Palladium Books® Weekly Update – January 13, 2011

By Kevin Siembieda

Back due to popular demand:

- Palladium Fantasy RPG®
- Rifts® Game Master Guide
- Rifts® World Book 5: Triax & The NGR™
- Rifts® Bionics Sourcebook
- Rifts® China One
- Rifts® Megaverse® Builder
- Rifts® Canada
- Rifts® Dark Conversions™

All of the above titles (along with The Rifter® #53) are sitting in the Palladium warehouse waiting for your orders. You demanded them. We printed them. Please spread the word they are back in stock and place your order for the book(s) you’ve been waiting for.

UPDATE: Online sales. Sales for the last quarter of 2010 ended on a strong note, but we always seem to enjoy excellent Christmas sales. Of course, sales dropped severely after Christmas, and the months of January, February, March and April are the RPG industry’s slow period. We’re hoping that bringing back so many out of print titles and our plans to release one or two new books every month will turn the traditional “slow season” into strong sales. It has worked in the past.

UPDATE: The Rifter® #53 – Available now. The latest issue of The Rifter® arrived today and is ready to ship. Issue 53 is packed with material for Rifts®, Palladium Fantasy®, Nightbane® and Heroes Unlimited™, as well as great artwork, fiction, news and coming attractions. This issue is so good, I printed a few hundred extra copies, and I bet it will still sell out fast. The Rifter® #53 is an excellent issue to start your subscription.

SPECIAL: The Rifter® Super-Subscription Offer starts today. We only do a special Rifter® subscription offer ONCE a year and this is it. You have the next six weeks, till February 28, 2011 to take advantage of the savings and special offer.

What makes the Super-Subscription Offer so “super?” You get each issue at below cover price delivered right to your door, PLUS you get to choose a FREE gift worth $12-$24, and subscribers in the USA do not pay postage for their subscription! (Note: There is a small cost for shipping and handling to receive the free gift).

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UPDATE: Armageddon Unlimited™. Final editing and writing tweaks continue, but we are far enough along that Wayne starts typesetting and layout tomorrow! Yep, that means Armageddon Unlimited™ will be heading for the printer soon.

UPDATE: Thundercloud Galaxy™ is the next new release to get our full attention. All the artwork is done, and we are looking for an end of February release.

UPDATE: Robotech®. The first Robotech® sourcebook of 2011 should go into final production in the next couple months.

UPDATE: Rifts® WB One: Vampire Kingdoms™, Expanded & Updated and Rifts® Vampires Sourcebook™ are being developed even as you read this. They’ll be in your hands as soon as we can hammer them out. Each is filled with new ideas and material that will please and surprise.

The 2010 Christmas Surprise Package Offer came to an end last weekend. All have been processed and shipped as of today. Most went out on Tuesday. We hope everyone enjoyed their Surprise Packages and experienced a wonderful holiday season. Our thanks for all the kind words of encouragement, love and support. Game on!

Ideas for everything. Ideas and plans for new books, new non-book products and new market areas continue to grow and develop as if they had a life of their own. I hope to announce some by Spring or Summer.

Creative energy is running high. And not just from the Palladium staff and freelancers. We’ve been getting some good suggestions from fans and the most unexpected places. For example, out of the blue just this week, a package arrived at the Palladium offices. It was from long-time fan Ben McLeod, who submitted a half dozen samples of possible new products for our consideration. All were impressive and cool, and we are evaluating their potential marketability.

– Kevin Siembieda, Publisher

2011 Releases

January

- Rifts® World Book 20: Canada Back in print – Available now
- Rifts® Dark Conversions Back in print – Available now
- Palladium Fantasy RPG® Back in print – Available now
- Rifts® Game Master Guide Back in print – Available now
- Rifts® World Book 5: Triax & The NGR Back in print – Available now
- Rifts® Bionics Sourcebook Back in print – Available now
- Rifts® China One Back in print – Available now
- Rifts® Megaverse® Builder Back in print – Available now

- The Rifter® #53 – New – Available now!

- Armageddon Unlimited™ – New! End of January or early February.

February

- Rifts® Book of Magic – Back in print – February 7, 2011
- Rifts® Dimension Book™ 14: Thundercloud Galaxy™ – New! February 21
- And maybe another reprint or two.

New Releases Coming Soon (tentative)

- Rifts® WB One: Vampire Kingdoms™, Expanded & Updated (March)
- Robotech® New Generation™ Sourcebook (March)
- Rifts® Vampires Sourcebook™ (March or April)
- The Rifter® #54 (April)
- Rifts® Megaverse® in Flames (Minion War™ crossover; April or May)
- Dead Reign™ Sourcebook Three
- Rifts® World Book™: Lemuria
- Rifts® Chaos Earth™: First Responders Sourcebook
- The Rifter® #55 (July)

In the Pipeline

- Robotech® UEEF Marines and other Robotech® sourcebooks.
- Rifts® sourcebooks
- Rifts® Chaos Earth™ sourcebooks
- Palladium Fantasy®: Mysteries of Magic™ Two & Three
- Palladium Fantasy® other sourcebooks
- Warpath™ Urban Jungle RPG
- And other good stuff. Lots of other good stuff!

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Rifts® World Book 20: Rifts® Canada
– Available now

A comprehensive overview of Canada, including notable places, cities, towns, people, O.C.C.s, monsters and conflicts. Much of Canada has reverted to wilderness, but there are pockets of civilization and technology, though not all of them human.

  • The Inuit Shaman O.C.C. and abilities.
  • 12 Monsters of the North, including Sasquatch and Loup Garou.
  • 7 demonic beings including Demon Bears, Windigo and Sedna the Sea Hag.
  • 8 D-Bee R.C.C.s common to Canada, including the Cyber-Horsemen of Ixion R.C.C. (bionic Centaurs).
  • The Headhunter O.C.C. defined. Includes the Techno-Warrior, Assassin, Anti-Robot Specialist, Techno-Hound, and Momano Headhunter.
  • Tundra Ranger O.C.C.s: Ranger, Scout, Cavalry, and Trapper-Woodsman.
  • Techno-Wizard Bionics and notable gear of the Tundra Rangers.
  • The Canadian frontier mapped and described.
  • City of Old Calgary, Fadetowns and notable cities and locations; some with maps of the area.
  • Travel rules for snow, ice, and arctic conditions, plus storms, flash floods and other weather events.
  • Rules for hypothermia and exposure.
  • Written by Kevin Siembieda.
  • 192 pages – $24.95 retail – Cat. No. 835 – available now.

    Rifts® Dark Conversions
    – Available now

    The focus of Dark Conversions™ is on creatures of darkness and other monsters such as Alien Intelligences, Elementals, were-beasts, vampires, weird supernatural beings, the Nightbane and others. If you are looking for practitioners of dark magic, villains, monsters and vile horrors to pit against your heroes, this is the sourcebook for you. Many creatures also have notes on how they fit into the Rifts Earth setting and where they may be encountered.

  • 130 monsters statted out and described for your inclusion in Rifts®, Chaos Earth™, Phase World® or any Mega-Damage setting.
  • Were-Beasts, Gremlins, Gargoyles and spirits.
  • Undead legions, Demon and Deevil hordes from the world of Palladium Fantasy RPG®.
  • Conversions for the Nightbane® and the Nightlords™ and their minions.
  • Alien Intelligence creation rules and tables.
  • Elemental beings of lesser and greater stature.
  • Entities and monsters from Beyond the Supernatural™.
  • Dark Magic: Witches, Shifters, Diabolists, and Summoners.
  • Written by Kevin Siembieda and others.
  • 192 pages – $24.95 retail – Cat. No. 852 – available now.

    Palladium Fantasy Role-Playing Game®
    – Available now

    A complete role-playing game set in a unique realm of high fantasy and epic adventure that has thrilled fans for 27 years. All the fantasy elements you’d expect are there, but spun in ways that you may not expect. Magic has replaced science. The elder races of Dwarves, Elves and Titans have given way to the rise of humanity and the Wolfen Empire. While the monster races – Goblins, Orcs, Ogres and Trolls – lay claim to the Old Kingdom, from which they launch their pillaging raids. And that’s just the beginning.

  • 13 different races available to player characters from human to Wolfen, Changeling, Elf, Dwarf, Ogre, Troll, Goblin, and many others.
  • 25 Occupational Character Classes to select from.
  • Magic unlike any you’ve ever seen before.
  • 300+ Wizard and Warlock spells.
  • 80+ psionic powers.
  • 40 magic items plus magic potions, powders and fumes.
  • 20 Curses and magical Faerie Foods.
  • Summoner and the circles of power and summoning at his command.
  • Diabolist and his Runes, Wards and Power Words.
  • Mind Mage, Psi-Mystic, Psi-Healer and Psi-Sensitive.
  • Poisons, herbs, potions and magic components.
  • Men at arms with punch and power.
  • Holy Swords and Rune Weapons.
  • 100,000 years of history.
  • A complete game with all the rules you need to play (additional sourcebooks, characters, abilities and settings optional).
  • 336 pages – $26.95 retail – Cat. No. 450.
  • Back in stock – available now.

    Rifts® Game Master Guide
    – Available now

    The ultimate Rifts® reference and sourcebook, it contains all the weapons, equipment, body armor, power armor, robots, vehicles, skills and psionics from Rifts® World Books 1-23, Sourcebooks 1-4, and Siege on Tolkeen 1-6, collected into one big reference. Plus, maps, lists and indexes of O.C.C.s, R.C.C.s, experience tables and more.

  • 503 weapons, including explosives, plus E-Clips and ammo notes.
  • 300 skills listed and described.
  • 290 pieces of equipment.
  • 104 suits of body armor.
  • 182 vehicles.
  • 86 suit of power armor.
  • 58 robots.
  • Optional combat rules and examples of play.
  • Comprehensive index of O.C.C.s, R.C.C.s, P.C.C.s, and monsters.
  • Experience tables for scores of character classes.
  • Designer notes, rules clarifications and reference notes.
  • Game Master tips and hints for running Rifts®.
  • Maps, adventure ideas, and a lexicon of terms.
  • 352 pages of reference material galore.
  • Cover by David Dorman. Interior art by Perez, Wilson & others.
  • 352 pages – $26.95 retail – Cat. No. 845.
  • Back in stock – available now.

    Rifts® Bionics Sourcebook
    – Available now

    A compendium of bionic and cybernetic systems in the Rifts North America setting, with information about Partial and Full Conversion Cyborgs, Headhunters, City Rats, the Cyber-Doc and more. A must-have resource for fans of cyborgs.

  • 220+ bionic components and features plus foreign bionics.
  • 47 Commercial Cybernetic implants and 24 Black Market bionics.
  • 7 different City Rat O.C.C.s and insight to life in the ‘Burbs.
  • The Cyber-Doc O.C.C. explored in more depth.
  • The Cyber-Snatcher Villain O.C.C. dealing in “previously owned” bionics and cybernetics. Want to guess how they come by these parts?
  • The Cyborg O.C.C. revisited plus rules & info on repairing bionics.
  • TW Bionics, cybernetics to inhibit magic and more.
  • 112 pages – $16.95 retail – Cat. No. 850 – by Kevin Siembieda.
  • Back in stock – available now.

    Rifts® World Book Five: Triax and the NGR
    – Available now

    The New German Republic (NGR) is surrounded and besieged by the hostile Gargoyle Empire – an empire of giant monsters. Only the superior robotics and weapons technology of Triax keeps the monsters at bay, but for how long? This epic World Book presents the Triax robots, power armor, cyborgs, and world setting that is Rifts Germany and the surrounding region. More than 100,000 copies sold!

  • 35+ weapons and explosives, plus body armor and other gear.
  • 19 combat vehicles from tanks to jet aircraft.
  • 12 Triax giant robot suits and vehicles.
  • 9 other types of Triax robots and drones.
  • 8 Triax Cyborgs plus bionic components.
  • Triax power armor units including the T-550 Glitter Boy.
  • 11 NGR Military O.C.C.s.
  • The Euro-Juicer and designer drugs.
  • Gypsy O.C.C.s and their special abilities.
  • The Gargoyle Empire and its technology and war machines.
  • 21 notable weapons of the Gargoyle Empire and 4 R.C.C.s.
  • Setting and regional overview, Brodkil, Gene-Splicers and more.
  • Cover and art by Kevin Long. 13 pages of comic book story.
  • 224 pages – $24.95 retail – Cat. No. 810 – by Kevin Siembieda.
  • Back in stock – available now.

    Note: For dozens of new weapons, armor, robots, drones, power armor suits, cyborgs, vehicles and updated information about the NGR, Triax and the war, see Rifts® World Book 31: Triax™ 2 – 192 pages – $24.95 – Cat. No. 881.

    Rifts® World Book 24: Rifts® China One
    – Available now

    There is no place on Rifts Earth more exotic, magical and dangerous than China, especially since the Hell of the Yama Kings has bled into the mortal plane.

  • 33 Chinese Demons, including Yaksha the Tiger and the Naga.
  • 8 Chinese Goblins and the Naga-Spawn (semi-divine humans).
  • 5 Chinese Ghosts, plus the Terra-Cotta Warriors.
  • 24 Demonic curses.
  • 11 provinces and the Yama Kings who rule them.
  • The eight Hells on Earth.
  • The Dragonlands, the Ghost City, Qingping Market, City of the Future, Wuchang, and many other notable places.
  • World overview, maps and adventure ideas galore.
  • 160 pages – $20.95 retail – Cat. No. 857 – by Wujcik & Siembieda.
  • Back in stock – available now.

    Note: For 18 new O.C.C.s, heroes of the Celestial Court, Geofront, secret technology, mystical powers, Demon Wrestling, Demon Quelling, Chi Weapons, martial arts and more, see Rifts® World Book 25: Rifts® China 2 – 160 pages – $20.95 – Cat. No. 858.

    Rifts® Dimension Book 7: Megaverse® Builder
    – Available now

    Your guide to creating your own corner of the infinite Megaverse®. The big picture of how the Megaverse® works, plus rules and suggestions for creating your own dimension.

  • Dimension creation rules.
  • Dimensional storms and anomalies.
  • Dimensional monsters and travelers.
  • The dimensions of Spires, the Great Machine, and the Garbage Pit.
  • Dozens of Hook, Line and Sinker™ adventure outlines and ideas for many more.
  • The Shifter O.C.C. expanded, exotic Familiars & summoning table.
  • Tolkeen Artifact Hunter O.C.C. and Scavenger O.C.C.
  • Designer notes, suggestions, tips & hints for dimension building.
  • 96 pages – $16.95 retail – Cat. No. 859 – by Carl Gleba.
  • Back in stock – available now.

    Rifts® Book of Magic
    – Back in stock February 7, 2011

    This is it, the ultimate guide to magic for Rifts Earth. All the magic spells, magic tattoos, Techno-Wizard items, magic weapons, equipment, body armor, restraints, parasites, Symbiotes, magic items, Bio-Borgs, Automatons, Iron Juggernauts, and more from Rifts® World Books 1-23, Sourcebooks 1-4, and Siege on Tolkeen 1-6, collected into one big reference.

  • 850+ spells of great variety.
  • 370+ magic items, weapons and devices.
  • Elemental Magic, Temporal Magic, Ley Line Magic, Cloud Magic and Necromancy.
  • Tattoo Magic, Nazca Line Magic, Nature Magic, Whalesongs and Ocean Magic, and more.
  • Magic Songs, Chants, Biomancy, Magic Herbs, and Iron Juggernauts.
  • Techno-Wizard weapons and devices, Rune Weapons, Millennium Tree wands and other magic items.
  • Magic herbs, plants, components and Symbiotes.
  • Shamanistic magic, Fetishes, Talismans and more.
  • Comprehensive index of Practitioners of Magic.
  • Designer notes, comments, tips & hints for running magic characters.
  • 352 pages – $26.95 retail – Cat. No. 848 – Siembieda and others.
  • Back in print February 7, 2011.

    And don’t forget about . . .

    “Property of the Coalition States” Coffee Mug – BACK IN STOCK

    White printing on a big, glossy black, 15.5 ounce coffee mug. Looks cool and is a fan favorite.

  • $10.00 per mug – Cat. No. 2543 – Available now.
  • Holds 15.5 ounces of coffee, hot chocolate, soda, or whatever it is you like to drink.

    “Gamer Logo” Coffee Mug – BACK IN STOCK

    White printing on a big, glossy black, 15.5 ounce coffee mug. Looks great.

  • $10.00 per mug – Cat. No. 2537 – Available now.
  • Holds 15.5 ounces of coffee, hot chocolate, soda, or whatever it is you like to drink.

    NEW! The Rifter® #53
    – 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.

    The Rifter® #53 includes:

  • Ravages of Time, by S.E. Gibbons, is an interesting Rifts® article with tips for Game Masters and playing sprawling epic sagas like the Minion War™ and Siege on Tolkeen.
  • ARCHIE Phase Two, by Damon Sutton. This Rifts® article takes a look at more machinations of our favorite mechanized menace, ARCHIE Three™.
  • On Faerie Folk, by Michael P. Yocom, offers up a menagerie of new Faerie Folk, cousins and animals for the Rifts® and Palladium Fantasy® settings.
  • Dawn of a New Era, by Corey Livermore, presents a setting for Heroes Unlimited™ in which mutants and aliens are being forced to “register” with global governments, or else.
  • The Lucky Psychic, by Steven Dawes, presents a new Beyond the Supernatural™ psychic who makes his own luck.
  • A Dark Day™ Short Story, by Jeremy Hutchins, will keep you wondering what’s next.
  • The next chapter of the Hammer of the Forge™.
  • Plus news and coming attractions.
  • Heroes Unlimited™ cover by Zachary Schoenbaum.
  • More of the usual, but in addition to game material and fiction, you’ll learn what Palladium has planned for 2011.
  • $11.95 retail – 96 pages – Cat. No. 153 – Available now.

    The Rifter® Super-Subscription Offer

  • Free gift worth $12-$24
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  • A Megaverse® of Adventure, ideas and fun

    The Rifter® is a quarterly sourcebook series for the entire Palladium Megaverse®. It is written by fans and up and coming writers, for fans. Some, like #4, #8, #19, #20-26, #28-35, #38, #40, and others have even become coveted collector’s items that command big bucks! (For a while, people were reportedly paying as much as $70 online for #21.)

    Super-Subscription Offer: The cover price of The Rifter® is $11.95 – a steal for 96 pages of RPG source material and adventures – but a subscription gets you The Rifter® delivered to your doorstep and you can select a free gift worth $12-$24 (available only during this special offer, for the cost of shipping and handling). All prices are in U.S. dollars.

  • $39.80 – USA. That’s only $9.95 each, a savings of $8.00, and Palladium pays the shipping! Plus you get to select a FREE subscriber’s gift worth $12-$24 (please include $5.00 to cover shipping and handling). That’s $44.80 total including shipping and handling for the gift. Note: This rate is limited to subscribers in the USA only. Sorry.

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    NEW! Armageddon Unlimited for Heroes Unlimited
    – Ships end of January or early February, 2011

    Typesetting and layout start this weekend.

    Demons and Deevils are fighting for dominance of the Earth, and if they can’t win, nobody can have it. They’ll destroy the planet.

    Armageddon Unlimited™ is the ultimate good vs evil setting and adventure. The fate of the world hangs in the balance and only you can stop its destruction.

    Armageddon Unlimited™ is more than an epic world-saving adventure, it is also a sourcebook jam-packed with new powers, magic, weapons and Power Categories that can be incorporated into any Heroes Unlimited™ campaign.

    Highlights include:

  • 7 new Minor and 14 Major Super Abilities.
  • Deevil and Demon magical Chaos Weapons.
  • Enchanted Weapons of Order.
  • Demon Hunter Power Category and abilities, ‘nuff said.
  • Crusader of Light Power Category and abilities allow you to play a Champion of Light.
  • Heroic Hellion Power Category and abilities allow you to play a “reformed demon.”
  • Magically Bestowed Variant Power Categories and abilities let you wield weapons that empower good and destroy evil.
  • Demonic monster creation table.
  • More than a dozen NPC villains.
  • Arcane orders, secret societies, and magic guilds.
  • The Chaos Generator and the threat of Armageddon.
  • A menagerie of evil villains, people and places.
  • The Armageddon scenario and adventure ideas.
  • Written by Carl Gleba. Additional text by Kevin Siembieda.
  • Cover by John Zeleznik.
  • 160 pages – $20.95 retail – Cat. No. 527. January or early February 2011 release.

    NEW! Rifts® Dimension Book 14: Thundercloud Galaxy
    – February 21, 2011

    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 galaxy described; history and time-line.
  • 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. Art by Michael Mumah.
  • 160 pages – $20.95 retail – Cat. No. 883. February 21, 2011.

    NEW! 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 few years ago. Best of all, it will be accompanied by the Rifts® Vampires Sourcebook™.

  • The observations of Doc Reid.
  • 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.
  • Cover by E.M. Gist. Interior art by various artists.
  • Written by Kevin Siembieda.
  • 192 to 224 pages – $24.95 retail – Cat. No. 802-E. Early 2011.

    NEW! Rifts® Vampires Sourcebook
    All new source material

    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.

  • Vampire protectors and guardians.
  • Vampire 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.
  • Cover by Michael C. Hayes. Interior art by various artists.
  • Written by Kevin Siembieda, Braden Campbell and Mark Dudley.
  • 128 pages – $16.95 retail – Cat. No. 884. Early 2011 release.

    NEW! Robotech® New Generation Sourcebook

    This Robotech® sourcebook will be an early 2011 release.

  • 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.
  • A “manga” size sourcebook.
  • 192-256 pages – $16.95 retail – Cat. No. 554. Final page count and price may be subject to change. Early 2011 release.

    NEW! Rifts® World Book: Lemuria

    At last, the underwater realm of Lemuria. The people and history of Lemuria, new magic, sea herbs and healing, sea monsters, and 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. Final page count and price may be subject to expansion and increase. Spring 2011.

    NEW! 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 affected 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. Spring 2011.

    NEW! Rifts® Chaos Earth Sourcebook: First Responders

    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.

  • 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. Coming in 2011.

    DriveThruRPG

    PDF downloads from DriveThruRPG.com

    This is a great resource for getting out of print Palladium titles and other select books. We’ve 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® 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.

    We will be adding issues 41-44 of The Rifter® to the list of available titles from DriveThruRPG.com in January, 2011. Other books will be added in the months to follow.

    The Queen of Ghouls: Life-Sized Halloween Props

    Start planning for Halloween early as Palladium’s very own Kathy Simmons will start to offer her 2011 selection of life-sized (most are 6 feet or taller) Halloween props that are to die for.

    Each is an all-weather, life-sized Halloween prop that can handle rain and snow, and is a one-of-a-kind work of art (no two are exactly the same). Each looks frighteningly “real.” All come apart and fold down to slightly larger than a king-size pillow for easy storage. Comes with easy instructions, a plastic storage bag, and the lawn stake to stand it up in your front yard. Indoor stand sold separately.

    Types of “Ghouls” include: Zombies (all kinds!), killer clowns, wizards, witches, devils, grave ghouls, scarecrows, executioners, mad doctors, deadly nurses, vampires, werewolves, 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, Halloween centerpieces 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 $99-$179. You can see some of her work at her Queen of Ghouls™ Ebay store – queenofghouls.com.

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