Days:
3 Day Weekend: $40 per person (Friday thru Sunday).
Friday Only: $16 per person.
Saturday Only: $16 per person.
Sunday Only: $12 per person.
Note: If you are flying in, you want Detroit Metropolitan Airport in Romulus, Michigan (only 20 minutes from Palladium Books).
The Rifter® #49 – Available now
The Rifter® is your doorway to unlimited imagination and numerous Palladium role-playing worlds. It offers new heroes, powers, weapons, magic and adventure for your games. It presents new villains, monsters and dangers to battle, and new ideas to consider.
Nightbane® Vampires – an in-depth look at the role of vampires in Nightbane.
Rifts® Free State of Lazlo. A brief, unofficial overview of the City of Lazlo, its government and protectors.
Palladium Fantasy RPG® Regomancy – a forgotten magic of kingship and its effects on entire kingdoms.
Heroes Unlimited™ – Stage Magic Unlimited.
Heroes Unlimited™ – short story.
The latest chapter of Hammer of the Forge™, fiction.
New Rifter® subscription offer and Open House update.
Art by Bradshaw, Burles, the Mannings, and Mumah.
Vampire cover by Mike “Madman” Leonard.
News, coming attractions and more.
$11.95 retail – 96 pages – Cat. No. 149. Available now.
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In short, if you’re into one or more of Palladium’s role-playing games and like to explore new realms of possibility, then The Rifter® is for you. Check it out and order yours today. And tell a friend! Tell lots and lots of friends!!
Rifts® Dimension Book™ 12:
Dimensional Outbreak™
In final production. Will go to the printer next week.
Author Carl Gleba has created another masterpiece brimming with ideas, new demons, new Deevils, new whacked out spaceships, new magic spells, more about Phase World, Center, the escalating Minion War and much more. Dimensional Outbreak™ is another exciting and surprise filled book in the Minion War™ series as war spills into Phase World®, the city of Center and the Three Galaxies™. The epic scale of the Minion War just got bigger and even the Worlds of Warlock, the Splugorth and Naruni are involved.
Phase World’s Center described, with parts mapped. Four new levels, including the Gateland, Central Station, the Spaceport, Repo-Yards, Free Trade Zone, Warlock Market, notable merchants and places of business, and much more. A nice overview.
Demon Knights, Star Slayers, demonic legions and more.
Demonic spaceships, magic weapons and new horrors.
Deevil fortifications and defenses.
Demon Magic (new).
Spaceships, power armor and other gear.
The plot for conquering the Three Galaxies and more.
A stand-alone Dimension Book that is also the third step in an epic, five book crossover that spills across the Palladium Megaverse®.
Artwork by Bradshaw, Dudley, Majestic, Maradin, Mumah, and others.
John Zeleznik cover painting.
Written by Carl Gleba.
192-224 pages – $24.95 retail – Cat. No. 875. Ships February.
Rifts®/Phase World® Sourcebook:
Heroes of the Megaverse®
The Book of Heroes is said to be one of the greatest magic artifacts in the Megaverse. Only one copy is known to exist, and everyone wants to get their hands on it – Demons, Deevils, the Splugorth, the Dominators, the Kreeghor, the United Worlds of Warlock and everyone in between. For it is said that he who wields the “Power of the 2000" can rule the universe.
Once protected by the Cosmo-Knights, the book has gone missing. No one knows its fate or the true power contained within its List of Heroes. No one except YOU – the new keepers of this legendary Rune book.
The Book of Heroes described.
The incredible magic powers the Book contains.
Notable heroes and the powers bestowed when their names are invoked.
The dangers of the Book of Heroes, and why it must never fall into the hands of any Lord of Hell.
The protectors of the Book of Heroes, and the adventure setting around keeping it safe. Has the book chosen you to defend it?
Minion War tie-in adventure sourcebook or stand-alone sourcebook for Rifts® or Phase World®/The Three Galaxies.
Contains the 2000 names of real life gamers who purchased the special print during Palladium’s Crisis of Treachery (and other heroes).
Cover by Apollo Okamura.
Written by Kevin Siembieda.
96 pages – $16.95 retail – Cat. No. 877. Ships in February or March.
Rifts® World Book 31: Triax™ Two
This book is exactly what you’d imagine it would be. In short:
More Triax weapons and vehicles.
More Triax robots and power armor.
More data about the New German Republic.
Update on the Gargoyle Empire.
More ideas for battle and adventure.
Written by Brandon Aten and Taylor White.
192 pages – $24.95 retail – Cat. No. 881. Ships in March.
Robotech®
Expeditionary Force Marines™
An in-depth look at the Expeditionary Force Marines, their history, strategies and tactics, M.O.S. skill packages, operations and missions.
UEEF Marine Corps O.C.C. and M.O.S. skills.
New weapons.
New Mecha.
New Marine ground vehicles.
New Marine aircraft.
New Marine specific spacecraft.
History, training, and organization of the UEEF Marines.
Written by Jason Marker. Additional text by Kevin Siembieda.
Cat. No. 553, manga size & format – final page count not yet determined, but we are thinking 128-192 pages, $14.95 retail. Ships in March.
Rifts® World Book One:
Vampire Kingdoms™, Expanded & Updated
Kevin Siembieda is reorganizing, tweaking, expanding and updating one of the most popular Rifts® World Books ever published: Vampire Kingdoms™. This will include some new artwork and an expanded page count. The book will be updated and expanded in much the same way as Kevin did with Rifts® Sourcebook One a couple years ago. Best of all, it’s just the prelude to a Rifts® Vampire Sourcebook that will follow a month or two later.
Vampires: Their strengths, weaknesses and powers.
The Vampire Kingdoms expanded.
Vampire strategies and plans for conquest.
Vampire hunters and Techno-Wizard slayer devices (new and old).
Key locations including Juarez and El Paso.
The mystery of the Yucatan Peninsula.
Traveling Shows, Freak Shows and Circuses.
Monsters, D-Bees, and adventure ideas galore.
Updated and revised to 110 P.A.
Written by Kevin Siembieda.
192 to 224 pages – $24.95 retail – Cat. No. 802-E. Ships in March.
Vampire Kingdoms™ – The Original – Available now
Why wait? A special printing of the original Rifts® World Book One: Vampire Kingdoms™ is available exclusively from Palladium Books.
Rifts Vampires described in detail, including their origins, strengths, weaknesses and powers.
The Vampire Kingdoms of Mexico.
The City of El Paso described.
Ciudad Juarez, a vampire haven, mapped and described.
Reid’s Rangers, Vampire Hunters (and madmen).
Techno-Wizard vampire slaying devices and other weapons.
Freak Shows, Circuses, and Traveling Shows.
The mystery of the Yucatan Peninsula and were-beasts.
Monsters, D-Bees, and adventure ideas galore.
Art by Tim Truman, Kevin Long, Siembieda and others.
Written by Kevin Siembieda.
176 pages – $20.95 retail – Cat. No. 802. Available now.
Rifts® Dimension Book™: Thundercloud Galaxy™
Palladium intends to support all of its game lines and that includes the setting of the Three Galaxies. The Thundercloud Galaxy™ is just the second of several books crafted by the talented Braden Campbell to expand your gaming Megaverse in the Three Galaxies. History, aliens, weapons, spacecraft, and adventure in a galaxy far, far away.
The galaxy described; history and timeline.
16 new alien R.C.C.s, plus notes on the Exiles and Dominators.
6 new O.C.C.s.
Monster and Animal Creation Tables.
Guidelines for Magic Weapon Making.
Notable weapons and technology.
Notable organizations and secret societies.
The Trensik Mercenaries.
The Vortex Region.
The Splugorth Kingdom of Desslyth and many other notable worlds.
New worlds of adventure.
Written by Braden Campbell.
160 pages – $20.95 retail – Cat. No. 883. Ships in April, 2010.
The Rifter® #50
Special Anniversary Issue
To celebrate The Rifter® turning 12 years old this year and reaching issue number fifty, we present an issue filled with official source material and adventures from a list of guest freelance writers that you all know and love. Plus an expanded page count.
More pages.
Official source material.
Contributors include Brandon K. Aten, Braden Campbell, Greg Diaczyk, Carl Gleba, Irvin Jackson, Jason Richards, Kevin Siembieda, Josh Sinsapaugh, Taylor White and others.
The latest chapter of Hammer of the Forge™, fiction.
News, coming attractions and more.
$14.95 retail (no extra cost to subscribers) – 128 pages (maybe more!) – Cat. No. 150. Ships April.
Rifts® Vampire Sourcebook™
Trouble is stirring in the Vampire Kingdoms as ambitious vampire lords, ladies and misanthropes seek to expand their power to dominate more mortal life forms.
Written by Kevin Siembieda and a handpicked selection of other writers, this sourcebook explores the vampires of Mexico and their kingdoms in ways you never imagined. Much new data, adventure ideas and revelations.
Vampire protectors and guardians.
Vampires rogues, mercenaries and warlords.
Vampire operations away from the Kingdoms.
Vampire incursions along the southern borderlands.
New vampire hunters and human strongholds.
Vampire hunter exterminators.
Frightful revelations, secrets, and adventure ideas.
And much, much more.
Written by Siembieda, Aten, Campbell, Dudley, White and others.
128 pages – $16.95 retail – Cat. No. 884. Ships in April, 2010. Note: The page count might be expanded to 160. If so, the price will increase to $20.95.
Rifts® World Book: Lemuria™
At last, the underwater realm of Lemuria. The people and history of Lemuria, new magic, sea herbs and healing, monsters, the New Navy, and much, much more.
The Lemurians, their race, history and society.
New O.C.C.s including the Serpent Hunter, Shriekers, Oceanic Guardsman, Aquatic Biomancer and others.
The Stone Guardians of Easter Island and other mysteries.
Biomancer Gardens and Aquatic Biomancy.
Bio-Armor, Bio-Weapons and Bio-Construct Symbiotes.
New Psionic abilities.
Sea Serpents, monsters, adventure ideas, and more.
Written by Greg Diaczyk.
160 pages – $20.95 retail – Cat. No. 885. Ships in April, 2010. Final page count and price may be subject to expansion and increase.
Armageddon Unlimited™ – for Heroes Unlimited™
Demons and Deevils are trying to turn Earth into one of their playgrounds. It’s worse than you think. The plan is to bring about Armageddon to unleash a powerful force that could change the tide of the Minion War™. Only Earth’s greatest superheroes (that’s your characters) stand in their way. Can be played as a Minion War™ crossover bringing in heroes from across the Megaverse, or as a stand-alone adventure setting for Heroes Unlimited™.
New super abilities and enchanted weapons.
The Demon Hunter power category.
Hellion monster creation table – NPC villain.
Crusader of Light power category and abilities.
Demon Weapons of Chaos.
Arcane orders and secret societies.
The Chaos Generator and the coming of Armageddon.
Notable people and places.
The Armageddon scenario and adventure ideas.
Written by Carl Gleba.
160 pages – $20.95 retail – Cat. No. 527. Ships in May.
Rifts® Megaverse® in Flames™
The Minion War spills across Rifts Earth, where demons and infernals hope to recruit allies and use the Rifts as gateways of destruction. Their influence shakes things up across the planet, especially at locations where demons and Deevils already have a strong presence. More details to follow, but for now, ‘nuff said.
Soulmancer and Blood Magic.
The Seven Deadly Plagues.
The Demon Plagues across the globe.
Battleground: Earth – as demons and infernals amass their legions.
Rifts Calgary – also known as Hell’s Pit; the kingdom described.
Ciudad de Diablo, Harpies’ Island and other notable Hell holes on Earth.
Lord Doom, Pain and other demonic leaders.
Horune treachery, Dimension Stormers and other villains.
Global chaos and the places most dramatically effected by the Demon Plagues.
Notable demonic Generals, mercenaries, people and places.
Many adventure ideas.
Written by Carl Gleba.
192 pages – $24.95 retail – Cat. No. 876. Ships June.
Robotech® New Generation™ Sourcebook
The Robotech® core sourcebook you’ve been waiting for . . . only it’s going to be more than you imagine.
Rules for using mecha, power armor and technology from all four eras of Robotech.
Kit-bashed mecha and rules for jury-rigging and combining parts from different generations of mecha.
Freedom Fighter O.C.C.s and resistance organizations.
Rogues and misfits from the three Robotech Wars.
New weapons, vehicles, mecha and more.
Villains, traitors, bandits, Invid henchmen, adventure and adventure ideas galore.
Written by Kevin Siembieda and Irvin Jackson.
224+ pages – manga size – $16.95 retail – Cat. No. 554. Ships June or July.
Rifts® Chaos Earth™ Sourcebook: First Responders™
Data about the chaos and madness of the early days of the Great Apocalypse, and the brave men and women who tried to stem the tide of destruction and save lives, the First Responders.
Apocalypse Plagues: Strange diseases, symbiotes and mutations that transform, torment, harm and kill Earth’s survivors.
First Responder O.C.C.s, skills and special equipment.
Civilian O.C.C.s, skills and orientation.
Notable rescue vehicles, robot drones, and technology.
New weapons, vehicles, mecha and more.
Character modification and enhancement rules.
Creatures from the Rifts and adventure ideas galore.
Written by Jason Richards & Kevin Siembieda.
96 to 128 pages – $16.95 retail – Cat. No. 665. Not yet scheduled.
Also coming in 2010
The following are in the pipeline, but are not yet scheduled. Most are likely to be released after those previously described, but a couple might get slotted into release sooner.
Robotech® New Generation™ Freedom Fighters Sourcebook (and others)
More Rifts® Chaos Earth™ sourcebooks
More Rifts® sourcebooks
More Phase World®/Three Galaxies™ sourcebooks
Nightbane® Sourcebook Six
Mysteries of Magic™ Three
Dead Reign™ Sourcebook Three
The Rifter® Number 51 & 52
Warpath™ Urban Jungle™
and more . . .
Recent Releases & Special Printings
Aliens Unlimited™, Revised
– Back in Print – Available now
Aliens Unlimited™, Revised is back as a special printing currently available exclusively via Palladium’s online store. We are making it available to meet the demand of our fans who have been requesting this fan-favorite sourcebook for a long while now. It is ideal for space based campaigns, and alien invasion scenarios, and can be easily adapted to Rifts® and Phase World®/The Three Galaxies™.
More than 100 alien races/R.C.C.s.
Alien creation rules and tables.
15 Galactic monsters and evil beings.
Spaceships and spacecraft creation rules.
High-tech weapons and equipment including Kisentite weapons.
Earth UFO watch groups and secret organizations.
Rifts® conversion notes throughout and more.
Written by Wayne Breaux Jr.
208 pages – $24.95 retail – Cat. No. 515. Available now.
Palladium Fantasy RPG® Book 2: Old Ones™
Old Ones™ is back in print as a special printing currently available exclusively via Palladium’s online store. Old Ones™ is an epic sourcebook packed full of information, people, places and ideas. Details about the Old Ones, the Minotaur R.C.C. (an ancient minion of the Old Ones), the Monk Scholar and Illusionist, 50 cities and towns mapped and described, adventure ideas and the epic Place of Magic adventure.
Minotaur R.C.C.
Minotaur Chaos Priest R.C.C.
Monk Scholar O.C.C.
The Illusionist P.C.C.
50 cities, towns and forts described. All 33 cities and towns are mapped. Each offers an avenue for adventure.
7 adventures plus adventure ideas.
The Place of Magic: An epic adventure, mapped and described.
World information, the Enchanted Forest, the secret complex of the Old Ones, the Contagion, magic weapons, monsters and more.
Written by Kevin Siembieda.
224 pages – $24.95 retail – Cat. No. 453. Available now.
Dead Reign™ Sourcebook Two: Dark Places™
Dead Reign™: Dark Places™ presents four new, gruesome zombies that will make your skin crawl, plus more survivor secrets, using railroad tracks and the urban underground – sewers, storm drains, steam tunnels and other subterranean labyrinths – to travel unseen and undetected by the walking dead. Of course, these “secret highways” of the human survivors have their own dangers and problems.
Four new zombies that are different and terrifying: Worm Meat, Bug Boys, Sewer Crawlers and Impersonator Zombies.
“Live Bait” zombie lures that use human beings as bait.
Traveling along railroad tracks and zombie encounter tables.
Boxcar encounters and 101 boxcar contents table.
The urban underground – traveling through sewers, storm drains, steam tunnels and other dark places.
The pitfalls and dangers of the urban underground.
Diseases, infection and insect infestation.
Random encounter tables and more.
Many, many ideas for new adventure.
Written by Kevin Siembieda.
64 pages – $12.95 retail – Cat. No. 232. Available now.
Mysteries of Magic™ Book One:
The Heart of Magic™
The Heart of Magic™ is packed with new information, details and new insight about magic, P.P.E., the Palladium World, Men of Magic, Wizards, Warlocks, Priests, Familiars, true names, apprenticeship, scroll conversion, learning magic, new and different magic O.C.C.s, new Wizard and Warlock spells, and data that expands, defines and clarifies a number of aspects about the practice of magic in the Palladium Fantasy setting. Easy to adapt to Rifts® (just change S.D.C. damage to M.D. and you are ready to go).
50 new Wizard and Warlock spells.
The Forsaken Mage O.C.C., a Jack of all magicks and an outcast.
Half-Wizard O.C.C., a split-class spell caster.
Priest Variant O.C.C.s: Healer, Scholar and Warrior.
New details about the Goblin Cobbler and Psi-Mystic.
New details about Familiars, their secrets, and special abilities.
True names, the mystery behind them, the danger of revealing them, and how to change them.
Secrets of how magic is learned, how it works, and the apprenticeship process (what is learned).
A closer look at the Wizard O.C.C., scroll conversion, spell books, auras, jobs, guilds, and the effects of metal and minerals on magic.
Unstable and weak spell magic, learning new spells, and more.
For the Palladium Fantasy® world, but suitable for any S.D.C. setting, and is easy to adapt to Rifts® and any Mega-Damage setting.
Written by Mark Hall and Kevin Siembieda.
96 pages – $16.95 retail – Cat. No. 472. Available now.
Coming in 2010 Product Release Schedule
All release dates are tentative, but these are the dates Palladium is shooting for. All titles listed either have been turned in as final manuscripts or are in various stages of final development.
- The Rifter® #49 – Available now
- Rifts® Dimension Book™ 12: Dimensional Outbreak™ – February
- Rifts®/Phase World® Sourcebook: Heroes of the Megaverse® – February or March.
- Rifts® World Book 31: Triax™ Two – March
- Robotech® UEEF Marines – March
- Rifts® World Book One: Vampire Kingdoms™, Expanded & Updated – March
- Rifts® Dimension Book™: Thundercloud Galaxy™ – March or April
- The Rifter® #50 (expanded, anniversary issue) – April
- Rifts® Vampire Sourcebook™ – April
- Rifts® World Book: Lemuria™ – April
- 2010 Palladium Open House Event – April 29 thru May 2.
- Armageddon Unlimited™ – May
- Rifts® Megaverse® in Flames – June
- Robotech® New Generation™ Sourcebook – June
- Plus more Robotech® sourcebooks, more Mysteries of Magic™ sourcebooks (hoping to slot one in before June), more Nightbane® sourcebooks, more Dead Reign™ sourcebooks, Warpath™ and other good stuff.
Out of print titles
available as PDFs at DriveThruRPG.com
Palladium has made several out of print titles and the first 40 issues of The Rifter® available as PDF digital downloads from DriveThruRPG.com. We are regularly asked if out of print titles such as Nightbane® Book Four: Shadows of Light™, the original Mechanoids® RPGs, Boxed Nightmares™, BTS First Edition, etc. are available, and they are, at DriveThruRPG.com. Check ‘em out. And sometime in 2010, DriveThruRPG.com expects to be able to offer complete print on demand features so you can get a pdf of the game or an actual, printed book. Cool, eh?
The Queen of Ghouls™
Kathy Simmons has added a Mad Doctor, a trio of witches, and a killer clown to her listing of life-sized Halloween props at the Queen of Ghouls™ Ebay store. We understand a Leprechaun, more witches and other things that go bump in the night will be added over the weekend.
Kathy makes and sells one of a kind, life-sized Halloween props. You know, vampires, werewolves, witches, wizards, zombies and monsters for display on your front lawn. She hit a couple of speed bumps due to the economy, but word of mouth spreads, and her sales have started to pick up. Her work is imaginative, original and the craftsmanship is impressive. If you think the photos online look good you should see them in person. Wow. A typical “ghoul,” as she calls her creations, costs $89-$150. You can see some of her work (available off-season at lower prices) at her Queen of Ghouls™ Ebay store – queenofghouls.com.
2010 Palladium Open House – come on over and join the fun
Rifts® 20th Birthday celebration.
100+ gaming events!
Open gaming area.
Play games run by Kevin Siembieda and many other Palladium creators.
Play at Palladium Books where the magic happens.
Panel talks. Many this year, all weekend.
Be the first to hear the latest news and inside information.
Meet 40+ Palladium creators – the largest gathering of Palladium creators in the world!
Chat and get autographs from all the Palladium creators.
Open access to the writers, artists and creators all three days.
Costume Contest (Saturday evening) – Come as a Palladium character and maybe you will win.
Live auction (Saturday evening) with rare out of print books, books from the Erick Wujcik collection, original artwork, proofreader copies of manuscripts, collectibles and more.
Get the latest product releases and pick up back stock product.
Get original artwork and limited edition prints.
Celebrate Rifts® turning 20 years old.
Celebrate The Rifter® reaching issue number 50.
See and play games in the Palladium warehouse.
Get a tour of the Palladium offices.
Drop off an art portfolio, manuscript or game proposal.
Intimate setting. Easy access to Palladium creators.
Meet fellow gamers from around the world.
Be treated like friends and welcomed guests and have the time of your life.
ALL EVENTS are covered by the cost of admission.
April 29, 30, May 1 & 2, 2010, Westland, Michigan.
Note: Limited to around 300 people. Make sure you are one of them.
The Palladium Open House is always something special, and this year we plan to make it more special than ever. We have a lot to celebrate and the fun will reign all weekend long. Join us, won’t you?
For more information and to pre-register, click here.
Note: POH Game Masters and games needed. Please let us know, the sooner the better, so we can put together and post a schedule online by the end of February. Thanks.
Palladium Freelancers, please let us know as soon as possible if you are planning on attending. Thanks.
It helps Palladium plan and organize when we know how many gamers are coming to the 2010 Palladium Open House (POH), so please pre-register as soon as possible. We want to make sure to schedule enough games for EVERYONE. Thank you.
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