UPDATE: Rifter® Super-Subscription Offer – ENDS in 10 Days – February 28, 2011. Time is running out for you to renew or start your Rifter® subscription and get a low price and a FREE gift. We only make this offer with the free gift once a year, and that offer ends February 28, 2011. And to you fledgling writers and artists, don’t forget Palladium is always looking for new contributors to The Rifter®. Give us a try.
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UPDATE: Rifts® Dimension Book 14: Thundercloud Galaxy™ is in production. We have been immersed in getting Thundercloud Galaxy™ finished and to the printer. In fact, it’s just about all Wayne Smith and I have been working on every day, all day long. We hope it is another Dimension Book that sparks your imagination and provides a galaxy of adventure. It is full of new alien people, monsters, mystery and adventure. Although not an official part of the Minion War™ series, the War affects all of the Three Galaxies and there is specific mention of the Minion War™ and the activity of demons and Deevils in the Thundercloud Galaxy™. We’re probably looking at a ship date in the middle of March.
See the new description for Thundercloud Galaxy™ later in this Weekly Update.
The SNEAK PREVIEW of Armageddon Unlimited™ was so well received we may try to do something similar with all upcoming books. It is available as a free PDF download from DriveThruRPG.com. It is easy to create a free account and only takes a couple of minutes. The preview shows the Demon Hunter Power Category and the Contents pages.
Click here to find the Sneak Preview.
New on DriveThruRPG.com. As noted last week, Palladium has added The Rifter® numbers 41-48 to the titles available as PDF downloads. All are clean, beautiful copies of these books reproduced from Palladium’s own digital files. The Rifter® #1-48 are all available. Go to DriveThruRPG.com to get the details or make a purchase. DriveThru is an excellent way to fill in your RPG library with many out of print issues of The Rifter®, first edition copies of Rifts®, Palladium Fantasy®, Heroes Unlimited™, and other game lines as well as books such as Nightbane® Book Four: Shadows of Light™ and both versions of the The Mechanoids® RPG (1985) and The Collected Mechanoid Invasion® Trilogy (1981-1983).
UPDATE: Armageddon Unlimited™ – available now. This is an epic sourcebook for both Heroes Unlimited™ and the Minion War™ series. It shipped last Friday so most of you who ordered a copy in advance via UPS should be getting your copy today, if you haven’t gotten it already. The rest of you should see it arrive over the next few days. The book should be hitting store shelves in the next week or two. Please note that we usually ship books within 24 hours of the order being placed. Those of you who order via USPS Media Mail have the longest wait as Media Mail takes 3-21 days to arrive. It is the slowest and least consistent method of shipping, but also the least expensive.
UPDATE: Rifts® Vampire Kingdoms™ and the Vampires Sourcebook™ are two books I’m dying to dive into with full force.
UPDATE: Rifts® Lemuria. I should be getting a cover sketch from John Zeleznik any day now. I still need to assign the artwork for it.
UPDATE: Robotech® New Generation™ Sourcebook. We submitted a cover sketch to Harmony Gold and got their feedback on it. Next is for me to do a comprehensive read of the manuscript and start assigning interior artwork in a couple weeks. I just need to get Thundercloud Galaxy™ finished first.
UPDATE: Other books. I still plan to work on Rifts® Vampires Sourcebook and Rifts® Megaverse® in Flames in short order as well, as we try to maintain our goal of at least one new title per month.
UPDATE: Online sales. Sales remain up and down. We had an awesome weekend of sales followed by a slow week. Overall sales are good.
UPDATE: Alex Marciniszyn. We are still trying to find Alex and family a place to live. All things considered, Alex is doing reasonably well. From what we hear, it is the girls who are having a harder time with it all. As most of you know, the home where Alex Marciniszyn lived with his elderly mother, sister, brother-in-law, and young nieces caught fire and is unsuitable for habitation. At this time, the family is scattered among friends and other family members who have taken them in. I’ve been helping Alex and the family try to acquire a location to live in and deal with other, related issues. My thanks to those of you who have sent Alex donations, prayers and well wishes.
Kathy Simmons, Queen of Ghouls. Kathy’s work on new Halloween creations was delayed the past couple of weeks because it was just too cold (her workshop is in an unheated garage). We’re a getting bump in temperatures for the next few days (in the 40s and 50s till Sunday), so she’s hoping to get 1-3 new creations finished and posted. I’ve seen the start of them and they are very cool. Kathy’s online store is queenofghouls.com, and if you are looking for zombies and other life-sized Halloween props, her store is the place to visit. All are handmade, fold to half the size and look amazing in person.
Other goings-on. Other things are boiling behind the scenes, but like I said, our focus and 90% of our attention is getting Thundercloud Galaxy™ finished and to the printer so we can dive into the next books (Robotech and Vampire Kingdoms).
I’ve been so busy I’m a couple of weeks behind on reading and replying to Private Messages, emails and even a few telephone calls (sorry Brandon and Mike).
Have a nice weekend, spread the word about Palladium and its new releases and keep those imaginations burning bright.
– Kevin Siembieda, Publisher
- The Rifter® #53 – New – Available now!
- 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
- Armageddon Unlimited™ – New – Available now!
- Rifts® Dimension Book™ 14: Thundercloud Galaxy™ – New – mid-March
- Rifts® WB One: Vampire Kingdoms™, Expanded & Updated – end of March (tentative)
- The Rifter® #54 – April 12.
- Rifts® Book of Magic (back in print)
- Robotech® New Generation™ Sourcebook (tentative)
- Rifts® Vampires Sourcebook™ (April or May)
- Rifts® World Book™: Lemuria (May; tentative)
- Rifts® Megaverse® in Flames (Minion War™ crossover; May or June)
- Rifts® Chaos Earth™: First Responders Sourcebook (as soon as we can slot it in).
- The Rifter® #55 (July)
- Dead Reign™ Sourcebook Three
- 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!
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 as demons and Deevils fight for control of the Earth and bringing about the end of life as we know it.
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. This book can be used as a standalone adventure sourcebook for Heroes Unlimited™ or as a pivotal plot in an expansive Minion War™ campaign.
Get a free sneak preview of the book from DriveThruRPG.com.
The Thundercloud Galaxy™ is a place of unparalleled adventure. It is where the Dominators once thrived and where the godlike beings were (mostly) destroyed. The people of the Thundercloud have suffered great adversity and more than one mass extinction, yet somehow the galaxy seems to have more habitable planets and diverse life forms than anywhere else in the Three Galaxies. Strange beings like the feline Shing, insectoid CheDive, and Whetu, who defy description, and monsters like the devouring Yboor are just the tip of the proverbial iceberg when it comes to life in this galaxy. It is also home to the Bushi Federation and the Splugorth Kingdom of Desslyth, and is a playground for space pirates, raiders, the mysterious Exiles and the dark forces of the Minion War.
As the civilizations of the Anvil and Corkscrew Galaxies scramble to colonize the Thundercloud Galaxy in a mad rush to grab as much as they can, they are beginning to realize the galaxy holds more riches, beauty, horrors and secrets than anyone has ever imagined, making it a place of exploration, discovery, adventure and treachery like no other.
Thundercloud Galaxy™ is a perfect companion to the rest of the Phase World®/Three Galaxies™ based Dimension Books as well as the Minion War™ series. Players can be pirates, raiders, brigands or hired guns, or they may be explorers, adventurers, Spacers, or any number of heroes trying to protect the colonists or the indigenous people of countless worlds and colonies. The possibilities are truly limited only by your imagination.
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:
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 $13-$23 (available only during this special offer, for the cost of shipping and handling).
That’s only $39.80 for customers in the United States. That breaks down to $9.95 each, a savings of $8.00, and Palladium pays the shipping! Plus you get to select a A FREE gift worth $12.95-$24.95 – and you pay only the cost of shipping and handling ($5.00 in the USA – that’s $44.80 total for US customers). Note: Due to the cost of international shipping, this special rate is limited to subscribers in the USA only. We hope you understand.
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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™.
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.
This Robotech® sourcebook will be an early 2011 release.
At last, the underwater realm of Lemuria. The people and history of Lemuria, new magic, sea herbs and healing, sea monsters, and more.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 1-48.
- The Best of The Rifter®
- Deluxe Revised RECON® RPG and Advanced RECON® Sourcebook.
- And more – go to DriveThruRPG.com and check ‘em out.
Start planning for Halloween early as Palladium’s very own Kathy Simmons will start to offer her 2011 selection of life-sized Halloween props (most are 6 feet or taller) 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 $129-$259. You can see some of her work at her Queen of Ghouls™ Ebay store – queenofghouls.com.
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