I have the feeling that folks are kinda down about the Rifts® trademark situation. I get that. I was too. It took me several weeks to pull myself out of my funk. That’s one reason why you haven’t seen any new product since Triax™ 2 and Palladium’s schedule of new releases is so out of whack. Well, that changes as of this week.
New books are coming, starting next month!
The fight is not out of me or the Palladium crew, not by a long shot. We are going to make 2010 Palladium’s turnaround year!
In fact, I’ve had the office in an uproar all week long as we have kicked things into high gear to get new books to the printer and in your hands.
I’m putting both Rifts® Lemuria and Rifts® Thundercloud Galaxy™ into production, and I’ve contacted my freelance writers and artists about these books and many others! We are motivated to get new product into your hands and feeling positive.
UPDATE: The Rifter® #51. In full production. Another great issue of fun and useful source material. It’s being edited even as you read this and the art has been assigned. It should go to the printer in the next two weeks.
UPDATE: Rifts® Heroes of the Megaverse®. The artwork is done and I’m writing away. I expect to have it to the printer in two weeks. I’ll be working on it all weekend.
UPDATE: Armageddon Unlimited™ (for Heroes Unlimited™ and ties into the Minion War™), is next on my plate. The cover sketch by Mark Evans came in and looks great! I expect to be assigning artwork soon.
UPDATE: Rifts® Lemuria. I’ve done my initial read and assessment, reorganized the material, and artwork is being assigned this weekend. Parts of this book look amazing. The ideas are fantastic, the setting will surprise you, and it is jam-packed with new magic, monsters, and surprises. Rifts® Lemuria is more than what you think it is. Hey, some of the ideas just blew me away, and that’s not easy to do. You’re going to love it.
UPDATE: Rifts® Thundercloud Galaxy™. I’ve done my initial read and assessment, reorganized the material and artwork is being assigned. This is another fine addition to the Rifts® Phase World/Three Galaxies™ setting. New alien races, new monsters, new worlds, and new adventure. Cover by John Zeleznik. That’s all I’m going to reveal for the moment.
UPDATE: Rifts® Vampire Kingdoms™. We should get the finished cover from E.M. Gist in a week or two and it is amazing. Then I finish up my rewrite and additions and send the book to the printer.
UPDATE: Rifts® Vampire Sourcebook™. I have gotten the material for the book from one writer and another is waiting for me to greenlight the material he’s supposed to write. I’ll do that tonight.
UPDATE: Robotech®. I know you Robotech® fans are frustrated, and so are we. Robotech® is not forgotten. I spoke to one of the writers this week and approved a number of things for him to work on. Keep the faith you protoculture addicts.
UPDATE: Dead Reign™. I spoke with cover artist E.M. Gist, and he’s already got an idea for the next cover. He’s going to submit a sketch as soon as he’s finished with the Vampire Kingdoms cover.
And that’s just some of the projects currently underway. Others include such words as Facebook, Antarctic, Megaversal Legion, Magic, Chaos Earth, Splice, Coalition Army, Zombies, Sovietski, T-Shirt, Comic, Perez, and Christmas.
Good Stuff. We’ve had one exciting new opportunity appear after another all year long. It’s funny how a drought can seem to last forever, then suddenly – bam! – it ends and one good thing after another starts to fall into place. Many of these “opportunities” are yet to be fully realized, and many are long term projects (as in several months to a year), but they are full of promise. Now if only I hit the lottery.)
Get ‘em while you can! If you’ve been eyeballing one of Kathy Simmons’ life-sized Halloween props, you’d better buy it while you still can. June through August is the Halloween busy season (really!) and the Queen of Ghouls is already selling her one-of-a-kind creations like wild. Six “Ghouls” sold in just the last week, including a werewolf, a vampire, Mad Doctor, Murderous Nurse, a couple zombies and a Christmas Grinch. Her wizards and witches are traditional hot sellers, and Kathy’s new style of zombies (with solid legs and shoes) are a hit that sell fast. Check out her crazed butcher, crawling zombie, butler and Guardian of Hell. Killer Clowns, more zombies, scarecrows, monsters and madmen are coming. Last year she couldn’t keep up with demand.
Palladium Auction #2. A lot of people walked away with some amazing deals in the last auction. Make sure you’re one of them in this one. It starts Sunday, June 20 and ends June 27, 2010. Proceeds will help cover legal and other expenses.
What will the auction have? Robotech® items, original artwork, a few prints, out of print issues of The Rifter® and other books, proofreader copies, maybe a Heroes Unlimited Gold (very low number; may hold till next auction), bargains and surprises.
Help us make 2010 Palladium Books’ turnaround year! Keep those imaginations burning bright. Be positive. Know new books are coming. Lots of them. And game on!
– Kevin Siembieda, Publisher and Writer
- The Rifter® #49 – Now available.
- The Rifter® #50 (special anniversary issue) – Now available.
- Rifts® Dimension Book™ 12: Dimensional Outbreak™ – Now available.
- Rifts® Logo Hoodies (2 styles, zipper and pullover) – Now available.
- Rifts® World Book 31: Triax™ Two – Now available.
- Rifts® 20 Year Celebration T-Shirt – Now available.
- Rifts® 20 Year Celebration Color Print – Now available. Suitable for framing.
- Rifts® Vampire Kingdoms – “Death is for the Weak” T-Shirt – Now available.
- Palladium Books® – Game Master T-Shirt – Now available.
- Palladium Open House “Checklist” T-Shirt – Now available.
- The Rifter® #51 – July – 96 pages of ideas and fun.
- Rifts®/Phase World®: Heroes of the Megaverse® – July (tentative).
- Armageddon Unlimited™
- Rifts® World Book One: Vampire Kingdoms™, Expanded/Updated
- Rifts® Vampires Sourcebook™
- Rifts® World Book: Lemuria
- Rifts® Dimension Book™: Thundercloud Galaxy™
- Rifts® Megaverse® in Flames
- Robotech® New Generation™ Sourcebook
- Rifts® Chaos Earth™ – First Responders Sourcebook
- Plus more Robotech® sourcebooks, more Mysteries of Magic™ sourcebooks, more Nightbane® sourcebooks, more Dead Reign™ sourcebooks, Warpath™ and other good stuff. Note: Order of release, as listed, may be altered.
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.
July release is the plan.
Heroes of the Megaverse® presents numerous NPC heroes, new details about the Cosmo-Knights and all kinds of fun with a magic artifact known as the Book of Heroes. This magic artifact is said to bestow incredible power upon those who use it. It can also guide and empower current day heroes and unleash forces that could have a profound impact on the Minion War. Only one copy is known to exist, and everyone wants to get their hands on it – good guys and bad (demons, Deevils, the Splugorth, the Dominators, the Kreeghor, etc.). According to legend, he who controls the Book of Heroes and wields the “Power of the 2000,” can rule the universe. Once protected by the Cosmo-Knights, the book has gone missing for millennia. 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.
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™.
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 will be accompanied by the Rifts® Vampires Sourcebook that will also come out this summer.
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. Tons of new data, adventure ideas and revelations.
The Thundercloud Galaxy™ is the perfect companion to Rifts® Dimensional Outbreak™ to expand one’s gaming Megaverse in the Three Galaxies. History, aliens, weapons, spacecraft, and adventure in a galaxy far, far away.
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.
At last, the underwater realm of Lemuria. The people and history of Lemuria, new magic, sea herbs and healing, sea monsters, and more.
Data about the chaos and madness of the early days of the Great Cataclysm, and the brave men and women who tried to stem the tide of destruction and save lives, the First Responders.
Palladium has made 90 titles available as PDF digital downloads from DriveThruRPG.com. This is a great way to try Palladium products and get access to out of print RPG source material. Some notable titles include.
- Splicers® RPG
- Beyond the Supernatural™ RPG, First Edition Rules.
- Boxed Nightmares™ for BTS, First Edition Rules.
- Nightbane® Book Four: Shadows of Light™.
- The Mechanoids® RPG and The Mechanoid Invasion® RPG Trilogy.
- Palladium Fantasy RPG®, First Edition Rules and select 1st edition sourcebooks.
- After the Bomb® RPG and sourcebooks.
- The Rifter®The Rifter® issues 1-40.
- The Best of The Rifter®
- Deluxe Revised RECON® RPG and Advanced RECON® Sourcebook.
- And more – go to DriveThruRPG.com and check ‘em out.
Kathy has sold SIX of her creations in just the last week, and if the sales follow last year’s pattern, she’ll be selling like hot cakes in the months of July and August. If you see something you want, you’d better buy sooner than later. Remember, these are one-of-a-kind work of art.
Palladium’s very own Kathy Simmons makes and sells all-weather, life-sized Halloween props. Each is a one-of-a-kind work of art. Each looks frighteningly “real.” All come apart for easy storage. All come with the lawn stake to stand them up in your front yard. Indoor stand sold separately.
Types of “Ghouls” include: a wild-eye butcher, a ghoulish butler, killer clowns, wizards, witches, devils, grave ghouls, scarecrows, crawling zombies, staggering zombies, all kinds of zombies, executioners, mad doctors, vampires, werewolves, monsters, grave ghouls, and more. Kathy’s also now offering an array of hand-painted Halloween signs, signs with heads and bodies hanging from them, witch’s brewing pots and more. Best of all, her high quality creations are much more affordable and imaginative than most competitors or mass produced items in a store, making them affordable Halloween fun.
If you think the photos online look good, you should see them in person. A typical “ghoul,” as she calls her creations, costs $89-$150. You can see some of her work at her Queen of Ghouls™ Ebay store – queenofghouls.com.
Palladium’s next auction should start June 20, 2010. All items sold in “as is” condition. Most are typically very good to mint condition. Items for Robotech®, Rifts® and others are available as well as original art and other goodies.
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