Palladium Books® Weekly Update – Aug. 13, 2015

By Kevin Siembieda

We have been catching up with things since our return from Gen Con. It feels like we’ve answered and sent a zillion emails. In between, I have been working on Chaos Earth® Resurrection (the next release) and a few other titles. All the while, Beyond the Supernatural and Palladium Fantasy sourcebooks are screaming to be unleashed from my head. On top of that, there are new ideas rattling around inside my head along with my commitments to Robotech® RPG Tactics™. With any luck, all of this will turn into a pile of releases over the next few months!

I’m starting this Update with the latest Anniversary Sale: Robotech® Defend the Earth, including books and RRT products. I think next weekend will be a Rifts® sale.

Robotech® Defend the Earth Weekend Flash Sale – August 14, 15 & 16, 2015 – Friday, Saturday and Sunday only – Select RRT and role-playing titles at a gotta-have-it discount!

We want everyone to discover the fun and excitement of the Robotech® RPG Tactics™ and Robotech® The Shadow Chronicles® RPG game lines. Especially with Wave 2 RRT products coming in the months ahead.

Been thinking about trying Robotech® RPG Tactics™ or Shadow Chronicles®? Well, get ‘em now at this special 30th anniversary price! Available for ONE weekend only, August 14, 15 & 16, 2015. Last week’s sale was the Invasion Force, this week’s is Defend the Earth. Enjoy. Celebrating the 30th anniversary of Robotech®.

Robotech® Expeditionary Force Marines Sourcebook – Available at stores everywhere (and from Palladium Books)

The Robotech® Marines Sourcebook is something every Robotech® RPGer is going to want in their collection. It is set in that in-between period which follows beloved characters like Rick Hunter, Lisa Hayes, Miriya and Max Sterling, Breetai, Exedore and others on their voyage to the Robotech Masters’ homeworld, Tirol, and the ensuing conflict that follows. There on Tirol they would meet other alien life forms and do battle with the combat forces of the Invid Regent. This leads to a planet-hopping campaign to liberate worlds from the Invid and it all starts here. Between the information and characters in Robotech® Marines™ and the Shadow Chronicles® RPG, you can engage in all manner of space-faring adventure, from exploration to all-out combat. A must for Robotech® fans. Order yours today.

UPDATE: Robotech® RPG Tactics Convention Exclusives – shipping next week

“I wanted to let you know that I think the Breetai figure you released is AWESOME.” That was one fan’s comment post Gen Con. Thanks. We think so too. The Grell and the Miriya Super Valkyrie are pretty sweet too and paint up like a dream.

Next week, Palladium will start shipping online orders for the five exclusives (new and old) to Kickstarter backers who placed orders with us. These items shall remain available to our Kickstarter backers so you may continue to place orders. These items include the following:

  1. NEW! Miriya Sterling’s Super Valkyrie in Guardian Mode. A sleek, dynamic Super Valkyrie in a unique pose; 1/285th scale (6mm). $22
  2. NEW! Breetai ready for combat. This is General Breetai in a suit of Zentraedi Heavy Body Armor. His right hand opened enough to place a weapon, Micronian or the severed head of a Valkyrie or other bit of wreckage; 1/285th scale (6mm). $22
  3. NEW! Grell’s Male Power Armor. Includes a Grell Malcontents character card; 1/285th scale (6mm). $22
  4. FAN FAVE: Max Sterling’s VF-1J Valkyrie in Battloid Mode; a couple different poses are possible; 1/285th scale (6mm). $22
  5. FAN FAVE: Miriya’s Female Power Armor; a couple different poses are possible; 1/285th scale (6mm). $22

For instructions on how to order the exclusives (sorry, RRT Kickstarter backers only), click here.

UPDATE: Earth Defenders (Micronian Forces) for Robotech® RPG Tactics

The Earth Defenders blister packs are intended to expand the scope of combat and are ideal for gamers looking to play the Malcontents faction or who want to bring Micronian troops into play on any battlefield.

The idea of making conventional combat vehicles and troops came from a number of Robotech® RPG Tactics™ fans, including super-fan Mike Arnold. The idea was to give RRT players some other items they could use to expand the range of RRT game play while waiting for Wave Two items to be released. We thought it was a good idea too, and we are working with the good people at GHQ to explore the possibility. There is a minimum production number to make this product doable, and we thought we’d test those waters by making them available to our Robotech® RPG Tactics™ Kickstarter backers first. If you want ‘em, we’ll make ‘em. If you don’t, we won’t. To do that, we are taking pre-orders.

We realize that you are still waiting for the stats and related rules to these game pieces. And that many of you need to see how these and similar pieces may impact and influence game play before you can decide whether or not you want such additions. We hope to have those stats and rules available soon. A few different incarnations have been created and kicked around. In fact a number of Robotech® RPG Tactics™ rules and support materials will be coming your way soon.

However, I wanted to let you know that while taking pre-orders for these items is crucial to determine the actual level of interest and feasibility of releasing these products, there may not be enough interest to meet the necessary minimums to produce them. We’ll know a few weeks after rules and stats are released. We just wanted to give you a heads-up. PLEASE NOTE: You will not be charged for pre-orders of these items until we are absolutely certain there is enough interest within our core audience and at retail.

Initial Earth Defender Packs include:

More about developments for Robotech® RPG Tactics™ in the weeks ahead.

For instructions on how to pre-order the Earth Defender Packs (sorry, RRT Kickstarter backers only), click here.

UPDATE: Chaos Earth® Resurrection

Art continues to coming in from artists. Regrettably, I have not been able to do much writing this week.

UPDATE! The Rifter® #71

Working on it and the Winter issue. A couple articles we had hopes for didn’t pan out, so it’s back to the drawing board. Amy Ashbaugh cover.

UPDATE: Rifts® CS Heroes of Humanity and Rifts® The Disavowed

People are excited about these two titles, especially Coalition States Heroes of Humanity, but I think that’s because nobody (but me) has a clear idea of what The Disavowed will cover. And it’s a fun companion book to Coalition States Heroes of Humanity that will open up a lot of adventure possibilities. Actually, my work on them has given rise to ideas for several other Rifts® books as well.

UPDATE: Chaos Earth® First Responders

I’ll be assigning art for this book (and others) soon.

NEW! Rifts® Special Order Products – created on demand

The following items are something new, proposed by and created by Tags, a fan of Rifts® and Palladium Books. He did the design work and had the sample products that are shown here created by Victor Narvaez at NY Embroidery. We liked what we these two gents created and are making them available to you as Special Orders.

Here’s how Rifts® Special Order Products will work. In most cases, we have to order a limited quantity to make manufacturing and shipping cost effective (we can’t make just one at a time, but can make a dozen at a time). That means when we have a sufficient number of “Special Orders” we can have them made in a week and shipped in another week or two. And with Autumn and Winter and the holidays coming up fast, this might be a good time to order things like Reporter Bags, Embroidered Hoodies, caps and Three-Season Jackets. Enjoy and think Christmas gifts. Please Note: Your credit card will not be charged until the Special Order is in actual manufacturing.

Rifts Glitter Boy Jacket Rifts Glitter Boy Jacket

Rifts® Glitter Boy in Flames Jacket

A 3-Season Jacket – Winter, Fall and Spring – any Rifts® fan would be proud to wear.

Rifts Glitter Boy Zipper Hoodie Rifts Glitter Boy Zipper Hoodie

Rifts® Glitter Boy in Flames “Zipper Hoodie”

A Gildan or Fruit of the Loom hoodie (depending on availability) suitable for Fall and Spring wear (or if you are Kathy Simmons, Winter too). This is the same design as the Rifts® jacket with the Rifts® logo on the front and the big, Glitter Boy in Flames image on the back for almost half the price as the jacket. Both Chuck Walton and Kathy Simmons have their Rifts® hoodie for the Fall. Shouldn’t you?

Rifts Embroidered Cap Gold Rifts Logo

Rifts® Baseball Cap – Black Cap, “Gold” Rifts® Logo

I (Kevin Siembieda) am not a baseball cap guy, but I love this cap and have been wearing mine on my morning walks. I like the comfortable fit and I do not seem to sweat as much wearing this cap compared to others I have tried. (The trail I take has me walking into the morning sun, so I need a cap.) I prefer the gold logo, but red was the hot seller at Gen Con.

Rifts Embroidered Cap Red Rifts Logo

Rifts® Baseball Cap – Black Cap, “Red” Rifts® Logo

The same style of cap with the words Rifts® with the swish through it. The embroidered “red” baseball cap was the favorite among consumers at Gen Con.

Rifts Classic Logo Reporter's Bag

Rifts® Logo Reporter’s Bag (Clean Look)

This useful carrying bag has three large pockets for books being taken to your Rifts® gaming session, plus two smaller pouches for pens or dice sealed via hook and loop fasteners. The front flap is a dynamic, full Rifts® logo on a field of crackling blue energy from a ley line. Also suitable as a school/college book bag.

Rifts Extreme Logo Reporter's Bag

Rifts® Logo Extreme Reporter’s Bag

This useful carrying bag has two large pockets for books being taken to your Rifts® gaming session, plus two smaller pouches for pens or dice sealed via hook and loop fasteners. The front flap is a dynamic, full, modified Rifts® logo on a field of crackling blue energy from a ley line. Also suitable as a school/college book bag.

UPDATE: More PDF titles and other products coming to DriveThruRPG.com

We’ve been working with the people at DriveThru to make a growing list of products available. We expect to be adding free and pay items over the many weeks ahead.

DriveThruRPG.com already offers 100+ Palladium Books products available as PDFs with more coming soon. Plus FREE support for Robotech® RPG Tactics™ and other Palladium game lines with supplemental material, FREE previews, Game Master packages, paper miniatures and book titles like the Coalition Wars®/Siege on Tolkeen™ series, Splicers® RPG, The Rifter® issues #1-62 (with more to come), and first edition rules of the Rifts® RPG, Beyond the Supernatural™ RPG, Heroes Unlimited™ RPG, The Palladium Fantasy RPG®, and related 1st edition sourcebooks for each. And more! Like what? Like Fantasy Paper Miniatures and Game Master Kits for digital download. They are available only as PDF files and were designed special to help you run your games and build campaigns. There are also sneak previews of books and other good stuff. Check it out! And let other gamers know they are available too. We’ll be making more available on DriveThruRPG in the weeks and months to come, so take a look on a regular basis.

Larry Elmore and the SnarfQuest digital game Kickstarter

We want to remind you that Larry Elmore and his business partner are looking to finance the creation of a SnarfQuest digital game via Kickstarter. The more money they raise, the more they can do for the game. SnarfQuest is, of course, Larry Elmore’s beloved fantasy comic strip.

SnarfQuest Tales is the first digital game to feature Snarf, Larry Elmore's lovable adventurer, who has previously appeared in a comic strip, role-playing game, and table-top game. The new game will be a point and click adventure, featuring Snarf and his faithful companion, Telerie Windyarm. Other SnarfQuest characters, including the robot Aveeare and Willie the Dragon, will also appear in the game.

The first of five episodes of SnarfQuest Tales is tentatively scheduled for release in January 2016. It will be published in mobile and desktop versions for the PC, Mac, iOS and Android. Future episodes will be released every three months after the initial release. The game is suitable for SnarfQuest fans of all ages and combines adventure with humor.

For more information about SnarfQuest Tales or to play a free demo of the first level, please visit snarfquesttales.com.

The SnarfQuest Tales team is also running a Kickstarter right now until September 7. In addition to getting the SnarfQuest Tales game, Kickstarter contributors could also get SnarfQuest Tales T-shirts, SnarfQuest miniatures, original Larry Elmore art, and even appear in the SnarfQuest Tales game.

Check out the SnarfQuest Tales Kickstarter page for more details — https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2054625525/snarfquest-tales

UPDATE: Xounts Up device is amazing. Check out this Kickstarter

Wayne and I finally took a little time to play with the Xounts Up sound system which combines light and lighting effects with a new, high-tech sound system. I wish I had done so sooner because Xounts Up is nothing short of amazing. The sound quality is fantastic, and according to the literature that came with this prototype sample, the sound of the finished product will be 30% better. And it sounds fantastic now.

The device we were sent came with the optional Bluetooth module and optional RGB LED lightbulb. Both of which we highly recommend.

It took about 20 minutes to put the device together – without requiring any tools – and it looks very attractive. You connect your mobile device by cable or (optionally) link to it via Bluetooth, and you are ready to play music. The sound is excellent and would make a great addition to any home entertainment system, den or man-cave.

Where Xounts Up excels is in party environments such as weddings, family reunions, parties, dance venues and similar events. The volume and sound quality could be heard with crystal clarity from one end of our 12,000 square foot warehouse to the other. If you closed your eyes you would think a live band was playing. Impressive. So impressive, that even members of the Palladium crew who had no interest in Xounts Up were blown away by it. The volume and sound quality projected by this system is unreal. The equivalent of a set of big, professional speakers built into this small, super-lightweight system that looks like some kind of exotic lamp or work of art. I mean, the acoustics inside a warehouse are lousy. Not with Xounts Up. It sounded like a live band playing from every corner of the warehouse.

I wish we'd had a Xounts for the Palladium Open House, because not only could we have played mood music if desired, but connecting it to the Karoke machine, the wireless mic could broadcast from almost anywhere in the building with crystal clarity and phenomenal volume – easily five times the volume of the Karoke machine without any noticeable distortion. Very impressive. If you host backyard or basement parties, DJ events, host raves or have a need for an amazing, high quality sound system at a low price from something with such a big sound, you want to take a look at Xounts Up.

Chuck Walton observed that Xounts Up, with its (optional) colored lights and customized cover (they sent us a Robotech® themed one), would make an eye-catching display piece and quality sound system on the corner of a table or booth at conventions as well as store demos, gatherings or any speaking engagement. Too bad it arrived after we had departed for Gen Con or we would have taken it with us.

If you are looking for a quality sound, multipurpose display, something unique and versatile, or a cutting edge gadget that can do a lot of things, you NEED to check out the Xounts Up Kickstarter. Seriously. I love that it is so simple, light and deceptive looking. You could use Xounts Up in you game room, living room, bedroom, on the patio (awesome at night) or for your business.

And the customized images you can place (and replace) on your Xounts Up make it all the more special and personalized. Pure genius.

Sorry, I’m ranting. I don’t even know the guys making this product and I’m ranting about it. I’m glad I own one. (Thank you!) If these gents can get their message out, they have a product that could be the next big thing in sound – at a low cost compared to many other devices on the market, and with a wide range of functionality. Very cool. There are only 15 days left. Take a look at it and think about the possibilities.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/xounts/xounts-up-your-thrilling-all-in-one-stereo-sound-s

That’s it for this Update. More to come next week. Have a great weekend and keep those imaginations burning bright.

– Kevin Siembieda, Game Designer, Writer, Publisher

Robotech UEEF Marines Sourcebook One

NEW! Robotech®: Expeditionary Force Marines Sourcebook – Available Now

Expeditionary Force Marines™ is ready to ship right now! It is a riveting Robotech® sourcebook that carries you to alien worlds. Your characters can pilot the early Cyclones and next generation of Destroids, liberate alien worlds and engage the merciless Invid Regent, his Inorganic shock troopers and Invid swarms. Epic, planet-hopping adventure awaits.

The Robotech®: Expeditionary Force Marines Sourcebook is set in space with the UEEF (United Earth Expeditionary Force) led by Admiral Rick Hunter, Lisa Hayes, Breetai and Exedore. This valiant force of mecha-clad heroes travel across the galaxy liberating planets from the bondage of the Invid Regent, the Robotech Masters and other tyrants and monsters. New alien people are introduced and become part of the Expeditionary Force Marines. In between their ongoing war with the Regent and his Invid and Inorganics, they explore planets, battle space pirates and face treachery on many fronts.

Robotech RPG Tactics

Robotech® RPG Tactics

– Available now in the USA, Canada, European Union, Australia and New Zealand

If you love Robotech®, you’ll want to take a look at this game. Beautifully detailed game pieces of your favorite Robotech® mecha, and fast playing rules that capture the Robotech® experience in a new, exciting way. And this is just the beginning. We have so much more planned. Available NOW – in game stores across the USA, Canada, UK, European Union, Australia and New Zealand.

The First Six Robotech® RPG Tactics™ Expansion Packs are available to retail along with the main box game. Here are the SKUs and retail prices.

Glitter Boy Mouse Pad

NEW! Glitter Boy Mouse Pad

Full color mouse pad that looks dynamic on any desk. This art is the famous Glitter Boy™ in flames that was made into a poster and is the cover to the Rifts® Chaos Earth® RPG.

Fantasy Old Ones Mouse Pad

NEW! Fantasy Old Ones Mouse Pad

Full color mouse pad that looks dynamic on any desk. This is the powerful art depicting a Minotaur and Old One from the cover of the Old Ones™ Fantasy Sourcebook. The claw-like tentacles in the background is an Old One rising. Be afraid.

Zombie Graveyard Mouse Pad

NEW! Zombie Graveyard Mouse Pad

Full color mouse pad that looks dynamic on any desk. This one is a zombie rising from a graveyard to stalk the living. It is from the cover to the Dead Reign® Sourcebook: Graveyard Earth™. Are you a survivor?

Coalition Heroes of Humanity Dog Tag

NEW! Coalition Heroes of Humanity Dog Tag

A sharp-looking, black dog tag, laser etched with the CS skull and lightning bolt, with the words “Coalition States, Hero of Humanity” on one side. The image and words are silver.

Rifts Logo Dog Tag

NEW! Rifts® Logo Dog Tag

A sharp-looking, ley line blue dog tag, laser etched with the full Rifts® logo and the words “Celebrating 25 years” on one side. The image and words are silver.

Living the Fantasy T-Shirt

NEW! Living the Fantasy T-Shirt – available now

Celebrate the Palladium Fantasy RPG® with the red and black image from the original RPG that gave Palladium its start. This is a favorite of Kevin Siembieda. The slogan, “Living the Fantasy” comes from fan and freelance writer, Travis Guerrero. Art by Kevin Siembieda.

Cyber-Knight Game MAster T-Shirt

NEW! Cyber-Knight Game Master T-Shirt – available now

This shirt exudes both power and nobility, and a sense of wonder that captures the spirit of role-playing. Art by Freddie Williams III.

Rifts 25 Years T-Shirt

NEW! Rifts® 25 Years, The Adventure Continues T-Shirt – available now

We wanted an image that said Rifts® and more adventures to come. This Ramon Perez artwork captures that nicely. And we love the grin on that Headhunter and the sparkle in his eyes that seems to say, “Oh yeah, there are adventures to come.” Art by Ramon K. Perez.

2015 Open House Dragon T-Shirt

NEW! 2015 Open House Dragon T-Shirt – Available now.

This was not Kevin’s idea. In fact, he felt a bit embarrassed by it, but people loved it. This commemorative 2015 Open House T-shirt is perfect for those of you who attended the event as well as those of you who were there with us in spirit. It features the infamous Kevin Siembieda signature dragon that graces thousands of books around the world with his signature; complete with Kevin’s signature and the words, “2015 Open House.” It seemed especially appropriate to us if this was, indeed, the last Open House. This shirt is not likely to be reprinted, so available only while supplies last. Art by Kevin Siembieda.

Property of the Coalition T-Shirt

BACK IN PRINT – Property of the Coalition – Available now

New Limited Edition Prints – Available now

Death and Ice Print

NEW! Death and Ice (Bizantium Cover) Print

The cover to the new Bizantium sourcebook.

Winged Fury Print

NEW! Winged Fury (Heroes Unlimited) Print

A hero on her night patrol to protect the innocent.

Chrome and Carnage Print

NEW! Chrome and Carnage Print (Chaos Earth®)

An epic battle as a NEMA Chromium Guardsman (Glitter Boy) battles a legion of bizarre zombies.

SAMAS/Dragon Dogfight Print

NEW! SAMAS/Dragon Dogfight Print

Buckle your seatbelt for this wild ride.

Rifts Red Borg Print

NEW! Rifts® Red ‘Borg Print

The iconic Kevin Long “Red Cyborg” can now hang on your wall.

Rifts Ley Line Walker Print

NEW! Rifts® Ley Line Walker Print

The iconic Kevin Long “Ley Line Walker” can now hang on your wall.

Rifts Heroes of Humanity Print

NEW! Rifts® Heroes of Humanity Print

The aftermath of a skirmish between Coalition forces and the minions of Hell. SAMAS scourer the sky for enemy forces as a Rift closes in the sky.

Coalition Strike Force Print

NEW! Coalition Strike Force (Rifts®) Print $10

The iconic Kevin Long Calendar center-spread can now hang on your wall.

Robotech Dice Bag - Black

NEWish! Robotech® Dice Bag – Available now

People have enjoyed the Rifts® dice bag for years, so we thought we’d do one for Robotech®. The Robotech® Dice Bag debuted at AdeptiCon and went over very well. Now it is available in the Palladium store for everyone. This is just one tiny thing we’ve been working on behind the scenes for Robotech®. More to come.

Rifts and the Megaverse Art Book, Collector's Masterwork Limited Edition

BACK IN PRINT: Rifts® and the Megaverse® – John Zeleznik Collector's Masterwork Limited Edition

Kevin pulled this amazing offer out of mothballs for the Open House and immediately sold a few copies. This is the most unbelievable deal we have ever heard of. In fact, we don't think anybody has EVER done anything like this before, and it's all John Zeleznik's idea.

Each copy of the Collector's Masterwork Limited Edition includes an original piece of artwork by John Zeleznik! Most are concept sketches tipped (glued) into the book itself, by hand, done personally by Kevin Siembieda. That's right, YOU will have an original sketch/drawing/concept artwork from one of John Zeleznik's paintings or illustrations that appears in this very book!

"I've never heard of anything like this,” said Publisher, Kevin Siembieda. "It's remarkable. A true collectible with a piece of original art and Palladium history all rolled into one. This is a deal of a lifetime, NOW more than ever before, because the $125 dollar price is the same low price when this item was first offered back in 2007! Today, this book would sell for $175-$200. Each piece of art has to be worth $50-$100, and is a piece of Palladium history. John Zeleznik is such a great guy, he wants us to keep the price low so Palladium fans can afford one. How cool is that?”

Bizantium and the Northern Islands

NEW! Palladium Fantasy RPG® Sourcebook: Bizantium and the Northern Islands – Available now

To the civilized world, Bizantium and the waters and lands around it are frightening. A realm of sea serpents, monsters, and barbarians. To the heroes and people who live there, it is a realm of adventure, beauty and opportunity. One might consider Bizantium as the center of adventure and mystery in the North.

North of Bizantium are the Icy Ocean and Great Ice Shelf, places where only a handful of the bravest Bizantian sailors have ever set sail, and the rest of the world knows nothing about. For kingdoms in the south, only a few scholars have ever heard of the Great Ice Shelf or the cannibalistic Necromancers known as the Iceborn who make the frozen wasteland their home. Those who have heard tales of the land of ice and death are convinced they are nothing but the stuff of myth. Very soon, they will find out otherwise. And these are but a few of the revelations presented in Bizantium and the Northern Islands™. Discover for yourself the wonders and horrors that await.

Chaos Earth Resurrection

COMING – Rifts® Chaos Earth® Resurrection

In the shattered depths of Wisconsin, survivors are besieged by the dead come back to life. Zombies. But not just any type of zombie, zombies done Rifts-style. And unless the source of the zombie plague can be found and neutralized by NEMA defenders, North America may be overrun by the dead.

This was actually something Taylor White and I have been kicking around for years, even before we released the Dead Reign® RPG line. We think you’ll love it.

Coalition States Heroes of Humanity

COMING – Rifts® Sourcebook – The Coalition States: Heroes of Humanity

The events unfolding in World Book 35: Megaverse® in Flames threaten to change the entire landscape of Rifts® Earth as the demonic minions of Hades and Dyval seek to bring Hell on Earth, and turn the planet into a dimensional gateway to Armageddon!

The Coalition States, along with Northern Gun and Lazlo, take the lead in the defense of North America. Heroes of Humanity explores the good and bad in the Coalition’s efforts to save humanity and send this new threat back to the pits of Hell.

COMING – Rifts® Secrets of the Coalition States: The Disavowed

“Desperate times require desperate measures. War has nothing to do with morality or justice. It’s all about winning or dying. We cannot bind our hands with high ideals, even our own, or worry about the laws of renegade nations or the rights of alien people. We must fight fire with fire. And you are the match.” – Colonel Lyboc addressing a Disavowed team

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.

COMING – Rifts® Secrets of the Atlanteans

True Atlanteans are descendants from Earth’s past. The survivors of the sinking of Atlantis (really a dimensional mishap) and travelers of the Megaverse, wielders of Tattoo Magic and other lost mystic arts. Most people regard them as heroes, but are they? The Sunaj Assassins are mythic villains feared by all, yet they too are True Atlanteans who serve dark forces.

For the first time, much of the story behind True Atlanteans and their secrets are revealed.

COMING – Rifts® Chaos Earth® Sourcebook: First Responders

The Great Cataclysm has devastated civilization, but humanity fights for survival. The struggles of civilian law enforcement, fire and rescue, and everyday men and women are some of the most epic tales to be told in a world gone to hell. They fight monsters, aliens, the paranormal, the elements, and each other, all with the hope of reclaiming their lives from the Chaos.

Chaos Earth Rise of Magic

Rise of Magic – Rifts® Chaos Earth® Sourcebook – Now shipping

We’ve all played “post” apocalyptic games. Now imagine playing as the apocalypse is happening. As the world you know is crumbling. As magic and monsters from myth become real and your world is reshaped by forces beyond your comprehension. That is the premise behind the Rifts® Chaos Earth® series. That YOU play through the Great Cataclysm as the apocalypse happens.

Rifts® Chaos Earth®: Rise of Magic™ is a key book in that continuing story (new books are coming this Spring and Summer). In Rise of Magic™, humans, particularly children, are discovering they can draw upon mystic energy and cast magic. The thing is, they don’t really know what they are doing. Magic is just part of the chaos and the impossible that is happening all around them. Meanwhile, others have found they can summon and control monsters and demons, while still others make pacts with supernatural beings to become witches and worse. And some have learned they can harness the magic to animate and command the dead. Madness and more chaos ensues. All of this only complicates things for NEMA, Earth’s defenders, as the line of distinction between “good guys” and “bad guys” begins to blur, and things go from bad to worse.

Chaos Earth RPG

Rifts® Chaos Earth® RPG – Available now

The origins of Rifts® start here! It is a new beginning. But first everything that human civilization had become during the Golden Age of Science, more than eighty years in our future, must come to a crashing end. The Earth is in the process of being transformed into a place more alien than a thousand alien worlds. Ley lines erupt with even more power and ambient energy than what is known on Rifts Earth 300 years later. Rifts – tears in space and time – appear along ley lines to unleash legions of aliens, monsters, dragons, supernatural horrors, and ancient gods of myth and legend in a mad symphony of chaos and transformation.

You play survivors or the heroes of NEMA. The men and women of the Northern Eagle Military Alliance equipped with their Chromium Guardsmen (Glitter Boys), Silver Eagles (SAMAS) and host of other robots and power armor to stand against a rising tide of enemies and alien invaders. They are humanity’s last and only hope to survive the apocalypse that will become known as the Great Cataclysm. These are the heroes you play in a world that can only be described as Chaos Earth.

Splynn Dimensional Market

Back in print – Rifts® World Book 21: Splynn Dimensional Market

This awesome sourcebook is, in effect, Rifts® Atlantis Part Two. It is said that anything you may desire – especially if it is dark, magical or alien – can be purchased, for a price, at the Splynn Dimensional Market. Anything. ‘Nuff said.

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 100 titles available as PDF digital downloads from DriveThruRPG.com, as well as Fantasy Paper Miniatures, Game Master resources and other good things with more to come. This is a great way to try Palladium products and get access to out of print RPG source material. Some notable titles include:

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