Palladium Books® Weekly Update – July 27, 2017

By Kevin Siembieda

One game system – every genre – countless worlds – endless adventure

I approved the printer proof for Rifts® Secrets of the Atlanteans™ earlier this week. The book looks great and the printer confirmed that it should arrive at the Palladium warehouse in two weeks, August 9. I can hardly wait till it is in your hands. Otherwise, I have been working on Nightbane® Dark Designs™ and a number of business matters, including catching up on correspondences, and getting ready for Gen Con® Indy. I talk about this in more detail in my Murmur from the Megaverse posted this morning. Oh, and Ninjas & Superspies and Mystic China are now available as PDF titles.

Speaking of PDF books, folks seem pretty excited about Palladium’s Bundle of Holding Rifts® PDF offer. It is available for a limited time, and that time is ticking down quickly, so if you are interested, you only have about ten days to order one. Read on for more information and news.

Rifts Secrets of the Atlanteans

UPDATE: Rifts® Secrets of the Atlanteans – Ships August 9, 2017

I approved the digital proofs of Rifts® Secrets of the Atlanteans™ on Tuesday and the printer confirmed we should receive the book on August 9th. It is always fun flipping through the mockup of the printed book, and this is a great one. There are ideas on every page and the book is packed with information about True Atlanteans, Tattoo Magic, Stone Pyramids, Crystal Magic, Shadow Magic, Atlantean clans, the Sunaj, new Atlantean O.C.C.s, old O.C.C.s, the Shadow Dimension and its monstrous inhabitants, and more. Take a look at the free preview on DriveThruRPG.com for more details and a few choice glimpses of what you can expect. 224 pages, $24.95 retail. All pre-orders will be shipped out the same day it arrives in our warehouse. Rifts® Secrets of the Atlanteans™ will be available at Gen Con.

Nightbane Dark Designs

UPDATE: Nightbane® Dark Designs sourcebook – Ships August 25, 2017

We are in the final editing and tweaking stage of Nightbane® Dark Designs™. We anticipate laying it out and sending it to the printer next week. Advance copies will be available at Gen Con® where the author, Mark Oberle, will be available to sign books. Dark Designs™ is all about the Nightbane and the creation of their Morphus, appearance, and transformation into it, as well as new Minor and Major Talents, the Ancient Nightbane (statted at last) and more. See the full description elsewhere in this Update.

Rifts Bundle of Holding Offer

Rifts® BundleofHolding.com offering continues and expands

If you haven’t done so, please consider taking advantage of this special, limited-time offer to both expand your PDF gaming library and support a good cause! http://bundleofholding.com/presents/Rifts

This is a PDF Bundle of Core Rifts® titles and key sourcebooks. Product packed with cool player characters, monsters, magic, gear and bad guys to kickoff any Rifts® campaign, including a few of our favorite titles like Rifts® New West™ and Psyscape™, among others, and Game Master tools.

If you have never played Rifts® this gives you plenty to get rolling.

If you are a long time Rifts® fan, you get the Rifts® Ultimate Edition RPG and other “core” books and fan favorite World Books to have available as a digital reference.

Rifts® Savage Worlds® players, this is a great way to learn more about the world and incorporate new elements and surprises into your game.

Rifts® will challenge and stimulate your imagination like few role-playing games ever will. Its twisted world of science fiction, fantasy and horror offers diverse player characters and gaming opportunities you seldom see in the same setting. WARNING: Read a few of these books and you may be hooked playing adventures that pit you against an endless array of aliens, supernatural creatures, magic and super-technology that spans countless worlds and dimensions.

Bargain price and charity support. Not only do you get to try something new or build your existing e-library at a bargain price, but 10% of every purchase goes toward charity! We chose to support Doctors Without Borders (http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/). They provide desperately needed medical services to people affected by poverty, war and disasters all over the world.

There are two tiers to this Rifts® Essentials PDF Bundle:

The Starter Collection gets you: Rifts® Ultimate Edition™, Rifts® Sourcebook One™, Rifts® Game Master Guide (352 pages of stats, gear and maps), Rifts® Primer and the Rifts® Game Master Kit, a total PDF retail value of $51.97, all for only $17.95!

The second tier, called the “Bonus Collection,” gets you everything in the Starter Collection plus PDFs of: Rifts® Book of Magic (352 pages and hundreds of spells and magic items), Rifts® World Book 10: Juicer Uprising™, World Book 12: Psyscape™, World Book 12: New West™, Rifts® MercTown™,and Rifts® Machinations of Doom. That’s another $66.94 worth of PDFs, for a total value of $118.91, all yours if you pay over the threshold price (currently $27.64 as I write this update, but the longer you wait, the higher it will go)!

MORE books have been added! Allen Varney, the gentleman who runs BundleofHolding.com, likes to insert additional books into the bundles as the sale progresses. This expands the offering’s value without expanding the price. And for those who are wondering, the new books are automatically made available to EVERYONE who has already made a purchase at no additional cost.

Will there be even more added? We’re not telling – you’ll just have to keep your eyes on the bundle to find out!

http://bundleofholding.com/presents/Rifts

The Rifts Bundle will END on August 7, 2017 at 10 PM Eastern time – don’t miss out on this limited time offer! The PDF bundles are hosted in association with OneBookShelf, DriveThruRPG’s parent company, and you get your PDF bundle directly into your DriveThruRPG library. What? You don’t have a DriveThruRPG account yet? No worries, they are FREE and very easy to set up.

Palladium Vacuum Bottle Tumblers Palladium Vacuum Bottle Tumblers

UPDATE: Palladium Tumblers – Gen Con is your last chance

I hope everyone got their Palladium logo tumbler because the offer ended last weekend. If not, you may have one last chance. We will be bringing under a dozen of each design – Palladium Fantasy®, Splicers®, Heroes Unlimited™, and Rifts® – with us to Gen Con. These vacuum insulated tumblers with logo and art have airtight lids, never sweat, hold 30 ounces, and keep cold beverages cold and hot beverages warm for up to six hours. Watertight when sealed. $29.99 each. Well worth it. Sold at Gen Con on a first come, fist served basis.

UPDATE: 2018 Palladium Open House – April 19-22

Too darn swamped to get the description, tickets and info into the online store this week. Plus we are also waiting to finalize arrangements at the two hotels. Next week. In the meantime, please spread the word about the POH. I have offhandedly mentioned it to a handful of people, including some freelancers, who I assumed must have heard about it and they freaked out with joy. “Open House next year!? Fantastic! Yes, I’ll be there.” So please, spread the word.

WANTED: Palladium Open House (POH) Game Masters and Volunteers

We cannot make the POH a success without your help, especially when it comes to gaming events. We need Game Masters (and volunteers). G.M.s who run three or more events get a special discount. Volunteers too. Scott has already been contacted by a number of people about volunteering to run games, help set up before the Open House or tear down afterwards (thank you!). We want a lot of gaming events so please do not hesitate to contact us about running gaming events at the POH. Only Palladium’s games, please, but, yes, that includes Rifts® for Savage Worlds®. We need to know who wants to run what so we can put together an event schedule over the next few months.

Want to help out with the Open House by running one or more games? Help set up beforehand? Help take down and clean afterwards? Please let us know by sending Scott an email at: palladium-gm {at} palladiumbooks.com

Live Twitch Stream – How to Run a Convention Game Panel

This Saturday at 7 p.m. (Eastern Daylight) we will be live-streaming a panel about how to run a successful game at a convention at http://www.twitch.tv/theluckyhippo. On the panel will be Megaversal ambassadors Victor Peterson, Chris Pang, Dave Folmsbee and Cameron Cleveland. They will be discussing game prep, running the game at the con and much, much more. Have a Twitch account? You can submit questions live!

Can’t make the live stream? No problem! We’ll be recording the panel and post it on our YouTube channel next week at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUWjzMRiTWQoCtdqdAuQ5kQ

Social Media Presence Expanding

If you are a podcaster, YouTube content creator, Twitch streamer, or other social media creator who would like to show your support for Palladium Books’ games, please contact us at: socialmedia {at} palladiumbooks.com

We would love to hear from you and explore ways we can work together to expand our outreach to all our wonderful fans!

AVAILABLE Now: Robotech® RPG eBooks on Amazon, iBooks and more

Palladium Books’ Robotech®: The Shadow Chronicles® Role-Playing Game, Robotech®: The Macross® Saga Sourcebook, and Robotech®: The Masters Saga™ Sourcebook are now available as eBooks, with more titles to follow. Robotech® RPG titles are available from the following eBook channels/sellers: iBooks (through iTunes), Amazon Kindle, Barnes & Noble Nook, Google Play Books, Overdrive.com, Copia (copiaclass.com), Gardners Books, Baker & Taylor, E-Sentral, Scribd.com, Ciando, Hoopla, Playster, and more.

NEW on DriveThruRPG.com – Ninjas & Superspies RPG and the Mystic China sourcebook, as well as Rifts® Secrets of the Atlanteans Sneak Preview, plus 50+ Rifts® titles, 1980s Robotech®, and much more

Ninjas & Superspies™ RPG and the Mystic China™ sourcebook are both available now. So is a FREE Rifts® Secrets of the Atlanteans™ Sneak Preview, so check it out and place your order.

Robotech sourcebook PDFs include: The original Robotech® RPG (1986), RDF Manual™ (1987), Zentraedi Sourcebook™ (1987), Southern Cross™ (1987), Robotech® Invid Invasion™ (1988), Robotech® ATP (1988), Robotech® Ghost Ship™ (1988), Lancer’s Rockers™ (1989), Return of the Masters™ (1989), Robotech® Zentraedi Breakout™ (1994), Robotech® New World Order™ (1995), and Robotech® Strike Force™ (1995), all available now.

Over 200 Palladium titles are currently available. Such titles as Rifts® Tales of the Chi-Town ‘Burbs (short stories by 13 writers), Rifts® Game Master Guide, Rifts® Book of Magic, Rifts® Adventure Guide, Rifts® Shemarrian Nation™, Rifts® Bionics Sourcebook, Rifts® Coalition Navy™, Rifts® Black Market (one of my faves), Rifts® Mercenary Adventures™, Rifts® Mercenaries, MercTown™, Merc Ops™, The Rifter® #1-72, the FREE Hell Followed™ Preview, and so much more, are all available now in PDF. You can also get ALL Robotech® RPG Tactics™ game cards, Robotech® and Rifts® Paper Miniatures along with Rifts® Lemuria, Rifts® Triax Two, Rifts® World Books 1-30 and many other Rifts®, Heroes Unlimited™, Palladium Fantasy®, Nightbane® and other game line titles. New Robotech® RPG Tactics™ material will be made available in the weeks ahead. All of it adds to the growing list of Rifts®, Robotech® and other Palladium RPG game titles available as PDF books, cards and support. A new title should be added every week or two, so keep watching for them.

PDF titles include the Rifts® Game Master Guide, Rifts® Book of Magic, Rifts® Adventure Guide, Rifts® Sourcebook One Revised, Rifts® Sourcebook Two: The Mechanoids®, Rifts® Sourcebook Three: Mindwerks™, Rifts® Sourcebook Four: Coalition Navy™, Rifts® Bionics Sourcebook, Rifts® Shemarrian Nation, Rifts® Ultimate Edition, Rifts® Lemuria, Rifts® Triax 2, Rifts® Mercenaries, MercTown™ and Merc Ops™, Rifts® Black Market, Rifts® World Book 30: D-Bees of North America™, Rifts® World Book 29: Madhaven™, Rifts® World Book 28: Arzno™, Rifts® World Book 27: Adventures in Dinosaur Swamp, Rifts® World Book 26: Dinosaur Swamp, World Book 25: Rifts® China Two, and World Book 24: Rifts® China One, among many, many others. There are also previews of Rifts® CS Heroes of Humanity™, The Rifter® #73, Northern Gun 1 & 2, Lemuria, Rifts® Vampire Kingdoms, Bizantium and many other Palladium titles. Check back every week to see which new PDFs of Rifts® World Books and other titles have been added!

In addition to the titles listed above, The Minion War™ series of books, the Rifts® Coalition Wars®/Tolkeen series, Chaos Earth® Resurrection, all of the Dead Reign® (Zombie Apocalypse) titles, Splicers® RPG and most issues of The Rifter® are available NOW! So are first edition rules of the Heroes Unlimited™ RPG and sourcebooks, Palladium Fantasy RPG® and sourcebooks, The Mechanoids®, and much more, available on DriveThruRPG.com.

Available right now:

Palladium Collectibles, art, toys and more in Kevin’s Online Toy & Collectibles eBay Store

Alex and I continue to add a lot of vintage Star Wars toys and a growing number of all kinds of collectibles – and we’ll be adding more Palladium Books original art and items to the store, so keep an eye out for them.

This includes one-of-a-kind original artwork, prints, Rifts® and Robotech® artwork by Kevin Long, me and others. There is also a range of limited editions, rare book titles and limited edition hardcovers, toys and more that are all being added to my online store over the next several weeks, so keep an eye out. Alex and I will keep adding items as our busy schedules allow, but we have a lot of fun collectibles available now and coming soon. Items include original art, out of print titles, redlined proofreader photocopies signed by me and the staff, signed manuscripts with editors’ corrections, some original art, hardcover books (including Rifts® Lemuria, Northern Gun™ One, Northern Gun™ Two, Megaverse® in Flames™, Beyond the Supernatural™ Gold, Rifts® Machinations of Doom™ Gold and Rifts® Ultimate Gold) and other items available. There are also hundreds of toys and action figures, all from my personal archives and collection. Take a look every weekend for new items added.

http://stores.ebay.com/kevinstoys-artandcollectibles

GEN CON 2017 – Palladium Booth #1217 – August 17-20

– Robotech® RPG Tactics™ tournaments, RRT demos, many Palladium gaming events, new book releases and most Rifts®, Robotech® and other Palladium game products

http://gencon.com

Gen Con is two and a half weeks away and will be celebrating its 50th Anniversary. Wow. Expect big things. Palladium Books will be there with a wide selection of products, new books, back stock, art prints, original artwork by Charles Walton II, and a few unique items. Everyone at the Palladium booth is happy to chat, sign books and introduce you to the many worlds of the Palladium Megaverse®, from Robotech® and Rifts® to Heroes Unlimited™, Palladium Fantasy® and more. And do not miss any of the 40+ Palladium gaming events or the special Gen Con coupon book offer.

Meet these Palladium creators and enjoy the following:

Closing Thoughts

Exciting things are building here at Palladium Books. For now I need to get back to work on Nightbane® Dark Designs™ so we have it in time for Gen Con. Then it is on to Rifts® Living Nowhere, The Rifter® #78 and #79, Sovietski, RRT, and so much more! Happily working like a mule to get you the product you have been waiting for!

– Kevin Siembieda, Publisher, Writer and Game Designer

Rifts Secrets of the Atlanteans

Rifts® Dimension Book 15: Secrets of the Atlanteans

True Atlanteans are among the most mysterious and storied heroes across the Megaverse®. Forced to flee Earth more than 15,000 ago when Atlantis was lost, they have traveled the cosmos in search of new wonders and knowledge, and to wage war against supernatural evil. Masters of dimensional travel and the fabled Tattoo Magic, True Atlanteans have become renowned as vampire slayers and heroic Champions of Light. But there is also a festering darkness from within the Atlantean clans. A darkness that could destroy them all.

Learn about Atlantean civilization, the many clans, where they are found across the Megaverse, why they hide, and why they hate the undead so much. Also discover the power of Shadow Magic, the treachery of the Sunaj Illuminati, and much more.

NEW! Secrets of the Atlanteans “Gold” Edition Hardcover – August

The source material in Rifts® Secrets of the Atlanteans™ is so awesome and the Atlanteans and Sunaj are so iconic, Palladium is making a limited edition, signed and numbered collector’s hardcover. Contains the same source material as the softcover edition. Signed by the Palladium staff.

NEW! Rifts® Living Nowhere – A Rifts® Sourcebook set in the Pecos Empire

This title presents three interrelated towns off the beaten path in the Pecos Empire. Each with its own unique character and problems. All fun locations to visit and find adventure and trouble. Something dark and deadly is brewing in the middle of Nowhere, where experimental Techno-Wizard devices and weapons offer prosperity, but could be the doom of everyone living there. Big ideas. Building upon material that appeared in The Rifter®, expanded.

Nightbane Dark Designs

New! Nightbane® Dark Designs

Nightbane® Dark Designs™ is a guide to creating the Nightbane and a sourcebook for players and Game Masters alike. It presents all sorts of new Nightbane creation tables, new Morphus tables, new Talents, and new information. Info and powers that enable players to make memorable Nightbane characters and G.M.s to take their games up a notch.

The Nightbane® Dark Designs™ sourcebook is anticipated to ship in August of 2017. All Nightbane fans are going to love this sourcebook that focuses on the Nightbane.

The Rifter #78

New! The Rifter® #78

Another issue of source material for four or more Palladium game settings, most of which can be adapted to any game world. This issue has a nice hunk of material about the supernatural, such as the Modern Necromancer by Greg Diaczyk, a Beyond the Supernatural™ monster by Kevin Siembieda, City of Khemennu: Part Two (Palladium Fantasy) which is a city of gods and churches by Ian Herbert, plus G.M. advice and the Splicers® Legion Aftermath. Shaping up to be another great issue. Final articles to be selected. Artwork is being assigned.

Every issue of The Rifter® is an idea factory for players and Game Masters to generate new ideas and find new avenues of adventure. It provides useful, ready-to-go source material you can just drop into your ongoing games. A doorway to new possibilities and numerous Palladium role-playing worlds. And the many new characters, O.C.C.s, powers, magic, weapons, villains, monsters, adventures and ideas for one setting can be easily adapted to any Palladium setting. Every issue has material for Rifts® and usually 2-3 other Palladium game lines. The focus of this issue is Rifts®, Splicers® and RPG advice. Don’t forget, unofficial material can be easily adapted for use in ANY Palladium game setting.

Rifter® #78 Highlights:

Nightbane Dark Designs Raw Preview

NEW! Nightbane® Dark Designs sourcebook – Raw Preview Limited Edition – Only 150 copies available

Back from the printer. Available now.

The Raw Preview Edition of Nightbane® Dark Designs™ is an advance copy of the unedited, unillustrated, final working manuscript for this exciting new sourcebook. You get to see the unfinished book months before the final title is released. A rare look at the raw manuscript before publication. Limited to a total of 150 copies, sold on a first come, first served basis.

Nightbane® Dark Designs™ is a guide to creating the Nightbane®, and a sourcebook for players and Game Masters alike. It presents all sorts of new Nightbane creation tables, new Morphus tables, new Talents, and new information. Info and powers that enable players to make memorable Nightbane characters and for G.M.s to take their games up a notch.

Note: The finished Nightbane® Dark Designs™ sourcebook is anticipated to ship in June or July of 2017. But you can start playing right now with this meaty special edition! All Nightbane fans are going to love this sourcebook that focuses on the Nightbane.

The Rifter #77

The Rifter® #77 – available now

Adventure, madness, strange creatures and strange lands fill this issue of The Rifter®. This issue is a playground for heroes and a source of adventure, but beware the danger that lurks in the shadows.

Every issue of The Rifter® is an idea factory for players and Game Masters to generate new ideas and find new avenues of adventure. A doorway to new possibilities and numerous Palladium role-playing worlds. And the source material can be easily adapted for use in ANY Palladium game setting.

Rifter® #77 Highlights:

Note: The Rifter® #76 and #75 are also available and packed with official source material for Rifts® and other game settings.

NEW! Garden of the Gods – A Palladium Fantasy RPG® Sourcebook

This has been a secret project of Kevin Siembieda’s that he has been plotting and writing in what little spare time he has. The Garden of the Gods is said to be a holy place watched over and even frequented by the avatars of the gods. According to legend, the god may visit heroes and followers in dreams or in person by an avatar of the god, to be given guidance, inspiration, heroic quests, and gifts of knowledge and magic. More details about this title will follow.

Coalition States Heroes of Humanity Arsenal

NEW! Rifts® CS Arsenal – A Rifts® Secrets of the Coalition States Sourcebook

This title is hotly anticipated and ties directly into Rifts® Heroes of Humanity and Rifts® WB 35: Megaverse® in Flames. All of which are setting up something big.

Rifts® Heroes of Humanity™ CS Arsenal provides an array of new Coalition hardware: weapons, armor, additional SAMAS, other power armor, robots, combat vehicles, gear and info.

Rifts The Disavowed

Rifts® The Disavowed – A Secrets of the Coalition States Sourcebook

“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.

New! Rifts® Sovietski

The Rifts® Sovietski™ World Book presents background information on the fledgling Sovietski nation, notable cities and people, politics, and its growing army, plus Deadzones, Spetsnaz Special Forces, new bionics, Russian D-Bees, and more.

New! In the Face of Death – A Dead Reign® Sourcebook

This sourcebook is all about inner city survival. Survivor colonies finding ways to live and prosper in the big city. Conventional wisdom says that living in the big population centers is impossible. These survivors prove otherwise.

Robotech RPG Tactics

Robotech® RPG Tactics

Robotech® is getting hotter and hotter. It is the Number One Anime on Crackle, the Robotech® movie from Sony Pictures sounds like it is going to be become a reality, more Robotech® licensed products are appearing, and Palladium is gearing up toward the release of Robotech® RPG Tactics™ Wave Two and more Robotech® products. Ah, but the core game and expansion packs to get you started are available right now.

Robotech® RPG Tactics™ is a fast-paced, tabletop combat game that captures the action and adventure of the Robotech® anime. Two or more players can engage in small squad skirmishes or scale up to massive battles. Relive the clashes of the First Robotech War, engage in stand-alone tactical games, or use the dynamic game pieces to enhance your Robotech® RPG experience. Or simply collect your favorite mecha from an expanding range of top-notch game pieces. Get yours now.

Robotech® RPG Tactics Convention Exclusives – now available to anyone

These dynamic pieces are available as a regular item in the Palladium store. They are powerful fun and only have 4-6 parts, so they are easy to put together. They look awesome on your shelf or in your game. Get yours while supplies last.

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